PaaS Contract Job Trends

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring PaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 325 253 201
Rank change year-on-year -72 -52 -39
Contract jobs citing PaaS 269 353 574
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.98% 1.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.98% 2.77% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 253 350
10th Percentile £394 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £480 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +1.74% -
75th Percentile £623 £675 £674
90th Percentile £728 £760 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -11.74% +2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 11
10th Percentile £33.20 - £75.00
25th Percentile £38.00 - -
Median hourly rate £46.00 - £78.00
75th Percentile £70.50 - £89.38
90th Percentile £85.20 - £93.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £78.00

All Cloud Skills
UK

PaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,594 12,721 16,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.41% 35.29% 35.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,210 8,376 11,811
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £419 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 168 308
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.50 £14.58
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.32 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.27 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.41% +7.32% +40.91%
75th Percentile £47.12 £59.66 £62.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £30.94 £22.50
% change year-on-year -32.12% +37.50% +18.73%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PaaS job vacancy trend in the UK

PaaS
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PaaS

PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaaS over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PaaS

PaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PaaS over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 18 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -70 245 £525 -8.70% 189
London -16 132 £550 -2.65% 80
UK excluding London -50 117 £508 -11.74% 114
Work from Home -44 83 £550 -4.35% 111
North of England -24 33 £425 -29.17% 24
South East -28 26 £465 -19.13% 25
Midlands -41 23 £537 -11.89% 29
East of England -7 20 £475 +35.71% 7
West Midlands -35 19 £618 +0.98% 20
North West -15 17 £360 -36.00% 15
Yorkshire -27 16 £525 -16.83% 9
Scotland +6 12 £543 +8.50% 14
South West -25 5 £725 +16.00% 16
East Midlands -17 4 £434 -11.03% 9

PaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.72%) Confluence
2 9 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.97%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.86%) SAS
5 4 (1.49%) WebSphere
6 3 (1.12%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.74%) FileNet
7 2 (0.74%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.37%) Apache
8 1 (0.37%) CICS
8 1 (0.37%) CMS
8 1 (0.37%) Luigi
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (3.35%) Oracle ERP
1 9 (3.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.49%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (1.49%) Workday HCM
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.37%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 198 (73.61%) Azure
2 139 (51.67%) IaaS
3 126 (46.84%) SaaS
4 61 (22.68%) AWS
5 47 (17.47%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (15.61%) GitHub
7 41 (15.24%) Azure AKS
7 41 (15.24%) Entra ID
8 37 (13.75%) GCP
9 29 (10.78%) Serverless
10 28 (10.41%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (9.29%) OCI
12 17 (6.32%) Azure Functions
12 17 (6.32%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (6.32%) Power Platform
13 15 (5.58%) Azure Storage
13 15 (5.58%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (5.58%) OpenShift
14 14 (5.20%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (5.20%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.27%) Firewall
2 14 (5.20%) DNS
3 13 (4.83%) VPN
4 9 (3.35%) DHCP
5 8 (2.97%) Network Security
6 7 (2.60%) SAN
7 5 (1.86%) WAN
8 4 (1.49%) Internet
9 3 (1.12%) BGP
9 3 (1.12%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (1.12%) HTTPS
9 3 (1.12%) SSL
9 3 (1.12%) VLAN
10 2 (0.74%) Anycast
10 2 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
10 2 (0.74%) NAS
10 2 (0.74%) Radio Access Network
10 2 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.74%) VXLAN
10 2 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (6.32%) Relational Database
3 13 (4.83%) SQL Server
4 10 (3.72%) NoSQL
4 10 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (3.72%) Power BI
5 6 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (2.23%) MySQL
6 5 (1.86%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.86%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.86%) Redis
6 5 (1.86%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 5 (1.86%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 4 (1.49%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.49%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.49%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.49%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.12%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 14 (5.20%) Git
1 14 (5.20%) SonarQube
2 13 (4.83%) JIRA
3 12 (4.46%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.72%) Postman
5 8 (2.97%) GitLab
6 4 (1.49%) Gradle
6 4 (1.49%) Maven
6 4 (1.49%) SonarLint
7 3 (1.12%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (1.12%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.74%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.37%) ERwin
9 1 (0.37%) JMeter
9 1 (0.37%) Selenium
9 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 64 (23.79%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.96%) Finance
3 36 (13.38%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.95%) Banking
6 8 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.60%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.23%) Retail
9 5 (1.86%) Aviation
9 5 (1.86%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.49%) Local Government
10 4 (1.49%) Marketing
10 4 (1.49%) Military
10 4 (1.49%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.12%) Billing
11 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.12%) Front Office
12 2 (0.74%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.74%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 73 (27.14%) Architect
2 30 (11.15%) Azure Engineer
3 28 (10.41%) Senior
4 24 (8.92%) Developer
4 24 (8.92%) Solutions Architect
5 22 (8.18%) DevOps Engineer
5 22 (8.18%) Lead
6 17 (6.32%) Cloud Engineer
7 14 (5.20%) Azure Architect
7 14 (5.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (4.83%) Consultant
9 12 (4.46%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.35%) Environment Manager
10 9 (3.35%) Infrastructure Architect
10 9 (3.35%) Senior Architect
11 8 (2.97%) Oracle Specialist
11 8 (2.97%) Security Architect
12 7 (2.60%) Cloud Specialist
12 7 (2.60%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.60%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (16.73%) .NET
2 30 (11.15%) Oracle Fusion
3 29 (10.78%) RESTful
4 26 (9.67%) REST
5 20 (7.43%) SOAP
6 18 (6.69%) Web Services
7 17 (6.32%) AngularJS
8 16 (5.95%) ARM Templates
9 13 (4.83%) Node.js
10 12 (4.46%) ADO
10 12 (4.46%) JSON
11 11 (4.09%) PyTorch
11 11 (4.09%) Semantic Kernel
11 11 (4.09%) TensorFlow
12 10 (3.72%) SAML
13 9 (3.35%) OAuth
13 9 (3.35%) OpenID
14 7 (2.60%) JWT
14 7 (2.60%) Middleware
14 7 (2.60%) React
Miscellaneous
1 48 (17.84%) Cloud Native
2 17 (6.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (4.46%) Algorithms
3 12 (4.46%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.72%) Private Cloud
4 10 (3.72%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.60%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (2.60%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.23%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.23%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.86%) IoT
10 4 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.49%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.49%) N-Tier
10 4 (1.49%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.49%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.12%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 42 (15.61%) Linux
2 40 (14.87%) Windows
3 11 (4.09%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.72%) VMS
5 5 (1.86%) Unix
6 1 (0.37%) AIX
6 1 (0.37%) Solaris
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (38.29%) DevOps
2 77 (28.62%) Agile
3 73 (27.14%) CI/CD
4 63 (23.42%) Infrastructure as Code
5 61 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (16.36%) Migration
7 38 (14.13%) Containerisation
7 38 (14.13%) Roadmaps
8 36 (13.38%) AI
9 32 (11.90%) Cloud Security
9 32 (11.90%) Observability
10 30 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 29 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (10.78%) ERP
12 27 (10.04%) Machine Learning
13 26 (9.67%) Analytics
13 26 (9.67%) Mentoring
14 25 (9.29%) Software Engineering
14 25 (9.29%) TOGAF
15 23 (8.55%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (22.68%) Python
2 54 (20.07%) SQL
3 37 (13.75%) PowerShell
4 33 (12.27%) Bicep
5 17 (6.32%) C#
6 12 (4.46%) Bash
6 12 (4.46%) Java
7 10 (3.72%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.72%) PHP
8 8 (2.97%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.60%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (1.86%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.49%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.74%) C
13 1 (0.37%) COBOL
13 1 (0.37%) Scala
13 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (23.42%) Security Cleared
2 43 (15.99%) SC Cleared
3 25 (9.29%) Azure Certification
4 23 (8.55%) Degree
5 13 (4.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.09%) MCP
7 10 (3.72%) CISSP
8 9 (3.35%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (2.23%) AWS Certification
10 6 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.12%) CCIE
11 3 (1.12%) CCNP
11 3 (1.12%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.74%) CCSP
12 2 (0.74%) ISEB
12 2 (0.74%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.06%) GDPR
2 18 (6.69%) NIST
3 16 (5.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.09%) EU AI Act
5 7 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.23%) SLA
6 6 (2.23%) SOC 2
7 5 (1.86%) QA
8 4 (1.49%) COBIT
9 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.12%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.12%) NCSC
10 2 (0.74%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.74%) GRC
10 2 (0.74%) PMO
11 1 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.37%) GAAP
11 1 (0.37%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (13.75%) Docker
2 32 (11.90%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.49%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.49%) vSphere
5 3 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.74%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 79 (29.37%) Terraform
2 59 (21.93%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.20%) Ansible
3 14 (5.20%) Grafana
4 13 (4.83%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.49%) SCCM
7 3 (1.12%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.74%) logstash
8 2 (0.74%) Puppet
8 2 (0.74%) SCOM
9 1 (0.37%) Control-M
9 1 (0.37%) Istio
9 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 111 (41.26%) Microsoft
2 59 (21.93%) Oracle
3 21 (7.81%) Google
4 16 (5.95%) VMware
5 15 (5.58%) Salesforce
6 14 (5.20%) Databricks
6 14 (5.20%) Foundry
7 13 (4.83%) AppDynamics
8 11 (4.09%) Dynatrace
9 9 (3.35%) SAP
9 9 (3.35%) Workday
10 7 (2.60%) Cisco
10 7 (2.60%) HP
10 7 (2.60%) IBM
11 6 (2.23%) Citrix
11 6 (2.23%) DocuSign
11 6 (2.23%) F5
11 6 (2.23%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.86%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.86%) Palo Alto