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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 294 250
Rank change year-on-year -41 -44 -54
Contract jobs citing PaaS 366 278 382
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.85% 0.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.96% 2.27% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 179 291
10th Percentile £413 £400 £350
25th Percentile £450 £478 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £650 £673 £675
90th Percentile £725 £765 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £575 £612
% change year-on-year -6.09% -6.05% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £42.08
25th Percentile £51.25 - £50.06
Median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £74.25
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% -59.60% -6.01%
75th Percentile £55.13 - £107.56
90th Percentile £55.35 - £121.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.75 - £38.50
% change year-on-year - - -50.64%

All Cloud Computing 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 18,704 12,257 13,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.31% 37.35% 33.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,355 8,205 9,347
10th Percentile £326 £313 £313
25th Percentile £420 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £621 £616 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £496
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.14% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 623 314 288
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.11 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.31 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.38 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.68% +21.67% -35.71%
75th Percentile £69.88 £47.50 £50.48
90th Percentile £82.87 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.91 £18.87 £21.00
% change year-on-year +90.30% -10.14% -20.75%

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 30 July 2026.

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
Top 16 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 30 July 2026. 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 -40 316 £525 -8.70% 127
London -14 182 £525 -12.50% 80
UK excluding London -60 145 £540 -6.09% 65
Work from Home -56 97 £500 -16.67% 60
South East -62 41 £700 +21.74% 22
North of England -57 36 £460 -8.00% 13
Midlands -46 28 £525 -15.05% 13
Yorkshire -33 24 £494 -10.18% 2
West Midlands -60 18 £531 -18.31% 6
Scotland -17 16 £595 +11.42% 4
South West -39 13 £500 -31.03% 7
East of England -9 12 £650 -13.45% 4
North West -47 12 £426 +17.48% 10
East Midlands -3 10 £488 +8.33% 7
North East -46 4 £638 +27.50% 1
Wales - 2 - - 1

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 30 (8.20%) SharePoint
2 27 (7.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.28%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (3.01%) Confluence
4 11 (3.01%) SAS
5 6 (1.64%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.37%) Apache
7 2 (0.55%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.27%) CMS
8 1 (0.27%) IIS
8 1 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (3.55%) Oracle EBS
1 13 (3.55%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.27%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 260 (71.04%) Azure
2 220 (60.11%) IaaS
3 132 (36.07%) SaaS
4 88 (24.04%) AWS
5 70 (19.13%) Entra ID
6 66 (18.03%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (15.03%) GitHub
8 50 (13.66%) OCI
9 44 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
10 39 (10.66%) Azure Monitor
11 38 (10.38%) Serverless
12 33 (9.02%) Azure Key Vault
13 28 (7.65%) Azure AKS
13 28 (7.65%) GitHub Actions
14 24 (6.56%) Azure App Service
15 22 (6.01%) GCP
16 20 (5.46%) Azure Service Bus
17 13 (3.55%) Datadog
17 13 (3.55%) Power Platform
18 12 (3.28%) Azure WebJobs
Communications & Networking
1 44 (12.02%) Firewall
2 43 (11.75%) DNS
3 33 (9.02%) VPN
4 21 (5.74%) DHCP
5 15 (4.10%) SAN
6 12 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (2.73%) VLAN
7 10 (2.73%) WAN
8 8 (2.19%) LAN
9 7 (1.91%) Kerberos
9 7 (1.91%) SMTP
10 6 (1.64%) Internet
10 6 (1.64%) Network Security
11 5 (1.37%) IPsec
11 5 (1.37%) NAS
11 5 (1.37%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.37%) SSL
12 3 (0.82%) FTP
12 3 (0.82%) IPv4
12 3 (0.82%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.10%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.55%) Oracle Database
5 11 (3.01%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (3.01%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 11 (3.01%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 9 (2.46%) Big Data
7 8 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.91%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 6 (1.64%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.64%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.37%) Apache Hive
10 5 (1.37%) Db2
10 5 (1.37%) Power BI
11 4 (1.09%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.09%) MySQL
11 4 (1.09%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 30 (8.20%) Git
2 15 (4.10%) JIRA
3 10 (2.73%) Chocolatey
4 7 (1.91%) GitLab
4 7 (1.91%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.09%) JetBrains Rider
5 4 (1.09%) Postman
5 4 (1.09%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.82%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.82%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.55%) JMeter
7 2 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.27%) Protractor
8 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 80 (21.86%) Social Skills
2 63 (17.21%) Finance
3 48 (13.11%) Public Sector
4 33 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.83%) Banking
6 21 (5.74%) Legal
7 18 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.64%) Military
10 5 (1.37%) Law
11 4 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.55%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.55%) Aviation
13 2 (0.55%) Marketing
13 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.55%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.27%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 126 (34.43%) Architect
2 58 (15.85%) Azure Engineer
3 44 (12.02%) Senior
4 38 (10.38%) Solutions Architect
5 34 (9.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 33 (9.02%) Cloud Engineer
7 30 (8.20%) Azure Architect
7 30 (8.20%) Developer
8 29 (7.92%) Technical Architect
9 26 (7.10%) Lead
10 24 (6.56%) Cloud Architect
11 18 (4.92%) Azure Developer
11 18 (4.92%) Platform Engineer
12 17 (4.64%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (4.37%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 16 (4.37%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 14 (3.83%) DevOps Engineer
14 14 (3.83%) Lead Architect
15 13 (3.55%) Oracle Architect
16 12 (3.28%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (10.93%) REST
2 36 (9.84%) .NET
3 25 (6.83%) SOAP
4 24 (6.56%) .NET Framework
4 24 (6.56%) Oracle Fusion
4 24 (6.56%) Web Services
5 17 (4.64%) Microsoft Graph
6 14 (3.83%) OAuth
7 13 (3.55%) .NET Core
7 13 (3.55%) Middleware
8 11 (3.01%) JSON
9 10 (2.73%) SAML
10 9 (2.46%) ARM Templates
10 9 (2.46%) Entity Framework
11 8 (2.19%) OpenID
12 7 (1.91%) OAuth2
13 6 (1.64%) React
13 6 (1.64%) XML
14 5 (1.37%) XSLT
15 4 (1.09%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 64 (17.49%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.46%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (4.92%) Data Centre
5 17 (4.64%) Public Cloud
6 15 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (3.55%) Onboarding
8 12 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
9 11 (3.01%) PKI
9 11 (3.01%) Product Ownership
10 8 (2.19%) Clustering
10 8 (2.19%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.91%) SCADA
11 7 (1.91%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.64%) IoT
12 6 (1.64%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.64%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.64%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 55 (15.03%) Windows
2 39 (10.66%) Linux
3 18 (4.92%) Unix
4 13 (3.55%) Windows Server
5 12 (3.28%) VMS
6 8 (2.19%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.91%) Android
7 7 (1.91%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.82%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (41.80%) DevOps
2 136 (37.16%) CI/CD
3 92 (25.14%) Infrastructure as Code
3 92 (25.14%) Migration
4 65 (17.76%) Agile
5 60 (16.39%) Roadmaps
6 57 (15.57%) Analytics
7 49 (13.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 46 (12.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 46 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (12.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 45 (12.30%) Observability
9 45 (12.30%) RBAC
10 42 (11.48%) Containerisation
10 42 (11.48%) ERP
10 42 (11.48%) Platform Engineering
11 41 (11.20%) Cybersecurity
12 40 (10.93%) Disaster Recovery
13 37 (10.11%) Architectural Patterns
14 34 (9.29%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 60 (16.39%) PowerShell
2 57 (15.57%) Python
3 45 (12.30%) Bicep
3 45 (12.30%) SQL
4 32 (8.74%) C#
5 16 (4.37%) Java
5 16 (4.37%) Ruby
6 15 (4.10%) Bash
7 12 (3.28%) Kusto Query Language
8 8 (2.19%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.64%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.37%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.37%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.09%) Groovy
12 3 (0.82%) Delphi
13 2 (0.55%) Perl
13 2 (0.55%) Scala
13 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.27%) R
14 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 152 (41.53%) Security Cleared
2 103 (28.14%) SC Cleared
3 51 (13.93%) Azure Certification
4 39 (10.66%) DV Cleared
5 26 (7.10%) Degree
6 15 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.01%) AWS Certification
7 11 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.73%) CISSP
8 10 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.46%) CISM
9 9 (2.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (2.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.64%) GIAC
12 5 (1.37%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (1.37%) CRISC
12 5 (1.37%) SANS
12 5 (1.37%) SSCP
13 4 (1.09%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.55%) GDPR
1 13 (3.55%) SLA
2 10 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.46%) NIST
4 8 (2.19%) NCSC
5 7 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.91%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.64%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (1.64%) ISO 31000
7 5 (1.37%) PMO
7 5 (1.37%) QA
8 3 (0.82%) GRC
9 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 50 (13.66%) Active Directory
2 22 (6.01%) Docker
3 14 (3.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (2.46%) NFS
6 8 (2.19%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.91%) BitLocker
7 7 (1.91%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.64%) vCloud
9 5 (1.37%) Postfix
9 5 (1.37%) Varnish
9 5 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.09%) Sendmail
11 3 (0.82%) RACF
11 3 (0.82%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.55%) Firmware
12 2 (0.55%) HDFS
13 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 82 (22.40%) Terraform
2 34 (9.29%) Kubernetes
3 21 (5.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (4.64%) Ansible
5 13 (3.55%) vCenter Server
6 11 (3.01%) Grafana
7 10 (2.73%) SCCM
8 7 (1.91%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.91%) Puppet
8 7 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.91%) vMotion
9 5 (1.37%) HAProxy
10 4 (1.09%) CA Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.82%) Nagios
12 2 (0.55%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.27%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 150 (40.98%) Microsoft
2 85 (23.22%) Oracle
3 29 (7.92%) VMware
4 15 (4.10%) Dynatrace
5 14 (3.83%) Databricks
5 14 (3.83%) Tenable
6 13 (3.55%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.01%) AppDynamics
8 8 (2.19%) Citrix
8 8 (2.19%) SAP
9 7 (1.91%) Sybase
10 6 (1.64%) Google
10 6 (1.64%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.64%) Splunk
11 5 (1.37%) Foundry
11 5 (1.37%) Greenplum
11 5 (1.37%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.09%) HP
12 4 (1.09%) Litera
12 4 (1.09%) NetApp