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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 247 207
Rank change year-on-year -74 -40 -46
Contract jobs citing PaaS 275 354 562
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.97% 1.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.01% 2.75% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 254 341
10th Percentile £378 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £500 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +0.87% -0.43%
75th Percentile £624 £675 £675
90th Percentile £734 £759 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £580 £563
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.11% +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 13,676 12,852 16,360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.52% 35.25% 35.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,240 8,464 11,709
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £420 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £645
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 331 168 313
10th Percentile £15.22 £19.06 £14.52
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.47 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -27.03% +6.70% +47.56%
75th Percentile £45.73 £60.15 £61.88
90th Percentile £72.00 £70.00 £78.14
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £32.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year -35.88% +45.56% +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 13 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 13 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Top 15 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 13 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 -76 249 £525 -8.70% 182
London -30 131 £550 -1.79% 80
UK excluding London -63 123 £508 -12.50% 110
Work from Home -41 85 £550 -8.33% 96
North of England -24 34 £425 -29.17% 26
South East -28 26 £465 -19.13% 29
Midlands -40 24 £539 -12.01% 23
East of England -4 23 £513 +46.43% 4
West Midlands -32 20 £609 -0.49% 14
North West -18 17 £360 -36.00% 16
Yorkshire -23 16 £525 -16.83% 9
Scotland +7 13 £543 +8.50% 13
South West -25 5 £725 +16.00% 14
East Midlands -11 4 £434 -11.03% 9
North East -10 1 £500 - 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 10 (3.64%) Confluence
2 9 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.91%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.82%) SAS
5 4 (1.45%) WebSphere
6 3 (1.09%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.73%) FileNet
7 2 (0.73%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.36%) Apache
8 1 (0.36%) CICS
8 1 (0.36%) CMS
8 1 (0.36%) Luigi
Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (3.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.91%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (1.45%) Workday HCM
5 3 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.36%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 200 (72.73%) Azure
2 145 (52.73%) IaaS
3 130 (47.27%) SaaS
4 66 (24.00%) AWS
5 47 (17.09%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (15.27%) Entra ID
7 41 (14.91%) Azure AKS
7 41 (14.91%) GitHub
8 37 (13.45%) GCP
9 30 (10.91%) Serverless
10 29 (10.55%) Microsoft 365
11 22 (8.00%) OCI
12 18 (6.55%) Azure Functions
13 17 (6.18%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (6.18%) Power Platform
14 16 (5.82%) Azure Key Vault
15 15 (5.45%) Azure Storage
15 15 (5.45%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (5.45%) OpenShift
16 14 (5.09%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 32 (11.64%) Firewall
2 15 (5.45%) DNS
3 13 (4.73%) VPN
4 9 (3.27%) DHCP
5 8 (2.91%) Network Security
6 7 (2.55%) SAN
7 4 (1.45%) Internet
7 4 (1.45%) WAN
8 3 (1.09%) BGP
8 3 (1.09%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (1.09%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.09%) SSL
8 3 (1.09%) VLAN
9 2 (0.73%) 3GPP
9 2 (0.73%) Anycast
9 2 (0.73%) Ethernet VPN
9 2 (0.73%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.73%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.73%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.64%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (7.27%) Relational Database
3 15 (5.45%) SQL Server
4 11 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (3.64%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.64%) Power BI
6 7 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.55%) RDBMS
7 6 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (2.18%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.18%) MySQL
8 5 (1.82%) BigQuery
8 5 (1.82%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.82%) Redis
8 5 (1.82%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 5 (1.82%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 4 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.45%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.45%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.09%) Git
1 14 (5.09%) JIRA
1 14 (5.09%) SonarQube
2 13 (4.73%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.64%) GitLab
4 8 (2.91%) Postman
5 4 (1.45%) Gradle
5 4 (1.45%) Maven
5 4 (1.45%) SonarLint
6 3 (1.09%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (1.09%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.73%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.36%) ERwin
8 1 (0.36%) JMeter
8 1 (0.36%) Selenium
8 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 52 (18.91%) Finance
3 35 (12.73%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.55%) Banking
6 7 (2.55%) Financial Institution
6 7 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.18%) Retail
8 5 (1.82%) Aviation
8 5 (1.82%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.45%) Local Government
9 4 (1.45%) Marketing
9 4 (1.45%) Military
9 4 (1.45%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.09%) Front Office
10 3 (1.09%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.73%) Billing
11 2 (0.73%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 75 (27.27%) Architect
2 31 (11.27%) Azure Engineer
3 28 (10.18%) Senior
4 25 (9.09%) Lead
4 25 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
5 24 (8.73%) Developer
5 24 (8.73%) DevOps Engineer
6 17 (6.18%) Azure Architect
6 17 (6.18%) Cloud Engineer
7 14 (5.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (4.73%) Consultant
9 12 (4.36%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.64%) Infrastructure Architect
11 9 (3.27%) Environment Manager
11 9 (3.27%) Senior Architect
12 8 (2.91%) Security Architect
13 7 (2.55%) Cloud Architect
13 7 (2.55%) Data Engineer
13 7 (2.55%) Site Engineer
13 7 (2.55%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (16.00%) .NET
2 29 (10.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 29 (10.55%) RESTful
3 25 (9.09%) REST
4 20 (7.27%) SOAP
5 17 (6.18%) AngularJS
6 16 (5.82%) ARM Templates
7 15 (5.45%) Web Services
8 13 (4.73%) Node.js
9 12 (4.36%) ADO
10 11 (4.00%) PyTorch
10 11 (4.00%) Semantic Kernel
10 11 (4.00%) TensorFlow
11 10 (3.64%) JSON
11 10 (3.64%) SAML
12 9 (3.27%) Middleware
12 9 (3.27%) OpenID
13 8 (2.91%) OAuth
14 7 (2.55%) React
15 6 (2.18%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 48 (17.45%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (4.36%) Algorithms
3 12 (4.36%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.64%) Private Cloud
4 10 (3.64%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.91%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.91%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.55%) Legacy Applications
8 6 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.18%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.82%) IoT
9 5 (1.82%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.82%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.45%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.45%) N-Tier
11 3 (1.09%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.09%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 43 (15.64%) Linux
2 42 (15.27%) Windows
3 12 (4.36%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.64%) VMS
5 5 (1.82%) Unix
6 1 (0.36%) AIX
6 1 (0.36%) Solaris
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (38.18%) DevOps
2 78 (28.36%) Agile
3 75 (27.27%) CI/CD
4 66 (24.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 61 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (16.36%) Migration
7 39 (14.18%) Containerisation
8 38 (13.82%) Roadmaps
9 35 (12.73%) AI
10 33 (12.00%) Observability
11 32 (11.64%) Cloud Security
11 32 (11.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 30 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (10.18%) ERP
14 27 (9.82%) Analytics
14 27 (9.82%) Machine Learning
15 26 (9.45%) ETL
15 26 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (9.09%) Mentoring
16 25 (9.09%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 60 (21.82%) Python
2 59 (21.45%) SQL
3 38 (13.82%) PowerShell
4 35 (12.73%) Bicep
5 17 (6.18%) C#
6 12 (4.36%) Bash
6 12 (4.36%) Java
7 10 (3.64%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.64%) PHP
8 8 (2.91%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.55%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (2.18%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.45%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.73%) C
13 1 (0.36%) COBOL
13 1 (0.36%) Go
13 1 (0.36%) Scala
13 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (22.91%) Security Cleared
2 43 (15.64%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.82%) Azure Certification
4 25 (9.09%) Degree
5 13 (4.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.00%) MCP
7 9 (3.27%) CISSP
8 8 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.55%) AWS Certification
9 7 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.09%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.73%) CCNP
12 2 (0.73%) ISEB
12 2 (0.73%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.73%) JNCIE
12 2 (0.73%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.91%) GDPR
2 17 (6.18%) NIST
3 15 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.00%) EU AI Act
5 7 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.55%) SOC 2
6 6 (2.18%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.18%) QA
6 6 (2.18%) SLA
7 4 (1.45%) COBIT
8 3 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.09%) GAAP
8 3 (1.09%) NCSC
9 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.73%) PMO
10 1 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.36%) IFRS
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 38 (13.82%) Docker
2 34 (12.36%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.45%) vSphere
5 3 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.73%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.36%) Firmware
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 83 (30.18%) Terraform
2 59 (21.45%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.09%) Ansible
3 14 (5.09%) Grafana
4 13 (4.73%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.45%) SCCM
7 3 (1.09%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.73%) Control-M
8 2 (0.73%) logstash
8 2 (0.73%) Puppet
8 2 (0.73%) SCOM
9 1 (0.36%) Istio
9 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 112 (40.73%) Microsoft
2 58 (21.09%) Oracle
3 20 (7.27%) Google
4 16 (5.82%) VMware
5 15 (5.45%) Salesforce
6 14 (5.09%) AppDynamics
6 14 (5.09%) Databricks
6 14 (5.09%) Foundry
7 11 (4.00%) Dynatrace
8 9 (3.27%) SAP
8 9 (3.27%) Workday
9 8 (2.91%) IBM
10 7 (2.55%) Cisco
10 7 (2.55%) HP
10 7 (2.55%) ServiceNow
11 6 (2.18%) Citrix
11 6 (2.18%) DocuSign
11 6 (2.18%) F5
11 6 (2.18%) Informatica
12 5 (1.82%) MuleSoft