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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 275 240
Rank change year-on-year -29 -35 -35
Contract jobs citing PaaS 379 279 430
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.95% 0.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.16% 2.51% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 177 299
10th Percentile £413 £413 £375
25th Percentile £453 £500 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £575 £593
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% -2.95% -1.25%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £675
90th Percentile £726 £838 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £571 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -0.65% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £53.75 - £26.00
75th Percentile £55.13 - £26.50
90th Percentile £55.35 - £36.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.75 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -66.67%

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 17,544 11,129 14,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.45% 37.89% 32.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 7,531 9,982
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £634
90th Percentile £712 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.79% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 560 270 357
10th Percentile £15.91 £15.15 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £35.96 £28.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.41% +30.23% -41.89%
75th Percentile £68.00 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.06 £19.14 £19.09
% change year-on-year +93.68% +0.26% -30.60%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -27 334 £541 -5.93% 98
London -10 189 £525 -12.50% 53
UK excluding London -47 153 £571 -0.65% 63
Work from Home -51 99 £537 -10.50% 47
South East -59 51 £700 +21.74% 31
North of England -45 46 £454 -9.20% 6
Yorkshire -35 29 £507 +19.18% 2
Midlands -50 22 £539 -10.25% 12
North West -22 17 £425 -5.56% 3
West Midlands -45 15 £540 -11.33% 8
Scotland -20 13 £598 +11.79% 1
East of England -16 12 £650 -3.77% 8
South West -25 11 £550 -21.62% 7
East Midlands -21 7 £418 -27.39% 4
North East -26 4 £638 +19.38% 1
Wales -12 2 - -

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 32 (8.44%) SharePoint
2 31 (8.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.69%) Confluence
4 12 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (2.90%) SAS
6 5 (1.32%) Apache
7 4 (1.06%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.79%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.53%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.26%) IIS
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (5.54%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.11%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.06%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.79%) Oracle FAH
4 3 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.26%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 241 (63.59%) Azure
2 236 (62.27%) IaaS
3 135 (35.62%) SaaS
4 84 (22.16%) AWS
5 68 (17.94%) Entra ID
6 63 (16.62%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (16.36%) OCI
8 45 (11.87%) Microsoft 365
9 44 (11.61%) Serverless
10 40 (10.55%) GitHub
11 32 (8.44%) Azure Key Vault
12 30 (7.92%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (5.28%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (5.01%) Azure Service Bus
14 19 (5.01%) Power Platform
15 18 (4.75%) GCP
16 16 (4.22%) Azure AKS
17 15 (3.96%) Azure App Service
18 12 (3.17%) Azure Service Fabric
18 12 (3.17%) Azure WebJobs
Communications & Networking
1 41 (10.82%) DNS
1 41 (10.82%) Firewall
2 25 (6.60%) VPN
3 20 (5.28%) DHCP
4 14 (3.69%) WAN
5 13 (3.43%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (3.17%) LAN
7 10 (2.64%) SAN
8 8 (2.11%) SMTP
9 7 (1.85%) IPsec
9 7 (1.85%) Network Security
9 7 (1.85%) PSTN
9 7 (1.85%) Unified Communications
9 7 (1.85%) VLAN
10 6 (1.58%) Internet
11 5 (1.32%) Kerberos
11 5 (1.32%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.32%) SSL
12 3 (0.79%) Ethernet VPN
12 3 (0.79%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.75%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (3.17%) Oracle Database
3 11 (2.90%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 11 (2.90%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 10 (2.64%) NoSQL
4 10 (2.64%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.58%) Big Data
7 6 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.58%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (1.32%) Metadata
8 5 (1.32%) Power BI
9 4 (1.06%) MySQL
9 4 (1.06%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (0.79%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.79%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (9.50%) Git
2 23 (6.07%) JIRA
3 15 (3.96%) Postman
4 12 (3.17%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.64%) SoapUI
6 7 (1.85%) Chocolatey
6 7 (1.85%) GitLab
7 4 (1.06%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.06%) Selenium
8 3 (0.79%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.53%) ERwin
9 2 (0.53%) Gradle
9 2 (0.53%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.26%) JMeter
10 1 (0.26%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.26%) WebDriver
General
1 86 (22.69%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.83%) Finance
3 50 (13.19%) Public Sector
4 37 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (5.80%) Banking
6 19 (5.01%) Legal
7 13 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.85%) Military
11 5 (1.32%) Law
12 4 (1.06%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.79%) Marketing
14 2 (0.53%) Aviation
14 2 (0.53%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.53%) Local Government
14 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.53%) Retail
14 2 (0.53%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 119 (31.40%) Architect
2 61 (16.09%) Azure Engineer
3 46 (12.14%) Senior
4 38 (10.03%) Cloud Engineer
5 35 (9.23%) Solutions Architect
6 32 (8.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 30 (7.92%) Lead
7 30 (7.92%) Technical Architect
8 24 (6.33%) Azure Architect
9 23 (6.07%) DevOps Engineer
10 19 (5.01%) Developer
11 17 (4.49%) Platform Engineer
12 16 (4.22%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 16 (4.22%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 14 (3.69%) Azure Developer
13 14 (3.69%) Principal Engineer
13 14 (3.69%) Technical Leader
14 13 (3.43%) Lead Architect
14 13 (3.43%) Oracle Architect
15 12 (3.17%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (10.55%) REST
2 36 (9.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 36 (9.50%) SOAP
2 36 (9.50%) Web Services
3 32 (8.44%) .NET
4 22 (5.80%) OAuth
5 21 (5.54%) Microsoft Graph
6 20 (5.28%) ARM Templates
7 19 (5.01%) JSON
8 16 (4.22%) YAML
9 15 (3.96%) XML
10 14 (3.69%) .NET Framework
11 13 (3.43%) Entity Framework
12 11 (2.90%) JWT
12 11 (2.90%) XSLT
13 9 (2.37%) Middleware
13 9 (2.37%) OAuth2
14 8 (2.11%) OpenID
14 8 (2.11%) SAML
15 7 (1.85%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 53 (13.98%) Cloud Native
2 24 (6.33%) Public Cloud
3 18 (4.75%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (4.49%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.49%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (4.22%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (3.69%) Product Ownership
8 13 (3.43%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.64%) Clustering
10 9 (2.37%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (2.11%) IoT
11 8 (2.11%) PKI
12 6 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 6 (1.58%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.58%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 55 (14.51%) Windows
2 42 (11.08%) Linux
3 16 (4.22%) Windows Server
4 15 (3.96%) Unix
5 9 (2.37%) VMS
6 8 (2.11%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.85%) Android
7 7 (1.85%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.85%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.26%) CentOS
8 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (44.06%) DevOps
2 138 (36.41%) CI/CD
3 107 (28.23%) Infrastructure as Code
4 85 (22.43%) Migration
5 78 (20.58%) Agile
6 75 (19.79%) Roadmaps
7 53 (13.98%) Analytics
8 51 (13.46%) ERP
9 50 (13.19%) Architectural Patterns
10 47 (12.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 47 (12.40%) Technical Leadership
11 46 (12.14%) Microservices
11 46 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (11.61%) Containerisation
13 40 (10.55%) Cybersecurity
13 40 (10.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 38 (10.03%) Observability
15 36 (9.50%) TOGAF
16 35 (9.23%) RBAC
16 35 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (16.62%) PowerShell
2 57 (15.04%) SQL
3 52 (13.72%) Python
4 39 (10.29%) Bicep
5 20 (5.28%) C#
6 18 (4.75%) Java
7 14 (3.69%) Kusto Query Language
8 13 (3.43%) Ruby
9 11 (2.90%) Bash
10 9 (2.37%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.11%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.06%) JavaScript
13 3 (0.79%) Groovy
14 2 (0.53%) C++
14 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.53%) Perl
14 2 (0.53%) Scala
14 2 (0.53%) VBA
15 1 (0.26%) R
15 1 (0.26%) RPG
Qualifications
1 162 (42.74%) Security Cleared
2 108 (28.50%) SC Cleared
3 49 (12.93%) Azure Certification
4 44 (11.61%) DV Cleared
5 34 (8.97%) Degree
6 16 (4.22%) TOGAF Certification
7 13 (3.43%) CISSP
8 12 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.37%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.37%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (1.85%) CISM
11 7 (1.85%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.85%) SANS
12 6 (1.58%) GIAC
13 5 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.32%) CRISC
13 5 (1.32%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.96%) SLA
2 12 (3.17%) GDPR
3 11 (2.90%) NCSC
4 10 (2.64%) NIST
5 9 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.85%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.58%) ISO 31000
8 5 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (1.06%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.06%) QA
10 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.53%) Basel III
11 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.53%) GAAP
11 2 (0.53%) IFRS
11 2 (0.53%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.53%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.53%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (11.61%) Active Directory
2 35 (9.23%) Docker
3 16 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.64%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.64%) vCloud
5 9 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.11%) BitLocker
6 8 (2.11%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (1.58%) NFS
7 6 (1.58%) Postfix
7 6 (1.58%) Varnish
7 6 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.32%) RACF
9 4 (1.06%) Sendmail
9 4 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.79%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.53%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.53%) HDFS
11 2 (0.53%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 90 (23.75%) Terraform
2 41 (10.82%) Kubernetes
3 20 (5.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (5.01%) Ansible
4 19 (5.01%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (4.22%) vCenter Server
6 9 (2.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (2.37%) SCCM
7 8 (2.11%) Grafana
7 8 (2.11%) Puppet
7 8 (2.11%) vMotion
8 7 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.58%) HAProxy
10 4 (1.06%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.79%) Control-M
12 2 (0.53%) Nagios
12 2 (0.53%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.26%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 144 (37.99%) Microsoft
2 87 (22.96%) Oracle
3 33 (8.71%) VMware
4 14 (3.69%) Dynatrace
4 14 (3.69%) SAP
5 12 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.90%) Tenable
7 10 (2.64%) Citrix
8 8 (2.11%) Databricks
9 7 (1.85%) AppDynamics
9 7 (1.85%) Google
10 6 (1.58%) iManage
10 6 (1.58%) Intapp
10 6 (1.58%) NetApp
11 5 (1.32%) Splunk
11 5 (1.32%) Workday
12 4 (1.06%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.06%) Informatica
12 4 (1.06%) Rapid7
12 4 (1.06%) Salesforce