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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 257 232
Rank change year-on-year -44 -25 -28
Contract jobs citing PaaS 366 289 422
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.99% 0.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.10% 2.62% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 186 292
10th Percentile £411 £411 £375
25th Percentile £450 £500 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £596
Median % change year-on-year -5.14% -3.56% +1.06%
75th Percentile £688 £673 £675
90th Percentile £725 £838 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -
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 17,428 11,025 13,965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.61% 37.84% 32.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,704 7,509 9,922
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.34% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £608 £619 £634
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.16% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 555 261 348
10th Percentile £15.35 £15.16 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.32 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £35.91 £27.76 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year +29.36% +29.36% -43.15%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.12 £41.19
90th Percentile £81.15 £71.25 £69.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.06 £19.97 £17.80
% change year-on-year +85.58% +12.19% -35.27%

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 1 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 1 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 -28 325 £550 -4.35% 100
London -19 184 £525 -10.64% 56
UK excluding London -52 145 £575 +4.55% 57
Work from Home -54 100 £525 -12.50% 44
South East -51 50 £700 +21.74% 20
North of England -44 46 £454 -9.20% 4
Yorkshire -37 29 £507 +19.18% 2
Midlands -42 18 £525 -12.50% 10
North West -30 17 £425 -15.00% 2
East of England -24 12 £650 -3.77% 10
South West -30 12 £550 -1.79% 12
West Midlands -50 11 £533 -11.25% 7
Scotland -18 9 £595 +12.80% 6
East Midlands -21 7 £418 -27.39% 3
North East -29 4 £638 +19.38%
Wales -13 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 31 (8.47%) SharePoint
2 28 (7.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.83%) Confluence
4 7 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.64%) SAS
6 5 (1.37%) Apache
7 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.82%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.55%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.27%) IIS
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (4.92%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.19%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.09%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.09%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.82%) Oracle FAH
4 3 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.27%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 233 (63.66%) Azure
2 229 (62.57%) IaaS
3 127 (34.70%) SaaS
4 78 (21.31%) AWS
5 68 (18.58%) Entra ID
6 62 (16.94%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (15.57%) OCI
8 45 (12.30%) Serverless
9 44 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
10 39 (10.66%) GitHub
11 32 (8.74%) Azure Key Vault
12 31 (8.47%) Azure Monitor
13 23 (6.28%) Azure Service Bus
14 20 (5.46%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (5.46%) Power Platform
15 16 (4.37%) GCP
16 14 (3.83%) Azure AKS
16 14 (3.83%) Azure App Service
17 13 (3.55%) Azure Logic Apps
18 12 (3.28%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 41 (11.20%) DNS
2 40 (10.93%) Firewall
3 24 (6.56%) VPN
4 20 (5.46%) DHCP
5 14 (3.83%) WAN
6 13 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (3.28%) LAN
8 10 (2.73%) SAN
9 7 (1.91%) IPsec
9 7 (1.91%) Network Security
9 7 (1.91%) PSTN
9 7 (1.91%) SMTP
9 7 (1.91%) Unified Communications
9 7 (1.91%) VLAN
10 6 (1.64%) Internet
11 5 (1.37%) Kerberos
11 5 (1.37%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.37%) SSL
12 3 (0.82%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.82%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (2.73%) NoSQL
3 10 (2.73%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (2.46%) Oracle Database
5 8 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.64%) DynamoDB
6 6 (1.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 6 (1.64%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 6 (1.64%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 5 (1.37%) Metadata
7 5 (1.37%) Power BI
8 4 (1.09%) Big Data
8 4 (1.09%) MySQL
8 4 (1.09%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (0.82%) Apache Hive
9 3 (0.82%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (9.84%) Git
2 23 (6.28%) JIRA
3 17 (4.64%) Postman
4 13 (3.55%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.73%) SoapUI
6 8 (2.19%) GitLab
7 7 (1.91%) Chocolatey
8 4 (1.09%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.09%) Selenium
8 4 (1.09%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.55%) ERwin
9 2 (0.55%) Gradle
9 2 (0.55%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.27%) JMeter
10 1 (0.27%) JUnit
10 1 (0.27%) Protractor
10 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.27%) Subversion
General
1 83 (22.68%) Social Skills
2 57 (15.57%) Finance
3 45 (12.30%) Public Sector
4 37 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.01%) Banking
6 18 (4.92%) Legal
7 13 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.91%) Military
11 5 (1.37%) Law
12 4 (1.09%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.82%) Marketing
14 2 (0.55%) Aviation
14 2 (0.55%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.55%) Local Government
14 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.55%) Retail
14 2 (0.55%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 114 (31.15%) Architect
2 58 (15.85%) Azure Engineer
3 43 (11.75%) Senior
4 37 (10.11%) Cloud Engineer
5 33 (9.02%) Technical Architect
6 29 (7.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 28 (7.65%) Solutions Architect
8 27 (7.38%) Lead
9 25 (6.83%) Azure Architect
10 23 (6.28%) DevOps Engineer
11 19 (5.19%) Developer
12 15 (4.10%) Technical Leader
13 14 (3.83%) Azure Developer
13 14 (3.83%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (3.83%) Principal Engineer
14 13 (3.55%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 13 (3.55%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 12 (3.28%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (3.28%) Cloud Specialist
15 12 (3.28%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (11.20%) REST
2 38 (10.38%) Web Services
3 37 (10.11%) SOAP
4 36 (9.84%) .NET
5 35 (9.56%) Oracle Fusion
6 23 (6.28%) OAuth
7 22 (6.01%) ARM Templates
8 21 (5.74%) JSON
8 21 (5.74%) Microsoft Graph
9 16 (4.37%) XML
9 16 (4.37%) YAML
10 14 (3.83%) .NET Framework
11 13 (3.55%) Entity Framework
12 12 (3.28%) JWT
12 12 (3.28%) XSLT
13 9 (2.46%) Middleware
13 9 (2.46%) OAuth2
14 8 (2.19%) OpenID
14 8 (2.19%) SAML
15 7 (1.91%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.30%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.83%) Public Cloud
3 17 (4.64%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (4.64%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (4.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (4.10%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.83%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.83%) Product Ownership
6 13 (3.55%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.46%) Clustering
7 9 (2.46%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.91%) Enterprise Storage
8 7 (1.91%) IoT
8 7 (1.91%) PKI
9 6 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (1.64%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.37%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 54 (14.75%) Windows
2 41 (11.20%) Linux
3 15 (4.10%) Unix
3 15 (4.10%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.46%) VMS
5 8 (2.19%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.91%) Android
6 7 (1.91%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.91%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.27%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (44.26%) DevOps
2 134 (36.61%) CI/CD
3 107 (29.23%) Infrastructure as Code
4 82 (22.40%) Migration
5 77 (21.04%) Agile
6 76 (20.77%) Roadmaps
7 48 (13.11%) ERP
7 48 (13.11%) Microservices
8 47 (12.84%) Technical Leadership
9 46 (12.57%) Analytics
9 46 (12.57%) Architectural Patterns
9 46 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (11.48%) Containerisation
11 40 (10.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 39 (10.66%) Observability
13 37 (10.11%) Cybersecurity
13 37 (10.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 36 (9.84%) TOGAF
15 33 (9.02%) RBAC
16 32 (8.74%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 62 (16.94%) PowerShell
1 62 (16.94%) SQL
2 50 (13.66%) Python
3 41 (11.20%) Bicep
4 21 (5.74%) C#
5 19 (5.19%) Java
6 14 (3.83%) Kusto Query Language
7 13 (3.55%) Ruby
8 10 (2.73%) Bash
8 10 (2.73%) Shell Script
9 9 (2.46%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.37%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.55%) C++
11 2 (0.55%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.55%) Perl
11 2 (0.55%) Scala
11 2 (0.55%) VBA
12 1 (0.27%) Cypher
12 1 (0.27%) Go
12 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 155 (42.35%) Security Cleared
2 102 (27.87%) SC Cleared
3 52 (14.21%) Azure Certification
4 41 (11.20%) DV Cleared
5 31 (8.47%) Degree
6 15 (4.10%) TOGAF Certification
7 13 (3.55%) CISSP
7 13 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (2.19%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (1.91%) CISM
10 7 (1.91%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.91%) SANS
11 6 (1.64%) GIAC
11 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.37%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (1.37%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.10%) SLA
2 14 (3.83%) GDPR
3 10 (2.73%) NIST
4 9 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.46%) NCSC
5 7 (1.91%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.64%) ISO 31000
7 4 (1.09%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.82%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.55%) Basel III
9 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.55%) GAAP
9 2 (0.55%) IFRS
9 2 (0.55%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.55%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.55%) PMO
9 2 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 45 (12.30%) Active Directory
2 34 (9.29%) Docker
3 16 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.01%) vCloud
5 10 (2.73%) Hyper-V
6 8 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (2.19%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (1.91%) BitLocker
7 7 (1.91%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (1.64%) NFS
8 6 (1.64%) Postfix
8 6 (1.64%) Varnish
9 5 (1.37%) RACF
10 4 (1.09%) Sendmail
11 3 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.82%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.55%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.55%) HDFS
12 2 (0.55%) vSphere
13 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 89 (24.32%) Terraform
2 40 (10.93%) Kubernetes
3 19 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (4.92%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (4.64%) Ansible
6 16 (4.37%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 9 (2.46%) SCCM
8 8 (2.19%) Grafana
9 7 (1.91%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (1.91%) Puppet
9 7 (1.91%) vMotion
10 6 (1.64%) HAProxy
11 4 (1.09%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.82%) Control-M
12 3 (0.82%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.55%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.55%) systemd
Vendors
1 142 (38.80%) Microsoft
2 79 (21.58%) Oracle
3 34 (9.29%) VMware
4 14 (3.83%) Dynatrace
5 13 (3.55%) SAP
6 11 (3.01%) Tenable
7 10 (2.73%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.46%) Citrix
9 8 (2.19%) AppDynamics
9 8 (2.19%) Databricks
10 7 (1.91%) NetApp
11 6 (1.64%) iManage
11 6 (1.64%) Intapp
12 5 (1.37%) Google
12 5 (1.37%) Splunk
12 5 (1.37%) Workday
13 4 (1.09%) Aderant
13 4 (1.09%) Atlassian
13 4 (1.09%) Informatica
13 4 (1.09%) Rapid7