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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 276 245
Rank change year-on-year -36 -31 -39
Contract jobs citing PaaS 369 278 423
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 0.93% 0.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.06% 2.47% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 179 300
10th Percentile £413 £412 £375
25th Percentile £453 £500 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £692 £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 17,870 11,252 14,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 37.80% 32.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,937 7,591 10,000
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £620 £634
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +4.74% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 586 279 364
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.14 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.06 £28.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.36% +27.27% -37.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.31 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £20.39
% change year-on-year +98.73% -7.43% -24.50%

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 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 18 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 -30 324 £541 -5.93% 119
London +9 184 £525 -12.50% 74
UK excluding London -61 150 £571 -0.65% 66
Work from Home -61 94 £537 -12.54% 46
South East -48 50 £700 +21.74% 32
North of England -45 46 £454 -9.20% 5
Yorkshire -41 29 £507 +19.18% 1
Midlands -44 21 £540 -10.00% 14
North West -23 17 £425 +21.43% 3
West Midlands -45 15 £540 -12.62% 9
Scotland -15 14 £595 +11.32% 1
East of England -19 12 £650 -3.77% 5
South West -30 9 £525 -34.38% 11
East Midlands -18 6 - - 5
North East -39 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 (8.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 32 (8.67%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.79%) Confluence
3 12 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (2.98%) SAS
5 5 (1.36%) Apache
6 4 (1.08%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.81%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.54%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.54%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.27%) IIS
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (4.34%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.17%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.08%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.81%) Oracle FAH
4 3 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.54%) 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
1 242 (65.58%) Azure
2 231 (62.60%) IaaS
3 131 (35.50%) SaaS
4 85 (23.04%) AWS
5 70 (18.97%) Entra ID
6 64 (17.34%) Azure DevOps
7 54 (14.63%) OCI
8 45 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
8 45 (12.20%) Serverless
9 42 (11.38%) GitHub
10 32 (8.67%) Azure Key Vault
11 29 (7.86%) Azure Monitor
12 20 (5.42%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (5.15%) Azure AKS
13 19 (5.15%) Azure Service Bus
13 19 (5.15%) GCP
13 19 (5.15%) Power Platform
14 16 (4.34%) Azure App Service
15 12 (3.25%) Azure Service Fabric
15 12 (3.25%) Azure WebJobs
Communications & Networking
1 41 (11.11%) DNS
1 41 (11.11%) Firewall
2 27 (7.32%) VPN
3 20 (5.42%) DHCP
4 14 (3.79%) WAN
5 13 (3.52%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (3.25%) LAN
7 10 (2.71%) SAN
8 9 (2.44%) SMTP
9 7 (1.90%) IPsec
9 7 (1.90%) PSTN
9 7 (1.90%) Unified Communications
9 7 (1.90%) VLAN
10 6 (1.63%) Internet
10 6 (1.63%) Network Security
11 5 (1.36%) Kerberos
11 5 (1.36%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.36%) SSL
12 3 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.81%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (3.25%) Oracle Database
3 11 (2.98%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 11 (2.98%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 10 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (2.71%) NoSQL
4 10 (2.71%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.90%) Big Data
7 6 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.63%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (1.36%) Metadata
8 5 (1.36%) Power BI
9 4 (1.08%) MySQL
9 4 (1.08%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (0.81%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.81%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 35 (9.49%) Git
2 23 (6.23%) JIRA
3 10 (2.71%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.17%) Postman
5 7 (1.90%) Chocolatey
5 7 (1.90%) GitLab
6 5 (1.36%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.81%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.54%) ERwin
8 2 (0.54%) Selenium
8 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.27%) JMeter
9 1 (0.27%) JUnit
9 1 (0.27%) Protractor
9 1 (0.27%) Subversion
9 1 (0.27%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.27%) WebDriver
General
1 82 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 60 (16.26%) Finance
3 48 (13.01%) Public Sector
4 34 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.42%) Banking
5 20 (5.42%) Legal
6 13 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.63%) Military
10 5 (1.36%) Law
11 4 (1.08%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.54%) Aviation
12 2 (0.54%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.54%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.54%) Retail
12 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.27%) Billing
13 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 117 (31.71%) Architect
2 64 (17.34%) Azure Engineer
3 45 (12.20%) Senior
4 40 (10.84%) Cloud Engineer
5 35 (9.49%) Solutions Architect
6 33 (8.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (8.40%) Lead
8 28 (7.59%) Technical Architect
9 24 (6.50%) Azure Architect
10 22 (5.96%) DevOps Engineer
11 21 (5.69%) Platform Engineer
12 19 (5.15%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 19 (5.15%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 19 (5.15%) Developer
13 14 (3.79%) Azure Developer
13 14 (3.79%) Lead Architect
13 14 (3.79%) Principal Engineer
13 14 (3.79%) Technical Leader
14 13 (3.52%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (3.52%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.67%) REST
2 31 (8.40%) .NET
3 30 (8.13%) Web Services
4 29 (7.86%) Oracle Fusion
5 28 (7.59%) SOAP
6 21 (5.69%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (5.15%) ARM Templates
8 16 (4.34%) OAuth
8 16 (4.34%) YAML
9 14 (3.79%) .NET Framework
10 13 (3.52%) Entity Framework
11 12 (3.25%) JSON
12 9 (2.44%) Middleware
12 9 (2.44%) XML
13 8 (2.17%) OAuth2
13 8 (2.17%) OpenID
13 8 (2.17%) SAML
14 7 (1.90%) SailPoint
15 6 (1.63%) JWT
15 6 (1.63%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 54 (14.63%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.42%) Public Cloud
3 19 (5.15%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.61%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (4.61%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (4.61%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (3.79%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.98%) Clustering
8 10 (2.71%) Virtual Team
9 9 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (2.44%) IoT
9 9 (2.44%) PKI
10 6 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.63%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.63%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.63%) SCADA
10 6 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 53 (14.36%) Windows
2 41 (11.11%) Linux
3 16 (4.34%) Windows Server
4 15 (4.07%) Unix
5 9 (2.44%) VMS
6 8 (2.17%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.90%) Android
7 7 (1.90%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.90%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.27%) CentOS
8 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (43.90%) DevOps
2 138 (37.40%) CI/CD
3 104 (28.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 86 (23.31%) Migration
5 77 (20.87%) Agile
6 73 (19.78%) Roadmaps
7 53 (14.36%) Analytics
8 47 (12.74%) Containerisation
9 46 (12.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 45 (12.20%) Microservices
11 44 (11.92%) Architectural Patterns
12 43 (11.65%) ERP
12 43 (11.65%) Technical Leadership
13 42 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
14 41 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 39 (10.57%) Cybersecurity
16 38 (10.30%) Stakeholder Management
17 37 (10.03%) Observability
18 36 (9.76%) Platform Engineering
19 35 (9.49%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 64 (17.34%) PowerShell
2 59 (15.99%) SQL
3 53 (14.36%) Python
4 39 (10.57%) Bicep
5 20 (5.42%) C#
6 16 (4.34%) Java
7 14 (3.79%) Kusto Query Language
8 13 (3.52%) Ruby
9 12 (3.25%) Bash
10 9 (2.44%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.17%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.08%) JavaScript
13 3 (0.81%) Groovy
14 2 (0.54%) C++
14 2 (0.54%) Perl
14 2 (0.54%) Scala
14 2 (0.54%) VBA
15 1 (0.27%) C
15 1 (0.27%) RPG
15 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 159 (43.09%) Security Cleared
2 104 (28.18%) SC Cleared
3 48 (13.01%) Azure Certification
4 45 (12.20%) DV Cleared
5 31 (8.40%) Degree
6 14 (3.79%) TOGAF Certification
7 12 (3.25%) CISSP
8 11 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.71%) AWS Certification
10 9 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.90%) CISM
12 7 (1.90%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.90%) SANS
13 6 (1.63%) GIAC
14 5 (1.36%) PMI Certification
14 5 (1.36%) PMP
14 5 (1.36%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.07%) SLA
2 12 (3.25%) GDPR
3 11 (2.98%) NCSC
4 10 (2.71%) NIST
5 9 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.90%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.63%) ISO 31000
8 5 (1.36%) Disclosure Scotland
8 5 (1.36%) QA
9 4 (1.08%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.81%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.54%) Basel III
11 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.54%) GAAP
11 2 (0.54%) IFRS
11 2 (0.54%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.54%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.54%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 37 (10.03%) Docker
3 16 (4.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.71%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.71%) vCloud
4 10 (2.71%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.44%) BitLocker
5 9 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
6 6 (1.63%) NFS
6 6 (1.63%) Postfix
6 6 (1.63%) Varnish
6 6 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.36%) RACF
7 5 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.08%) Sendmail
9 3 (0.81%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.81%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.54%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.54%) HDFS
10 2 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 89 (24.12%) Terraform
2 41 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 22 (5.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (5.69%) Ansible
5 19 (5.15%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (4.61%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 9 (2.44%) Puppet
7 9 (2.44%) SCCM
7 9 (2.44%) vMotion
8 8 (2.17%) Grafana
9 7 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (1.63%) HAProxy
11 4 (1.08%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.81%) Control-M
12 3 (0.81%) Nagios
13 2 (0.54%) Progress Chef
14 1 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.27%) Data Guard
14 1 (0.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 144 (39.02%) Microsoft
2 77 (20.87%) Oracle
3 33 (8.94%) VMware
4 13 (3.52%) Dynatrace
4 13 (3.52%) SAP
5 12 (3.25%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.98%) Citrix
7 10 (2.71%) Tenable
8 8 (2.17%) Databricks
8 8 (2.17%) Google
9 7 (1.90%) AppDynamics
10 6 (1.63%) NetApp
11 5 (1.36%) iManage
11 5 (1.36%) Intapp
11 5 (1.36%) Litera
11 5 (1.36%) Splunk
11 5 (1.36%) Workday
12 4 (1.08%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.08%) OpenAI
12 4 (1.08%) Rapid7