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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 301 243
Rank change year-on-year -23 -58 -40
Contract jobs citing PaaS 371 278 406
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.70% 0.85% 0.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.99% 2.28% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 180 301
10th Percentile £413 £400 £350
25th Percentile £450 £499 £450
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 £764 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £575 £606
% change year-on-year -6.09% -5.12% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile - - £27.75
25th Percentile £51.25 - £31.13
Median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% -22.08% -51.27%
75th Percentile £55.13 - £85.13
90th Percentile £55.35 - £112.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.75 - £32.25
% change year-on-year - - -58.65%

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 18,607 12,201 13,784
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.29% 37.35% 33.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,276 8,161 9,644
10th Percentile £326 £313 £313
25th Percentile £417 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -4.67% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 614 313 316
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.10 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £36.31 £27.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.04% +25.00% -37.14%
75th Percentile £70.00 £47.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.40 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.37 £18.87 £20.29
% change year-on-year +98.04% -6.98% -24.87%

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 23 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 23 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 -43 319 £525 -8.70% 137
London -8 184 £525 -12.50% 86
UK excluding London -65 145 £540 -6.09% 80
Work from Home -54 103 £521 -13.13% 67
South East -67 40 £700 +21.74% 33
North of England -53 38 £460 -8.00% 13
Midlands -45 27 £525 -13.79% 15
Yorkshire -31 25 £494 +1.33% 4
West Midlands -57 17 £537 -17.38% 6
Scotland -8 16 £598 +11.89% 4
East of England -18 13 £644 -14.28% 7
North West -40 13 £426 +17.48% 6
South West -41 12 £500 -31.03% 8
East Midlands -5 10 £488 +8.33% 9
North East -39 4 £638 +27.50% 3
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 33 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 33 (8.89%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.04%) Confluence
3 12 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (2.96%) SAS
5 5 (1.35%) Apache
6 4 (1.08%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.54%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.27%) CMS
8 1 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (4.04%) Oracle ERP
2 13 (3.50%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.27%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 261 (70.35%) Azure
2 226 (60.92%) IaaS
3 138 (37.20%) SaaS
4 86 (23.18%) AWS
5 77 (20.75%) Entra ID
6 65 (17.52%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (14.02%) GitHub
8 50 (13.48%) OCI
9 48 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
10 38 (10.24%) Azure Monitor
11 37 (9.97%) Serverless
12 32 (8.63%) Azure Key Vault
13 28 (7.55%) Azure AKS
14 26 (7.01%) GitHub Actions
15 24 (6.47%) Azure App Service
16 19 (5.12%) Azure Service Bus
16 19 (5.12%) GCP
17 18 (4.85%) Power Platform
18 12 (3.23%) Azure WebJobs
18 12 (3.23%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 44 (11.86%) DNS
2 43 (11.59%) Firewall
3 31 (8.36%) VPN
4 22 (5.93%) DHCP
5 15 (4.04%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (3.77%) SAN
6 14 (3.77%) WAN
7 12 (3.23%) LAN
8 9 (2.43%) VLAN
9 8 (2.16%) Kerberos
10 7 (1.89%) PSTN
10 7 (1.89%) SMTP
10 7 (1.89%) Unified Communications
11 6 (1.62%) Internet
11 6 (1.62%) IPsec
11 6 (1.62%) Network Security
12 5 (1.35%) NAS
12 5 (1.35%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.08%) SSL
14 3 (0.81%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.28%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.23%) Oracle Database
5 11 (2.96%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 11 (2.96%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 9 (2.43%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.89%) Big Data
8 7 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.89%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.62%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.62%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.35%) Db2
10 5 (1.35%) Metadata
10 5 (1.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (1.08%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.08%) MySQL
11 4 (1.08%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (1.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 32 (8.63%) Git
2 22 (5.93%) JIRA
3 9 (2.43%) Chocolatey
4 8 (2.16%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.62%) Postman
6 5 (1.35%) GitLab
7 4 (1.08%) JetBrains Rider
7 4 (1.08%) SoapUI
7 4 (1.08%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.81%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.81%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.54%) ERwin
9 2 (0.54%) Selenium
9 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.27%) JMeter
10 1 (0.27%) JUnit
10 1 (0.27%) Subversion
10 1 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 84 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 62 (16.71%) Finance
3 51 (13.75%) Public Sector
4 33 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.47%) Banking
6 23 (6.20%) Legal
7 19 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.35%) Law
9 5 (1.35%) Military
9 5 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.54%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.54%) Legal Technology
11 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.27%) Aviation
12 1 (0.27%) Billing
12 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 126 (33.96%) Architect
2 60 (16.17%) Azure Engineer
3 46 (12.40%) Senior
4 37 (9.97%) Solutions Architect
5 33 (8.89%) Cloud Engineer
5 33 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 29 (7.82%) Azure Architect
6 29 (7.82%) Technical Architect
7 27 (7.28%) Developer
8 26 (7.01%) Lead
9 21 (5.66%) Cloud Architect
10 18 (4.85%) Azure Developer
10 18 (4.85%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (4.31%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (4.31%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 16 (4.31%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 16 (4.31%) DevOps Engineer
12 14 (3.77%) Lead Architect
13 13 (3.50%) Oracle Architect
14 12 (3.23%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.51%) REST
2 34 (9.16%) .NET
3 26 (7.01%) SOAP
3 26 (7.01%) Web Services
4 24 (6.47%) Oracle Fusion
5 23 (6.20%) .NET Framework
6 21 (5.66%) Microsoft Graph
7 15 (4.04%) OAuth
8 13 (3.50%) ARM Templates
9 12 (3.23%) Middleware
10 11 (2.96%) .NET Core
10 11 (2.96%) Entity Framework
10 11 (2.96%) JSON
11 9 (2.43%) OpenID
11 9 (2.43%) SAML
12 6 (1.62%) OAuth2
12 6 (1.62%) React
12 6 (1.62%) YAML
13 5 (1.35%) JWT
13 5 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (16.44%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.39%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (5.12%) Data Centre
4 18 (4.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (4.85%) Public Cloud
5 17 (4.58%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.77%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.96%) PKI
7 11 (2.96%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.70%) IoT
9 9 (2.43%) Virtual Team
10 8 (2.16%) Clustering
10 8 (2.16%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.89%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.89%) SCADA
11 7 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.62%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 57 (15.36%) Windows
2 40 (10.78%) Linux
3 18 (4.85%) Unix
4 13 (3.50%) Windows Server
5 12 (3.23%) VMS
6 8 (2.16%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.89%) Android
7 7 (1.89%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.35%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.81%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (42.32%) DevOps
2 138 (37.20%) CI/CD
3 93 (25.07%) Infrastructure as Code
4 92 (24.80%) Migration
5 72 (19.41%) Agile
6 64 (17.25%) Roadmaps
7 57 (15.36%) Analytics
8 52 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
9 49 (13.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 46 (12.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 45 (12.13%) Observability
11 45 (12.13%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (11.86%) RBAC
13 42 (11.32%) Architectural Patterns
13 42 (11.32%) Containerisation
13 42 (11.32%) ERP
13 42 (11.32%) Platform Engineering
14 41 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
15 35 (9.43%) Disaster Recovery
15 35 (9.43%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 64 (17.25%) PowerShell
2 59 (15.90%) Python
3 48 (12.94%) SQL
4 44 (11.86%) Bicep
5 28 (7.55%) C#
6 16 (4.31%) Ruby
7 15 (4.04%) Java
8 14 (3.77%) Bash
9 13 (3.50%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (2.16%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.89%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.08%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.81%) Delphi
13 3 (0.81%) Groovy
14 2 (0.54%) C++
14 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
14 2 (0.54%) Perl
14 2 (0.54%) Scala
14 2 (0.54%) VBA
15 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 151 (40.70%) Security Cleared
2 102 (27.49%) SC Cleared
3 53 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 37 (9.97%) DV Cleared
5 28 (7.55%) Degree
6 13 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.96%) CISSP
7 11 (2.96%) TOGAF Certification
8 10 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.43%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.43%) CISM
9 9 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.62%) GIAC
12 5 (1.35%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (1.35%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.35%) PMP
12 5 (1.35%) SANS
12 5 (1.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.77%) SLA
2 12 (3.23%) GDPR
3 11 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.43%) NIST
5 8 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.16%) NCSC
6 7 (1.89%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.62%) Disclosure Scotland
7 6 (1.62%) ISO 31000
7 6 (1.62%) QA
8 5 (1.35%) PMO
9 3 (0.81%) GRC
10 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 53 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.20%) Docker
3 13 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.43%) NFS
4 9 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.16%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.89%) BitLocker
6 7 (1.89%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.62%) vCloud
8 5 (1.35%) Postfix
8 5 (1.35%) Varnish
8 5 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.08%) RACF
9 4 (1.08%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.81%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.54%) HDFS
12 1 (0.27%) Firmware
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 82 (22.10%) Terraform
2 33 (8.89%) Kubernetes
3 25 (6.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (5.12%) Ansible
5 13 (3.50%) vCenter Server
6 12 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (2.96%) Grafana
8 9 (2.43%) SCCM
9 7 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (1.89%) Prometheus
9 7 (1.89%) Puppet
9 7 (1.89%) vMotion
10 5 (1.35%) CA Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.35%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.81%) Nagios
12 2 (0.54%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.27%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 155 (41.78%) Microsoft
2 83 (22.37%) Oracle
3 29 (7.82%) VMware
4 14 (3.77%) Databricks
5 13 (3.50%) Dynatrace
5 13 (3.50%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.23%) Tenable
7 10 (2.70%) SAP
8 9 (2.43%) AppDynamics
8 9 (2.43%) Citrix
9 7 (1.89%) Sybase
10 6 (1.62%) OpenAI
11 5 (1.35%) Foundry
11 5 (1.35%) Google
11 5 (1.35%) Greenplum
11 5 (1.35%) iManage
11 5 (1.35%) Intapp
11 5 (1.35%) Litera
11 5 (1.35%) Splunk
12 4 (1.08%) HP