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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 279 244
Rank change year-on-year -48 -35 -42
Contract jobs citing PaaS 368 282 424
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 0.93% 0.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.04% 2.46% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 181 300
10th Percentile £413 £403 £350
25th Percentile £451 £500 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £591
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.75% -1.46%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £675
90th Percentile £725 £838 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £551 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.13% -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 18,069 11,478 14,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.44% 37.85% 32.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,038 7,704 9,991
10th Percentile £331 £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 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £730 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 600 287 360
10th Percentile £16.61 £15.21 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.08
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% +26.84% -36.93%
75th Percentile £68.92 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.30 £71.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.88 £18.87 £20.97
% change year-on-year +100.72% -10.01% -20.81%

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 27 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 27 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 -46 320 £525 -8.70% 97
London -20 181 £525 -12.50% 47
UK excluding London -69 151 £551 -4.13% 75
Work from Home -69 97 £525 -12.50% 48
North of England -46 46 £457 -8.60% 6
South East -55 44 £700 +21.74% 33
Yorkshire -19 29 £507 +19.18% 2
Midlands -47 25 £539 -10.25% 17
North West -40 17 £425 +17.08% 3
Scotland -8 16 £595 +11.32% 5
West Midlands -55 16 £540 -12.62% 9
East of England -18 13 £644 -4.70% 6
East Midlands -6 9 £500 -2.44% 8
South West -41 9 £525 -34.38% 12
North East -39 4 £638 +19.38% 1
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 33 (8.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (8.70%) SharePoint
3 15 (4.08%) Confluence
4 12 (3.26%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (2.99%) SAS
6 5 (1.36%) Apache
7 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.54%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.54%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.27%) IIS
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (0.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (4.62%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (2.72%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.09%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.82%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
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
6 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 240 (65.22%) Azure
2 234 (63.59%) IaaS
3 139 (37.77%) SaaS
4 88 (23.91%) AWS
5 69 (18.75%) Entra ID
6 63 (17.12%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (14.95%) OCI
8 47 (12.77%) GitHub
9 46 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
10 41 (11.14%) Serverless
11 34 (9.24%) Azure Monitor
12 31 (8.42%) Azure Key Vault
13 23 (6.25%) Azure AKS
14 21 (5.71%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (5.43%) GCP
16 19 (5.16%) Azure App Service
17 18 (4.89%) Azure Service Bus
17 18 (4.89%) Power Platform
18 12 (3.26%) Azure WebJobs
19 9 (2.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 42 (11.41%) Firewall
2 40 (10.87%) DNS
3 27 (7.34%) VPN
4 18 (4.89%) DHCP
5 14 (3.80%) WAN
6 13 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (3.26%) LAN
8 9 (2.45%) SAN
9 8 (2.17%) SMTP
10 7 (1.90%) Network Security
10 7 (1.90%) PSTN
10 7 (1.90%) Unified Communications
10 7 (1.90%) VLAN
11 6 (1.63%) Internet
11 6 (1.63%) IPsec
12 5 (1.36%) Kerberos
12 5 (1.36%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.09%) SSL
14 3 (0.82%) BGP
14 3 (0.82%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (3.26%) Oracle Database
4 11 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.99%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 11 (2.99%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 10 (2.72%) NoSQL
5 10 (2.72%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.90%) Big Data
8 6 (1.63%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 5 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.36%) Metadata
10 4 (1.09%) MySQL
10 4 (1.09%) Oracle Exadata
10 4 (1.09%) Power BI
10 4 (1.09%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.82%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 33 (8.97%) Git
2 23 (6.25%) JIRA
3 10 (2.72%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.17%) Postman
5 7 (1.90%) Chocolatey
5 7 (1.90%) GitLab
6 5 (1.36%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.54%) ERwin
8 2 (0.54%) JetBrains Rider
8 2 (0.54%) Selenium
8 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.27%) JMeter
9 1 (0.27%) JUnit
9 1 (0.27%) Subversion
9 1 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 84 (22.83%) Social Skills
2 64 (17.39%) Finance
3 49 (13.32%) Public Sector
4 37 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.71%) Banking
6 20 (5.43%) Legal
7 16 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.63%) Military
10 5 (1.36%) Law
11 3 (0.82%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
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%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.27%) Billing
13 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 122 (33.15%) Architect
2 61 (16.58%) Azure Engineer
3 46 (12.50%) Senior
4 41 (11.14%) Cloud Engineer
5 35 (9.51%) Solutions Architect
6 33 (8.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 30 (8.15%) Technical Architect
8 29 (7.88%) Lead
9 26 (7.07%) Azure Architect
10 20 (5.43%) Developer
10 20 (5.43%) Platform Engineer
11 19 (5.16%) DevOps Engineer
12 18 (4.89%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 18 (4.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 14 (3.80%) Azure Developer
13 14 (3.80%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (3.80%) Lead Architect
14 13 (3.53%) Oracle Architect
14 13 (3.53%) Technical Leader
15 12 (3.26%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.24%) REST
2 32 (8.70%) .NET
3 29 (7.88%) Oracle Fusion
3 29 (7.88%) Web Services
4 28 (7.61%) SOAP
5 21 (5.71%) Microsoft Graph
6 16 (4.35%) .NET Framework
7 15 (4.08%) OAuth
8 13 (3.53%) ARM Templates
9 12 (3.26%) JSON
10 11 (2.99%) Middleware
11 8 (2.17%) XML
11 8 (2.17%) YAML
12 7 (1.90%) Entity Framework
12 7 (1.90%) OAuth2
12 7 (1.90%) OpenID
12 7 (1.90%) SAML
13 6 (1.63%) JWT
13 6 (1.63%) XSLT
14 5 (1.36%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 58 (15.76%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.43%) Data Centre
2 20 (5.43%) Public Cloud
3 19 (5.16%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (4.89%) Onboarding
5 17 (4.62%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (3.80%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.99%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.72%) Clustering
9 10 (2.72%) IoT
10 9 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
10 9 (2.45%) PKI
11 7 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.90%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.90%) SCADA
11 7 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.63%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.63%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.36%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 52 (14.13%) Windows
2 44 (11.96%) Linux
3 16 (4.35%) Unix
4 14 (3.80%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.99%) VMS
6 8 (2.17%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.90%) Android
7 7 (1.90%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.63%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.82%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.27%) CentOS
11 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (43.21%) DevOps
2 135 (36.68%) CI/CD
3 99 (26.90%) Infrastructure as Code
4 89 (24.18%) Migration
5 76 (20.65%) Agile
6 71 (19.29%) Roadmaps
7 56 (15.22%) Analytics
8 47 (12.77%) Containerisation
8 47 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 46 (12.50%) ERP
10 45 (12.23%) Architectural Patterns
11 42 (11.41%) Observability
11 42 (11.41%) Technical Leadership
12 41 (11.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 41 (11.14%) Microservices
12 41 (11.14%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (10.87%) Platform Engineering
13 40 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
14 39 (10.60%) Cybersecurity
15 37 (10.05%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 63 (17.12%) PowerShell
2 56 (15.22%) Python
3 53 (14.40%) SQL
4 41 (11.14%) Bicep
5 21 (5.71%) C#
6 18 (4.89%) Java
7 15 (4.08%) Ruby
8 14 (3.80%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (3.26%) Bash
10 8 (2.17%) PL/SQL
10 8 (2.17%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.82%) Groovy
11 3 (0.82%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.54%) C++
12 2 (0.54%) Perl
12 2 (0.54%) Scala
12 2 (0.54%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.54%) VBA
13 1 (0.27%) Cypher
13 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 154 (41.85%) Security Cleared
2 102 (27.72%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.77%) Azure Certification
4 41 (11.14%) DV Cleared
5 33 (8.97%) Degree
6 13 (3.53%) TOGAF Certification
7 12 (3.26%) CISSP
7 12 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.72%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (1.90%) CISM
11 7 (1.90%) SANS
12 6 (1.63%) GIAC
12 6 (1.63%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.63%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.63%) PMP
13 5 (1.36%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.53%) GDPR
1 13 (3.53%) SLA
2 10 (2.72%) NCSC
2 10 (2.72%) NIST
3 9 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.63%) Disclosure Scotland
5 6 (1.63%) ISO 31000
5 6 (1.63%) QA
6 4 (1.09%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.54%) PMO
7 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.27%) Basel III
8 1 (0.27%) GAAP
8 1 (0.27%) IFRS
8 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 41 (11.14%) Active Directory
2 31 (8.42%) Docker
3 14 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.45%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.45%) vCloud
4 9 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.17%) BitLocker
5 8 (2.17%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.63%) NFS
6 6 (1.63%) Postfix
6 6 (1.63%) Varnish
7 5 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.09%) RACF
8 4 (1.09%) Sendmail
9 3 (0.82%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.54%) HDFS
10 2 (0.54%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.27%) Firmware
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 85 (23.10%) Terraform
2 43 (11.68%) Kubernetes
3 23 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (5.43%) Ansible
5 15 (4.08%) vCenter Server
6 14 (3.80%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (2.45%) SCCM
8 8 (2.17%) Grafana
8 8 (2.17%) Puppet
8 8 (2.17%) vMotion
9 7 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (1.63%) HAProxy
11 4 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (1.09%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.82%) Nagios
13 2 (0.54%) CA Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.54%) Control-M
13 2 (0.54%) Progress Chef
14 1 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 142 (38.59%) Microsoft
2 81 (22.01%) Oracle
3 29 (7.88%) VMware
4 13 (3.53%) Dynatrace
4 13 (3.53%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.26%) SAP
6 11 (2.99%) Databricks
7 10 (2.72%) Citrix
7 10 (2.72%) Tenable
8 9 (2.45%) Google
9 7 (1.90%) AppDynamics
10 5 (1.36%) iManage
10 5 (1.36%) Intapp
10 5 (1.36%) Litera
10 5 (1.36%) NetApp
10 5 (1.36%) Splunk
11 4 (1.09%) HP
11 4 (1.09%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.09%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.09%) Workday