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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 292 243
Rank change year-on-year -42 -49 -42
Contract jobs citing PaaS 372 291 421
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.89% 0.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.00% 2.37% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 188 300
10th Percentile £413 £400 £350
25th Percentile £450 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £591
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.75% -1.46%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £725 £838 £764
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% +15.38% -67.09%
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 18,631 12,266 14,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.36% 37.53% 33.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,358 8,213 9,943
10th Percentile £328 £313 £309
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.99% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £734 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 618 313 353
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.78 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.06 £27.76 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +33.50% +24.48% -36.29%
75th Percentile £69.27 £48.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £82.56 £70.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.94 £21.00
% change year-on-year +98.05% -9.83% -20.75%

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 13 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 13 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 -48 324 £525 -8.70% 138
London -6 191 £525 -12.50% 69
UK excluding London -68 145 £540 -6.09% 105
Work from Home -67 98 £525 -12.50% 65
North of England -57 42 £454 -6.87% 12
South East -76 38 £700 +21.74% 31
Midlands -39 27 £525 -12.50% 23
Yorkshire -35 26 £494 +16.24% 4
West Midlands -62 17 £537 -13.11% 13
Scotland -18 16 £595 +11.42% 5
North West -44 16 £426 +17.48% 5
East of England -13 13 £644 -4.70% 7
East Midlands -7 10 £488 +8.33% 10
South West -37 10 £550 -21.62% 19
North East -36 4 £638 +23.31% 3
Wales -13 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 (8.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.76%) Confluence
4 12 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (2.96%) SAS
6 5 (1.34%) Apache
7 4 (1.08%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.54%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (4.57%) Oracle ERP
2 14 (3.76%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.27%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 255 (68.55%) Azure
2 229 (61.56%) IaaS
3 139 (37.37%) SaaS
4 93 (25.00%) AWS
5 71 (19.09%) Entra ID
6 63 (16.94%) Azure DevOps
7 56 (15.05%) OCI
8 52 (13.98%) GitHub
9 47 (12.63%) Microsoft 365
10 38 (10.22%) Serverless
11 36 (9.68%) Azure Monitor
12 29 (7.80%) Azure Key Vault
13 24 (6.45%) Azure AKS
13 24 (6.45%) GitHub Actions
14 21 (5.65%) Azure App Service
14 21 (5.65%) GCP
15 18 (4.84%) Power Platform
16 17 (4.57%) Azure Service Bus
17 12 (3.23%) Azure WebJobs
18 9 (2.42%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (11.56%) DNS
2 42 (11.29%) Firewall
3 29 (7.80%) VPN
4 20 (5.38%) DHCP
5 14 (3.76%) WAN
5 14 (3.76%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (3.23%) LAN
6 12 (3.23%) SAN
7 8 (2.15%) VLAN
8 7 (1.88%) Kerberos
8 7 (1.88%) Network Security
8 7 (1.88%) PSTN
8 7 (1.88%) SMTP
8 7 (1.88%) Unified Communications
9 6 (1.61%) Internet
9 6 (1.61%) IPsec
10 5 (1.34%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.08%) NAS
11 4 (1.08%) SSL
12 3 (0.81%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.72%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.23%) Oracle Database
5 11 (2.96%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 11 (2.96%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 9 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.88%) Big Data
8 7 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.88%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.61%) DynamoDB
9 6 (1.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 6 (1.61%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.34%) Metadata
11 4 (1.08%) Db2
11 4 (1.08%) MySQL
11 4 (1.08%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (1.08%) Power BI
12 3 (0.81%) Redis
Development Applications
1 33 (8.87%) Git
2 21 (5.65%) JIRA
3 10 (2.69%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.15%) Chocolatey
4 8 (2.15%) Postman
5 7 (1.88%) GitLab
6 5 (1.34%) SoapUI
7 4 (1.08%) JetBrains Rider
7 4 (1.08%) Visual Studio
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%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.27%) JMeter
10 1 (0.27%) Subversion
10 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.27%) WebDriver
General
1 85 (22.85%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.94%) Finance
3 52 (13.98%) Public Sector
4 38 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (5.91%) Banking
6 21 (5.65%) Legal
7 19 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.88%) Military
11 5 (1.34%) Law
12 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.54%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.54%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.54%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.27%) Aviation
14 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 127 (34.14%) Architect
2 60 (16.13%) Azure Engineer
3 46 (12.37%) Senior
4 39 (10.48%) Cloud Engineer
5 36 (9.68%) Solutions Architect
6 33 (8.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (8.33%) Technical Architect
8 30 (8.06%) Azure Architect
9 27 (7.26%) Lead
10 21 (5.65%) Developer
11 18 (4.84%) DevOps Engineer
11 18 (4.84%) Platform Engineer
12 16 (4.30%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 16 (4.30%) Cloud Architect
12 16 (4.30%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 15 (4.03%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (3.76%) Azure Developer
14 14 (3.76%) Lead Architect
15 13 (3.49%) Oracle Architect
16 12 (3.23%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.68%) REST
2 32 (8.60%) .NET
3 29 (7.80%) Web Services
4 28 (7.53%) Oracle Fusion
4 28 (7.53%) SOAP
5 21 (5.65%) Microsoft Graph
6 18 (4.84%) .NET Framework
7 15 (4.03%) OAuth
8 12 (3.23%) JSON
8 12 (3.23%) Middleware
9 11 (2.96%) ARM Templates
10 8 (2.15%) Entity Framework
11 7 (1.88%) OAuth2
11 7 (1.88%) OpenID
11 7 (1.88%) SAML
12 6 (1.61%) .NET Core
12 6 (1.61%) JWT
12 6 (1.61%) XML
12 6 (1.61%) XSLT
12 6 (1.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (16.13%) Cloud Native
2 22 (5.91%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (5.38%) Public Cloud
4 18 (4.84%) Data Centre
5 17 (4.57%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (4.57%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (4.30%) Onboarding
7 12 (3.23%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.96%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.69%) Cyber Threat
9 10 (2.69%) IoT
9 10 (2.69%) PKI
10 9 (2.42%) Clustering
11 8 (2.15%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.88%) SCADA
12 7 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.61%) Operational Technology
14 5 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
14 5 (1.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 55 (14.78%) Windows
2 41 (11.02%) Linux
3 18 (4.84%) Unix
4 13 (3.49%) Windows Server
5 12 (3.23%) VMS
6 8 (2.15%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.88%) Android
7 7 (1.88%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.34%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.81%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.27%) CentOS
11 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (42.74%) DevOps
2 134 (36.02%) CI/CD
3 94 (25.27%) Infrastructure as Code
4 89 (23.92%) Migration
5 73 (19.62%) Agile
6 67 (18.01%) Roadmaps
7 54 (14.52%) Analytics
8 47 (12.63%) Observability
9 46 (12.37%) Architectural Patterns
9 46 (12.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 46 (12.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 46 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
10 45 (12.10%) Containerisation
10 45 (12.10%) ERP
11 43 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
12 42 (11.29%) Platform Engineering
13 41 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
14 39 (10.48%) Technical Leadership
15 38 (10.22%) Microservices
16 37 (9.95%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 62 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 59 (15.86%) Python
3 49 (13.17%) SQL
4 40 (10.75%) Bicep
5 22 (5.91%) C#
6 19 (5.11%) Java
7 16 (4.30%) Ruby
8 14 (3.76%) Kusto Query Language
9 13 (3.49%) Bash
10 8 (2.15%) PL/SQL
10 8 (2.15%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.08%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.81%) Groovy
13 2 (0.54%) C++
13 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.54%) Perl
13 2 (0.54%) Scala
13 2 (0.54%) VBA
14 1 (0.27%) C
14 1 (0.27%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 150 (40.32%) Security Cleared
2 100 (26.88%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.63%) Azure Certification
4 37 (9.95%) DV Cleared
5 30 (8.06%) Degree
6 11 (2.96%) CISSP
6 11 (2.96%) TOGAF Certification
7 10 (2.69%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (1.88%) SANS
10 6 (1.61%) CISM
10 6 (1.61%) GIAC
11 5 (1.34%) CRISC
11 5 (1.34%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.34%) PMP
11 5 (1.34%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.76%) SLA
2 13 (3.49%) GDPR
3 10 (2.69%) NIST
4 9 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.15%) NCSC
6 6 (1.61%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (1.61%) ISO 31000
6 6 (1.61%) QA
7 5 (1.34%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.34%) PMO
8 4 (1.08%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (11.56%) Active Directory
2 29 (7.80%) Docker
3 11 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.15%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.15%) NFS
6 7 (1.88%) BitLocker
6 7 (1.88%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (1.88%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.61%) Postfix
7 6 (1.61%) Varnish
7 6 (1.61%) vCloud
8 5 (1.34%) 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 (22.04%) Terraform
2 40 (10.75%) Kubernetes
3 24 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (5.11%) Ansible
5 13 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (3.49%) vCenter Server
6 9 (2.42%) Grafana
7 8 (2.15%) SCCM
8 7 (1.88%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (1.88%) Puppet
8 7 (1.88%) vMotion
9 6 (1.61%) HAProxy
10 5 (1.34%) Prometheus
11 4 (1.08%) CA Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
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
1 146 (39.25%) Microsoft
2 87 (23.39%) Oracle
3 26 (6.99%) VMware
4 12 (3.23%) Dynatrace
5 11 (2.96%) Databricks
5 11 (2.96%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.96%) Tenable
6 10 (2.69%) SAP
7 9 (2.42%) Citrix
7 9 (2.42%) Google
8 8 (2.15%) AppDynamics
9 6 (1.61%) Sybase
10 5 (1.34%) iManage
10 5 (1.34%) Intapp
10 5 (1.34%) Litera
10 5 (1.34%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.34%) Splunk
11 4 (1.08%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.08%) Greenplum
11 4 (1.08%) Rapid7