Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PaaS over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 247 | 207 | 152 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -40 | -55 | -22 |
| Contract jobs citing PaaS | 410 | 771 | 1,644 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.96% | 1.34% | 1.87% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 2.96% | 3.64% | 4.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 276 | 522 | 1,134 |
| 10th Percentile | £399 | £431 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £575 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | - | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £575 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.35% | +9.52% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £66.60 | £72.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.50 | £71.42 | £75.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £78.00 | £81.86 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -66.67% | -4.72% | +36.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.50 | £81.99 | £86.23 |
| 90th Percentile | £36.13 | £92.50 | £87.42 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £78.00 | £81.86 |
| % change year-on-year | -66.67% | -4.72% | +104.65% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
PaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,842 | 21,188 | 33,962 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.44% | 36.76% | 38.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,830 | 15,319 | 24,772 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £744 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 340 | 426 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £18.44 | £15.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +56.25% | -0.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.50 | £66.00 | £54.81 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.00 | £19.63 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.12% | +27.39% | -1.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PaaS.
PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaaS over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.
PaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PaaS.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PaaS over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.
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Top 15 Contract 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 14 May 2024. 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 | -34 | 355 | £593 | +3.04% | 194 |
| London | -27 | 195 | £563 | -2.17% | 87 |
| Work from Home | +8 | 170 | £593 | -1.25% | 107 |
| UK excluding London | -26 | 154 | £600 | +4.35% | 122 |
| South West | +31 | 62 | £650 | +17.91% | 15 |
| North of England | +7 | 34 | £550 | - | 35 |
| South East | -34 | 31 | £525 | -12.50% | 28 |
| North West | +13 | 23 | £575 | +4.55% | 20 |
| Midlands | 0 | 19 | £625 | -7.41% | 19 |
| West Midlands | +2 | 17 | £625 | -9.09% | 13 |
| Scotland | +20 | 10 | £600 | +10.34% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +17 | 10 | £525 | -16.00% | 6 |
| East Midlands | +13 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| North East | +9 | 1 | £650 | +8.33% | 9 |
| East of England | +3 | 1 | £350 | -25.33% | 9 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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