PaaS Contracts with Work from Home Options

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 184 192 144
Rank change year-on-year +8 -48 -31
Contract jobs citing PaaS 170 323 808
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.14% 1.29% 1.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.14% 3.27% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 233 600
10th Percentile £400 £432 £413
25th Percentile £450 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £669
90th Percentile £700 £753 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 0
10th Percentile - £54.65 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £60.13 -
Median hourly rate £26.00 £73.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -64.38% - -
75th Percentile £26.50 £89.63 -
90th Percentile - £97.35 -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £81.86
% change year-on-year -66.67% -4.72% +36.43%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,410 9,864 18,360
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.33% 39.48% 41.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,895 7,280 13,732
10th Percentile £350 £368 £375
25th Percentile £429 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £639
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 127 178
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.00 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +42.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £50.94 £70.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.06 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.73%

PaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PaaS trend for jobs with a WFH option

PaaS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PaaS.

PaaS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PaaS over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

PaaS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PaaS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PaaS.

PaaS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.12%) Confluence
2 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.35%) CMS
3 4 (2.35%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.18%) Apache
4 2 (1.18%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.18%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.18%) nginx
4 2 (1.18%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.59%) Drupal
5 1 (0.59%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.59%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (7.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (7.65%) Microsoft Office
1 13 (7.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (4.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.76%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 106 (62.35%) Azure
2 102 (60.00%) IaaS
3 93 (54.71%) SaaS
4 50 (29.41%) AWS
5 42 (24.71%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (12.94%) Entra ID
7 20 (11.76%) Serverless
8 16 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (8.82%) GCP
10 13 (7.65%) GitHub
10 13 (7.65%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (7.65%) Google Workspace
11 10 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (5.29%) Azure Functions
12 9 (5.29%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (5.29%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (5.29%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (4.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (4.71%) Miro
14 7 (4.12%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.35%) Firewall
2 12 (7.06%) DNS
3 11 (6.47%) VPN
4 9 (5.29%) TCP/IP
5 7 (4.12%) DHCP
5 7 (4.12%) FTP
5 7 (4.12%) Kerberos
5 7 (4.12%) NAS
5 7 (4.12%) SAN
6 6 (3.53%) VLAN
7 4 (2.35%) LAN
8 3 (1.76%) Network Security
9 2 (1.18%) BGP
9 2 (1.18%) IPsec
9 2 (1.18%) OSPF
9 2 (1.18%) WAN
10 1 (0.59%) HTTP
10 1 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.59%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (4.12%) Hadoop
4 6 (3.53%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.94%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.18%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.18%) Couchbase
8 2 (1.18%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.18%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.18%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (1.18%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.18%) Redis
8 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.59%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 29 (17.06%) Git
2 18 (10.59%) Jenkins
3 13 (7.65%) TeamCity
4 12 (7.06%) SonarQube
5 9 (5.29%) JIRA
6 5 (2.94%) Artifactory
6 5 (2.94%) Bitbucket
6 5 (2.94%) GitLab
7 4 (2.35%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (2.35%) Visual Studio
8 2 (1.18%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.18%) Postman
8 2 (1.18%) Selenium
8 2 (1.18%) Snyk
8 2 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.59%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.59%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.59%) Moq
9 1 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.59%) Spinnaker
General
1 31 (18.24%) Finance
2 28 (16.47%) Social Skills
3 17 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.65%) Legal
5 11 (6.47%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (5.88%) Manufacturing
7 9 (5.29%) Marketing
8 8 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (3.53%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.35%) Banking
12 4 (2.35%) Electronics
13 2 (1.18%) Czech Language
13 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.18%) Law
13 2 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.18%) Retail
14 1 (0.59%) Front Office
14 1 (0.59%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 39 (22.94%) Architect
2 25 (14.71%) Senior
3 22 (12.94%) DevOps Engineer
4 21 (12.35%) Azure Engineer
5 19 (11.18%) Developer
6 13 (7.65%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 13 (7.65%) Lead
6 13 (7.65%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (5.88%) C# Developer
7 10 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
8 7 (4.12%) Analyst
8 7 (4.12%) AWS DevOps
8 7 (4.12%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 7 (4.12%) AWS Engineer
8 7 (4.12%) Azure Architect
8 7 (4.12%) Implementation Specialist
8 7 (4.12%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 6 (3.53%) Administrator
9 6 (3.53%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.53%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (15.88%) .NET
2 17 (10.00%) ARM Templates
3 14 (8.24%) LDAP
4 12 (7.06%) REST
5 10 (5.88%) Azure Blueprints
6 8 (4.71%) .NET Core
6 8 (4.71%) AngularJS
6 8 (4.71%) Middleware
6 8 (4.71%) OAuth
6 8 (4.71%) SAML
7 7 (4.12%) ASP.NET
7 7 (4.12%) OpenID
7 7 (4.12%) YAML
8 6 (3.53%) JSON
8 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Graph
9 5 (2.94%) Entity Framework
9 5 (2.94%) RESTful
10 4 (2.35%) .NET Framework
10 4 (2.35%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (2.35%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.82%) Replication
2 14 (8.24%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (7.65%) Virtual Team
4 12 (7.06%) Management Information System
5 10 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 10 (5.88%) Product Ownership
6 8 (4.71%) Clustering
7 7 (4.12%) Data Centre
8 6 (3.53%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.35%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (2.35%) IoT
10 3 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.76%) Mainframe
11 2 (1.18%) Client/Server
11 2 (1.18%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.18%) Low-Code
11 2 (1.18%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.59%) Digital Signage
12 1 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 39 (22.94%) Windows
2 33 (19.41%) Linux
3 20 (11.76%) Unix
4 10 (5.88%) Solaris
5 9 (5.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (4.71%) Windows Server
7 6 (3.53%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (2.94%) Android
8 5 (2.94%) Apple iOS
8 5 (2.94%) VMS
9 2 (1.18%) CentOS
9 2 (1.18%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.59%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (43.53%) DevOps
2 58 (34.12%) Agile
3 32 (18.82%) CI/CD
4 30 (17.65%) Test Automation
5 23 (13.53%) Infrastructure as Code
5 23 (13.53%) Migration
6 22 (12.94%) Microservices
7 19 (11.18%) Disaster Recovery
7 19 (11.18%) Roadmaps
8 18 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (10.59%) Project Management
8 18 (10.59%) Software Engineering
9 16 (9.41%) Deployment Automation
9 16 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (8.82%) DevSecOps
11 14 (8.24%) API Management
11 14 (8.24%) Mentoring
12 13 (7.65%) Continuous Delivery
12 13 (7.65%) Customer Requirements
12 13 (7.65%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 24 (14.12%) SQL
2 22 (12.94%) C#
2 22 (12.94%) Python
3 21 (12.35%) PowerShell
4 11 (6.47%) Bash
5 10 (5.88%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.94%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.35%) Bicep
7 4 (2.35%) Java
8 2 (1.18%) Go
8 2 (1.18%) Scala
9 1 (0.59%) C++
9 1 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.59%) PHP
9 1 (0.59%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.59%) R
9 1 (0.59%) Ruby
9 1 (0.59%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.59%) VBA
9 1 (0.59%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (21.18%) SC Cleared
1 36 (21.18%) Security Cleared
2 26 (15.29%) Degree
3 14 (8.24%) PMI Certification
3 14 (8.24%) PMP
4 13 (7.65%) APMP
5 11 (6.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (4.71%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.35%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.18%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.18%) CISM
8 2 (1.18%) CISSP
9 1 (0.59%) ISEB
9 1 (0.59%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.88%) NCSC
2 6 (3.53%) GDPR
2 6 (3.53%) QA
2 6 (3.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.18%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.18%) WCAG
4 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.59%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.59%) NIST
4 1 (0.59%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (15.88%) Active Directory
2 20 (11.76%) Docker
3 11 (6.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.12%) HDFS
4 7 (4.12%) NFS
5 6 (3.53%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 43 (25.29%) Terraform
2 32 (18.82%) Kubernetes
3 27 (15.88%) Ansible
4 9 (5.29%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (3.53%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (3.53%) Netcool
5 6 (3.53%) Tivoli
5 6 (3.53%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (2.35%) Grafana
6 4 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.35%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.18%) Argo
7 2 (1.18%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.59%) Nessus
8 1 (0.59%) Puppet
Vendors
1 65 (38.24%) Microsoft
2 29 (17.06%) Oracle
3 16 (9.41%) Salesforce
4 14 (8.24%) Google
5 13 (7.65%) Isilon
5 13 (7.65%) Splunk
5 13 (7.65%) VMware
6 9 (5.29%) Dell
7 7 (4.12%) Cisco
7 7 (4.12%) CyberArk
7 7 (4.12%) Dynatrace
7 7 (4.12%) HP
7 7 (4.12%) IBM
7 7 (4.12%) MuleSoft
7 7 (4.12%) SAP
7 7 (4.12%) ServiceNow
8 6 (3.53%) EMC
8 6 (3.53%) Qualys
8 6 (3.53%) Serena
9 5 (2.94%) Citrix