PaaS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 217 165
Rank change year-on-year -24 -52 -20
Contract jobs citing PaaS 158 262 470
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.78% 1.14% 1.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.01% 3.43% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 186 357
10th Percentile £425 £461 £413
25th Percentile £500 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £578 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +10.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £638
90th Percentile £685 £788 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £588 £575
% change year-on-year +2.13% +2.17% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 2
10th Percentile - £70.87 £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% +104.65%
75th Percentile £26.50 - £86.23
90th Percentile £27.88 £80.39 £87.42
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £81.86
% change year-on-year -66.67% -4.72% +36.43%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,254 7,633 9,840
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.89% 33.18% 32.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,726 5,635 7,234
10th Percentile £213 £250 £208
25th Percentile £375 £406 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 222 284
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.28
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £25.87 £19.63
Median % change year-on-year -31.49% +31.80% -1.88%
75th Percentile £27.25 £64.31 £31.69
90th Percentile £65.75 £75.00 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PaaS in the UK excluding London

PaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PaaS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PaaS in the UK excluding London

PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PaaS in the UK excluding London

PaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PaaS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PaaS in the UK excluding London

PaaS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South West +31 64 £650 +17.91% 14
North of England +9 35 £550 - 37
South East -36 34 £530 -11.67% 31
North West +5 24 £575 +4.55% 22
Midlands +6 19 £625 -7.41% 20
West Midlands +10 17 £625 -9.09% 14
Scotland +17 10 £600 +10.34% 9
Yorkshire +10 10 £525 -16.00% 7
East Midlands +8 2 - - 6
North East +8 1 £650 +8.33% 8
East of England -1 1 £350 -25.33% 8
PaaS
UK

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.43%) Confluence
2 4 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.27%) Apache
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.63%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.63%) CMS
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 9 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (5.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.16%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 109 (68.99%) SaaS
2 101 (63.92%) IaaS
3 74 (46.84%) Azure
4 35 (22.15%) Cloud Computing
5 34 (21.52%) AWS
6 21 (13.29%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (6.96%) Azure Logic Apps
7 11 (6.96%) Google Workspace
7 11 (6.96%) Serverless
8 10 (6.33%) Entra ID
9 8 (5.06%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (4.43%) Azure API Management
10 7 (4.43%) Azure Functions
10 7 (4.43%) GCP
10 7 (4.43%) OCI
11 6 (3.80%) Azure AKS
11 6 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (3.80%) OpenShift
12 5 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (20.25%) LAN
1 32 (20.25%) WAN
2 18 (11.39%) VPN
3 13 (8.23%) PBX
3 13 (8.23%) VoIP
4 10 (6.33%) DNS
5 9 (5.70%) Firewall
6 6 (3.80%) Network Security
7 5 (3.16%) IPsec
8 3 (1.90%) SSL
9 2 (1.27%) BGP
9 2 (1.27%) OSPF
9 2 (1.27%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.63%) DHCP
10 1 (0.63%) FTP
10 1 (0.63%) Internet
10 1 (0.63%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.63%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.59%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.90%) Big Data
3 3 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.27%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.27%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.27%) Power BI
4 2 (1.27%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.63%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.63%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (10.76%) Git
2 13 (8.23%) JIRA
3 9 (5.70%) Jenkins
3 9 (5.70%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (3.16%) Bitbucket
5 4 (2.53%) Selenium
5 4 (2.53%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.90%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.90%) Postman
6 3 (1.90%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.27%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.27%) GitLab
7 2 (1.27%) JMeter
7 2 (1.27%) Moq
7 2 (1.27%) NUnit
7 2 (1.27%) Snyk
7 2 (1.27%) Subversion
7 2 (1.27%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.27%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
General
1 55 (34.81%) Public Sector
2 17 (10.76%) Social Skills
3 16 (10.13%) Telecoms
4 12 (7.59%) Finance
5 9 (5.70%) Legal
6 8 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.43%) Digital Economy
8 6 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.90%) Automotive
9 3 (1.90%) Banking
9 3 (1.90%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.90%) Marketing
10 2 (1.27%) Electronics
10 2 (1.27%) Law
10 2 (1.27%) Retail
11 1 (0.63%) Local Government
11 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (47.47%) Architect
2 27 (17.09%) Network Architect
3 25 (15.82%) Solutions Architect
4 15 (9.49%) Senior
5 13 (8.23%) Developer
6 11 (6.96%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (6.96%) Lead
7 9 (5.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (5.06%) Administrator
8 8 (5.06%) Cloud Architect
9 7 (4.43%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (3.80%) C# Developer
10 6 (3.80%) DevOps Engineer
11 5 (3.16%) Analyst
12 4 (2.53%) Azure Architect
12 4 (2.53%) Consultant
12 4 (2.53%) Infrastructure Architect
12 4 (2.53%) Security Architect
12 4 (2.53%) SharePoint Administrator
12 4 (2.53%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.39%) .NET
2 10 (6.33%) Web Services
3 8 (5.06%) Middleware
4 7 (4.43%) JSON
5 4 (2.53%) .NET Framework
5 4 (2.53%) J2EE
5 4 (2.53%) YAML
6 3 (1.90%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.27%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.27%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.27%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (1.27%) Fluent Bit
7 2 (1.27%) Kafka
7 2 (1.27%) Loki
7 2 (1.27%) ModSecurity
7 2 (1.27%) OpenAPI
7 2 (1.27%) REST
7 2 (1.27%) RESTful
7 2 (1.27%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.35%) Data Centre
2 13 (8.23%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (6.96%) Public Cloud
4 10 (6.33%) Blackberry
5 9 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (5.70%) Virtual Team
6 7 (4.43%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.16%) Client/Server
7 5 (3.16%) PKI
8 4 (2.53%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.53%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.53%) Replication
8 4 (2.53%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.90%) N-Tier
10 2 (1.27%) Clustering
10 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.27%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.39%) Linux
2 15 (9.49%) Windows
3 5 (3.16%) VMS
3 5 (3.16%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.53%) Unix
5 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (25.32%) DevOps
2 37 (23.42%) Agile
3 36 (22.78%) Zero Trust
4 33 (20.89%) Open Source
5 30 (18.99%) Business Strategy
6 28 (17.72%) CI/CD
7 27 (17.09%) Network Management
8 24 (15.19%) Roadmaps
9 21 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (12.03%) TOGAF
11 18 (11.39%) Enterprise Architecture
11 18 (11.39%) Migration
11 18 (11.39%) Scrum
12 17 (10.76%) ITIL
13 16 (10.13%) Waterfall
14 15 (9.49%) Infrastructure as Code
15 14 (8.86%) Customer Requirements
16 13 (8.23%) Decision-Making
16 13 (8.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 13 (8.23%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.03%) PowerShell
2 16 (10.13%) C#
3 15 (9.49%) SQL
4 14 (8.86%) Python
5 6 (3.80%) Java
6 4 (2.53%) Bash
6 4 (2.53%) Bicep
6 4 (2.53%) Shell Script
6 4 (2.53%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.90%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.90%) PHP
7 3 (1.90%) Ruby
8 2 (1.27%) C++
8 2 (1.27%) VBA
8 2 (1.27%) VBScript
9 1 (0.63%) Julia
9 1 (0.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 63 (39.87%) Security Cleared
2 44 (27.85%) DV Cleared
3 26 (16.46%) Degree
4 23 (14.56%) SC Cleared
5 10 (6.33%) PMI Certification
5 10 (6.33%) PMP
6 9 (5.70%) APMP
7 8 (5.06%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (4.43%) HND
9 6 (3.80%) Azure Certification
10 5 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (3.16%) CISSP
11 4 (2.53%) CCNP
11 4 (2.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.90%) CISM
12 3 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (1.27%) AWS Certification
13 2 (1.27%) ISEB
13 2 (1.27%) ISTQB
13 2 (1.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.90%) Accessibility
1 3 (1.90%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (1.27%) NIST
3 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.63%) QA
3 1 (0.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (12.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (7.59%) Active Directory
3 11 (6.96%) Docker
4 10 (6.33%) Hyper-V
5 9 (5.70%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.90%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.27%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.63%) HDFS
9 1 (0.63%) KVM
9 1 (0.63%) NFS
9 1 (0.63%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 16 (10.13%) Kubernetes
1 16 (10.13%) Terraform
2 11 (6.96%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (5.70%) Ansible
4 4 (2.53%) Argo
5 3 (1.90%) Grafana
5 3 (1.90%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.27%) Kustomize
6 2 (1.27%) OPNET
6 2 (1.27%) PowerCLI
6 2 (1.27%) Puppet
6 2 (1.27%) SCCM
7 1 (0.63%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.63%) Nagios
7 1 (0.63%) QRadar
7 1 (0.63%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.63%) vRealize
Vendors
1 63 (39.87%) Microsoft
2 26 (16.46%) Google
3 24 (15.19%) Oracle
4 22 (13.92%) VMware
5 15 (9.49%) Cisco
6 10 (6.33%) Avaya
6 10 (6.33%) Ericsson
6 10 (6.33%) Juniper
6 10 (6.33%) Nokia
6 10 (6.33%) Ribbon
6 10 (6.33%) Salesforce
7 9 (5.70%) IBM
8 4 (2.53%) SAP
9 3 (1.90%) Okta
9 3 (1.90%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.90%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.27%) Atlassian
10 2 (1.27%) CA
10 2 (1.27%) Meraki
10 2 (1.27%) Palo Alto