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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 199 147
Rank change year-on-year -41 -52 -9
Contract jobs citing PaaS 417 776 1,640
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 1.34% 1.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.99% 3.63% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 526 1,124
10th Percentile £400 £432 £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 £530
% change year-on-year +4.35% +8.49% +6.00%
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 13,925 21,380 33,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.29% 36.80% 38.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,896 15,449 24,739
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 £631 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 343 416
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £15.95 £18.25 £15.31
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +59.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile £35.00 £66.00 £50.19
90th Percentile £62.40 £78.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.69 £25.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -29.24% +31.58% -3.80%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PaaS.

Daily rate trend for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaaS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PaaS.

Hourly rate trend for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PaaS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
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 8 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 -49 362 £600 +4.35% 181
London -17 198 £565 -1.74% 77
Work from Home 0 173 £596 -0.63% 103
UK excluding London -16 157 £600 +4.35% 119
South West +40 64 £650 +17.65% 17
North of England +13 35 £575 +4.55% 29
South East -46 31 £525 -12.50% 29
North West +11 24 £595 +8.18% 14
Midlands +5 19 £625 -7.41% 21
West Midlands +5 17 £625 -9.09% 14
Scotland +26 10 £600 +11.63% 12
Yorkshire +23 10 £525 -16.00% 9
East Midlands +14 2 - - 7
North East +13 1 £650 +8.33% 6
East of England -7 1 £350 -26.32% 8

PaaS
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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.08%) Confluence
2 10 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.16%) OpenStack
4 8 (1.92%) Apache
5 6 (1.44%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.20%) CMS
6 5 (1.20%) nginx
7 4 (0.96%) IIS
8 3 (0.72%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.72%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.24%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.24%) Drupal
9 1 (0.24%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.16%) Trello
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.68%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 244 (58.51%) IaaS
2 240 (57.55%) Azure
3 227 (54.44%) SaaS
4 105 (25.18%) AWS
5 77 (18.47%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (14.15%) Cloud Computing
7 50 (11.99%) Entra ID
8 47 (11.27%) Serverless
9 30 (7.19%) GCP
10 29 (6.95%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (6.47%) Azure Service Bus
12 26 (6.24%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (6.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 25 (6.00%) Azure Logic Apps
14 21 (5.04%) Azure API Management
15 20 (4.80%) Azure Data Factory
15 20 (4.80%) Azure Key Vault
15 20 (4.80%) GitHub
16 19 (4.56%) Power Platform
17 18 (4.32%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (9.59%) Firewall
2 38 (9.11%) LAN
3 36 (8.63%) WAN
4 34 (8.15%) DNS
5 32 (7.67%) VPN
6 16 (3.84%) DHCP
6 16 (3.84%) FTP
6 16 (3.84%) TCP/IP
7 14 (3.36%) Kerberos
8 12 (2.88%) PBX
8 12 (2.88%) VoIP
9 10 (2.40%) NAS
9 10 (2.40%) SAN
10 8 (1.92%) Internet
10 8 (1.92%) VLAN
11 7 (1.68%) Network Security
12 6 (1.44%) IPsec
12 6 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (1.20%) HTTP
14 4 (0.96%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.59%) SQL Server
2 31 (7.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (4.08%) Hadoop
4 16 (3.84%) NoSQL
5 12 (2.88%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (2.16%) Power BI
7 7 (1.68%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.44%) Big Data
9 5 (1.20%) Couchbase
9 5 (1.20%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.96%) Redis
10 4 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.72%) OLAP
11 3 (0.72%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 55 (13.19%) Git
2 29 (6.95%) Jenkins
3 25 (6.00%) JIRA
4 16 (3.84%) SonarQube
4 16 (3.84%) TeamCity
5 12 (2.88%) Postman
6 11 (2.64%) Bitbucket
6 11 (2.64%) Visual Studio
7 9 (2.16%) Rational DOORS
8 8 (1.92%) Selenium
9 7 (1.68%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.44%) GitLab
10 6 (1.44%) Oracle APEX
11 5 (1.20%) Artifactory
11 5 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.72%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.48%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
13 2 (0.48%) Snyk
13 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 84 (20.14%) Public Sector
2 72 (17.27%) Finance
2 72 (17.27%) Social Skills
3 39 (9.35%) Telecoms
4 24 (5.76%) Manufacturing
5 23 (5.52%) Marketing
6 22 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (4.08%) Banking
8 16 (3.84%) Electronics
8 16 (3.84%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.12%) Legal
10 11 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.68%) Digital Economy
13 5 (1.20%) Law
14 4 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.96%) Retail
15 3 (0.72%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.48%) Automotive
16 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 145 (34.77%) Architect
2 52 (12.47%) Senior
3 48 (11.51%) Solutions Architect
4 41 (9.83%) Azure Engineer
5 40 (9.59%) Developer
6 37 (8.87%) DevOps Engineer
7 30 (7.19%) Cloud Architect
8 27 (6.47%) Network Architect
9 25 (6.00%) Lead
10 23 (5.52%) Azure Architect
11 20 (4.80%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 20 (4.80%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (4.56%) Security Architect
13 17 (4.08%) C# Developer
13 17 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (3.84%) Analyst
14 16 (3.84%) Implementation Specialist
14 16 (3.84%) Senior Architect
15 14 (3.36%) AWS Engineer
16 12 (2.88%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (12.23%) .NET
2 38 (9.11%) LDAP
3 24 (5.76%) ARM Templates
4 23 (5.52%) JSON
5 22 (5.28%) REST
6 20 (4.80%) Web Services
7 18 (4.32%) Middleware
8 16 (3.84%) OAuth
9 14 (3.36%) OpenID
9 14 (3.36%) YAML
10 13 (3.12%) .NET Core
11 12 (2.88%) SAML
11 12 (2.88%) Swagger
12 11 (2.64%) AngularJS
13 10 (2.40%) Azure Blueprints
14 9 (2.16%) Node.js
14 9 (2.16%) RESTful
14 9 (2.16%) SOAP
15 8 (1.92%) ASP.NET
16 7 (1.68%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.07%) Data Centre
2 30 (7.19%) Replication
3 23 (5.52%) Public Cloud
4 20 (4.80%) Management Information System
5 19 (4.56%) Product Ownership
6 17 (4.08%) IoT
6 17 (4.08%) Mobile App
6 17 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (3.84%) Cloud Native
7 16 (3.84%) Clustering
8 13 (3.12%) Onboarding
8 13 (3.12%) Virtual Team
9 12 (2.88%) Client/Server
9 12 (2.88%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (2.16%) Blackberry
11 8 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.68%) PKI
13 6 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (18.71%) Linux
2 69 (16.55%) Windows
3 35 (8.39%) Unix
4 20 (4.80%) Windows Server
5 15 (3.60%) VMS
6 13 (3.12%) Solaris
7 12 (2.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (1.92%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (1.20%) Android
9 5 (1.20%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.20%) CentOS
9 5 (1.20%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.48%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (35.49%) DevOps
2 118 (28.30%) Agile
3 84 (20.14%) CI/CD
4 69 (16.55%) Infrastructure as Code
5 57 (13.67%) Migration
6 54 (12.95%) Roadmaps
7 48 (11.51%) Microservices
7 48 (11.51%) Test Automation
8 44 (10.55%) Cloud Security
8 44 (10.55%) Disaster Recovery
9 43 (10.31%) Scrum
10 42 (10.07%) Problem-Solving
11 40 (9.59%) Zero Trust
12 39 (9.35%) Open Source
12 39 (9.35%) Software Engineering
13 38 (9.11%) Business Strategy
13 38 (9.11%) DevSecOps
14 32 (7.67%) API Management
14 32 (7.67%) Deployment Automation
15 30 (7.19%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 76 (18.23%) SQL
2 70 (16.79%) Python
3 57 (13.67%) PowerShell
4 47 (11.27%) C#
5 22 (5.28%) Bash
6 20 (4.80%) JavaScript
7 15 (3.60%) Java
8 13 (3.12%) T-SQL
9 11 (2.64%) Bicep
10 10 (2.40%) Go
11 6 (1.44%) Perl
11 6 (1.44%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.20%) Ruby
13 4 (0.96%) C
14 3 (0.72%) Julia
14 3 (0.72%) PHP
14 3 (0.72%) Scala
15 2 (0.48%) C++
15 2 (0.48%) VBA
15 2 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 112 (26.86%) Security Cleared
2 68 (16.31%) SC Cleared
3 51 (12.23%) Degree
4 48 (11.51%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.84%) Azure Certification
5 16 (3.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (3.36%) PMI Certification
6 14 (3.36%) PMP
7 13 (3.12%) APMP
7 13 (3.12%) TOGAF Certification
8 10 (2.40%) CISSP
9 7 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.68%) HND
10 5 (1.20%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.20%) CISM
11 4 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.72%) CCNP
12 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.48%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.32%) NIST
2 11 (2.64%) GDPR
2 11 (2.64%) QA
3 10 (2.40%) NCSC
4 8 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (1.68%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.44%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.20%) SLA
8 4 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.72%) WCAG
10 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 72 (17.27%) Active Directory
2 44 (10.55%) Docker
3 32 (7.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (5.28%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (4.80%) NFS
6 16 (3.84%) HDFS
6 16 (3.84%) Hyper-V
7 6 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.24%) KVM
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.24%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 90 (21.58%) Terraform
2 68 (16.31%) Kubernetes
3 44 (10.55%) Ansible
4 20 (4.80%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (2.64%) Netcool
6 10 (2.40%) Grafana
7 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (1.92%) EMC NetWorker
8 8 (1.92%) Prometheus
8 8 (1.92%) Tivoli
8 8 (1.92%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 7 (1.68%) Puppet
10 5 (1.20%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.72%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.48%) Argo
12 2 (0.48%) OPNET
12 2 (0.48%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 163 (39.09%) Microsoft
2 46 (11.03%) Oracle
3 36 (8.63%) VMware
4 33 (7.91%) Google
5 24 (5.76%) Isilon
6 23 (5.52%) Cisco
7 22 (5.28%) SAP
8 21 (5.04%) Splunk
9 19 (4.56%) IBM
10 18 (4.32%) Salesforce
11 15 (3.60%) Dell
12 12 (2.88%) ServiceNow
13 10 (2.40%) Databricks
13 10 (2.40%) HP
14 9 (2.16%) Avaya
14 9 (2.16%) CyberArk
14 9 (2.16%) Ericsson
14 9 (2.16%) Juniper
14 9 (2.16%) Nokia
14 9 (2.16%) Ribbon