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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 239 | 198 | 146 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -41 | -52 | -11 |
| Contract jobs citing PaaS | 423 | 745 | 1,646 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.98% | 1.33% | 1.88% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 3.03% | 3.65% | 4.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 292 | 501 | 1,144 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £425 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £461 | £500 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £596 | £588 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.49% | +2.17% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £600 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +14.29% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 11 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £70.50 | £72.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.50 | £74.71 | £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 | £80.99 | £86.23 |
| 90th Percentile | £36.13 | £90.00 | £87.42 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £78.00 | £81.86 |
| % change year-on-year | -66.67% | -4.72% | +36.43% |
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 | 13,969 | 20,420 | 33,677 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.44% | 36.43% | 38.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,924 | 14,777 | 24,579 |
| 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 | £746 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +9.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 332 | 392 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £19.00 | £15.47 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.46 | £38.78 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.66% | +73.10% | +2.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £42.50 | £68.94 | £54.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.80 | £78.00 | £69.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.80 | £27.83 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.04% | +44.57% | -3.75% |
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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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 | -32 | 372 | £575 | - | 182 |
| London | -12 | 204 | £550 | -4.35% | 79 |
| UK excluding London | -22 | 167 | £600 | - | 113 |
| Work from Home | +4 | 164 | £600 | - | 96 |
| South West | +32 | 66 | £650 | +17.91% | 16 |
| North of England | +7 | 36 | £583 | +1.30% | 33 |
| South East | -38 | 33 | £530 | -11.67% | 25 |
| North West | +8 | 23 | £575 | - | 21 |
| Midlands | +8 | 20 | £600 | -11.93% | 19 |
| West Midlands | +3 | 17 | £625 | -9.09% | 14 |
| Scotland | +25 | 12 | £525 | - | 14 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 12 | £558 | -10.80% | 8 |
| East of England | -1 | 5 | £350 | -24.32% | 7 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 3 | £525 | +5.00% | 5 |
| North East | +8 | 1 | £650 | +23.81% | 4 |
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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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