PaaS Contracts in London

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 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 198 186 144
Rank change year-on-year -12 -42 -14
Contract jobs citing PaaS 204 371 778
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.16% 1.46% 2.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.99% 3.74% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 255 524
10th Percentile £350 £410 £427
25th Percentile £428 £494 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +11.63%
75th Percentile £688 £678 £695
90th Percentile £780 £775 £800
England median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - £82.00 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £85.00 -
Median hourly rate £26.00 £90.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -71.11% - -
75th Percentile £26.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £81.86
% change year-on-year -66.67% -4.72% +36.43%

All Cloud Skills
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 London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,813 9,929 15,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.91% 39.04% 41.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,022 7,303 12,008
10th Percentile £350 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 78 66
10th Percentile £17.16 £19.68 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £52.50 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.48% +28.05% +3.80%
75th Percentile £38.13 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £59.50 £90.00 £80.63
England median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for PaaS in London

PaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for PaaS in London

PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaaS in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PaaS in London

PaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for PaaS in London

PaaS
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region 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
Central London -5 21 £544 -5.43% 5
West London +20 2 £500 -15.25% 3
North London - 1 £425 - 1
PaaS
England

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.94%) Confluence
3 4 (1.96%) IIS
3 4 (1.96%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.47%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.47%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.49%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.49%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.49%) CMS
5 1 (0.49%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.49%) ThingWorx
5 1 (0.49%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.49%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 125 (61.27%) Azure
2 106 (51.96%) IaaS
3 93 (45.59%) SaaS
4 40 (19.61%) AWS
5 34 (16.67%) Entra ID
6 33 (16.18%) Serverless
7 29 (14.22%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (8.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 18 (8.82%) Cloud Computing
9 17 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
9 17 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (8.33%) Power Platform
10 16 (7.84%) Azure Storage
10 16 (7.84%) GCP
11 14 (6.86%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (6.86%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (6.86%) Azure Key Vault
12 13 (6.37%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 30 (14.71%) Firewall
2 17 (8.33%) DNS
3 14 (6.86%) VPN
4 12 (5.88%) FTP
5 11 (5.39%) DHCP
6 9 (4.41%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.94%) Kerberos
7 6 (2.94%) NAS
7 6 (2.94%) SAN
8 5 (2.45%) Internet
8 5 (2.45%) VLAN
9 4 (1.96%) HTTP
9 4 (1.96%) LAN
9 4 (1.96%) WAN
9 4 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.47%) SSH
11 1 (0.49%) IPsec
11 1 (0.49%) S/MIME
11 1 (0.49%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.24%) SQL Server
2 21 (10.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (5.88%) Hadoop
4 11 (5.39%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (4.90%) Data Lake
6 9 (4.41%) NoSQL
6 9 (4.41%) Power BI
7 7 (3.43%) Big Data
8 4 (1.96%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.96%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.96%) Tableau
8 4 (1.96%) Tableau Server
9 3 (1.47%) OLAP
9 3 (1.47%) OLTP
9 3 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.98%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.98%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (12.75%) Git
2 18 (8.82%) Jenkins
3 13 (6.37%) TeamCity
4 10 (4.90%) Postman
5 8 (3.92%) Bitbucket
5 8 (3.92%) JIRA
6 7 (3.43%) Artifactory
7 5 (2.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (2.45%) Visual Studio
8 4 (1.96%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.96%) Selenium
9 3 (1.47%) GitLab
9 3 (1.47%) Robot Framework
9 3 (1.47%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.49%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.49%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (27.45%) Finance
2 47 (23.04%) Social Skills
3 20 (9.80%) Public Sector
4 17 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 15 (7.35%) Telecoms
6 14 (6.86%) Banking
7 12 (5.88%) Marketing
8 10 (4.90%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (4.41%) Electronics
10 8 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.45%) Retail
12 4 (1.96%) Legal
13 3 (1.47%) Billing
13 3 (1.47%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.47%) Law
14 2 (0.98%) Czech Language
14 2 (0.98%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 57 (27.94%) Architect
2 34 (16.67%) Senior
3 25 (12.25%) Developer
4 18 (8.82%) Cloud Architect
4 18 (8.82%) Solutions Architect
5 17 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
5 17 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (7.84%) Azure Architect
7 13 (6.37%) Security Architect
8 12 (5.88%) Implementation Specialist
8 12 (5.88%) Lead
9 10 (4.90%) Analyst
9 10 (4.90%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.90%) Senior Architect
9 10 (4.90%) Senior Developer
10 9 (4.41%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (4.41%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (4.41%) Cloud Security Architect
10 9 (4.41%) Senior Security Architect
11 8 (3.92%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (13.73%) .NET
2 25 (12.25%) LDAP
3 18 (8.82%) REST
4 12 (5.88%) OAuth
5 11 (5.39%) AngularJS
5 11 (5.39%) JSON
5 11 (5.39%) OpenID
5 11 (5.39%) Web Services
6 10 (4.90%) Swagger
7 9 (4.41%) SAML
8 8 (3.92%) ARM Templates
8 8 (3.92%) Middleware
9 7 (3.43%) .NET Core
9 7 (3.43%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (2.94%) RESTful
11 5 (2.45%) ASP.NET
11 5 (2.45%) Node.js
11 5 (2.45%) SOAP
11 5 (2.45%) YAML
12 4 (1.96%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.29%) Replication
2 17 (8.33%) Mobile App
3 16 (7.84%) IoT
4 11 (5.39%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.90%) Clustering
5 10 (4.90%) Product Ownership
6 9 (4.41%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.43%) Client/Server
7 7 (3.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (3.43%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.94%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.96%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.96%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.96%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.47%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.98%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.98%) PKI
11 2 (0.98%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 45 (22.06%) Linux
2 41 (20.10%) Windows
3 25 (12.25%) Unix
4 11 (5.39%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.92%) VMS
6 7 (3.43%) Android
6 7 (3.43%) Apple iOS
6 7 (3.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (2.94%) Solaris
8 5 (2.45%) Oracle Linux
9 3 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (32.35%) Agile
2 64 (31.37%) DevOps
3 42 (20.59%) Infrastructure as Code
4 41 (20.10%) CI/CD
5 35 (17.16%) Migration
6 28 (13.73%) Cloud Security
7 27 (13.24%) Roadmaps
8 24 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
8 24 (11.76%) Microservices
8 24 (11.76%) SDLC
9 22 (10.78%) Continuous Integration
9 22 (10.78%) Software Engineering
10 20 (9.80%) Scrum
11 19 (9.31%) Analytics
11 19 (9.31%) B2C
11 19 (9.31%) Test Automation
12 17 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (8.33%) Deployment Automation
12 17 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (8.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 49 (24.02%) SQL
2 43 (21.08%) Python
3 28 (13.73%) PowerShell
4 23 (11.27%) C#
5 16 (7.84%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.92%) Bash
7 6 (2.94%) Java
7 6 (2.94%) T-SQL
8 5 (2.45%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.96%) Bicep
9 4 (1.96%) C
9 4 (1.96%) Go
10 3 (1.47%) Scala
11 1 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.49%) Groovy
11 1 (0.49%) R
11 1 (0.49%) Ruby
11 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (16.18%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.75%) SC Cleared
3 25 (12.25%) Degree
4 13 (6.37%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.94%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.96%) APMP
7 4 (1.96%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.96%) PMP
7 4 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.49%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.49%) CISM
9 1 (0.49%) CISSP
9 1 (0.49%) GIAC
9 1 (0.49%) MCSA
9 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.84%) NIST
2 9 (4.41%) QA
3 8 (3.92%) GDPR
4 6 (2.94%) SLA
5 5 (2.45%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.47%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.49%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.49%) PMO
8 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (23.04%) Active Directory
2 21 (10.29%) Docker
3 15 (7.35%) NFS
4 12 (5.88%) HDFS
4 12 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.96%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.49%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.49%) XenApp
8 1 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 49 (24.02%) Terraform
2 41 (20.10%) Kubernetes
3 19 (9.31%) Ansible
4 8 (3.92%) Netcool
5 7 (3.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.45%) EMC NetWorker
6 5 (2.45%) Tivoli
6 5 (2.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 4 (1.96%) Data Guard
7 4 (1.96%) Puppet
7 4 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.47%) Grafana
9 2 (0.98%) Nessus
9 2 (0.98%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.49%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 82 (40.20%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.29%) Oracle
3 17 (8.33%) Isilon
4 12 (5.88%) SAP
4 12 (5.88%) VMware
5 10 (4.90%) Splunk
6 9 (4.41%) Dell
6 9 (4.41%) MuleSoft
6 9 (4.41%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.92%) Databricks
8 7 (3.43%) Citrix
8 7 (3.43%) HP
9 6 (2.94%) IBM
10 5 (2.45%) Cisco
10 5 (2.45%) CyberArk
10 5 (2.45%) EMC
10 5 (2.45%) Google
10 5 (2.45%) Qualys
10 5 (2.45%) Salesforce
10 5 (2.45%) Serena