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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 240 | 198 | 152 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -42 | -46 | -20 |
| Contract jobs citing PaaS | 416 | 758 | 1,630 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.98% | 1.32% | 1.85% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 3.01% | 3.60% | 4.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 280 | 515 | 1,130 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £435 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £483 | £500 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £590 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.69% | +2.61% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £776 | £775 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £600 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +14.29% | +5.00% |
| 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 | 13,842 | 21,041 | 34,006 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.54% | 36.74% | 38.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,846 | 15,232 | 24,816 |
| 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 | £748 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 347 | 332 | 411 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £18.50 | £15.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +59.09% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £38.13 | £66.00 | £53.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.00 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.12% | +29.89% | -3.76% |
PaaS
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 20 May 2024.
PaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PaaS.
PaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PaaS over the 6 months to 20 May 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 20 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 | -28 | 364 | £583 | +0.87% | 215 |
| London | -15 | 200 | £550 | -4.35% | 97 |
| Work from Home | -3 | 164 | £600 | - | 123 |
| UK excluding London | -27 | 158 | £600 | - | 133 |
| South West | +32 | 64 | £650 | +17.91% | 21 |
| South East | -28 | 35 | £530 | -11.67% | 45 |
| North of England | +12 | 34 | £525 | -4.55% | 30 |
| North West | +2 | 23 | £538 | -4.44% | 18 |
| Midlands | 0 | 19 | £625 | -8.26% | 19 |
| West Midlands | +8 | 17 | £625 | -9.09% | 14 |
| Scotland | +23 | 10 | £600 | +10.34% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +14 | 10 | £525 | -16.00% | 5 |
| East Midlands | +12 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| North East | +10 | 1 | £650 | +8.33% | 7 |
| East of England | 0 | 1 | £350 | -25.33% | 6 |
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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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