The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SaaS in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SaaS over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Rank 114 129 120
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -9
Contract jobs citing SaaS 5 8 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.206% 0.261% 0.274%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.082% 1.377% 1.421%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 4
Average daily rate £443 £369 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -26.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £405 £485
% change year-on-year
+4.93% -16.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year
+75.00% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
462 581 563
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 18.99% 18.96% 19.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 246 231
Average daily rate £388 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.23% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £473
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 31 33
Average hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +29.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.48 £11.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
SaaS
South East

SaaS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SaaS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Berkshire SaaS Jobs Demand Trend

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SaaS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire SaaS Daily Rate Trend

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SaaS across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Berkshire SaaS Daily Rate Histogram

SaaS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SaaS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire SaaS Hourly Rate Trend

SaaS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +10 2 £421 -
SaaS
South East

SaaS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SaaS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SaaS.

1 6 (54.55%) Salesforce.com
2 5 (45.45%) ERP
2 5 (45.45%) Mason
2 5 (45.45%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (45.45%) Force.com
2 5 (45.45%) Visualforce
2 5 (45.45%) Apex Code
3 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
3 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) MS Access
4 2 (18.18%) Java
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle
5 1 (9.091%) SAP
5 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
5 1 (9.091%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (9.091%) SQL
5 1 (9.091%) ABAP
5 1 (9.091%) .NET
5 1 (9.091%) CRM
5 1 (9.091%) C#
5 1 (9.091%) HTML
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.091%) Citrix
5 1 (9.091%) PMI
5 1 (9.091%) PMI Certification
5 1 (9.091%) Ariba
5 1 (9.091%) MVC

SaaS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SaaS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SaaS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (45.45%) Mason
1 5 (45.45%) Visualforce
2 1 (9.091%) HTML5
2 1 (9.091%) Razor View Engine
2 1 (9.091%) KnockoutJS
2 1 (9.091%) HTML
2 1 (9.091%) .NET
2 1 (9.091%) BAPI
2 1 (9.091%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) Force.com
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) MS Access
2 1 (9.091%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
1 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.091%) Marketing
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Technical Leader
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) .NET Developer
3 1 (9.091%) UI Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Salesforce.com Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) UI Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (9.091%) PMI
2 1 (9.091%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Data Mapping
3 1 (9.091%) MVVM
3 1 (9.091%) Demand Management
3 1 (9.091%) Capacity Management
3 1 (9.091%) MVC
3 1 (9.091%) Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Information Security
3 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.091%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Apex Code
2 2 (18.18%) Java
3 1 (9.091%) SQL
3 1 (9.091%) ABAP
3 1 (9.091%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) PMI Certification
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) XenApp
1 1 (9.091%) XenServer
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Salesforce.com
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (9.091%) SAP
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.091%) Citrix
3 1 (9.091%) Ariba
Berkshire
A market leading business based in Berkshire requires an experienced Salesforce.com Business Analyst to join their high profile deployment. This is one of the premier projects in...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
A market leading business based in Berkshire requires an experienced Salesforce.com Business Analyst to join their high profile deployment. This is one of the premier projects in...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
They will have a strong knowledge of payroll systems and integrating payroll systems with SaaS based HR systems. The successful candidate will have very strong stakeholder management skills...
Annapurna HR
Rate: £400.00 - £600.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013