SaaS Contracts in Cheshire

Software as a Service (SaaS)
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for SaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SaaS over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 42 39
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing SaaS 11 19 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.21% 3.58% 3.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.40% 8.48% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 12
10th Percentile - £505 £367
25th Percentile £445 £561 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £565 £520
Median % change year-on-year -19.51% +8.71% +44.44%
75th Percentile £487 £569 £589
90th Percentile £487 £630 £630
North West median daily rate £487 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -7.24% +10.53% -5.00%

All Cloud Skills
Cheshire

SaaS 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 Cheshire with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 172 224 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 34.54% 42.18% 26.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 165 90
10th Percentile £279 £215 £163
25th Percentile £363 £385 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £500 £413
Median % change year-on-year -8.25% +21.21% +3.13%
75th Percentile £520 £575 £534
90th Percentile £588 £638 £630
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 9
10th Percentile £16.98 £12.63 £18.45
25th Percentile - £15.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £21.21 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.43% -7.80% +32.79%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.60 £31.00
90th Percentile - £52.88 £63.00
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £31.25 £18.84
% change year-on-year -48.61% +65.85% +8.45%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in Cheshire

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for SaaS in Cheshire

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Knutsford +6 7 £450 -20.43% 1
SaaS
North West

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
3 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) DB2
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (27.27%) Banking
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Developer
1 4 (36.36%) Python Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (18.18%) IT Manager
3 2 (18.18%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) Django
1 4 (36.36%) FastAPI
1 4 (36.36%) Flask
2 3 (27.27%) .NET
2 3 (27.27%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (27.27%) Mainframe
1 3 (27.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Unix
3 3 (27.27%) Android
3 3 (27.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Waterfall
2 4 (36.36%) API Development
2 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Automation
2 4 (36.36%) Observability
2 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) API Design
3 3 (27.27%) Architectural Design
3 3 (27.27%) Containerisation
3 3 (27.27%) Domain-Driven Design
3 3 (27.27%) Microservices
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) SDLC
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
4 2 (18.18%) RBAC
4 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Python
2 3 (27.27%) C
2 3 (27.27%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Ansible
1 4 (36.36%) Progress Chef
1 4 (36.36%) Terraform
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Kronos