SaaS Contracts in England

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 132 117
Rank change year-on-year +1 -15 +25
Contract jobs citing SaaS 650 1,040 1,700
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.76% 2.06% 2.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.52% 5.62% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 748 1,288
10th Percentile £406 £400 £406
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +11.92%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £666
90th Percentile £775 £782 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 9 7
10th Percentile £22.87 £16.80 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £76.71 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.10% +53.41% +150.00%
75th Percentile £31.75 £82.50 £72.00
90th Percentile £38.13 £87.45 £83.44
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £76.71 £40.00
% change year-on-year -66.10% +91.76% +185.71%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,773 18,509 27,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.85% 36.62% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,477 13,536 20,079
10th Percentile £290 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 316 348
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.70% +53.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £32.50 £65.75 £42.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £78.00 £64.83
UK median hourly rate £20.99 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.04% +62.79% -5.54%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in England

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SaaS in England

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in England

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SaaS in England.

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in England

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SaaS in England

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +5 348 £550 - 492
South East -17 100 £534 -2.95% 166
North of England -7 79 £500 -9.09% 173
South West +40 58 £650 +18.18% 90
North West 0 50 £500 -4.76% 121
Midlands -5 42 £550 +2.33% 105
West Midlands -2 28 £510 -7.27% 72
Yorkshire -11 27 £525 -4.55% 43
East Midlands +21 14 £750 +49.25% 32
East of England +1 8 £450 -41.94% 34
North East +18 2 £531 -21.30% 11
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 20 (3.08%) Confluence
2 11 (1.69%) CMS
3 8 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.77%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.62%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.46%) ColdFusion
7 3 (0.46%) WordPress
8 2 (0.31%) Apache
8 2 (0.31%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.31%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.31%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.31%) SAS
8 2 (0.31%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) Sketch
6 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.62%) Workfront
3 3 (0.46%) Maximo
3 3 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.46%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.46%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.31%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle ASCP
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
4 2 (0.31%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.31%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.31%) Shopify
5 1 (0.15%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Utilities
Cloud Services
1 234 (36.00%) PaaS
2 207 (31.85%) IaaS
3 158 (24.31%) Azure
4 126 (19.38%) AWS
5 55 (8.46%) Cloud Computing
6 39 (6.00%) Serverless
7 37 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (4.00%) Entra ID
9 22 (3.38%) GCP
10 21 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (3.08%) Google Workspace
12 16 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (1.69%) Power Platform
15 10 (1.54%) Amazon S3
16 9 (1.38%) Nutanix
16 9 (1.38%) OCI
17 8 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
17 8 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
17 8 (1.23%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 43 (6.62%) Firewall
2 39 (6.00%) 5G
2 39 (6.00%) Broadband
3 34 (5.23%) LAN
3 34 (5.23%) WAN
4 29 (4.46%) DNS
5 18 (2.77%) VoIP
6 15 (2.31%) DHCP
7 13 (2.00%) HTTP
7 13 (2.00%) PBX
7 13 (2.00%) TCP/IP
8 12 (1.85%) SAN
9 11 (1.69%) NAS
10 10 (1.54%) VPN
11 9 (1.38%) Kerberos
11 9 (1.38%) Network Security
12 8 (1.23%) VLAN
13 7 (1.08%) Internet
13 7 (1.08%) IPsec
14 6 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.08%) NoSQL
2 18 (2.77%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.15%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.38%) MySQL
6 7 (1.08%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.92%) Power BI
7 6 (0.92%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.62%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.62%) GIS
9 4 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.46%) QlikView
10 3 (0.46%) Redis
10 3 (0.46%) Sisense
11 2 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.31%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 39 (6.00%) JIRA
2 22 (3.38%) Git
3 17 (2.62%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.00%) TeamCity
5 9 (1.38%) Rational DOORS
6 8 (1.23%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.77%) Selenium
7 5 (0.77%) webpack
8 4 (0.62%) GitLab
9 3 (0.46%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.46%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.46%) Postman
10 2 (0.31%) gulp
10 2 (0.31%) Snyk
10 2 (0.31%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio Team System
11 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.15%) Travis CI
11 1 (0.15%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 125 (19.23%) Finance
2 118 (18.15%) Social Skills
3 64 (9.85%) Public Sector
4 48 (7.38%) Law
5 39 (6.00%) Marketing
5 39 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
6 38 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
7 35 (5.38%) Legal
8 25 (3.85%) Telecoms
9 22 (3.38%) Banking
10 16 (2.46%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (2.15%) Retail
12 13 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.08%) Billing
13 7 (1.08%) Digital Economy
13 7 (1.08%) Games
14 6 (0.92%) German Language
15 5 (0.77%) Back Office
15 5 (0.77%) Police
Job Titles
1 172 (26.46%) Architect
2 68 (10.46%) Developer
3 66 (10.15%) Senior
4 63 (9.69%) Solutions Architect
5 51 (7.85%) Analyst
6 49 (7.54%) Project Manager
7 41 (6.31%) Security Specialist
7 41 (6.31%) Tester
8 39 (6.00%) Penetration Tester
8 39 (6.00%) Security Penetration Tester
8 39 (6.00%) Security Tester
8 39 (6.00%) Testing Specialist
9 36 (5.54%) Security Architect
10 35 (5.38%) Business Analyst
11 33 (5.08%) Cloud Architect
12 31 (4.77%) Network Architect
13 27 (4.15%) Lead
14 24 (3.69%) Senior Architect
15 21 (3.23%) Consultant
15 21 (3.23%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (7.23%) Web Services
2 33 (5.08%) REST
3 26 (4.00%) Node.js
4 18 (2.77%) CSS
4 18 (2.77%) HTML
4 18 (2.77%) React
5 17 (2.62%) .NET
6 16 (2.46%) Middleware
7 15 (2.31%) SAML
8 14 (2.15%) LDAP
8 14 (2.15%) OpenID
8 14 (2.15%) SOAP
9 12 (1.85%) JSON
9 12 (1.85%) OAuth
9 12 (1.85%) XML
10 10 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
11 7 (1.08%) GraphQL
11 7 (1.08%) HTML5
11 7 (1.08%) OAuth2
11 7 (1.08%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 56 (8.62%) Mobile App
2 49 (7.54%) Data Centre
3 22 (3.38%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 19 (2.92%) Video Conferencing
6 17 (2.62%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.62%) Public Cloud
7 16 (2.46%) IoT
7 16 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (2.15%) Virtual Team
10 13 (2.00%) Clustering
11 12 (1.85%) Enterprise Cloud
11 12 (1.85%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (1.38%) Blackberry
13 9 (1.38%) Replication
14 8 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (1.08%) Client/Server
15 7 (1.08%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 51 (7.85%) Windows
2 39 (6.00%) Linux
3 16 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.85%) Unix
5 11 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (1.69%) Solaris
6 8 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.23%) Oracle Linux
7 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.31%) VMS
9 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (22.46%) Agile
2 99 (15.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 81 (12.46%) Migration
4 74 (11.38%) Cybersecurity
5 73 (11.23%) DevOps
6 62 (9.54%) Roadmaps
7 60 (9.23%) Security Testing
8 58 (8.92%) Application Security
9 55 (8.46%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (8.31%) Project Management
11 53 (8.15%) ERP
12 50 (7.69%) Information Security
13 48 (7.38%) Infrastructure as Code
14 47 (7.23%) Penetration Testing
15 45 (6.92%) Decision-Making
16 44 (6.77%) Cloud Security
17 43 (6.62%) Business Strategy
18 40 (6.15%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 40 (6.15%) Security Architecture
19 39 (6.00%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 57 (8.77%) SQL
2 53 (8.15%) Python
3 36 (5.54%) PowerShell
4 20 (3.08%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.77%) C#
5 18 (2.77%) Java
6 15 (2.31%) Bash
6 15 (2.31%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.85%) Ruby
8 8 (1.23%) Swift
9 7 (1.08%) PHP
10 6 (0.92%) Go
11 5 (0.77%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.62%) C
13 3 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.46%) Rust
14 2 (0.31%) Bicep
15 1 (0.15%) C++
15 1 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 118 (18.15%) Security Cleared
2 71 (10.92%) Degree
3 45 (6.92%) GIAC
4 44 (6.77%) DV Cleared
5 42 (6.46%) SANS
6 39 (6.00%) CREST Certified
6 39 (6.00%) GPEN
6 39 (6.00%) OSCP
7 38 (5.85%) SC Cleared
8 21 (3.23%) PMP
9 17 (2.62%) PMI Certification
10 15 (2.31%) CISSP
11 14 (2.15%) APMP
12 10 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.23%) CISM
14 7 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.08%) HND
14 7 (1.08%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (9.23%) GDPR
2 41 (6.31%) PCI DSS
3 39 (6.00%) NCSC
4 37 (5.69%) QA
5 23 (3.54%) NIST
6 10 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.08%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.08%) PMO
9 5 (0.77%) SLA
10 4 (0.62%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.46%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.31%) GRC
12 2 (0.31%) ISO 9000
12 2 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.15%) COPPA
13 1 (0.15%) GLBA
13 1 (0.15%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 44 (6.77%) Active Directory
2 29 (4.46%) Docker
3 21 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.62%) Firmware
4 4 (0.62%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 51 (7.85%) Terraform
2 32 (4.92%) Kubernetes
3 22 (3.38%) Ansible
4 14 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.23%) EMC NetWorker
6 8 (1.23%) Netcool
6 8 (1.23%) Tivoli
6 8 (1.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 6 (0.92%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.77%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.77%) Grafana
9 3 (0.46%) SCCM
10 2 (0.31%) Puppet
11 1 (0.15%) CASB
11 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.15%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 141 (21.69%) Microsoft
2 84 (12.92%) Oracle
3 43 (6.62%) Google
4 39 (6.00%) Virgin Media
5 35 (5.38%) Salesforce
6 31 (4.77%) SAP
7 30 (4.62%) Cisco
8 25 (3.85%) ServiceNow
9 24 (3.69%) VMware
10 21 (3.23%) IBM
11 18 (2.77%) Okta
12 17 (2.62%) HP
13 12 (1.85%) Splunk
14 11 (1.69%) Adobe
14 11 (1.69%) Dell
14 11 (1.69%) Juniper
14 11 (1.69%) MuleSoft
15 10 (1.54%) CyberArk
15 10 (1.54%) Workday
16 9 (1.38%) Ribbon