SaaS Contracts in the South West

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 95 135 112
Rank change year-on-year +40 -23 -4
Contract jobs citing SaaS 58 39 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.83% 1.07% 1.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.16% 3.09% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 30 36
10th Percentile £420 - £409
25th Percentile £575 £400 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +9.95% +17.71%
75th Percentile £675 £614 £650
90th Percentile - £726 £700
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +11.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £72.50
25th Percentile - £71.42 £75.12
Median hourly rate - £76.71 £81.86
Median % change year-on-year - -6.30% -
75th Percentile - £81.99 £86.23
90th Percentile - - £87.42
England median hourly rate £26.00 £76.71 £50.00
% change year-on-year -66.10% +53.41% +150.00%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 810 1,264 1,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.58% 34.72% 30.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,020 856
10th Percentile £205 £285 £250
25th Percentile £363 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £590
90th Percentile £688 £713 £658
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 58 25
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.45 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £19.23 £17.50
Median hourly rate £14.50 £55.43 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.84% +121.70% -44.44%
75th Percentile £34.88 £70.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £52.36
England median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.00
% change year-on-year -35.70% +53.81% -4.55%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the South West

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SaaS in the South West.

Daily rate trend for SaaS in the South West

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in the South West

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SaaS in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in the South West

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the South West 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
Wiltshire +23 32 £650 +0.97% 3
Bristol +29 23 £600 +8.84% 57
Devon -4 1 £600 +9.09% 9
Gloucestershire -6 1 - - 4
Somerset - 1 £413 - 9
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (5.17%) ColdFusion
Cloud Services
1 46 (79.31%) PaaS
2 32 (55.17%) IaaS
3 28 (48.28%) Cloud Computing
4 9 (15.52%) AWS
5 5 (8.62%) Azure
6 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.72%) OCI
6 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (46.55%) LAN
1 27 (46.55%) WAN
2 12 (20.69%) PBX
2 12 (20.69%) VoIP
3 1 (1.72%) DNS
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.72%) MSI
2 1 (1.72%) Selenium
General
1 38 (65.52%) Public Sector
2 15 (25.86%) Telecoms
3 7 (12.07%) Digital Economy
4 3 (5.17%) Electronics
4 3 (5.17%) Finance
4 3 (5.17%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.17%) Marketing
5 2 (3.45%) Banking
5 2 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Social Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (79.31%) Architect
2 27 (46.55%) Network Architect
3 16 (27.59%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (6.90%) Developer
5 3 (5.17%) Cloud Architect
5 3 (5.17%) Cloud Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.17%) ColdFusion Developer
6 2 (3.45%) Analyst
6 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (3.45%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (3.45%) PL/SQL Developer
6 2 (3.45%) Senior
6 2 (3.45%) Service Manager
6 2 (3.45%) Service Transition Manager
6 2 (3.45%) Transition Manager
7 1 (1.72%) Banking Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (1.72%) Digital Delivery Manager
7 1 (1.72%) SaaS Analyst
7 1 (1.72%) SaaS Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) Middleware
2 1 (1.72%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.72%) Next.js
2 1 (1.72%) React
Miscellaneous
1 27 (46.55%) Data Centre
2 12 (20.69%) Video Conferencing
3 9 (15.52%) Blackberry
4 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.72%) PKI
5 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (60.34%) Zero Trust
2 29 (50.00%) Open Source
3 27 (46.55%) Business Strategy
3 27 (46.55%) Network Management
4 12 (20.69%) Enterprise Architecture
5 11 (18.97%) ITIL
5 11 (18.97%) Roadmaps
6 10 (17.24%) TOGAF
7 9 (15.52%) ArchiMate
7 9 (15.52%) BPMN
8 7 (12.07%) Architecture Governance
8 7 (12.07%) Customer Engagement
8 7 (12.07%) Decision-Making
8 7 (12.07%) Digital Strategy
8 7 (12.07%) PQQ
8 7 (12.07%) Strategic Roadmap
9 6 (10.34%) Agile
9 6 (10.34%) Project Delivery
10 4 (6.90%) Computer Science
10 4 (6.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) PL/SQL
1 3 (5.17%) SQL
2 2 (3.45%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.72%) Python
3 1 (1.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (74.14%) Security Cleared
2 40 (68.97%) DV Cleared
3 9 (15.52%) Degree
4 8 (13.79%) SC Cleared
4 8 (13.79%) TOGAF Certification
5 7 (12.07%) HND
6 3 (5.17%) CCNP
6 3 (5.17%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (5.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) ISO 9000
2 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.24%) Google
3 9 (15.52%) Avaya
3 9 (15.52%) Cisco
3 9 (15.52%) Ericsson
3 9 (15.52%) IBM
3 9 (15.52%) Juniper
3 9 (15.52%) Nokia
3 9 (15.52%) Ribbon
4 4 (6.90%) Oracle
5 3 (5.17%) SAP
5 3 (5.17%) VMware
6 1 (1.72%) CA