Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 19 March 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 19 Mar 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 125 | 119 | 118 |
Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -1 | +29 |
Contract jobs citing SaaS | 829 | 1,369 | 2,058 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.87% | 2.15% | 2.30% |
As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.74% | 5.78% | 5.91% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 495 | 951 | 1,528 |
10th Percentile | £387 | £406 | £400 |
25th Percentile | £450 | £463 | £463 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | +15.00% |
75th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £663 |
90th Percentile | £773 | £763 | £738 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £548 | £525 |
% change year-on-year | +0.36% | +4.38% | +5.53% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 6 | 9 |
10th Percentile | £25.25 | £15.38 | £34.00 |
25th Percentile | £25.50 | £19.75 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £49.25 | £40.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -47.21% | +23.13% | +185.71% |
75th Percentile | £52.66 | £72.81 | £52.50 |
90th Percentile | £72.53 | £74.75 | £59.98 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £18.50 | £54.52 |
% change year-on-year | +40.54% | -66.07% | -12.77% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 14,446 | 23,681 | 34,814 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.60% | 37.22% | 38.83% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 10,249 | 17,009 | 25,321 |
10th Percentile | £288 | £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 | £635 | £650 | £644 |
90th Percentile | £725 | £743 | £725 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £505 | £488 |
% change year-on-year | -3.47% | +3.59% | +8.33% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 359 | 396 | 454 |
10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.06 | £13.25 |
25th Percentile | £16.06 | £17.50 | £15.25 |
Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £25.83 | £21.29 |
Median % change year-on-year | -17.26% | +21.31% | -5.38% |
75th Percentile | £43.75 | £65.00 | £47.06 |
90th Percentile | £62.50 | £73.75 | £65.30 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.80 | £22.46 | £18.00 |
% change year-on-year | -20.73% | +24.75% | -10.00% |
SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SaaS.
SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS over the 6 months to 19 March 2024.
SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SaaS.
SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS over the 6 months to 19 March 2024.
SaaS
Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 19 March 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 |
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England | +8 | 724 | £550 | - | 1,070 |
Work from Home | +18 | 414 | £550 | - | 655 |
UK excluding London | +11 | 409 | £550 | +0.36% | 617 |
London | +11 | 347 | £555 | +0.91% | 483 |
South East | +8 | 143 | £525 | -4.55% | 117 |
North of England | -5 | 89 | £500 | -4.94% | 198 |
South West | +41 | 70 | £650 | +30.00% | 57 |
North West | +5 | 53 | £500 | -4.76% | 120 |
Midlands | +23 | 49 | £575 | +9.52% | 118 |
Scotland | +25 | 47 | £594 | +13.10% | 68 |
Yorkshire | +10 | 34 | £529 | -3.86% | 66 |
West Midlands | -2 | 30 | £530 | -1.40% | 84 |
East Midlands | +34 | 19 | £613 | +27.60% | 34 |
East of England | -11 | 12 | £463 | -35.09% | 47 |
North East | +28 | 2 | £413 | -38.89% | 15 |
Wales | +16 | 2 | £419 | -4.29% | 14 |
SaaS
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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