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 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 | 136 | 122 | 119 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -14 | -3 | +19 |
| Contract jobs citing SaaS | 753 | 1,257 | 2,053 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.74% | 2.10% | 2.31% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.38% | 5.70% | 5.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 463 | 892 | 1,547 |
| 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% | +12.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £669 | £670 | £668 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £742 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +1.85% | +8.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 9 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.09 | £16.80 | £34.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.31 | £25.75 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £76.71 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -66.10% | +91.76% | +185.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.75 | £82.50 | £60.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £45.94 | £87.45 | £81.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £47.60 | £75.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -45.38% | -36.95% | +97.39% |
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 | 13,989 | 22,053 | 34,308 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.31% | 36.87% | 38.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,925 | 15,944 | 24,923 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £353 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £631 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £743 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 346 | 355 | 426 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.39 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.02 | £18.38 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.99 | £35.00 | £21.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.04% | +62.79% | -5.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.69 | £66.00 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.60 | £78.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.71 | £24.62 | £18.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.09% | +31.31% | -6.25% |
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 27 April 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 27 April 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +1 | 650 | £550 | - | 1,110 |
| London | +5 | 348 | £550 | - | 492 |
| Work from Home | +2 | 347 | £550 | - | 632 |
| UK excluding London | -10 | 330 | £550 | - | 649 |
| 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 |
| Scotland | +21 | 44 | £594 | +13.10% | 58 |
| 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 |
| Wales | +13 | 2 | £419 | -4.29% | 19 |
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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