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 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 25 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 142 | 132 | 118 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -10 | -14 | +7 |
| Contract jobs citing SaaS | 709 | 1,112 | 2,043 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.66% | 1.97% | 2.33% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.11% | 5.41% | 6.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 458 | 787 | 1,527 |
| 10th Percentile | £386 | £406 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £445 | £463 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £539 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.05% | -4.35% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £766 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £530 | £538 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.40% | -2.27% | +6.28% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 11 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.53 | £17.75 | £34.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.44 | £30.38 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £67.50 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -61.48% | +68.75% | +185.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £32.25 | £82.24 | £50.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.25 | £83.00 | £81.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £35.00 | £75.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.71% | -53.64% | +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 | 13,864 | 20,558 | 33,663 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.51% | 36.45% | 38.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,878 | 14,864 | 24,582 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £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 | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £748 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 342 | 332 | 399 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.02 | £18.50 | £15.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £36.50 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.45% | +62.95% | +1.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £40.00 | £66.38 | £53.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £66.88 | £79.07 | £69.85 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £26.48 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.08% | +32.40% | - |
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 25 May 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 25 May 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 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -3 | 608 | £525 | -4.55% | 1,331 |
| London | -3 | 338 | £525 | -8.70% | 658 |
| Work from Home | +6 | 298 | £550 | - | 764 |
| UK excluding London | -4 | 294 | £530 | -1.40% | 833 |
| North of England | +8 | 82 | £500 | -9.09% | 232 |
| South East | -33 | 73 | £530 | +3.67% | 327 |
| South West | +36 | 55 | £650 | +18.18% | 81 |
| North West | +14 | 52 | £500 | -6.98% | 172 |
| Midlands | +11 | 42 | £488 | -11.36% | 99 |
| Scotland | +18 | 38 | £506 | -3.57% | 38 |
| Yorkshire | -11 | 28 | £525 | -9.72% | 49 |
| West Midlands | -17 | 25 | £505 | -8.18% | 65 |
| East Midlands | +22 | 17 | £445 | -15.24% | 31 |
| East of England | -5 | 7 | £450 | -10.89% | 41 |
| Wales | +17 | 3 | £450 | +5.88% | 15 |
| North East | +10 | 2 | £531 | -21.30% | 13 |
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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