SaaS Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Software as a Service (SaaS)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring SaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 51 92
Rank change year-on-year -25 +41 -11
Contract jobs citing SaaS 37 39 28
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.03% 3.45% 1.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.03% 9.90% 5.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 28 23
10th Percentile £339 £196 £425
25th Percentile £487 £475 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £538 £530
Median % change year-on-year +17.67% +1.42% -11.67%
75th Percentile £670 £588 £608
90th Percentile £682 £605 £633
South East median daily rate £525 £501 £530
% change year-on-year +4.90% -5.57% +3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £27.75 £38.64 -
25th Percentile £29.44 £53.10 £60.50
Median hourly rate £56.13 £77.19 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.29% +26.54% +369.23%
75th Percentile £84.44 £86.35 £61.50
90th Percentile £86.58 £91.84 -
South East median hourly rate £41.63 £77.19 £38.50
% change year-on-year -46.07% +100.49% +108.11%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Berkshire

SaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 526 394 531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.81% 34.81% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 246 364
10th Percentile £314 £325 £330
25th Percentile £406 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -8.59% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £615
90th Percentile £667 £650 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 11 24
10th Percentile £25.26 £24.66 £20.49
25th Percentile £31.25 £29.63 £41.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £32.05 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +154.29% -45.03% +150.21%
75th Percentile £103.75 £61.75 £61.53
90th Percentile £110.75 £77.19 £61.60
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £24.43
% change year-on-year +66.67% +16.66% +1.79%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

SaaS job vacancy trend in Berkshire

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SaaS

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 24 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in Berkshire

SaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SaaS

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 24 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SaaS in Berkshire

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 24 May 2026. 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
Reading -16 27 £635 +18.14% 54
Slough +13 7 £600 -7.69% 4
Bracknell -4 2 £625 +78.57% 6
Windsor -3 1 £575 +15.00% 4
SaaS
South East

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.51%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (2.70%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (5.41%) iTrent
3 1 (2.70%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (2.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (45.95%) Azure
2 14 (37.84%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (24.32%) Power Platform
4 8 (21.62%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (10.81%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.41%) AWS
6 2 (5.41%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.70%) IaaS
7 1 (2.70%) Miro
7 1 (2.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) IPsec
1 4 (10.81%) MQTT
1 4 (10.81%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (24.32%) Power BI
2 8 (21.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 7 (18.92%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (5.41%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (5.41%) MySQL
4 2 (5.41%) Vitess
General
1 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Finance
3 3 (8.11%) Retail
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.70%) Automotive
5 1 (2.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) Architect
2 9 (24.32%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (18.92%) Project Manager
4 6 (16.22%) Integration Manager
4 6 (16.22%) Senior
5 5 (13.51%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 5 (13.51%) Security Architect
5 5 (13.51%) Security Solutions Architect
6 4 (10.81%) Senior Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Oracle Project Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (5.41%) Analyst
8 2 (5.41%) Data Analyst
8 2 (5.41%) DBA
8 2 (5.41%) Integration Project Manager
8 2 (5.41%) Lead
8 2 (5.41%) Service Transition Leader
8 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow Architect
9 1 (2.70%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) ADO
2 2 (5.41%) .NET
2 2 (5.41%) Middleware
2 2 (5.41%) React
3 1 (2.70%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.70%) GraphQL
3 1 (2.70%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Operational Technology
2 3 (8.11%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.41%) Replication
4 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.70%) FMCG
4 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Windows
2 2 (5.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) DevOps
2 9 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (24.32%) PRINCE2
3 8 (21.62%) Waterfall
4 6 (16.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (13.51%) Contingency Planning
5 5 (13.51%) Cyber Resilience
5 5 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (13.51%) Decision-Making
5 5 (13.51%) E-business
5 5 (13.51%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (13.51%) ERP
5 5 (13.51%) Matrix Organization
5 5 (13.51%) Security Architecture
6 4 (10.81%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (10.81%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (10.81%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) C#
1 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.70%) CISSP
3 1 (2.70%) Degree
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) NCSC
1 4 (10.81%) NIST
1 4 (10.81%) NIST 800
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Grafana
1 2 (5.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) Oracle
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.81%) BiZZdesign
3 4 (10.81%) SAP
4 2 (5.41%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.41%) Workday
5 1 (2.70%) Adobe
5 1 (2.70%) Tenable