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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 71 34
Rank change year-on-year +10 -37 +42
Contract jobs citing SaaS 50 32 102
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.39% 2.28% 6.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.49% 7.14% 18.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 16 21
10th Percentile £461 £270 £385
25th Percentile £513 £441 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £595 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.30% +19.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £653 £678 £573
90th Percentile £670 £800 £600
South East median daily rate £467 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -18.78% +15.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile - - £63.13
25th Percentile £14.75 - £67.06
Median hourly rate £40.44 £29.00 £74.75
Median % change year-on-year +39.43% -61.20% -0.99%
75th Percentile £96.25 - £83.06
90th Percentile £101.65 - £87.38
South East median hourly rate £37.00 £29.00 £74.75
% change year-on-year +27.59% -61.20% -0.99%

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 589 448 555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 39.93% 31.89% 32.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 281 367
10th Percentile £272 £363 £306
25th Percentile £400 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.73% - -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £654 £663 £700
South East median daily rate £485 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -5.37% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 11
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.30 £35.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £55.51
Median hourly rate £81.00 £42.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +90.59% -32.54% +173.91%
75th Percentile £95.00 £54.24 £79.78
90th Percentile £100.00 £64.73 £90.25
South East median hourly rate £36.50 £28.75 £32.32
% change year-on-year +26.96% -11.05% +54.94%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 4 January 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 +13 28 £635 +1.60% 41
Wokingham - 5 £559 - 1
Bracknell -5 3 - - 9
Windsor - 3 £425 -
Slough - 2 £352 - 64
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 7 (14.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 21 (42.00%) Azure
2 16 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (30.00%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (26.00%) Power Platform
5 11 (22.00%) AWS
6 5 (10.00%) IaaS
6 5 (10.00%) PaaS
7 3 (6.00%) Miro
7 3 (6.00%) Power Automate
8 2 (4.00%) AtomSphere
8 2 (4.00%) Boomi
8 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
8 2 (4.00%) GCP
8 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (2.00%) Azure API Management
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Functions
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (2.00%) GitHub
9 1 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) Firewall
2 1 (2.00%) HTTP
2 1 (2.00%) IPsec
2 1 (2.00%) MQTT
2 1 (2.00%) Network Security
2 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.00%) SSL
2 1 (2.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (20.00%) Power BI
2 8 (16.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 5 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) Fiddler
2 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (26.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Billing
4 3 (6.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.00%) French Language
5 2 (4.00%) Military
5 2 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (24.00%) Architect
2 8 (16.00%) Analyst
3 7 (14.00%) Delivery Manager
4 6 (12.00%) Integration Manager
5 5 (10.00%) Data Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) HR Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) HR Data Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Lead
5 5 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 5 (10.00%) Service Transition Leader
6 4 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (8.00%) Oracle Project Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Security Architect
6 4 (8.00%) SIEM Architect
6 4 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.00%) Business Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Customer Service Advisor
7 3 (6.00%) Security Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.00%) Service Delivery Manager
7 3 (6.00%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) ADO
2 3 (6.00%) REST
3 2 (4.00%) GraphQL
3 2 (4.00%) JSON
3 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (4.00%) OAuth
3 2 (4.00%) SOAP
3 2 (4.00%) XML
4 1 (2.00%) .NET
4 1 (2.00%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.00%) Ajax
4 1 (2.00%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.00%) Node.js
4 1 (2.00%) OAuth2
4 1 (2.00%) OpenID
4 1 (2.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (8.00%) CSOC
4 3 (6.00%) Cloud Native
4 3 (6.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.00%) PKI
5 2 (4.00%) Mainframe
5 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.00%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.00%) CMDB
6 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (2.00%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.00%) DevOps
2 13 (26.00%) Agile
3 12 (24.00%) PRINCE2
4 11 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 9 (18.00%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (18.00%) ITIL
6 9 (18.00%) ITSM
7 8 (16.00%) ERP
7 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (14.00%) Contingency Planning
8 7 (14.00%) CRM
8 7 (14.00%) E-business
8 7 (14.00%) Matrix Organization
8 7 (14.00%) Security Operations
8 7 (14.00%) Service Management
9 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (12.00%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.00%) C#
1 3 (6.00%) Java
1 3 (6.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.00%) Groovy
2 2 (4.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.00%) Bash
3 1 (2.00%) Perl
3 1 (2.00%) PHP
3 1 (2.00%) Python
3 1 (2.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) Azure Certification
3 3 (6.00%) CISSP
3 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (6.00%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (2.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 3 (6.00%) NIST
2 2 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.00%) NCSC
3 1 (2.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (12.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (32.00%) Oracle
2 9 (18.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (12.00%) Salesforce
4 5 (10.00%) ServiceNow
5 4 (8.00%) Splunk
6 3 (6.00%) MuleSoft
6 3 (6.00%) SAP
6 3 (6.00%) Tenable
7 2 (4.00%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.00%) Fortinet
7 2 (4.00%) Qualys
7 2 (4.00%) Workday
8 1 (2.00%) BiZZdesign