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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 78 33
Rank change year-on-year +19 -45 +49
Contract jobs citing SaaS 55 33 99
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.93% 2.04% 5.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.58% 6.36% 18.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 18
10th Percentile £416 £276 £365
25th Percentile £485 £450 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £560 £650 £571
90th Percentile £637 £800 £611
South East median daily rate £465 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -22.50% +20.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - £86.75
Median hourly rate £15.50 £29.00 £88.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.55% -67.23% +17.22%
75th Percentile £40.65 - £90.25
90th Percentile £99.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £88.50
% change year-on-year -5.17% -67.23% +17.22%

All Cloud 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 574 519 548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 41.00% 32.08% 31.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 325 355
10th Percentile £255 £367 £314
25th Percentile £406 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.92% -1.74% +9.00%
75th Percentile £593 £650 £644
90th Percentile £650 £663 £700
South East median daily rate £480 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -7.43% -1.24% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 11
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.74 £18.95
25th Percentile £16.37 £26.63 £42.76
Median hourly rate £40.44 £42.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% -32.54% +183.15%
75th Percentile £84.75 £63.44 £79.78
90th Percentile £97.75 £64.73 £90.25
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £35.75 £29.66
% change year-on-year -47.22% +20.53% +42.19%

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 27 November 2025.

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 27 November 2025.

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 27 November 2025. 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 +25 34 £538 -6.52% 52
Wokingham -17 5 £559 -6.83% 7
Bracknell -3 4 - - 6
Windsor - 3 £425 -
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 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (9.09%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (3.64%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (3.64%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (3.64%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 16 (29.09%) Azure
2 12 (21.82%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (20.00%) AWS
4 9 (16.36%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (14.55%) Power Platform
6 7 (12.73%) PaaS
7 6 (10.91%) IaaS
8 5 (9.09%) Miro
9 3 (5.45%) GCP
9 3 (5.45%) Power Automate
10 2 (3.64%) AtomSphere
10 2 (3.64%) Boomi
10 2 (3.64%) Entra ID
10 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (3.64%) OCI
10 2 (3.64%) Serverless
11 1 (1.82%) Azure API Management
11 1 (1.82%) Azure Functions
11 1 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) Firewall
1 2 (3.64%) HTTP
1 2 (3.64%) Wireshark
2 1 (1.82%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.09%) Power BI
2 2 (3.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) JIRA
2 2 (3.64%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.82%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (30.91%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 6 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.91%) French Language
4 4 (7.27%) Billing
5 3 (5.45%) Retail
6 2 (3.64%) Finance
6 2 (3.64%) Military
7 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (25.45%) Architect
2 8 (14.55%) Analyst
3 7 (12.73%) Customer Service Advisor
3 7 (12.73%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 5 (9.09%) HR Analyst
4 5 (9.09%) HR Data Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) SIEM Architect
5 4 (7.27%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.45%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Lead
6 3 (5.45%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.45%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Service Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Service Transition Leader
6 3 (5.45%) ServiceNow Architect
7 2 (3.64%) Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Oracle Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.45%) ADO
1 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Graph
1 3 (5.45%) OAuth
1 3 (5.45%) REST
2 2 (3.64%) JSON
2 2 (3.64%) SOAP
2 2 (3.64%) XML
3 1 (1.82%) .NET
3 1 (1.82%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.82%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.82%) Ajax
3 1 (1.82%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.82%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.82%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.82%) Middleware
3 1 (1.82%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.82%) OpenID
3 1 (1.82%) SAML
3 1 (1.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.27%) CSOC
3 4 (7.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.45%) PKI
5 2 (3.64%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.64%) Mainframe
5 2 (3.64%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.82%) CMDB
6 1 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.82%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.82%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.64%) Windows
1 2 (3.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.09%) Agile
1 16 (29.09%) DevOps
2 14 (25.45%) ERP
3 13 (23.64%) CRM
4 10 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (16.36%) ITIL
5 9 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (12.73%) Customer Service
6 7 (12.73%) ITSM
6 7 (12.73%) PRINCE2
6 7 (12.73%) Roadmaps
6 7 (12.73%) Scrum
6 7 (12.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (10.91%) Customer Engagement
7 6 (10.91%) Security Operations
7 6 (10.91%) Service Management
8 5 (9.09%) Benchmarking
8 5 (9.09%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.45%) C#
1 3 (5.45%) Java
1 3 (5.45%) JavaScript
1 3 (5.45%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.64%) Groovy
2 2 (3.64%) SQL
2 2 (3.64%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.82%) Bash
3 1 (1.82%) Perl
3 1 (1.82%) PHP
3 1 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (21.82%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.36%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.45%) CISSP
3 3 (5.45%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (3.64%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.82%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.82%) CISM
5 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.82%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) SLA
2 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.64%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (3.64%) GDPR
2 2 (3.64%) NIST
2 2 (3.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.82%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (3.64%) SCCM
2 1 (1.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (25.45%) Oracle
2 12 (21.82%) Salesforce
3 9 (16.36%) Microsoft
3 9 (16.36%) SAP
4 6 (10.91%) ServiceNow
5 4 (7.27%) Splunk
6 3 (5.45%) MuleSoft
6 3 (5.45%) Workday
7 2 (3.64%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.64%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.64%) Qualys
7 2 (3.64%) Tenable