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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 59 78
Rank change year-on-year -22 +19 -10
Contract jobs citing SaaS 41 36 44
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.24% 3.06% 2.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.45% 9.07% 8.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 24 25
10th Percentile £450 £191 £425
25th Percentile £488 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year +26.50% -5.66% -13.47%
75th Percentile £666 £600 £600
90th Percentile £673 £622 £615
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +4.95% -6.93% -1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £28.13 £38.64 -
25th Percentile £30.38 £53.10 £60.50
Median hourly rate £90.00 £77.19 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.60% +26.54% +369.23%
75th Percentile £100.00 £86.35 £61.50
90th Percentile £103.30 £91.84 -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £77.19 £38.50
% change year-on-year -31.99% +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 550 397 548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 30.02% 33.76% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 405 247 371
10th Percentile £306 £325 £330
25th Percentile £400 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £611 £624
90th Percentile £653 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 10 21
10th Percentile £27.73 £24.04 £20.49
25th Percentile £73.40 £29.31 £41.25
Median hourly rate £82.50 £32.05 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +157.41% -45.03% +31.75%
75th Percentile £100.00 £68.63 £61.60
90th Percentile £104.30 £79.02 -
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £28.50 £22.36
% change year-on-year +75.44% +27.47% -10.57%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -12 30 £635 +13.39% 29
Slough +17 7 £600 -7.69% 4
Bracknell -4 2 £625 +78.57% 11
Windsor -2 1 £575 +15.00% 2
Wokingham -32 1 £520 +1.46% 3
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 (12.20%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (4.88%) iTrent
3 1 (2.44%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (2.44%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (41.46%) Azure
2 13 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (29.27%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (29.27%) Power Platform
4 7 (17.07%) AWS
5 4 (9.76%) Entra ID
6 3 (7.32%) IaaS
6 3 (7.32%) PaaS
6 3 (7.32%) Power Automate
7 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (4.88%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (2.44%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) IPsec
1 4 (9.76%) MQTT
1 4 (9.76%) SD-WAN
2 2 (4.88%) Firewall
3 1 (2.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.95%) Power BI
2 8 (19.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 7 (17.07%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (4.88%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (4.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) JIRA
General
1 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Retail
4 1 (2.44%) Automotive
4 1 (2.44%) Finance
4 1 (2.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Architect
2 9 (21.95%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (17.07%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 7 (17.07%) Security Architect
4 6 (14.63%) Delivery Manager
4 6 (14.63%) Integration Manager
4 6 (14.63%) Security Solutions Architect
5 5 (12.20%) Project Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Senior
6 4 (9.76%) Lead
6 4 (9.76%) Service Transition Leader
7 3 (7.32%) Oracle Project Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Service Delivery Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Service Manager
7 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow Architect
8 2 (4.88%) Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Data Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Integration Project Manager
8 2 (4.88%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) ADO
2 2 (4.88%) .NET
2 2 (4.88%) Middleware
2 2 (4.88%) React
3 1 (2.44%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.44%) GraphQL
3 1 (2.44%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Onboarding
2 5 (12.20%) Operational Technology
3 3 (7.32%) PKI
3 3 (7.32%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.88%) Replication
5 1 (2.44%) FMCG
5 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.44%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.76%) Windows
2 2 (4.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) DevOps
2 11 (26.83%) PRINCE2
3 9 (21.95%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (19.51%) Waterfall
5 7 (17.07%) Cyber Resilience
5 7 (17.07%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (17.07%) ERP
5 7 (17.07%) ITIL
5 7 (17.07%) ITSM
5 7 (17.07%) Security Architecture
6 6 (14.63%) Data Loss Prevention
6 6 (14.63%) Service Management
6 6 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (12.20%) Contingency Planning
7 5 (12.20%) E-business
7 5 (12.20%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (12.20%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) C#
1 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
1 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) Azure Certification
2 3 (7.32%) CISSP
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (7.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (7.32%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (2.44%) Degree
3 1 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) NIST
2 4 (9.76%) NCSC
2 4 (9.76%) NIST 800
3 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (4.88%) GDPR
4 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (17.07%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Grafana
1 2 (4.88%) Prometheus
1 2 (4.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (36.59%) Oracle
2 11 (26.83%) Microsoft
3 6 (14.63%) ServiceNow
4 4 (9.76%) BiZZdesign
4 4 (9.76%) SAP
5 3 (7.32%) Tenable
6 2 (4.88%) CheckPoint
6 2 (4.88%) Fortinet
6 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
6 2 (4.88%) Workday
7 1 (2.44%) Adobe