SaaS Contracts in Berkshire

Software as a Service (SaaS)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring SaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SaaS over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 92 85
Rank change year-on-year +47 -7 +6
Contract jobs citing SaaS 53 25 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.42% 1.27% 1.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.73% 4.71% 6.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 19 27
10th Percentile £273 £445 £411
25th Percentile £475 £481 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £555 £615 £684
90th Percentile £600 £640 £799
South East median daily rate £531 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.41% +4.76% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 - £13.00
75th Percentile £40.11 - -
90th Percentile £82.68 - -
South East median hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -3.13% -13.51% -63.00%

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 452 531 563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.73% 26.90% 29.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 348 401
10th Percentile £325 £356 £363
25th Percentile £416 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - +8.91%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £650
90th Percentile £673 £675 £719
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 26 14
10th Percentile £14.75 £20.49 £16.96
25th Percentile £16.81 £41.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.50 £58.30 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year -45.97% +151.84% +9.98%
75th Percentile £47.75 £61.47 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.84 £61.80 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £30.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -37.27% +11.11% +35.00%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in Berkshire

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SaaS in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for SaaS in Berkshire

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in Berkshire

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SaaS in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in Berkshire

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 6 July 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 6 July 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 +46 33 £538 -3.37% 40
Wokingham -11 5 £513 -14.58%
Windsor - 5 £500 - 1
Bracknell - 5 £124 - 7
Slough -6 1 £650 - 13
SaaS
South East

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (9.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.77%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.89%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (11.32%) Oracle Assets
1 6 (11.32%) Oracle EBS R12
1 6 (11.32%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.89%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 20 (37.74%) Azure
2 9 (16.98%) PaaS
3 7 (13.21%) AWS
3 7 (13.21%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (13.21%) IaaS
3 7 (13.21%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (11.32%) Serverless
5 5 (9.43%) Entra ID
6 4 (7.55%) Power Platform
7 3 (5.66%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (5.66%) Miro
7 3 (5.66%) Tricentis Tosca
8 2 (3.77%) Azure AKS
8 2 (3.77%) Azure API Management
8 2 (3.77%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (3.77%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (3.77%) Azure Stack
8 2 (3.77%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.43%) HTTP
2 1 (1.89%) DNS
2 1 (1.89%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) Power BI
1 4 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.89%) Power Query
3 1 (1.89%) Sisense
3 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Fiddler
1 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 15 (28.30%) Telecoms
3 11 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.32%) Finance
4 6 (11.32%) French Language
5 2 (3.77%) Marketing
5 2 (3.77%) Retail
6 1 (1.89%) Billing
6 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) German Language
6 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.89%) Law
6 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.89%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Architect
2 5 (9.43%) Analyst
2 5 (9.43%) Customer Service Advisor
2 5 (9.43%) ServiceNow Architect
3 4 (7.55%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (5.66%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (5.66%) Developer
4 3 (5.66%) Senior
4 3 (5.66%) Senior Developer
4 3 (5.66%) Telecoms Architect
5 2 (3.77%) Automation Developer
5 2 (3.77%) Azure Architect
5 2 (3.77%) Cloud Consultant
5 2 (3.77%) Cloud Security Consultant
5 2 (3.77%) Customer Support Representative
5 2 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (3.77%) Lead
5 2 (3.77%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 2 (3.77%) Sales Representative
5 2 (3.77%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) .NET
2 4 (7.55%) .NET Framework
2 4 (7.55%) REST
2 4 (7.55%) Web Services
3 3 (5.66%) Ajax
3 3 (5.66%) AngularJS
3 3 (5.66%) ASP.NET Web API
3 3 (5.66%) CSS
3 3 (5.66%) HTML
3 3 (5.66%) OAuth
3 3 (5.66%) SAML
3 3 (5.66%) SOAP
3 3 (5.66%) XML
4 2 (3.77%) OpenID
5 1 (1.89%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.89%) MDX
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (1.89%) Middleware
5 1 (1.89%) Node.js
5 1 (1.89%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Cloud Native
1 4 (7.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (5.66%) CMDB
3 2 (3.77%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.89%) IoT
4 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.89%) PKI
4 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Linux
2 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.42%) Agile
2 13 (24.53%) ERP
3 10 (18.87%) CRM
4 9 (16.98%) DevOps
5 8 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (15.09%) Scrum
6 7 (13.21%) ITIL
6 7 (13.21%) Roadmaps
7 6 (11.32%) Capacity Management
7 6 (11.32%) CI/CD
7 6 (11.32%) Data Cleansing
7 6 (11.32%) Migration
8 5 (9.43%) Cloud Security
8 5 (9.43%) Customer Service
8 5 (9.43%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (7.55%) Enterprise Architecture
9 4 (7.55%) Service Management
9 4 (7.55%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 14 (26.42%) SQL
2 5 (9.43%) C#
3 4 (7.55%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.66%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.66%) Python
5 2 (3.77%) Bash
5 2 (3.77%) Java
6 1 (1.89%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) Security Cleared
2 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.55%) Degree
4 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.77%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.89%) CISM
5 1 (1.89%) CISSP
5 1 (1.89%) ISEB
5 1 (1.89%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) SLA
2 6 (11.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.89%) GDPR
4 1 (1.89%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Terraform
2 1 (1.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (28.30%) Oracle
2 9 (16.98%) Microsoft
3 8 (15.09%) Salesforce
3 8 (15.09%) SAP
4 5 (9.43%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.66%) CyberArk
6 2 (3.77%) VMware
7 1 (1.89%) Cisco
7 1 (1.89%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.89%) IBM
7 1 (1.89%) Infor
7 1 (1.89%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (1.89%) Qualys
7 1 (1.89%) Splunk
7 1 (1.89%) Workday