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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 59 71
Rank change year-on-year -17 +12 +21
Contract jobs citing SaaS 41 42 33
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.24% 3.51% 1.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.88% 9.05% 6.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 22 22
10th Percentile £285 £220 £451
25th Percentile £463 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -10.42% +20.00%
75th Percentile £594 £548 £647
90th Percentile £644 £560 £796
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £555
% change year-on-year -4.76% -5.41% +11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 0
10th Percentile £28.13 - -
25th Percentile £30.38 £14.75 -
Median hourly rate £81.50 £15.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +425.81% - -
75th Percentile £88.00 £16.25 -
90th Percentile - £30.33 -
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +383.87% -3.13% -73.77%

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 520 464 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.37% 38.73% 28.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 273 332
10th Percentile £349 £350 £375
25th Percentile £425 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -10.87% +2.22%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £668 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 17 14
10th Percentile £23.75 - £19.74
25th Percentile £31.44 £14.75 £31.13
Median hourly rate £81.50 £18.87 £58.17
Median % change year-on-year +331.90% -67.56% +29.27%
75th Percentile £101.94 £32.31 £61.47
90th Percentile £110.75 £43.39 £64.73
South East median hourly rate £64.24 £18.82 £35.00
% change year-on-year +241.34% -46.23% +15.78%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -21 28 £525 -2.33% 23
Maidenhead - 7 £500 - 3
Slough - 3 - - 2
Bracknell -5 2 £625 +410.20% 3
Windsor - 1 £575 - 1
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 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (7.32%) NEC Housing
3 2 (4.88%) iTrent
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (2.44%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (2.44%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.83%) Azure
2 8 (19.51%) OCI
3 5 (12.20%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (7.32%) GCP
4 3 (7.32%) IaaS
4 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (7.32%) PaaS
5 2 (4.88%) AWS
5 2 (4.88%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.88%) Serverless
5 2 (4.88%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) Network Security
2 1 (2.44%) DNS
2 1 (2.44%) Firewall
2 1 (2.44%) LAN
2 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (4.88%) MySQL
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (4.88%) Vitess
2 1 (2.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Git
General
1 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 10 (24.39%) Public Sector
3 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Finance
5 3 (7.32%) Local Government
5 3 (7.32%) Retail
6 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.44%) Automotive
6 1 (2.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Architect
2 9 (21.95%) Lead
3 8 (19.51%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (12.20%) Project Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Cloud Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Senior
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Cloud Security Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) DBA
6 2 (4.88%) Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Security Architect
6 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Software Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) Contracts Manager
7 1 (2.44%) Migration Project Manager
7 1 (2.44%) Network Architect
7 1 (2.44%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) AngularJS
1 4 (9.76%) NestJS
2 3 (7.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (4.88%) ADO
3 2 (4.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
1 4 (9.76%) Security Operations Centre
1 4 (9.76%) Security Posture
2 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.88%) Replication
4 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) ERP
1 12 (29.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (26.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (19.51%) Agile
3 8 (19.51%) DevOps
3 8 (19.51%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (17.07%) RBAC
5 6 (14.63%) Cloud Security
5 6 (14.63%) Data Protection
5 6 (14.63%) Enterprise Architecture
5 6 (14.63%) Incident Response
5 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.63%) SIEM
6 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
6 5 (12.20%) Software Engineering
6 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (9.76%) ITIL
7 4 (9.76%) ITSM
7 4 (9.76%) Project Management
7 4 (9.76%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) JavaScript
1 4 (9.76%) SQL
1 4 (9.76%) TypeScript
2 2 (4.88%) Bash
2 2 (4.88%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.20%) Degree
4 4 (9.76%) DV Cleared
5 3 (7.32%) Azure Certification
6 2 (4.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (4.88%) CCSP
6 2 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (4.88%) CISSP
7 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.44%) BC Cleared
7 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.44%) MCSE
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) GDPR
1 4 (9.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (9.76%) NCSC
2 2 (4.88%) NIST
3 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) CASB
1 2 (4.88%) Grafana
1 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.88%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) Oracle
2 5 (12.20%) SAP
3 3 (7.32%) Google
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.32%) NEC
4 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.88%) Workday