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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 77 36
Rank change year-on-year +25 -41 +47
Contract jobs citing SaaS 58 33 101
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.15% 2.07% 5.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.12% 6.45% 17.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 16 20
10th Percentile £428 £270 £382
25th Percentile £500 £441 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £583 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +13.66% -10.87%
75th Percentile £625 £678 £578
90th Percentile £648 £800 £604
South East median daily rate £490 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -18.33% +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 573 512 564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 40.99% 32.06% 31.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 319 368
10th Percentile £255 £367 £315
25th Percentile £406 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £650 £663 £702
South East median daily rate £480 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% -1.71% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 14 11
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.74 £18.95
25th Percentile £16.25 £26.63 £42.76
Median hourly rate £40.44 £42.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% -32.54% +186.36%
75th Percentile £86.00 £63.44 £79.78
90th Percentile £98.00 £64.73 £90.25
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £29.00 £29.66
% change year-on-year -34.93% -2.23% +45.68%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +21 37 £544 -8.61% 26
Wokingham -17 5 £559 -6.83% 5
Bracknell -6 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 6 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (3.45%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (3.45%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (3.45%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (29.31%) Azure
2 13 (22.41%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (18.97%) AWS
4 10 (17.24%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (15.52%) Power Platform
6 7 (12.07%) PaaS
7 6 (10.34%) IaaS
7 6 (10.34%) Miro
8 3 (5.17%) GCP
8 3 (5.17%) Power Automate
9 2 (3.45%) AtomSphere
9 2 (3.45%) Boomi
9 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
9 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (3.45%) OCI
9 2 (3.45%) Serverless
10 1 (1.72%) Azure API Management
10 1 (1.72%) Azure Functions
10 1 (1.72%) GitHub
10 1 (1.72%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) Firewall
1 2 (3.45%) HTTP
1 2 (3.45%) Wireshark
2 1 (1.72%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.34%) Power BI
2 2 (3.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (5.17%) JIRA
2 2 (3.45%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.72%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.24%) Telecoms
3 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.34%) French Language
4 4 (6.90%) Billing
5 3 (5.17%) Retail
6 2 (3.45%) Finance
6 2 (3.45%) Military
7 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (24.14%) Architect
2 8 (13.79%) Analyst
3 7 (12.07%) Customer Service Advisor
3 7 (12.07%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (8.62%) Data Analyst
4 5 (8.62%) HR Analyst
4 5 (8.62%) HR Data Analyst
4 5 (8.62%) Lead
4 5 (8.62%) Service Transition Leader
5 4 (6.90%) SIEM Architect
5 4 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.17%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.17%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.17%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (5.17%) Service Manager
6 3 (5.17%) ServiceNow Architect
7 2 (3.45%) Consultant
7 2 (3.45%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) ADO
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Graph
1 3 (5.17%) OAuth
1 3 (5.17%) REST
2 2 (3.45%) JSON
2 2 (3.45%) SOAP
2 2 (3.45%) XML
3 1 (1.72%) .NET
3 1 (1.72%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.72%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.72%) Ajax
3 1 (1.72%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.72%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.72%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.72%) Middleware
3 1 (1.72%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.72%) OpenID
3 1 (1.72%) SAML
3 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (8.62%) Cloud Native
2 5 (8.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (6.90%) CSOC
4 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.17%) PKI
5 2 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.45%) Mainframe
5 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.72%) CMDB
6 1 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.72%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.72%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Windows
1 2 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.31%) Agile
1 17 (29.31%) DevOps
2 16 (27.59%) ERP
3 13 (22.41%) CRM
4 11 (18.97%) ITIL
4 11 (18.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (15.52%) ITSM
6 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (13.79%) PRINCE2
7 8 (13.79%) Scrum
7 8 (13.79%) Service Management
7 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (12.07%) Customer Service
8 7 (12.07%) Roadmaps
9 6 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (10.34%) Knowledge Transfer
9 6 (10.34%) Matrix Organization
9 6 (10.34%) Security Operations
9 6 (10.34%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) C#
1 3 (5.17%) Java
1 3 (5.17%) JavaScript
1 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.45%) Groovy
2 2 (3.45%) SQL
2 2 (3.45%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.72%) Bash
3 1 (1.72%) Perl
3 1 (1.72%) PHP
3 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 9 (15.52%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) CISSP
3 3 (5.17%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (3.45%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.72%) CISM
5 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) Disclosure Scotland
1 3 (5.17%) SLA
2 2 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.45%) GDPR
2 2 (3.45%) NIST
2 2 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (10.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (3.45%) SCCM
2 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (29.31%) Oracle
2 12 (20.69%) Salesforce
3 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
3 9 (15.52%) SAP
4 6 (10.34%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.90%) Splunk
6 3 (5.17%) MuleSoft
6 3 (5.17%) Workday
7 2 (3.45%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.45%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.45%) Qualys
7 2 (3.45%) Tenable