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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 53 40
Rank change year-on-year -26 -13 +31
Contract jobs citing SaaS 43 40 93
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.34% 3.53% 4.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.52% 10.90% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 26
10th Percentile £461 £276 £388
25th Percentile £496 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% +6.67% -6.67%
75th Percentile £670 £600 £597
90th Percentile £682 £638 £615
South East median daily rate £525 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £88.00 £38.64 £63.13
25th Percentile £92.50 £53.10 £67.06
Median hourly rate £100.00 £77.19 £74.75
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +3.26% +475.00%
75th Percentile £102.75 £86.35 £83.06
90th Percentile £104.40 £91.84 £87.38
South East median hourly rate £63.50 £77.19 £74.75
% change year-on-year -17.74% +3.26% +374.60%

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 572 367 615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 31.19% 32.36% 29.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 235 376
10th Percentile £306 £325 £325
25th Percentile £406 £421 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £623
90th Percentile £658 £659 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 27
10th Percentile £18.87 £22.81 £20.49
25th Percentile £73.40 £27.92 £41.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £39.75 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +105.03% -31.82% +151.84%
75th Percentile £95.00 £75.92 £61.80
90th Percentile £100.00 £82.68 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £40.00 £22.32 £30.00
% change year-on-year +79.25% -25.62% +32.86%

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 1 April 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
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 1 April 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 -16 29 £635 +12.39% 30
Slough +9 7 £600 -7.69% 11
Wokingham -32 2 £520 +1.46% 5
Bracknell -7 1 - - 7
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 (11.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (2.33%) CMS
Business Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 19 (44.19%) Azure
2 13 (30.23%) Azure DevOps
2 13 (30.23%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (25.58%) Power Platform
4 8 (18.60%) AWS
5 5 (11.63%) Entra ID
6 4 (9.30%) IaaS
6 4 (9.30%) PaaS
7 3 (6.98%) Power Automate
8 2 (4.65%) AtomSphere
8 2 (4.65%) Boomi
8 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (2.33%) Azure API Management
9 1 (2.33%) Azure Functions
9 1 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (2.33%) GCP
9 1 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (2.33%) Miro
9 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.30%) IPsec
1 4 (9.30%) MQTT
1 4 (9.30%) SD-WAN
2 2 (4.65%) Firewall
3 1 (2.33%) Network Security
3 1 (2.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 8 (18.60%) Power BI
2 5 (11.63%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.33%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (2.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (20.93%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.30%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (6.98%) Retail
4 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Billing
4 1 (2.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Architect
2 8 (18.60%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (16.28%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 7 (16.28%) Security Architect
4 6 (13.95%) Delivery Manager
4 6 (13.95%) Integration Manager
4 6 (13.95%) Security Solutions Architect
5 5 (11.63%) Lead
5 5 (11.63%) Project Manager
5 5 (11.63%) Senior
5 5 (11.63%) Service Transition Leader
6 3 (6.98%) Developer
6 3 (6.98%) Oracle Project Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Service Manager
6 3 (6.98%) ServiceNow Architect
7 2 (4.65%) Integration Developer
7 2 (4.65%) Integration Project Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Manager
8 1 (2.33%) Senior Sourcing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) ADO
2 3 (6.98%) .NET
2 3 (6.98%) REST
3 2 (4.65%) .NET Core
3 2 (4.65%) GraphQL
3 2 (4.65%) JSON
3 2 (4.65%) React
3 2 (4.65%) SOAP
3 2 (4.65%) XML
4 1 (2.33%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.33%) Ajax
4 1 (2.33%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.33%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (2.33%) Node.js
4 1 (2.33%) OAuth
4 1 (2.33%) OAuth2
4 1 (2.33%) OpenID
4 1 (2.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Operational Technology
2 4 (9.30%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (9.30%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.98%) PKI
3 3 (6.98%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.33%) CMDB
4 1 (2.33%) FMCG
4 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.33%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.33%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (2.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) DevOps
2 11 (25.58%) PRINCE2
3 10 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (20.93%) Agile
4 9 (20.93%) ITIL
4 9 (20.93%) ITSM
4 9 (20.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (18.60%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (18.60%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (18.60%) Waterfall
6 7 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (16.28%) Cyber Resilience
6 7 (16.28%) Roadmaps
6 7 (16.28%) Security Architecture
6 7 (16.28%) Service Management
6 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (13.95%) Data Loss Prevention
7 6 (13.95%) ERP
7 6 (13.95%) Knowledge Transfer
8 5 (11.63%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) C#
1 4 (9.30%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.98%) Java
3 2 (4.65%) Groovy
3 2 (4.65%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.33%) Bash
4 1 (2.33%) Perl
4 1 (2.33%) PHP
4 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.33%) Python
4 1 (2.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.98%) Azure Certification
2 3 (6.98%) CISSP
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (6.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.98%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (2.33%) Degree
3 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) NIST
2 4 (9.30%) NCSC
2 4 (9.30%) NIST 800
3 3 (6.98%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (4.65%) GDPR
5 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (18.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) SCCM
2 1 (2.33%) Grafana
2 1 (2.33%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (32.56%) Oracle
2 11 (25.58%) Microsoft
3 6 (13.95%) ServiceNow
4 4 (9.30%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (6.98%) Tenable
6 2 (4.65%) CheckPoint
6 2 (4.65%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.33%) Adobe
7 1 (2.33%) Qualys