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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 50 76
Rank change year-on-year -32 +26 +1
Contract jobs citing SaaS 36 47 30
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.98% 3.87% 1.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.78% 9.18% 5.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 20 17
10th Percentile £280 £412 £398
25th Percentile £481 £509 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -4.87% +13.00%
75th Percentile £597 £550 £638
90th Percentile £647 £563 £800
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £565
% change year-on-year -9.52% -7.08% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 0
10th Percentile £81.40 - -
25th Percentile £83.88 £14.75 -
Median hourly rate £88.00 £15.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +467.74% - -
75th Percentile - £24.88 -
90th Percentile - £40.65 -
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £15.50 -
% change year-on-year +383.87% - -

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 531 512 511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.18% 42.14% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 312 331
10th Percentile £353 £256 £367
25th Percentile £450 £410 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £622 £588 £638
90th Percentile £676 £669 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £513
% change year-on-year +4.17% -6.34% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 16 16
10th Percentile £20.00 - £20.03
25th Percentile £35.22 £14.75 £27.38
Median hourly rate £82.00 £18.19 £50.27
Median % change year-on-year +350.92% -63.83% -10.47%
75th Percentile £100.85 £34.40 £61.98
90th Percentile £110.75 £44.08 £64.73
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £17.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +200.00% -63.16% +75.93%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 -36 23 £588 +9.30% 55
Maidenhead - 7 £500 - 7
Slough - 3 - - 28
Bracknell +1 2 £625 - 15
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 (5.56%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (8.33%) NEC Housing
2 3 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (2.78%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (2.78%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (33.33%) Azure
2 9 (25.00%) OCI
3 5 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 3 (8.33%) AWS
5 3 (8.33%) GCP
5 3 (8.33%) IaaS
5 3 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (8.33%) PaaS
5 3 (8.33%) Serverless
6 1 (2.78%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (2.78%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) Network Security
2 3 (8.33%) DNS
2 3 (8.33%) Firewall
3 1 (2.78%) LAN
3 1 (2.78%) VPN
3 1 (2.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) DynamoDB
1 1 (2.78%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Git
General
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.78%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.89%) Finance
4 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.11%) Retail
5 3 (8.33%) Local Government
6 1 (2.78%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.78%) Automotive
6 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Architect
2 9 (25.00%) Lead
3 8 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
4 4 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Azure Architect
5 3 (8.33%) Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Cloud Security Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Migration Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Network Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Oracle Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Security Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Senior
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Software Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Application Rationalisation Architect
7 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Service Transition Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) AngularJS
1 4 (11.11%) NestJS
2 3 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (5.56%) ADO
3 2 (5.56%) Middleware
4 1 (2.78%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) ERP
1 12 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (25.00%) Agile
2 9 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (22.22%) DevOps
3 8 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (19.44%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (19.44%) RBAC
5 6 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 6 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 6 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 6 (16.67%) SIEM
5 6 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 5 (13.89%) Migration
6 5 (13.89%) PRINCE2
7 4 (11.11%) Business Continuity
7 4 (11.11%) ITIL
7 4 (11.11%) ITSM
7 4 (11.11%) Project Management
7 4 (11.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) SQL
2 4 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 4 (11.11%) TypeScript
3 2 (5.56%) Bash
3 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (30.56%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.67%) Degree
3 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
4 4 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 3 (8.33%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (5.56%) AWS Certification
6 2 (5.56%) CCSP
6 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.56%) CISSP
6 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.78%) BC Cleared
7 1 (2.78%) MCSE
7 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) GDPR
1 4 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (11.11%) NCSC
2 2 (5.56%) NIST
3 1 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (5.56%) CASB
2 2 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (8.33%) Google
2 3 (8.33%) NEC
2 3 (8.33%) Salesforce
2 3 (8.33%) SAP
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft