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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 79 35
Rank change year-on-year +19 -44 +48
Contract jobs citing SaaS 56 33 101
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.94% 2.06% 5.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.84% 6.52% 17.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 16 20
10th Percentile £456 £270 £382
25th Percentile £506 £441 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £583 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% +13.66% -10.87%
75th Percentile £643 £678 £578
90th Percentile £666 £800 £604
South East median daily rate £480 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +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 569 506 567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 39.99% 31.63% 32.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 316 371
10th Percentile £255 £371 £325
25th Percentile £406 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% -4.35% +6.28%
75th Percentile £600 £646 £638
90th Percentile £650 £663 £700
South East median daily rate £485 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -6.29% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 13 11
10th Percentile £14.75 £20.69 £18.95
25th Percentile £16.25 £27.75 £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 £64.73 £79.78
90th Percentile £98.00 - £90.25
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £35.75 £27.00
% change year-on-year -46.85% +32.41% +32.61%

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 7 December 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 7 December 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 7 December 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 +19 35 £613 +2.94% 59
Wokingham -16 5 £559 -6.83% 2
Bracknell -4 4 - - 5
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 7 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 19 (33.93%) Azure
2 15 (26.79%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (19.64%) AWS
4 11 (19.64%) Power Platform
5 7 (12.50%) PaaS
6 6 (10.71%) IaaS
6 6 (10.71%) Miro
7 3 (5.36%) GCP
7 3 (5.36%) Power Automate
8 2 (3.57%) AtomSphere
8 2 (3.57%) Boomi
8 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
8 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (3.57%) OCI
8 2 (3.57%) Serverless
9 1 (1.79%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.79%) GitHub
9 1 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) Firewall
1 2 (3.57%) HTTP
1 2 (3.57%) Wireshark
2 1 (1.79%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.29%) Power BI
2 3 (5.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) JIRA
2 2 (3.57%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 6 (10.71%) French Language
4 4 (7.14%) Billing
5 3 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Retail
6 2 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Military
7 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (25.00%) Architect
2 8 (14.29%) Analyst
2 8 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
3 7 (12.50%) Customer Service Advisor
4 5 (8.93%) Data Analyst
4 5 (8.93%) HR Analyst
4 5 (8.93%) HR Data Analyst
4 5 (8.93%) Lead
4 5 (8.93%) Service Transition Leader
5 4 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 4 (7.14%) SIEM Architect
5 4 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.36%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Oracle Project Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.36%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Service Manager
6 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow Architect
7 2 (3.57%) Oracle Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) ADO
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Graph
1 3 (5.36%) OAuth
1 3 (5.36%) REST
2 2 (3.57%) JSON
2 2 (3.57%) SOAP
2 2 (3.57%) XML
3 1 (1.79%) .NET
3 1 (1.79%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.79%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.79%) Ajax
3 1 (1.79%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.79%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.79%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.79%) Middleware
3 1 (1.79%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.79%) OpenID
3 1 (1.79%) SAML
3 1 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (8.93%) Cloud Native
2 5 (8.93%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (7.14%) CSOC
4 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.36%) PKI
5 2 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.57%) Mainframe
5 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.79%) CMDB
6 1 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.79%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.79%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.57%) Windows
1 2 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.93%) DevOps
2 17 (30.36%) Agile
3 13 (23.21%) ERP
4 12 (21.43%) CRM
5 11 (19.64%) ITIL
6 10 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (17.86%) PRINCE2
6 10 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (16.07%) ITSM
8 8 (14.29%) Scrum
8 8 (14.29%) Service Management
8 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (14.29%) Waterfall
9 7 (12.50%) Contingency Planning
9 7 (12.50%) Customer Service
9 7 (12.50%) E-business
9 7 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
9 7 (12.50%) Roadmaps
10 6 (10.71%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.36%) C#
1 3 (5.36%) Java
1 3 (5.36%) JavaScript
1 3 (5.36%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.57%) Groovy
2 2 (3.57%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.79%) Bash
3 1 (1.79%) Perl
3 1 (1.79%) PHP
3 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.07%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.36%) CISSP
3 3 (5.36%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (3.57%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.79%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.79%) CISM
5 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.79%) Degree
5 1 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.57%) GDPR
2 2 (3.57%) NIST
3 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (10.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (3.57%) SCCM
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (28.57%) Oracle
2 11 (19.64%) Salesforce
3 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 8 (14.29%) SAP
4 6 (10.71%) ServiceNow
5 4 (7.14%) Splunk
6 3 (5.36%) MuleSoft
6 3 (5.36%) Workday
7 2 (3.57%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.57%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.57%) Qualys
7 2 (3.57%) Tenable