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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 48 45
Rank change year-on-year -21 -3 +24
Contract jobs citing SaaS 49 40 94
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.70% 3.39% 4.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.90% 9.98% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 28 18
10th Percentile £446 £281 £361
25th Percentile £480 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £634 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +19.58% +6.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £670 £600 £545
90th Percentile £679 £638 £579
South East median daily rate £500 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £53.65 £38.64 £63.13
25th Percentile £73.80 £53.10 £67.06
Median hourly rate £95.00 £77.19 £74.75
Median % change year-on-year +23.07% +3.26% +68.93%
75th Percentile £101.38 £86.35 £83.06
90th Percentile £103.85 £91.84 £87.38
South East median hourly rate £37.00 £77.19 £74.75
% change year-on-year -52.07% +3.26% +304.05%

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 620 401 623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 34.22% 33.95% 30.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 260 377
10th Percentile £301 £317 £325
25th Percentile £400 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £599 £630 £625
90th Percentile £653 £660 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 26
10th Percentile £19.78 £24.82 £20.49
25th Percentile £70.85 £28.31 £43.57
Median hourly rate £81.25 £42.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +91.18% -27.10% +150.21%
75th Percentile £95.00 £67.42 £61.90
90th Percentile £99.75 £77.02 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £37.00 £28.38 £30.00
% change year-on-year +30.37% -5.40% +35.38%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 10 March 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 -2 29 £635 +12.89% 23
Slough +5 7 £600 -7.69% 11
Windsor -5 3 £425 -15.00%
Bracknell -5 2 - - 2
Wokingham -41 2 £520 +1.46% 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 5 (10.20%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (2.04%) CMS
Business Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 22 (44.90%) Azure
2 16 (32.65%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (22.45%) AWS
4 11 (22.45%) Power Platform
5 5 (10.20%) Entra ID
6 4 (8.16%) IaaS
6 4 (8.16%) PaaS
7 3 (6.12%) Power Automate
8 2 (4.08%) AtomSphere
8 2 (4.08%) Boomi
8 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (2.04%) Azure API Management
9 1 (2.04%) Azure Functions
9 1 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (2.04%) GCP
9 1 (2.04%) GitHub
9 1 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (2.04%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.16%) IPsec
1 4 (8.16%) MQTT
1 4 (8.16%) SD-WAN
2 2 (4.08%) Firewall
3 1 (2.04%) HTTP
3 1 (2.04%) Network Security
3 1 (2.04%) SSL
3 1 (2.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 8 (16.33%) Power BI
2 5 (10.20%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.04%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (2.04%) MySQL
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) Fiddler
2 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (18.37%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.16%) Billing
2 4 (8.16%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (4.08%) Retail
4 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.04%) Marketing
4 1 (2.04%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (22.45%) Architect
2 7 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 7 (14.29%) Security Architect
2 7 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (12.24%) Analyst
3 6 (12.24%) Delivery Manager
3 6 (12.24%) Integration Manager
3 6 (12.24%) Security Solutions Architect
4 5 (10.20%) Lead
4 5 (10.20%) Project Manager
4 5 (10.20%) Senior
4 5 (10.20%) Service Transition Leader
5 3 (6.12%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Data Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Developer
5 3 (6.12%) HR Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Oracle Project Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Service Delivery Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Service Manager
5 3 (6.12%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.29%) ADO
2 3 (6.12%) .NET
2 3 (6.12%) REST
3 2 (4.08%) .NET Core
3 2 (4.08%) GraphQL
3 2 (4.08%) JSON
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (4.08%) OAuth
3 2 (4.08%) React
3 2 (4.08%) SOAP
3 2 (4.08%) XML
4 1 (2.04%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.04%) Ajax
4 1 (2.04%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.04%) Node.js
4 1 (2.04%) OAuth2
4 1 (2.04%) OpenID
4 1 (2.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Operational Technology
2 4 (8.16%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (8.16%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.12%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.12%) PKI
3 3 (6.12%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.04%) CMDB
4 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.04%) FMCG
4 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.04%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.04%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (2.04%) Replication
4 1 (2.04%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Linux
2 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.86%) DevOps
2 12 (24.49%) Agile
3 11 (22.45%) PRINCE2
4 10 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (20.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (18.37%) ITIL
5 9 (18.37%) ITSM
6 8 (16.33%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (16.33%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (16.33%) Waterfall
7 7 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
7 7 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 7 (14.29%) Security Architecture
7 7 (14.29%) Service Management
8 6 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (12.24%) Data Loss Prevention
8 6 (12.24%) Knowledge Transfer
9 5 (10.20%) System Integration Testing
9 5 (10.20%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.16%) C#
1 4 (8.16%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.12%) Java
3 2 (4.08%) Groovy
3 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.08%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.04%) Bash
4 1 (2.04%) Perl
4 1 (2.04%) PHP
4 1 (2.04%) Python
4 1 (2.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) Azure Certification
3 3 (6.12%) CISSP
3 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (6.12%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (2.04%) Degree
4 1 (2.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.24%) NIST
2 4 (8.16%) NCSC
2 4 (8.16%) NIST 800
3 3 (6.12%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (4.08%) GDPR
5 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (18.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) SCCM
2 1 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.04%) Grafana
2 1 (2.04%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (28.57%) Oracle
2 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
3 6 (12.24%) ServiceNow
4 4 (8.16%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (6.12%) MuleSoft
5 3 (6.12%) Salesforce
5 3 (6.12%) Tenable
6 2 (4.08%) CheckPoint
6 2 (4.08%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.04%) Adobe
7 1 (2.04%) Qualys
7 1 (2.04%) Workday