SaaS Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Software as a Service (SaaS)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring SaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 40 43
Rank change year-on-year +15 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing SaaS 13 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 3.86% 0.63% 1.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.11% 1.92% 6.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £450 £360
Median % change year-on-year +13.11% +25.00% -12.73%
75th Percentile - - £380
90th Percentile - - £559
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £393
% change year-on-year - +21.02% -34.58%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 76 104 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 22.55% 32.81% 22.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 52 42
10th Percentile £400 £216 £253
25th Percentile £495 £411 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £514 £420
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +22.32% -1.18%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £497
90th Percentile £656 £700 £561
East of England median daily rate £491 £501 £420
% change year-on-year -2.00% +19.35% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 18 30
10th Percentile £19.00 - £14.16
25th Percentile £21.81 £14.99 £14.24
Median hourly rate £27.00 £16.30 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +65.64% - +12.41%
75th Percentile £31.71 £37.26 £21.37
90th Percentile £34.23 £43.75 -
East of England median hourly rate £17.50 £21.28 £16.30
% change year-on-year -17.76% +30.55% -25.91%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

SaaS job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing SaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing SaaS

SaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing SaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing SaaS

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
Cambridge - 12 £509 - 5
SaaS
East of England

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) OCI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Local Government
2 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Business Development Manager
1 8 (61.54%) Business Manager
1 8 (61.54%) Development Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Data Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Data Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Data Migration Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Data Migration Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Excel Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Migration Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle Data Migration Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Salesforce Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Business Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Finance Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Migration Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (15.38%) Data Structures
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Decision-Making
2 8 (61.54%) Business Development
2 8 (61.54%) Data Management
3 4 (30.77%) Data Migration
3 4 (30.77%) Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) B2B
4 2 (15.38%) ERP
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Release Management
5 1 (7.69%) Accounts Payable
5 1 (7.69%) Accounts Receivable
5 1 (7.69%) Business Transformation
5 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (7.69%) Data Conversion
5 1 (7.69%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
5 1 (7.69%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) ACCA
1 1 (7.69%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.69%) Atlassian
3 1 (7.69%) Xero