SaaS Contract Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring SaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 82 80
Rank change year-on-year +15 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing SaaS 46 9 16
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.97% 0.69% 1.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.88% 2.56% 5.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 7 12
10th Percentile £325 £408 -
25th Percentile £413 £450 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £406
Median % change year-on-year +6.21% +16.92% -29.35%
75th Percentile £628 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £644
England median daily rate £550 £525 £528
% change year-on-year +4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.25 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £49.75 £25.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year +99.00% -12.28% -63.63%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 518 352 277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 22.23% 27.04% 18.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 198 162
10th Percentile £190 £220 £213
25th Percentile £328 £407 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £505 £420
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% +20.24% -10.64%
75th Percentile £552 £579 £552
90th Percentile £614 £688 £636
England median daily rate £525 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 33 25
10th Percentile £14.85 £14.99 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.30 £14.16
Median hourly rate £17.36 £31.64 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year -45.15% +94.11% -18.50%
75th Percentile £23.63 £46.18 £21.37
90th Percentile £65.63 £67.00 £26.55
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
% change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in the East of England

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SaaS

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in the East of England

SaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SaaS

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Hertfordshire -5 14 £575 +37.31% 59
Cambridgeshire +16 13 £509 +13.11% 71
Essex - 6 £525 - 26
Norfolk -10 5 £469 -21.88% 19
Bedfordshire +6 4 £425 -39.29% 6
Suffolk - 4 £350 - 4
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (8.70%) OpenEdge
2 1 (2.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 13 (28.26%) Azure
2 11 (23.91%) AWS
3 8 (17.39%) PaaS
4 6 (13.04%) OCI
5 5 (10.87%) IaaS
6 4 (8.70%) Entra ID
7 3 (6.52%) GCP
7 3 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (2.17%) Amazon Bedrock
9 1 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (2.17%) Boomi
9 1 (2.17%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (2.17%) Google Gemini
9 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (2.17%) Power Automate
9 1 (2.17%) Serverless
9 1 (2.17%) Smartsheet
9 1 (2.17%) Snowflake
9 1 (2.17%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.70%) Firewall
2 2 (4.35%) Internet
2 2 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.17%) DHCP
3 1 (2.17%) DNS
3 1 (2.17%) LAN
3 1 (2.17%) Network Security
3 1 (2.17%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.17%) VoIP
3 1 (2.17%) VPN
3 1 (2.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Git
1 2 (4.35%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 16 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.39%) Finance
3 6 (13.04%) Local Government
4 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Retail
6 3 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Law
8 1 (2.17%) Banking
8 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (19.57%) Analyst
2 8 (17.39%) Business Development Manager
2 8 (17.39%) Business Manager
2 8 (17.39%) Development Manager
3 6 (13.04%) Consultant
4 4 (8.70%) Applications Support
4 4 (8.70%) Applications Support Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Architect
4 4 (8.70%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.70%) SaaS Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Senior
4 4 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Senior Systems Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Support Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Data Entry Assistant
5 3 (6.52%) Lead
5 3 (6.52%) Support Assistant
6 2 (4.35%) Developer
6 2 (4.35%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.87%) REST
1 5 (10.87%) SailPoint
2 3 (6.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (6.52%) XML
3 2 (4.35%) SOAP
4 1 (2.17%) JSON
4 1 (2.17%) LDAP
4 1 (2.17%) OAuth
4 1 (2.17%) Terraform
4 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.91%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (8.70%) FMCG
2 4 (8.70%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.35%) Low-Code
3 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.35%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.17%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.17%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.17%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.17%) Robotics
4 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Windows
2 4 (8.70%) Android
2 4 (8.70%) Mac OS
3 3 (6.52%) Apple iOS
4 2 (4.35%) Unix
5 1 (2.17%) Linux
5 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) Data Management
1 12 (26.09%) Migration
2 11 (23.91%) Decision-Making
3 9 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (17.39%) Business Development
4 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (17.39%) Translating Business Requirements
5 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.87%) Knowledge Transfer
6 5 (10.87%) Mentoring
6 5 (10.87%) Project Delivery
7 4 (8.70%) Agile
7 4 (8.70%) Analytics
7 4 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (8.70%) Data Migration
7 4 (8.70%) Functional Testing
7 4 (8.70%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (8.70%) ITIL
7 4 (8.70%) RBAC
7 4 (8.70%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) SQL
2 2 (4.35%) C
2 2 (4.35%) PL/SQL
2 2 (4.35%) ProC
3 1 (2.17%) BeanShell
3 1 (2.17%) Java
3 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.17%) Python
3 1 (2.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (15.22%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) Degree
4 1 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.17%) ACCA
4 1 (2.17%) CCSP
4 1 (2.17%) CIMA
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.17%) CISSP
4 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) QA
2 4 (8.70%) GDPR
3 3 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.22%) Oracle
3 4 (8.70%) Civica
3 4 (8.70%) Orchard
4 3 (6.52%) Salesforce
4 3 (6.52%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.35%) Apple
5 2 (4.35%) CyberArk
5 2 (4.35%) MuleSoft
5 2 (4.35%) SAP
5 2 (4.35%) VMware
6 1 (2.17%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.17%) Google
6 1 (2.17%) Informatica
6 1 (2.17%) OpenAI
6 1 (2.17%) Pega
6 1 (2.17%) Xero