Software as a Service (SaaS)
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring SaaS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 58 | 43 | 77 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | +34 | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing SaaS | 10 | 25 | 24 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 1.60% | 3.15% | 2.18% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 4.02% | 8.45% | 5.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 15 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £290 | £389 | £405 |
| 25th Percentile | £391 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +5.26% | -12.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £535 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £578 | £652 | £605 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £500 | £425 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.65% | -15.00% | -8.26% |
All Cloud Skills
Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 249 | 296 | 422 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 39.90% | 37.33% | 38.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 136 | 175 | 308 |
| 10th Percentile | £409 | £179 | £240 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £381 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £494 | £450 | £467 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.78% | -3.69% | -6.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £538 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £623 | £575 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £475 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -5.26% | -2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £19.33 | £17.72 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +210.40% | +9.09% | - |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £37.55 | £19.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +97.61% | -36.67% | +64.52% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing SaaS.
SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 31 August 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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