SaaS Architect Contract Job Trends in England

SaaS Architect
UK > England

The median SaaS Architect daily rate in England is £798, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 464 541
Rank change year-on-year -108 +77 +119
Contract jobs requiring a SaaS Architect 5 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.020% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.022% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £687 - -
25th Percentile £724 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £798 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.92% - -
75th Percentile £869 £611 -
90th Percentile £906 £618 -
UK median daily rate £798 £600 -
% change year-on-year +32.92% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 36,522 22,722 34,320
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.70% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,886 15,172 22,851
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,461 869 2,384
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.75 £19.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -22.22%
75th Percentile £67.47 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.93% -13.00% -22.22%

SaaS Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SaaS Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SaaS Architect job vacancy trend in England

SaaS Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SaaS Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SaaS Architect job vacancies in England

SaaS Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS Architect in England over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS Architect in England

SaaS Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 21 April 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
London -63 3 £798 +31.28% 1
South East -55 1 - - 1
SaaS Architect
UK

SaaS Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 April 2026, SaaS Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring SaaS Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SaaS
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven
3 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Middleware
3 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Ajax
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) API Management
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Ariba
4 1 (20.00%) Azure API Management
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security

SaaS Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 1 (20.00%) Cloud Foundry
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) SaaS
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Azure API Management
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) IaaS
3 1 (20.00%) iPaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Serverless
3 1 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Billing
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Middleware
2 1 (20.00%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (20.00%) CMDB
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Microservices
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven
2 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Process Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Ariba
2 1 (20.00%) Software AG
2 1 (20.00%) Workday