SaaS Contracts in England

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SaaS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 132 132
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -16
Contract jobs citing SaaS 533 645 1,034
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.19% 1.73% 2.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.88% 5.44% 5.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 414 743
10th Percentile £350 £406 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £672 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 25 9
10th Percentile £38.40 £22.87 £16.80
25th Percentile £52.50 £25.25 £25.75
Median hourly rate £77.19 £26.00 £76.71
Median % change year-on-year +196.88% -66.10% +65.85%
75th Percentile £95.50 £31.75 £82.50
90th Percentile £96.09 £38.13 £87.45
UK median hourly rate £77.19 £26.00 £76.71
% change year-on-year +196.88% -66.10% +91.76%

All Cloud Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 9,062 11,852 18,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.21% 31.87% 36.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,341 8,544 13,518
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 321 311
10th Percentile £15.03 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.85 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%
75th Percentile £40.50 £32.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £61.60 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in England

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SaaS in England.

Daily rate trend for SaaS in England

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in England

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SaaS in England.

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in England

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SaaS in England

SaaS
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +2 306 £575 +4.55% 1,962
South East +36 82 £543 +0.93% 595
South West +29 41 £500 -23.08% 136
North of England -20 41 £450 -10.00% 439
Midlands +13 37 £525 +3.96% 205
North West -4 32 £450 -7.60% 291
West Midlands +13 27 £538 +5.39% 110
East of England +40 18 £450 - 102
East Midlands +2 10 £438 -1.69% 78
Yorkshire -14 5 £400 -23.81% 124
North East +2 4 £534 +0.52% 26
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 32 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 30 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (4.50%) Confluence
4 5 (0.94%) nginx
5 3 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.56%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.38%) Camunda
6 2 (0.38%) CMS
6 2 (0.38%) SAS
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.75%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.75%) Sketch
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.38%) 1Password
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.38%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) Notion
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.25%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.31%) Unit4 Business World
3 5 (0.94%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.56%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.38%) Actimize
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Internet Expenses
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.38%) SAP PLM
6 2 (0.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 194 (36.40%) Azure
2 132 (24.77%) PaaS
3 112 (21.01%) AWS
4 101 (18.95%) IaaS
5 69 (12.95%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (9.76%) Entra ID
7 40 (7.50%) GCP
8 39 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
9 33 (6.19%) Serverless
10 29 (5.44%) OCI
11 25 (4.69%) GitHub
12 23 (4.32%) Power Platform
13 20 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
13 20 (3.75%) Cloud Computing
14 18 (3.38%) OneDrive
15 12 (2.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 11 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (2.06%) Azure AKS
16 11 (2.06%) Slack
17 10 (1.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.81%) Firewall
2 12 (2.25%) VoIP
2 12 (2.25%) VPN
3 11 (2.06%) PBX
4 8 (1.50%) VSAN
5 7 (1.31%) DNS
6 6 (1.13%) HTTP
6 6 (1.13%) Skype
6 6 (1.13%) SSL
7 5 (0.94%) DHCP
8 4 (0.75%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.75%) Network Security
8 4 (0.75%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.56%) NGFW
9 3 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.56%) SAN
10 2 (0.38%) 4G
10 2 (0.38%) 5G
10 2 (0.38%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.38%) Power BI
2 14 (2.63%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.44%) Data Lake
3 13 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
3 13 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (1.88%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.50%) Oracle ODI
7 7 (1.31%) Tableau
8 6 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 6 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.94%) Data Mining
9 5 (0.94%) Metadata
9 5 (0.94%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.75%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (6.38%) JIRA
2 17 (3.19%) Git
3 15 (2.81%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.69%) Cypress.io
5 8 (1.50%) GitLab
5 8 (1.50%) Selenium
6 6 (1.13%) Postman
7 5 (0.94%) JMeter
8 4 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.56%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.56%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.38%) Balsamiq
10 2 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.38%) Maven
10 2 (0.38%) MLflow
10 2 (0.38%) Moq
10 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 152 (28.52%) Finance
2 142 (26.64%) Social Skills
3 57 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (6.94%) Marketing
5 34 (6.38%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.07%) Legal
7 22 (4.13%) Banking
8 16 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.44%) Retail
11 12 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.50%) Billing
12 8 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.31%) Back Office
13 7 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.31%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.13%) Automotive
14 6 (1.13%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.13%) Military
15 5 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 116 (21.76%) Architect
2 87 (16.32%) Senior
3 45 (8.44%) Analyst
4 41 (7.69%) Lead
4 41 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 35 (6.57%) Solutions Architect
6 32 (6.00%) Developer
7 23 (4.32%) Consultant
8 22 (4.13%) Cloud Architect
9 20 (3.75%) Technical Architect
10 19 (3.56%) Azure Architect
11 18 (3.38%) IT Manager
11 18 (3.38%) Senior Architect
12 15 (2.81%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 15 (2.81%) Product Owner
12 15 (2.81%) Senior Developer
13 14 (2.63%) Enterprise Architect
14 13 (2.44%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.44%) Security Architect
14 13 (2.44%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.07%) CSS
2 23 (4.32%) .NET
3 22 (4.13%) HTML
4 21 (3.94%) REST
5 16 (3.00%) AngularJS
6 14 (2.63%) XML
7 13 (2.44%) React
8 12 (2.25%) Node.js
8 12 (2.25%) Oracle Fusion
9 11 (2.06%) ARM Templates
9 11 (2.06%) SAML
9 11 (2.06%) Web Services
10 10 (1.88%) RESTful
11 7 (1.31%) OAuth
12 6 (1.13%) Kafka
12 6 (1.13%) SailPoint
12 6 (1.13%) Swagger
13 5 (0.94%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (0.94%) Laravel
13 5 (0.94%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.75%) Hybrid Cloud
2 32 (6.00%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.69%) Public Cloud
4 22 (4.13%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.56%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.56%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.06%) Private Cloud
8 10 (1.88%) Blackberry
8 10 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.88%) Enterprise Cloud
8 10 (1.88%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.88%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.88%) PKI
8 10 (1.88%) Video Conferencing
9 9 (1.69%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
11 6 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (8.82%) Windows
2 24 (4.50%) Windows Server
3 22 (4.13%) Linux
4 7 (1.31%) CentOS
4 7 (1.31%) Ubuntu
4 7 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.13%) Android
6 5 (0.94%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.56%) Unix
8 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.38%) Solaris
8 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (29.08%) Agile
2 112 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (16.89%) Migration
4 78 (14.63%) DevOps
5 75 (14.07%) CI/CD
6 64 (12.01%) Roadmaps
7 58 (10.88%) Analytics
8 57 (10.69%) Project Management
9 54 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
10 48 (9.01%) Infrastructure as Code
11 44 (8.26%) ITIL
12 39 (7.32%) Scrum
13 38 (7.13%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (6.75%) Data Modelling
14 36 (6.75%) TOGAF
15 35 (6.57%) User Experience
16 34 (6.38%) Microservices
17 31 (5.82%) Decision-Making
18 30 (5.63%) DevSecOps
19 29 (5.44%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 83 (15.57%) SQL
2 53 (9.94%) PowerShell
3 52 (9.76%) Python
4 35 (6.57%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.38%) C#
5 18 (3.38%) Java
6 13 (2.44%) Bicep
7 11 (2.06%) PHP
8 10 (1.88%) Bash
9 9 (1.69%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.50%) PL/SQL
10 8 (1.50%) Ruby
11 5 (0.94%) Go
12 4 (0.75%) Perl
12 4 (0.75%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.56%) ActionScript
13 3 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.56%) R
14 2 (0.38%) Rust
14 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (16.51%) Security Cleared
2 76 (14.26%) SC Cleared
3 54 (10.13%) Degree
4 23 (4.32%) DV Cleared
5 18 (3.38%) Azure Certification
5 18 (3.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 14 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (2.44%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.88%) CCNP
8 10 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.69%) CISSP
9 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (1.50%) MCSE
11 7 (1.31%) CISM
11 7 (1.31%) CREST Certified
12 6 (1.13%) CEH
12 6 (1.13%) PMP
13 5 (0.94%) GIAC
13 5 (0.94%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.38%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.19%) GDPR
3 16 (3.00%) QA
4 13 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.25%) NCSC
6 11 (2.06%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.88%) NIST
8 9 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (1.69%) SLA
9 7 (1.31%) GRC
9 7 (1.31%) PMO
10 6 (1.13%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.94%) IFRS
11 5 (0.94%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.75%) Basel II
12 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.19%) Basel III
System Software
1 53 (9.94%) Active Directory
2 36 (6.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.50%) Docker
4 17 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.50%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.31%) vSphere
7 2 (0.38%) RACF
7 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 59 (11.07%) Terraform
2 40 (7.50%) Kubernetes
3 22 (4.13%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (3.56%) Ansible
6 9 (1.69%) Nessus
7 7 (1.31%) Data Guard
7 7 (1.31%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.56%) Grafana
9 3 (0.56%) Packer
9 3 (0.56%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.56%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.38%) Argo
10 2 (0.38%) BMC PATROL
10 2 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.38%) SCCM
10 2 (0.38%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.38%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.19%) VxRail
Vendors
1 116 (21.76%) Microsoft
2 54 (10.13%) Oracle
3 37 (6.94%) VMware
4 24 (4.50%) Salesforce
5 23 (4.32%) Cisco
6 22 (4.13%) Palo Alto
7 21 (3.94%) SAP
8 18 (3.38%) ServiceNow
9 14 (2.63%) Google
10 11 (2.06%) Ericsson
10 11 (2.06%) F5
10 11 (2.06%) Juniper
10 11 (2.06%) Nokia
11 10 (1.88%) Avaya
11 10 (1.88%) Ribbon
12 9 (1.69%) Databricks
12 9 (1.69%) Red Hat
13 8 (1.50%) Adobe
13 8 (1.50%) CyberArk
14 7 (1.31%) Splunk