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 16 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 120 134
Rank change year-on-year -14 +14 -22
Contract jobs citing SaaS 521 745 1,160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.02% 1.96% 2.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.39% 5.93% 5.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 447 809
10th Percentile £352 £385 £405
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £764 £775
UK median daily rate £565 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 29 5
10th Percentile £27.20 - £43.45
25th Percentile £35.75 £25.50 £70.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +96.72% -57.93% +22.80%
75th Percentile £86.35 £67.56 £74.53
90th Percentile £95.89 £77.50 £75.26
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £30.50 £72.50
% change year-on-year +72.13% -57.93% +81.25%

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 9,659 12,564 21,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.43% 33.06% 36.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,465 9,116 15,116
10th Percentile £313 £275 £325
25th Percentile £419 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.10%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £668
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 299 356
10th Percentile £16.18 £14.00 £14.83
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.25 £16.34
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.32% -10.80% +19.05%
75th Percentile £48.19 £49.54 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.93 £67.11 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +16.28%

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 16 February 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 -7 282 £550 -2.22% 1,004
South East +14 98 £575 +15.00% 133
South West +20 41 £525 -6.67% 44
Midlands +7 37 £544 -6.45% 58
North of England -46 37 £450 -14.29% 195
North West -14 28 £450 -10.00% 140
West Midlands +9 26 £607 +18.44% 25
East of England +27 18 £423 -23.18% 38
East Midlands +1 11 £425 -32.00% 33
Yorkshire -17 7 £400 -31.18% 40
North East -7 2 - - 15
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 26 (4.99%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.22%) Confluence
3 21 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.96%) nginx
5 5 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.58%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (0.58%) Camunda
6 3 (0.58%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) CMS
8 1 (0.19%) Apache
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.77%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.77%) Sketch
3 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.38%) 1Password
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Notion
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.54%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
3 5 (0.96%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.77%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.77%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.77%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 4 (0.77%) Oracle iProcurement
4 4 (0.77%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (0.58%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.38%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 186 (35.70%) Azure
2 127 (24.38%) PaaS
3 112 (21.50%) AWS
4 102 (19.58%) IaaS
5 69 (13.24%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (9.79%) Entra ID
7 37 (7.10%) GCP
8 32 (6.14%) OCI
9 28 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (5.18%) Serverless
11 26 (4.99%) GitHub
12 25 (4.80%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (3.07%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (2.50%) OpenShift
14 13 (2.50%) Power Platform
15 12 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (2.30%) Azure AKS
16 11 (2.11%) Amazon S3
16 11 (2.11%) OneDrive
17 10 (1.92%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.84%) DNS
2 14 (2.69%) TCP/IP
3 13 (2.50%) Firewall
4 10 (1.92%) DHCP
5 9 (1.73%) Kerberos
5 9 (1.73%) SSL
5 9 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.54%) HTTP
6 8 (1.54%) PBX
6 8 (1.54%) VoIP
6 8 (1.54%) VSAN
7 7 (1.34%) LAN
7 7 (1.34%) Network Security
7 7 (1.34%) Skype
7 7 (1.34%) WAN
8 6 (1.15%) BGP
8 6 (1.15%) HTTPS
8 6 (1.15%) NGFW
8 6 (1.15%) OSPF
9 3 (0.58%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.61%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
4 11 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.92%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (1.54%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.54%) Oracle ODI
7 8 (1.54%) Power BI
8 6 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.77%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.77%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.58%) MySQL
10 3 (0.58%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (5.95%) JIRA
2 21 (4.03%) Git
3 19 (3.65%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.88%) GitLab
5 9 (1.73%) Cypress.io
5 9 (1.73%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.34%) Selenium
6 7 (1.34%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (1.15%) Subversion
8 5 (0.96%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.77%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.77%) JMeter
9 4 (0.77%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.58%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.38%) MLflow
11 2 (0.38%) Mocha
11 2 (0.38%) Moq
11 2 (0.38%) Postman
11 2 (0.38%) SoapUI
General
1 149 (28.60%) Social Skills
2 119 (22.84%) Finance
3 48 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.68%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.41%) Legal
6 21 (4.03%) Marketing
7 20 (3.84%) Banking
8 13 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (2.50%) Retail
8 13 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.73%) Automotive
12 8 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.34%) Back Office
13 7 (1.34%) Billing
14 6 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.96%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.77%) Law
16 4 (0.77%) Military
Job Titles
1 122 (23.42%) Architect
2 79 (15.16%) Senior
3 47 (9.02%) Analyst
4 40 (7.68%) Developer
5 38 (7.29%) Lead
5 38 (7.29%) Solutions Architect
6 25 (4.80%) Project Manager
6 25 (4.80%) Technical Architect
7 22 (4.22%) Consultant
8 18 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (3.07%) AWS Architect
9 16 (3.07%) Business Analyst
9 16 (3.07%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 16 (3.07%) Senior Developer
10 15 (2.88%) Security Architect
11 14 (2.69%) Azure Architect
11 14 (2.69%) Senior Architect
11 14 (2.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (2.30%) Designer
12 12 (2.30%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.95%) .NET
2 21 (4.03%) REST
3 20 (3.84%) AngularJS
3 20 (3.84%) CSS
4 19 (3.65%) HTML
4 19 (3.65%) SAML
5 17 (3.26%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (2.50%) XML
7 12 (2.30%) React
8 11 (2.11%) LDAP
8 11 (2.11%) Node.js
8 11 (2.11%) RESTful
9 10 (1.92%) Kafka
9 10 (1.92%) OAuth
10 8 (1.54%) Web Services
11 7 (1.34%) ARM Templates
11 7 (1.34%) YAML
12 6 (1.15%) .NET Framework
12 6 (1.15%) ASP.NET Web API
12 6 (1.15%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.87%) Hybrid Cloud
2 34 (6.53%) Product Ownership
3 31 (5.95%) Public Cloud
4 28 (5.37%) Data Centre
5 18 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.07%) Cloud Native
7 11 (2.11%) PKI
8 10 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.73%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.54%) Blackberry
10 8 (1.54%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (1.34%) Clustering
11 7 (1.34%) CSOC
11 7 (1.34%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.34%) Replication
11 7 (1.34%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 60 (11.52%) Windows
2 40 (7.68%) Windows Server
3 33 (6.33%) Linux
4 13 (2.50%) CentOS
4 13 (2.50%) Ubuntu
4 13 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (1.73%) Unix
6 7 (1.34%) Solaris
7 4 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.58%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.19%) Android
9 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (26.49%) Agile
2 108 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (14.78%) Migration
4 76 (14.59%) CI/CD
5 72 (13.82%) DevOps
6 56 (10.75%) Roadmaps
7 45 (8.64%) Project Management
7 45 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 43 (8.25%) Infrastructure as Code
9 42 (8.06%) Analytics
10 38 (7.29%) DevSecOps
11 37 (7.10%) Test Automation
12 35 (6.72%) Microservices
13 33 (6.33%) Data Modelling
13 33 (6.33%) ITIL
13 33 (6.33%) TOGAF
14 32 (6.14%) B2B
15 31 (5.95%) Cybersecurity
15 31 (5.95%) Project Delivery
16 30 (5.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 81 (15.55%) SQL
2 58 (11.13%) PowerShell
3 52 (9.98%) Python
4 29 (5.57%) JavaScript
5 22 (4.22%) C#
6 18 (3.45%) Java
7 13 (2.50%) Bash
8 9 (1.73%) Perl
8 9 (1.73%) PHP
8 9 (1.73%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.54%) Ruby
10 7 (1.34%) Bicep
10 7 (1.34%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.58%) ActionScript
11 3 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.38%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.19%) Go
13 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 93 (17.85%) Security Cleared
2 79 (15.16%) SC Cleared
3 44 (8.45%) Degree
4 26 (4.99%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 12 (2.30%) CISSP
7 10 (1.92%) CISM
8 9 (1.73%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.73%) CCNP
8 9 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.54%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.54%) MCSE
9 8 (1.54%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.34%) CREST Certified
11 6 (1.15%) CEH
12 5 (0.96%) GIAC
12 5 (0.96%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.84%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.65%) GDPR
3 18 (3.45%) QA
4 13 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.30%) NCSC
6 9 (1.73%) NIST
6 9 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (1.34%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.96%) PMO
8 5 (0.96%) SLA
9 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.77%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.58%) GRC
11 2 (0.38%) GAAP
11 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.38%) IFRS
11 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 51 (9.79%) Active Directory
1 51 (9.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (3.84%) Docker
3 13 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
3 13 (2.50%) vSphere
4 8 (1.54%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.96%) NFS
6 5 (0.96%) Veritas File System
6 5 (0.96%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 5 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.58%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.38%) RACF
9 1 (0.19%) HDFS
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 60 (11.52%) Terraform
2 38 (7.29%) Kubernetes
3 32 (6.14%) Ansible
4 18 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (2.50%) Nessus
6 13 (2.50%) vCenter Server
7 10 (1.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (1.34%) EMC NetWorker
8 7 (1.34%) Tivoli
8 7 (1.34%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (1.15%) Control-M
9 6 (1.15%) Netcool
9 6 (1.15%) QRadar
10 5 (0.96%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (0.77%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.58%) Grafana
12 3 (0.58%) Packer
12 3 (0.58%) PingFederate
13 2 (0.38%) Argo
Vendors
1 107 (20.54%) Microsoft
2 68 (13.05%) Oracle
3 55 (10.56%) VMware
4 23 (4.41%) Cisco
5 21 (4.03%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.84%) Palo Alto
6 20 (3.84%) Red Hat
7 16 (3.07%) SAP
7 16 (3.07%) Splunk
8 12 (2.30%) IBM
9 11 (2.11%) Adobe
9 11 (2.11%) CyberArk
10 10 (1.92%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.73%) Avaya
12 8 (1.54%) BMC
12 8 (1.54%) EMC
12 8 (1.54%) Ericsson
12 8 (1.54%) Juniper
12 8 (1.54%) Nokia
12 8 (1.54%) Ribbon