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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 142 130
Rank change year-on-year +9 -12 -11
Contract jobs citing SaaS 529 607 995
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.18% 1.65% 2.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.86% 5.18% 5.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 399 716
10th Percentile £356 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £448 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £655 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £537 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.32% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 26 10
10th Percentile £38.40 £23.09 £17.28
25th Percentile £52.50 £25.31 £28.06
Median hourly rate £77.19 £26.00 £72.10
Median % change year-on-year +196.88% -63.94% +55.90%
75th Percentile £95.50 £31.75 £82.37
90th Percentile £96.09 £43.44 £85.23
UK median hourly rate £77.19 £26.00 £72.10
% change year-on-year +196.88% -63.94% +80.26%

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 9,028 11,729 17,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.14% 31.88% 36.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,299 8,468 13,134
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 £518 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 318 305
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £15.85 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £21.00 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -34.98% +50.93%
75th Percentile £38.75 £32.69 £65.75
90th Percentile £73.50 £62.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.43 £21.19 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.45% -39.47% +59.09%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +23 314 £575 +9.52% 2,413
South East +45 74 £501 -6.88% 766
North of England -19 41 £463 -7.50% 462
South West +22 39 £500 -23.08% 135
Midlands +4 37 £525 +5.00% 190
North West -10 31 £450 -8.86% 304
West Midlands +16 27 £538 +5.39% 108
East of England +44 17 £450 - 105
East Midlands +2 10 £438 -1.69% 68
North East +2 6 £534 +0.52% 25
Yorkshire -10 4 £400 -23.81% 135
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 31 (5.86%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (4.54%) Confluence
4 6 (1.13%) nginx
5 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.57%) SAS
6 2 (0.38%) Camunda
6 2 (0.38%) CMS
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.76%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.76%) Sketch
4 2 (0.38%) 1Password
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.38%) Trello
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) Notion
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.27%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.32%) Unit4 Business World
3 6 (1.13%) Oracle Assets
4 5 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.95%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (0.76%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.57%) Infor CloudSuite
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.38%) Actimize
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle iProcurement
7 2 (0.38%) SAP PLM
7 2 (0.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 190 (35.92%) Azure
2 124 (23.44%) PaaS
3 110 (20.79%) AWS
4 95 (17.96%) IaaS
5 69 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (9.83%) Entra ID
7 40 (7.56%) GCP
8 36 (6.81%) Azure DevOps
9 33 (6.24%) Serverless
10 29 (5.48%) OCI
11 26 (4.91%) Power Platform
12 25 (4.73%) GitHub
13 21 (3.97%) AWS CloudFormation
14 20 (3.78%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (3.40%) OneDrive
16 12 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 11 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
17 11 (2.08%) Azure AKS
17 11 (2.08%) Slack
18 10 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.84%) Firewall
2 12 (2.27%) VoIP
3 11 (2.08%) PBX
3 11 (2.08%) VPN
4 9 (1.70%) HTTP
5 6 (1.13%) DNS
5 6 (1.13%) Skype
6 4 (0.76%) DHCP
6 4 (0.76%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.76%) NGFW
6 4 (0.76%) SSL
6 4 (0.76%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.57%) Network Security
7 3 (0.57%) SAN
8 2 (0.38%) 5G
8 2 (0.38%) IPsec
8 2 (0.38%) MQTT
8 2 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.38%) VLAN
8 2 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.97%) Power BI
2 18 (3.40%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (2.46%) Data Lake
4 13 (2.46%) Oracle Reports
5 12 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.89%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.51%) Oracle ODI
7 8 (1.51%) Tableau
8 7 (1.32%) Data Mining
8 7 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 6 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.95%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (0.76%) Metadata
11 4 (0.76%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (5.86%) JIRA
2 16 (3.02%) Git
3 14 (2.65%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.51%) Cypress.io
4 8 (1.51%) GitLab
4 8 (1.51%) Selenium
5 5 (0.95%) Postman
6 4 (0.76%) JMeter
6 4 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.38%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.38%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.38%) Maven
8 2 (0.38%) Moq
8 2 (0.38%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.38%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.38%) UI Automator
8 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 159 (30.06%) Finance
2 143 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 55 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.75%) Marketing
5 30 (5.67%) Legal
5 30 (5.67%) Public Sector
6 25 (4.73%) Banking
7 18 (3.40%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.27%) Retail
10 11 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.51%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.32%) Billing
12 7 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.13%) Automotive
13 6 (1.13%) Back Office
13 6 (1.13%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.95%) Military
14 5 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 110 (20.79%) Architect
2 79 (14.93%) Senior
3 43 (8.13%) Analyst
4 42 (7.94%) Project Manager
5 40 (7.56%) Lead
6 35 (6.62%) Developer
7 33 (6.24%) Solutions Architect
8 23 (4.35%) Consultant
9 22 (4.16%) Cloud Architect
10 20 (3.78%) Azure Architect
11 18 (3.40%) IT Manager
12 16 (3.02%) Senior Developer
13 15 (2.84%) Product Owner
13 15 (2.84%) Technical Architect
14 14 (2.65%) Enterprise Architect
14 14 (2.65%) Senior Manager
15 13 (2.46%) Applications Support
15 13 (2.46%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 13 (2.46%) Security Architect
15 13 (2.46%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.29%) CSS
2 24 (4.54%) .NET
3 23 (4.35%) HTML
4 20 (3.78%) REST
5 18 (3.40%) AngularJS
6 16 (3.02%) XML
7 15 (2.84%) React
8 12 (2.27%) Node.js
8 12 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
9 11 (2.08%) ARM Templates
9 11 (2.08%) Web Services
10 10 (1.89%) RESTful
10 10 (1.89%) SAML
11 7 (1.32%) OAuth
11 7 (1.32%) Swagger
12 6 (1.13%) JSON
12 6 (1.13%) Kafka
12 6 (1.13%) SailPoint
13 5 (0.95%) .NET Framework
13 5 (0.95%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.05%) Product Ownership
2 28 (5.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.35%) Public Cloud
4 19 (3.59%) Data Centre
5 18 (3.40%) Cloud Native
6 14 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (2.08%) Private Cloud
9 10 (1.89%) Blackberry
9 10 (1.89%) Enterprise Cloud
9 10 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.89%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.89%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (1.70%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
12 6 (1.13%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.95%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 46 (8.70%) Windows
2 22 (4.16%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.97%) Linux
4 6 (1.13%) Android
4 6 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.95%) CentOS
5 5 (0.95%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.76%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.38%) Debian
7 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.38%) Solaris
7 2 (0.38%) Unix
7 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (29.11%) Agile
2 113 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (17.20%) Migration
4 76 (14.37%) DevOps
5 68 (12.85%) CI/CD
6 64 (12.10%) Roadmaps
7 60 (11.34%) Analytics
8 59 (11.15%) Project Management
9 53 (10.02%) Stakeholder Management
10 44 (8.32%) Infrastructure as Code
11 42 (7.94%) Scrum
12 40 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (7.37%) ITIL
14 37 (6.99%) Data Modelling
14 37 (6.99%) User Experience
15 34 (6.43%) Decision-Making
16 32 (6.05%) Business Intelligence
17 31 (5.86%) ERP
18 29 (5.48%) TOGAF
19 28 (5.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 86 (16.26%) SQL
2 50 (9.45%) PowerShell
2 50 (9.45%) Python
3 35 (6.62%) JavaScript
4 17 (3.21%) C#
4 17 (3.21%) Java
5 13 (2.46%) Bicep
6 10 (1.89%) PHP
7 8 (1.51%) Bash
7 8 (1.51%) PL/SQL
7 8 (1.51%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.13%) Go
8 6 (1.13%) Ruby
9 4 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.57%) ActionScript
10 3 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.57%) Perl
10 3 (0.57%) R
11 2 (0.38%) Rust
11 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 79 (14.93%) Security Cleared
2 68 (12.85%) SC Cleared
3 53 (10.02%) Degree
4 19 (3.59%) DV Cleared
5 17 (3.21%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (2.46%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 11 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.89%) CCNP
11 8 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (1.51%) CISSP
12 6 (1.13%) CISM
12 6 (1.13%) CREST Certified
13 5 (0.95%) CEH
13 5 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.76%) CCSAS
14 4 (0.76%) GIAC
14 4 (0.76%) OCP
14 4 (0.76%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.59%) GDPR
2 16 (3.02%) QA
3 13 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (1.89%) SLA
6 9 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.32%) GRC
7 7 (1.32%) PMO
8 6 (1.13%) Basel II
8 6 (1.13%) IFRS
8 6 (1.13%) NCSC
8 6 (1.13%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.95%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.76%) NIST
11 3 (0.57%) WCAG
12 2 (0.38%) Basel III
12 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
System Software
1 52 (9.83%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.97%) Docker
4 17 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.95%) vSphere
7 2 (0.38%) RACF
7 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.38%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 58 (10.96%) Terraform
2 38 (7.18%) Kubernetes
3 23 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (3.97%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (3.21%) Ansible
6 7 (1.32%) Data Guard
6 7 (1.32%) Nessus
7 5 (0.95%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.57%) Grafana
9 3 (0.57%) Packer
9 3 (0.57%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.38%) BMC PATROL
10 2 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.38%) SCCM
10 2 (0.38%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.38%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.19%) Argo
11 1 (0.19%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Vendors
1 115 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 56 (10.59%) Oracle
3 28 (5.29%) VMware
4 27 (5.10%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.97%) SAP
6 20 (3.78%) ServiceNow
7 16 (3.02%) Cisco
7 16 (3.02%) Palo Alto
8 14 (2.65%) Google
9 11 (2.08%) Ericsson
9 11 (2.08%) F5
9 11 (2.08%) Juniper
9 11 (2.08%) Nokia
10 10 (1.89%) Avaya
10 10 (1.89%) Ribbon
11 9 (1.70%) Databricks
12 8 (1.51%) Adobe
12 8 (1.51%) CyberArk
13 7 (1.32%) Dynatrace
13 7 (1.32%) Splunk