SaaS Contract Job Trends in Essex

Software as a Service (SaaS)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring SaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing SaaS 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.53% - 0.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.17% - 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £475
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -41.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.25 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.20 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 58 26 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 29.59% 33.77% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 18 42
10th Percentile £248 £181 £275
25th Percentile £363 £243 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £317 £485
Median % change year-on-year +34.28% -34.74% -3.00%
75th Percentile £520 £453 £555
90th Percentile £590 £493 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 1
10th Percentile £15.25 £64.00 -
25th Percentile £16.50 £115.00 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £200.00 £88.00
Median % change year-on-year -91.25% +127.27% +257.43%
75th Percentile £44.69 - -
90th Percentile £55.50 - -
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £18.82 £16.30
% change year-on-year +11.58% +15.46% -15.32%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

SaaS job vacancy trend in Essex

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SaaS

SaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SaaS

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Essex region over the 6 months to 22 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
Braintree - 2 - - 2
SaaS
East of England

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket Server
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (33.33%) Hudson
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) JMeter
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) Serenity BDD
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Entry Assistant
1 2 (66.67%) Support Assistant
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer in Test
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Entry
1 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) SDET
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA