SaaS Contracts in London

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SaaS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 126 113
Rank change year-on-year +5 -13 +34
Contract jobs citing SaaS 348 556 986
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.96% 2.05% 2.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.21% 5.26% 6.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 392 762
10th Percentile £405 £400 £413
25th Percentile £450 £458 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £713 £719 £688
90th Percentile £777 £799 £763
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +11.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 4
10th Percentile £22.65 £41.95 -
25th Percentile £25.00 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £26.00 £80.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.50% +128.57% -4.76%
75th Percentile £31.75 £82.50 £42.19
90th Percentile £38.13 £82.80 £55.13
England median hourly rate £26.00 £76.71 £50.00
% change year-on-year -66.10% +53.41% +150.00%

All Cloud Skills
London

SaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,676 10,565 16,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.70% 39.02% 41.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,924 7,715 12,114
10th Percentile £341 £375 £400
25th Percentile £444 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £780 £763
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 91 86
10th Percentile £17.78 £20.00 £16.08
25th Percentile £21.06 £24.00 £21.10
Median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +14.29% +5.50%
75th Percentile £38.28 £70.00 £61.44
90th Percentile £62.13 £88.30 £79.13
England median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.00
% change year-on-year -35.70% +53.81% -4.55%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in London

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for SaaS in London

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in London

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in London

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SaaS in London

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Central London -9 39 £525 -12.50% 44
East London -10 7 £775 +3.33% 6
West London +17 5 £525 +7.69% 23
South London +13 3 £303 -38.42% 9
North London +3 2 £425 +6.25% 1
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 18 (5.17%) Confluence
2 9 (2.59%) CMS
3 8 (2.30%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (1.44%) Anypoint
6 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.15%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.86%) WordPress
8 2 (0.57%) Apache
8 2 (0.57%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.57%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.57%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.29%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.29%) IIS
9 1 (0.29%) Mule
9 1 (0.29%) SAS
9 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) Sketch
5 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
1 4 (1.15%) Workfront
2 3 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.57%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.57%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.57%) Shopify
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle ASCP
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 92 (26.44%) PaaS
2 91 (26.15%) Azure
3 83 (23.85%) IaaS
4 71 (20.40%) AWS
5 32 (9.20%) Serverless
6 19 (5.46%) Cloud Computing
7 18 (5.17%) Entra ID
8 17 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (4.60%) GCP
10 13 (3.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (2.30%) Google Workspace
12 8 (2.30%) Nutanix
12 8 (2.30%) Rubrik
13 7 (2.01%) Amazon EventBridge
13 7 (2.01%) GitHub
13 7 (2.01%) Power Platform
14 6 (1.72%) Azure Functions
14 6 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.92%) Firewall
2 24 (6.90%) DNS
3 14 (4.02%) DHCP
4 13 (3.74%) HTTP
5 11 (3.16%) SAN
6 10 (2.87%) NAS
6 10 (2.87%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.30%) Kerberos
7 8 (2.30%) VLAN
8 6 (1.72%) IPsec
9 5 (1.44%) HTTPS
9 5 (1.44%) Internet
10 4 (1.15%) LAN
10 4 (1.15%) VoIP
10 4 (1.15%) VPN
10 4 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.86%) MPLS
11 3 (0.86%) SMS
11 3 (0.86%) SSL
12 2 (0.57%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.60%) NoSQL
1 16 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.30%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.01%) MySQL
4 4 (1.15%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.15%) Power BI
5 3 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.86%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.86%) Redis
6 2 (0.57%) Big Data
6 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.57%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.57%) OLAP
6 2 (0.57%) OLTP
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 25 (7.18%) JIRA
2 21 (6.03%) Git
3 16 (4.60%) Jenkins
4 13 (3.74%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.44%) webpack
6 4 (1.15%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.86%) GitLab
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.86%) Postman
8 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.57%) gulp
8 2 (0.57%) Selenium
8 2 (0.57%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.57%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.29%) JUnit
9 1 (0.29%) Maven
9 1 (0.29%) TestNG
9 1 (0.29%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 92 (26.44%) Finance
2 79 (22.70%) Social Skills
3 31 (8.91%) Marketing
4 21 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.17%) Banking
6 15 (4.31%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.59%) Legal
9 8 (2.30%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.30%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.01%) Billing
10 7 (2.01%) Law
11 6 (1.72%) German Language
11 6 (1.72%) Retail
12 5 (1.44%) Back Office
12 5 (1.44%) Games
12 5 (1.44%) Police
13 4 (1.15%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.86%) French Language
Job Titles
1 99 (28.45%) Architect
2 52 (14.94%) Senior
3 34 (9.77%) Solutions Architect
4 32 (9.20%) Analyst
5 31 (8.91%) Security Architect
6 27 (7.76%) Cloud Architect
7 25 (7.18%) Developer
8 23 (6.61%) Project Manager
9 22 (6.32%) Business Analyst
9 22 (6.32%) Senior Architect
10 21 (6.03%) Senior Security Architect
11 17 (4.89%) Lead
12 14 (4.02%) Consultant
13 11 (3.16%) Enterprise Architect
13 11 (3.16%) Senior Manager
14 10 (2.87%) Azure Architect
14 10 (2.87%) Cloud Security Architect
14 10 (2.87%) Technical Manager
15 9 (2.59%) Delivery Manager
15 9 (2.59%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.61%) Node.js
2 22 (6.32%) REST
3 15 (4.31%) SAML
4 14 (4.02%) LDAP
5 13 (3.74%) CSS
5 13 (3.74%) HTML
5 13 (3.74%) OpenID
5 13 (3.74%) React
6 10 (2.87%) OAuth
7 9 (2.59%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (2.59%) SOAP
8 7 (2.01%) .NET
8 7 (2.01%) OAuth2
8 7 (2.01%) XML
9 6 (1.72%) JSON
9 6 (1.72%) Middleware
9 6 (1.72%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (1.72%) Spring
9 6 (1.72%) Swagger
10 5 (1.44%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.89%) Cloud Native
1 17 (4.89%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.60%) IoT
2 16 (4.60%) Mobile App
2 16 (4.60%) Product Ownership
3 13 (3.74%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (3.74%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.45%) Clustering
5 11 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (3.16%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.87%) Enterprise Cloud
6 10 (2.87%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.59%) Replication
8 7 (2.01%) Client/Server
8 7 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.72%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.72%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.72%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.33%) Linux
2 28 (8.05%) Windows
3 11 (3.16%) Solaris
3 11 (3.16%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.30%) Oracle Linux
6 5 (1.44%) Unix
7 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.57%) VMS
9 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (22.99%) Agile
2 46 (13.22%) Migration
3 45 (12.93%) DevOps
4 40 (11.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 39 (11.21%) Roadmaps
6 36 (10.34%) Security Architecture
7 34 (9.77%) Project Management
8 33 (9.48%) Cloud Security
9 31 (8.91%) CI/CD
9 31 (8.91%) ERP
9 31 (8.91%) Information Security
9 31 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
11 26 (7.47%) SDLC
12 25 (7.18%) Microservices
13 23 (6.61%) B2B
13 23 (6.61%) Cybersecurity
14 22 (6.32%) Change Management
14 22 (6.32%) Disaster Recovery
14 22 (6.32%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 40 (11.49%) Python
2 35 (10.06%) SQL
3 24 (6.90%) PowerShell
4 15 (4.31%) Bash
5 14 (4.02%) Java
6 11 (3.16%) C#
6 11 (3.16%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.30%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.01%) Ruby
9 6 (1.72%) Go
10 4 (1.15%) C
11 3 (0.86%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (0.86%) PHP
11 3 (0.86%) Rust
12 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.29%) C++
13 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.29%) XPath
Qualifications
1 45 (12.93%) Degree
2 27 (7.76%) Security Cleared
3 21 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.59%) CISSP
4 9 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.01%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.01%) PMP
6 5 (1.44%) CRISC
6 5 (1.44%) CTC Cleared
6 5 (1.44%) GIAC
6 5 (1.44%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.15%) APMP
7 4 (1.15%) CCSK
7 4 (1.15%) CISA
7 4 (1.15%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.86%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.86%) FFIEC
8 3 (0.86%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.76%) QA
2 22 (6.32%) NIST
3 21 (6.03%) GDPR
4 9 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.72%) PMO
7 5 (1.44%) SLA
8 4 (1.15%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.86%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.57%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.57%) GRC
10 2 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.29%) COPPA
11 1 (0.29%) GLBA
11 1 (0.29%) IFRS
11 1 (0.29%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.29%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.29%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 31 (8.91%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.46%) Docker
3 10 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.29%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (10.63%) Terraform
2 21 (6.03%) Kubernetes
3 18 (5.17%) Ansible
4 9 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (2.30%) EMC NetWorker
5 8 (2.30%) Netcool
5 8 (2.30%) Tivoli
5 8 (2.30%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (1.44%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.44%) Grafana
7 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.57%) Puppet
9 1 (0.29%) CASB
9 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.29%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 73 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 50 (14.37%) Oracle
3 19 (5.46%) Salesforce
3 19 (5.46%) SAP
4 18 (5.17%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.60%) Cisco
5 16 (4.60%) Google
6 12 (3.45%) IBM
6 12 (3.45%) Splunk
6 12 (3.45%) VMware
7 11 (3.16%) Adobe
7 11 (3.16%) Dell
8 10 (2.87%) CyberArk
8 10 (2.87%) HP
8 10 (2.87%) Okta
9 8 (2.30%) EMC
9 8 (2.30%) Isilon
9 8 (2.30%) Qualys
9 8 (2.30%) Serena
10 7 (2.01%) MuleSoft