SaaS Contracts in the North of England

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 101 103
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 -10
Contract jobs citing SaaS 89 108 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.84% 1.98% 2.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.16% 5.51% 6.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 77 130
10th Percentile £406 £424 £348
25th Percentile £437 £506 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £514
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.06% -2.14%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £625
90th Percentile £631 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.50 - -
Median hourly rate £26.00 - -
75th Percentile £26.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £26.00 £67.50 £46.25
% change year-on-year -61.48% +45.95% +230.36%

All Cloud Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,445 1,960 2,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.82% 36.02% 35.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,454 1,935
10th Percentile £263 £286 £185
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.59% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £672
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 42 79
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.02 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £22.53 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.72% +12.65% +5.26%
75th Percentile £22.38 £42.44 £60.88
90th Percentile £45.21 £62.34 £77.50
England median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the North of England

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for SaaS in the North of England

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in the North of England

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in the North of England

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
North West +18 59 £500 -6.98% 140
Yorkshire -7 28 £525 -9.21% 43
North East +5 2 £531 -21.30% 14
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (2.25%) Confluence
2 1 (1.12%) CMS
2 1 (1.12%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.12%) SAP Business ByDesign
1 1 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 35 (39.33%) Azure
2 34 (38.20%) PaaS
3 32 (35.96%) IaaS
4 22 (24.72%) AWS
5 4 (4.49%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (4.49%) GCP
5 4 (4.49%) Google Workspace
5 4 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.37%) Miro
7 2 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.25%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.25%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.25%) Serverless
7 2 (2.25%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (1.12%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.12%) GitHub
8 1 (1.12%) Intacct
8 1 (1.12%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.62%) Network Security
2 4 (4.49%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.25%) BGP
3 2 (2.25%) Firewall
3 2 (2.25%) IP Telephony
3 2 (2.25%) OSPF
3 2 (2.25%) PBX
3 2 (2.25%) SD-WAN
3 2 (2.25%) Unified Communications
3 2 (2.25%) VoIP
3 2 (2.25%) WAN
3 2 (2.25%) Wireless
4 1 (1.12%) DHCP
4 1 (1.12%) DNS
4 1 (1.12%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.37%) DB2
1 3 (3.37%) NoSQL
1 3 (3.37%) Relational Database
1 3 (3.37%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.25%) Sisense
2 2 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.12%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.12%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (7.87%) JIRA
2 1 (1.12%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.12%) ESLint
2 1 (1.12%) Git
2 1 (1.12%) Selenium
General
1 18 (20.22%) Finance
2 13 (14.61%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.87%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.62%) Legal
6 4 (4.49%) Banking
6 4 (4.49%) Retail
7 3 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Law
8 2 (2.25%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.12%) Automotive
9 1 (1.12%) Billing
9 1 (1.12%) Marketing
9 1 (1.12%) Military
9 1 (1.12%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 23 (25.84%) Architect
2 12 (13.48%) Solutions Architect
3 11 (12.36%) Developer
4 8 (8.99%) Analyst
5 7 (7.87%) Consultant
5 7 (7.87%) Project Manager
5 7 (7.87%) Senior
6 6 (6.74%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Integration Consultant
7 5 (5.62%) SaaS Consultant
8 4 (4.49%) Security Architect
9 3 (3.37%) AWS Architect
9 3 (3.37%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 3 (3.37%) Design Engineer
9 3 (3.37%) Full Stack Engineer
9 3 (3.37%) ITSM Developer
9 3 (3.37%) React Developer
9 3 (3.37%) ServiceNow Developer
9 3 (3.37%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.87%) React
2 6 (6.74%) Middleware
3 5 (5.62%) .NET
4 4 (4.49%) REST
5 3 (3.37%) Node.js
5 3 (3.37%) Web Services
6 2 (2.25%) Django
6 2 (2.25%) GraphQL
6 2 (2.25%) HTML
6 2 (2.25%) Redux
7 1 (1.12%) CSS
7 1 (1.12%) Flutter
7 1 (1.12%) HTML5
7 1 (1.12%) iOS SDK
7 1 (1.12%) ISPF
7 1 (1.12%) Jest
7 1 (1.12%) JSON
7 1 (1.12%) Lambda Expressions
7 1 (1.12%) SOAP
7 1 (1.12%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.11%) Public Cloud
2 7 (7.87%) Security Posture
3 5 (5.62%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.49%) Mainframe
4 4 (4.49%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.49%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.37%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.25%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.25%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.12%) CMDB
7 1 (1.12%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.12%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.12%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.12%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.87%) Apple iOS
2 6 (6.74%) Android
2 6 (6.74%) Windows
3 3 (3.37%) Linux
3 3 (3.37%) Unix
4 1 (1.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (35.96%) Agile
2 16 (17.98%) Waterfall
3 13 (14.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (12.36%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (11.24%) DevOps
6 9 (10.11%) Migration
6 9 (10.11%) Roadmaps
6 9 (10.11%) Service Delivery
7 8 (8.99%) Architectural Design
7 8 (8.99%) ERP
7 8 (8.99%) Microservices
7 8 (8.99%) Scrum
7 8 (8.99%) Test Automation
8 7 (7.87%) Change Management
8 7 (7.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (6.74%) Design Patterns
9 6 (6.74%) Full Stack Development
9 6 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (6.74%) Project Delivery
9 6 (6.74%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.74%) Java
2 5 (5.62%) SQL
3 3 (3.37%) C
3 3 (3.37%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.37%) Python
4 2 (2.25%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.25%) PHP
4 2 (2.25%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.12%) Assembly Language
5 1 (1.12%) CLIST
5 1 (1.12%) JCL
5 1 (1.12%) REXX
5 1 (1.12%) Swift
Qualifications
1 15 (16.85%) Degree
2 8 (8.99%) SC Cleared
2 8 (8.99%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.74%) CISSP
4 4 (4.49%) APMP
4 4 (4.49%) PMI Certification
4 4 (4.49%) PMP
5 3 (3.37%) AWS Certification
5 3 (3.37%) CISM
6 2 (2.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.74%) NIST
1 6 (6.74%) QA
2 2 (2.25%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (4.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.12%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.62%) Terraform
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.12%) Grafana
4 1 (1.12%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.12%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 26 (29.21%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.24%) Salesforce
3 9 (10.11%) Google
4 8 (8.99%) ServiceNow
5 7 (7.87%) Oracle
6 5 (5.62%) Cisco
7 4 (4.49%) MuleSoft
7 4 (4.49%) SAP
8 3 (3.37%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.25%) Aruba
9 2 (2.25%) Juniper
9 2 (2.25%) Meraki
9 2 (2.25%) Mitel
9 2 (2.25%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.12%) CA
10 1 (1.12%) IBM
10 1 (1.12%) Rapid7
10 1 (1.12%) Sage
10 1 (1.12%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (1.12%) Workday