SaaS Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Software as a Service (SaaS)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring SaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing SaaS 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 3.29% - 0.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.62% - 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £309
25th Percentile £525 - £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile £575 - £453
90th Percentile - - £481
South East median daily rate £513 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -10.87% +15.00% -16.67%

All Cloud Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 58 42 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 38.16% 28.38% 30.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 28 48
10th Percentile £222 £325 £177
25th Percentile £263 £372 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £591
90th Percentile £600 £650 £658
South East median daily rate £488 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -4.88% -2.38% +4.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.50 £32.30
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £32.31
Median % change year-on-year - -22.62% +90.06%
75th Percentile - £27.50 £32.32
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £42.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -55.72% +57.41% +28.57%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing SaaS

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Oxford - 1 - - 8
SaaS
South East

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
1 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) IaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (20.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Finance Modeller
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) JSON
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Budgeting
1 3 (60.00%) Financial Modelling
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ACCA
1 3 (60.00%) CIMA
2 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft