SaaS Contract Job Trends in Reading

Software as a Service (SaaS)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring SaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 60 50
Rank change year-on-year +19 -10 +17
Contract jobs citing SaaS 35 31 36
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 4.99% 2.87% 3.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.95% 8.09% 10.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 15
10th Percentile £471 £259 £424
25th Percentile £503 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £595 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +10.19% -6.09%
75th Percentile £648 £734 £594
90th Percentile £670 £800 £623
Berkshire median daily rate £559 £583 £513
% change year-on-year -4.03% +13.66% -10.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £29.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.55% - -
75th Percentile £61.38 - -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £15.50 £29.00 £88.50
% change year-on-year -46.55% -67.23% +17.22%

All Cloud Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 293 383 350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 41.74% 35.40% 33.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 241 259
10th Percentile £273 £385 £425
25th Percentile £413 £480 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £660 £670 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £492 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -10.55% -4.35% +6.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 1
10th Percentile - £27.35 -
25th Percentile £14.75 £29.00 £16.84
Median hourly rate £81.00 £42.50 £17.34
Median % change year-on-year +90.59% +145.10% -67.28%
75th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £17.84
90th Percentile £100.00 £67.70 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £42.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year -4.86% -32.54% +186.36%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in Reading

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SaaS

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Reading over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in Reading

SaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SaaS

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS in Reading over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SaaS in Reading

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 7 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (34.29%) Azure
3 11 (31.43%) Power Platform
4 9 (25.71%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (17.14%) AWS
5 6 (17.14%) Miro
6 5 (14.29%) PaaS
7 4 (11.43%) IaaS
8 3 (8.57%) Power Automate
9 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (5.71%) OCI
9 2 (5.71%) Serverless
10 1 (2.86%) Azure API Management
10 1 (2.86%) Azure Functions
10 1 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
10 1 (2.86%) GCP
10 1 (2.86%) GitHub
10 1 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) Firewall
2 1 (2.86%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.86%) Power BI
2 3 (8.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (5.71%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) JIRA
2 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Telecoms
3 6 (17.14%) French Language
4 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Billing
6 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Delivery Manager
2 7 (20.00%) Customer Service Advisor
3 6 (17.14%) Architect
4 5 (14.29%) Lead
4 5 (14.29%) Service Transition Leader
5 4 (11.43%) Project Manager
6 3 (8.57%) Oracle Project Manager
6 3 (8.57%) Security Architect
6 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (8.57%) Service Manager
6 3 (8.57%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Cloud Consultant
7 2 (5.71%) Cloud Security Consultant
7 2 (5.71%) Consultant
7 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Oracle Consultant
7 2 (5.71%) Oracle Security Consultant
7 2 (5.71%) Security Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Senior
8 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) .NET
1 1 (2.86%) .NET Core
1 1 (2.86%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.86%) ARM Templates
1 1 (2.86%) ASP.NET
1 1 (2.86%) GraphQL
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (2.86%) Middleware
1 1 (2.86%) OAuth
1 1 (2.86%) OAuth2
1 1 (2.86%) OpenID
1 1 (2.86%) REST
1 1 (2.86%) SAML
1 1 (2.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (8.57%) Onboarding
1 3 (8.57%) PKI
2 2 (5.71%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.71%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (5.71%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) ERP
2 12 (34.29%) DevOps
3 10 (28.57%) Agile
3 10 (28.57%) ITIL
3 10 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 9 (25.71%) CRM
5 8 (22.86%) ITSM
5 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (22.86%) Service Management
5 8 (22.86%) Waterfall
6 7 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
6 7 (20.00%) Customer Service
6 7 (20.00%) E-business
6 7 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
6 7 (20.00%) Scrum
6 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (17.14%) Knowledge Transfer
7 6 (17.14%) Roadmaps
8 5 (14.29%) Cloud Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) Bash
1 1 (2.86%) C#
1 1 (2.86%) Java
1 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.86%) PHP
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) CISSP
1 3 (8.57%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (5.71%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.86%) CISM
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Degree
3 1 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.71%) GDPR
2 2 (5.71%) NIST
3 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) SCCM
2 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (45.71%) Oracle
2 8 (22.86%) Salesforce
2 8 (22.86%) SAP
3 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
4 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.71%) CheckPoint
5 2 (5.71%) Fortinet
5 2 (5.71%) Tenable
6 1 (2.86%) Workday