SaaS Contract Job Trends in the South East

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring SaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 82 121
Rank change year-on-year -29 +39 -37
Contract jobs citing SaaS 96 70 71
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.61% 2.35% 1.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.86% 7.90% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 47 58
10th Percentile £204 £293 £382
25th Percentile £327 £404 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.32% +1.67%
75th Percentile £637 £588 £600
90th Percentile £670 £619 £661
England median daily rate £525 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -2.33% - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £23.99 £38.64 £20.45
25th Percentile £27.56 £53.10 £27.13
Median hourly rate £41.63 £77.19 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.07% +100.49% +108.11%
75th Percentile £53.75 £86.35 £50.13
90th Percentile £68.50 £91.84 £56.95
England median hourly rate £52.50 £77.19 £26.00
% change year-on-year -31.99% +196.88% -61.48%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,639 886 1,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 27.54% 29.78% 24.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,181 596 898
10th Percentile £285 £263 £250
25th Percentile £406 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £656 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 34 52
10th Percentile £15.81 £15.76 £16.25
25th Percentile £26.94 £16.95 £17.80
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% +22.77% -3.27%
75th Percentile £81.74 £47.20 £59.50
90th Percentile £103.13 £74.63 £61.59
England median hourly rate £41.06 £25.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +61.02% +19.33% -33.84%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in the South East

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SaaS

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the South East over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in the South East

SaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SaaS

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS in the South East over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SaaS in the South East

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Thames Valley -35 57 £568 +9.34% 112
Berkshire -26 36 £633 +17.67% 77
Hampshire -12 17 £500 -10.71% 41
Oxfordshire - 14 £200 - 17
Surrey -17 12 £208 -48.13% 33
Buckinghamshire -40 7 £525 +4.90% 21
Sussex - 4 - - 1
Middlesex - 3 £198 - 5
West Sussex -15 2 - - 6
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (7.29%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.13%) Confluence
3 2 (2.08%) CMS
4 1 (1.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.08%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (3.13%) NEC Housing
3 2 (2.08%) iTrent
3 2 (2.08%) SAP ERP
3 2 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (29.17%) Azure
2 14 (14.58%) Azure DevOps
2 14 (14.58%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 11 (11.46%) Power Platform
5 10 (10.42%) IaaS
5 10 (10.42%) PaaS
6 8 (8.33%) AWS
7 6 (6.25%) Sauce Labs
8 3 (3.13%) GCP
8 3 (3.13%) OCI
9 2 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (2.08%) OpenShift
9 2 (2.08%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (1.04%) Akamai
10 1 (1.04%) Google Ads
10 1 (1.04%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.21%) IPsec
1 5 (5.21%) SD-WAN
2 4 (4.17%) Firewall
2 4 (4.17%) MQTT
3 3 (3.13%) BGP
3 3 (3.13%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (3.13%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (3.13%) VXLAN
4 2 (2.08%) DNS
4 2 (2.08%) NX-OS
5 1 (1.04%) IPv6
5 1 (1.04%) MPLS
5 1 (1.04%) OSPF
5 1 (1.04%) SNMP
5 1 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.04%) VLAN
5 1 (1.04%) VoIP
5 1 (1.04%) VPN
5 1 (1.04%) WAN
5 1 (1.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.46%) Power BI
2 10 (10.42%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (9.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 8 (8.33%) MySQL
5 6 (6.25%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.08%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (2.08%) Vitess
7 1 (1.04%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.25%) Android Studio
1 6 (6.25%) Browser DevTools
1 6 (6.25%) Eclipse
1 6 (6.25%) Xcode
2 3 (3.13%) JIRA
3 1 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (19.79%) Social Skills
2 16 (16.67%) Finance
3 8 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.29%) Marketing
5 5 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.21%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.17%) Law
6 4 (4.17%) Retail
7 3 (3.13%) Automotive
8 1 (1.04%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.04%) Legal
8 1 (1.04%) Local Government
8 1 (1.04%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (18.75%) Architect
2 13 (13.54%) Solutions Architect
3 12 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 12 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
3 12 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 12 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
4 10 (10.42%) Project Manager
5 7 (7.29%) Analyst
5 7 (7.29%) Integration Manager
5 7 (7.29%) Senior
6 6 (6.25%) UX Engineer
7 5 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 5 (5.21%) Developer
7 5 (5.21%) Oracle Architect
7 5 (5.21%) Security Architect
7 5 (5.21%) Security Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.17%) Oracle Project Manager
8 4 (4.17%) Systems Support
8 4 (4.17%) Systems Support Engineer
8 4 (4.17%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.33%) React
2 7 (7.29%) GraphQL
3 6 (6.25%) Ajax
3 6 (6.25%) AngularJS
3 6 (6.25%) CSS
4 5 (5.21%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (4.17%) ADO
6 2 (2.08%) .NET
6 2 (2.08%) LDAP
6 2 (2.08%) Middleware
6 2 (2.08%) OAuth
6 2 (2.08%) OAuth2
6 2 (2.08%) OpenID
6 2 (2.08%) SailPoint
6 2 (2.08%) SAML
6 2 (2.08%) Web Services
7 1 (1.04%) .NET Core
7 1 (1.04%) 802.1X
7 1 (1.04%) Node.js
7 1 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.63%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.29%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 6 (6.25%) Operational Technology
4 4 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.17%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.08%) CMDB
6 2 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.08%) Replication
6 2 (2.08%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.04%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.04%) Housing Association
7 1 (1.04%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (17.71%) Linux
2 15 (15.63%) Windows
3 10 (10.42%) Unix
4 6 (6.25%) Android
5 2 (2.08%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.04%) CentOS
6 1 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.04%) VMS
6 1 (1.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.83%) DevOps
2 13 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (12.50%) ERP
3 12 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 12 (12.50%) Waterfall
4 11 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (11.46%) Migration
5 10 (10.42%) Agile
5 10 (10.42%) ITSM
5 10 (10.42%) Roadmaps
6 9 (9.38%) Customer Service
6 9 (9.38%) Decision-Making
6 9 (9.38%) Enterprise Architecture
6 9 (9.38%) Zero Trust
7 8 (8.33%) CI/CD
7 8 (8.33%) Computer Science
7 8 (8.33%) ITIL
7 8 (8.33%) User Experience
8 7 (7.29%) Cyber Resilience
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.46%) Python
2 7 (7.29%) JavaScript
3 6 (6.25%) Java
3 6 (6.25%) Perl
3 6 (6.25%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.08%) Bicep
4 2 (2.08%) C#
4 2 (2.08%) SQL
5 1 (1.04%) Bash
5 1 (1.04%) Tcl
5 1 (1.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 16 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 11 (11.46%) Degree
4 6 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (5.21%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.13%) CISSP
6 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (2.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (2.08%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.08%) CISM
7 2 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.04%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.04%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (1.04%) GSEC
8 1 (1.04%) SANS
8 1 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.46%) NCSC
2 10 (10.42%) NIST
3 6 (6.25%) NIST 800
4 5 (5.21%) Data Quality
4 5 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (3.13%) QA
7 2 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (2.08%) GDPR
7 2 (2.08%) IASME
7 2 (2.08%) ISO 31000
7 2 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.04%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (1.04%) PMO
8 1 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.08%) vCloud
3 2 (2.08%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.13%) Ansible
1 3 (3.13%) Terraform
2 2 (2.08%) Grafana
2 2 (2.08%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.08%) Prometheus
2 2 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.04%) CASB
3 1 (1.04%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.04%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (1.04%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 25 (26.04%) Oracle
2 23 (23.96%) Microsoft
3 9 (9.38%) SAP
4 7 (7.29%) Splunk
5 5 (5.21%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.21%) VMware
6 4 (4.17%) BiZZdesign
6 4 (4.17%) Salesforce
7 3 (3.13%) Cisco
7 3 (3.13%) NEC
7 3 (3.13%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.08%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.08%) Tenable
8 2 (2.08%) Virgin Media
8 2 (2.08%) Workday
8 2 (2.08%) Zscaler
9 1 (1.04%) Arista
9 1 (1.04%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.04%) Meraki
9 1 (1.04%) Palo Alto