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 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 98 68
Rank change year-on-year +26 -30 +45
Contract jobs citing SaaS 111 81 172
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.88% 1.98% 3.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.25% 6.63% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 53 66
10th Percentile - £357 £268
25th Percentile £204 £500 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.52% +15.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £550
90th Percentile £625 £685 £706
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - £86.75
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £88.50
75th Percentile £39.00 - £90.25
90th Percentile £39.83 - -
England median hourly rate £26.30 £31.25 £75.00
% change year-on-year -15.84% -58.33% +3.45%

All Cloud 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 1,200 1,221 1,568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.15% 29.81% 28.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 808 833 1,089
10th Percentile £204 £262 £210
25th Percentile £363 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.37% -2.38% +2.94%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £652 £663 £688
England median daily rate £500 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 22 42
10th Percentile £12.50 £19.45 £18.98
25th Percentile £14.75 £23.44 £20.63
Median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £29.90
Median % change year-on-year -60.38% +58.86% +43.34%
75th Percentile £27.63 £60.95 £59.84
90th Percentile £42.02 £64.73 £71.80
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £28.61
% change year-on-year -28.14% +22.33% +27.16%

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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 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
Thames Valley +23 65 £538 -4.44% 645
Berkshire +30 53 £538 -5.70% 569
Surrey +24 30 £208 -60.48% 81
Hampshire -5 16 £538 -8.51% 63
Buckinghamshire -2 6 £519 -7.37% 51
Oxfordshire - 6 £550 - 29
Kent +7 3 - - 8
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 6 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.70%) WebLogic
3 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.90%) Confluence
4 1 (0.90%) IIS
4 1 (0.90%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Oracle Assets
1 4 (3.60%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (3.60%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.70%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.80%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.80%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.80%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (22.52%) Azure
2 18 (16.22%) Sauce Labs
3 13 (11.71%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (8.11%) AWS
5 9 (8.11%) IaaS
5 9 (8.11%) PaaS
6 7 (6.31%) OCI
7 6 (5.41%) Power Platform
8 5 (4.50%) Miro
9 4 (3.60%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.60%) GCP
10 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.80%) AtomSphere
11 2 (1.80%) Boomi
11 2 (1.80%) GitHub
11 2 (1.80%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.80%) Serverless
11 2 (1.80%) Slack
12 1 (0.90%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.22%) Wireless
2 3 (2.70%) Firewall
3 2 (1.80%) HTTP
3 2 (1.80%) VPN
3 2 (1.80%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.90%) DNS
4 1 (0.90%) SSL
4 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (19.82%) Relational Database
2 19 (17.12%) MySQL
3 6 (5.41%) Power BI
4 3 (2.70%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.70%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.70%) Oracle Database 11g
4 3 (2.70%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (2.70%) Oracle ODI
4 3 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (17.12%) Browser DevTools
2 18 (16.22%) Android Studio
2 18 (16.22%) Eclipse
2 18 (16.22%) Xcode
3 4 (3.60%) JIRA
4 2 (1.80%) Fiddler
4 2 (1.80%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.90%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.90%) Git
5 1 (0.90%) GitLab
General
1 49 (44.14%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.12%) Finance
3 13 (11.71%) Telecoms
4 12 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.41%) French Language
6 5 (4.50%) Billing
7 4 (3.60%) Law
8 3 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.70%) Publishing
8 3 (2.70%) Retail
9 2 (1.80%) Banking
9 2 (1.80%) Marketing
9 2 (1.80%) Military
9 2 (1.80%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.90%) Local Government
10 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (19.82%) Support Engineer
2 21 (18.92%) Technical Engineer
2 21 (18.92%) Technical Support
2 21 (18.92%) Technical Support Engineer
3 19 (17.12%) UX Engineer
4 18 (16.22%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 15 (13.51%) Architect
6 10 (9.01%) Analyst
7 7 (6.31%) Customer Service Advisor
8 6 (5.41%) Data Analyst
9 5 (4.50%) HR Analyst
9 5 (4.50%) HR Data Analyst
9 5 (4.50%) Project Manager
10 4 (3.60%) Business Analyst
10 4 (3.60%) Consultant
10 4 (3.60%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (3.60%) Lead
10 4 (3.60%) Senior
10 4 (3.60%) SIEM Architect
10 4 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (18.02%) Ajax
1 20 (18.02%) GraphQL
2 19 (17.12%) AngularJS
2 19 (17.12%) CSS
2 19 (17.12%) React
3 6 (5.41%) REST
4 5 (4.50%) SOAP
5 3 (2.70%) ADO
5 3 (2.70%) JSON
5 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (2.70%) OAuth
5 3 (2.70%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 3 (2.70%) XML
6 1 (0.90%) .NET
6 1 (0.90%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.90%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.90%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.90%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.90%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.90%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.12%) Mobile App
2 6 (5.41%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (4.50%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.60%) CSOC
5 3 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.80%) Blog
6 2 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.80%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.80%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.80%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.80%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.80%) Podcast
6 2 (1.80%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.80%) Social Media
7 1 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.90%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (20.72%) Windows
2 19 (17.12%) Linux
2 19 (17.12%) Unix
3 18 (16.22%) Android
4 4 (3.60%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.90%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (20.72%) Agile
1 23 (20.72%) ERP
2 22 (19.82%) User Experience
3 21 (18.92%) DevOps
4 19 (17.12%) CRM
4 19 (17.12%) Mobile Application Development
5 18 (16.22%) OO
6 15 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (9.91%) Scrum
9 10 (9.01%) Migration
10 9 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (8.11%) ITIL
10 9 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (7.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (7.21%) Customer Service
11 8 (7.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (7.21%) Waterfall
12 7 (6.31%) Security Operations
13 6 (5.41%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 23 (20.72%) Java
2 22 (19.82%) JavaScript
3 20 (18.02%) Perl
3 20 (18.02%) Python
4 7 (6.31%) SQL
5 4 (3.60%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.70%) C#
6 3 (2.70%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.80%) Groovy
7 2 (1.80%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.90%) Bash
8 1 (0.90%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (9.91%) Security Cleared
2 7 (6.31%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.41%) Degree
4 3 (2.70%) ACCA
4 3 (2.70%) CIMA
4 3 (2.70%) CIPD
4 3 (2.70%) CISSP
4 3 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (1.80%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.80%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.80%) PMP
6 1 (0.90%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.90%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.90%) CISM
6 1 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.50%) SLA
2 4 (3.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (2.70%) NIST
4 2 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.80%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.80%) GDPR
5 1 (0.90%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (4.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (1.80%) HP ALM
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.80%) SCCM
2 1 (0.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (34.23%) Oracle
2 28 (25.23%) Microsoft
3 25 (22.52%) ServiceNow
4 22 (19.82%) Splunk
5 15 (13.51%) Salesforce
6 11 (9.91%) SAP
7 4 (3.60%) IFS
8 3 (2.70%) MuleSoft
8 3 (2.70%) Qualys
8 3 (2.70%) Workday
9 2 (1.80%) Apple
9 2 (1.80%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.80%) Dell
9 2 (1.80%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.80%) Google
9 2 (1.80%) HP
9 2 (1.80%) Okta
9 2 (1.80%) Tenable
9 2 (1.80%) YouTube
10 1 (0.90%) Citrix