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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 87 68
Rank change year-on-year +7 -19 +40
Contract jobs citing SaaS 118 92 163
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.78% 2.32% 3.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.97% 7.58% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 54 59
10th Percentile - £352 £277
25th Percentile £204 £500 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £550
90th Percentile £670 £713 £608
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - £86.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £88.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -67.23% +17.22%
75th Percentile £39.83 - £90.25
90th Percentile £96.00 - -
England median hourly rate £26.90 £29.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -7.24% -61.33% +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 1,316 1,213 1,511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.02% 30.62% 28.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 908 825 1,044
10th Percentile £204 £268 £211
25th Percentile £363 £406 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% -1.52% -
75th Percentile £575 £638 £625
90th Percentile £669 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 20 38
10th Percentile £12.50 £18.15 £18.32
25th Percentile £14.75 £19.80 £20.12
Median hourly rate £19.00 £35.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.85% +32.41% +32.61%
75th Percentile £40.65 £55.20 £53.21
90th Percentile £91.40 £64.73 £74.33
England median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.84% +24.00% +11.11%

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 7 December 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 7 December 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 7 December 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 +11 69 £550 -10.20% 382
Berkshire +19 56 £559 -4.03% 224
Surrey +20 32 £208 -60.48% 124
Hampshire -4 18 £538 -8.51% 144
Buckinghamshire -6 7 £519 -17.53% 108
Oxfordshire - 6 £550 - 53
Kent +6 3 - - 76
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 9 (7.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.54%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.85%) Confluence
4 1 (0.85%) IIS
4 1 (0.85%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (5.93%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.69%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.69%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.69%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.85%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (25.42%) Azure
2 20 (16.95%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (16.10%) Sauce Labs
4 16 (13.56%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (11.02%) AWS
5 13 (11.02%) Power Platform
6 9 (7.63%) IaaS
6 9 (7.63%) PaaS
7 7 (5.93%) OCI
8 6 (5.08%) Miro
9 4 (3.39%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.39%) GCP
10 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (2.54%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.69%) AtomSphere
11 2 (1.69%) Boomi
11 2 (1.69%) GitHub
11 2 (1.69%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.69%) Serverless
11 2 (1.69%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.25%) Wireless
2 4 (3.39%) Firewall
3 2 (1.69%) HTTP
3 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.69%) VPN
3 2 (1.69%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.85%) DNS
4 1 (0.85%) SSL
4 1 (0.85%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (19.49%) Relational Database
2 20 (16.95%) MySQL
3 10 (8.47%) Power BI
4 4 (3.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 4 (3.39%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.54%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.54%) Oracle Database
5 3 (2.54%) Oracle Database 11g
5 3 (2.54%) Oracle Database 12c
5 3 (2.54%) Oracle ODI
5 3 (2.54%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 20 (16.95%) Browser DevTools
2 19 (16.10%) Android Studio
2 19 (16.10%) Eclipse
2 19 (16.10%) Xcode
3 7 (5.93%) JIRA
4 2 (1.69%) Fiddler
4 2 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.85%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.85%) Git
5 1 (0.85%) GitLab
General
1 58 (49.15%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.86%) Finance
3 9 (7.63%) Telecoms
4 8 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.08%) French Language
6 5 (4.24%) Billing
7 3 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.54%) Law
7 3 (2.54%) Marketing
7 3 (2.54%) Publishing
7 3 (2.54%) Retail
8 2 (1.69%) Banking
8 2 (1.69%) Military
8 2 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.85%) Local Government
9 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (19.49%) Support Engineer
2 22 (18.64%) Technical Engineer
2 22 (18.64%) Technical Support
2 22 (18.64%) Technical Support Engineer
3 20 (16.95%) UX Engineer
4 18 (15.25%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 15 (12.71%) Architect
6 10 (8.47%) Analyst
7 9 (7.63%) Lead
8 8 (6.78%) Delivery Manager
8 8 (6.78%) Project Manager
9 7 (5.93%) Customer Service Advisor
10 6 (5.08%) Data Analyst
10 6 (5.08%) Service Transition Leader
11 5 (4.24%) Consultant
11 5 (4.24%) HR Analyst
11 5 (4.24%) HR Data Analyst
12 4 (3.39%) Oracle Project Manager
12 4 (3.39%) Senior
12 4 (3.39%) SIEM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (17.80%) Ajax
1 21 (17.80%) GraphQL
2 20 (16.95%) AngularJS
2 20 (16.95%) CSS
2 20 (16.95%) React
3 6 (5.08%) REST
4 5 (4.24%) SOAP
5 3 (2.54%) ADO
5 3 (2.54%) JSON
5 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (2.54%) OAuth
5 3 (2.54%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 3 (2.54%) XML
6 1 (0.85%) .NET
6 1 (0.85%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.85%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.85%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.85%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.95%) Mobile App
2 6 (5.08%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (4.24%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.39%) CSOC
5 3 (2.54%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (2.54%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.54%) PKI
6 2 (1.69%) Blog
6 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.69%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.69%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.69%) Podcast
6 2 (1.69%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.69%) Social Media
7 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.19%) Windows
2 21 (17.80%) Linux
3 20 (16.95%) Unix
4 19 (16.10%) Android
5 5 (4.24%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (23.73%) DevOps
2 27 (22.88%) Agile
3 23 (19.49%) ERP
3 23 (19.49%) User Experience
4 21 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (16.95%) Mobile Application Development
6 19 (16.10%) OO
7 18 (15.25%) CRM
8 15 (12.71%) ITIL
9 14 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (11.02%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (10.17%) PRINCE2
11 12 (10.17%) Scrum
11 12 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (10.17%) Waterfall
12 10 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (8.47%) Migration
12 10 (8.47%) User Acceptance Testing
13 9 (7.63%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (20.34%) Java
2 23 (19.49%) JavaScript
3 22 (18.64%) Python
4 21 (17.80%) Perl
5 5 (4.24%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.54%) C#
6 3 (2.54%) PL/SQL
6 3 (2.54%) SQL
7 2 (1.69%) Bash
7 2 (1.69%) Groovy
7 2 (1.69%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (11.02%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.63%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.08%) Degree
4 3 (2.54%) ACCA
4 3 (2.54%) CIMA
4 3 (2.54%) CIPD
4 3 (2.54%) CISSP
4 3 (2.54%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (1.69%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.69%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.69%) PMP
6 1 (0.85%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.85%) CISM
6 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.54%) Disclosure Scotland
1 3 (2.54%) NIST
2 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.69%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.69%) GDPR
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (7.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (1.69%) HP ALM
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.69%) SCCM
2 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (0.85%) Terraform
2 1 (0.85%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 42 (35.59%) Oracle
2 30 (25.42%) Microsoft
3 28 (23.73%) ServiceNow
4 24 (20.34%) Splunk
5 15 (12.71%) Salesforce
6 11 (9.32%) SAP
7 4 (3.39%) IFS
8 3 (2.54%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.54%) MuleSoft
8 3 (2.54%) Okta
8 3 (2.54%) Tenable
8 3 (2.54%) Workday
9 2 (1.69%) Apple
9 2 (1.69%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.69%) Dell
9 2 (1.69%) Google
9 2 (1.69%) HP
9 2 (1.69%) Qualys
9 2 (1.69%) YouTube
10 1 (0.85%) Zscaler