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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 98 105
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 +3
Contract jobs citing SaaS 130 68 82
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.93% 1.91% 1.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.15% 6.49% 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 46 63
10th Percentile £216 £204 £375
25th Percentile £400 £401 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -6.25% +12.00%
75th Percentile £538 £567 £638
90th Percentile £629 £625 £723
England median daily rate £550 £525 £540
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 1
10th Percentile £22.41 - -
25th Percentile £30.38 £14.75 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £15.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +383.87% -3.13% -13.51%
75th Percentile £83.25 £16.25 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £28.75 -
England median hourly rate £52.75 £26.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year +100.57% +5.20% -68.75%

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 1,818 1,048 1,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.93% 29.41% 24.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,204 685 836
10th Percentile £263 £221 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year - -3.57% -1.24%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £625
90th Percentile £688 £650 £672
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.49% -2.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 48 31
10th Percentile £19.25 £14.75 £17.69
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.50 £18.15
Median hourly rate £66.00 £18.82 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +250.69% -37.27% +11.11%
75th Percentile £82.28 £32.12 £53.38
90th Percentile £104.00 £48.55 £61.06
England median hourly rate £35.36 £26.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +35.22% +4.60% -22.62%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -31 66 £500 -5.88% 132
Berkshire -24 45 £500 -4.76% 81
Hampshire -9 27 £475 -13.64% 37
Oxfordshire -12 15 £200 - 24
Surrey -25 12 £310 +28.50% 42
Middlesex - 11 £198 - 11
Buckinghamshire -37 6 £543 -5.65% 27
West Sussex - 5 £675 - 8
Kent +4 4 £525 +10.53% 21
Sussex - 4 - - 1
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 4 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.54%) CMS
3 1 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (5.38%) NEC Housing
1 7 (5.38%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (3.85%) Remedy AR System
2 5 (3.85%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (2.31%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.54%) iTrent
5 1 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.77%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 42 (32.31%) Azure
2 19 (14.62%) Entra ID
3 15 (11.54%) AWS
4 12 (9.23%) OCI
5 8 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (6.15%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (6.15%) IaaS
5 8 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (6.15%) PaaS
6 7 (5.38%) GitHub
7 6 (4.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (4.62%) Datadog
7 6 (4.62%) GCP
8 5 (3.85%) iPaaS
9 4 (3.08%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.31%) Sauce Labs
11 2 (1.54%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.54%) Serverless
11 2 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.62%) Network Security
2 3 (2.31%) Firewall
3 2 (1.54%) Broadband
3 2 (1.54%) DNS
4 1 (0.77%) IPsec
4 1 (0.77%) LAN
4 1 (0.77%) MQTT
4 1 (0.77%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.77%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.85%) MySQL
2 4 (3.08%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (3.08%) Power BI
3 3 (2.31%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.54%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (1.54%) Vitess
5 1 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.77%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.08%) Git
2 3 (2.31%) Android Studio
2 3 (2.31%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (2.31%) Eclipse
2 3 (2.31%) Xcode
3 2 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 38 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.92%) Finance
3 21 (16.15%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (16.15%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.15%) Marketing
5 7 (5.38%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.62%) Law
7 5 (3.85%) Automotive
7 5 (3.85%) Legal
8 4 (3.08%) Local Government
8 4 (3.08%) Military
9 3 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.31%) Retail
10 1 (0.77%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 29 (22.31%) Architect
2 16 (12.31%) Solutions Architect
3 11 (8.46%) Project Manager
4 10 (7.69%) Analyst
4 10 (7.69%) Senior
5 9 (6.92%) Developer
5 9 (6.92%) Lead
5 9 (6.92%) Support Engineer
5 9 (6.92%) Technical Engineer
5 9 (6.92%) Technical Support
5 9 (6.92%) Technical Support Engineer
6 7 (5.38%) IAM Specialist
6 7 (5.38%) Oracle Architect
6 7 (5.38%) Security Architect
7 6 (4.62%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (4.62%) Service Owner
8 5 (3.85%) Oracle Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.85%) Senior Manager
9 4 (3.08%) IT Manager
9 4 (3.08%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (6.15%) OAuth
2 8 (6.15%) OAuth2
2 8 (6.15%) OpenID
2 8 (6.15%) SAML
2 8 (6.15%) Web Services
3 7 (5.38%) AngularJS
3 7 (5.38%) LDAP
3 7 (5.38%) SailPoint
4 5 (3.85%) ADO
4 5 (3.85%) React
4 5 (3.85%) REST
4 5 (3.85%) SOAP
5 4 (3.08%) NestJS
6 3 (2.31%) Ajax
6 3 (2.31%) CSS
6 3 (2.31%) GraphQL
6 3 (2.31%) Middleware
7 2 (1.54%) .NET
8 1 (0.77%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.54%) Onboarding
2 13 (10.00%) CMDB
3 10 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 9 (6.92%) Cloud Native
4 9 (6.92%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (6.15%) Security Posture
6 5 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.85%) Public Cloud
7 4 (3.08%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.08%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.31%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.31%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.31%) Replication
9 2 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.54%) Social Media
9 2 (1.54%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.23%) Linux
2 7 (5.38%) Unix
3 6 (4.62%) Windows
4 3 (2.31%) Android
5 2 (1.54%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.77%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.77%) ITSM
2 22 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (16.15%) Agile
3 21 (16.15%) DevOps
3 21 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (15.38%) ERP
4 20 (15.38%) ITIL
4 20 (15.38%) Migration
4 20 (15.38%) RBAC
5 19 (14.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (13.08%) Enterprise Architecture
7 16 (12.31%) Decision-Making
8 15 (11.54%) Computer Science
9 14 (10.77%) Data Modelling
9 14 (10.77%) Roadmaps
10 13 (10.00%) AI
10 13 (10.00%) Data Protection
11 12 (9.23%) Runbook
12 11 (8.46%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.31%) Python
2 15 (11.54%) PowerShell
3 8 (6.15%) JavaScript
4 7 (5.38%) Bash
5 6 (4.62%) SQL
6 4 (3.08%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.31%) Java
7 3 (2.31%) Perl
8 2 (1.54%) Bicep
9 1 (0.77%) C#
9 1 (0.77%) VBA
Qualifications
1 35 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 28 (21.54%) SC Cleared
3 22 (16.92%) Degree
4 8 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (5.38%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.38%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (3.08%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.31%) CCSP
9 3 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.31%) CISSP
10 1 (0.77%) CISM
10 1 (0.77%) GIAC
10 1 (0.77%) GSEC
10 1 (0.77%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.77%) MCSE
10 1 (0.77%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.62%) NIST
2 18 (13.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (9.23%) Data Quality
4 11 (8.46%) NCSC
5 10 (7.69%) QA
6 9 (6.92%) GDPR
7 4 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (3.08%) GRC
8 3 (2.31%) NIST 800
8 3 (2.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.54%) IASME
9 2 (1.54%) ISO 31000
9 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 10 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.62%) IAG
3 1 (0.77%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.15%) Ansible
3 6 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.31%) Terraform
5 2 (1.54%) CASB
5 2 (1.54%) Grafana
5 2 (1.54%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 37 (28.46%) Microsoft
2 25 (19.23%) Oracle
3 10 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 8 (6.15%) SAP
5 7 (5.38%) NEC
6 6 (4.62%) Dynatrace
6 6 (4.62%) Nexthink
7 5 (3.85%) BMC
7 5 (3.85%) Google
7 5 (3.85%) Remedy
8 4 (3.08%) Splunk
9 2 (1.54%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.54%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.54%) VMware
9 2 (1.54%) Workday
10 1 (0.77%) Adobe
10 1 (0.77%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (0.77%) BiZZdesign
10 1 (0.77%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.77%) Tenable