SaaS Contracts in the South East

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring SaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SaaS over the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 76 87
Rank change year-on-year +15 +11 +11
Contract jobs citing SaaS 98 143 168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.32% 2.54% 2.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.41% 9.68% 9.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 47 129
10th Percentile £320 £375 £413
25th Percentile £459 £425 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £629 £550 £656
90th Percentile £675 £700 £813
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £38.64 £63.13 £13.95
25th Percentile £53.10 £67.06 £15.38
Median hourly rate £77.19 £74.75 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% +304.05% -66.07%
75th Percentile £86.35 £83.06 £47.50
90th Percentile £91.84 £87.38 £64.45
England median hourly rate £77.19 £26.00 £49.25
% change year-on-year +196.88% -47.21% +15.88%

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 941 1,478 1,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.89% 26.25% 29.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 970 1,337
10th Percentile £281 £213 £236
25th Percentile £404 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £625
90th Percentile £672 £675 £698
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 55 51
10th Percentile £15.25 £16.83 £16.84
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.98 £18.25
Median hourly rate £27.76 £30.00 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -7.47% +35.38% +3.84%
75th Percentile £46.30 £59.95 £35.13
90th Percentile £75.20 £62.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £26.81 £21.37 £25.00
% change year-on-year +25.47% -14.52% +19.36%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the South East

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SaaS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SaaS in the South East

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the South East over the 6 months to 18 March 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in the South East

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SaaS in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in the South East

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS in the South East over the 6 months to 18 March 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 18 March 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 +9 59 £565 +13.00% 81
Berkshire -6 40 £530 +6.00% 49
Buckinghamshire +30 19 £575 +2.22% 21
Hampshire +26 17 £575 -2.13% 44
Surrey +20 15 £400 -23.81% 29
West Sussex +17 5 £350 -41.67% 1
Kent +10 1 £475 +18.75% 6
East Sussex -3 1 £575 -14.81% 10
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.04%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (2.04%) Camunda
1 2 (2.04%) Confluence
1 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Infor CloudSuite
1 1 (1.02%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 51 (52.04%) Azure
2 26 (26.53%) PaaS
3 17 (17.35%) AWS
3 17 (17.35%) IaaS
3 17 (17.35%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (13.27%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (13.27%) OpenShift
5 9 (9.18%) Entra ID
6 8 (8.16%) GCP
7 5 (5.10%) OCI
7 5 (5.10%) Serverless
8 4 (4.08%) Azure Stack
9 3 (3.06%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (3.06%) GitHub
9 3 (3.06%) Tricentis Tosca
10 2 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.04%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.16%) VSAN
2 4 (4.08%) HTTP
3 3 (3.06%) Firewall
3 3 (3.06%) Network Security
3 3 (3.06%) NGFW
3 3 (3.06%) PBX
3 3 (3.06%) SSL
3 3 (3.06%) VoIP
4 2 (2.04%) MQTT
4 2 (2.04%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.02%) Internet
5 1 (1.02%) VPN
5 1 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.10%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (4.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 4 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.04%) MySQL
3 2 (2.04%) Power BI
3 2 (2.04%) RDBMS
3 2 (2.04%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.04%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.02%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.02%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.02%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 6 (6.12%) Cypress.io
1 6 (6.12%) JIRA
2 5 (5.10%) Git
3 4 (4.08%) SpecFlow
3 4 (4.08%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (3.06%) Selenium
5 2 (2.04%) Balsamiq
5 2 (2.04%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.04%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.04%) JMeter
5 2 (2.04%) Mocha
5 2 (2.04%) Moq
5 2 (2.04%) Terragrunt
5 2 (2.04%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (1.02%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.02%) TeamCity
General
1 32 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.14%) Finance
3 7 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 7 (7.14%) Telecoms
4 5 (5.10%) Billing
5 4 (4.08%) Dutch Language
6 3 (3.06%) Automotive
6 3 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.04%) Banking
7 2 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.02%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.02%) French Language
8 1 (1.02%) German Language
8 1 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.02%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.02%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.02%) Marketing
8 1 (1.02%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (32.65%) Senior
2 27 (27.55%) Architect
3 16 (16.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (13.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (11.22%) Developer
6 10 (10.20%) Technical Architect
7 8 (8.16%) Analyst
7 8 (8.16%) Senior Architect
7 8 (8.16%) Senior Technical Architect
8 7 (7.14%) Senior Developer
8 7 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (4.08%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
9 4 (4.08%) Lead
9 4 (4.08%) Oracle Developer
9 4 (4.08%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
10 3 (3.06%) Business Analyst
10 3 (3.06%) Product Owner
10 3 (3.06%) Security Architect
10 3 (3.06%) ServiceNow Architect
10 3 (3.06%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.20%) .NET
1 10 (10.20%) XML
2 9 (9.18%) AngularJS
3 7 (7.14%) CSS
3 7 (7.14%) HTML
4 6 (6.12%) REST
4 6 (6.12%) SAML
5 5 (5.10%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (4.08%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (4.08%) RESTful
6 4 (4.08%) YAML
7 3 (3.06%) .NET Framework
7 3 (3.06%) Web Services
8 2 (2.04%) Ajax
8 2 (2.04%) ASP.NET
8 2 (2.04%) JSON
8 2 (2.04%) React
8 2 (2.04%) SOAP
8 2 (2.04%) Spring Boot
8 2 (2.04%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (25.51%) Hybrid Cloud
2 15 (15.31%) Public Cloud
3 11 (11.22%) Product Ownership
4 9 (9.18%) PKI
5 4 (4.08%) CMDB
5 4 (4.08%) IoT
6 3 (3.06%) Blackberry
6 3 (3.06%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.06%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (2.04%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.04%) Infotainment
7 2 (2.04%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.02%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.02%) Digital Media
8 1 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.02%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.02%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 21 (21.43%) Windows
2 16 (16.33%) Windows Server
3 14 (14.29%) Linux
4 13 (13.27%) CentOS
4 13 (13.27%) Ubuntu
4 13 (13.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.02%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (38.78%) Agile
2 24 (24.49%) DevSecOps
3 23 (23.47%) CI/CD
4 18 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (17.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 16 (16.33%) DevOps
6 16 (16.33%) ITIL
7 14 (14.29%) TOGAF
8 13 (13.27%) Application Packaging
8 13 (13.27%) Change Control
8 13 (13.27%) Containerisation
8 13 (13.27%) Microservices
9 12 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
9 12 (12.24%) Migration
10 11 (11.22%) Continuous Integration
10 11 (11.22%) Roadmaps
10 11 (11.22%) Use Case
11 10 (10.20%) Scrum
11 10 (10.20%) Test Automation
12 8 (8.16%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 25 (25.51%) PowerShell
2 16 (16.33%) SQL
3 14 (14.29%) C#
4 10 (10.20%) JavaScript
4 10 (10.20%) Python
5 7 (7.14%) TypeScript
6 4 (4.08%) Java
6 4 (4.08%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.04%) Bash
7 2 (2.04%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.02%) ActionScript
8 1 (1.02%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 27 (27.55%) SC Cleared
3 15 (15.31%) DV Cleared
4 14 (14.29%) Degree
5 11 (11.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (8.16%) MCSE
6 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.06%) CCNP
7 3 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.06%) CISM
7 3 (3.06%) CISSP
8 2 (2.04%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.04%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.02%) APMP
9 1 (1.02%) ISEB
9 1 (1.02%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.20%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (10.20%) NCSC
2 8 (8.16%) NIST
3 4 (4.08%) Data Quality
3 4 (4.08%) QA
4 2 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.02%) GDPR
5 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (29.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (13.27%) vSphere
3 11 (11.22%) Active Directory
4 8 (8.16%) VMware NSX
5 3 (3.06%) Docker
6 2 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (21.43%) Terraform
2 18 (18.37%) Kubernetes
3 15 (15.31%) Ansible
4 13 (13.27%) Nessus
4 13 (13.27%) vCenter Server
5 3 (3.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (2.04%) Puppet
Vendors
1 32 (32.65%) VMware
2 30 (30.61%) Microsoft
3 13 (13.27%) Cisco
3 13 (13.27%) Red Hat
4 11 (11.22%) Palo Alto
5 9 (9.18%) Oracle
6 5 (5.10%) ServiceNow
7 4 (4.08%) Avaya
8 3 (3.06%) CyberArk
8 3 (3.06%) Ericsson
8 3 (3.06%) F5
8 3 (3.06%) Juniper
8 3 (3.06%) Nokia
8 3 (3.06%) Ribbon
8 3 (3.06%) Salesforce
8 3 (3.06%) SAP
9 2 (2.04%) PagerDuty
10 1 (1.02%) Dynatrace
10 1 (1.02%) Palantir
10 1 (1.02%) Splunk