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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 75 113
Rank change year-on-year -36 +38 -6
Contract jobs citing SaaS 119 92 69
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.83% 2.59% 1.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.67% 8.15% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 56 48
10th Percentile £263 - £371
25th Percentile £400 £204 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -6.25% +12.00%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £638
90th Percentile £615 £625 £710
England median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 1
10th Percentile £21.88 - -
25th Percentile £45.09 £14.75 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £15.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +383.87% -3.13% -83.33%
75th Percentile £84.44 £27.75 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £39.08 -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +110.00% -16.67% -60.00%

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 1,785 1,129 1,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 27.43% 31.79% 26.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 744 791
10th Percentile £263 £204 £281
25th Percentile £413 £350 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £663
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 44 23
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.25 £18.66
25th Percentile £25.00 £14.75 £21.88
Median hourly rate £52.50 £18.82 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +178.96% -55.72% +57.41%
75th Percentile £79.44 £30.51 £60.83
90th Percentile £102.13 £45.45 £64.73
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +6.87%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -41 51 £500 -6.98% 299
Berkshire -31 38 £500 -6.98% 175
Hampshire -21 26 £450 -18.18% 112
Middlesex - 14 £198 - 1
Surrey -29 12 £310 +49.40% 82
Oxfordshire -24 10 £500 -9.09% 55
West Sussex - 7 £594 - 23
Kent +2 4 £525 +10.53% 39
Sussex - 4 - - 1
Buckinghamshire -26 3 £475 -20.83% 72
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 5 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.84%) CMS
2 1 (0.84%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.84%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (6.72%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (5.88%) NEC Housing
2 7 (5.88%) Remedy AR System
2 7 (5.88%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (3.36%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.84%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.84%) iTrent
4 1 (0.84%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.84%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 43 (36.13%) Azure
2 18 (15.13%) Entra ID
3 15 (12.61%) AWS
4 13 (10.92%) OCI
5 9 (7.56%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (7.56%) GitHub
6 8 (6.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 8 (6.72%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.72%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (6.72%) Datadog
6 8 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (5.88%) iPaaS
8 6 (5.04%) GCP
8 6 (5.04%) IaaS
8 6 (5.04%) PaaS
9 5 (4.20%) Power Platform
10 4 (3.36%) Serverless
11 3 (2.52%) Sauce Labs
12 1 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.04%) Network Security
2 4 (3.36%) Firewall
3 3 (2.52%) Broadband
3 3 (2.52%) DNS
4 1 (0.84%) LAN
4 1 (0.84%) VPN
4 1 (0.84%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.36%) Power BI
2 3 (2.52%) MySQL
2 3 (2.52%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (2.52%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.84%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.84%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.84%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.84%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.84%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Git
2 3 (2.52%) Android Studio
2 3 (2.52%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (2.52%) Eclipse
2 3 (2.52%) Xcode
3 2 (1.68%) JIRA
4 1 (0.84%) RStudio
General
1 40 (33.61%) Social Skills
2 23 (19.33%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (17.65%) Finance
3 21 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (5.88%) Law
5 6 (5.04%) Legal
5 6 (5.04%) Marketing
6 5 (4.20%) Automotive
6 5 (4.20%) Retail
7 4 (3.36%) Local Government
7 4 (3.36%) Military
8 1 (0.84%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.84%) Billing
8 1 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (25.21%) Architect
2 14 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
3 12 (10.08%) Project Manager
4 10 (8.40%) Lead
5 9 (7.56%) Developer
5 9 (7.56%) Senior
5 9 (7.56%) Support Engineer
5 9 (7.56%) Technical Engineer
5 9 (7.56%) Technical Support
5 9 (7.56%) Technical Support Engineer
6 8 (6.72%) Analyst
6 8 (6.72%) Oracle Architect
6 8 (6.72%) Service Owner
7 7 (5.88%) IAM Specialist
8 6 (5.04%) Security Architect
9 5 (4.20%) Oracle Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.36%) Cloud Architect
10 4 (3.36%) Cloud Engineer
10 4 (3.36%) Systems Support Engineer
10 4 (3.36%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (6.72%) OAuth
2 8 (6.72%) OAuth2
2 8 (6.72%) OpenID
2 8 (6.72%) REST
2 8 (6.72%) SAML
2 8 (6.72%) Web Services
3 7 (5.88%) AngularJS
3 7 (5.88%) LDAP
3 7 (5.88%) SailPoint
3 7 (5.88%) SOAP
4 4 (3.36%) ADO
4 4 (3.36%) NestJS
5 3 (2.52%) Ajax
5 3 (2.52%) CSS
5 3 (2.52%) GraphQL
5 3 (2.52%) Middleware
5 3 (2.52%) React
6 1 (0.84%) PySpark
6 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.29%) CMDB
2 13 (10.92%) Cloud Native
3 12 (10.08%) Management Information System
4 10 (8.40%) Onboarding
5 8 (6.72%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (6.72%) Security Posture
6 7 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (5.04%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (4.20%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (3.36%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (2.52%) Mobile App
10 3 (2.52%) Product Ownership
10 3 (2.52%) Social Media
11 2 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (1.68%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.84%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
12 1 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.72%) Linux
2 7 (5.88%) Unix
3 5 (4.20%) Windows
4 3 (2.52%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (23.53%) ITSM
2 25 (21.01%) Migration
3 24 (20.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (20.17%) ITIL
4 22 (18.49%) Agile
4 22 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (17.65%) DevOps
6 20 (16.81%) Decision-Making
6 20 (16.81%) ERP
6 20 (16.81%) RBAC
7 19 (15.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (15.13%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (14.29%) AI
10 16 (13.45%) Computer Science
10 16 (13.45%) Enterprise Architecture
11 15 (12.61%) Data Modelling
12 14 (11.76%) Roadmaps
12 14 (11.76%) Runbook
13 13 (10.92%) Data Protection
13 13 (10.92%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.97%) Python
2 15 (12.61%) PowerShell
3 9 (7.56%) Bash
3 9 (7.56%) SQL
4 7 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.36%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.52%) Java
6 3 (2.52%) Perl
7 1 (0.84%) R
7 1 (0.84%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (24.37%) Security Cleared
2 23 (19.33%) Degree
3 22 (18.49%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (7.56%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (4.20%) DV Cleared
7 4 (3.36%) Azure Certification
7 4 (3.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (2.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.52%) CCSP
8 3 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.52%) CISSP
9 2 (1.68%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.68%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.84%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.84%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.84%) SANS
10 1 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (13.45%) NIST
3 13 (10.92%) Data Quality
4 12 (10.08%) QA
5 9 (7.56%) GDPR
6 6 (5.04%) NCSC
7 4 (3.36%) GRC
8 3 (2.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.68%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.72%) IAG
3 1 (0.84%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (8.40%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.56%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (6.72%) Ansible
4 2 (1.68%) CASB
5 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (30.25%) Microsoft
2 25 (21.01%) Oracle
3 11 (9.24%) ServiceNow
4 8 (6.72%) Dynatrace
4 8 (6.72%) Nexthink
5 7 (5.88%) BMC
5 7 (5.88%) NEC
5 7 (5.88%) Remedy
6 6 (5.04%) SAP
7 5 (4.20%) Google
8 4 (3.36%) Splunk
9 3 (2.52%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.68%) Workday
11 1 (0.84%) Ariba
11 1 (0.84%) BeyondTrust
11 1 (0.84%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.84%) Databricks
11 1 (0.84%) Tenable