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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 108 120
Rank change year-on-year +24 +12 -10
Contract jobs citing SaaS 79 79 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.30% 1.72% 1.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.71% 6.68% 5.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 57 70
10th Percentile - £375 £246
25th Percentile £204 £500 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +12.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £564 £638 £550
90th Percentile £625 £740 £720
England median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - £101.75
Median hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £103.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -84.54% -
75th Percentile £24.88 - £105.25
90th Percentile £33.56 - -
England median hourly rate £26.30 £28.50 £78.35
% change year-on-year -7.72% -63.63% +5.38%

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 1,025 1,182 1,615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.81% 25.76% 28.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 819 1,154
10th Percentile £204 £306 £207
25th Percentile £357 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -2.38% +3.19%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £638
90th Percentile £650 £673 £705
England median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 22 54
10th Percentile - £17.77 £16.43
25th Percentile £14.75 £19.66 £19.81
Median hourly rate £18.82 £40.50 £27.83
Median % change year-on-year -53.53% +45.53% +33.41%
75th Percentile £30.00 £60.44 £60.78
90th Percentile £47.50 £64.73 £74.10
England median hourly rate £26.30 £31.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -15.16% -6.06% +53.49%

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
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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +19 52 £538 -5.29% 217
Berkshire +23 44 £538 -10.42% 158
Surrey +14 20 £208 -61.40% 46
Hampshire +13 8 £550 +4.76% 51
Buckinghamshire +3 5 £600 +7.14% 31
Oxfordshire -8 3 £550 +18.28% 34
Kent -2 1 £475 -5.00% 7
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 7 (8.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.27%) Confluence
2 1 (1.27%) IIS
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.27%) SAS
2 1 (1.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (7.59%) Oracle Assets
1 6 (7.59%) Oracle EBS R12
1 6 (7.59%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (2.53%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (1.27%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.27%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.27%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (26.58%) Azure
2 11 (13.92%) Azure DevOps
2 11 (13.92%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (12.66%) Sauce Labs
4 7 (8.86%) IaaS
4 7 (8.86%) PaaS
5 6 (7.59%) Power Platform
6 5 (6.33%) AWS
6 5 (6.33%) Miro
7 4 (5.06%) OCI
8 3 (3.80%) Entra ID
9 2 (2.53%) Figma
9 2 (2.53%) GCP
9 2 (2.53%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.53%) Slack
10 1 (1.27%) dbt
10 1 (1.27%) Paddle
10 1 (1.27%) Serverless
10 1 (1.27%) Smartsheet
10 1 (1.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.66%) Wireless
2 5 (6.33%) HTTP
3 2 (2.53%) DNS
3 2 (2.53%) VPN
4 1 (1.27%) Firewall
4 1 (1.27%) Network Security
4 1 (1.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.92%) MySQL
1 11 (13.92%) Relational Database
2 6 (7.59%) Power BI
3 3 (3.80%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.27%) Power Query
4 1 (1.27%) Sisense
4 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (16.46%) Browser DevTools
2 10 (12.66%) Android Studio
2 10 (12.66%) Eclipse
2 10 (12.66%) Xcode
3 4 (5.06%) JIRA
4 2 (2.53%) UI Automator
5 1 (1.27%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.27%) Fiddler
5 1 (1.27%) Git
5 1 (1.27%) GitLab
5 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (41.77%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.25%) Telecoms
3 13 (16.46%) Finance
4 11 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.86%) French Language
6 4 (5.06%) Billing
6 4 (5.06%) Retail
7 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.27%) Law
7 1 (1.27%) Local Government
7 1 (1.27%) Marketing
7 1 (1.27%) Military
7 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 14 (17.72%) Support Engineer
2 13 (16.46%) Technical Engineer
2 13 (16.46%) Technical Support
2 13 (16.46%) Technical Support Engineer
3 11 (13.92%) Architect
3 11 (13.92%) UX Engineer
4 10 (12.66%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 7 (8.86%) Customer Service Advisor
6 5 (6.33%) Analyst
7 4 (5.06%) Consultant
7 4 (5.06%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (5.06%) Project Manager
7 4 (5.06%) SIEM Architect
8 3 (3.80%) Business Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) Customer Support Representative
8 3 (3.80%) Developer
8 3 (3.80%) IT Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) IT Support
9 2 (2.53%) Service Desk Engineer
9 2 (2.53%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (18.99%) CSS
2 14 (17.72%) Ajax
3 13 (16.46%) AngularJS
3 13 (16.46%) React
4 11 (13.92%) GraphQL
5 4 (5.06%) HTML
5 4 (5.06%) XML
6 3 (3.80%) JSON
6 3 (3.80%) Web Services
7 2 (2.53%) .NET
7 2 (2.53%) ADO
7 2 (2.53%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (2.53%) REST
7 2 (2.53%) Semantic HTML
7 2 (2.53%) Vue
8 1 (1.27%) ARM Templates
8 1 (1.27%) CSS3
8 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (1.27%) Middleware
8 1 (1.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.92%) Mobile App
2 4 (5.06%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.06%) CSOC
2 4 (5.06%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (3.80%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.27%) CMDB
5 1 (1.27%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) IoT
5 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.27%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.27%) NHS
5 1 (1.27%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.27%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.99%) Windows
2 11 (13.92%) Linux
2 11 (13.92%) Unix
3 10 (12.66%) Android
4 3 (3.80%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.32%) ERP
2 19 (24.05%) CRM
3 16 (20.25%) Agile
3 16 (20.25%) DevOps
4 15 (18.99%) User Experience
5 11 (13.92%) Mobile Application Development
6 10 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (12.66%) OO
6 10 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (11.39%) Migration
7 9 (11.39%) Scrum
8 8 (10.13%) Customer Service
8 8 (10.13%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (10.13%) ITIL
9 6 (7.59%) Capacity Management
9 6 (7.59%) Contingency Planning
9 6 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (7.59%) Data Cleansing
9 6 (7.59%) PRINCE2
9 6 (7.59%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.46%) JavaScript
2 12 (15.19%) Java
3 11 (13.92%) Perl
3 11 (13.92%) Python
4 6 (7.59%) SQL
5 3 (3.80%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.27%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (7.59%) Degree
1 6 (7.59%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.27%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.27%) ACCA
4 1 (1.27%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.27%) CIMA
4 1 (1.27%) CISM
4 1 (1.27%) CISSP
4 1 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.27%) PMP
4 1 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.86%) SLA
2 6 (7.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.53%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.53%) WCAG
4 1 (1.27%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.27%) NIST
4 1 (1.27%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.27%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (3.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.53%) HP ALM
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (36.71%) Oracle
2 17 (21.52%) Salesforce
3 16 (20.25%) Microsoft
4 15 (18.99%) ServiceNow
5 14 (17.72%) Splunk
6 11 (13.92%) SAP
7 4 (5.06%) IFS
8 2 (2.53%) Apple
8 2 (2.53%) Dell
8 2 (2.53%) Google
8 2 (2.53%) HP
8 2 (2.53%) MuleSoft
8 2 (2.53%) Okta
8 2 (2.53%) Qualys
8 2 (2.53%) Workday
9 1 (1.27%) Citrix
9 1 (1.27%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (1.27%) VMware