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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 92 126
Rank change year-on-year -20 +34 -19
Contract jobs citing SaaS 116 75 75
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.77% 2.20% 1.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.68% 7.19% 5.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 52 59
10th Percentile £204 £204 £375
25th Percentile £375 £438 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £625
90th Percentile £640 £625 £658
England median daily rate £537 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 1
10th Percentile £21.88 - -
25th Percentile £29.44 £14.75 -
Median hourly rate £63.75 £15.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +311.29% -3.13% -13.51%
75th Percentile £84.44 £16.25 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £28.75 -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £15.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +238.71% -40.38% -67.50%

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 1,737 1,043 1,307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.52% 30.66% 23.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,170 672 896
10th Percentile £280 £250 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -0.99% -3.81%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £619
90th Percentile £688 £651 £675
England median daily rate £523 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 52 46
10th Percentile £20.60 £14.75 £17.69
25th Percentile £30.38 £15.50 £17.80
Median hourly rate £70.00 £18.82 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +271.94% -20.76% -12.04%
75th Percentile £85.00 £32.12 £59.50
90th Percentile £107.20 £47.95 £60.83
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -37 63 £500 -4.76% 82
Berkshire -37 41 £500 -4.76% 43
Hampshire -24 24 £475 -13.64% 25
Oxfordshire - 17 £200 - 25
Surrey -19 13 £315 -47.50% 33
Middlesex - 7 £198 - 1
Buckinghamshire -32 5 £525 -8.70% 17
Sussex - 4 - - 5
West Sussex - 4 £700 - 10
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 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.72%) CMS
3 1 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (6.03%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (5.17%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.72%) iTrent
3 2 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.72%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.86%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 33 (28.45%) Azure
2 14 (12.07%) AWS
2 14 (12.07%) Entra ID
3 10 (8.62%) OCI
4 8 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (6.90%) IaaS
4 8 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.90%) PaaS
5 7 (6.03%) GCP
6 5 (4.31%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (4.31%) GitHub
7 4 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (3.45%) Datadog
7 4 (3.45%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.59%) Sauce Labs
9 2 (1.72%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.72%) Serverless
9 2 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.86%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.17%) Network Security
2 3 (2.59%) Firewall
2 3 (2.59%) IPsec
2 3 (2.59%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.72%) DNS
3 2 (1.72%) MQTT
4 1 (0.86%) BGP
4 1 (0.86%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.86%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.86%) IPv6
4 1 (0.86%) MPLS
4 1 (0.86%) Multicast
4 1 (0.86%) OSPF
4 1 (0.86%) SNMP
4 1 (0.86%) VoIP
4 1 (0.86%) VPN
4 1 (0.86%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.86%) WAN
4 1 (0.86%) Wireless
4 1 (0.86%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.31%) MySQL
2 4 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (3.45%) Power BI
3 3 (2.59%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.72%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (1.72%) Vitess
5 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.45%) Git
2 3 (2.59%) Android Studio
2 3 (2.59%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (2.59%) Eclipse
2 3 (2.59%) Xcode
3 1 (0.86%) JIRA
3 1 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 25 (21.55%) Finance
3 17 (14.66%) Public Sector
4 15 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.76%) Marketing
6 6 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.31%) Automotive
7 5 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.45%) Law
9 3 (2.59%) Legal
9 3 (2.59%) Military
9 3 (2.59%) Retail
10 2 (1.72%) Local Government
11 1 (0.86%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 24 (20.69%) Architect
2 16 (13.79%) Solutions Architect
3 12 (10.34%) Project Manager
4 9 (7.76%) Analyst
4 9 (7.76%) Senior
4 9 (7.76%) Support Engineer
4 9 (7.76%) Technical Engineer
4 9 (7.76%) Technical Support
4 9 (7.76%) Technical Support Engineer
5 8 (6.90%) Developer
6 6 (5.17%) Oracle Architect
7 5 (4.31%) IAM Specialist
7 5 (4.31%) IT Manager
7 5 (4.31%) Lead
7 5 (4.31%) Senior Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Oracle Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.45%) Service Owner
8 4 (3.45%) Software Engineer
8 4 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (3.45%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (6.03%) AngularJS
3 6 (5.17%) OAuth
3 6 (5.17%) OAuth2
3 6 (5.17%) OpenID
3 6 (5.17%) SAML
4 5 (4.31%) ADO
4 5 (4.31%) LDAP
4 5 (4.31%) React
4 5 (4.31%) SailPoint
4 5 (4.31%) Web Services
5 4 (3.45%) NestJS
6 3 (2.59%) Ajax
6 3 (2.59%) CSS
6 3 (2.59%) GraphQL
6 3 (2.59%) Middleware
7 2 (1.72%) .NET
8 1 (0.86%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.86%) REST
8 1 (0.86%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.66%) Onboarding
2 9 (7.76%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (6.03%) Cloud Native
3 7 (6.03%) CMDB
3 7 (6.03%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.31%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (4.31%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.31%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.31%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.45%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (3.45%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.59%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.72%) Replication
7 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.34%) Linux
2 8 (6.90%) Windows
3 7 (6.03%) Unix
4 3 (2.59%) Android
5 2 (1.72%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.86%) CentOS
6 1 (0.86%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (16.38%) DevOps
1 19 (16.38%) ERP
1 19 (16.38%) Migration
1 19 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (13.79%) Agile
2 16 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 16 (13.79%) ITSM
3 15 (12.93%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (12.07%) RBAC
4 14 (12.07%) Roadmaps
5 13 (11.21%) Computer Science
5 13 (11.21%) Decision-Making
5 13 (11.21%) Enterprise Architecture
6 12 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (9.48%) AI
7 11 (9.48%) Change Control
7 11 (9.48%) Data Migration
7 11 (9.48%) Data Protection
7 11 (9.48%) ITIL
7 11 (9.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.34%) Python
2 10 (8.62%) PowerShell
3 8 (6.90%) JavaScript
4 7 (6.03%) SQL
5 4 (3.45%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.59%) Bash
6 3 (2.59%) Java
6 3 (2.59%) Perl
7 2 (1.72%) Bicep
8 1 (0.86%) C#
8 1 (0.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 21 (18.10%) SC Cleared
3 16 (13.79%) Degree
4 8 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (6.03%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.31%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (4.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.59%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.59%) CCSP
8 3 (2.59%) CISSP
9 2 (1.72%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.86%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.86%) CRISC
10 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.86%) SANS
10 1 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.07%) NIST
2 13 (11.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (11.21%) NCSC
3 12 (10.34%) Data Quality
4 10 (8.62%) GDPR
5 9 (7.76%) QA
6 4 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.45%) NIST 800
7 3 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.72%) IASME
8 2 (1.72%) ISO 31000
8 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 10 (8.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.45%) IAG
3 1 (0.86%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.03%) Ansible
3 5 (4.31%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.59%) CASB
4 3 (2.59%) Terraform
5 2 (1.72%) Grafana
5 2 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.86%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 31 (26.72%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.97%) Oracle
3 9 (7.76%) SAP
3 9 (7.76%) ServiceNow
4 6 (5.17%) NEC
5 5 (4.31%) Google
6 4 (3.45%) Dynatrace
6 4 (3.45%) Nexthink
7 3 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.59%) Splunk
7 3 (2.59%) VMware
8 2 (1.72%) BiZZdesign
8 2 (1.72%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.72%) Workday
9 1 (0.86%) Arista
9 1 (0.86%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.86%) Meraki
9 1 (0.86%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.86%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.86%) Zscaler