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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 103 74
Rank change year-on-year +26 -29 +38
Contract jobs citing SaaS 107 79 157
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.83% 1.90% 2.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.89% 6.50% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 52 67
10th Percentile - £368 £272
25th Percentile £204 £505 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £550
90th Percentile £625 £686 £705
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - £86.75
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £88.50
75th Percentile £35.89 - £90.25
90th Percentile £39.99 - -
England median hourly rate £26.30 £32.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -19.08% -56.67% +3.45%

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 1,204 1,215 1,560
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.88% 29.16% 28.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 807 823 1,087
10th Percentile £204 £263 £213
25th Percentile £363 £401 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.37% -2.38% +2.94%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £663 £699
England median daily rate £500 £535 £533
% change year-on-year -6.54% +0.47% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 22 46
10th Percentile £12.50 £19.45 £17.05
25th Percentile £14.75 £23.44 £19.38
Median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.38% +75.93% +35.00%
75th Percentile £27.69 £60.95 £53.21
90th Percentile £42.71 £64.73 £71.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.50 £32.30
% change year-on-year -29.15% +9.91% +43.56%

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 2 November 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 2 November 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 2 November 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 +26 64 £538 -4.87% 361
Berkshire +27 52 £538 -6.52% 312
Surrey +19 29 £208 -61.40% 51
Hampshire +6 15 £550 -6.38% 34
Buckinghamshire 0 6 £519 -7.37% 33
Oxfordshire - 6 £550 - 19
Kent +2 2 - - 8
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 6 (5.61%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.80%) WebLogic
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.93%) Confluence
4 1 (0.93%) IIS
4 1 (0.93%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (5.61%) Oracle Assets
1 6 (5.61%) Oracle EBS R12
1 6 (5.61%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.80%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.87%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.87%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.87%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (21.50%) Azure
2 17 (15.89%) Sauce Labs
3 12 (11.21%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (10.28%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (6.54%) AWS
5 7 (6.54%) IaaS
5 7 (6.54%) OCI
5 7 (6.54%) PaaS
6 6 (5.61%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.67%) Miro
8 4 (3.74%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.74%) GCP
9 2 (1.87%) AtomSphere
9 2 (1.87%) Boomi
9 2 (1.87%) GitHub
9 2 (1.87%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.87%) Serverless
9 2 (1.87%) Slack
10 1 (0.93%) dbt
10 1 (0.93%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.89%) Wireless
2 2 (1.87%) HTTP
2 2 (1.87%) VPN
2 2 (1.87%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.93%) DNS
3 1 (0.93%) Firewall
3 1 (0.93%) SSL
3 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (19.63%) Relational Database
2 18 (16.82%) MySQL
3 6 (5.61%) Power BI
4 3 (2.80%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.80%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.80%) Oracle Database 11g
4 3 (2.80%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (2.80%) Oracle ODI
4 3 (2.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (16.82%) Browser DevTools
2 17 (15.89%) Android Studio
2 17 (15.89%) Eclipse
2 17 (15.89%) Xcode
3 4 (3.74%) JIRA
4 2 (1.87%) Fiddler
4 2 (1.87%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.93%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.93%) Git
5 1 (0.93%) GitLab
General
1 47 (43.93%) Social Skills
2 21 (19.63%) Finance
3 15 (14.02%) Telecoms
4 14 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.61%) French Language
6 5 (4.67%) Billing
7 3 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.80%) Law
7 3 (2.80%) Publishing
7 3 (2.80%) Retail
8 2 (1.87%) Banking
8 2 (1.87%) Marketing
8 2 (1.87%) Military
8 2 (1.87%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Local Government
9 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (19.63%) Support Engineer
2 20 (18.69%) Technical Engineer
2 20 (18.69%) Technical Support
2 20 (18.69%) Technical Support Engineer
3 18 (16.82%) UX Engineer
4 17 (15.89%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 12 (11.21%) Architect
6 10 (9.35%) Analyst
7 7 (6.54%) Customer Service Advisor
8 6 (5.61%) Data Analyst
9 5 (4.67%) HR Analyst
9 5 (4.67%) HR Data Analyst
9 5 (4.67%) Project Manager
10 4 (3.74%) Business Analyst
10 4 (3.74%) Consultant
10 4 (3.74%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (3.74%) Lead
10 4 (3.74%) Senior
10 4 (3.74%) SIEM Architect
11 3 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (17.76%) Ajax
1 19 (17.76%) GraphQL
2 18 (16.82%) AngularJS
2 18 (16.82%) CSS
2 18 (16.82%) React
3 6 (5.61%) REST
4 5 (4.67%) SOAP
5 3 (2.80%) ADO
5 3 (2.80%) JSON
5 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (2.80%) OAuth
5 3 (2.80%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 3 (2.80%) XML
6 1 (0.93%) .NET
6 1 (0.93%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.93%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.93%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.93%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.93%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.82%) Mobile App
2 5 (4.67%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.74%) CSOC
3 4 (3.74%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (2.80%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.87%) Blog
5 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.87%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.87%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.87%) Podcast
5 2 (1.87%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.87%) Social Media
6 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (20.56%) Windows
2 18 (16.82%) Linux
2 18 (16.82%) Unix
3 17 (15.89%) Android
4 4 (3.74%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.93%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.36%) ERP
2 23 (21.50%) Agile
3 21 (19.63%) DevOps
3 21 (19.63%) User Experience
4 19 (17.76%) CRM
5 18 (16.82%) Mobile Application Development
6 17 (15.89%) OO
7 15 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (10.28%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (10.28%) Scrum
9 9 (8.41%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (8.41%) ITIL
9 9 (8.41%) Migration
9 9 (8.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (7.48%) Customer Service
10 8 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (7.48%) Waterfall
11 7 (6.54%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (5.61%) Data Analysis
12 6 (5.61%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (20.56%) Java
2 21 (19.63%) JavaScript
3 19 (17.76%) Perl
3 19 (17.76%) Python
4 9 (8.41%) SQL
5 4 (3.74%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.80%) C#
6 3 (2.80%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.87%) Groovy
7 2 (1.87%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.93%) Bash
8 1 (0.93%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (9.35%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.61%) Degree
2 6 (5.61%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.80%) ACCA
3 3 (2.80%) CIMA
4 2 (1.87%) CIPD
4 2 (1.87%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.87%) PMP
5 1 (0.93%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.93%) CISM
5 1 (0.93%) CISSP
5 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.54%) SLA
2 6 (5.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.87%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.93%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (4.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (1.87%) HP ALM
1 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (36.45%) Oracle
2 25 (23.36%) Microsoft
3 23 (21.50%) ServiceNow
4 21 (19.63%) Splunk
5 15 (14.02%) Salesforce
6 11 (10.28%) SAP
7 4 (3.74%) IFS
8 3 (2.80%) MuleSoft
8 3 (2.80%) Qualys
8 3 (2.80%) Workday
9 2 (1.87%) Apple
9 2 (1.87%) Dell
9 2 (1.87%) Google
9 2 (1.87%) HP
9 2 (1.87%) Okta
9 2 (1.87%) YouTube
10 1 (0.93%) Citrix
10 1 (0.93%) VMware