SaaS Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire citing SaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 96 | 70 | 49 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -26 | -21 | -20 |
| Contract jobs citing SaaS | 10 | 14 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire | 0.89% | 1.90% | 1.56% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 2.40% | 5.69% | 5.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £459 | £406 | £419 |
| 25th Percentile | £472 | £408 | £447 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £500 | £527 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.00% | -5.12% | -10.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £569 | £538 | £579 |
| 90th Percentile | £603 | £600 | £580 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £500 | £506 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.23% | +1.25% | -14.89% |
All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire
SaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing cloud computing skills in South Yorkshire.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing cloud computing skills | 417 | 246 | 136 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire | 37.23% | 33.42% | 30.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 294 | 180 | 89 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £303 | £407 |
| 25th Percentile | £448 | £374 | £468 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £500 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.00% | -3.85% | -10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £592 | £538 | £590 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £650 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £500 | £491 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.83% | +0.72% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £20.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.00 | - | £21.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £21.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £18.75 | £113.75 | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -83.52% | +441.67% | -6.71% |
SaaS Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.
SaaS Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing SaaS.
SaaS Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire
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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | -31 | 8 | £538 | +7.50% | 7 |
| Doncaster | - | 2 | £490 | - | 2 |
| SaaS Yorkshire |
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SaaS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GCP | 30.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Datadog | 20.0% | 2 |
| 3 | AWS | 10.0% | 1 |
| 3 | Azure | 10.0% | 1 |
| 3 | Serverless | 10.0% | 1 |