SaaS Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Software as a Service (SaaS)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring SaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 32 23
Rank change year-on-year -9 -9 +33
Contract jobs citing SaaS 4 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.41% 0.98% 1.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.13% 2.86% 4.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £450 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%

All Cloud Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 128 70 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 45.23% 34.15% 42.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 33 47
10th Percentile £255 £210 £163
25th Percentile £380 £340 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% +10.00% -29.20%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £540
90th Percentile £675 £626 £600
North East median daily rate £475 £454 £400
% change year-on-year +4.63% +13.50% -28.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £37.70 - £18.65
25th Percentile £40.25 - £23.38
Median hourly rate £48.00 - £32.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.22%
75th Percentile £53.25 - £32.88
90th Percentile £54.30 - £33.40
North East median hourly rate £48.00 £46.18 £32.50
% change year-on-year +3.94% +42.09% +44.44%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

SaaS job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing SaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing SaaS

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 10 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -11 4 £450 - 22
SaaS
North East

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Postman
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Mandarin Language
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
1 1 (25.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) Swagger
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (75.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Competitor Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Microservices
4 1 (25.00%) PLM
4 1 (25.00%) Product Management
4 1 (25.00%) Product Marketing
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (25.00%) UML
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree