SaaS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SaaS over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 149 138
Rank change year-on-year +14 -11 -8
Contract jobs citing SaaS 253 293 412
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.94% 1.41% 1.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.07% 5.50% 5.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 191 299
10th Percentile £313 £385 £400
25th Percentile £407 £437 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £558 £638 £650
90th Percentile £650 £675 £751
UK median daily rate £532 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +0.29% -3.64% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 6
10th Percentile £78.32 - £15.38
25th Percentile £80.02 £25.50 £22.06
Median hourly rate £84.60 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +225.37% -25.71% -44.22%
75th Percentile £90.92 £26.50 £70.24
90th Percentile £93.67 - £93.62
UK median hourly rate £84.60 £26.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +225.37% -61.48% +68.75%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,170 5,328 7,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.99% 25.71% 32.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,912 3,769 5,494
10th Percentile £250 £213 £248
25th Percentile £380 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £573 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 262 224
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £15.06
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.22 £16.79
Median hourly rate £20.50 £17.80 £27.35
Median % change year-on-year +15.17% -34.92% +36.75%
75th Percentile £34.46 £35.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £69.88 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £21.37 £37.00
% change year-on-year +31.02% -42.24% +65.18%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
South East +32 60 £500 -5.66% 302
North of England -9 54 £463 -7.50% 488
Scotland +14 47 £525 +3.70% 82
Midlands +12 42 £475 - 175
North West +2 42 £450 -10.00% 328
South West +31 40 £500 -23.08% 115
West Midlands +11 24 £544 +8.70% 114
East of England +36 19 £463 +2.78% 58
East Midlands +10 18 £425 -4.49% 59
Wales +7 6 £425 -15.00% 32
North East +5 6 £534 +0.52% 37
Yorkshire -9 6 £500 -4.76% 127
Northern Ireland - 1 £400 - 52
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 23 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 18 (7.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.95%) Confluence
4 3 (1.19%) SAS
5 2 (0.79%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.79%) Camunda
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.79%) Trello
4 1 (0.40%) 1Password
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.40%) InDesign
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (1.58%) Oracle Assets
2 4 (1.58%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.19%) Primavera
3 3 (1.19%) Sprinklr
4 2 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.40%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 81 (32.02%) Azure
2 58 (22.92%) PaaS
3 45 (17.79%) AWS
4 32 (12.65%) IaaS
5 25 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (9.09%) Entra ID
7 19 (7.51%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (7.11%) Serverless
9 10 (3.95%) Amazon S3
9 10 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (3.95%) GitHub
10 9 (3.56%) OneDrive
11 8 (3.16%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (3.16%) Power Platform
12 7 (2.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (2.77%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (2.77%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (2.77%) AWS Fargate
12 7 (2.77%) OCI
13 6 (2.37%) AWS CodeDeploy
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.35%) PBX
1 11 (4.35%) VoIP
2 9 (3.56%) HTTP
3 5 (1.98%) Skype
4 4 (1.58%) DNS
4 4 (1.58%) Firewall
4 4 (1.58%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.19%) Network Security
5 3 (1.19%) SSL
6 2 (0.79%) 4G
6 2 (0.79%) 5G
6 2 (0.79%) Internet
6 2 (0.79%) MQTT
7 1 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.40%) SAN
7 1 (0.40%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.40%) VPN
7 1 (0.40%) VSAN
7 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.77%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (2.77%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.37%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.98%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 5 (1.98%) RDBMS
4 5 (1.98%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.58%) Power BI
6 2 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.79%) Metadata
6 2 (0.79%) MySQL
6 2 (0.79%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.79%) PowerCenter
6 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (10.28%) JIRA
2 16 (6.32%) Git
3 9 (3.56%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.16%) Cypress.io
4 8 (3.16%) Postman
5 6 (2.37%) Selenium
6 4 (1.58%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.58%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (1.19%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.19%) Subversion
7 3 (1.19%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.19%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.79%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.79%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.79%) GitLab
8 2 (0.79%) JMeter
8 2 (0.79%) Moq
8 2 (0.79%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.79%) UI Automator
8 2 (0.79%) Zephyr
General
1 58 (22.92%) Finance
2 53 (20.95%) Social Skills
3 32 (12.65%) Public Sector
4 27 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (7.51%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.95%) Legal
7 9 (3.56%) Marketing
8 8 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.37%) Retail
10 5 (1.98%) Banking
10 5 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.19%) Automotive
11 3 (1.19%) Law
11 3 (1.19%) Military
11 3 (1.19%) Publishing
12 2 (0.79%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.79%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Billing
Job Titles
1 39 (15.42%) Developer
2 34 (13.44%) Architect
3 27 (10.67%) Senior
4 24 (9.49%) Analyst
5 17 (6.72%) Lead
6 15 (5.93%) Business Analyst
7 14 (5.53%) Project Manager
7 14 (5.53%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (4.74%) Python Developer
9 11 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 10 (3.95%) Senior Developer
11 7 (2.77%) Consultant
11 7 (2.77%) Designer
11 7 (2.77%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (2.37%) IT Manager
12 6 (2.37%) Product Owner
12 6 (2.37%) Service Manager
12 6 (2.37%) Support Engineer
12 6 (2.37%) Technical Leader
13 5 (1.98%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.09%) .NET
2 18 (7.11%) CSS
3 15 (5.93%) XML
4 14 (5.53%) HTML
4 14 (5.53%) REST
5 10 (3.95%) AngularJS
6 9 (3.56%) React
6 9 (3.56%) Web Services
7 6 (2.37%) AWS CDK
7 6 (2.37%) SOAP
8 5 (1.98%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.98%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.98%) Ajax
8 5 (1.98%) Alpine.js
8 5 (1.98%) ASP.NET Web API
8 5 (1.98%) JSON
8 5 (1.98%) Laravel
8 5 (1.98%) Node.js
8 5 (1.98%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.98%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.74%) Hybrid Cloud
1 12 (4.74%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.35%) Public Cloud
3 10 (3.95%) Blackberry
3 10 (3.95%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (3.95%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (2.77%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.37%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.37%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.37%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.58%) CMDB
7 4 (1.58%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.58%) PKI
8 3 (1.19%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.19%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.56%) Linux
1 9 (3.56%) Windows
2 2 (0.79%) Unix
3 1 (0.40%) CentOS
3 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (33.99%) Agile
2 50 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (17.79%) Migration
4 42 (16.60%) CI/CD
5 36 (14.23%) DevOps
5 36 (14.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 32 (12.65%) Roadmaps
7 29 (11.46%) ITIL
8 23 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (8.70%) Scrum
9 22 (8.70%) Test Automation
10 21 (8.30%) Analytics
10 21 (8.30%) User Experience
11 20 (7.91%) Software Engineering
11 20 (7.91%) Validation
12 19 (7.51%) Microservices
13 18 (7.11%) Service Design
14 17 (6.72%) ITSM
15 16 (6.32%) Business Intelligence
15 16 (6.32%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 47 (18.58%) SQL
2 34 (13.44%) Python
3 25 (9.88%) JavaScript
4 21 (8.30%) PowerShell
5 19 (7.51%) C#
6 14 (5.53%) Java
7 11 (4.35%) Bash
8 8 (3.16%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.77%) PL/SQL
10 6 (2.37%) PHP
10 6 (2.37%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.19%) C++
11 3 (1.19%) R
11 3 (1.19%) VBA
11 3 (1.19%) VBScript
12 2 (0.79%) Groovy
12 2 (0.79%) Perl
13 1 (0.40%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.40%) Bicep
13 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 44 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.30%) Degree
4 14 (5.53%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (5.53%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (3.95%) CCNP
7 6 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.37%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.98%) ISEB
8 5 (1.98%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (1.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.58%) CISM
9 4 (1.58%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.58%) CRISC
10 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.79%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.79%) OSCE
10 2 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.35%) QA
2 8 (3.16%) SLA
3 7 (2.77%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.77%) GDPR
4 4 (1.58%) NCSC
4 4 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.19%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.79%) PMO
6 2 (0.79%) WCAG
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
7 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.98%) Docker
4 3 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (6.72%) Terraform
2 13 (5.14%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.56%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.77%) Ansible
5 3 (1.19%) Grafana
5 3 (1.19%) PingFederate
5 3 (1.19%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.79%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (0.40%) CASB
7 1 (0.40%) Kibana
Vendors
1 47 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.09%) Oracle
3 16 (6.32%) VMware
4 13 (5.14%) Cisco
5 12 (4.74%) Avaya
5 12 (4.74%) Palo Alto
6 11 (4.35%) Ericsson
6 11 (4.35%) F5
6 11 (4.35%) Juniper
6 11 (4.35%) Nokia
7 10 (3.95%) Ribbon
8 9 (3.56%) ServiceNow
9 8 (3.16%) Salesforce
10 7 (2.77%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.98%) Splunk
12 4 (1.58%) Google
12 4 (1.58%) SAP
13 3 (1.19%) Autodesk
13 3 (1.19%) CyberArk
13 3 (1.19%) Informatica