Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SaaS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 26 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 135 | 120 | 117 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | -3 | +22 |
| Contract jobs citing SaaS | 758 | 1,265 | 2,046 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.74% | 2.11% | 2.31% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.38% | 5.72% | 5.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 464 | 900 | 1,545 |
| 10th Percentile | £406 | £400 | £406 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | +12.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £666 | £657 | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £744 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +1.85% | +8.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 8 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.09 | £16.33 | £34.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.31 | £23.75 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £72.10 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -63.94% | +80.26% | +100.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.75 | £82.12 | £60.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £45.94 | £82.65 | £81.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £18.50 | £75.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.54% | -75.50% | +20.80% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
SaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 14,090 | 22,105 | 34,276 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.35% | 36.86% | 38.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10,000 | 15,975 | 24,909 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £353 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £631 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £743 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +1.01% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 347 | 359 | 429 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.03 | £18.25 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £21.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +62.79% | -4.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.60 | £76.40 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £24.31 | £18.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.11% | +29.65% | -5.06% |
SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SaaS.
SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SaaS.
SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
SaaS
Top 16 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -5 | 655 | £550 | - | 1,124 |
| Work from Home | +1 | 351 | £550 | - | 642 |
| London | 0 | 348 | £550 | - | 501 |
| UK excluding London | -8 | 336 | £550 | - | 653 |
| South East | -12 | 102 | £534 | -2.95% | 167 |
| North of England | -11 | 81 | £500 | -9.09% | 176 |
| South West | +39 | 59 | £650 | +23.81% | 90 |
| North West | +1 | 50 | £500 | -4.76% | 122 |
| Scotland | +19 | 44 | £594 | +13.10% | 58 |
| Midlands | -2 | 43 | £550 | +4.76% | 105 |
| Yorkshire | -8 | 29 | £525 | -4.55% | 44 |
| West Midlands | -2 | 28 | £510 | -5.12% | 72 |
| East Midlands | +26 | 15 | £750 | +49.25% | 32 |
| East of England | -3 | 8 | £450 | -41.94% | 34 |
| North East | +19 | 2 | £531 | -21.30% | 12 |
| Wales | +13 | 2 | £419 | -4.29% | 19 |
SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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