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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 149 | 128 | 118 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -21 | -10 | +7 |
| Contract jobs citing SaaS | 700 | 1,185 | 2,032 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.64% | 2.06% | 2.31% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.06% | 5.59% | 5.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 450 | 838 | 1,526 |
| 10th Percentile | £396 | £403 | £406 |
| 25th Percentile | £442 | £463 | £464 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £662 | £672 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £540 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.85% | -1.82% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 10 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.53 | £17.28 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £25.44 | £28.06 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £72.10 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -63.94% | +80.26% | +185.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £32.25 | £82.37 | £58.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.25 | £85.23 | £80.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £35.00 | £75.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.71% | -53.64% | +97.39% |
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 | 13,842 | 21,188 | 33,962 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.44% | 36.76% | 38.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,830 | 15,319 | 24,772 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £744 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 340 | 426 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £18.44 | £15.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +56.25% | -0.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.50 | £66.00 | £54.81 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.00 | £19.63 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.12% | +27.39% | -1.88% |
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 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 May 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 | -16 | 598 | £539 | -2.05% | 1,162 |
| London | -10 | 332 | £525 | -8.70% | 502 |
| Work from Home | -5 | 299 | £550 | - | 666 |
| UK excluding London | -12 | 290 | £550 | +1.85% | 668 |
| North of England | -12 | 78 | £500 | -9.09% | 197 |
| South East | -37 | 72 | £534 | +1.67% | 183 |
| South West | +29 | 55 | £650 | +18.18% | 93 |
| North West | +17 | 53 | £500 | -4.76% | 132 |
| Midlands | +2 | 42 | £488 | -7.14% | 108 |
| Scotland | +23 | 39 | £506 | -3.57% | 46 |
| West Midlands | -7 | 26 | £510 | -2.86% | 74 |
| Yorkshire | -13 | 23 | £538 | -7.05% | 52 |
| East Midlands | +23 | 16 | £445 | -16.24% | 34 |
| East of England | +2 | 7 | £450 | -21.74% | 26 |
| Wales | +20 | 3 | £450 | +5.88% | 12 |
| North East | +10 | 2 | £531 | -21.30% | 15 |
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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