SaaS Contracts in Wales

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 42 56
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 +10
Contract jobs citing SaaS 5 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.71% 0.51% 0.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.31% 1.41% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile - £386 -
25th Percentile £650 £392 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £419 £438
Median % change year-on-year +64.18% -4.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £738 £455 £541
90th Percentile - £467 £659
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

All Cloud Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 116 142 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 39.59% 35.95% 25.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 118 138
10th Percentile £188 £159 £159
25th Percentile £263 £352 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £466
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +7.24% -1.84%
75th Percentile £538 £540 £600
90th Percentile £600 £623 £675
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 4
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.94 £12.54
25th Percentile £17.26 £13.98 £12.59
Median hourly rate £22.50 £15.84 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +42.09% +8.27% +2.63%
75th Percentile £35.25 £17.57 £16.07
90th Percentile £41.25 £18.53 £16.43
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in Wales

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SaaS in Wales.

Daily rate trend for SaaS in Wales

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SaaS in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in Wales

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 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 Wales +9 5 £688 +64.18% 60
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (40.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) IaaS
2 3 (60.00%) PaaS
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (20.00%) GitHub
4 1 (20.00%) Linode
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) SSL
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Automotive
1 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Architect
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
1 1 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) CentOS
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (40.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Red Team
1 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Application Security
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Security
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Offensive Security
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (40.00%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (20.00%) TOWER Software