SaaS Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 102 106
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +12
Contract jobs citing SaaS 306 604 1,098
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.01% 2.37% 2.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.56% 5.98% 5.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 427 854
10th Percentile £400 £400 £408
25th Percentile £444 £458 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £666 £669
90th Percentile £726 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 3
10th Percentile - £27.60 £32.00
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.38 £35.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -12.50% +196.30%
75th Percentile £29.41 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £45.94 £73.00 -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £72.10 £40.00
% change year-on-year -63.94% +80.26% +185.71%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,503 10,093 18,458
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.14% 39.53% 41.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,963 7,414 13,803
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 129 172
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £14.33
25th Percentile £16.60 £21.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +87.83% -28.13%
75th Percentile £45.31 £70.00 £62.24
90th Percentile £65.31 £75.20 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +62.79% -4.44%

SaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SaaS trend for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SaaS.

SaaS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SaaS over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

SaaS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SaaS.

SaaS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SaaS over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

SaaS hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (4.58%) Confluence
2 6 (1.96%) CMS
3 5 (1.63%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.98%) WordPress
6 2 (0.65%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.33%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.33%) Mule
Applications
1 18 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (5.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.29%) Trello
5 3 (0.98%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.31%) Workfront
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.65%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 95 (31.05%) PaaS
2 92 (30.07%) Azure
3 76 (24.84%) IaaS
4 75 (24.51%) AWS
5 22 (7.19%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (5.56%) GCP
7 16 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (4.90%) Google Workspace
9 14 (4.58%) GitHub
10 13 (4.25%) Miro
11 11 (3.59%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (3.59%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (3.27%) Serverless
13 8 (2.61%) Amazon S3
13 8 (2.61%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (2.61%) Nutanix
14 7 (2.29%) Rubrik
15 6 (1.96%) Entra ID
15 6 (1.96%) Power Platform
16 5 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.59%) Firewall
1 11 (3.59%) TCP/IP
2 9 (2.94%) NAS
3 8 (2.61%) DNS
3 8 (2.61%) Kerberos
3 8 (2.61%) SAN
4 7 (2.29%) DHCP
4 7 (2.29%) VLAN
5 4 (1.31%) Network Security
6 3 (0.98%) VPN
7 2 (0.65%) BGP
7 2 (0.65%) IPsec
7 2 (0.65%) LAN
7 2 (0.65%) OSPF
7 2 (0.65%) SSH
8 1 (0.33%) FTP
8 1 (0.33%) HTTP
8 1 (0.33%) Internet
8 1 (0.33%) VoIP
8 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.59%) Relational Database
1 11 (3.59%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.63%) MySQL
4 4 (1.31%) GIS
4 4 (1.31%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.31%) Power BI
5 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.98%) DB2
5 3 (0.98%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.98%) QlikView
6 2 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.65%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.33%) Sisense
7 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 26 (8.50%) JIRA
2 12 (3.92%) Git
3 11 (3.59%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.27%) SonarQube
5 9 (2.94%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.31%) GitLab
6 4 (1.31%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.31%) Selenium
6 4 (1.31%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.98%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.98%) webpack
8 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.65%) Snyk
9 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.33%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.33%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.33%) Travis CI
9 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.33%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 58 (18.95%) Finance
2 54 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 24 (7.84%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.54%) Legal
5 18 (5.88%) Marketing
6 13 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.25%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.94%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.61%) Banking
10 5 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.63%) Police
10 5 (1.63%) Retail
11 4 (1.31%) Back Office
11 4 (1.31%) French Language
11 4 (1.31%) German Language
12 3 (0.98%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.98%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.65%) Aviation
13 2 (0.65%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 51 (16.67%) Architect
2 38 (12.42%) Developer
3 36 (11.76%) Senior
4 28 (9.15%) Analyst
5 22 (7.19%) Solutions Architect
6 21 (6.86%) Business Analyst
6 21 (6.86%) Project Manager
7 18 (5.88%) Consultant
8 14 (4.58%) Lead
9 13 (4.25%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (2.94%) Senior Manager
11 8 (2.61%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (2.61%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (2.61%) Business IT Analyst
11 8 (2.61%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.61%) Integration Developer
11 8 (2.61%) IT Analyst
11 8 (2.61%) IT Business Analyst
11 8 (2.61%) Security Architect
12 7 (2.29%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.56%) React
2 13 (4.25%) .NET
2 13 (4.25%) ARM Templates
3 11 (3.59%) Node.js
3 11 (3.59%) REST
4 10 (3.27%) Azure Blueprints
4 10 (3.27%) CSS
5 9 (2.94%) HTML
6 8 (2.61%) LDAP
7 7 (2.29%) Middleware
7 7 (2.29%) SOAP
8 5 (1.63%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.63%) HTML5
8 5 (1.63%) OpenID
9 4 (1.31%) JSON
9 4 (1.31%) OAuth
9 4 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (1.31%) SAPUI5
10 3 (0.98%) Swagger
10 3 (0.98%) Twig
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 17 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.90%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.58%) Product Ownership
5 13 (4.25%) Virtual Team
6 10 (3.27%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.94%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.61%) Clustering
9 7 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.29%) Replication
10 6 (1.96%) Life Science
11 5 (1.63%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.63%) NHS
12 4 (1.31%) Distributed Applications
12 4 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.31%) IoT
12 4 (1.31%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.78%) Windows
2 19 (6.21%) Linux
3 11 (3.59%) Solaris
4 10 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.94%) Unix
6 7 (2.29%) Oracle Linux
6 7 (2.29%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.31%) VMS
8 3 (0.98%) Android
8 3 (0.98%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (31.37%) Agile
2 65 (21.24%) DevOps
3 52 (16.99%) Project Management
4 45 (14.71%) Migration
5 43 (14.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (10.78%) Cybersecurity
7 31 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (8.50%) Roadmaps
8 26 (8.50%) Test Automation
9 25 (8.17%) ERP
9 25 (8.17%) Scrum
10 22 (7.19%) Waterfall
11 18 (5.88%) Analytics
11 18 (5.88%) Containerisation
12 17 (5.56%) Customer Requirements
12 17 (5.56%) Data Migration
12 17 (5.56%) Deployment Automation
12 17 (5.56%) Information Security
12 17 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
12 17 (5.56%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.52%) Python
2 20 (6.54%) SQL
3 18 (5.88%) Java
4 16 (5.23%) PowerShell
5 13 (4.25%) JavaScript
6 12 (3.92%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.59%) Bash
8 10 (3.27%) C#
9 8 (2.61%) Ruby
10 3 (0.98%) C
10 3 (0.98%) PHP
11 2 (0.65%) ABAP
11 2 (0.65%) C++
12 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.33%) Bicep
12 1 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.33%) VBA
12 1 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (13.40%) Security Cleared
2 36 (11.76%) Degree
2 36 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.23%) PMP
4 15 (4.90%) PMI Certification
5 14 (4.58%) APMP
6 12 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.63%) CISSP
7 5 (1.63%) CTC Cleared
7 5 (1.63%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.31%) CISM
8 4 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.98%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.98%) ISEB
9 3 (0.98%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.65%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.65%) CRISC
10 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.65%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.33%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.88%) QA
2 12 (3.92%) GDPR
3 10 (3.27%) NCSC
4 8 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.96%) NIST
6 5 (1.63%) PMO
7 3 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.65%) GRC
8 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.33%) COPPA
9 1 (0.33%) GLBA
9 1 (0.33%) GxP
9 1 (0.33%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (7.84%) Docker
2 16 (5.23%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (10.13%) Terraform
2 26 (8.50%) Kubernetes
3 24 (7.84%) Ansible
4 7 (2.29%) EMC NetWorker
4 7 (2.29%) Netcool
4 7 (2.29%) Tivoli
4 7 (2.29%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 5 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.65%) Opsgenie
7 2 (0.65%) Packer
8 1 (0.33%) CASB
8 1 (0.33%) Grafana
8 1 (0.33%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 71 (23.20%) Microsoft
2 54 (17.65%) Oracle
3 22 (7.19%) Salesforce
4 20 (6.54%) Google
5 17 (5.56%) Splunk
6 13 (4.25%) SAP
7 12 (3.92%) ServiceNow
8 11 (3.59%) Dynatrace
9 10 (3.27%) CyberArk
9 10 (3.27%) HP
9 10 (3.27%) VMware
10 9 (2.94%) Cisco
10 9 (2.94%) Dell
11 7 (2.29%) EMC
11 7 (2.29%) Guidewire
11 7 (2.29%) IBM
11 7 (2.29%) Isilon
11 7 (2.29%) Qualys
11 7 (2.29%) Serena
12 5 (1.63%) Adobe