SaaS Contract Job Trends in Central London
Software as a Service (SaaS)
London > Central London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London citing SaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 79 | 72 | 91 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | +19 | +7 |
| Contract jobs citing SaaS | 72 | 59 | 38 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Central London | 3.15% | 3.15% | 1.63% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 7.29% | 7.74% | 4.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 54 | 42 | 29 |
| 10th Percentile | £414 | £414 | £443 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | £476 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £644 | £575 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.96% | -8.00% | +6.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £775 | £771 | £695 |
| 90th Percentile | £875 | £838 | £833 |
| London median daily rate | £590 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £63.75 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £67.50 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £82.50 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £86.25 | - | - |
| London median hourly rate | £59.75 | £26.30 | £31.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +127.19% | -15.84% | -43.18% |
All Cloud Computing Skills
Central 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 citing cloud computing skills in Central London.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing cloud computing skills | 987 | 762 | 928 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London | 43.12% | 40.68% | 39.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 702 | 555 | 604 |
| 10th Percentile | £335 | £335 | £396 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £570 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -3.51% | +3.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £660 | £653 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £745 | £750 |
| London median daily rate | £550 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 13 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.60 | £19.85 | £29.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.50 | £25.47 | £33.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £34.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.76% | -2.86% | +68.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £52.16 | £49.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.75 | £63.81 | £75.25 |
| London median hourly rate | £32.12 | £26.30 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.11% | -24.86% | -9.68% |
SaaS Job Vacancy Trend in Central London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.
SaaS Daily Rate Trend in Central London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SaaS.
SaaS Daily Rate Histogram in Central London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Central London over the 6 months to 31 October 2026.
SaaS Hourly Rate Trend in Central London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SaaS.
SaaS Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Central London over the 6 months to 31 October 2026.
SaaS Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 31 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of London | -15 | 59 | £675 | +17.39% | 32 |
| West End of London | - | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| City of Westminster | - | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| Southwark | -5 | 1 | £600 | -17.24% | 1 |
| Camden | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Kensington and Chelsea | - | 1 | £638 | - | |
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SaaS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 25.0% | 18 |
| 2 | AWS | 19.4% | 14 |
| 3 | Entra ID | 15.3% | 11 |
| 4 | Microsoft 365 | 11.1% | 8 |
| 5 | Azure DevOps | 9.7% | 7 |
| 5 | Power Platform | 9.7% | 7 |
| 7 | Serverless | 8.3% | 6 |
| 8 | AWS Lambda | 6.9% | 5 |
| 8 | GCP | 6.9% | 5 |
| 10 | Amazon SQS | 5.6% | 4 |
| 10 | Azure Data Factory | 5.6% | 4 |
| 10 | Azure Stack | 5.6% | 4 |
| 10 | Azure Synapse Analytics | 5.6% | 4 |
| 10 | IaaS | 5.6% | 4 |
| 10 | OneDrive | 5.6% | 4 |
| 10 | PaaS | 5.6% | 4 |
| 17 | OCI | 4.2% | 3 |
| 18 | Amazon S3 | 2.8% | 2 |
| 18 | AtomSphere | 2.8% | 2 |
| 18 | Boomi | 2.8% | 2 |