SaaS Contracts in England

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 133 114
Rank change year-on-year -11 -19 +14
Contract jobs citing SaaS 600 917 1,697
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.63% 1.93% 2.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.08% 5.33% 6.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 659 1,285
10th Percentile £386 £404 £400
25th Percentile £445 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 11 7
10th Percentile £23.53 £17.75 -
25th Percentile £25.44 £30.38 £35.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £67.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.48% +58.82% +203.57%
75th Percentile £31.94 £82.24 £66.38
90th Percentile £41.31 £83.00 £83.44
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £67.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -61.48% +68.75% +185.71%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,806 17,214 27,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.00% 36.26% 38.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,506 12,625 20,019
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 287 322
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.98 £18.72 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £38.75 £70.00 £45.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £38.78 £22.40
% change year-on-year -44.66% +73.10% +2.47%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in England

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SaaS in England

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in England

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in England

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SaaS in England

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London -2 331 £525 -8.70% 555
North of England -1 81 £500 -9.09% 193
South East -31 74 £530 +4.43% 168
South West +32 54 £650 +18.18% 90
North West +11 50 £500 -6.98% 141
Midlands +5 43 £475 -13.64% 113
Yorkshire 0 29 £525 -9.21% 41
West Midlands -12 26 £500 -9.09% 75
East Midlands +19 17 £445 -11.44% 38
East of England -9 7 £450 -20.35% 51
North East +8 2 £531 -21.30% 11
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 18 (3.00%) Confluence
2 8 (1.33%) CMS
2 8 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.00%) Anypoint
4 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.83%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 4 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.67%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.50%) SAS
6 3 (0.50%) WordPress
7 2 (0.33%) ColdFusion
7 2 (0.33%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.33%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Apache
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.17%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.17%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.67%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 5 (0.83%) Workfront
3 4 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.50%) Maximo
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.50%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (0.33%) Relativity
5 2 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.33%) Shopify
5 2 (0.33%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 202 (33.67%) PaaS
2 165 (27.50%) IaaS
3 159 (26.50%) Azure
4 134 (22.33%) AWS
5 51 (8.50%) Cloud Computing
6 41 (6.83%) Serverless
7 37 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (3.83%) Entra ID
9 22 (3.67%) GCP
9 22 (3.67%) Power Platform
10 21 (3.50%) Google Workspace
11 17 (2.83%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (2.33%) OCI
14 10 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (1.50%) Amazon S3
16 8 (1.33%) Amazon EventBridge
16 8 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (1.17%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 42 (7.00%) Firewall
2 36 (6.00%) LAN
3 34 (5.67%) WAN
4 24 (4.00%) DNS
5 21 (3.50%) VoIP
6 16 (2.67%) PBX
7 11 (1.83%) TCP/IP
8 10 (1.67%) DHCP
8 10 (1.67%) Network Security
8 10 (1.67%) VPN
9 7 (1.17%) IPsec
9 7 (1.17%) NAS
10 6 (1.00%) Kerberos
10 6 (1.00%) SAN
10 6 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.83%) HTTP
11 5 (0.83%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.83%) Internet
11 5 (0.83%) SSH
11 5 (0.83%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.33%) NoSQL
3 16 (2.67%) Power BI
4 14 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (1.83%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.67%) MySQL
8 9 (1.50%) Big Data
9 8 (1.33%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.17%) DB2
11 6 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.00%) Tableau
12 5 (0.83%) Tableau Server
13 4 (0.67%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.67%) GIS
14 3 (0.50%) OLAP
14 3 (0.50%) OLTP
14 3 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
14 3 (0.50%) QlikView
14 3 (0.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 33 (5.50%) JIRA
2 19 (3.17%) Git
3 17 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.83%) TeamCity
4 11 (1.83%) Visual Studio
5 9 (1.50%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.83%) webpack
7 4 (0.67%) GitLab
7 4 (0.67%) Selenium
8 3 (0.50%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.33%) gulp
9 2 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.33%) Postman
9 2 (0.33%) Snyk
9 2 (0.33%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.17%) ESLint
10 1 (0.17%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.17%) JUnit
10 1 (0.17%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 117 (19.50%) Finance
1 117 (19.50%) Social Skills
2 66 (11.00%) Public Sector
3 40 (6.67%) Legal
4 38 (6.33%) Marketing
5 37 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (5.33%) Banking
7 27 (4.50%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (2.67%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.50%) Retail
11 12 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.17%) Digital Economy
12 7 (1.17%) Games
13 5 (0.83%) Billing
13 5 (0.83%) Law
13 5 (0.83%) Police
14 4 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.67%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 169 (28.17%) Architect
2 65 (10.83%) Developer
2 65 (10.83%) Solutions Architect
3 61 (10.17%) Analyst
4 58 (9.67%) Senior
5 42 (7.00%) Project Manager
6 39 (6.50%) Business Analyst
7 35 (5.83%) Security Architect
8 33 (5.50%) Cloud Architect
9 31 (5.17%) Lead
9 31 (5.17%) Network Architect
10 24 (4.00%) Consultant
11 19 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
11 19 (3.17%) IT Manager
11 19 (3.17%) Senior Architect
12 18 (3.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (2.83%) Senior Security Architect
14 14 (2.33%) Service Manager
15 13 (2.17%) Enterprise Architect
15 13 (2.17%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.00%) REST
2 24 (4.00%) .NET
3 23 (3.83%) Node.js
3 23 (3.83%) React
4 17 (2.83%) Middleware
5 15 (2.50%) CSS
6 14 (2.33%) HTML
6 14 (2.33%) SOAP
7 13 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
8 12 (2.00%) SAML
9 11 (1.83%) LDAP
10 10 (1.67%) OpenID
11 9 (1.50%) Web Services
12 8 (1.33%) OAuth
12 8 (1.33%) Swagger
13 7 (1.17%) GraphQL
13 7 (1.17%) JSON
13 7 (1.17%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (1.17%) Spring
13 7 (1.17%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 24 (4.00%) Public Cloud
3 20 (3.33%) Product Ownership
3 20 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
4 19 (3.17%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.17%) Mobile App
5 16 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (2.67%) IoT
5 16 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.50%) Cloud Native
7 14 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (2.33%) Virtual Team
8 13 (2.17%) Enterprise Cloud
9 12 (2.00%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.83%) Clustering
11 10 (1.67%) Blackberry
12 8 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.33%) Mainframe
13 7 (1.17%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 44 (7.33%) Windows
2 34 (5.67%) Linux
3 17 (2.83%) Apple iOS
4 12 (2.00%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.33%) Android
6 7 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.00%) Solaris
8 5 (0.83%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.83%) Unix
9 3 (0.50%) VMS
9 3 (0.50%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (25.67%) Agile
2 73 (12.17%) Migration
3 65 (10.83%) DevOps
4 61 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (10.17%) Project Management
5 59 (9.83%) Roadmaps
5 59 (9.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 56 (9.33%) ERP
7 49 (8.17%) Cloud Security
8 47 (7.83%) Information Security
9 45 (7.50%) Infrastructure as Code
10 44 (7.33%) Security Architecture
11 43 (7.17%) Decision-Making
12 42 (7.00%) Microservices
12 42 (7.00%) Scrum
13 41 (6.83%) Business Strategy
14 40 (6.67%) CI/CD
15 39 (6.50%) Zero Trust
16 38 (6.33%) Waterfall
17 37 (6.17%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 53 (8.83%) SQL
2 37 (6.17%) Python
3 34 (5.67%) PowerShell
4 19 (3.17%) Java
4 19 (3.17%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.17%) Bash
5 13 (2.17%) C#
5 13 (2.17%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.50%) C
6 9 (1.50%) Swift
7 8 (1.33%) PL/SQL
7 8 (1.33%) Ruby
8 7 (1.17%) Apex Code
9 6 (1.00%) PHP
10 4 (0.67%) Go
10 4 (0.67%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (0.50%) Rust
12 2 (0.33%) Bicep
13 1 (0.17%) C++
13 1 (0.17%) CLIST
Qualifications
1 90 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 72 (12.00%) Degree
3 46 (7.67%) SC Cleared
4 45 (7.50%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.33%) PMP
6 16 (2.67%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.33%) APMP
8 12 (2.00%) CISSP
9 10 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.33%) CISM
10 8 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.17%) CCNP
11 7 (1.17%) HND
11 7 (1.17%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.00%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.83%) CTC Cleared
14 4 (0.67%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.67%) GIAC
14 4 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.17%) QA
2 23 (3.83%) NIST
3 19 (3.17%) GDPR
4 9 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.33%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.00%) SLA
7 4 (0.67%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.33%) GRC
9 2 (0.33%) GxP
9 2 (0.33%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.33%) PMO
9 2 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.17%) COPPA
10 1 (0.17%) GLBA
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 42 (7.00%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.50%) Docker
3 19 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.67%) Firmware
5 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.17%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 46 (7.67%) Terraform
2 34 (5.67%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (2.33%) Ansible
5 11 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.83%) EMC NetWorker
6 5 (0.83%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.83%) Netcool
6 5 (0.83%) Tivoli
6 5 (0.83%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 4 (0.67%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.50%) SCCM
9 2 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.17%) Grafana
10 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.17%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.17%) OMEGAMON
10 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 131 (21.83%) Microsoft
2 81 (13.50%) Oracle
3 45 (7.50%) Google
4 41 (6.83%) Salesforce
5 32 (5.33%) ServiceNow
6 31 (5.17%) Cisco
7 28 (4.67%) SAP
8 23 (3.83%) VMware
9 17 (2.83%) IBM
10 16 (2.67%) Okta
11 12 (2.00%) Avaya
11 12 (2.00%) Juniper
11 12 (2.00%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.67%) CyberArk
12 10 (1.67%) Ericsson
12 10 (1.67%) HP
12 10 (1.67%) Nokia
12 10 (1.67%) Ribbon
12 10 (1.67%) Workday
13 9 (1.50%) Sage