SaaS Contracts in London

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 124 108
Rank change year-on-year 0 -16 +28
Contract jobs citing SaaS 332 529 980
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.90% 2.04% 2.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.94% 5.24% 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 374 758
10th Percentile £398 £410 £413
25th Percentile £441 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £684
90th Percentile £775 £800 £770
England median daily rate £536 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 5
10th Percentile £23.09 £41.95 -
25th Percentile £25.00 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £27.25 £80.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.94% +128.57% -4.76%
75th Percentile £34.84 £82.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £43.44 £82.80 £55.75
England median hourly rate £26.00 £72.10 £46.25
% change year-on-year -63.94% +55.90% +131.25%

All Cloud Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,721 10,094 15,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.49% 38.94% 41.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,954 7,408 12,007
10th Percentile £350 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £765
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 81 82
10th Percentile £17.32 £20.00 £19.80
25th Percentile £22.00 £25.00 £24.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £52.50 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -50.48% +30.43% +20.15%
75th Percentile £38.28 £75.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £59.88 £88.30 £79.43
England median hourly rate £21.00 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -34.98% +50.23% -

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in London

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for SaaS in London

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in London

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in London

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SaaS in London

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Central London -2 35 £525 -8.70% 38
West London +18 5 £525 +10.53% 23
East London -15 4 £775 +3.33% 6
South London +10 3 £303 -38.42% 5
North London - 3 £425 - 3
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (4.22%) Confluence
2 7 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.81%) CMS
4 5 (1.51%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.20%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.90%) WordPress
7 2 (0.60%) Apache
7 2 (0.60%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.30%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.30%) IIS
8 1 (0.30%) Mule
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.30%) SAS
8 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.90%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (1.20%) Workfront
2 3 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle FAH
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.60%) Shopify
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.30%) Relativity
4 1 (0.30%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.30%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 88 (26.51%) PaaS
2 87 (26.20%) Azure
3 81 (24.40%) IaaS
4 70 (21.08%) AWS
5 32 (9.64%) Serverless
6 16 (4.82%) GCP
6 16 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.52%) Cloud Computing
7 15 (4.52%) Entra ID
8 14 (4.22%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (3.01%) Power Platform
11 9 (2.71%) Google Workspace
12 8 (2.41%) Amazon EventBridge
13 7 (2.11%) GitHub
14 6 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (1.81%) Nutanix
14 6 (1.81%) OCI
14 6 (1.81%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.45%) Firewall
2 21 (6.33%) DNS
3 11 (3.31%) DHCP
4 8 (2.41%) NAS
4 8 (2.41%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.11%) SAN
6 6 (1.81%) HTTP
6 6 (1.81%) IPsec
6 6 (1.81%) Kerberos
6 6 (1.81%) LAN
6 6 (1.81%) VLAN
7 5 (1.51%) HTTPS
8 4 (1.20%) SMS
8 4 (1.20%) SSH
8 4 (1.20%) VoIP
8 4 (1.20%) VPN
8 4 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.90%) Internet
9 3 (0.90%) MPLS
9 3 (0.90%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.12%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.82%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.41%) MySQL
4 7 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.11%) Power BI
4 7 (2.11%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.51%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.20%) Big Data
7 3 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.90%) OLAP
7 3 (0.90%) OLTP
8 2 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.60%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.60%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.60%) Redis
9 1 (0.30%) IBM InfoSphere
9 1 (0.30%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 19 (5.72%) Git
1 19 (5.72%) JIRA
2 15 (4.52%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.31%) TeamCity
4 6 (1.81%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.51%) webpack
6 3 (0.90%) GitLab
7 2 (0.60%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.60%) gulp
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.60%) Postman
7 2 (0.60%) Selenium
7 2 (0.60%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.30%) Maven
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.30%) TestNG
8 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 80 (24.10%) Finance
2 75 (22.59%) Social Skills
3 33 (9.94%) Marketing
4 20 (6.02%) Banking
5 19 (5.72%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.01%) Legal
9 9 (2.71%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.11%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.51%) Games
11 5 (1.51%) Police
11 5 (1.51%) Retail
12 4 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.20%) Health Technology
12 4 (1.20%) Local Government
13 3 (0.90%) Back Office
13 3 (0.90%) German Language
13 3 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 92 (27.71%) Architect
2 44 (13.25%) Senior
3 35 (10.54%) Analyst
4 31 (9.34%) Solutions Architect
5 30 (9.04%) Security Architect
6 25 (7.53%) Cloud Architect
7 24 (7.23%) Business Analyst
8 23 (6.93%) Developer
9 21 (6.33%) Lead
10 20 (6.02%) Project Manager
11 18 (5.42%) Senior Architect
12 17 (5.12%) Senior Security Architect
13 16 (4.82%) Consultant
14 11 (3.31%) Azure Architect
14 11 (3.31%) Enterprise Architect
15 10 (3.01%) Cloud Security Architect
15 10 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
16 9 (2.71%) AWS Engineer
16 9 (2.71%) Delivery Manager
16 9 (2.71%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.02%) Node.js
2 19 (5.72%) REST
3 13 (3.92%) SAML
4 12 (3.61%) LDAP
4 12 (3.61%) React
5 11 (3.31%) OpenID
6 10 (3.01%) CSS
7 9 (2.71%) .NET
7 9 (2.71%) HTML
7 9 (2.71%) SOAP
8 8 (2.41%) OAuth
9 7 (2.11%) Middleware
10 6 (1.81%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
10 6 (1.81%) Spring
10 6 (1.81%) Swagger
11 5 (1.51%) Apache Camel
11 5 (1.51%) OAuth2
11 5 (1.51%) RAML
11 5 (1.51%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.12%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.82%) IoT
2 16 (4.82%) Mobile App
3 15 (4.52%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.52%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (3.61%) Public Cloud
6 11 (3.31%) Clustering
7 10 (3.01%) Enterprise Cloud
7 10 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.01%) Management Information System
7 10 (3.01%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.11%) Client/Server
8 7 (2.11%) Replication
8 7 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.81%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.81%) Virtual Reality
10 5 (1.51%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.83%) Linux
1 26 (7.83%) Windows
2 9 (2.71%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (2.41%) Solaris
4 6 (1.81%) Oracle Linux
5 3 (0.90%) Unix
5 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.30%) VMS
6 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (22.59%) Agile
2 41 (12.35%) DevOps
2 41 (12.35%) Migration
3 39 (11.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 37 (11.14%) Cloud Security
4 37 (11.14%) Security Architecture
5 35 (10.54%) Project Management
5 35 (10.54%) Roadmaps
6 32 (9.64%) CI/CD
7 31 (9.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 30 (9.04%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (8.43%) ERP
9 28 (8.43%) Information Security
10 26 (7.83%) B2B
11 23 (6.93%) SDLC
12 22 (6.63%) Decision-Making
12 22 (6.63%) DevSecOps
12 22 (6.63%) Microservices
13 21 (6.33%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (6.02%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 34 (10.24%) Python
2 29 (8.73%) SQL
3 23 (6.93%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.92%) Bash
5 10 (3.01%) Java
6 9 (2.71%) C#
6 9 (2.71%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.11%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.51%) Go
9 4 (1.20%) C
9 4 (1.20%) Google Apps Script
9 4 (1.20%) Ruby
10 3 (0.90%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.90%) Rust
11 1 (0.30%) Bicep
11 1 (0.30%) C++
11 1 (0.30%) PHP
11 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (12.35%) Degree
2 24 (7.23%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.42%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.11%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.11%) PMP
6 5 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.51%) CISSP
6 5 (1.51%) CTC Cleared
6 5 (1.51%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.20%) APMP
7 4 (1.20%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.90%) CCIE
8 3 (0.90%) CCNP
8 3 (0.90%) CISM
8 3 (0.90%) CRISC
8 3 (0.90%) GIAC
9 2 (0.60%) CISA
9 2 (0.60%) ISEB
9 2 (0.60%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.33%) NIST
1 21 (6.33%) QA
2 20 (6.02%) GDPR
3 7 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.51%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.51%) SLA
5 4 (1.20%) PMO
6 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.60%) GRC
7 2 (0.60%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.60%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) COPPA
8 1 (0.30%) GLBA
8 1 (0.30%) ISAE 3402
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 29 (8.73%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.82%) Docker
3 8 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.20%) Firmware
5 1 (0.30%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (11.45%) Terraform
2 20 (6.02%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.52%) Ansible
4 9 (2.71%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.81%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (1.81%) Netcool
5 6 (1.81%) Tivoli
5 6 (1.81%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (1.51%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.60%) Grafana
9 1 (0.30%) CASB
9 1 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.30%) Puppet
9 1 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 65 (19.58%) Microsoft
2 46 (13.86%) Oracle
3 20 (6.02%) Salesforce
4 19 (5.72%) ServiceNow
5 17 (5.12%) Google
5 17 (5.12%) SAP
6 16 (4.82%) Cisco
7 11 (3.31%) Okta
8 10 (3.01%) CyberArk
9 9 (2.71%) Dell
9 9 (2.71%) VMware
10 8 (2.41%) HP
10 8 (2.41%) IBM
11 7 (2.11%) Adobe
11 7 (2.11%) MuleSoft
11 7 (2.11%) Splunk
12 6 (1.81%) EMC
12 6 (1.81%) Isilon
12 6 (1.81%) Qualys
12 6 (1.81%) Workday