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 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 131 129 107
Rank change year-on-year -2 -22 +32
Contract jobs citing SaaS 331 516 999
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.89% 2.03% 2.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.86% 5.20% 6.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 373 778
10th Percentile £386 £409 £413
25th Percentile £441 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -1.71% +11.43%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £798 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 4
10th Percentile £23.31 £41.95 -
25th Percentile £25.00 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £28.50 £80.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.38% +128.57% -16.17%
75th Percentile £33.75 £82.50 £37.19
90th Percentile £42.38 £82.80 £41.13
England median hourly rate £26.00 £67.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -61.48% +58.82% +203.57%

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 6,813 9,929 15,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.91% 39.04% 41.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,022 7,303 12,008
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 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 78 66
10th Percentile £17.16 £19.68 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £52.50 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.48% +28.05% +3.80%
75th Percentile £38.13 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £59.50 £90.00 £80.63
England median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 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
Central London -9 30 £525 -10.64% 38
West London +17 5 £525 +7.69% 22
South London +7 3 £303 -38.42% 1
North London - 3 £425 - 5
East London -18 2 £658 -12.33% 7
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 (4.23%) Confluence
2 7 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.81%) Anypoint
3 6 (1.81%) CMS
4 5 (1.51%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 4 (1.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.21%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.91%) WordPress
7 2 (0.60%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.30%) Apache
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%) SAS
8 1 (0.30%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.91%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.51%) Workfront
2 4 (1.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.60%) Shopify
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.30%) Relativity
5 1 (0.30%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.30%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 93 (28.10%) PaaS
2 89 (26.89%) Azure
3 75 (22.66%) IaaS
4 71 (21.45%) AWS
5 35 (10.57%) Serverless
6 17 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (4.83%) GCP
8 15 (4.53%) Power Platform
9 14 (4.23%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (4.23%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (4.23%) Entra ID
10 12 (3.63%) OCI
11 11 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (2.72%) Google Workspace
13 8 (2.42%) Amazon EventBridge
14 6 (1.81%) Apigee
14 6 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.81%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.48%) Firewall
2 19 (5.74%) DNS
3 9 (2.72%) DHCP
4 7 (2.11%) LAN
4 7 (2.11%) NAS
4 7 (2.11%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.81%) IPsec
5 6 (1.81%) SAN
6 5 (1.51%) HTTP
6 5 (1.51%) HTTPS
6 5 (1.51%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.51%) SSH
6 5 (1.51%) VLAN
7 4 (1.21%) SMS
7 4 (1.21%) VoIP
7 4 (1.21%) VPN
7 4 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.91%) Internet
8 3 (0.91%) SSL
8 3 (0.91%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.44%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.14%) NoSQL
3 12 (3.63%) Power BI
4 8 (2.42%) Big Data
4 8 (2.42%) MySQL
5 7 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.11%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.51%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.51%) Tableau
8 4 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.21%) Tableau Server
9 3 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.91%) OLAP
9 3 (0.91%) OLTP
9 3 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.60%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.60%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.30%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 20 (6.04%) JIRA
2 18 (5.44%) Git
3 15 (4.53%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.32%) TeamCity
5 6 (1.81%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.51%) webpack
7 3 (0.91%) GitLab
8 2 (0.60%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.60%) gulp
8 2 (0.60%) Postman
8 2 (0.60%) Selenium
8 2 (0.60%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.30%) JUnit
9 1 (0.30%) Maven
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.30%) TestNG
9 1 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 79 (23.87%) Finance
2 73 (22.05%) Social Skills
3 31 (9.37%) Marketing
4 22 (6.65%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.34%) Banking
6 12 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.32%) Legal
8 10 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.72%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.11%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.81%) Retail
12 5 (1.51%) Games
12 5 (1.51%) Police
13 4 (1.21%) Billing
13 4 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.21%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.21%) Local Government
14 3 (0.91%) Back Office
14 3 (0.91%) Law
Job Titles
1 90 (27.19%) Architect
2 45 (13.60%) Senior
3 39 (11.78%) Analyst
4 33 (9.97%) Solutions Architect
5 30 (9.06%) Security Architect
6 26 (7.85%) Cloud Architect
7 24 (7.25%) Business Analyst
7 24 (7.25%) Developer
8 21 (6.34%) Lead
9 18 (5.44%) Project Manager
9 18 (5.44%) Senior Architect
10 17 (5.14%) Consultant
10 17 (5.14%) Senior Security Architect
11 11 (3.32%) Azure Architect
12 10 (3.02%) Cloud Security Architect
12 10 (3.02%) DevOps Engineer
12 10 (3.02%) Enterprise Architect
13 9 (2.72%) AWS Engineer
13 9 (2.72%) Delivery Manager
13 9 (2.72%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.04%) Node.js
2 19 (5.74%) REST
3 12 (3.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 12 (3.63%) React
3 12 (3.63%) SAML
4 11 (3.32%) LDAP
5 10 (3.02%) .NET
5 10 (3.02%) OpenID
5 10 (3.02%) SOAP
6 9 (2.72%) CSS
7 8 (2.42%) HTML
8 7 (2.11%) Middleware
8 7 (2.11%) OAuth
8 7 (2.11%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (2.11%) Spring
8 7 (2.11%) Swagger
9 6 (1.81%) ActiveMQ
9 6 (1.81%) Apache Camel
9 6 (1.81%) OpenAPI
9 6 (1.81%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.44%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.14%) Mobile App
3 16 (4.83%) IoT
4 14 (4.23%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.93%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.93%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (3.93%) Public Cloud
6 11 (3.32%) Clustering
6 11 (3.32%) Management Information System
7 10 (3.02%) Enterprise Cloud
7 10 (3.02%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.11%) Client/Server
9 7 (2.11%) Replication
9 7 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.81%) Augmented Reality
10 6 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.81%) Virtual Reality
11 5 (1.51%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.85%) Linux
1 26 (7.85%) Windows
2 8 (2.42%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.81%) Solaris
5 5 (1.51%) Oracle Linux
6 3 (0.91%) VMS
6 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.60%) Unix
8 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (23.87%) Agile
2 40 (12.08%) DevOps
3 39 (11.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 38 (11.48%) Cloud Security
5 37 (11.18%) Migration
5 37 (11.18%) Security Architecture
6 34 (10.27%) Project Management
6 34 (10.27%) Roadmaps
7 32 (9.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (9.37%) CI/CD
8 31 (9.37%) ERP
9 29 (8.76%) B2B
9 29 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (7.85%) Information Security
11 23 (6.95%) Cybersecurity
12 22 (6.65%) DevSecOps
13 21 (6.34%) Decision-Making
13 21 (6.34%) Microservices
13 21 (6.34%) Scrum
13 21 (6.34%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.57%) SQL
2 29 (8.76%) Python
3 24 (7.25%) PowerShell
4 12 (3.63%) Bash
5 10 (3.02%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.72%) Java
7 7 (2.11%) C#
7 7 (2.11%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.51%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.21%) C
9 4 (1.21%) Go
9 4 (1.21%) Google Apps Script
10 3 (0.91%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.91%) Rust
11 2 (0.60%) Ruby
12 1 (0.30%) Bicep
12 1 (0.30%) C++
Qualifications
1 44 (13.29%) Degree
2 33 (9.97%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.85%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.72%) 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 (1.21%) APMP
7 4 (1.21%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.91%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.91%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.91%) CCIE
8 3 (0.91%) CCNP
8 3 (0.91%) CISM
8 3 (0.91%) CRISC
8 3 (0.91%) GIAC
9 2 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.65%) NIST
2 20 (6.04%) QA
3 19 (5.74%) GDPR
4 7 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.81%) SLA
6 5 (1.51%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.60%) GRC
9 2 (0.60%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.60%) PMO
9 2 (0.60%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.30%) COPPA
10 1 (0.30%) GLBA
10 1 (0.30%) ISAE 3402
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 30 (9.06%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.83%) Docker
3 7 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.21%) Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (11.48%) Terraform
2 23 (6.95%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.23%) Ansible
4 9 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.51%) EMC NetWorker
5 5 (1.51%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.51%) Netcool
5 5 (1.51%) Tivoli
5 5 (1.51%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (1.21%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.30%) CASB
9 1 (0.30%) Grafana
9 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 64 (19.34%) Microsoft
2 52 (15.71%) Oracle
3 23 (6.95%) Salesforce
3 23 (6.95%) ServiceNow
4 18 (5.44%) Google
5 17 (5.14%) SAP
6 14 (4.23%) Cisco
7 10 (3.02%) CyberArk
8 8 (2.42%) Dell
8 8 (2.42%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.42%) Okta
8 8 (2.42%) VMware
9 7 (2.11%) HP
9 7 (2.11%) IBM
10 6 (1.81%) Adobe
10 6 (1.81%) Cloudera
10 6 (1.81%) Splunk
10 6 (1.81%) Workday
10 6 (1.81%) WSO2
11 5 (1.51%) Isilon