SaaS Contracts in Manchester

Software as a Service (SaaS)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 68 88
Rank change year-on-year +3 +20 -11
Contract jobs citing SaaS 32 39 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.22% 2.19% 2.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.03% 5.28% 5.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 36 43
10th Percentile £413 £428 £408
25th Percentile £422 £469 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +0.48%
75th Percentile £600 £617 £634
90th Percentile £623 £686 £685
North West median daily rate £500 £538 £475
% change year-on-year -6.98% +13.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.50 - -
Median hourly rate £26.00 - -
75th Percentile £26.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £26.00 - -

All Cloud Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 531 739 1,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 36.82% 41.42% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 564 814
10th Percentile £313 £325 £277
25th Percentile £413 £421 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +12.90%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £615
90th Percentile £650 £650 £673
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 18 26
10th Percentile £22.90 £15.92 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £18.88 £15.50
Median hourly rate £67.00 £37.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.62% +35.64% +71.88%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £74.10 - £81.00
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £27.20 £26.40
% change year-on-year -40.96% +3.05% +50.83%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in Manchester

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for SaaS in Manchester

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in Manchester

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in Manchester

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 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
Salford - 1 - - 4
SaaS
North West

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 17 (53.13%) PaaS
2 16 (50.00%) IaaS
3 11 (34.38%) Azure
4 7 (21.88%) AWS
5 4 (12.50%) Google Workspace
6 2 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (6.25%) Miro
7 1 (3.13%) Amazon S3
7 1 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.13%) BigCommerce
7 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (3.13%) GCP
7 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) Network Security
2 1 (3.13%) BGP
2 1 (3.13%) NaaS
2 1 (3.13%) OSPF
2 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (6.25%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.13%) MySQL
2 1 (3.13%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
2 1 (3.13%) Cypress.io
2 1 (3.13%) Git
2 1 (3.13%) GitLab
2 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.13%) Selenium
2 1 (3.13%) Travis CI
General
1 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
3 4 (12.50%) Finance
3 4 (12.50%) Legal
4 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Billing
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Architect
2 4 (12.50%) Developer
2 4 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (9.38%) Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 3 (9.38%) Security Architect
4 2 (6.25%) AWS Architect
4 2 (6.25%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (6.25%) Full Stack Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) React Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Billing Business Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Data Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) Migration Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Python Developer
5 1 (3.13%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) React
2 3 (9.38%) Middleware
2 3 (9.38%) Node.js
3 2 (6.25%) .NET
3 2 (6.25%) REST
4 1 (3.13%) Django
4 1 (3.13%) Express.js
4 1 (3.13%) Gherkin
4 1 (3.13%) GraphQL
4 1 (3.13%) HTML
4 1 (3.13%) HTML5
4 1 (3.13%) koa
4 1 (3.13%) Lambda Expressions
4 1 (3.13%) Redux
4 1 (3.13%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
1 4 (12.50%) Virtual Team
2 3 (9.38%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.13%) Digital Signage
3 1 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Windows
2 3 (9.38%) Linux
2 3 (9.38%) Unix
3 1 (3.13%) Android
3 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Agile
2 5 (15.63%) DevOps
3 4 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (12.50%) Design Patterns
3 4 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
3 4 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (12.50%) TOGAF
4 3 (9.38%) Analytics
4 3 (9.38%) Architectural Design
4 3 (9.38%) Decision-Making
4 3 (9.38%) Identity Management
4 3 (9.38%) Information Security
4 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
4 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.38%) Risk Management
4 3 (9.38%) Roadmaps
4 3 (9.38%) Scrum
4 3 (9.38%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) TypeScript
2 2 (6.25%) Java
2 2 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) PHP
3 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) Degree
2 4 (12.50%) APMP
2 4 (12.50%) CISSP
2 4 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 4 (12.50%) PMP
3 3 (9.38%) CISM
4 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.13%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
1 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Terraform
2 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) Oracle
3 5 (15.63%) Google
4 4 (12.50%) Salesforce
5 2 (6.25%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.13%) Cisco
6 1 (3.13%) MuleSoft
6 1 (3.13%) Rapid7
6 1 (3.13%) Remedy
6 1 (3.13%) SAP
6 1 (3.13%) Sophos
6 1 (3.13%) VMware
6 1 (3.13%) Workday