SaaS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 132 130
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing SaaS 292 444 612
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.44% 1.93% 2.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.56% 5.82% 6.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 326 452
10th Percentile £398 £400 £375
25th Percentile £437 £471 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £649
90th Percentile £675 £731 £714
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 3
10th Percentile - £15.38 £52.15
25th Percentile £25.50 £22.06 £59.13
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £75.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -53.64% +97.39%
75th Percentile £26.50 £70.24 £84.24
90th Percentile - £93.62 £86.63
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £67.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -61.48% +68.75% +185.71%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,254 7,633 9,840
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.89% 33.18% 32.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,726 5,635 7,234
10th Percentile £213 £250 £208
25th Percentile £375 £406 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 222 284
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.28
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £25.87 £19.63
Median % change year-on-year -31.49% +31.80% -1.88%
75th Percentile £27.25 £64.31 £31.69
90th Percentile £65.75 £75.00 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
North of England -7 79 £500 -9.09% 201
South East -37 73 £534 +1.67% 186
South West +27 55 £650 +18.18% 90
North West +10 54 £500 -4.76% 139
Midlands +2 42 £488 -8.24% 103
Scotland +20 39 £506 -3.57% 43
West Midlands -4 26 £510 -5.12% 72
Yorkshire -15 23 £538 -10.42% 49
East Midlands +18 16 £445 -16.24% 31
East of England -2 7 £450 -21.74% 29
Wales +18 3 £450 +5.88% 8
North East +9 2 £531 -21.30% 14
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 4 (1.37%) Confluence
2 2 (0.68%) ColdFusion
2 2 (0.68%) GeoServer
3 1 (0.34%) CMS
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (4.45%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.37%) Sketch
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.05%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.03%) Maximo
2 3 (1.03%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.03%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.68%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.34%) Relativity
4 1 (0.34%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.34%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 109 (37.33%) PaaS
2 88 (30.14%) IaaS
3 78 (26.71%) Azure
4 57 (19.52%) AWS
5 35 (11.99%) Cloud Computing
6 22 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (4.11%) Google Workspace
8 10 (3.42%) OCI
9 9 (3.08%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.74%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.40%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.71%) Azure API Management
13 5 (1.71%) Figma
13 5 (1.71%) GCP
14 4 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (1.37%) Miro
14 4 (1.37%) Serverless
15 3 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (10.62%) WAN
2 29 (9.93%) LAN
3 15 (5.14%) VoIP
4 14 (4.79%) PBX
5 9 (3.08%) Network Security
5 9 (3.08%) VPN
6 6 (2.05%) DNS
7 4 (1.37%) IPsec
8 3 (1.03%) Firewall
9 2 (0.68%) BGP
9 2 (0.68%) OSPF
9 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.68%) Wireless
10 1 (0.34%) Internet
10 1 (0.34%) MPLS
10 1 (0.34%) NaaS
10 1 (0.34%) SSL
10 1 (0.34%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.40%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.37%) DB2
4 4 (1.37%) GIS
4 4 (1.37%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.37%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.37%) Power BI
4 4 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.03%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.68%) MySQL
6 2 (0.68%) QlikView
6 2 (0.68%) Sisense
7 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (4.79%) JIRA
2 9 (3.08%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (1.71%) Git
3 5 (1.71%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.37%) Selenium
5 3 (1.03%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.03%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.68%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.68%) Subversion
6 2 (0.68%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.68%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.34%) ESLint
7 1 (0.34%) GitLab
7 1 (0.34%) MSI
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.34%) Travis CI
General
1 62 (21.23%) Public Sector
2 47 (16.10%) Social Skills
3 40 (13.70%) Finance
4 30 (10.27%) Legal
5 18 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.82%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.74%) Retail
8 7 (2.40%) Banking
8 7 (2.40%) Digital Economy
8 7 (2.40%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.40%) Marketing
9 5 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.03%) Back Office
11 2 (0.68%) Electronics
11 2 (0.68%) Games
11 2 (0.68%) Law
12 1 (0.34%) Billing
12 1 (0.34%) Military
12 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 84 (28.77%) Architect
2 43 (14.73%) Developer
3 34 (11.64%) Solutions Architect
4 27 (9.25%) Network Architect
5 25 (8.56%) Analyst
5 25 (8.56%) Project Manager
6 16 (5.48%) Senior
7 15 (5.14%) Business Analyst
7 15 (5.14%) IT Manager
8 13 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (4.45%) Lead
9 10 (3.42%) Service Manager
10 9 (3.08%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.74%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (2.74%) ERP Manager
11 8 (2.74%) ERP Project Manager
11 8 (2.74%) IT Services Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.74%) IT Services Manager
11 8 (2.74%) Procurement Officer
11 8 (2.74%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.16%) .NET
2 15 (5.14%) REST
3 13 (4.45%) React
4 9 (3.08%) Middleware
4 9 (3.08%) Web Services
5 7 (2.40%) SOAP
6 6 (2.05%) CSS
6 6 (2.05%) HTML
7 5 (1.71%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.71%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (1.37%) JSON
9 3 (1.03%) .NET Core
9 3 (1.03%) GraphQL
9 3 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (1.03%) Node.js
9 3 (1.03%) RESTful
9 3 (1.03%) Ruby on Rails
9 3 (1.03%) Visualforce
9 3 (1.03%) XML
10 2 (0.68%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.27%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.48%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (3.42%) Blackberry
3 10 (3.42%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.08%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.05%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.05%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.37%) IVR
7 4 (1.37%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.03%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.68%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.51%) Apple iOS
2 16 (5.48%) Windows
3 11 (3.77%) Android
4 6 (2.05%) Linux
5 4 (1.37%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.03%) Unix
7 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (26.03%) Agile
2 44 (15.07%) Migration
3 41 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (12.33%) Zero Trust
5 34 (11.64%) Open Source
6 33 (11.30%) Roadmaps
7 31 (10.62%) Waterfall
8 30 (10.27%) DevOps
8 30 (10.27%) ERP
8 30 (10.27%) Network Management
9 29 (9.93%) Business Strategy
10 26 (8.90%) Project Management
10 26 (8.90%) Service Management
11 22 (7.53%) Business Analysis
12 21 (7.19%) Decision-Making
12 21 (7.19%) Service Delivery
13 20 (6.85%) ITIL
13 20 (6.85%) Scrum
14 19 (6.51%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.53%) SQL
2 14 (4.79%) Java
3 12 (4.11%) JavaScript
4 11 (3.77%) C#
5 10 (3.42%) PowerShell
5 10 (3.42%) Python
6 9 (3.08%) Swift
7 8 (2.74%) PHP
8 7 (2.40%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.05%) Ruby
10 4 (1.37%) C
11 3 (1.03%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.68%) C++
12 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.68%) VBA
12 2 (0.68%) VBScript
13 1 (0.34%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 57 (19.52%) Security Cleared
2 41 (14.04%) DV Cleared
3 32 (10.96%) Degree
4 20 (6.85%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.45%) PMP
6 11 (3.77%) PMI Certification
7 10 (3.42%) APMP
8 8 (2.74%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (2.40%) HND
10 5 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.71%) CISSP
11 4 (1.37%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.37%) CCNP
11 4 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.37%) ISEB
11 4 (1.37%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.03%) CISM
13 2 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.42%) QA
2 6 (2.05%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.68%) GxP
4 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.34%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.34%) NIST
5 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (4.11%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.08%) Docker
4 6 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.37%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (2.74%) Kubernetes
1 8 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (2.05%) Terraform
4 2 (0.68%) SCCM
5 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.34%) QRadar
Vendors
1 73 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 44 (15.07%) Oracle
3 27 (9.25%) Google
4 17 (5.82%) Salesforce
5 15 (5.14%) Cisco
6 13 (4.45%) VMware
7 12 (4.11%) Juniper
8 11 (3.77%) Okta
8 11 (3.77%) SAP
9 10 (3.42%) Avaya
9 10 (3.42%) Ericsson
9 10 (3.42%) Nokia
9 10 (3.42%) Ribbon
10 9 (3.08%) IBM
11 8 (2.74%) Sage
11 8 (2.74%) ServiceNow
12 7 (2.40%) Citrix
12 7 (2.40%) Guidewire
13 6 (2.05%) HP
14 5 (1.71%) Workday