Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 11 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 142 | 124 | 115 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -18 | -9 | +20 |
| Contract jobs citing SaaS | 710 | 1,183 | 2,020 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.65% | 2.05% | 2.31% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.10% | 5.57% | 5.99% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 454 | 841 | 1,522 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £406 |
| 25th Percentile | £445 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £670 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £745 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £540 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.85% | -1.82% | +7.32% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 10 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.31 | £17.28 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £25.38 | £28.06 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £72.10 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -63.94% | +80.26% | +185.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.75 | £82.37 | £58.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.75 | £85.23 | £80.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £35.00 | £75.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.71% | -53.64% | +97.39% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,933 | 21,254 | 33,724 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.40% | 36.77% | 38.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,906 | 15,370 | 24,584 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £745 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 348 | 423 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £18.25 | £15.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +56.25% | -0.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.00 | £66.00 | £54.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £64.45 | £78.00 | £67.40 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.71 | £25.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.18% | +25.00% | - |
SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SaaS.
SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.
SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SaaS.
SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SaaS over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.
SaaS
Top 16 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -9 | 607 | £548 | -0.45% | 1,120 |
| London | +1 | 339 | £525 | -8.70% | 487 |
| Work from Home | -7 | 306 | £550 | - | 617 |
| UK excluding London | -15 | 292 | £550 | +1.85% | 642 |
| North of England | -4 | 80 | £500 | -9.09% | 180 |
| South East | -39 | 71 | £538 | +2.38% | 179 |
| South West | +27 | 54 | £650 | +18.18% | 89 |
| North West | +7 | 53 | £500 | -4.76% | 123 |
| Midlands | +7 | 43 | £500 | -4.76% | 108 |
| Scotland | +34 | 41 | £513 | -2.38% | 50 |
| West Midlands | -13 | 26 | £510 | -2.86% | 76 |
| Yorkshire | -13 | 25 | £525 | -9.21% | 47 |
| East Midlands | +26 | 17 | £445 | -16.24% | 32 |
| East of England | 0 | 7 | £450 | -33.33% | 21 |
| Wales | +18 | 2 | £419 | -1.47% | 12 |
| North East | +14 | 2 | £531 | -21.30% | 11 |
SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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