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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 144 | 126 | 118 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -18 | -8 | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing SaaS | 700 | 1,171 | 2,022 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.64% | 2.06% | 2.31% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.05% | 5.61% | 6.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 449 | 833 | 1,519 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £401 | £405 |
| 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 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 11 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.53 | £17.75 | £34.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.44 | £30.38 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £67.50 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -61.48% | +68.75% | +185.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £32.25 | £82.24 | £50.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.25 | £83.00 | £81.05 |
| 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 | 13,861 | 20,885 | 33,675 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.54% | 36.72% | 38.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,857 | 15,111 | 24,570 |
| 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 | 348 | 334 | 408 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.05 | £18.50 | £15.36 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.19 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +57.73% | -1.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.16 | £66.00 | £54.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £70.09 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.87 | £19.12 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.49% | +35.26% | -4.39% |
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 17 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 17 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 17 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 | 600 | £539 | -2.05% | 1,317 |
| London | -8 | 333 | £525 | -8.70% | 631 |
| Work from Home | -8 | 295 | £550 | - | 729 |
| UK excluding London | -3 | 291 | £550 | - | 796 |
| North of England | -2 | 79 | £500 | -9.09% | 210 |
| South East | -33 | 72 | £538 | +2.38% | 294 |
| South West | +20 | 55 | £650 | +18.18% | 95 |
| North West | +8 | 54 | £500 | -4.76% | 142 |
| Midlands | +6 | 42 | £488 | -8.24% | 108 |
| Scotland | +31 | 39 | £506 | -3.57% | 43 |
| West Midlands | -3 | 26 | £510 | -5.12% | 77 |
| Yorkshire | -17 | 23 | £538 | -10.42% | 53 |
| East Midlands | +18 | 16 | £445 | -16.24% | 31 |
| East of England | -2 | 7 | £450 | -21.74% | 36 |
| Wales | +21 | 3 | £450 | +5.88% | 9 |
| North East | +13 | 2 | £531 | -21.30% | 16 |
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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