SaaS Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 112 110 103
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +8
Contract jobs citing SaaS 287 539 1,102
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.96% 2.24% 2.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.35% 5.69% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 382 864
10th Percentile £385 £406 £400
25th Percentile £433 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £740
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 3
10th Percentile - £28.53 £32.00
25th Percentile £25.50 £32.69 £35.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -12.50% +196.30%
75th Percentile £29.41 £46.88 -
90th Percentile £45.94 £68.25 -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £67.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -61.48% +68.75% +185.71%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,368 9,475 18,176
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.67% 39.32% 41.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,889 7,071 13,595
10th Percentile £350 £371 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 133 157
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.23 £15.02
25th Percentile £17.43 £21.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £53.35 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.27% +33.38% +4.22%
75th Percentile £53.19 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £75.34
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £38.78 £22.40
% change year-on-year -44.66% +73.10% +2.47%

SaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SaaS trend for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SaaS.

SaaS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SaaS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

SaaS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SaaS.

SaaS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SaaS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

SaaS hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (4.18%) Confluence
2 5 (1.74%) CMS
2 5 (1.74%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 4 (1.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.05%) WordPress
5 2 (0.70%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.35%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.35%) Mule
Applications
1 17 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (4.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.44%) Trello
5 4 (1.39%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.70%) Sketch
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.74%) Workfront
2 4 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.05%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle AGIS
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.35%) Relativity
5 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.35%) Shopify
5 1 (0.35%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 87 (30.31%) Azure
2 85 (29.62%) PaaS
3 76 (26.48%) AWS
4 66 (23.00%) IaaS
5 19 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (6.27%) GCP
7 16 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (5.23%) Google Workspace
9 13 (4.53%) GitHub
9 13 (4.53%) Miro
10 11 (3.83%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (3.14%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.79%) Amazon S3
12 8 (2.79%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (2.79%) Serverless
13 7 (2.44%) Power Platform
14 6 (2.09%) Entra ID
15 5 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
15 5 (1.74%) Nutanix
15 5 (1.74%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.14%) Firewall
2 8 (2.79%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.09%) DNS
3 6 (2.09%) NAS
4 5 (1.74%) DHCP
4 5 (1.74%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.74%) SAN
4 5 (1.74%) SSH
4 5 (1.74%) VLAN
5 4 (1.39%) Network Security
6 3 (1.05%) VPN
7 2 (0.70%) BGP
7 2 (0.70%) IPsec
7 2 (0.70%) OSPF
8 1 (0.35%) FTP
8 1 (0.35%) Internet
8 1 (0.35%) LAN
8 1 (0.35%) NaaS
8 1 (0.35%) VoIP
8 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.23%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.48%) Relational Database
3 9 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.79%) MySQL
5 7 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.09%) Power BI
7 5 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.39%) GIS
9 3 (1.05%) DB2
9 3 (1.05%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.05%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.05%) QlikView
10 2 (0.70%) Big Data
10 2 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.70%) Tableau
10 2 (0.70%) Tableau Server
11 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.35%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 21 (7.32%) JIRA
2 11 (3.83%) Git
3 10 (3.48%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.48%) SonarQube
4 7 (2.44%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.39%) GitLab
5 4 (1.39%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.05%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.05%) Selenium
6 3 (1.05%) webpack
7 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.70%) Snyk
8 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.35%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.35%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.35%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.35%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.35%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 51 (17.77%) Finance
2 49 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 22 (7.67%) Legal
3 22 (7.67%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.57%) Marketing
5 15 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.48%) Banking
8 9 (3.14%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (3.14%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.74%) Police
10 5 (1.74%) Retail
11 4 (1.39%) Back Office
12 3 (1.05%) French Language
12 3 (1.05%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.70%) Aviation
13 2 (0.70%) German Language
13 2 (0.70%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (15.68%) Architect
2 37 (12.89%) Developer
3 30 (10.45%) Senior
4 28 (9.76%) Analyst
5 22 (7.67%) Consultant
6 21 (7.32%) Business Analyst
7 20 (6.97%) Solutions Architect
8 17 (5.92%) Project Manager
9 13 (4.53%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (4.53%) Lead
10 9 (3.14%) Product Manager
11 8 (2.79%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (2.79%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (2.79%) Business IT Analyst
11 8 (2.79%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.79%) Integration Developer
11 8 (2.79%) IT Analyst
11 8 (2.79%) IT Business Analyst
11 8 (2.79%) Security Architect
12 7 (2.44%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.27%) React
2 15 (5.23%) .NET
3 12 (4.18%) ARM Templates
4 10 (3.48%) Azure Blueprints
5 9 (3.14%) Node.js
5 9 (3.14%) REST
6 8 (2.79%) CSS
7 7 (2.44%) HTML
7 7 (2.44%) LDAP
7 7 (2.44%) Middleware
8 6 (2.09%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (2.09%) SOAP
9 5 (1.74%) OpenID
9 5 (1.74%) SailPoint
9 5 (1.74%) Web Services
10 4 (1.39%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.39%) HTML5
10 4 (1.39%) RESTful
10 4 (1.39%) SAML
11 3 (1.05%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.62%) Management Information System
2 17 (5.92%) Onboarding
3 15 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.53%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.53%) Virtual Team
5 12 (4.18%) Data Centre
6 10 (3.48%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.48%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.79%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.44%) Clustering
8 7 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.44%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.74%) NHS
10 5 (1.74%) Replication
11 4 (1.39%) Distributed Applications
11 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.39%) IoT
11 4 (1.39%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.70%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.45%) Windows
2 19 (6.62%) Linux
3 7 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.09%) Android
4 6 (2.09%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.09%) Solaris
5 5 (1.74%) Oracle Linux
5 5 (1.74%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.39%) Unix
7 2 (0.70%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (32.75%) Agile
2 58 (20.21%) DevOps
3 48 (16.72%) Project Management
4 39 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (12.54%) Migration
6 32 (11.15%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (10.10%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (9.76%) Roadmaps
9 26 (9.06%) Scrum
10 25 (8.71%) ERP
11 24 (8.36%) Test Automation
12 21 (7.32%) Analytics
12 21 (7.32%) Waterfall
13 20 (6.97%) User Experience
14 18 (6.27%) Containerisation
15 17 (5.92%) CRM
15 17 (5.92%) Customer Requirements
15 17 (5.92%) Mentoring
16 16 (5.57%) Business Analysis
16 16 (5.57%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.32%) SQL
2 19 (6.62%) Python
3 16 (5.57%) Java
4 13 (4.53%) PowerShell
5 11 (3.83%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.48%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.14%) C#
8 8 (2.79%) Bash
9 7 (2.44%) Ruby
10 3 (1.05%) C
11 2 (0.70%) ABAP
11 2 (0.70%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.70%) C++
11 2 (0.70%) PHP
11 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.35%) Bicep
12 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.35%) VBA
12 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (13.94%) Degree
1 40 (13.94%) Security Cleared
2 35 (12.20%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.23%) PMP
4 14 (4.88%) APMP
4 14 (4.88%) PMI Certification
5 12 (4.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.09%) CISSP
7 5 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.74%) CTC Cleared
7 5 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.39%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.39%) CISM
9 3 (1.05%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.05%) ISEB
9 3 (1.05%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.70%) CRISC
10 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.57%) QA
2 10 (3.48%) GDPR
2 10 (3.48%) NCSC
3 6 (2.09%) NIST
3 6 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.70%) GRC
5 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.35%) COPPA
6 1 (0.35%) GLBA
6 1 (0.35%) GxP
6 1 (0.35%) ISAE 3402
6 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (7.67%) Docker
2 15 (5.23%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (9.76%) Terraform
2 24 (8.36%) Kubernetes
3 21 (7.32%) Ansible
4 6 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.74%) EMC NetWorker
5 5 (1.74%) Netcool
5 5 (1.74%) Tivoli
5 5 (1.74%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.70%) Opsgenie
7 2 (0.70%) Packer
8 1 (0.35%) CASB
8 1 (0.35%) Grafana
8 1 (0.35%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 61 (21.25%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.77%) Oracle
3 25 (8.71%) Salesforce
4 20 (6.97%) Google
5 14 (4.88%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.88%) Splunk
6 12 (4.18%) SAP
7 11 (3.83%) Dynatrace
8 10 (3.48%) CyberArk
9 7 (2.44%) Adobe
9 7 (2.44%) Cisco
9 7 (2.44%) Dell
9 7 (2.44%) Guidewire
9 7 (2.44%) VMware
10 6 (2.09%) HP
11 5 (1.74%) Cloudera
11 5 (1.74%) EMC
11 5 (1.74%) IBM
11 5 (1.74%) Isilon
11 5 (1.74%) Serena