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 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 | 147 | 131 | 114 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -16 | -17 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing SaaS | 700 | 1,109 | 2,058 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.63% | 1.98% | 2.35% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.01% | 5.43% | 6.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 454 | 784 | 1,539 |
| 10th Percentile | £385 | £405 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £445 | £460 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | -4.35% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £642 | £675 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £538 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.33% | -2.27% | +6.80% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 29 | 11 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.74 | £17.75 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £25.50 | £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 | £32.50 | £82.24 | £48.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £49.75 | £83.00 | £80.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £35.00 | £62.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.71% | -44.22% | +348.21% |
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 | 13,969 | 20,420 | 33,677 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.44% | 36.43% | 38.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,924 | 14,777 | 24,579 |
| 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 | £746 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +9.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 332 | 392 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £19.00 | £15.47 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.46 | £38.78 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.66% | +73.10% | +2.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £42.50 | £68.94 | £54.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.80 | £78.00 | £69.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.80 | £27.83 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.04% | +44.57% | -3.75% |
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 | -11 | 600 | £525 | -4.55% | 1,234 |
| London | -2 | 331 | £525 | -8.70% | 555 |
| UK excluding London | -11 | 293 | £525 | -2.33% | 661 |
| Work from Home | -2 | 287 | £550 | - | 699 |
| North of England | -1 | 81 | £500 | -9.09% | 193 |
| South East | -31 | 74 | £530 | +4.43% | 168 |
| South West | +32 | 54 | £650 | +18.18% | 90 |
| North West | +11 | 50 | £500 | -6.98% | 141 |
| Midlands | +5 | 43 | £475 | -13.64% | 113 |
| Scotland | +21 | 38 | £506 | -3.57% | 36 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 29 | £525 | -9.21% | 41 |
| West Midlands | -12 | 26 | £500 | -9.09% | 75 |
| East Midlands | +19 | 17 | £445 | -11.44% | 38 |
| East of England | -9 | 7 | £450 | -20.35% | 51 |
| Wales | +17 | 2 | £500 | +17.65% | 11 |
| North East | +8 | 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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