SaaS Contracts in the Midlands

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring SaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SaaS over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 98 102
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -13
Contract jobs citing SaaS 42 60 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.42% 1.86% 2.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.79% 5.44% 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 43 84
10th Percentile £338 £365 £377
25th Percentile £430 £413 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £531
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +3.53% +18.06%
75th Percentile £534 £706 £638
90th Percentile £850 £731 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.50 - -
Median hourly rate £26.00 - -
75th Percentile £26.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £26.00 £67.50 £46.25
% change year-on-year -61.48% +45.95% +230.36%

All Cloud Skills
Midlands

SaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 725 1,103 1,686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.59% 34.27% 33.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 783 1,208
10th Percentile £198 £213 £198
25th Percentile £319 £363 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £595 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 29
10th Percentile - £14.01 £13.13
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £16.05
Median hourly rate £21.23 £22.50 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -5.67% +16.88% +30.51%
75th Percentile £26.50 £26.48 £23.75
90th Percentile £32.00 £46.00 £26.08
England median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the Midlands

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SaaS in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for SaaS in the Midlands

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in the Midlands

SaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SaaS in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for SaaS in the Midlands

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Midlands -9 25 £488 -13.33% 84
East Midlands +17 17 £445 -15.24% 36
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Maximo
1 3 (7.14%) SAP ERP
2 2 (4.76%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 17 (40.48%) Azure
2 13 (30.95%) AWS
3 9 (21.43%) PaaS
4 8 (19.05%) IaaS
4 8 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (11.90%) Google Workspace
6 2 (4.76%) Boomi
7 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.38%) Intacct
7 1 (2.38%) iPaaS
7 1 (2.38%) Serverless
7 1 (2.38%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) VoIP
2 1 (2.38%) Internet
2 1 (2.38%) IPsec
2 1 (2.38%) Kerberos
2 1 (2.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) DB2
1 4 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.38%) MySQL
2 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Selenium
General
1 14 (33.33%) Legal
2 13 (30.95%) Finance
3 5 (11.90%) Social Skills
4 4 (9.52%) Banking
5 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Marketing
6 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (21.43%) Service Manager
2 8 (19.05%) Delivery Manager
2 8 (19.05%) IT Manager
2 8 (19.05%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 8 (19.05%) IT Services Manager
2 8 (19.05%) Service Delivery Manager
3 6 (14.29%) Architect
4 5 (11.90%) Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (9.52%) Business Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) ERP Manager
5 4 (9.52%) ERP Project Manager
5 4 (9.52%) Facilities Management Project Manager
5 4 (9.52%) Facilities Manager
5 4 (9.52%) Facilities Project Manager
5 4 (9.52%) Project Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) SaaS Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) SaaS Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) .NET
2 4 (9.52%) React
3 2 (4.76%) JSON
3 2 (4.76%) REST
3 2 (4.76%) SOAP
3 2 (4.76%) XML
4 1 (2.38%) Web Services
4 1 (2.38%) WSDL
4 1 (2.38%) XSD
4 1 (2.38%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (11.90%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (11.90%) Virtual Team
2 4 (9.52%) Mainframe
2 4 (9.52%) Public Cloud
3 2 (4.76%) IVR
3 2 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 4 (9.52%) Android
3 1 (2.38%) Windows
3 1 (2.38%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Service Management
2 11 (26.19%) Agile
3 10 (23.81%) Business Analysis
3 10 (23.81%) Decision-Making
3 10 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (21.43%) IT Governance
4 9 (21.43%) ITSM
4 9 (21.43%) Migration
5 8 (19.05%) Change Management
5 8 (19.05%) ERP
5 8 (19.05%) Information Security
5 8 (19.05%) People Management
5 8 (19.05%) Performance Metrics
5 8 (19.05%) Problem Management
5 8 (19.05%) Project Management
5 8 (19.05%) Service Delivery
5 8 (19.05%) Service Delivery Management
6 6 (14.29%) Facilities Management
7 5 (11.90%) Asset Management
7 5 (11.90%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) Swift
2 4 (9.52%) C
2 4 (9.52%) Java
3 2 (4.76%) SQL
4 1 (2.38%) C#
4 1 (2.38%) Groovy
4 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Degree
2 6 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 6 (14.29%) PMP
3 5 (11.90%) APMP
4 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.05%) Okta
3 7 (16.67%) Salesforce
4 5 (11.90%) Google
4 5 (11.90%) Oracle
5 4 (9.52%) Sage
5 4 (9.52%) SAP
5 4 (9.52%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.76%) Genesys
7 1 (2.38%) Citrix
7 1 (2.38%) HubSpot
7 1 (2.38%) Snow
7 1 (2.38%) Workday