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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 148 | 130 | 115 |
Rank change year-on-year | -18 | -15 | +11 |
Contract jobs citing SaaS | 700 | 1,116 | 2,063 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.62% | 1.98% | 2.35% |
As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.01% | 5.43% | 6.11% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 454 | 791 | 1,549 |
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% | +198.81% |
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 | 13,976 | 20,555 | 33,756 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.43% | 36.46% | 38.45% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,930 | 14,875 | 24,662 |
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 | £748 | £738 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +8.70% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 330 | 390 |
10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.89 |
25th Percentile | £16.06 | £19.00 | £15.40 |
Median hourly rate | £21.46 | £37.75 | £22.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -43.15% | +71.59% | +0.32% |
75th Percentile | £42.50 | £69.88 | £53.75 |
90th Percentile | £69.80 | £78.12 | £69.61 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.80 | £27.50 | £19.17 |
% change year-on-year | -35.27% | +43.47% | -4.16% |
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 2 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 2 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 2 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 |
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England | -5 | 600 | £525 | -4.55% | 1,275 |
London | -3 | 331 | £525 | -8.70% | 580 |
UK excluding London | -7 | 293 | £525 | -2.33% | 676 |
Work from Home | -4 | 287 | £550 | - | 710 |
North of England | +4 | 81 | £500 | -9.09% | 197 |
South East | -34 | 74 | £530 | +4.18% | 177 |
South West | +35 | 54 | £650 | +18.18% | 93 |
North West | +7 | 50 | £500 | -6.98% | 146 |
Midlands | +5 | 43 | £475 | -13.64% | 111 |
Scotland | +23 | 38 | £506 | -3.57% | 37 |
Yorkshire | +1 | 29 | £525 | -9.72% | 40 |
West Midlands | -11 | 26 | £500 | -9.09% | 76 |
East Midlands | +17 | 17 | £445 | -11.44% | 35 |
East of England | -6 | 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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