SaaS Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 116 109 106
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing SaaS 282 525 1,106
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.91% 2.20% 2.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.22% 5.58% 6.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 370 871
10th Percentile £385 £407 £400
25th Percentile £433 £458 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £669
90th Percentile £675 £750 £744
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.18% -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 £40.25
% change year-on-year -61.48% +67.70% +187.50%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,402 9,416 18,029
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.61% 39.44% 41.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,898 7,013 13,524
10th Percentile £350 £363 £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 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 131 149
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.03
25th Percentile £16.90 £21.28 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +25.00% +41.02%
75th Percentile £50.19 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.19 £75.00 £75.17
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%

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 12 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 12 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 (4.26%) Confluence
2 5 (1.77%) CMS
2 5 (1.77%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 4 (1.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.06%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.06%) WordPress
5 2 (0.71%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.35%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.35%) Mule
Applications
1 16 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.48%) Trello
5 4 (1.42%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.71%) Sketch
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.77%) Workfront
2 3 (1.06%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.35%) Relativity
4 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.35%) Shopify
4 1 (0.35%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 96 (34.04%) Azure
2 85 (30.14%) PaaS
3 80 (28.37%) AWS
4 67 (23.76%) IaaS
5 19 (6.74%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (6.74%) GCP
6 16 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (4.96%) GitHub
7 14 (4.96%) Google Workspace
8 13 (4.61%) Miro
9 12 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (3.55%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (3.19%) Amazon S3
11 9 (3.19%) Serverless
12 8 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (2.48%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.48%) Power Platform
14 6 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
15 5 (1.77%) Nutanix
15 5 (1.77%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.19%) Firewall
2 8 (2.84%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.13%) DNS
3 6 (2.13%) NAS
4 5 (1.77%) DHCP
4 5 (1.77%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.77%) SAN
4 5 (1.77%) SSH
4 5 (1.77%) VLAN
5 3 (1.06%) Network Security
6 2 (0.71%) BGP
6 2 (0.71%) OSPF
7 1 (0.35%) FTP
7 1 (0.35%) Internet
7 1 (0.35%) LAN
7 1 (0.35%) NaaS
7 1 (0.35%) VoIP
7 1 (0.35%) VPN
7 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.67%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.55%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.84%) MySQL
4 7 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.13%) Power BI
6 5 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.42%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.42%) GIS
7 4 (1.42%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.06%) Big Data
8 3 (1.06%) DB2
8 3 (1.06%) QlikView
8 3 (1.06%) Tableau
8 3 (1.06%) Tableau Server
9 2 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.71%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.35%) Redis
10 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (7.45%) JIRA
2 11 (3.90%) Git
2 11 (3.90%) SonarQube
3 10 (3.55%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.48%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.42%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.06%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.06%) GitLab
6 3 (1.06%) Selenium
6 3 (1.06%) webpack
7 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.71%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.71%) Snyk
8 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.35%) MSI
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.35%) Subversion
8 1 (0.35%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.35%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 57 (20.21%) Finance
2 47 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 22 (7.80%) Legal
4 19 (6.74%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.67%) Marketing
6 15 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (3.90%) Banking
9 10 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (3.19%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.77%) Police
12 5 (1.77%) Retail
13 4 (1.42%) Back Office
14 3 (1.06%) French Language
14 3 (1.06%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.71%) Aviation
15 2 (0.71%) German Language
15 2 (0.71%) Law
15 2 (0.71%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 44 (15.60%) Architect
2 35 (12.41%) Developer
3 31 (10.99%) Senior
4 27 (9.57%) Analyst
4 27 (9.57%) Consultant
5 21 (7.45%) Business Analyst
6 19 (6.74%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (6.03%) Project Manager
8 12 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (3.90%) Lead
10 8 (2.84%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (2.84%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (2.84%) Business IT Analyst
10 8 (2.84%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (2.84%) Integration Developer
10 8 (2.84%) IT Analyst
10 8 (2.84%) IT Business Analyst
10 8 (2.84%) Product Manager
10 8 (2.84%) Senior Manager
11 7 (2.48%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.67%) React
2 13 (4.61%) .NET
3 12 (4.26%) ARM Templates
4 10 (3.55%) Azure Blueprints
5 9 (3.19%) REST
6 7 (2.48%) CSS
6 7 (2.48%) LDAP
6 7 (2.48%) Middleware
6 7 (2.48%) Node.js
7 6 (2.13%) SOAP
8 5 (1.77%) HTML
8 5 (1.77%) OpenID
8 5 (1.77%) RESTful
8 5 (1.77%) SailPoint
8 5 (1.77%) Web Services
9 4 (1.42%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (1.42%) SAML
10 3 (1.06%) ASP.NET Web API
10 3 (1.06%) Twig
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.38%) Management Information System
2 16 (5.67%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.61%) Public Cloud
5 12 (4.26%) Data Centre
5 12 (4.26%) Virtual Team
6 10 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.55%) Product Ownership
7 9 (3.19%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.48%) Clustering
8 7 (2.48%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.13%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.77%) NHS
10 5 (1.77%) Replication
11 4 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.42%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.42%) IoT
11 4 (1.42%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 31 (10.99%) Windows
2 18 (6.38%) Linux
3 7 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (2.48%) Solaris
4 6 (2.13%) Android
4 6 (2.13%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.13%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.77%) Oracle Linux
5 5 (1.77%) Unix
6 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.35%) VMS
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (31.91%) Agile
2 54 (19.15%) DevOps
3 47 (16.67%) Project Management
4 37 (13.12%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (10.99%) Migration
7 28 (9.93%) Test Automation
8 27 (9.57%) Roadmaps
9 26 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (9.22%) Scrum
10 21 (7.45%) ERP
11 20 (7.09%) Waterfall
12 19 (6.74%) User Experience
13 18 (6.38%) Analytics
13 18 (6.38%) Computer Science
13 18 (6.38%) Service Management
14 17 (6.03%) Containerisation
14 17 (6.03%) CRM
14 17 (6.03%) Mentoring
15 16 (5.67%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.80%) SQL
2 20 (7.09%) Python
3 15 (5.32%) Java
4 13 (4.61%) PowerShell
5 9 (3.19%) C#
6 8 (2.84%) Bash
6 8 (2.84%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.84%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.48%) Ruby
8 3 (1.06%) C
8 3 (1.06%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.71%) ABAP
9 2 (0.71%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.71%) C++
9 2 (0.71%) PHP
10 1 (0.35%) Bicep
10 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.35%) VBA
10 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (15.60%) Degree
2 41 (14.54%) Security Cleared
3 36 (12.77%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.96%) PMP
5 13 (4.61%) APMP
5 13 (4.61%) PMI Certification
6 12 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.13%) CISSP
8 5 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.77%) CTC Cleared
8 5 (1.77%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.42%) CISM
10 3 (1.06%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.06%) ISEB
10 3 (1.06%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.71%) CRISC
11 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.71%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.32%) QA
2 10 (3.55%) GDPR
2 10 (3.55%) NCSC
2 10 (3.55%) NIST
3 6 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.71%) GRC
5 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.35%) COBIT
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 21 (7.45%) Docker
2 16 (5.67%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (9.93%) Terraform
2 23 (8.16%) Kubernetes
3 21 (7.45%) Ansible
4 6 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.77%) EMC NetWorker
5 5 (1.77%) Netcool
5 5 (1.77%) Tivoli
5 5 (1.77%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.71%) Opsgenie
7 2 (0.71%) Packer
8 1 (0.35%) CASB
8 1 (0.35%) Grafana
8 1 (0.35%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (23.05%) Microsoft
2 50 (17.73%) Oracle
3 28 (9.93%) Salesforce
4 19 (6.74%) Google
4 19 (6.74%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.96%) Splunk
6 11 (3.90%) Dynatrace
7 10 (3.55%) CyberArk
7 10 (3.55%) SAP
8 7 (2.48%) Adobe
8 7 (2.48%) Dell
8 7 (2.48%) Guidewire
8 7 (2.48%) VMware
9 6 (2.13%) Cisco
9 6 (2.13%) Cloudera
9 6 (2.13%) HP
10 5 (1.77%) EMC
10 5 (1.77%) IBM
10 5 (1.77%) Qualys
10 5 (1.77%) Serena