SaaS Contracts in Cheshire

Software as a Service (SaaS)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 29 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 46 40
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 +5
Contract jobs citing SaaS 18 13 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.26% 2.54% 3.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.73% 6.84% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 12
10th Percentile £444 £539 £360
25th Percentile £445 £563 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £565 £545
Median % change year-on-year -14.82% +3.67% +54.83%
75th Percentile £561 £566 £589
90th Percentile £573 £568 £630
North West median daily rate £500 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -10.71% +1.82% +10.00%

All Cloud Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 185 190 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 33.51% 37.18% 26.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 138 101
10th Percentile £311 £215 £163
25th Percentile £369 £385 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £507 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% +19.29% +3.03%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £538
90th Percentile £638 £621 £632
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 10
10th Percentile £17.53 £13.73 £19.63
25th Percentile - £20.50 £21.57
Median hourly rate £17.72 £22.47 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.14% -13.58% +36.84%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.63 £31.00
90th Percentile - £42.58 £63.00
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £22.21 £26.40
% change year-on-year -27.67% -15.87% +38.92%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in Cheshire

SaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for SaaS in Cheshire

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Cheshire over the 6 months to 29 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in Cheshire

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Knutsford -6 12 £481 -14.82% 6
Crewe - 1 - - 2
SaaS
North West

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (77.78%) AWS
2 13 (72.22%) Azure
3 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.56%) IaaS
4 1 (5.56%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) DB2
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) ESLint
General
1 13 (72.22%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Banking
3 1 (5.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Architect
1 7 (38.89%) Solutions Architect
2 6 (33.33%) Consultant
3 4 (22.22%) Integration Consultant
3 4 (22.22%) SaaS Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) AWS Architect
4 1 (5.56%) AWS Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (5.56%) AWS Solution Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Java Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Java Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) React Developer
4 1 (5.56%) SaaS Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) .NET
1 5 (27.78%) React
2 1 (5.56%) CSS
2 1 (5.56%) HTML
2 1 (5.56%) Jest
2 1 (5.56%) React Native
2 1 (5.56%) Redux
2 1 (5.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) Public Cloud
2 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (27.78%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (27.78%) Mainframe
2 5 (27.78%) Security Posture
3 2 (11.11%) Private Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Android
1 6 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Change Management
1 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (33.33%) Microservices
1 6 (33.33%) SDLC
1 6 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 5 (27.78%) Agile
2 5 (27.78%) API Design
2 5 (27.78%) Architectural Design
2 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
2 5 (27.78%) Containerisation
2 5 (27.78%) Domain-Driven Design
2 5 (27.78%) Observability
2 5 (27.78%) Project Management
2 5 (27.78%) Security Monitoring
2 5 (27.78%) SIEM
2 5 (27.78%) Test Automation
3 2 (11.11%) Business Case
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Security
3 2 (11.11%) Migration
3 2 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) C
1 5 (27.78%) Java
2 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) AWS Certification
3 2 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.11%) CISSP
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Salesforce
2 5 (27.78%) ServiceNow