SaaS Contract Job Trends in Wales

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring SaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 45 43
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +21
Contract jobs citing SaaS 4 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.91% 1.10% 1.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.05% 3.91% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile - £563 £447
25th Percentile £313 £619 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £725 £613
Median % change year-on-year -48.28% +18.37% +104.17%
75th Percentile £481 £738 £663
90th Percentile £560 - £708
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK median hourly rate £26.30 £30.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -12.33% -60.00% +5.26%

All Cloud Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 131 128 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 29.77% 28.07% 32.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 92 118
10th Percentile £190 £181 £154
25th Percentile £293 £369 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £500 £394
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% +26.98% -21.25%
75th Percentile £534 £550 £538
90th Percentile £688 £636 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 8
10th Percentile £15.72 £20.58 £13.11
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.01 £15.33
Median hourly rate £21.00 £26.25 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +45.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £21.50 £31.82 £24.31
90th Percentile £28.57 £35.10 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.15
% change year-on-year -28.14% +8.86% +45.61%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

SaaS job vacancy trend in Wales

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing SaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing SaaS

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Wales over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in Wales

SaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing SaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing SaaS

SaaS
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. 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
South Wales 0 2 £500 -31.03% 36
North Wales - 2 £325 - 4
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) OVHcloud
2 1 (25.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Java Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) React Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Java Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Java Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior React Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) React
1 1 (25.00%) React Native
1 1 (25.00%) Spring
1 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) API Design
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) PHP
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks