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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 144 | 125 | 118 |
Rank change year-on-year | -19 | -7 | +10 |
Contract jobs citing SaaS | 702 | 1,170 | 2,021 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.65% | 2.05% | 2.31% |
As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.08% | 5.58% | 6.00% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 450 | 825 | 1,518 |
10th Percentile | £396 | £402 | £406 |
25th Percentile | £445 | £463 | £463 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | +9.52% |
75th Percentile | £650 | £669 | £671 |
90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £750 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £545 | £550 |
% change year-on-year | +0.92% | -0.91% | +5.26% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 10 | 11 |
10th Percentile | £23.53 | £17.28 | - |
25th Percentile | £25.44 | £28.06 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £72.10 | £40.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -63.94% | +80.26% | +185.71% |
75th Percentile | £32.25 | £82.37 | £58.13 |
90th Percentile | £50.25 | £85.23 | £80.25 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £35.00 | £75.50 |
% change year-on-year | -25.71% | -53.64% | +97.39% |
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 | 13,823 | 20,974 | 33,690 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.48% | 36.73% | 38.52% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,820 | 15,173 | 24,585 |
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 | £745 | £738 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 346 | 334 | 420 |
10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
25th Percentile | £16.02 | £18.31 | £15.88 |
Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.40 |
Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +56.25% | -0.44% |
75th Percentile | £35.50 | £66.00 | £55.00 |
90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.00 | £20.00 |
% change year-on-year | -29.12% | +25.00% | - |
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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 | -16 | 600 | £536 | -2.50% | 1,131 |
London | 0 | 332 | £525 | -8.70% | 492 |
Work from Home | -5 | 300 | £550 | - | 682 |
UK excluding London | -10 | 292 | £550 | +0.92% | 653 |
North of England | -7 | 79 | £500 | -9.09% | 197 |
South East | -39 | 73 | £534 | +1.67% | 185 |
South West | +37 | 55 | £650 | +18.18% | 92 |
North West | +11 | 54 | £500 | -4.76% | 133 |
Midlands | +7 | 42 | £488 | -7.14% | 95 |
Scotland | +33 | 39 | £506 | -3.57% | 46 |
West Midlands | -8 | 26 | £510 | -2.86% | 66 |
Yorkshire | -9 | 23 | £538 | -9.01% | 52 |
East Midlands | +20 | 16 | £445 | -16.24% | 29 |
East of England | 0 | 7 | £450 | -21.74% | 27 |
Wales | +23 | 3 | £450 | +5.88% | 11 |
North East | +10 | 2 | £531 | -21.30% | 14 |
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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