Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SaaS over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 65 51
Rank change year-on-year -12 -14 0
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 3,389 4,746 9,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.36% 4.82% 6.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.53% 11.20% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,632 3,044 5,582
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,750
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.90% +9.48%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,563 42,373 79,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.24% 43.02% 48.52%
Number of salaries quoted 26,731 27,774 41,270
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £33,980
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the UK

SaaS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SaaS.

Salary trend for SaaS in the UK

SaaS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the UK

SaaS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -13 2,861 £62,500 -7.41% 1,261
UK excluding London -12 2,170 £55,000 -8.33% 790
Work from Home -10 1,670 £65,000 -3.70% 745
London -3 959 £80,000 +3.23% 618
North of England +17 568 £55,000 -8.33% 209
South East -54 494 £55,000 -8.33% 314
Midlands +24 401 £57,500 -4.17% 101
North West +20 334 £55,500 -6.76% 151
West Midlands +38 285 £60,000 -0.83% 67
South West -5 264 £55,000 +4.76% 83
Scotland -49 237 £55,000 -10.20% 37
Yorkshire +10 181 £55,000 -8.33% 48
East Midlands +14 114 £55,000 +4.76% 32
East of England -12 114 £60,000 -5.88% 33
Wales +16 64 £54,205 +14.11% 12
North East +13 53 £55,000 +4.76% 12
Northern Ireland +1 29 £75,000 +42.86% 8

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:

Application Platforms
1 66 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
1 66 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 29 (0.86%) Apache Spark
3 23 (0.68%) Confluence
4 21 (0.62%) IIS
5 18 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (0.50%) CMS
7 15 (0.44%) WordPress
8 9 (0.27%) Umbraco
9 8 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.24%) Apache
10 6 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.18%) IBM Notes
10 6 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
11 5 (0.15%) Kinematics
11 5 (0.15%) nginx
12 3 (0.089%) SAS
13 2 (0.059%) Ethereum
13 2 (0.059%) NetWeaver
13 2 (0.059%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 59 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.18%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.12%) Notion
9 3 (0.089%) Sketch
10 2 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.059%) InVision
10 2 (0.059%) SPSS
11 1 (0.030%) 1Password
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.030%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.030%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 14 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
4 14 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
5 13 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
6 12 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
6 12 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 11 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
8 7 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
8 7 (0.21%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.18%) Elite 3E
10 5 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
10 5 (0.15%) Shopify
10 5 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 4 (0.12%) Sage 200
11 4 (0.12%) Sage 50
11 4 (0.12%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1,032 (30.45%) Azure
2 874 (25.79%) AWS
3 430 (12.69%) PaaS
4 370 (10.92%) IaaS
5 309 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
6 296 (8.73%) GCP
7 128 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
8 99 (2.92%) Power Platform
9 82 (2.42%) Serverless
10 76 (2.24%) Amazon S3
11 75 (2.21%) GitHub
12 74 (2.18%) Entra ID
13 57 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
14 43 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
15 41 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
16 40 (1.18%) OCI
17 39 (1.15%) OpenShift
18 38 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
19 35 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
20 34 (1.00%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 134 (3.95%) Firewall
2 88 (2.60%) WAN
3 85 (2.51%) DNS
4 61 (1.80%) LAN
4 61 (1.80%) VPN
5 54 (1.59%) DHCP
6 53 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
7 51 (1.50%) TCP/IP
8 45 (1.33%) HTTP
9 42 (1.24%) Network Security
10 38 (1.12%) Internet
11 32 (0.94%) VoIP
12 31 (0.91%) SD-WAN
13 30 (0.89%) SAN
14 23 (0.68%) VLAN
15 21 (0.62%) Unified Communications
16 18 (0.53%) BGP
16 18 (0.53%) MPLS
17 16 (0.47%) SSL
18 15 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (6.11%) SQL Server
2 138 (4.07%) MySQL
3 72 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
4 71 (2.10%) Big Data
5 62 (1.83%) NoSQL
5 62 (1.83%) Relational Database
6 60 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
7 59 (1.74%) Power BI
8 51 (1.50%) MongoDB
9 46 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
10 34 (1.00%) Redis
11 33 (0.97%) GIS
12 29 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
13 28 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
14 27 (0.80%) Data Lake
14 27 (0.80%) Hadoop
15 23 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
15 23 (0.68%) Tableau
16 22 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
17 20 (0.59%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 207 (6.11%) Git
2 96 (2.83%) JIRA
3 87 (2.57%) Selenium
4 86 (2.54%) Jenkins
5 63 (1.86%) Postman
6 43 (1.27%) Cucumber
7 36 (1.06%) GitLab
8 35 (1.03%) Cypress.io
9 22 (0.65%) Visual Studio
10 16 (0.47%) JUnit
11 13 (0.38%) JMeter
11 13 (0.38%) TeamCity
12 12 (0.35%) CircleCI
12 12 (0.35%) REST Assured
12 12 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
13 11 (0.32%) Jasmine
14 10 (0.30%) SoapUI
15 9 (0.27%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.27%) Vagrant
15 9 (0.27%) webpack
General
1 981 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 567 (16.73%) Finance
3 244 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
4 235 (6.93%) Marketing
5 230 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 187 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
7 173 (5.10%) Law
8 153 (4.51%) Retail
9 129 (3.81%) Legal
10 72 (2.12%) Public Sector
11 71 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 70 (2.07%) Banking
13 67 (1.98%) Telecoms
14 64 (1.89%) Manufacturing
15 56 (1.65%) Automotive
16 46 (1.36%) Games
17 34 (1.00%) Aerospace
17 34 (1.00%) German Language
18 32 (0.94%) Health Technology
18 32 (0.94%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 723 (21.33%) Senior
2 597 (17.62%) Developer
3 423 (12.48%) Architect
4 305 (9.00%) Lead
5 210 (6.20%) Analyst
6 206 (6.08%) Senior Developer
7 164 (4.84%) Software Engineer
8 154 (4.54%) Solutions Architect
9 153 (4.51%) Consultant
10 149 (4.40%) Senior Manager
11 138 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 126 (3.72%) Cloud Architect
13 117 (3.45%) Full Stack Developer
14 116 (3.42%) Service Manager
15 110 (3.25%) Delivery Manager
16 109 (3.22%) Software Developer
17 108 (3.19%) PHP Developer
18 107 (3.16%) Project Manager
19 103 (3.04%) Service Delivery Manager
20 95 (2.80%) Senior Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 322 (9.50%) .NET
2 239 (7.05%) React
3 186 (5.49%) Laravel
4 171 (5.05%) HTML
5 162 (4.78%) CSS
6 124 (3.66%) Vue
7 122 (3.60%) REST
8 118 (3.48%) Node.js
9 114 (3.36%) AngularJS
10 106 (3.13%) .NET Core
11 105 (3.10%) RESTful
12 92 (2.71%) Web Services
13 87 (2.57%) JSON
14 63 (1.86%) GraphQL
15 58 (1.71%) XML
16 49 (1.45%) .NET Framework
17 48 (1.42%) Middleware
18 47 (1.39%) jQuery
18 47 (1.39%) Symfony
19 46 (1.36%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 146 (4.31%) Public Cloud
2 125 (3.69%) Product Ownership
3 113 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 108 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
5 102 (3.01%) Cloud Native
6 100 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
7 93 (2.74%) Mobile App
8 90 (2.66%) Management Information System
9 88 (2.60%) Onboarding
10 84 (2.48%) PKI
11 81 (2.39%) Data Structures
12 70 (2.07%) Data Centre
13 51 (1.50%) Algorithms
14 45 (1.33%) Client/Server
15 32 (0.94%) Virtual Team
16 28 (0.83%) Driving Licence
16 28 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
17 27 (0.80%) Social Media
18 26 (0.77%) Security Posture
19 23 (0.68%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 299 (8.82%) Windows
2 183 (5.40%) Linux
3 102 (3.01%) Windows Server
4 62 (1.83%) Unix
5 50 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 37 (1.09%) Apple iOS
7 36 (1.06%) Android
8 33 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
9 26 (0.77%) Ubuntu
9 26 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
10 25 (0.74%) Windows 10
11 18 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
12 15 (0.44%) Mac OS
12 15 (0.44%) Mac OS X
13 14 (0.41%) CentOS
14 9 (0.27%) Solaris
15 8 (0.24%) VMS
16 6 (0.18%) Windows 7
16 6 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.12%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 720 (21.25%) Agile
2 527 (15.55%) DevOps
3 512 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
4 399 (11.77%) Software Engineering
5 356 (10.50%) Project Management
6 336 (9.91%) Roadmaps
7 329 (9.71%) Mentoring
8 285 (8.41%) CI/CD
9 252 (7.44%) Cybersecurity
10 247 (7.29%) Microservices
11 224 (6.61%) Migration
12 218 (6.43%) Full Stack Development
12 218 (6.43%) Test Automation
13 190 (5.61%) Analytics
14 188 (5.55%) User Experience
15 186 (5.49%) Service Delivery
16 180 (5.31%) Actionable Insight
17 179 (5.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 179 (5.28%) Scrum
18 176 (5.19%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 435 (12.84%) JavaScript
2 405 (11.95%) SQL
3 334 (9.86%) C#
4 330 (9.74%) Python
5 255 (7.52%) Java
6 219 (6.46%) PHP
7 181 (5.34%) PowerShell
8 172 (5.08%) TypeScript
9 89 (2.63%) Bash
10 56 (1.65%) C++
11 54 (1.59%) Go
12 50 (1.48%) Ruby
13 30 (0.89%) C
14 23 (0.68%) Kotlin
15 22 (0.65%) Scala
16 19 (0.56%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.38%) Swift
18 12 (0.35%) Bicep
18 12 (0.35%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 434 (12.81%) Degree
2 178 (5.25%) Security Cleared
3 113 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 95 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (1.65%) Master's Degree
6 49 (1.45%) DV Cleared
7 45 (1.33%) Azure Certification
8 39 (1.15%) CISSP
9 35 (1.03%) AWS Certification
10 31 (0.91%) ISTQB
11 26 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
12 25 (0.74%) CISM
12 25 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
13 24 (0.71%) MBA
14 23 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
15 18 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 14 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
16 14 (0.41%) GCIA
16 14 (0.41%) GCIH
16 14 (0.41%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (7.73%) QA
2 156 (4.60%) SLA
3 63 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (1.15%) GDPR
5 34 (1.00%) NIST
6 29 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 28 (0.83%) Data Quality
7 28 (0.83%) PMO
8 23 (0.68%) Accessibility
9 21 (0.62%) NCSC
10 20 (0.59%) Software Quality Assurance
11 17 (0.50%) PCI DSS
12 15 (0.44%) SOC 2
13 14 (0.41%) COBIT
14 13 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.24%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.24%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.21%) GRC
17 6 (0.18%) WCAG
17 6 (0.18%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 286 (8.44%) Docker
2 152 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 106 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 79 (2.33%) Hyper-V
5 51 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (0.38%) vSphere
7 6 (0.18%) Firmware
8 3 (0.089%) KVM
8 3 (0.089%) QEMU
8 3 (0.089%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.089%) VirtualBox
8 3 (0.089%) Xen
9 2 (0.059%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.030%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.030%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 292 (8.62%) Kubernetes
2 159 (4.69%) Terraform
3 95 (2.80%) Ansible
4 53 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 52 (1.53%) Puppet
6 17 (0.50%) vCenter Server
7 13 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 13 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.32%) CASB
9 10 (0.30%) Nessus
10 9 (0.27%) Docker Swarm
11 7 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 6 (0.18%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.18%) NetCrunch
12 6 (0.18%) QRadar
13 5 (0.15%) HP UCMDB
14 4 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
14 4 (0.12%) Grafana
14 4 (0.12%) Nagios
Vendors
1 696 (20.54%) Microsoft
2 206 (6.08%) Google
3 156 (4.60%) Dell
4 130 (3.84%) ServiceNow
5 128 (3.78%) VMware
6 112 (3.30%) Oracle
7 80 (2.36%) Salesforce
8 62 (1.83%) Cisco
9 52 (1.53%) SAP
10 48 (1.42%) Red Hat
11 30 (0.89%) Adobe
12 27 (0.80%) Meraki
13 25 (0.74%) HP
14 24 (0.71%) iManage
15 22 (0.65%) Apple
15 22 (0.65%) Palo Alto
15 22 (0.65%) Sitecore
16 20 (0.59%) IBM
17 19 (0.56%) Aderant
17 19 (0.56%) Remedy