The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SaaS in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SaaS over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Rank 98 120 124
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 26 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.397% 0.350% 0.140%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.120% 0.897% 0.361%
Number of salaries quoted 26 7 3
Average salary £42,500 £57,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.08% +53.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £45,000 £35,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £72,500 £39,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
631 780 830
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 33.91% 38.96% 38.64%
Number of salaries quoted 538 611 750
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
SaaS
Cambridgeshire

SaaS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SaaS across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridge SaaS Jobs Demand Trend

SaaS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SaaS across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge SaaS Salary Trend

SaaS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SaaS across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridge SaaS Salary Histogram

SaaS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing SaaS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SaaS.

1 33 (68.75%) Python
2 27 (56.25%) XML
2 27 (56.25%) Microsoft
3 26 (54.17%) .NET
4 21 (43.75%) JavaScript
5 20 (41.67%) Web Services
5 20 (41.67%) HTTP
6 19 (39.58%) MySQL
6 19 (39.58%) Analytics
7 18 (37.50%) REST
7 18 (37.50%) HTML
7 18 (37.50%) Java
7 18 (37.50%) B2B
7 18 (37.50%) HTTPS
8 16 (33.33%) Linux
8 16 (33.33%) Big Data
8 16 (33.33%) Degree
9 15 (31.25%) SharePoint
10 14 (29.17%) Red Hat
10 14 (29.17%) Business Development
10 14 (29.17%) CentOS
11 12 (25.00%) Windows
11 12 (25.00%) SQL Server
12 10 (20.83%) SOA
12 10 (20.83%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (20.83%) openSUSE
13 8 (16.67%) Text Mining
13 8 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
14 7 (14.58%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (14.58%) Internet

SaaS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing SaaS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SaaS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (56.25%) XML
2 26 (54.17%) .NET
3 20 (41.67%) Web Services
4 18 (37.50%) REST
4 18 (37.50%) HTML
5 7 (14.58%) Natural Language Processing
6 6 (12.50%) JSON
7 4 (8.333%) Django
7 4 (8.333%) LAMP
8 3 (6.250%) CSS
8 3 (6.250%) XHTML
8 3 (6.250%) jQuery
8 3 (6.250%) Semantic HTML
9 2 (4.167%) RESTful
9 2 (4.167%) DOM
Application Platforms
1 15 (31.25%) SharePoint
2 6 (12.50%) Apache
3 3 (6.250%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (4.167%) IIS
5 1 (2.083%) Windows Azure
5 1 (2.083%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 2 (4.167%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 20 (41.67%) HTTP
2 18 (37.50%) HTTPS
3 7 (14.58%) Internet
4 4 (8.333%) LAN
4 4 (8.333%) Ethernet
5 2 (4.167%) DNS
5 2 (4.167%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.167%) Firewall
6 1 (2.083%) VPN
6 1 (2.083%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (39.58%) MySQL
2 16 (33.33%) Big Data
3 12 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 8 (16.67%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 6 (12.50%) Firebug
2 5 (10.42%) Subversion
3 2 (4.167%) Fiddler
General
1 7 (14.58%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (6.250%) Retail
3 2 (4.167%) Electronics
4 1 (2.083%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (70.83%) Developer
2 16 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 6 (12.50%) Administrator
3 6 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
4 5 (10.42%) Python Developer
5 4 (8.333%) Linux Administrator
5 4 (8.333%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 3 (6.250%) Data Manager
7 2 (4.167%) Applications Developer
7 2 (4.167%) Senior Applications Developer
7 2 (4.167%) PHP Developer
7 2 (4.167%) Product Manager
8 1 (2.083%) Service Manager
8 1 (2.083%) Sales Manager
8 1 (2.083%) Services Delivery Manager
8 1 (2.083%) Delivery Manager
8 1 (2.083%) Support Manager
8 1 (2.083%) Business Development Executive
8 1 (2.083%) Web Developer
8 1 (2.083%) Service Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.83%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (10.42%) Open Source
3 3 (6.250%) Computer Science
3 3 (6.250%) Life Science
4 2 (4.167%) iPad
4 2 (4.167%) STB
4 2 (4.167%) Informatics
4 2 (4.167%) DTV
5 1 (2.083%) iPhone
5 1 (2.083%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.083%) IaaS
5 1 (2.083%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (33.33%) Linux
2 14 (29.17%) CentOS
3 12 (25.00%) Windows
4 10 (20.83%) openSUSE
5 4 (8.333%) Ubuntu
5 4 (8.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (8.333%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Analytics
2 18 (37.50%) B2B
3 14 (29.17%) Business Development
4 10 (20.83%) SOA
5 8 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (12.50%) Bioinformatics
7 5 (10.42%) E-Commerce
7 5 (10.42%) Rapid Prototyping
8 2 (4.167%) Web Development
8 2 (4.167%) Data Management
8 2 (4.167%) Data Entry
8 2 (4.167%) Product Management
8 2 (4.167%) PDM
9 1 (2.083%) SEO
9 1 (2.083%) Service Delivery
9 1 (2.083%) ITIL
9 1 (2.083%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 33 (68.75%) Python
2 21 (43.75%) JavaScript
3 18 (37.50%) Java
4 7 (14.58%) Perl
4 7 (14.58%) PHP
5 6 (12.50%) Bash shell
6 4 (8.333%) SQL
7 1 (2.083%) VBScript
7 1 (2.083%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (2.083%) CCNA
2 1 (2.083%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.167%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.083%) XenApp
1 1 (2.083%) XenServer
1 1 (2.083%) XenDesktop
1 1 (2.083%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.083%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (6.250%) Nagios
2 1 (2.083%) SCCM
2 1 (2.083%) SCOM
2 1 (2.083%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 27 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 14 (29.17%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.083%) VMware
3 1 (2.083%) Citrix
3 1 (2.083%) Cisco
Cambridge
You will have: - A good degree in a relevant technical subject from a top university - A love of technologies and a fairly encyclopaedic knowledge of ASP.NET MVC,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k plus excellent benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
This position will take a leading role in creating and employing new customer focused applications, understanding and adapting business requirements and designing and developing solutions and turning them...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40k + benefits
Posted: 22 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Experience required: Cloud, SaaS, portal platform integration, Protocols (HTTP/HTTPS, XML) Development skills including JavaScript, Python, Perl. A track record of implementing B2B solutions. Familiarity with Big Data,...
Simple Recruitment Services Ltd
Salary: Excellent benefits package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The Candidate: You the Python Developer should be skilled in the following areas: -Python -MySQL -JSON or XML -Full Development lifecycle experience It is highly desirable BUT NOT...
Stott & May
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
In terms of technical skills you require the following Pyhon, MySQL, JSON and XML Experience of working in SaaS Debugging tools E.G Firebug SVN experience Djang and...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits Package + Shares
Posted: 20 May 2013