The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SaaS in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SaaS over the 3 months to 22 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Rank 25 40 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.474% 0.308% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.941% 1.429% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £70,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+55.55% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
34 70 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 16.11% 21.54% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 27 55 30
Average salary £50,000 £42,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.04% -23.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £29,250
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
SaaS
England

SaaS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands SaaS Salary Trend

SaaS
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 4 (66.67%) SOA
1 4 (66.67%) TOGAF
1 4 (66.67%) PaaS
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) Web Services
3 2 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (33.33%) EAI
3 2 (33.33%) TIBCO
3 2 (33.33%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (33.33%) Open Source
3 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
3 2 (33.33%) BPEL
3 2 (33.33%) TIBCO EMS
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 1 (16.67%) SAP

SaaS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (33.33%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) TIBCO EMS
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) BusinessWorks
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle BPM
General
1 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Integration Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Integrator
3 1 (16.67%) Software Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Account Director
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) PaaS
2 2 (33.33%) Open Source
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Storage
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) SOA
1 4 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) EAI
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
2 2 (33.33%) BPEL
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) TIBCO
3 1 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) SAP