SaaS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 70 53
Rank change year-on-year -12 -17 +4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 2,159 2,626 3,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.04% 4.37% 5.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.19% 11.43% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,669 1,607 2,789
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +8.33%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,505 22,968 28,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.15% 38.19% 40.08%
Number of salaries quoted 17,423 13,774 19,590
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,125 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +25 568 £55,000 -8.33% 185
South East -61 488 £55,000 -8.33% 164
Midlands +32 397 £57,500 -4.17% 106
North West +17 333 £55,250 -3.91% 125
West Midlands +37 285 £60,000 -0.83% 78
South West -5 253 £57,500 +9.52% 87
Scotland -53 250 £55,000 -11.82% 51
Yorkshire +23 182 £55,000 -8.33% 51
East of England -9 111 £55,000 -8.33% 24
East Midlands +7 110 £52,500 - 28
Wales +16 64 £52,500 -8.70% 13
North East +15 53 £55,000 +4.76% 10
Northern Ireland +2 29 £75,000 +25.00% 10
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 45 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (1.39%) Apache Spark
4 21 (0.97%) Confluence
5 18 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.69%) IIS
7 8 (0.37%) CMS
8 7 (0.32%) WordPress
9 5 (0.23%) Kinematics
10 4 (0.19%) nginx
11 3 (0.14%) Apache
12 2 (0.093%) NetWeaver
12 2 (0.093%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.046%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.19%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.093%) InVision
6 2 (0.093%) Notion
6 2 (0.093%) Sketch
7 1 (0.046%) 1Password
7 1 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.046%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.046%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.79%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 10 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
4 8 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.19%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.19%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.19%) Sage 50
7 4 (0.19%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.093%) Maximo
9 2 (0.093%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.093%) SAP FI-GL
10 1 (0.046%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.046%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.046%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.046%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 650 (30.11%) Azure
2 628 (29.09%) AWS
3 229 (10.61%) GCP
4 204 (9.45%) PaaS
5 190 (8.80%) Microsoft 365
6 171 (7.92%) IaaS
7 77 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (2.59%) Amazon S3
9 50 (2.32%) GitHub
9 50 (2.32%) Power Platform
10 43 (1.99%) Serverless
11 35 (1.62%) OpenShift
12 31 (1.44%) Amazon SQS
13 30 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
14 29 (1.34%) Miro
15 28 (1.30%) Slack
16 23 (1.07%) Entra ID
16 23 (1.07%) Google Docs
16 23 (1.07%) Lucidchart
17 22 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 95 (4.40%) Firewall
2 64 (2.96%) DNS
3 56 (2.59%) WAN
4 48 (2.22%) DHCP
5 45 (2.08%) TCP/IP
6 40 (1.85%) HTTP
7 38 (1.76%) LAN
8 33 (1.53%) VPN
8 33 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
9 26 (1.20%) VoIP
10 24 (1.11%) Network Security
11 22 (1.02%) SAN
12 19 (0.88%) Internet
13 18 (0.83%) SD-WAN
14 11 (0.51%) NAS
15 10 (0.46%) MPLS
15 10 (0.46%) VLAN
16 7 (0.32%) Broadband
16 7 (0.32%) Unified Communications
16 7 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (6.48%) SQL Server
2 98 (4.54%) MySQL
3 65 (3.01%) Big Data
4 55 (2.55%) NoSQL
5 52 (2.41%) Elasticsearch
6 46 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (1.90%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.57%) MongoDB
10 33 (1.53%) Redis
11 31 (1.44%) GIS
12 27 (1.25%) Hadoop
13 23 (1.07%) Data Lake
13 23 (1.07%) Scylla
14 21 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
15 20 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
16 19 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
17 18 (0.83%) Power BI
18 16 (0.74%) Data Mining
19 15 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 149 (6.90%) Git
2 59 (2.73%) JIRA
3 51 (2.36%) Selenium
4 39 (1.81%) Jenkins
5 19 (0.88%) Postman
6 17 (0.79%) JUnit
7 16 (0.74%) Visual Studio
8 13 (0.60%) JMeter
8 13 (0.60%) TeamCity
9 12 (0.56%) GitLab
10 11 (0.51%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.51%) SoapUI
11 9 (0.42%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.42%) Jasmine
12 8 (0.37%) REST Assured
12 8 (0.37%) SonarQube
13 7 (0.32%) MSBuild
13 7 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
14 6 (0.28%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 575 (26.63%) Social Skills
2 269 (12.46%) Finance
3 148 (6.86%) Marketing
4 131 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
5 123 (5.70%) Presentation Skills
6 119 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 94 (4.35%) Retail
8 61 (2.83%) Legal
8 61 (2.83%) Manufacturing
9 60 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
10 59 (2.73%) Telecoms
11 54 (2.50%) Banking
12 47 (2.18%) Law
13 42 (1.95%) Public Sector
14 41 (1.90%) Automotive
15 39 (1.81%) Games
16 25 (1.16%) Aerospace
17 24 (1.11%) Tech for Good
18 21 (0.97%) Local Government
19 19 (0.88%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 453 (20.98%) Developer
2 376 (17.42%) Senior
3 260 (12.04%) Architect
4 168 (7.78%) Analyst
5 152 (7.04%) Senior Developer
6 145 (6.72%) Lead
7 141 (6.53%) Software Engineer
8 103 (4.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 103 (4.77%) PHP Developer
9 92 (4.26%) Software Developer
10 88 (4.08%) Cloud Architect
11 84 (3.89%) Full Stack Developer
12 76 (3.52%) Project Manager
12 76 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
13 68 (3.15%) Consultant
14 65 (3.01%) Development Manager
15 63 (2.92%) Business Development Manager
15 63 (2.92%) Business Manager
16 62 (2.87%) .NET Developer
17 56 (2.59%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 225 (10.42%) .NET
2 183 (8.48%) React
3 166 (7.69%) Laravel
4 121 (5.60%) HTML
5 115 (5.33%) CSS
6 102 (4.72%) Vue
7 88 (4.08%) RESTful
8 86 (3.98%) AngularJS
9 85 (3.94%) .NET Core
10 72 (3.33%) Node.js
11 61 (2.83%) Web Services
12 53 (2.45%) JSON
13 48 (2.22%) GraphQL
14 45 (2.08%) jQuery
15 41 (1.90%) Kafka
15 41 (1.90%) REST
16 38 (1.76%) Symfony
16 38 (1.76%) XML
17 36 (1.67%) .NET Framework
18 34 (1.57%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 95 (4.40%) Public Cloud
2 86 (3.98%) Product Ownership
3 84 (3.89%) Greenfield Project
4 76 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
5 72 (3.33%) PKI
6 59 (2.73%) Data Structures
7 57 (2.64%) Cloud Native
7 57 (2.64%) Onboarding
8 56 (2.59%) Mobile App
9 54 (2.50%) Management Information System
10 46 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
11 37 (1.71%) Algorithms
12 32 (1.48%) Client/Server
12 32 (1.48%) Data Centre
13 25 (1.16%) Driving Licence
14 24 (1.11%) Blockchain
15 21 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
15 21 (0.97%) Satnav
16 20 (0.93%) Virtual Team
17 19 (0.88%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 218 (10.10%) Windows
2 143 (6.62%) Linux
3 76 (3.52%) Windows Server
4 58 (2.69%) Unix
5 44 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (1.02%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.93%) Mac OS
8 20 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (0.83%) Android
11 17 (0.79%) Ubuntu
11 17 (0.79%) Windows 10
12 14 (0.65%) Mac OS X
13 9 (0.42%) CentOS
14 6 (0.28%) Solaris
14 6 (0.28%) Windows 7
14 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.19%) VMS
16 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (23.21%) Agile
2 377 (17.46%) DevOps
3 354 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
4 291 (13.48%) Software Engineering
5 217 (10.05%) Project Management
6 198 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
7 185 (8.57%) Microservices
8 184 (8.52%) Roadmaps
9 176 (8.15%) CI/CD
10 170 (7.87%) Actionable Insight
11 169 (7.83%) Mentoring
12 166 (7.69%) Migration
13 163 (7.55%) Test Automation
14 160 (7.41%) Full Stack Development
15 141 (6.53%) User Experience
16 130 (6.02%) Business Development
17 127 (5.88%) Customer Service
18 126 (5.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 122 (5.65%) Scrum
20 120 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 327 (15.15%) JavaScript
2 267 (12.37%) SQL
3 260 (12.04%) C#
4 213 (9.87%) Python
5 186 (8.62%) PHP
6 176 (8.15%) Java
7 130 (6.02%) PowerShell
8 101 (4.68%) TypeScript
9 80 (3.71%) Bash
10 49 (2.27%) C++
11 45 (2.08%) Go
12 31 (1.44%) C
13 24 (1.11%) Ruby
13 24 (1.11%) Scala
14 13 (0.60%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.56%) Swift
16 10 (0.46%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.37%) Ada
18 7 (0.32%) Bicep
18 7 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 262 (12.14%) Degree
2 122 (5.65%) Security Cleared
3 66 (3.06%) SC Cleared
4 56 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (1.99%) DV Cleared
6 25 (1.16%) ISTQB
7 22 (1.02%) CISSP
8 20 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 19 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 18 (0.83%) CISM
11 17 (0.79%) MBA
12 14 (0.65%) GCIA
12 14 (0.65%) GCIH
12 14 (0.65%) GREM
13 12 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (0.46%) DBS Check
16 8 (0.37%) ISEB
16 8 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (8.89%) QA
2 67 (3.10%) SLA
3 47 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (1.39%) GDPR
5 24 (1.11%) Data Quality
6 21 (0.97%) Software Quality Assurance
7 20 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (0.88%) NIST
9 15 (0.69%) PCI DSS
10 14 (0.65%) PMO
10 14 (0.65%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.42%) NCSC
13 8 (0.37%) Accessibility
14 7 (0.32%) COBIT
15 6 (0.28%) GRC
15 6 (0.28%) ISO 9001
16 5 (0.23%) SOC 1
17 4 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.19%) SEPA
System Software
1 215 (9.96%) Docker
2 86 (3.98%) Active Directory
2 86 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (3.29%) Hyper-V
4 33 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.56%) vSphere
6 6 (0.28%) Firmware
7 3 (0.14%) VirtualBox
7 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.093%) KVM
8 2 (0.093%) QEMU
8 2 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.093%) Xen
9 1 (0.046%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.046%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.046%) RACF
Systems Management
1 224 (10.38%) Kubernetes
2 80 (3.71%) Terraform
3 69 (3.20%) Ansible
4 45 (2.08%) Puppet
5 25 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
7 6 (0.28%) NetCrunch
7 6 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.28%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.23%) CASB
8 5 (0.23%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (0.19%) Grafana
10 3 (0.14%) Autotask
10 3 (0.14%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.14%) Nessus
11 2 (0.093%) Nagios
11 2 (0.093%) Podman
11 2 (0.093%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 390 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 152 (7.04%) Google
3 98 (4.54%) VMware
4 63 (2.92%) Dell
5 45 (2.08%) Oracle
6 43 (1.99%) Red Hat
7 36 (1.67%) SAP
8 32 (1.48%) Salesforce
9 28 (1.30%) Cisco
9 28 (1.30%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.25%) Adobe
11 25 (1.16%) Apple
12 17 (0.79%) Meraki
13 14 (0.65%) HubSpot
14 13 (0.60%) Ericsson
14 13 (0.60%) IBM
15 12 (0.56%) Veeam
16 11 (0.51%) Palo Alto
17 10 (0.46%) Draytek
17 10 (0.46%) Splunk