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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 71 54
Rank change year-on-year -11 -17 +3
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 2,159 2,623 3,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.05% 4.40% 5.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.20% 11.48% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,670 1,597 2,776
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £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 £81,375
90th Percentile £91,250 £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 23,457 22,850 28,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.10% 38.32% 39.98%
Number of salaries quoted 17,386 13,678 19,676
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 £67,500 £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 14 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 14 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 +23 569 £55,000 -8.33% 198
South East -60 486 £55,000 -8.33% 190
Midlands +30 396 £57,500 -4.17% 106
North West +27 333 £57,500 -3.40% 134
West Midlands +38 285 £60,000 -2.44% 73
South West 0 256 £57,250 +9.05% 89
Scotland -48 249 £55,000 -15.38% 46
Yorkshire +27 184 £55,000 -12.00% 52
East of England -21 112 £55,000 -12.00% 25
East Midlands +2 109 £52,500 - 33
Wales +22 63 £52,500 +10.53% 12
North East +14 52 £55,000 +4.76% 14
Northern Ireland +6 29 £75,000 +25.00% 7
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 46 (2.13%) 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
2 627 (29.04%) AWS
3 230 (10.65%) GCP
4 203 (9.40%) PaaS
5 192 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
6 172 (7.97%) IaaS
7 75 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (2.59%) Amazon S3
9 51 (2.36%) Power Platform
10 50 (2.32%) GitHub
11 43 (1.99%) Serverless
12 34 (1.57%) OpenShift
13 31 (1.44%) Amazon SQS
14 30 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
15 29 (1.34%) Miro
16 28 (1.30%) Slack
17 23 (1.07%) Entra ID
17 23 (1.07%) Google Docs
17 23 (1.07%) Lucidchart
18 22 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 93 (4.31%) Firewall
2 64 (2.96%) DNS
3 58 (2.69%) WAN
4 47 (2.18%) DHCP
5 44 (2.04%) TCP/IP
6 38 (1.76%) HTTP
6 38 (1.76%) LAN
7 34 (1.57%) VPN
8 33 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (1.11%) Network Security
9 24 (1.11%) VoIP
10 20 (0.93%) SAN
11 19 (0.88%) SD-WAN
12 18 (0.83%) Internet
13 11 (0.51%) VLAN
14 10 (0.46%) MPLS
15 9 (0.42%) NAS
16 7 (0.32%) 5G
16 7 (0.32%) Broadband
16 7 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 94 (4.35%) 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 40 (1.85%) 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 RDS
15 20 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
16 18 (0.83%) Power BI
17 16 (0.74%) Data Mining
18 15 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 148 (6.86%) Git
2 59 (2.73%) JIRA
3 49 (2.27%) Selenium
4 39 (1.81%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.83%) Postman
6 17 (0.79%) JUnit
7 15 (0.69%) Visual Studio
8 13 (0.60%) JMeter
8 13 (0.60%) TeamCity
9 12 (0.56%) GitLab
10 11 (0.51%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.46%) SoapUI
12 9 (0.42%) Cucumber
12 9 (0.42%) Jasmine
13 8 (0.37%) REST Assured
13 8 (0.37%) SonarQube
14 7 (0.32%) MSBuild
14 7 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
15 6 (0.28%) Bitbucket
15 6 (0.28%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 572 (26.49%) Social Skills
2 269 (12.46%) Finance
3 150 (6.95%) Marketing
4 132 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
5 124 (5.74%) Presentation Skills
6 118 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 97 (4.49%) Retail
8 62 (2.87%) Manufacturing
9 61 (2.83%) Legal
10 60 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
11 58 (2.69%) Telecoms
12 55 (2.55%) Banking
13 48 (2.22%) Law
14 42 (1.95%) Public Sector
15 41 (1.90%) Automotive
16 39 (1.81%) Games
17 26 (1.20%) Aerospace
18 25 (1.16%) Tech for Good
19 21 (0.97%) Local Government
20 19 (0.88%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 451 (20.89%) Developer
2 377 (17.46%) Senior
3 261 (12.09%) Architect
4 166 (7.69%) Analyst
5 152 (7.04%) Senior Developer
6 143 (6.62%) Lead
7 141 (6.53%) Software Engineer
8 106 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 102 (4.72%) PHP Developer
10 92 (4.26%) Software Developer
11 89 (4.12%) Cloud Architect
12 84 (3.89%) Full Stack Developer
13 76 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
14 74 (3.43%) Project Manager
15 69 (3.20%) Consultant
16 65 (3.01%) Development Manager
17 63 (2.92%) Business Development Manager
18 62 (2.87%) .NET Developer
18 62 (2.87%) Business Manager
19 56 (2.59%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (10.24%) .NET
2 182 (8.43%) React
3 165 (7.64%) Laravel
4 121 (5.60%) HTML
5 115 (5.33%) CSS
6 101 (4.68%) Vue
7 86 (3.98%) RESTful
8 85 (3.94%) AngularJS
9 83 (3.84%) .NET Core
10 72 (3.33%) Node.js
11 60 (2.78%) Web Services
12 52 (2.41%) 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
17 37 (1.71%) XML
18 35 (1.62%) .NET Framework
19 34 (1.57%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 95 (4.40%) Public Cloud
2 86 (3.98%) Product Ownership
3 84 (3.89%) Greenfield Project
4 75 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
5 72 (3.33%) PKI
6 59 (2.73%) Cloud Native
7 58 (2.69%) Data Structures
8 57 (2.64%) Mobile App
9 55 (2.55%) Onboarding
10 51 (2.36%) Management Information System
11 45 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
12 37 (1.71%) Algorithms
13 33 (1.53%) Data Centre
14 32 (1.48%) Client/Server
15 25 (1.16%) Driving Licence
16 24 (1.11%) Blockchain
17 21 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
17 21 (0.97%) Satnav
18 20 (0.93%) Virtual Team
19 19 (0.88%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 216 (10.00%) Windows
2 143 (6.62%) Linux
3 73 (3.38%) Windows Server
4 59 (2.73%) Unix
5 42 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 22 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 20 (0.93%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.83%) Android
8 18 (0.83%) Ubuntu
9 17 (0.79%) Windows 10
9 17 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (0.65%) Mac OS X
12 8 (0.37%) CentOS
13 7 (0.32%) Solaris
14 6 (0.28%) Windows 7
14 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 505 (23.39%) Agile
2 376 (17.42%) DevOps
3 352 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
4 291 (13.48%) Software Engineering
5 218 (10.10%) Project Management
6 199 (9.22%) Cybersecurity
7 188 (8.71%) Roadmaps
8 183 (8.48%) Microservices
9 180 (8.34%) CI/CD
10 170 (7.87%) Mentoring
11 168 (7.78%) Actionable Insight
12 167 (7.74%) Test Automation
13 165 (7.64%) Migration
14 161 (7.46%) Full Stack Development
15 140 (6.48%) User Experience
16 130 (6.02%) Business Development
17 128 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 126 (5.84%) Customer Service
19 123 (5.70%) Scrum
20 121 (5.60%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 327 (15.15%) JavaScript
2 263 (12.18%) SQL
3 256 (11.86%) C#
4 211 (9.77%) Python
5 184 (8.52%) PHP
6 174 (8.06%) Java
7 130 (6.02%) PowerShell
8 102 (4.72%) TypeScript
9 79 (3.66%) 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
1 261 (12.09%) Degree
2 121 (5.60%) Security Cleared
3 66 (3.06%) SC Cleared
4 54 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (1.95%) DV Cleared
6 26 (1.20%) ISTQB
7 23 (1.07%) CISSP
8 20 (0.93%) Azure Certification
8 20 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 18 (0.83%) CISM
10 17 (0.79%) MBA
11 14 (0.65%) GCIA
11 14 (0.65%) GCIH
11 14 (0.65%) GREM
12 12 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.46%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.42%) AWS Certification
16 8 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (8.89%) QA
2 65 (3.01%) SLA
3 46 (2.13%) 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 85 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 82 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 69 (3.20%) Hyper-V
5 33 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.56%) vSphere
7 6 (0.28%) Firmware
8 3 (0.14%) VirtualBox
8 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.093%) KVM
9 2 (0.093%) QEMU
9 2 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.093%) Xen
10 1 (0.046%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.046%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.046%) RACF
Systems Management
1 223 (10.33%) Kubernetes
2 81 (3.75%) Terraform
3 68 (3.15%) Ansible
4 44 (2.04%) Puppet
5 26 (1.20%) 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
1 389 (18.02%) Microsoft
2 152 (7.04%) Google
3 94 (4.35%) VMware
4 63 (2.92%) Dell
5 46 (2.13%) Oracle
6 42 (1.95%) Red Hat
7 36 (1.67%) SAP
8 31 (1.44%) Salesforce
9 29 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 28 (1.30%) Cisco
11 27 (1.25%) Adobe
12 25 (1.16%) Apple
13 17 (0.79%) Meraki
14 14 (0.65%) HubSpot
15 13 (0.60%) Ericsson
15 13 (0.60%) IBM
16 12 (0.56%) Veeam
17 11 (0.51%) Palo Alto
18 10 (0.46%) Draytek
18 10 (0.46%) Splunk