SaaS Job Trends in Cheshire

Software as a Service (SaaS)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 53 35
Rank change year-on-year 0 -18 +41
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 23 8 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 1.83% 1.33% 5.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.21% 3.77% 11.74%
Number of salaries quoted 23 1 22
10th Percentile £40,000 - £31,625
25th Percentile £45,625 £45,000 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -2.44% +28.13%
75th Percentile £68,750 £55,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 - £73,875
North West median annual salary £64,250 £60,835 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.61% +1.39% +4.35%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Cheshire

SaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 717 212 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 57.09% 35.16% 43.03%
Number of salaries quoted 175 113 192
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £23,850
25th Percentile £40,250 £32,750 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +11.11% -9.04%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £63,000 £75,900
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

SaaS job vacancy trend in Cheshire

SaaS
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Cheshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SaaS in Cheshire

SaaS
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Warrington +13 12 £50,000 - 8
Crewe - 6 £60,000 - 1
Knutsford -11 2 £50,000 - 1
Macclesfield - 1 £50,000 -
SaaS
North West

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Firebase
2 2 (8.70%) IaaS
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) PaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) GitLab
1 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (17.39%) Finance
1 4 (17.39%) Marketing
1 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Advertising
3 2 (8.70%) Games
3 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Business Manager
2 4 (17.39%) Business Development Manager
2 4 (17.39%) Development Manager
2 4 (17.39%) Finance Manager
3 3 (13.04%) ERP Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Android Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Operations Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Sales Representative
5 1 (4.35%) Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Full-Stack Python Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Information Officer
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) IT Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Marketing Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) New Business Sales Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Product Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) .NET
1 1 (4.35%) AngularJS
1 1 (4.35%) Django
1 1 (4.35%) Next.js
1 1 (4.35%) Node.js
1 1 (4.35%) React
1 1 (4.35%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) IoT
1 2 (8.70%) Mobile App
1 2 (8.70%) PropTech
2 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Android
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) B2B
1 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) Agile
2 4 (17.39%) Business Development
2 4 (17.39%) Coaching
2 4 (17.39%) ERP
3 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (13.04%) CRM
3 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
3 3 (13.04%) Time Management
4 2 (8.70%) Android Development
4 2 (8.70%) API Design
4 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.70%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (8.70%) Customer Experience
4 2 (8.70%) DevOps
4 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (8.70%) Incident Response
4 2 (8.70%) Line Management
4 2 (8.70%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Java
2 2 (8.70%) Kotlin
2 2 (8.70%) Python
3 1 (4.35%) C#
3 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.35%) PHP
3 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.35%) GDPR
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Grafana
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) HubSpot
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Sony
3 1 (4.35%) AppDynamics
3 1 (4.35%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle