SaaS Job Trends in the City of London

Software as a Service (SaaS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 34 40
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +7
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 123 165 183
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.37% 6.66% 5.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.17% 12.82% 11.60%
Number of salaries quoted 97 118 162
10th Percentile £50,750 £42,500 £55,125
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,563 £71,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year - -21.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £105,000 £112,188 £107,188
90th Percentile £130,000 £123,750 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year - -21.05% +11.76%

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,011 1,287 1,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 35.91% 51.96% 50.37%
Number of salaries quoted 790 901 1,438
10th Percentile £42,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in the City of London

SaaS
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the City of London over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the City of London

SaaS
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the City of London region over the 6 months to 22 February 2026. 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
London Bridge - 1 £140,000 -
SaaS
Central London

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 3 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (13.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (4.88%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (29.27%) AWS
2 26 (21.14%) Azure
3 19 (15.45%) GCP
4 14 (11.38%) PaaS
5 12 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (7.32%) Power Platform
6 9 (7.32%) Serverless
7 6 (4.88%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.07%) Figma
9 4 (3.25%) Lucidchart
9 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.63%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.63%) Azure API Management
11 2 (1.63%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.63%) IaaS
11 2 (1.63%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.81%) DHCP
1 1 (0.81%) DNS
1 1 (0.81%) Firewall
1 1 (0.81%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.88%) MySQL
2 5 (4.07%) Power BI
3 3 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.44%) SQLite
4 2 (1.63%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Balsamiq
2 3 (2.44%) Git
General
1 39 (31.71%) Finance
2 30 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 19 (15.45%) Marketing
4 13 (10.57%) Advertising
5 10 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.50%) Legal
7 7 (5.69%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.63%) Brand Awareness
8 2 (1.63%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.63%) Retail
9 1 (0.81%) Banking
9 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.81%) Law
9 1 (0.81%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 34 (27.64%) Senior
2 13 (10.57%) Accountant
2 13 (10.57%) Management Accountant
3 12 (9.76%) Lead
4 9 (7.32%) Developer
5 8 (6.50%) Architect
5 8 (6.50%) AWS Engineer
5 8 (6.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 8 (6.50%) Java Engineer
5 8 (6.50%) Senior Java Engineer
6 7 (5.69%) Principal Engineer
6 7 (5.69%) Senior Developer
7 6 (4.88%) Financial Controller
7 6 (4.88%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (4.88%) Product Engineer
7 6 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.07%) Analyst
8 5 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (4.07%) IT Manager
9 4 (3.25%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (19.51%) React
2 15 (12.20%) Node.js
3 9 (7.32%) .NET
4 8 (6.50%) Spring
4 8 (6.50%) Spring Boot
5 6 (4.88%) .NET Core
6 4 (3.25%) Model Context Protocol
6 4 (3.25%) Next.js
7 2 (1.63%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.63%) Django
7 2 (1.63%) FastAPI
7 2 (1.63%) Flask
7 2 (1.63%) Kafka
7 2 (1.63%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.63%) Tailwind CSS
8 1 (0.81%) OAuth
8 1 (0.81%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.81%) PySpark
8 1 (0.81%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.01%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.69%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.88%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.25%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.63%) ASIC
5 2 (1.63%) Derivative
5 2 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.63%) OTC Derivatives
5 2 (1.63%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.81%) DTCC
6 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.81%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.81%) PKI
6 1 (0.81%) PropTech
6 1 (0.81%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.81%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.07%) Windows
2 4 (3.25%) Linux
3 3 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (22.76%) AI
2 21 (17.07%) B2B
2 21 (17.07%) Budgeting
3 20 (16.26%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 19 (15.45%) Fintech
4 19 (15.45%) Mentoring
5 17 (13.82%) Financial Analysis
6 16 (13.01%) DevOps
7 15 (12.20%) Full-Stack Development
8 14 (11.38%) Process Improvement
9 13 (10.57%) Agile
9 13 (10.57%) Cost Control
9 13 (10.57%) Event-Driven
9 13 (10.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 13 (10.57%) Roadmaps
10 12 (9.76%) Coaching
10 12 (9.76%) Machine Learning
11 11 (8.94%) CI/CD
12 10 (8.13%) Insurtech
12 10 (8.13%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.70%) TypeScript
2 13 (10.57%) C#
2 13 (10.57%) Python
3 10 (8.13%) Java
4 8 (6.50%) JavaScript
4 8 (6.50%) Kotlin
5 7 (5.69%) SQL
6 6 (4.88%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.25%) PHP
8 1 (0.81%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (18.70%) ACCA
1 23 (18.70%) CIMA
2 5 (4.07%) Degree
3 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (1.63%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.81%) CFA
5 1 (0.81%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.88%) GAAP
2 6 (4.88%) IFRS
3 3 (2.44%) NIST
3 3 (2.44%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.63%) COBIT
4 2 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.63%) EMIR
4 2 (1.63%) GDPR
4 2 (1.63%) MiFID
4 2 (1.63%) SOC 1
5 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.81%) QA
5 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.44%) Docker
2 3 (2.44%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (10.57%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.25%) SAP
2 4 (3.25%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.44%) Google
3 3 (2.44%) Oracle
3 3 (2.44%) VMware
4 2 (1.63%) Apple
4 2 (1.63%) iManage
4 2 (1.63%) Intapp
4 2 (1.63%) Sage
4 2 (1.63%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.63%) Workday
4 2 (1.63%) Xero
5 1 (0.81%) Ariba
5 1 (0.81%) Okta
5 1 (0.81%) Snow