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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 33 58
Rank change year-on-year +6 +25 -13
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 191 138 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.15% 7.31% 4.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.77% 14.89% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 167 110 87
10th Percentile £49,750 £35,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £64,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +1.52% +10.00%
75th Percentile £96,250 £122,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £145,000 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
% change year-on-year -6.25% -1.54% +4.84%

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 1,139 927 1,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.73% 49.13% 50.33%
Number of salaries quoted 848 752 1,098
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,188 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £73,555
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.96% -1.93%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £117,500 £106,625
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -1.36%

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 4 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the City of 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 8 (4.19%) Apache
1 8 (4.19%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (4.19%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 15 (7.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.05%) Notion
3 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.52%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (9.42%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.66%) Azure
2 22 (11.52%) AWS
3 13 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.76%) Entra ID
4 11 (5.76%) PaaS
5 8 (4.19%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 8 (4.19%) Serverless
6 7 (3.66%) Figma
7 5 (2.62%) GCP
8 4 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.09%) IaaS
8 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.09%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.57%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.57%) Slack
10 2 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.05%) dbt
10 2 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.05%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.05%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.05%) DNS
1 2 (1.05%) Network Security
2 1 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.52%) DHCP
2 1 (0.52%) DKIM
2 1 (0.52%) DMARC
2 1 (0.52%) SMS
2 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.52%) VPN
2 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.38%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.28%) MySQL
3 10 (5.24%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.19%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (4.19%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.57%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.05%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.05%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.52%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (2.09%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.05%) JIRA
2 2 (1.05%) Postman
3 1 (0.52%) Balsamiq
General
1 73 (38.22%) Finance
2 29 (15.18%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (13.09%) Marketing
4 24 (12.57%) Social Skills
5 16 (8.38%) Advertising
6 6 (3.14%) Legal
6 6 (3.14%) Legal Technology
7 5 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.09%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.09%) General Ledger
8 4 (2.09%) Law
8 4 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.09%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.05%) German Language
9 2 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.05%) Retail
10 1 (0.52%) French Language
10 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.52%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (17.28%) Lead
2 20 (10.47%) Senior
3 18 (9.42%) Financial Controller
4 17 (8.90%) Analyst
5 16 (8.38%) Developer
6 15 (7.85%) Accountant
6 15 (7.85%) Data Engineer
6 15 (7.85%) Management Accountant
7 14 (7.33%) Python Engineer
8 13 (6.81%) Lead Data Engineer
9 9 (4.71%) Architect
9 9 (4.71%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (4.71%) SaaS Analyst
10 8 (4.19%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (4.19%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (4.19%) Python Data Engineer
10 8 (4.19%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.66%) Head of AI
11 7 (3.66%) Software Engineer
12 6 (3.14%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.71%) .NET
1 9 (4.71%) React
2 8 (4.19%) Kafka
3 5 (2.62%) CSS
3 5 (2.62%) HTML
4 4 (2.09%) NestJS
4 4 (2.09%) REST
4 4 (2.09%) Vue
5 3 (1.57%) FastAPI
5 3 (1.57%) Laravel
6 2 (1.05%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.05%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (1.05%) Model Context Protocol
6 2 (1.05%) Next.js
6 2 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.05%) Pandas
6 2 (1.05%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.52%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.52%) Keras
7 1 (0.52%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.42%) Management Information System
2 12 (6.28%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.19%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.19%) PropTech
4 5 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.57%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.05%) Derivative
6 2 (1.05%) Equities
6 2 (1.05%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.05%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.05%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.52%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.52%) PKI
7 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.52%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.28%) Windows
2 10 (5.24%) Linux
3 8 (4.19%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.99%) Budgeting
2 41 (21.47%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 39 (20.42%) AI
4 29 (15.18%) Fintech
4 29 (15.18%) Process Improvement
5 24 (12.57%) Financial Analysis
6 18 (9.42%) Data Ingestion
6 18 (9.42%) Data Pipeline
6 18 (9.42%) Observability
7 17 (8.90%) B2B
7 17 (8.90%) Commercial Awareness
7 17 (8.90%) DevOps
7 17 (8.90%) Software Engineering
8 16 (8.38%) Cost Control
9 15 (7.85%) Agile
9 15 (7.85%) Collaborative Culture
9 15 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (7.85%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (7.33%) Full-Stack Development
10 14 (7.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.66%) Python
2 13 (6.81%) C#
2 13 (6.81%) SQL
3 9 (4.71%) JavaScript
3 9 (4.71%) TypeScript
4 7 (3.66%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.09%) Bash
6 2 (1.05%) PHP
6 2 (1.05%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.05%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 49 (25.65%) ACCA
1 49 (25.65%) CIMA
2 4 (2.09%) Degree
3 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.57%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.52%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.52%) CISA
5 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.52%) ISACA
5 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.47%) GAAP
1 20 (10.47%) IFRS
2 16 (8.38%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.66%) QA
4 6 (3.14%) GDPR
5 4 (2.09%) SLA
6 2 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.52%) ITGC
7 1 (0.52%) NIST
7 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.52%) SOC 1
7 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (5.24%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.14%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.05%) Docker
4 2 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (7.33%) Terraform
2 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (11.52%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.71%) VMware
3 5 (2.62%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.09%) Oracle
5 3 (1.57%) Databricks
6 2 (1.05%) BT
6 2 (1.05%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco
7 1 (0.52%) Google
7 1 (0.52%) iManage
7 1 (0.52%) Informatica
7 1 (0.52%) Intapp
7 1 (0.52%) Litera
7 1 (0.52%) Meraki
7 1 (0.52%) SAP
7 1 (0.52%) Workday