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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 42 34
Rank change year-on-year -1 -8 +13
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 98 160 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.22% 6.03% 6.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.17% 11.53% 12.36%
Number of salaries quoted 79 108 160
10th Percentile £57,500 £42,500 £56,125
25th Percentile £60,000 £63,438 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £80,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £122,500 £104,375 £107,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £123,750 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -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 877 1,388 1,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 37.79% 52.28% 51.28%
Number of salaries quoted 690 954 1,315
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £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 15 January 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 15 January 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 1 (1.02%) Confluence
1 1 (1.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (33.67%) AWS
2 16 (16.33%) Azure
2 16 (16.33%) GCP
3 13 (13.27%) PaaS
4 8 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 7 (7.14%) Serverless
6 4 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (3.06%) Azure AKS
7 3 (3.06%) Azure API Management
7 3 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (3.06%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (3.06%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (3.06%) Figma
7 3 (3.06%) IaaS
7 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.04%) Azure Functions
8 2 (2.04%) Lucidchart
9 1 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.02%) DHCP
1 1 (1.02%) DNS
1 1 (1.02%) Firewall
1 1 (1.02%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.10%) Power BI
2 4 (4.08%) MySQL
3 3 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.06%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.06%) SQLite
4 2 (2.04%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Git
2 2 (2.04%) Balsamiq
3 1 (1.02%) JIRA
General
1 33 (33.67%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.37%) Finance
3 13 (13.27%) Marketing
4 7 (7.14%) Advertising
4 7 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.10%) Legal
5 5 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.04%) Brand Awareness
6 2 (2.04%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.04%) Retail
7 1 (1.02%) Banking
7 1 (1.02%) Law
7 1 (1.02%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 31 (31.63%) Senior
2 13 (13.27%) Lead
3 8 (8.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 8 (8.16%) Java Engineer
3 8 (8.16%) Senior Java Engineer
4 7 (7.14%) Accountant
4 7 (7.14%) Developer
4 7 (7.14%) Management Accountant
4 7 (7.14%) Product Manager
5 6 (6.12%) Architect
5 6 (6.12%) AWS Engineer
5 6 (6.12%) Product Engineer
5 6 (6.12%) Senior Developer
6 5 (5.10%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (5.10%) Principal Engineer
6 5 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (4.08%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (4.08%) Sales Executive
8 3 (3.06%) Data Engineer
8 3 (3.06%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (21.43%) React
2 15 (15.31%) Node.js
3 8 (8.16%) Spring
3 8 (8.16%) Spring Boot
4 6 (6.12%) Next.js
5 4 (4.08%) .NET
5 4 (4.08%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.04%) Django
6 2 (2.04%) FastAPI
6 2 (2.04%) Flask
6 2 (2.04%) Kafka
6 2 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (2.04%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (1.02%) OAuth
7 1 (1.02%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.02%) PySpark
7 1 (1.02%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.35%) Cloud Native
2 6 (6.12%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.06%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.04%) ASIC
4 2 (2.04%) Derivative
4 2 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.04%) OTC Derivatives
4 2 (2.04%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.02%) Cybercrime
5 1 (1.02%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.02%) DTCC
5 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.02%) PropTech
5 1 (1.02%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.02%) Social Media
5 1 (1.02%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.02%) Linux
1 1 (1.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (28.57%) AI
2 21 (21.43%) B2B
3 19 (19.39%) Agile
4 18 (18.37%) Roadmaps
5 17 (17.35%) Mentoring
6 14 (14.29%) DevOps
6 14 (14.29%) Fintech
7 13 (13.27%) Full-Stack Development
7 13 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (12.24%) Event-Driven
8 12 (12.24%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 12 (12.24%) Machine Learning
9 11 (11.22%) CI/CD
10 9 (9.18%) Coaching
10 9 (9.18%) Data Pipeline
10 9 (9.18%) Insurtech
10 9 (9.18%) Observability
10 9 (9.18%) User Experience
11 8 (8.16%) Process Improvement
11 8 (8.16%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.47%) TypeScript
2 12 (12.24%) Python
3 10 (10.20%) Java
4 8 (8.16%) C#
4 8 (8.16%) Kotlin
5 5 (5.10%) JavaScript
5 5 (5.10%) SQL
6 3 (3.06%) PHP
6 3 (3.06%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.02%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (7.14%) ACCA
1 7 (7.14%) CIMA
2 6 (6.12%) Degree
3 2 (2.04%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.04%) MCP
4 1 (1.02%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.04%) EMIR
2 2 (2.04%) MiFID
3 1 (1.02%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.02%) GDPR
3 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 1 (1.02%) QA
3 1 (1.02%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (3.06%) Docker
2 1 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (12.24%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.06%) Terraform
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (15.31%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.08%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.06%) Google
4 2 (2.04%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.02%) Apple
5 1 (1.02%) Ariba
5 1 (1.02%) SAP
5 1 (1.02%) Snow
5 1 (1.02%) Workday