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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 39 39
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 +5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 113 161 184
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.31% 6.31% 5.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.75% 12.13% 11.73%
Number of salaries quoted 90 112 169
10th Percentile £56,575 £46,875 £56,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £131,250 £123,750 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% -18.42% +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 962 1,327 1,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 36.73% 51.98% 50.19%
Number of salaries quoted 761 909 1,446
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,950 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

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 5 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 5 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 2 (1.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (11.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.65%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (32.74%) AWS
2 21 (18.58%) Azure
3 18 (15.93%) GCP
4 15 (13.27%) PaaS
5 10 (8.85%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (7.96%) Power Platform
6 9 (7.96%) Serverless
7 8 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (4.42%) Figma
9 4 (3.54%) Lucidchart
9 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (2.65%) Azure AKS
10 3 (2.65%) Azure API Management
10 3 (2.65%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (2.65%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.65%) IaaS
11 2 (1.77%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.77%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.88%) DHCP
1 1 (0.88%) DNS
1 1 (0.88%) Firewall
1 1 (0.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.31%) MySQL
2 5 (4.42%) Power BI
3 3 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.65%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.65%) SQLite
4 2 (1.77%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Balsamiq
2 3 (2.65%) Git
General
1 34 (30.09%) Social Skills
2 29 (25.66%) Finance
3 15 (13.27%) Marketing
4 10 (8.85%) Advertising
5 7 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.19%) Legal
5 7 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.77%) Brand Awareness
6 2 (1.77%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.77%) Retail
7 1 (0.88%) Banking
7 1 (0.88%) Law
7 1 (0.88%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (29.20%) Senior
2 12 (10.62%) Lead
3 10 (8.85%) Accountant
3 10 (8.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 10 (8.85%) Management Accountant
4 9 (7.96%) Developer
5 8 (7.08%) Architect
5 8 (7.08%) AWS Engineer
5 8 (7.08%) Java Engineer
5 8 (7.08%) Senior Java Engineer
6 7 (6.19%) Principal Engineer
6 7 (6.19%) Senior Developer
6 7 (6.19%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (5.31%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (5.31%) Product Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Product Manager
8 5 (4.42%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) IT Manager
9 4 (3.54%) PHP Developer
9 4 (3.54%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (23.01%) React
2 15 (13.27%) Node.js
3 9 (7.96%) .NET
4 8 (7.08%) Spring
4 8 (7.08%) Spring Boot
5 6 (5.31%) .NET Core
5 6 (5.31%) Next.js
6 4 (3.54%) Model Context Protocol
7 2 (1.77%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.77%) Django
7 2 (1.77%) FastAPI
7 2 (1.77%) Flask
7 2 (1.77%) Kafka
7 2 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.77%) Tailwind CSS
8 1 (0.88%) OAuth
8 1 (0.88%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.88%) PySpark
8 1 (0.88%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.16%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.31%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.54%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.65%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.77%) ASIC
5 2 (1.77%) Derivative
5 2 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.77%) OTC Derivatives
5 2 (1.77%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.88%) DTCC
6 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.88%) PropTech
6 1 (0.88%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.88%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.77%) Windows
2 1 (0.88%) Linux
2 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (27.43%) AI
2 21 (18.58%) B2B
3 19 (16.81%) Mentoring
4 18 (15.93%) Agile
5 17 (15.04%) Full-Stack Development
5 17 (15.04%) Roadmaps
6 16 (14.16%) DevOps
6 16 (14.16%) Fintech
7 15 (13.27%) Budgeting
8 14 (12.39%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 13 (11.50%) Event-Driven
9 13 (11.50%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 13 (11.50%) Machine Learning
10 12 (10.62%) Coaching
10 12 (10.62%) User Experience
11 11 (9.73%) CI/CD
11 11 (9.73%) Financial Analysis
11 11 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (9.73%) Process Improvement
12 10 (8.85%) Insurtech
Programming Languages
1 25 (22.12%) TypeScript
2 14 (12.39%) Python
3 13 (11.50%) C#
4 10 (8.85%) Java
5 8 (7.08%) JavaScript
5 8 (7.08%) Kotlin
6 7 (6.19%) SQL
7 4 (3.54%) PHP
8 3 (2.65%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (12.39%) ACCA
1 14 (12.39%) CIMA
2 5 (4.42%) Degree
3 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (1.77%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.88%) CFA
5 1 (0.88%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.65%) GAAP
2 3 (2.65%) IFRS
2 3 (2.65%) SOC 2
3 2 (1.77%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.77%) COBIT
3 2 (1.77%) EMIR
3 2 (1.77%) MiFID
3 2 (1.77%) NIST
3 2 (1.77%) SOC 1
4 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.88%) GDPR
4 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.65%) Docker
2 2 (1.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (10.62%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.54%) Terraform
3 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (16.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.54%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.65%) SAP
4 2 (1.77%) Apple
4 2 (1.77%) Google
4 2 (1.77%) Oracle
4 2 (1.77%) Sage
4 2 (1.77%) Xero
5 1 (0.88%) Ariba
5 1 (0.88%) iManage
5 1 (0.88%) Intapp
5 1 (0.88%) Okta
5 1 (0.88%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.88%) Snow
5 1 (0.88%) Workday