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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 57 47
Rank change year-on-year +16 -10 +37
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 106 127 175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 6.17% 4.44% 5.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.01% 8.81% 9.76%
Number of salaries quoted 91 83 155
10th Percentile £57,500 £42,500 £51,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £51,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £75,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £126,250 £95,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £152,500 £109,500 £111,500
Central London median annual salary £95,000 £72,500 £86,250
% change year-on-year +31.03% -15.94% +7.81%

All Cloud 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 815 1,442 1,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 47.41% 50.40% 52.06%
Number of salaries quoted 674 1,022 1,625
10th Percentile £40,159 £42,500 £41,700
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,400 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,375 £107,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS 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 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the City of London

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.89%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.94%) Apache
3 1 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.94%) CMS
3 1 (0.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.94%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.94%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 30 (28.30%) AWS
2 28 (26.42%) Azure
3 18 (16.98%) PaaS
4 13 (12.26%) IaaS
5 11 (10.38%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (4.72%) GCP
9 4 (3.77%) Azure AI
9 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (3.77%) Serverless
10 3 (2.83%) Azure AKS
10 3 (2.83%) Azure API Management
10 3 (2.83%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (2.83%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (2.83%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.89%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.89%) Azure Pipelines
11 2 (1.89%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.89%) LAN
1 2 (1.89%) WAN
2 1 (0.94%) Firewall
2 1 (0.94%) HTTP
2 1 (0.94%) Internet
2 1 (0.94%) IP Telephony
2 1 (0.94%) Network Security
2 1 (0.94%) PBX
2 1 (0.94%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.94%) VoIP
2 1 (0.94%) VPN
2 1 (0.94%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.66%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (4.72%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.83%) Power BI
4 2 (1.89%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.89%) Data Hub
4 2 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.89%) Metadata
4 2 (1.89%) SQL CLR
4 2 (1.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.94%) Big Data
5 1 (0.94%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.94%) Looker
5 1 (0.94%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.94%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.94%) Parquet
5 1 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (9.43%) JIRA
2 4 (3.77%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.89%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.94%) Git
4 1 (0.94%) GitLab
4 1 (0.94%) Vagrant
General
1 30 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 23 (21.70%) Finance
3 12 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.60%) Marketing
5 5 (4.72%) Law
6 4 (3.77%) Legal
7 3 (2.83%) Advertising
7 3 (2.83%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.89%) Back Office
9 1 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Retail
9 1 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (24.53%) Senior
2 20 (18.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 15 (14.15%) Architect
3 15 (14.15%) Lead
3 15 (14.15%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (10.38%) Product Manager
4 11 (10.38%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
5 8 (7.55%) Senior Architect
5 8 (7.55%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 5 (4.72%) Help Desk Agent
6 5 (4.72%) Help Desk Support
7 4 (3.77%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 4 (3.77%) Consultant
7 4 (3.77%) Designer
7 4 (3.77%) Product Designer
7 4 (3.77%) Senior Manager
8 3 (2.83%) Lead Architect
8 3 (2.83%) Management Accountant
8 3 (2.83%) User Experience Manager
8 3 (2.83%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (21.70%) React
2 15 (14.15%) Next.js
3 8 (7.55%) .NET
4 6 (5.66%) REST
5 5 (4.72%) Django
6 4 (3.77%) Spring
6 4 (3.77%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.94%) Apache Avro
7 1 (0.94%) CSS
7 1 (0.94%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.94%) HTML
7 1 (0.94%) JSON
7 1 (0.94%) Pandas
7 1 (0.94%) Puppeteer
7 1 (0.94%) PySpark
7 1 (0.94%) Scrapy
7 1 (0.94%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.04%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.72%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (4.72%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 4 (3.77%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.83%) PMI
4 3 (2.83%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.89%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.89%) PropTech
5 2 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.94%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.94%) Cybercrime
6 1 (0.94%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.94%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.94%) Shadow IT
6 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.89%) Windows
2 1 (0.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (44.34%) Roadmaps
2 40 (37.74%) Agile
3 35 (33.02%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (27.36%) Artificial Intelligence
5 26 (24.53%) User Experience
6 21 (19.81%) Full-Stack Development
6 21 (19.81%) Translating Business Requirements
7 20 (18.87%) Code Quality
8 18 (16.98%) Software Engineering
8 18 (16.98%) TOGAF
9 17 (16.04%) Strategic Thinking
10 16 (15.09%) B2B
10 16 (15.09%) DevOps
10 16 (15.09%) Fintech
11 15 (14.15%) Product Management
12 14 (13.21%) Customer Service
13 13 (12.26%) Acceptance Criteria
13 13 (12.26%) User Stories
14 12 (11.32%) Market Research
14 12 (11.32%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 24 (22.64%) TypeScript
2 18 (16.98%) Python
3 11 (10.38%) SQL
4 9 (8.49%) C#
5 6 (5.66%) Java
6 2 (1.89%) Bash
6 2 (1.89%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.89%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.89%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.94%) Go
7 1 (0.94%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.94%) Rust
Qualifications
1 12 (11.32%) Degree
2 7 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.77%) Azure Certification
3 4 (3.77%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.77%) PMP
4 3 (2.83%) ACCA
4 3 (2.83%) CIMA
4 3 (2.83%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.83%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.94%) CISM
5 1 (0.94%) CISSP
5 1 (0.94%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.94%) MCP
5 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.66%) GDPR
2 4 (3.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.89%) NIST
4 1 (0.94%) QA
4 1 (0.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (5.66%) Docker
2 2 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.94%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 8 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.72%) Terraform
3 2 (1.89%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.94%) Ansible
4 1 (0.94%) CASB
4 1 (0.94%) Consul
4 1 (0.94%) Packer
4 1 (0.94%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.94%) Puppet
4 1 (0.94%) Salt
Vendors
1 29 (27.36%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.55%) Google
3 5 (4.72%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.77%) OpenAI
4 4 (3.77%) SAP
4 4 (3.77%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.77%) Workday
5 2 (1.89%) VMware
6 1 (0.94%) Amplitude
6 1 (0.94%) Citrix
6 1 (0.94%) Databricks
6 1 (0.94%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.94%) Juniper
6 1 (0.94%) OneLogin