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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 53 45
Rank change year-on-year +13 -8 +34
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 93 135 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.91% 4.86% 5.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.27% 9.68% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 90 85 150
10th Percentile £55,875 £42,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £45,000 £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £72,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% -19.44% +9.09%
75th Percentile £126,250 £93,750 £102,500
90th Percentile £145,750 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £67,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +48.15% -25.00% +9.09%

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 758 1,395 1,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 48.16% 50.27% 49.84%
Number of salaries quoted 647 956 1,443
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £110,000 £115,000
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

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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 2025. 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 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.08%) Confluence
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 38 (40.86%) AWS
2 13 (13.98%) GCP
3 12 (12.90%) Azure
3 12 (12.90%) PaaS
4 5 (5.38%) IaaS
4 5 (5.38%) Serverless
5 4 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.23%) Azure AKS
6 3 (3.23%) Azure API Management
6 3 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (2.15%) Azure Functions
7 2 (2.15%) Azure Pipelines
7 2 (2.15%) Figma
7 2 (2.15%) Miro
7 2 (2.15%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.15%) LAN
1 2 (2.15%) WAN
2 1 (1.08%) Firewall
2 1 (1.08%) Internet
2 1 (1.08%) IP Telephony
2 1 (1.08%) Network Security
2 1 (1.08%) PBX
2 1 (1.08%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.08%) VoIP
2 1 (1.08%) VPN
2 1 (1.08%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.08%) Data Hub
2 1 (1.08%) Metadata
2 1 (1.08%) Power BI
2 1 (1.08%) SQL CLR
2 1 (1.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.08%) CircleCI
2 1 (1.08%) GitLab
2 1 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 32 (34.41%) Social Skills
2 15 (16.13%) Finance
3 12 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.60%) Marketing
5 4 (4.30%) Legal
6 3 (3.23%) Advertising
6 3 (3.23%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.08%) Back Office
7 1 (1.08%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (1.08%) Law
7 1 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Retail
7 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (29.03%) Senior
2 17 (18.28%) Lead
3 13 (13.98%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 11 (11.83%) Product Manager
5 8 (8.60%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
6 7 (7.53%) Java Engineer
6 7 (7.53%) Senior Java Engineer
7 6 (6.45%) Architect
7 6 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (5.38%) Product Engineer
9 4 (4.30%) Consultant
9 4 (4.30%) Designer
9 4 (4.30%) IT Manager
9 4 (4.30%) Product Designer
9 4 (4.30%) Product Owner
10 3 (3.23%) Engineering Manager
10 3 (3.23%) Senior Architect
10 3 (3.23%) Senior Manager
10 3 (3.23%) Service Manager
10 3 (3.23%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (27.96%) React
2 13 (13.98%) Next.js
3 11 (11.83%) Node.js
4 10 (10.75%) Spring
4 10 (10.75%) Spring Boot
5 3 (3.23%) .NET
6 2 (2.15%) Django
7 1 (1.08%) FastAPI
7 1 (1.08%) Flask
7 1 (1.08%) Kafka
7 1 (1.08%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (1.08%) REST
7 1 (1.08%) RESTful
7 1 (1.08%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 23 (24.73%) Cloud Native
2 6 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.30%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.15%) PropTech
4 2 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.08%) Clustering
5 1 (1.08%) Cybercrime
5 1 (1.08%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.08%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.08%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.08%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.08%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.08%) Social Media
5 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (36.56%) Roadmaps
2 31 (33.33%) AI
3 30 (32.26%) Agile
4 25 (26.88%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (21.51%) B2B
6 19 (20.43%) User Experience
7 17 (18.28%) Mentoring
8 16 (17.20%) Code Quality
9 15 (16.13%) Product Management
10 14 (15.05%) CI/CD
10 14 (15.05%) Full-Stack Development
11 13 (13.98%) Acceptance Criteria
11 13 (13.98%) Insurtech
11 13 (13.98%) Translating Business Requirements
11 13 (13.98%) User Stories
12 12 (12.90%) Product Requirements
12 12 (12.90%) Strategic Thinking
13 11 (11.83%) Coaching
13 11 (11.83%) Fintech
13 11 (11.83%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 27 (29.03%) TypeScript
2 10 (10.75%) Java
3 8 (8.60%) Python
4 7 (7.53%) Kotlin
5 3 (3.23%) C#
6 1 (1.08%) Bash
6 1 (1.08%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.08%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.08%) SQL
6 1 (1.08%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (6.45%) Degree
2 3 (3.23%) ACCA
2 3 (3.23%) CIMA
3 2 (2.15%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.08%) CISM
4 1 (1.08%) CISSP
4 1 (1.08%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.23%) GDPR
1 3 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.15%) NIST
2 2 (2.15%) SOC 2
3 1 (1.08%) QA
System Software
1 5 (5.38%) Docker
2 1 (1.08%) Terminal Server
2 1 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (13.98%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.38%) Terraform
3 1 (1.08%) CASB
3 1 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 12 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.30%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.08%) Citrix
4 1 (1.08%) Google
4 1 (1.08%) HubSpot
4 1 (1.08%) Juniper
4 1 (1.08%) OneLogin
4 1 (1.08%) VMware