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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 41 38
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +16
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 101 161 165
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.69% 6.04% 5.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.02% 11.49% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 82 109 153
10th Percentile £51,875 £42,500 £56,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 £80,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £121,250 £101,250 £107,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £123,750 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £88,750 £75,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +18.33% -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 840 1,401 1,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 39.03% 52.53% 51.06%
Number of salaries quoted 663 973 1,333
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,625 £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 £115,000 £115,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £76,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -

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 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 4 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 (0.99%) Confluence
1 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (8.91%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (32.67%) AWS
2 16 (15.84%) Azure
2 16 (15.84%) GCP
3 13 (12.87%) PaaS
4 8 (7.92%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (6.93%) Power Platform
5 7 (6.93%) Serverless
6 4 (3.96%) Figma
6 4 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.97%) Azure AKS
7 3 (2.97%) Azure API Management
7 3 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.97%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (2.97%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.97%) IaaS
7 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.98%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.98%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.98%) Miro
9 1 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.99%) DHCP
1 1 (0.99%) DNS
1 1 (0.99%) Firewall
1 1 (0.99%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.95%) Power BI
2 4 (3.96%) MySQL
3 3 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.97%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.97%) SQLite
4 2 (1.98%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Git
2 2 (1.98%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.99%) JIRA
General
1 35 (34.65%) Social Skills
2 17 (16.83%) Finance
3 11 (10.89%) Marketing
4 8 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.94%) Advertising
6 5 (4.95%) Legal
6 5 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.98%) Brand Awareness
7 2 (1.98%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.98%) Retail
8 1 (0.99%) Banking
8 1 (0.99%) Law
8 1 (0.99%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 31 (30.69%) Senior
2 13 (12.87%) Lead
3 9 (8.91%) Product Manager
4 8 (7.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 8 (7.92%) Java Engineer
4 8 (7.92%) Senior Java Engineer
5 7 (6.93%) Developer
6 6 (5.94%) Accountant
6 6 (5.94%) Architect
6 6 (5.94%) AWS Engineer
6 6 (5.94%) Management Accountant
6 6 (5.94%) Product Engineer
6 6 (5.94%) Senior Developer
7 5 (4.95%) DevOps Engineer
7 5 (4.95%) Principal Engineer
7 5 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.96%) Consultant
8 4 (3.96%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (3.96%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.96%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (20.79%) React
2 15 (14.85%) Node.js
3 8 (7.92%) Spring
3 8 (7.92%) Spring Boot
4 6 (5.94%) Next.js
5 4 (3.96%) .NET
5 4 (3.96%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.98%) Django
6 2 (1.98%) FastAPI
6 2 (1.98%) Flask
6 2 (1.98%) Kafka
6 2 (1.98%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.98%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (0.99%) OAuth
7 1 (0.99%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.99%) PySpark
7 1 (0.99%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.83%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.93%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.97%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.98%) ASIC
4 2 (1.98%) Derivative
4 2 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.98%) OTC Derivatives
4 2 (1.98%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.99%) Cybercrime
5 1 (0.99%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.99%) DTCC
5 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.99%) PropTech
5 1 (0.99%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.99%) Social Media
5 1 (0.99%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.99%) Linux
1 1 (0.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.71%) AI
2 22 (21.78%) B2B
3 20 (19.80%) Agile
3 20 (19.80%) Roadmaps
4 17 (16.83%) Mentoring
5 16 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (13.86%) DevOps
6 14 (13.86%) Fintech
7 13 (12.87%) Full-Stack Development
8 12 (11.88%) Event-Driven
8 12 (11.88%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 12 (11.88%) Machine Learning
9 11 (10.89%) Acceptance Criteria
9 11 (10.89%) CI/CD
10 10 (9.90%) Product Management
10 10 (9.90%) Product Requirements
10 10 (9.90%) User Stories
11 9 (8.91%) Coaching
11 9 (8.91%) Insurtech
11 9 (8.91%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 23 (22.77%) TypeScript
2 12 (11.88%) Python
3 10 (9.90%) Java
4 8 (7.92%) C#
4 8 (7.92%) Kotlin
5 5 (4.95%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.95%) SQL
6 3 (2.97%) PHP
6 3 (2.97%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.99%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (5.94%) ACCA
1 6 (5.94%) CIMA
1 6 (5.94%) Degree
2 2 (1.98%) Master's Degree
2 2 (1.98%) MCP
3 1 (0.99%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.98%) EMIR
2 2 (1.98%) MiFID
2 2 (1.98%) SOC 2
3 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.99%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.99%) GDPR
3 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 1 (0.99%) NIST
3 1 (0.99%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.97%) Docker
2 1 (0.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (11.88%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.97%) Terraform
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (15.84%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.96%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.97%) Google
4 2 (1.98%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.99%) Apple
5 1 (0.99%) Ariba
5 1 (0.99%) SAP
5 1 (0.99%) Snow
5 1 (0.99%) Workday