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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 30 46
Rank change year-on-year -7 +16 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 167 165 163
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.24% 7.96% 5.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.74% 15.77% 9.73%
Number of salaries quoted 131 132 131
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £69,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -15.79% +18.01%
75th Percentile £96,250 £117,500 £106,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £142,250 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -13.51% +14.91%

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 1,215 1,046 1,675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.88% 50.46% 52.52%
Number of salaries quoted 907 841 1,419
10th Percentile £42,150 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

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 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the City of 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 7 (4.19%) Apache
1 7 (4.19%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (4.19%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (11.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (6.59%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (20.36%) Azure
2 21 (12.57%) AWS
3 16 (9.58%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (9.58%) PaaS
4 11 (6.59%) Power Platform
4 11 (6.59%) Serverless
5 9 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (5.39%) Entra ID
5 9 (5.39%) Figma
6 7 (4.19%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 7 (4.19%) GCP
7 5 (2.99%) Lucidchart
8 4 (2.40%) IaaS
9 3 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.20%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.20%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.20%) Tessian
11 1 (0.60%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.60%) DHCP
1 1 (0.60%) DNS
1 1 (0.60%) Firewall
1 1 (0.60%) SMS
1 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.60%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.18%) MySQL
2 11 (6.59%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (4.19%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (4.19%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.19%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.99%) Power BI
5 3 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.80%) MariaDB
5 3 (1.80%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.80%) SQLite
6 2 (1.20%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (2.99%) Balsamiq
2 3 (1.80%) Git
3 2 (1.20%) JIRA
3 2 (1.20%) Postman
General
1 62 (37.13%) Finance
2 23 (13.77%) Marketing
3 22 (13.17%) Social Skills
4 17 (10.18%) Advertising
5 13 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (5.39%) Legal
7 8 (4.79%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.40%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.40%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.80%) Retail
10 2 (1.20%) Banking
10 2 (1.20%) German Language
10 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.20%) Law
11 1 (0.60%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.60%) French Language
11 1 (0.60%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.60%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 29 (17.37%) Senior
2 18 (10.78%) Developer
2 18 (10.78%) Lead
3 17 (10.18%) Accountant
3 17 (10.18%) Management Accountant
4 12 (7.19%) AWS Engineer
5 11 (6.59%) Analyst
5 11 (6.59%) Architect
5 11 (6.59%) Data Engineer
5 11 (6.59%) Financial Controller
5 11 (6.59%) Full-Stack Developer
5 11 (6.59%) Python Engineer
5 11 (6.59%) Senior Developer
6 9 (5.39%) Financial Analyst
6 9 (5.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 9 (5.39%) SaaS Analyst
6 9 (5.39%) Support Engineer
7 8 (4.79%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (4.79%) Lead Data Engineer
7 8 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.78%) React
2 15 (8.98%) .NET
3 8 (4.79%) Kafka
4 7 (4.19%) .NET Core
5 5 (2.99%) Model Context Protocol
6 3 (1.80%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.80%) CSS
6 3 (1.80%) HTML
6 3 (1.80%) Laravel
7 2 (1.20%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.20%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.20%) FastAPI
7 2 (1.20%) Next.js
7 2 (1.20%) Node.js
7 2 (1.20%) Ruby on Rails
7 2 (1.20%) Vue
8 1 (0.60%) Flask
8 1 (0.60%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.60%) PySpark
8 1 (0.60%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.59%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.19%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.19%) PropTech
3 6 (3.59%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.99%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.80%) Derivative
5 3 (1.80%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.20%) ASIC
6 2 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.20%) OTC Derivatives
6 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.60%) DTCC
7 1 (0.60%) Equities
7 1 (0.60%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.60%) PKI
7 1 (0.60%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.60%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.39%) Windows
2 7 (4.19%) Linux
2 7 (4.19%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (20.96%) AI
2 32 (19.16%) Budgeting
3 30 (17.96%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 26 (15.57%) Financial Analysis
5 24 (14.37%) DevOps
6 23 (13.77%) Fintech
7 20 (11.98%) Agile
7 20 (11.98%) Full-Stack Development
8 19 (11.38%) Process Improvement
9 18 (10.78%) Cost Control
10 16 (9.58%) B2B
10 16 (9.58%) Commercial Awareness
11 15 (8.98%) User Experience
12 14 (8.38%) Collaborative Culture
12 14 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
13 11 (6.59%) Software Engineering
13 11 (6.59%) UX Design
14 10 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (5.99%) ITIL
14 10 (5.99%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 26 (15.57%) Python
2 19 (11.38%) C#
3 16 (9.58%) JavaScript
4 12 (7.19%) TypeScript
5 10 (5.99%) SQL
6 9 (5.39%) PowerShell
7 6 (3.59%) PHP
8 3 (1.80%) Bash
9 2 (1.20%) Java
9 2 (1.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 37 (22.16%) ACCA
1 37 (22.16%) CIMA
2 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 3 (1.80%) Degree
4 2 (1.20%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.20%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.60%) CFA
5 1 (0.60%) CISA
5 1 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.19%) GAAP
1 12 (7.19%) IFRS
2 8 (4.79%) Data Quality
3 7 (4.19%) QA
4 6 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.80%) NIST
5 3 (1.80%) SLA
6 2 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.20%) COBIT
6 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.20%) EMIR
6 2 (1.20%) MiFID
6 2 (1.20%) SOC 1
6 2 (1.20%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.60%) GDPR
7 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.60%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (5.99%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.59%) Hyper-V
2 6 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.20%) Docker
5 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (6.59%) Terraform
2 10 (5.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.59%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.19%) VMware
3 5 (2.99%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.40%) SAP
5 3 (1.80%) Google
5 3 (1.80%) Oracle
6 2 (1.20%) Apple
6 2 (1.20%) BT
6 2 (1.20%) iManage
6 2 (1.20%) Intapp
6 2 (1.20%) Sage
6 2 (1.20%) Workday
6 2 (1.20%) Xero
7 1 (0.60%) Ariba
7 1 (0.60%) Okta
7 1 (0.60%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.60%) Snow