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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 39 56
Rank change year-on-year +9 +17 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 162 107 122
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.15% 6.27% 4.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.58% 13.21% 8.60%
Number of salaries quoted 142 91 82
10th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £100,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +29.03% -13.89%
75th Percentile £98,750 £126,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £152,500 £109,750
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £95,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year -21.05% +33.33% -14.93%

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 977 810 1,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 31.08% 47.48% 50.48%
Number of salaries quoted 728 668 1,023
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,372 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,838 £117,875 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +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 15 September 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 (4.32%) Apache
1 7 (4.32%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (4.32%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.62%) CMS
3 1 (0.62%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.47%) Notion
3 1 (0.62%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.62%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (7.41%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.81%) Azure
2 19 (11.73%) AWS
3 10 (6.17%) PaaS
4 8 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.94%) Serverless
5 7 (4.32%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 7 (4.32%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.09%) Figma
6 5 (3.09%) Slack
7 4 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.47%) GCP
7 4 (2.47%) IaaS
7 4 (2.47%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.47%) Twilio
8 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.85%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.23%) dbt
9 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.23%) OCI
9 2 (1.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.23%) DNS
1 2 (1.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.62%) DHCP
2 1 (0.62%) DKIM
2 1 (0.62%) DMARC
2 1 (0.62%) SMS
2 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.62%) VPN
2 1 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.49%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (6.17%) MySQL
3 9 (5.56%) Relational Database
4 7 (4.32%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (4.32%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.85%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.23%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.23%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.62%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (2.47%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.62%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.62%) Git
General
1 53 (32.72%) Finance
2 26 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (14.20%) Social Skills
4 17 (10.49%) Marketing
5 10 (6.17%) Advertising
6 6 (3.70%) Law
7 5 (3.09%) Legal
7 5 (3.09%) Legal Technology
8 4 (2.47%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.47%) General Ledger
8 4 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.47%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.23%) Banking
9 2 (1.23%) German Language
9 2 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.62%) French Language
10 1 (0.62%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.62%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (21.60%) Lead
2 15 (9.26%) Data Engineer
3 14 (8.64%) Analyst
4 13 (8.02%) Lead Data Engineer
5 12 (7.41%) Financial Controller
6 11 (6.79%) Developer
6 11 (6.79%) Python Engineer
6 11 (6.79%) Senior
7 9 (5.56%) Accountant
7 9 (5.56%) Architect
7 9 (5.56%) Management Accountant
8 7 (4.32%) Head of AI
8 7 (4.32%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Python Data Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.70%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Database Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (3.70%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.41%) Terraform
2 9 (5.56%) React
3 7 (4.32%) .NET
3 7 (4.32%) Kafka
4 6 (3.70%) NestJS
5 5 (3.09%) REST
6 4 (2.47%) CSS
6 4 (2.47%) HTML
6 4 (2.47%) Next.js
7 3 (1.85%) Laravel
7 3 (1.85%) Vue
8 2 (1.23%) FastAPI
8 2 (1.23%) Model Context Protocol
8 2 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (1.23%) Pandas
9 1 (0.62%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (0.62%) Keras
9 1 (0.62%) Plotly
9 1 (0.62%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.62%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.79%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.70%) PropTech
4 4 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.85%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.23%) Derivative
6 2 (1.23%) Equities
6 2 (1.23%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.62%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.62%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.62%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.62%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.62%) Media Streaming
7 1 (0.62%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.94%) Windows
2 6 (3.70%) Linux
3 4 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (24.69%) AI
2 29 (17.90%) Budgeting
3 28 (17.28%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 24 (14.81%) Observability
5 23 (14.20%) Fintech
5 23 (14.20%) Process Improvement
6 22 (13.58%) Data Ingestion
7 21 (12.96%) Data Pipeline
8 17 (10.49%) B2B
8 17 (10.49%) DevOps
9 15 (9.26%) Full-Stack Development
10 14 (8.64%) Agile
10 14 (8.64%) Software Engineering
11 13 (8.02%) Financial Analysis
11 13 (8.02%) Workflow
12 12 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
12 12 (7.41%) Microservices
13 11 (6.79%) Analytics
13 11 (6.79%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 25 (15.43%) Python
2 13 (8.02%) SQL
3 11 (6.79%) C#
3 11 (6.79%) TypeScript
4 5 (3.09%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.85%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.23%) Bash
6 2 (1.23%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 32 (19.75%) ACCA
1 32 (19.75%) CIMA
2 6 (3.70%) Degree
3 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.85%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.62%) CISA
5 1 (0.62%) ISACA
5 1 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.62%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.35%) Data Quality
2 14 (8.64%) GAAP
2 14 (8.64%) IFRS
3 6 (3.70%) GDPR
4 5 (3.09%) QA
5 2 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.62%) ITGC
6 1 (0.62%) NIST
6 1 (0.62%) SLA
6 1 (0.62%) SOC 1
6 1 (0.62%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.09%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.23%) Docker
3 2 (1.23%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.62%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (3.09%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.09%) Salesforce
2 5 (3.09%) VMware
3 4 (2.47%) HubSpot
4 3 (1.85%) Databricks
4 3 (1.85%) Oracle
5 1 (0.62%) Cisco
5 1 (0.62%) Guidewire
5 1 (0.62%) Informatica
5 1 (0.62%) Meraki