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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 39 57
Rank change year-on-year +12 +18 -4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 173 119 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.22% 6.70% 4.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.99% 13.90% 8.64%
Number of salaries quoted 153 98 88
10th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £96,750 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% +17.27% -1.49%
75th Percentile £98,750 £126,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £149,000 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £78,000 £92,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -15.68% +23.33% -6.25%

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 1,018 856 1,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.72% 48.17% 50.80%
Number of salaries quoted 758 698 1,063
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,034 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,173 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £117,500 £106,250
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 1 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 8 (4.62%) Apache
1 8 (4.62%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (4.62%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (5.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.31%) Notion
3 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 13 (7.51%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.72%) Azure
2 21 (12.14%) AWS
3 11 (6.36%) PaaS
4 8 (4.62%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 8 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.62%) Serverless
5 7 (4.05%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.05%) Figma
6 5 (2.89%) Slack
7 4 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.31%) GCP
7 4 (2.31%) IaaS
7 4 (2.31%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.31%) Twilio
8 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.73%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.16%) dbt
9 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.16%) OCI
9 2 (1.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.16%) DNS
1 2 (1.16%) Network Security
2 1 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.58%) DHCP
2 1 (0.58%) DKIM
2 1 (0.58%) DMARC
2 1 (0.58%) SMS
2 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.58%) VPN
2 1 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.40%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.94%) MySQL
3 10 (5.78%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.62%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (4.62%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.73%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.16%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.58%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (2.31%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.58%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.58%) Git
2 1 (0.58%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Postman
General
1 56 (32.37%) Finance
2 25 (14.45%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (13.29%) Social Skills
4 18 (10.40%) Marketing
5 11 (6.36%) Advertising
6 6 (3.47%) Legal
6 6 (3.47%) Legal Technology
7 5 (2.89%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.89%) Law
8 4 (2.31%) General Ledger
8 4 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.31%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.16%) German Language
10 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Banking
11 1 (0.58%) French Language
11 1 (0.58%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (21.97%) Lead
2 17 (9.83%) Data Engineer
2 17 (9.83%) Senior
3 15 (8.67%) Analyst
3 15 (8.67%) Lead Data Engineer
4 14 (8.09%) Developer
4 14 (8.09%) Python Engineer
5 13 (7.51%) Financial Controller
6 10 (5.78%) Accountant
6 10 (5.78%) Management Accountant
7 9 (5.20%) Architect
8 8 (4.62%) AWS Engineer
8 8 (4.62%) Python Data Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Head of AI
9 7 (4.05%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.47%) Database Engineer
10 6 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (3.47%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (3.47%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.94%) Terraform
2 10 (5.78%) React
3 8 (4.62%) .NET
3 8 (4.62%) Kafka
4 6 (3.47%) NestJS
5 5 (2.89%) REST
6 4 (2.31%) CSS
6 4 (2.31%) HTML
7 3 (1.73%) FastAPI
7 3 (1.73%) Laravel
7 3 (1.73%) Next.js
7 3 (1.73%) Vue
8 2 (1.16%) Model Context Protocol
8 2 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (1.16%) Pandas
8 2 (1.16%) Ruby on Rails
9 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.58%) Django
9 1 (0.58%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.51%) Management Information System
2 12 (6.94%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.62%) PropTech
4 6 (3.47%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.73%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.16%) Derivative
7 2 (1.16%) Equities
7 2 (1.16%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.16%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.58%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.58%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.58%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.58%) Media Streaming
8 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.58%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.62%) Windows
2 6 (3.47%) Linux
3 4 (2.31%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (24.86%) AI
2 31 (17.92%) Budgeting
3 30 (17.34%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 25 (14.45%) Fintech
5 24 (13.87%) Observability
5 24 (13.87%) Process Improvement
6 23 (13.29%) Data Ingestion
7 22 (12.72%) Data Pipeline
8 19 (10.98%) B2B
9 16 (9.25%) DevOps
9 16 (9.25%) Software Engineering
10 15 (8.67%) Financial Analysis
11 14 (8.09%) Agile
11 14 (8.09%) Full-Stack Development
12 13 (7.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (7.51%) Workflow
13 12 (6.94%) Commercial Awareness
13 12 (6.94%) Microservices
13 12 (6.94%) User Experience
14 11 (6.36%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.76%) Python
2 14 (8.09%) SQL
3 12 (6.94%) C#
4 11 (6.36%) TypeScript
5 8 (4.62%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.73%) Bash
6 3 (1.73%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.16%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.16%) Ruby
8 1 (0.58%) PHP
Qualifications
1 35 (20.23%) ACCA
1 35 (20.23%) CIMA
2 4 (2.31%) Degree
3 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.73%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.58%) CISA
5 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.58%) ISACA
5 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.58%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.14%) Data Quality
2 15 (8.67%) GAAP
2 15 (8.67%) IFRS
3 6 (3.47%) GDPR
3 6 (3.47%) QA
4 3 (1.73%) SLA
5 2 (1.16%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.58%) ITGC
6 1 (0.58%) NIST
6 1 (0.58%) SOC 1
6 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.89%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.16%) Docker
3 2 (1.16%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.58%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (2.89%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (9.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.89%) Salesforce
2 5 (2.89%) VMware
3 4 (2.31%) HubSpot
4 3 (1.73%) Databricks
4 3 (1.73%) Oracle
5 1 (0.58%) BT
5 1 (0.58%) Cisco
5 1 (0.58%) Guidewire
5 1 (0.58%) Informatica
5 1 (0.58%) Meraki