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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 32 51
Rank change year-on-year +3 +19 -10
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 198 145 145
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.62% 7.48% 4.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.52% 14.92% 8.97%
Number of salaries quoted 167 115 112
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,800 £51,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £70,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £87,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -2.78% +11.80%
75th Percentile £95,000 £117,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £128,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £71,121 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -11.10% -11.11% +12.50%

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 1,276 972 1,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 29.79% 50.15% 50.30%
Number of salaries quoted 946 777 1,323
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £55,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £95,938 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £112,000
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 15 June 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 (4.04%) Apache
1 8 (4.04%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (4.04%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (10.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) Notion
2 1 (0.51%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (9.09%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 33 (16.67%) Azure
2 28 (14.14%) AWS
3 18 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (7.07%) PaaS
5 13 (6.57%) Serverless
6 11 (5.56%) Entra ID
7 9 (4.55%) Figma
7 9 (4.55%) GCP
8 8 (4.04%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 8 (4.04%) Power Platform
9 6 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.53%) Lucidchart
11 4 (2.02%) IaaS
11 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (2.02%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (1.01%) dbt
13 2 (1.01%) GitHub
13 2 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.01%) DHCP
1 2 (1.01%) DNS
1 2 (1.01%) VPN
2 1 (0.51%) Firewall
2 1 (0.51%) Network Security
2 1 (0.51%) SMS
2 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.59%) MySQL
2 13 (6.57%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (4.55%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.04%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (4.04%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.52%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.51%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.51%) Metadata
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.51%) Power BI
7 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.53%) Balsamiq
2 4 (2.02%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.01%) JIRA
3 2 (1.01%) Postman
General
1 83 (41.92%) Finance
2 30 (15.15%) Marketing
2 30 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 28 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.61%) Advertising
5 8 (4.04%) Legal
6 6 (3.03%) Legal Technology
6 6 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.02%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.02%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.52%) General Ledger
8 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.52%) Law
8 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.52%) Retail
9 2 (1.01%) German Language
10 1 (0.51%) Banking
10 1 (0.51%) French Language
10 1 (0.51%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.51%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 29 (14.65%) Senior
2 24 (12.12%) Lead
3 23 (11.62%) Developer
4 20 (10.10%) Accountant
4 20 (10.10%) Management Accountant
5 18 (9.09%) Financial Controller
6 17 (8.59%) Analyst
7 14 (7.07%) AWS Engineer
8 13 (6.57%) Architect
8 13 (6.57%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (6.06%) Data Engineer
9 12 (6.06%) Python Engineer
10 10 (5.05%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (5.05%) Lead Data Engineer
10 10 (5.05%) SaaS Analyst
10 10 (5.05%) Senior Developer
10 10 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (4.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 9 (4.55%) Support Engineer
12 8 (4.04%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.59%) React
2 16 (8.08%) .NET
3 9 (4.55%) Kafka
4 6 (3.03%) .NET Core
5 5 (2.53%) CSS
5 5 (2.53%) HTML
5 5 (2.53%) Model Context Protocol
6 4 (2.02%) Vue
7 3 (1.52%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.52%) FastAPI
7 3 (1.52%) Laravel
8 2 (1.01%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.01%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (1.01%) Next.js
8 2 (1.01%) Node.js
8 2 (1.01%) Pandas
8 2 (1.01%) REST
8 2 (1.01%) Ruby on Rails
9 1 (0.51%) NestJS
9 1 (0.51%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.04%) PropTech
4 6 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.53%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.02%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.52%) Derivative
7 3 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (1.01%) Equities
8 2 (1.01%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.51%) ASIC
9 1 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.51%) DTCC
9 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.51%) OTC Derivatives
9 1 (0.51%) PKI
9 1 (0.51%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.56%) Windows
2 10 (5.05%) Linux
3 8 (4.04%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.01%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (24.24%) Budgeting
2 47 (23.74%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 36 (18.18%) AI
4 34 (17.17%) Process Improvement
5 32 (16.16%) Fintech
6 30 (15.15%) Financial Analysis
7 23 (11.62%) DevOps
8 21 (10.61%) Cost Control
8 21 (10.61%) Full-Stack Development
9 18 (9.09%) Agile
9 18 (9.09%) B2B
9 18 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
9 18 (9.09%) User Experience
10 17 (8.59%) Collaborative Culture
10 17 (8.59%) Commercial Awareness
11 16 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (7.07%) Data Pipeline
12 14 (7.07%) Software Engineering
13 13 (6.57%) ITIL
14 12 (6.06%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.65%) Python
2 20 (10.10%) C#
3 15 (7.58%) JavaScript
4 14 (7.07%) SQL
5 11 (5.56%) TypeScript
6 7 (3.54%) PowerShell
7 6 (3.03%) PHP
8 5 (2.53%) Bash
9 2 (1.01%) Ruby
10 1 (0.51%) Java
10 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (27.78%) ACCA
1 55 (27.78%) CIMA
2 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 4 (2.02%) Degree
4 3 (1.52%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.51%) CFA
6 1 (0.51%) CISA
6 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.10%) GAAP
1 20 (10.10%) IFRS
2 11 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.54%) QA
4 6 (3.03%) GDPR
5 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.52%) NIST
5 3 (1.52%) SLA
6 2 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.01%) COBIT
6 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.01%) SOC 1
6 2 (1.01%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.51%) EMIR
7 1 (0.51%) MiFID
7 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.03%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.02%) Docker
5 3 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (8.59%) Terraform
2 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (4.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (12.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.04%) VMware
3 5 (2.53%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.02%) Oracle
5 3 (1.52%) Google
5 3 (1.52%) SAP
6 2 (1.01%) Apple
6 2 (1.01%) BT
6 2 (1.01%) Databricks
6 2 (1.01%) iManage
6 2 (1.01%) Intapp
6 2 (1.01%) Litera
6 2 (1.01%) Sage
6 2 (1.01%) Xero
7 1 (0.51%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.51%) Informatica
7 1 (0.51%) Okta
7 1 (0.51%) Workday