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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 30 46
Rank change year-on-year -9 +16 -3
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 161 167 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.22% 7.94% 5.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.45% 15.64% 9.99%
Number of salaries quoted 126 133 135
10th Percentile £46,250 £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% +15.15%
75th Percentile £95,000 £117,500 £106,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £140,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -13.51% +12.12%

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 1,197 1,068 1,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 31.35% 50.76% 52.69%
Number of salaries quoted 889 855 1,437
10th Percentile £41,250 £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 £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,350 £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 26 April 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 6 (3.73%) Apache
1 6 (3.73%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (3.73%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (6.83%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (19.88%) Azure
2 21 (13.04%) AWS
3 16 (9.94%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (9.32%) PaaS
5 10 (6.21%) Power Platform
6 9 (5.59%) Entra ID
6 9 (5.59%) Figma
7 8 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (4.97%) GCP
7 8 (4.97%) Serverless
8 6 (3.73%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 5 (3.11%) Lucidchart
10 4 (2.48%) IaaS
11 3 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (1.24%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.24%) Tessian
13 1 (0.62%) Google Gemini
13 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
13 1 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.62%) DHCP
1 1 (0.62%) DNS
1 1 (0.62%) Firewall
1 1 (0.62%) SMS
1 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.62%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.94%) MySQL
2 10 (6.21%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.73%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (3.73%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.73%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.11%) Power BI
5 3 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.86%) MariaDB
5 3 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.86%) SQLite
6 2 (1.24%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (3.11%) Balsamiq
2 3 (1.86%) Git
3 2 (1.24%) JIRA
3 2 (1.24%) Postman
General
1 62 (38.51%) Finance
2 23 (14.29%) Marketing
2 23 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.18%) Advertising
4 14 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.59%) Legal
6 8 (4.97%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.48%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.86%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.86%) Retail
9 2 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.62%) Banking
10 1 (0.62%) Brand Awareness
10 1 (0.62%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.62%) German Language
10 1 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.62%) Law
10 1 (0.62%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 29 (18.01%) Senior
2 18 (11.18%) Accountant
2 18 (11.18%) Developer
2 18 (11.18%) Management Accountant
3 17 (10.56%) Lead
4 11 (6.83%) Analyst
4 11 (6.83%) Financial Controller
4 11 (6.83%) Full-Stack Developer
4 11 (6.83%) Senior Developer
5 10 (6.21%) Architect
5 10 (6.21%) AWS Engineer
5 10 (6.21%) Data Engineer
6 9 (5.59%) Financial Analyst
6 9 (5.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 9 (5.59%) Python Engineer
6 9 (5.59%) SaaS Analyst
6 9 (5.59%) Support Engineer
7 7 (4.35%) IT Support
7 7 (4.35%) Principal Engineer
7 7 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.80%) React
2 15 (9.32%) .NET
3 7 (4.35%) .NET Core
3 7 (4.35%) Kafka
4 5 (3.11%) Model Context Protocol
5 4 (2.48%) Node.js
6 3 (1.86%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.86%) Laravel
7 2 (1.24%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.24%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.24%) CSS
7 2 (1.24%) FastAPI
7 2 (1.24%) HTML
7 2 (1.24%) Next.js
7 2 (1.24%) Ruby on Rails
7 2 (1.24%) Vue
8 1 (0.62%) Flask
8 1 (0.62%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.62%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.62%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.83%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.97%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.35%) PropTech
4 5 (3.11%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.86%) Derivative
5 3 (1.86%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.24%) ASIC
6 2 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.24%) OTC Derivatives
7 1 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.62%) DTCC
7 1 (0.62%) Equities
7 1 (0.62%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.62%) PKI
7 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.62%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.62%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.59%) Windows
2 7 (4.35%) Linux
2 7 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (21.74%) AI
2 33 (20.50%) Budgeting
3 31 (19.25%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 27 (16.77%) Financial Analysis
5 23 (14.29%) Fintech
6 20 (12.42%) Full-Stack Development
6 20 (12.42%) Process Improvement
7 19 (11.80%) Cost Control
7 19 (11.80%) DevOps
8 18 (11.18%) Agile
9 16 (9.94%) Commercial Awareness
10 15 (9.32%) B2B
11 14 (8.70%) User Experience
12 12 (7.45%) Collaborative Culture
12 12 (7.45%) Infrastructure as Code
13 11 (6.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (6.21%) Analytics
14 10 (6.21%) UX Design
15 9 (5.59%) Machine Learning
15 9 (5.59%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (14.91%) Python
2 19 (11.80%) C#
3 15 (9.32%) JavaScript
4 13 (8.07%) TypeScript
5 10 (6.21%) SQL
6 9 (5.59%) PowerShell
7 6 (3.73%) PHP
8 3 (1.86%) Bash
8 3 (1.86%) Java
9 2 (1.24%) Ruby
10 1 (0.62%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 38 (23.60%) ACCA
1 38 (23.60%) CIMA
2 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 3 (1.86%) Degree
4 2 (1.24%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.62%) CFA
5 1 (0.62%) CISA
5 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.62%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.45%) GAAP
1 12 (7.45%) IFRS
2 7 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (4.35%) QA
3 3 (1.86%) NIST
3 3 (1.86%) SLA
4 2 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.24%) COBIT
4 2 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.24%) EMIR
4 2 (1.24%) MiFID
4 2 (1.24%) SOC 1
4 2 (1.24%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.62%) GDPR
5 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 1 (0.62%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (6.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.73%) Hyper-V
2 6 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.24%) Docker
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (6.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.97%) Terraform
3 6 (3.73%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.35%) VMware
3 5 (3.11%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.48%) SAP
5 3 (1.86%) Google
5 3 (1.86%) Oracle
6 2 (1.24%) Apple
6 2 (1.24%) BT
6 2 (1.24%) iManage
6 2 (1.24%) Intapp
6 2 (1.24%) Sage
6 2 (1.24%) Workday
6 2 (1.24%) Xero
7 1 (0.62%) Ariba
7 1 (0.62%) Okta
7 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.62%) Snow