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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 31 47
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 185 150 151
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.45% 7.74% 4.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.68% 15.54% 9.28%
Number of salaries quoted 154 118 118
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,350 £54,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £66,938 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £81,250 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -9.72% +11.80%
75th Percentile £95,000 £117,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £127,375 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% +11.80%

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 1,260 965 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.31% 49.77% 51.31%
Number of salaries quoted 933 776 1,351
10th Percentile £45,000 £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 £117,500 £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 1 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 (4.32%) Apache
1 8 (4.32%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (4.32%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 15 (8.11%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (17.84%) Azure
2 25 (13.51%) AWS
3 18 (9.73%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (7.57%) PaaS
5 13 (7.03%) Serverless
6 11 (5.95%) Entra ID
7 9 (4.86%) Figma
7 9 (4.86%) Power Platform
8 8 (4.32%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 8 (4.32%) GCP
9 6 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.70%) Lucidchart
11 4 (2.16%) IaaS
11 4 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (2.16%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.08%) DHCP
1 2 (1.08%) DNS
1 2 (1.08%) VPN
2 1 (0.54%) Firewall
2 1 (0.54%) Network Security
2 1 (0.54%) SMS
2 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.19%) MySQL
2 12 (6.49%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (4.32%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (4.32%) NoSQL
3 8 (4.32%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.62%) MariaDB
5 2 (1.08%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.08%) Power BI
6 1 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.54%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (2.70%) Balsamiq
2 2 (1.08%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.08%) JIRA
2 2 (1.08%) Postman
General
1 76 (41.08%) Finance
2 29 (15.68%) Marketing
3 28 (15.14%) Social Skills
4 22 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (10.27%) Advertising
6 8 (4.32%) Legal
7 7 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.70%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.16%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.62%) Law
10 3 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.62%) Retail
11 2 (1.08%) Banking
11 2 (1.08%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.08%) German Language
12 1 (0.54%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.54%) French Language
12 1 (0.54%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.54%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 27 (14.59%) Senior
2 22 (11.89%) Developer
3 21 (11.35%) Lead
4 19 (10.27%) Accountant
4 19 (10.27%) Management Accountant
5 15 (8.11%) Analyst
5 15 (8.11%) Financial Controller
6 13 (7.03%) Architect
6 13 (7.03%) AWS Engineer
6 13 (7.03%) Full-Stack Developer
6 13 (7.03%) Python Engineer
7 11 (5.95%) Senior Developer
8 10 (5.41%) Financial Analyst
8 10 (5.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 10 (5.41%) SaaS Analyst
8 10 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (4.86%) Data Engineer
9 9 (4.86%) Lead Data Engineer
9 9 (4.86%) Support Engineer
10 8 (4.32%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.19%) React
2 16 (8.65%) .NET
3 9 (4.86%) Kafka
4 6 (3.24%) .NET Core
5 5 (2.70%) CSS
5 5 (2.70%) HTML
5 5 (2.70%) Model Context Protocol
6 4 (2.16%) Vue
7 3 (1.62%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.62%) FastAPI
7 3 (1.62%) Laravel
8 2 (1.08%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.08%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (1.08%) Next.js
8 2 (1.08%) Node.js
8 2 (1.08%) Pandas
8 2 (1.08%) Ruby on Rails
9 1 (0.54%) PySpark
9 1 (0.54%) Seaborn
9 1 (0.54%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.11%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.32%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.32%) PropTech
3 7 (3.78%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.70%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.16%) Derivative
5 4 (2.16%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.62%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.08%) ASIC
7 2 (1.08%) Equities
7 2 (1.08%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.08%) OTC Derivatives
8 1 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.54%) DTCC
8 1 (0.54%) PKI
8 1 (0.54%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.54%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.95%) Windows
2 10 (5.41%) Linux
3 8 (4.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (22.16%) Budgeting
2 40 (21.62%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 36 (19.46%) AI
4 30 (16.22%) Fintech
5 29 (15.68%) Financial Analysis
5 29 (15.68%) Process Improvement
6 23 (12.43%) DevOps
7 21 (11.35%) Full-Stack Development
8 20 (10.81%) Cost Control
9 19 (10.27%) B2B
10 18 (9.73%) Agile
10 18 (9.73%) User Experience
11 17 (9.19%) Collaborative Culture
11 17 (9.19%) Commercial Awareness
12 16 (8.65%) Infrastructure as Code
13 15 (8.11%) Software Engineering
14 13 (7.03%) Analytics
14 13 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
15 12 (6.49%) ITIL
15 12 (6.49%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 28 (15.14%) Python
2 20 (10.81%) C#
3 15 (8.11%) JavaScript
4 11 (5.95%) SQL
5 10 (5.41%) TypeScript
6 7 (3.78%) PowerShell
7 6 (3.24%) PHP
8 5 (2.70%) Bash
9 2 (1.08%) Java
9 2 (1.08%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 48 (25.95%) ACCA
1 48 (25.95%) CIMA
2 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 3 (1.62%) Degree
3 3 (1.62%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.54%) CFA
5 1 (0.54%) CISA
5 1 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.54%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.19%) GAAP
1 17 (9.19%) IFRS
2 9 (4.86%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.78%) QA
4 4 (2.16%) GDPR
5 3 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.62%) NIST
5 3 (1.62%) SLA
6 2 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.08%) COBIT
6 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.08%) EMIR
6 2 (1.08%) MiFID
6 2 (1.08%) SOC 1
6 2 (1.08%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.54%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (5.95%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.24%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.16%) Docker
5 3 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (8.11%) Terraform
2 10 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (4.32%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (12.97%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.32%) VMware
3 5 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.62%) Google
4 3 (1.62%) Oracle
4 3 (1.62%) SAP
5 2 (1.08%) Apple
5 2 (1.08%) BT
5 2 (1.08%) iManage
5 2 (1.08%) Intapp
5 2 (1.08%) Sage
5 2 (1.08%) Xero
6 1 (0.54%) Databricks
6 1 (0.54%) Okta
6 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.54%) Snow
6 1 (0.54%) Workday