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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 32 57
Rank change year-on-year +5 +25 -15
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 198 142 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.20% 7.49% 4.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.11% 15.11% 8.30%
Number of salaries quoted 172 114 90
10th Percentile £47,875 £37,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £64,063 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £83,750 £88,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% -5.10% +17.67%
75th Percentile £96,250 £122,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £145,000 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -3.03% +10.00%

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 1,157 940 1,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.36% 49.58% 49.86%
Number of salaries quoted 866 767 1,141
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,315
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £117,500 £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 28 July 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%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 16 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.01%) Notion
3 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 19 (9.60%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 29 (14.65%) Azure
2 22 (11.11%) AWS
3 16 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.57%) PaaS
5 11 (5.56%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.55%) Figma
7 8 (4.04%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 8 (4.04%) Serverless
8 5 (2.53%) GCP
8 5 (2.53%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.02%) IaaS
9 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (2.02%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.52%) Lucidchart
10 3 (1.52%) Slack
11 2 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.01%) GitHub
11 2 (1.01%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.01%) DNS
1 2 (1.01%) Network Security
2 1 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.51%) DHCP
2 1 (0.51%) DKIM
2 1 (0.51%) DMARC
2 1 (0.51%) SMS
2 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.51%) VPN
2 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.08%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.06%) MySQL
3 10 (5.05%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.04%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (4.04%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.52%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.01%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.01%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.51%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (2.02%) Eclipse
2 3 (1.52%) Balsamiq
3 2 (1.01%) JIRA
3 2 (1.01%) Postman
General
1 78 (39.39%) Finance
2 30 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (13.64%) Marketing
4 24 (12.12%) Social Skills
5 17 (8.59%) Advertising
6 7 (3.54%) Legal
7 6 (3.03%) Legal Technology
8 5 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.02%) General Ledger
9 4 (2.02%) Law
9 4 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.02%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.52%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.01%) German Language
11 2 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.01%) Retail
12 1 (0.51%) Banking
12 1 (0.51%) French Language
12 1 (0.51%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 33 (16.67%) Lead
2 21 (10.61%) Senior
3 19 (9.60%) Financial Controller
4 18 (9.09%) Developer
5 17 (8.59%) Analyst
6 16 (8.08%) Accountant
6 16 (8.08%) Management Accountant
7 15 (7.58%) Data Engineer
8 14 (7.07%) Python Engineer
9 13 (6.57%) Lead Data Engineer
10 11 (5.56%) Architect
11 10 (5.05%) Financial Analyst
11 10 (5.05%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (5.05%) SaaS Analyst
12 9 (4.55%) Support Engineer
13 8 (4.04%) AWS Engineer
13 8 (4.04%) Python Data Engineer
13 8 (4.04%) Software Engineer
13 8 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (3.54%) Head of AI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.06%) React
2 11 (5.56%) .NET
3 8 (4.04%) Kafka
4 5 (2.53%) CSS
4 5 (2.53%) HTML
5 4 (2.02%) Model Context Protocol
5 4 (2.02%) NestJS
5 4 (2.02%) REST
5 4 (2.02%) Vue
6 3 (1.52%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.52%) FastAPI
6 3 (1.52%) Laravel
7 2 (1.01%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.01%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.01%) Next.js
7 2 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.01%) Pandas
7 2 (1.01%) Ruby on Rails
8 1 (0.51%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.51%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.60%) Management Information System
2 12 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.04%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.04%) PropTech
4 5 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.01%) Derivative
6 2 (1.01%) Equities
6 2 (1.01%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.01%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.51%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.51%) PKI
7 1 (0.51%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.57%) Windows
2 10 (5.05%) Linux
3 8 (4.04%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.01%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (22.22%) Budgeting
2 43 (21.72%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 41 (20.71%) AI
4 30 (15.15%) Process Improvement
5 29 (14.65%) Fintech
6 26 (13.13%) Financial Analysis
7 19 (9.60%) DevOps
8 18 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
8 18 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
8 18 (9.09%) Observability
8 18 (9.09%) Software Engineering
9 17 (8.59%) B2B
9 17 (8.59%) Cost Control
9 17 (8.59%) Data Ingestion
9 17 (8.59%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (8.08%) Collaborative Culture
10 16 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (8.08%) Full-Stack Development
10 16 (8.08%) User Experience
11 15 (7.58%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 30 (15.15%) Python
2 15 (7.58%) C#
3 14 (7.07%) SQL
4 12 (6.06%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.55%) TypeScript
6 7 (3.54%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.02%) Bash
8 3 (1.52%) PHP
9 2 (1.01%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.01%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 52 (26.26%) ACCA
1 52 (26.26%) CIMA
2 4 (2.02%) Degree
2 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.52%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.51%) CISA
4 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.51%) ISACA
4 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.61%) GAAP
1 21 (10.61%) IFRS
2 16 (8.08%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.03%) GDPR
3 6 (3.03%) QA
4 4 (2.02%) SLA
5 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.51%) ITGC
6 1 (0.51%) NIST
6 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.51%) SOC 1
6 1 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.03%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.01%) Docker
4 2 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (7.07%) Terraform
2 8 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (12.63%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.55%) VMware
3 5 (2.53%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.02%) Oracle
5 3 (1.52%) Databricks
6 2 (1.01%) BT
6 2 (1.01%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.51%) Apple
7 1 (0.51%) Cisco
7 1 (0.51%) Google
7 1 (0.51%) iManage
7 1 (0.51%) Informatica
7 1 (0.51%) Intapp
7 1 (0.51%) Litera
7 1 (0.51%) Meraki
7 1 (0.51%) Okta
7 1 (0.51%) SAP
7 1 (0.51%) Workday