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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 34 56
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 -13
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 196 140 138
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.56% 7.35% 4.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.38% 14.68% 8.69%
Number of salaries quoted 170 111 109
10th Percentile £50,875 £35,000 £44,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,875 £63,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% +14.29%
75th Percentile £96,250 £117,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year - -16.67% +16.13%

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 1,274 954 1,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 29.61% 50.05% 50.05%
Number of salaries quoted 955 766 1,300
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £103,250 £117,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,375
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.21% +1.21%

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 29 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 (4.08%) Apache
1 8 (4.08%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (4.08%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 19 (9.69%) 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 19 (9.69%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 30 (15.31%) Azure
2 25 (12.76%) AWS
3 15 (7.65%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.12%) PaaS
5 10 (5.10%) Entra ID
5 10 (5.10%) Serverless
6 8 (4.08%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 8 (4.08%) GCP
7 7 (3.57%) Figma
8 5 (2.55%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.53%) IaaS
10 3 (1.53%) Lucidchart
10 3 (1.53%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.02%) dbt
11 2 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.02%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.51%) DHCP
1 1 (0.51%) DNS
1 1 (0.51%) Network Security
1 1 (0.51%) SMS
1 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.51%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.14%) MySQL
2 13 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.10%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.08%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (4.08%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.53%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.02%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.02%) 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 (2.04%) Eclipse
2 3 (1.53%) Balsamiq
3 2 (1.02%) JIRA
3 2 (1.02%) Postman
General
1 81 (41.33%) Finance
2 31 (15.82%) Marketing
3 30 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (13.27%) Social Skills
5 20 (10.20%) Advertising
6 8 (4.08%) Legal
7 6 (3.06%) Legal Technology
8 4 (2.04%) General Ledger
8 4 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.04%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.53%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.53%) Law
9 3 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.02%) German Language
10 2 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.02%) Retail
11 1 (0.51%) French Language
11 1 (0.51%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.51%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 28 (14.29%) Lead
2 22 (11.22%) Senior
3 19 (9.69%) Accountant
3 19 (9.69%) Developer
3 19 (9.69%) Financial Controller
3 19 (9.69%) Management Accountant
4 16 (8.16%) Analyst
5 13 (6.63%) Data Engineer
5 13 (6.63%) Python Engineer
6 11 (5.61%) Architect
6 11 (5.61%) Full-Stack Developer
6 11 (5.61%) Lead Data Engineer
7 10 (5.10%) AWS Engineer
7 10 (5.10%) Financial Analyst
7 10 (5.10%) SaaS Analyst
8 9 (4.59%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.08%) Python Data Engineer
9 8 (4.08%) Software Engineer
9 8 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.57%) Head of AI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.63%) .NET
2 12 (6.12%) React
3 8 (4.08%) Kafka
4 5 (2.55%) CSS
4 5 (2.55%) HTML
5 4 (2.04%) Model Context Protocol
5 4 (2.04%) Vue
6 3 (1.53%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.53%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.53%) FastAPI
6 3 (1.53%) Laravel
6 3 (1.53%) REST
7 2 (1.02%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.02%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.02%) NestJS
7 2 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.02%) Pandas
7 2 (1.02%) Ruby on Rails
8 1 (0.51%) Keras
8 1 (0.51%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.69%) Management Information System
2 12 (6.12%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.08%) PropTech
4 6 (3.06%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.04%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.53%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.02%) Derivative
8 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.02%) Equities
8 2 (1.02%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.02%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.51%) PKI
9 1 (0.51%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.10%) Windows
2 9 (4.59%) Linux
3 8 (4.08%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.02%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (24.49%) Budgeting
2 47 (23.98%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 36 (18.37%) AI
4 33 (16.84%) Process Improvement
5 31 (15.82%) Fintech
6 29 (14.80%) Financial Analysis
7 20 (10.20%) Cost Control
8 19 (9.69%) DevOps
9 18 (9.18%) Commercial Awareness
9 18 (9.18%) Software Engineering
10 16 (8.16%) Agile
10 16 (8.16%) Collaborative Culture
10 16 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (8.16%) Full-Stack Development
10 16 (8.16%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (8.16%) User Experience
11 15 (7.65%) B2B
12 14 (7.14%) Data Pipeline
13 13 (6.63%) Observability
13 13 (6.63%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 27 (13.78%) Python
2 17 (8.67%) C#
3 14 (7.14%) SQL
4 12 (6.12%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.57%) PowerShell
5 7 (3.57%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.04%) Bash
6 4 (2.04%) PHP
7 2 (1.02%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.02%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 55 (28.06%) ACCA
1 55 (28.06%) CIMA
2 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 3 (1.53%) Degree
3 3 (1.53%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.51%) CISA
5 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.71%) GAAP
1 21 (10.71%) IFRS
2 12 (6.12%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.06%) GDPR
3 6 (3.06%) QA
4 3 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.53%) NIST
4 3 (1.53%) SLA
5 2 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.02%) COBIT
5 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.02%) SOC 1
5 2 (1.02%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (5.10%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.06%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.02%) Docker
4 2 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (7.65%) Terraform
2 9 (4.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.08%) VMware
3 6 (3.06%) Oracle
4 5 (2.55%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.53%) Databricks
5 3 (1.53%) SAP
6 2 (1.02%) BT
6 2 (1.02%) Google
6 2 (1.02%) iManage
6 2 (1.02%) Intapp
6 2 (1.02%) Litera
6 2 (1.02%) Sage
6 2 (1.02%) Xero
7 1 (0.51%) Apple
7 1 (0.51%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.51%) Informatica
7 1 (0.51%) Okta
7 1 (0.51%) Workday