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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 40 58
Rank change year-on-year +13 +18 -12
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 186 125 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.24% 6.83% 4.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.96% 14.25% 8.27%
Number of salaries quoted 164 101 86
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £81,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +10.77% +6.56%
75th Percentile £98,750 £122,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £145,000 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £90,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -3.23%

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 1,097 877 1,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.88% 47.95% 50.55%
Number of salaries quoted 813 715 1,085
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,213 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £73,360
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +2.24% -2.19%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £106,650 £117,500 £106,250
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -2.03%

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 18 August 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 (4.30%) Apache
1 8 (4.30%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (4.30%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 12 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.15%) Notion
3 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.54%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 15 (8.06%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 25 (13.44%) Azure
2 21 (11.29%) AWS
3 11 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.91%) PaaS
4 10 (5.38%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.30%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 8 (4.30%) Serverless
6 7 (3.76%) Figma
7 5 (2.69%) Slack
8 4 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.15%) GCP
8 4 (2.15%) IaaS
8 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.15%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.15%) Twilio
9 3 (1.61%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.08%) dbt
10 2 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.08%) DNS
1 2 (1.08%) Network Security
2 1 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.54%) DHCP
2 1 (0.54%) DKIM
2 1 (0.54%) DMARC
2 1 (0.54%) SMS
2 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.54%) VPN
2 1 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.68%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.45%) MySQL
3 10 (5.38%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.30%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (4.30%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.61%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.08%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.54%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (2.15%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.08%) JIRA
2 2 (1.08%) Postman
3 1 (0.54%) Balsamiq
General
1 66 (35.48%) Finance
2 27 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (13.44%) Social Skills
4 21 (11.29%) Marketing
5 13 (6.99%) Advertising
6 6 (3.23%) Legal
6 6 (3.23%) Legal Technology
7 5 (2.69%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.15%) General Ledger
8 4 (2.15%) Law
8 4 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.15%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.08%) German Language
9 2 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.08%) Retail
10 1 (0.54%) Banking
10 1 (0.54%) French Language
10 1 (0.54%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (20.43%) Lead
2 19 (10.22%) Senior
3 17 (9.14%) Analyst
3 17 (9.14%) Data Engineer
4 16 (8.60%) Developer
5 15 (8.06%) Financial Controller
5 15 (8.06%) Lead Data Engineer
6 14 (7.53%) Python Engineer
7 12 (6.45%) Accountant
7 12 (6.45%) Management Accountant
8 8 (4.30%) Architect
8 8 (4.30%) AWS Engineer
8 8 (4.30%) Full-Stack Developer
8 8 (4.30%) Python Data Engineer
9 7 (3.76%) Financial Analyst
9 7 (3.76%) Head of AI
9 7 (3.76%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (3.76%) SaaS Analyst
9 7 (3.76%) Software Engineer
10 6 (3.23%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.38%) .NET
2 9 (4.84%) React
3 8 (4.30%) Kafka
4 6 (3.23%) NestJS
5 5 (2.69%) CSS
5 5 (2.69%) HTML
6 4 (2.15%) REST
6 4 (2.15%) Vue
7 3 (1.61%) FastAPI
7 3 (1.61%) Laravel
8 2 (1.08%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.08%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (1.08%) Model Context Protocol
8 2 (1.08%) Next.js
8 2 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (1.08%) Pandas
8 2 (1.08%) Ruby on Rails
9 1 (0.54%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.54%) Keras
9 1 (0.54%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.06%) Management Information System
2 12 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.30%) PropTech
4 7 (3.76%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.61%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.08%) Derivative
7 2 (1.08%) Equities
7 2 (1.08%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.54%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.54%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.54%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.54%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.38%) Windows
2 8 (4.30%) Linux
3 6 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.54%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (23.66%) AI
2 36 (19.35%) Budgeting
3 35 (18.82%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 27 (14.52%) Fintech
5 26 (13.98%) Process Improvement
6 24 (12.90%) Observability
7 23 (12.37%) Data Ingestion
8 22 (11.83%) Data Pipeline
9 19 (10.22%) B2B
9 19 (10.22%) Financial Analysis
10 17 (9.14%) Software Engineering
11 16 (8.60%) Agile
11 16 (8.60%) DevOps
11 16 (8.60%) Full-Stack Development
12 15 (8.06%) Commercial Awareness
13 14 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (7.53%) User Experience
14 13 (6.99%) Cost Control
14 13 (6.99%) Microservices
14 13 (6.99%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.13%) Python
2 14 (7.53%) C#
2 14 (7.53%) SQL
3 11 (5.91%) TypeScript
4 9 (4.84%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.69%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.15%) Bash
7 2 (1.08%) PHP
7 2 (1.08%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.08%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 41 (22.04%) ACCA
1 41 (22.04%) CIMA
2 4 (2.15%) Degree
3 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.61%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.54%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.54%) CISA
5 1 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.54%) ISACA
5 1 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.54%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.75%) Data Quality
2 17 (9.14%) GAAP
2 17 (9.14%) IFRS
3 8 (4.30%) QA
4 6 (3.23%) GDPR
5 4 (2.15%) SLA
6 3 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.54%) ITGC
7 1 (0.54%) NIST
7 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.54%) SOC 1
7 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (4.30%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.15%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.08%) Docker
4 2 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (6.99%) Terraform
2 6 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (10.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.76%) VMware
3 4 (2.15%) HubSpot
3 4 (2.15%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.61%) Databricks
4 3 (1.61%) Oracle
5 2 (1.08%) BT
6 1 (0.54%) Cisco
6 1 (0.54%) iManage
6 1 (0.54%) Informatica
6 1 (0.54%) Intapp
6 1 (0.54%) Litera
6 1 (0.54%) Meraki