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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 34 64
Rank change year-on-year +8 +30 -21
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 198 146 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.05% 7.70% 3.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.72% 15.50% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 172 118 91
10th Percentile £51,250 £35,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,938 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% +20.00%
75th Percentile £96,250 £120,313 £98,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £145,000 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -6.06% +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 1,184 942 1,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.17% 49.68% 49.58%
Number of salaries quoted 891 768 1,197
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,875 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +1.35%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £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 21 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 4 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 17 (8.59%) 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 20 (10.10%) 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 30 (15.15%) Azure
2 23 (11.62%) AWS
3 16 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.06%) PaaS
5 11 (5.56%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.55%) Figma
6 9 (4.55%) Serverless
7 8 (4.04%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 6 (3.03%) GCP
9 5 (2.53%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.02%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.52%) IaaS
11 3 (1.52%) Lucidchart
12 2 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (1.01%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.01%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.01%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.01%) DNS
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%) Network Security
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 15 (7.58%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.57%) 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 79 (39.90%) Finance
2 30 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (14.14%) Marketing
4 24 (12.12%) Social Skills
5 18 (9.09%) Advertising
6 8 (4.04%) Legal
7 6 (3.03%) Legal Technology
8 5 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.02%) General Ledger
9 4 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.02%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.52%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.52%) Law
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%) French Language
12 1 (0.51%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.51%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 30 (15.15%) Lead
2 22 (11.11%) Senior
3 20 (10.10%) Financial Controller
4 18 (9.09%) Developer
5 17 (8.59%) Accountant
5 17 (8.59%) Management Accountant
6 16 (8.08%) Analyst
7 14 (7.07%) Data Engineer
7 14 (7.07%) Python Engineer
8 12 (6.06%) Lead Data Engineer
9 11 (5.56%) Architect
10 10 (5.05%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (5.05%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (5.05%) SaaS Analyst
11 9 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
11 9 (4.55%) Support Engineer
12 8 (4.04%) Python Data Engineer
12 8 (4.04%) Software Engineer
12 8 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (3.54%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.57%) React
2 12 (6.06%) .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%) REST
5 4 (2.02%) Vue
6 3 (1.52%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.52%) FastAPI
6 3 (1.52%) Laravel
6 3 (1.52%) NestJS
7 2 (1.01%) .NET Core
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%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.10%) 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%) PKI
7 1 (0.51%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.06%) Windows
2 9 (4.55%) Linux
3 8 (4.04%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.01%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (23.23%) Budgeting
2 45 (22.73%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 38 (19.19%) AI
4 31 (15.66%) Process Improvement
5 30 (15.15%) Fintech
6 27 (13.64%) Financial Analysis
7 19 (9.60%) DevOps
8 18 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
8 18 (9.09%) Cost Control
8 18 (9.09%) Software Engineering
9 17 (8.59%) B2B
9 17 (8.59%) User Experience
10 16 (8.08%) Collaborative Culture
10 16 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (8.08%) Data Pipeline
10 16 (8.08%) Full-Stack Development
10 16 (8.08%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (7.58%) Agile
11 15 (7.58%) Data Ingestion
11 15 (7.58%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.65%) Python
2 16 (8.08%) 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 54 (27.27%) ACCA
1 54 (27.27%) 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%) CISA
4 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
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 22 (11.11%) GAAP
1 22 (11.11%) IFRS
2 14 (7.07%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.03%) GDPR
3 6 (3.03%) QA
4 4 (2.02%) SLA
5 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.01%) NIST
7 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.51%) COBIT
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.51%) SOC 1
7 1 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.03%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.01%) Docker
4 2 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (7.58%) Terraform
2 9 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (12.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.04%) VMware
3 5 (2.53%) Oracle
3 5 (2.53%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.52%) Databricks
5 2 (1.01%) BT
5 2 (1.01%) iManage
5 2 (1.01%) Intapp
5 2 (1.01%) Litera
5 2 (1.01%) SAP
6 1 (0.51%) Apple
6 1 (0.51%) Cisco
6 1 (0.51%) Google
6 1 (0.51%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.51%) Informatica
6 1 (0.51%) Meraki
6 1 (0.51%) Okta
6 1 (0.51%) Sage
6 1 (0.51%) Workday
6 1 (0.51%) Xero