SaaS Job Trends in Edinburgh

Software as a Service (SaaS)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 49 23
Rank change year-on-year +33 -26 +6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 71 31 98
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 5.98% 4.04% 7.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.31% 9.57% 20.46%
Number of salaries quoted 65 14 46
10th Percentile - £25,750 £36,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,125 £66,969
90th Percentile £106,500 £75,493 £70,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -20.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 260 324 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.90% 42.24% 37.93%
Number of salaries quoted 191 110 220
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,450 £36,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.65% -16.96% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £87,625
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £51,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

SaaS job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

SaaS
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in Edinburgh

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (4.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.27%) Azure
2 6 (8.45%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.23%) AWS
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Copilot
3 3 (4.23%) OneDrive
3 3 (4.23%) Power Automate
4 2 (2.82%) GCP
5 1 (1.41%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) AMQP
1 1 (1.41%) HTTPS
1 1 (1.41%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) Power BI
2 2 (2.82%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (2.82%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.41%) NoSQL
General
1 7 (9.86%) Marketing
2 6 (8.45%) Finance
3 5 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Legal
5 2 (2.82%) Digital Health
5 2 (2.82%) Law
6 1 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.41%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.41%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (22.54%) Senior
2 15 (21.13%) Account Manager
3 12 (16.90%) Software Engineer
4 7 (9.86%) Sales Manager
4 7 (9.86%) Senior Manager
5 5 (7.04%) Account Executive
5 5 (7.04%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (5.63%) Business Development Manager
6 4 (5.63%) Business Manager
6 4 (5.63%) Consultant
6 4 (5.63%) Developer
6 4 (5.63%) Development Manager
6 4 (5.63%) Lead
6 4 (5.63%) Mobile Developer
6 4 (5.63%) Senior Developer
6 4 (5.63%) Senior Mobile Developer
7 3 (4.23%) Architect
7 3 (4.23%) Data Architect
7 3 (4.23%) Lead Architect
7 3 (4.23%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.86%) .NET
1 7 (9.86%) .NET Framework
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (4.23%) React
3 2 (2.82%) .NET Core
3 2 (2.82%) AngularJS
3 2 (2.82%) ASP.NET
3 2 (2.82%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (2.82%) Entity Framework
3 2 (2.82%) FHIR
3 2 (2.82%) Vue
4 1 (1.41%) Django
4 1 (1.41%) Spring
4 1 (1.41%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.63%) Cloud Native
2 2 (2.82%) PACS
3 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.41%) IoT
3 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.41%) Podcast
3 1 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (16.90%) Software Engineering
2 7 (9.86%) Agile
2 7 (9.86%) Full-Stack Development
2 7 (9.86%) Roadmaps
3 6 (8.45%) AI
3 6 (8.45%) Business Development
3 6 (8.45%) Collaborative Culture
4 5 (7.04%) Analytics
4 5 (7.04%) CRM
4 5 (7.04%) Data Governance
5 4 (5.63%) Decision-Making
5 4 (5.63%) Fintech
5 4 (5.63%) Logistics
5 4 (5.63%) Mobile Development
6 3 (4.23%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (4.23%) Data Architecture
6 3 (4.23%) Data Engineering
6 3 (4.23%) Data Management
6 3 (4.23%) Lead Generation
6 3 (4.23%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.86%) JavaScript
1 7 (9.86%) TypeScript
2 3 (4.23%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.41%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (4.23%) Azure Certification
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.82%) Degree
3 1 (1.41%) CISA
3 1 (1.41%) CISM
3 1 (1.41%) CISSP
3 1 (1.41%) CRISC
3 1 (1.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.82%) DICOM
1 2 (2.82%) HL7
2 1 (1.41%) GRC
2 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 7 (9.86%) Progress Chef
2 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (8.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.41%) HubSpot
2 1 (1.41%) OneTrust
2 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow
2 1 (1.41%) Workday