SaaS Job Trends in England

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 90 80
Rank change year-on-year +57 -10 -14
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 3,689 1,388 2,815
As % of all permanent jobs in England 4.45% 3.51% 2.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.45% 10.24% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,994 972 2,321
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,550 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,625 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22,425 13,549 31,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.04% 34.27% 32.98%
Number of salaries quoted 14,878 9,588 24,755
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £30,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in England

SaaS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in England over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in England

SaaS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the England region over the 6 months to 15 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +41 1,382 £80,000 - 651
North of England +92 791 £70,000 +20.69% 242
South East +71 632 £65,000 +18.18% 288
North West +115 514 £75,000 +29.31% 163
Midlands +53 481 £60,000 - 121
West Midlands +56 389 £60,000 - 84
Yorkshire +25 232 £65,000 +23.81% 61
South West +31 211 £50,000 -9.09% 59
East of England +28 171 £55,000 -35.29% 55
East Midlands -6 91 £56,000 -6.67% 37
North East -14 45 £45,000 -30.77% 18
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 76 (2.06%) SharePoint
2 64 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (0.70%) CMS
4 22 (0.60%) Confluence
5 16 (0.43%) WordPress
6 14 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.24%) Apache
8 8 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.22%) Moodle
8 8 (0.22%) Totara
9 6 (0.16%) SAS
10 4 (0.11%) Documentum
10 4 (0.11%) JBoss
10 4 (0.11%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.054%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.054%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.054%) IIS
13 1 (0.027%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.027%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 62 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 11 (0.30%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.16%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.054%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.054%) Notion
8 2 (0.054%) Trello
9 1 (0.027%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.027%) InDesign
9 1 (0.027%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.027%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.027%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 50 (1.36%) NetSuite
2 20 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.081%) Aareon QL
7 3 (0.081%) MIS ActiveH
7 3 (0.081%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.081%) OPENHousing
7 3 (0.081%) Orchard Housing
7 3 (0.081%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 3 (0.081%) Shopify
8 2 (0.054%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 2 (0.054%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.054%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.027%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.027%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.027%) PeopleSoft HCM
9 1 (0.027%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 457 (12.39%) Azure
2 388 (10.52%) AWS
3 211 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
4 172 (4.66%) PaaS
5 115 (3.12%) GCP
6 113 (3.06%) Entra ID
7 102 (2.76%) Power Platform
8 100 (2.71%) IaaS
9 79 (2.14%) Serverless
10 59 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
11 43 (1.17%) Figma
12 41 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
13 38 (1.03%) GitHub
14 34 (0.92%) Google Sheets
15 32 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
16 31 (0.84%) Azure Functions
17 30 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
18 29 (0.79%) Datadog
19 26 (0.70%) dbt
19 26 (0.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 65 (1.76%) Firewall
2 54 (1.46%) DNS
3 49 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
4 48 (1.30%) VPN
5 36 (0.98%) DHCP
6 33 (0.89%) VLAN
7 20 (0.54%) SAN
7 20 (0.54%) WAN
8 18 (0.49%) SD-WAN
9 17 (0.46%) LAN
10 14 (0.38%) BGP
10 14 (0.38%) MPLS
10 14 (0.38%) TCP/IP
11 13 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (0.33%) Unified Communications
13 11 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
13 11 (0.30%) IPsec
13 11 (0.30%) NetScaler
13 11 (0.30%) OSPF
13 11 (0.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (3.31%) SQL Server
2 60 (1.63%) Power BI
3 50 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (1.08%) MySQL
5 23 (0.62%) Relational Database
6 20 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (0.54%) Redis
7 15 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (0.41%) Data Lake
8 14 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
9 13 (0.35%) NoSQL
9 13 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (0.30%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.16%) Big Data
13 6 (0.16%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.16%) Power Query
14 5 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
14 5 (0.14%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 74 (2.01%) JIRA
2 30 (0.81%) Git
2 30 (0.81%) TeamCity
3 19 (0.52%) Chocolatey
4 16 (0.43%) Claude Code
5 11 (0.30%) Postman
6 7 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.16%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.16%) Yeoman
8 5 (0.14%) Balsamiq
8 5 (0.14%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.14%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.14%) JMeter
8 5 (0.14%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.11%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.11%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.11%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.11%) Locust
9 4 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.11%) SpecFlow
General
1 823 (22.31%) Finance
2 583 (15.80%) Social Skills
3 488 (13.23%) Marketing
4 279 (7.56%) Retail
5 264 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
6 257 (6.97%) Law
7 256 (6.94%) Legal
8 184 (4.99%) Banking
9 164 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 118 (3.20%) Back Office
11 104 (2.82%) Financial Institution
12 101 (2.74%) Public Sector
13 81 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
13 81 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
14 78 (2.11%) Legal Technology
15 67 (1.82%) Advertising
16 46 (1.25%) Telecoms
17 45 (1.22%) Manufacturing
18 42 (1.14%) German Language
19 30 (0.81%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 474 (12.85%) Senior
2 350 (9.49%) Lead
3 291 (7.89%) Developer
4 204 (5.53%) Software Engineer
5 185 (5.01%) Account Executive
6 178 (4.83%) Architect
7 166 (4.50%) Account Manager
8 126 (3.42%) Analyst
9 123 (3.33%) Sales Manager
10 111 (3.01%) Senior Manager
11 103 (2.79%) Sales Representative
12 100 (2.71%) Marketing Manager
13 91 (2.47%) Support Engineer
14 89 (2.41%) Solutions Architect
15 88 (2.39%) Full-Stack Developer
16 79 (2.14%) Financial Controller
17 77 (2.09%) Senior Software Engineer
18 73 (1.98%) .NET Developer
18 73 (1.98%) Lead Developer
18 73 (1.98%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (6.40%) .NET
2 112 (3.04%) React
3 107 (2.90%) Node.js
4 75 (2.03%) REST
5 47 (1.27%) CSS
5 47 (1.27%) HTML
6 46 (1.25%) .NET Core
6 46 (1.25%) Vue
7 37 (1.00%) RESTful
8 31 (0.84%) AngularJS
8 31 (0.84%) OAuth
9 29 (0.79%) NestJS
10 27 (0.73%) .NET Framework
11 24 (0.65%) JSON
12 22 (0.60%) Laravel
12 22 (0.60%) Middleware
12 22 (0.60%) OpenID
13 21 (0.57%) SAML
13 21 (0.57%) XML
14 18 (0.49%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 208 (5.64%) Onboarding
2 172 (4.66%) Cloud Native
3 111 (3.01%) Product Ownership
4 96 (2.60%) PropTech
5 79 (2.14%) Marketing Technology
6 76 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
7 71 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 52 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
9 47 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
10 43 (1.17%) Mobile App
11 37 (1.00%) Blog
12 33 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
13 31 (0.84%) Web Conferencing
14 30 (0.81%) EPoS
14 30 (0.81%) Social Media
15 26 (0.70%) AI Agents
16 24 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
17 23 (0.62%) Data Centre
18 22 (0.60%) Security Posture
19 20 (0.54%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 134 (3.63%) Windows
2 88 (2.39%) Linux
3 49 (1.33%) Windows Server
4 31 (0.84%) Mac OS
5 29 (0.79%) Ubuntu
6 20 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 15 (0.41%) Android
7 15 (0.41%) VMS
8 14 (0.38%) Unix
9 12 (0.33%) CentOS
10 7 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.14%) Windows 10
12 4 (0.11%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.081%) Solaris
13 3 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.054%) Debian
15 1 (0.027%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 512 (13.88%) AI
2 488 (13.23%) B2B
3 386 (10.46%) Software Engineering
4 346 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 322 (8.73%) Agile
6 320 (8.67%) Problem-Solving
7 282 (7.64%) Decision-Making
8 275 (7.45%) Business Development
9 269 (7.29%) Roadmaps
10 267 (7.24%) Analytics
11 257 (6.97%) CRM
12 238 (6.45%) Fintech
13 220 (5.96%) DevOps
14 208 (5.64%) CI/CD
15 207 (5.61%) Full-Stack Development
16 180 (4.88%) Mentoring
17 153 (4.15%) Stakeholder Management
18 144 (3.90%) Microservices
19 140 (3.80%) Cybersecurity
20 136 (3.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 232 (6.29%) Python
2 226 (6.13%) SQL
3 195 (5.29%) C#
4 136 (3.69%) TypeScript
5 116 (3.14%) Java
6 114 (3.09%) JavaScript
7 84 (2.28%) PowerShell
8 61 (1.65%) PHP
9 53 (1.44%) Bash
10 26 (0.70%) Go
11 21 (0.57%) R
11 21 (0.57%) T-SQL
12 16 (0.43%) Ruby
13 11 (0.30%) Bicep
13 11 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.22%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.19%) Perl
16 6 (0.16%) Scala
17 4 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.11%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 197 (5.34%) Degree
2 153 (4.15%) ACCA
3 138 (3.74%) CIMA
4 65 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (1.57%) Security Cleared
6 42 (1.14%) CISSP
7 40 (1.08%) SC Cleared
8 32 (0.87%) Azure Certification
9 24 (0.65%) CRISC
10 19 (0.52%) CISA
11 16 (0.43%) Master's Degree
11 16 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (0.41%) CISM
13 13 (0.35%) PMI Certification
14 11 (0.30%) ICAEW
15 10 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (0.22%) DV Cleared
16 8 (0.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 8 (0.22%) PMP
17 7 (0.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (2.71%) QA
2 90 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 77 (2.09%) GDPR
4 59 (1.60%) Data Quality
5 56 (1.52%) IFRS
6 41 (1.11%) PCI DSS
7 40 (1.08%) SOC 2
8 39 (1.06%) Accessibility
9 38 (1.03%) GAAP
10 34 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 34 (0.92%) SLA
11 26 (0.70%) NIST
12 21 (0.57%) GRC
13 20 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.35%) PMO
14 13 (0.35%) WCAG
15 9 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.24%) COBIT
16 8 (0.22%) SOC 1
17 7 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 121 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 66 (1.79%) Docker
3 37 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.38%) vSphere
6 9 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.14%) Firmware
9 3 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.054%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.027%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 160 (4.34%) Terraform
2 106 (2.87%) Kubernetes
3 73 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (1.14%) Grafana
5 40 (1.08%) Ansible
6 34 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
7 21 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
8 20 (0.54%) SCCM
9 12 (0.33%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.27%) Autotask
11 8 (0.22%) Prometheus
12 6 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.14%) Nessus
14 4 (0.11%) Argo
14 4 (0.11%) CASB
15 2 (0.054%) DatAdvantage
16 1 (0.027%) Graylog
16 1 (0.027%) PowerCLI
16 1 (0.027%) QRadar
16 1 (0.027%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 356 (9.65%) Microsoft
2 119 (3.23%) Salesforce
3 112 (3.04%) Google
4 81 (2.20%) HubSpot
5 48 (1.30%) VMware
6 39 (1.06%) SAP
7 38 (1.03%) ServiceNow
8 37 (1.00%) Oracle
9 33 (0.89%) Xero
10 30 (0.81%) Dynatrace
11 27 (0.73%) Cisco
11 27 (0.73%) Red Hat
12 25 (0.68%) Meraki
12 25 (0.68%) Sage
13 22 (0.60%) SolarWinds
14 19 (0.52%) AppDynamics
14 19 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
14 19 (0.52%) Tenable
15 17 (0.46%) Pardot
15 17 (0.46%) YouTube