SaaS Job Trends in London

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 62 97
Rank change year-on-year +38 +35 -40
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,430 603 759
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.42% 4.80% 3.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.97% 10.58% 7.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 403 633
10th Percentile £44,900 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £103,125 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,750 £122,500 £107,500
England median annual salary £69,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.92% +8.33% -7.69%

All Cloud Computing Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 7,958 5,700 9,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 35.72% 45.36% 42.55%
Number of salaries quoted 5,317 4,046 7,711
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in London

SaaS
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in London over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in London

SaaS
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the London region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Central London +8 215 £75,000 -1.64% 205
West London -3 28 £36,000 - 9
South London +26 23 £80,000 +23.08% 6
East London +1 12 £105,000 +147.06% 13
North London +7 1 £35,000 - 3
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 25 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.56%) Apache
4 8 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.56%) CMS
5 7 (0.49%) WordPress
6 5 (0.35%) SAS
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.21%) IIS
9 2 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.14%) Confluence
9 2 (0.14%) JBoss
9 2 (0.14%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.070%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 46 (3.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.070%) InDesign
7 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.070%) Notion
7 1 (0.070%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.070%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 33 (2.31%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
7 2 (0.14%) Shopify
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.070%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 1 (0.070%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.070%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 216 (15.10%) Azure
2 185 (12.94%) AWS
3 107 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
4 99 (6.92%) PaaS
5 81 (5.66%) GCP
6 66 (4.62%) Power Platform
7 54 (3.78%) IaaS
8 51 (3.57%) Entra ID
9 50 (3.50%) Serverless
10 42 (2.94%) Amazon EKS
11 26 (1.82%) Google Sheets
12 25 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (1.47%) Azure Functions
13 21 (1.47%) Datadog
14 19 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
14 19 (1.33%) Google Workspace
15 17 (1.19%) Figma
15 17 (1.19%) Snowflake
15 17 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 15 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.01%) Firewall
2 41 (2.87%) VPN
3 31 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
4 30 (2.10%) VLAN
5 29 (2.03%) DNS
6 24 (1.68%) DHCP
7 16 (1.12%) SAN
8 15 (1.05%) LAN
8 15 (1.05%) SD-WAN
8 15 (1.05%) WAN
9 13 (0.91%) BGP
10 12 (0.84%) TCP/IP
11 11 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (0.77%) MPLS
12 10 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (0.70%) OSPF
13 9 (0.63%) Internet
13 9 (0.63%) IPsec
13 9 (0.63%) Network Security
13 9 (0.63%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.73%) Power BI
2 37 (2.59%) SQL Server
3 30 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (1.47%) MySQL
5 15 (1.05%) Relational Database
6 14 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.84%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.28%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.28%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.28%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.28%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.21%) Big Data
11 3 (0.21%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.21%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.21%) Metadata
11 3 (0.21%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (2.17%) TeamCity
2 18 (1.26%) Git
2 18 (1.26%) JIRA
3 16 (1.12%) Chocolatey
4 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.28%) Metasploit
6 3 (0.21%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.21%) Postman
7 2 (0.14%) JUnit
8 1 (0.070%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.070%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.070%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.070%) GitLab
8 1 (0.070%) JMeter
8 1 (0.070%) Locust
8 1 (0.070%) MLflow
8 1 (0.070%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.070%) Selenium
General
1 478 (33.43%) Finance
2 307 (21.47%) Social Skills
3 203 (14.20%) Marketing
4 178 (12.45%) Law
5 177 (12.38%) Banking
6 168 (11.75%) Retail
7 147 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
8 139 (9.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 119 (8.32%) Back Office
10 102 (7.13%) Financial Institution
11 98 (6.85%) Legal
12 54 (3.78%) Advertising
12 54 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
13 40 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (2.59%) Legal Technology
15 36 (2.52%) Public Sector
16 30 (2.10%) German Language
17 21 (1.47%) Games
17 21 (1.47%) Polish Language
18 20 (1.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 204 (14.27%) Senior
2 155 (10.84%) Lead
3 109 (7.62%) Architect
4 78 (5.45%) Account Manager
5 64 (4.48%) Developer
6 63 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
7 57 (3.99%) Software Engineer
8 54 (3.78%) Sales Manager
9 46 (3.22%) Data Engineer
10 45 (3.15%) Account Executive
11 42 (2.94%) Senior Manager
12 40 (2.80%) Financial Controller
13 39 (2.73%) Python Engineer
14 38 (2.66%) Azure Engineer
15 37 (2.59%) Analyst
15 37 (2.59%) Consultant
16 36 (2.52%) Accountant
17 35 (2.45%) Management Accountant
18 34 (2.38%) Support Engineer
19 30 (2.10%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.22%) React
2 36 (2.52%) .NET
3 33 (2.31%) REST
4 32 (2.24%) RESTful
5 23 (1.61%) Node.js
6 15 (1.05%) .NET Core
6 15 (1.05%) Kafka
6 15 (1.05%) Next.js
7 14 (0.98%) FastAPI
8 13 (0.91%) OAuth
8 13 (0.91%) Vue
9 12 (0.84%) GraphQL
9 12 (0.84%) SAML
10 11 (0.77%) Middleware
11 10 (0.70%) OpenAPI
11 10 (0.70%) OpenID
11 10 (0.70%) Swagger
12 9 (0.63%) CSS
13 7 (0.49%) LDAP
13 7 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 122 (8.53%) Cloud Native
2 93 (6.50%) Onboarding
3 61 (4.27%) Product Ownership
4 60 (4.20%) Management Information System
5 42 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
6 33 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
8 25 (1.75%) PropTech
9 22 (1.54%) Blog
10 20 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
10 20 (1.40%) Social Media
11 19 (1.33%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.19%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.12%) Security Posture
14 15 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
15 12 (0.84%) Hedge funds
16 11 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
17 10 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
17 10 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
17 10 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 69 (4.83%) Windows
2 36 (2.52%) Linux
3 19 (1.33%) Mac OS
4 16 (1.12%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.77%) Android
5 11 (0.77%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.77%) VMS
6 10 (0.70%) Unix
7 4 (0.28%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (19.58%) AI
2 236 (16.50%) B2B
3 157 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 154 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
5 147 (10.28%) Fintech
6 143 (10.00%) Analytics
6 143 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 134 (9.37%) Roadmaps
8 133 (9.30%) Software Engineering
9 127 (8.88%) Agile
10 118 (8.25%) CRM
11 113 (7.90%) Business Development
12 110 (7.69%) CI/CD
13 109 (7.62%) DevOps
14 99 (6.92%) Budgeting
14 99 (6.92%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 83 (5.80%) Cybersecurity
16 79 (5.52%) Stakeholder Management
17 75 (5.24%) Mentoring
18 70 (4.90%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 138 (9.65%) Python
2 95 (6.64%) SQL
3 58 (4.06%) Java
4 49 (3.43%) PowerShell
5 42 (2.94%) C#
6 41 (2.87%) TypeScript
7 29 (2.03%) JavaScript
8 26 (1.82%) Go
9 19 (1.33%) PHP
10 17 (1.19%) Bash
11 11 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (0.49%) Ruby
13 6 (0.42%) Scala
14 4 (0.28%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.21%) Bicep
15 3 (0.21%) C
15 3 (0.21%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.21%) R
15 3 (0.21%) Swift
16 1 (0.070%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 115 (8.04%) Degree
2 99 (6.92%) ACCA
3 96 (6.71%) CIMA
4 40 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.31%) CISSP
6 21 (1.47%) Azure Certification
7 18 (1.26%) CISA
7 18 (1.26%) CRISC
8 16 (1.12%) Security Cleared
9 11 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.63%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.56%) CCNP
11 8 (0.56%) CISM
11 8 (0.56%) ISACA
12 7 (0.49%) ICAEW
13 6 (0.42%) OSCP
14 5 (0.35%) CCSK
14 5 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.35%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.08%) GDPR
2 42 (2.94%) QA
3 39 (2.73%) IFRS
4 36 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (2.45%) SOC 2
6 34 (2.38%) GAAP
7 33 (2.31%) Data Quality
7 33 (2.31%) PCI DSS
8 24 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 24 (1.68%) SLA
9 20 (1.40%) NIST
10 16 (1.12%) Accessibility
11 14 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (0.98%) GRC
12 11 (0.77%) COBIT
12 11 (0.77%) SOC 1
13 9 (0.63%) PMO
14 4 (0.28%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.28%) PSD2
14 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 50 (3.50%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (0.98%) Docker
5 7 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.21%) vSphere
8 1 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 90 (6.29%) Terraform
2 60 (4.20%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.59%) Grafana
4 31 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (1.19%) SCCM
7 13 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
8 10 (0.70%) Autotask
9 7 (0.49%) Ansible
10 5 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.14%) DatAdvantage
13 1 (0.070%) CASB
13 1 (0.070%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.070%) QRadar
13 1 (0.070%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.070%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.070%) VxRail
Vendors
1 171 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.31%) Google
3 70 (4.90%) Salesforce
4 36 (2.52%) HubSpot
5 28 (1.96%) VMware
6 25 (1.75%) Dynatrace
7 24 (1.68%) Meraki
7 24 (1.68%) Oracle
8 23 (1.61%) Cisco
9 19 (1.33%) Databricks
10 17 (1.19%) Xero
11 16 (1.12%) AppDynamics
11 16 (1.12%) SAP
11 16 (1.12%) Tenable
12 12 (0.84%) ServiceNow
12 12 (0.84%) SolarWinds
13 11 (0.77%) CheckPoint
13 11 (0.77%) Intapp
13 11 (0.77%) Sage
14 10 (0.70%) Ubiquiti