SaaS Job Trends in Manchester

Software as a Service (SaaS)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 44 58
Rank change year-on-year +18 +14 +47
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 244 124 158
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.49% 5.37% 4.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.20% 13.00% 10.20%
Number of salaries quoted 199 76 141
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £46,360 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £91,875 £74,688 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £86,250
North West median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% -3.33% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,341 954 1,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 35.66% 41.32% 39.61%
Number of salaries quoted 751 594 1,346
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in Manchester

SaaS
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Manchester over the 6 months to 4 March 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in Manchester

SaaS
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 4 March 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
Altrincham -1 9 £28,000 -44.00% 3
Salford +1 5 £45,000 - 4
Bolton +13 3 £50,000 - 26
Cheadle - 3 £50,000 -
SaaS
North West

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 11 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.87%) Moodle
2 7 (2.87%) Totara
3 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.41%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.82%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.82%) Sketch
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 56 (22.95%) Azure
2 18 (7.38%) Entra ID
3 17 (6.97%) AWS
3 17 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (6.97%) PaaS
4 15 (6.15%) IaaS
4 15 (6.15%) Serverless
5 12 (4.92%) Azure Functions
6 10 (4.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 10 (4.10%) Azure Logic Apps
6 10 (4.10%) Azure Service Bus
6 10 (4.10%) OneDrive
7 8 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (3.28%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.05%) Intacct
9 3 (1.23%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (1.23%) OCI
10 2 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.87%) Firewall
2 2 (0.82%) DHCP
2 2 (0.82%) DNS
3 1 (0.41%) HTTP
3 1 (0.41%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.87%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.64%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.82%) MySQL
4 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Claude Code
1 3 (1.23%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.82%) Selenium
3 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.41%) JIRA
3 1 (0.41%) JMeter
3 1 (0.41%) Locust
3 1 (0.41%) Protractor
General
1 64 (26.23%) Finance
2 40 (16.39%) Social Skills
3 31 (12.70%) Marketing
4 20 (8.20%) Legal
5 15 (6.15%) Law
6 14 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.64%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.23%) Banking
9 3 (1.23%) Billing
10 2 (0.82%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.82%) Retail
11 1 (0.41%) Advertising
11 1 (0.41%) Automotive
11 1 (0.41%) French Language
11 1 (0.41%) German Language
11 1 (0.41%) Local Government
11 1 (0.41%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 50 (20.49%) Senior
2 32 (13.11%) Lead
3 28 (11.48%) Developer
4 16 (6.56%) Sales Representative
5 15 (6.15%) Sales Manager
6 13 (5.33%) Architect
7 12 (4.92%) .NET Developer
8 11 (4.51%) Account Executive
9 10 (4.10%) Head of Finance
9 10 (4.10%) Lead Developer
9 10 (4.10%) Senior Developer
9 10 (4.10%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.69%) Account Manager
10 9 (3.69%) Senior .NET Developer
11 8 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.28%) Senior Account Manager
11 8 (3.28%) Senior Manager
11 8 (3.28%) Software Engineer
11 8 (3.28%) Support Technician
11 8 (3.28%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.93%) .NET
2 14 (5.74%) React
3 13 (5.33%) REST
4 4 (1.64%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.23%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.23%) CSS
5 3 (1.23%) Jest
5 3 (1.23%) Middleware
5 3 (1.23%) Node.js
5 3 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.82%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.82%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.82%) Framer.js
6 2 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.82%) Next.js
6 2 (0.82%) Razor View Engine
7 1 (0.41%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.41%) HTML
7 1 (0.41%) OpenID
7 1 (0.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.20%) Mobile App
2 16 (6.56%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (5.33%) Marketing Technology
4 12 (4.92%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.69%) PropTech
6 8 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.28%) e-Learning
6 8 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (3.28%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.46%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.05%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.64%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.23%) EPoS
11 2 (0.82%) Animation
11 2 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.41%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.41%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.69%) Windows
2 4 (1.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (18.03%) Agile
2 31 (12.70%) Software Engineering
3 28 (11.48%) B2B
3 28 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (7.38%) AI
6 17 (6.97%) CI/CD
6 17 (6.97%) Coaching
6 17 (6.97%) Mentoring
7 16 (6.56%) DevOps
8 15 (6.15%) Full-Stack Development
9 14 (5.74%) Microservices
10 13 (5.33%) Change Management
10 13 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (4.92%) Design Patterns
11 12 (4.92%) Roadmaps
11 12 (4.92%) TDD
12 11 (4.51%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (4.51%) SOLID
12 11 (4.51%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 28 (11.48%) C#
2 15 (6.15%) TypeScript
3 11 (4.51%) SQL
4 6 (2.46%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.64%) Java
5 4 (1.64%) Python
6 2 (0.82%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.82%) PHP
6 2 (0.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (4.10%) ACCA
1 10 (4.10%) CIMA
2 7 (2.87%) Degree
2 7 (2.87%) SC Cleared
2 7 (2.87%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.05%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.82%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 4 (1.64%) GDPR
2 4 (1.64%) GLBA
2 4 (1.64%) QA
3 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (7.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.41%) Docker
3 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (6.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.51%) Terraform
3 9 (3.69%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.82%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.41%) Grafana
Vendors
1 25 (10.25%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.28%) BiZZdesign
2 8 (3.28%) New Relic
2 8 (3.28%) Splunk
3 7 (2.87%) Databricks
4 5 (2.05%) Sage
4 5 (2.05%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (1.64%) iManage
6 3 (1.23%) Google
6 3 (1.23%) Oracle
6 3 (1.23%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.82%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.41%) Dell
8 1 (0.41%) VMware