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 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 52 58
Rank change year-on-year +24 +6 +27
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 288 101 181
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.69% 4.94% 3.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.86% 11.25% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 239 82 153
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -5.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile - £88,625 £86,250
North West median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% -3.40%

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 1,450 898 1,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 33.67% 43.89% 39.41%
Number of salaries quoted 824 663 1,534
10th Percentile £30,825 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,465 £59,163
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +2.20% +2.34%
75th Percentile £82,813 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,756 £86,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 29 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 29 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 -2 8 £28,000 -44.00% 3
Bolton +23 3 £50,000 - 4
Salford -6 3 £45,000 - 4
Cheadle - 3 £50,000 -
Stockport -7 2 £32,500 -43.48% 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £42,500 -
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 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.43%) Moodle
2 7 (2.43%) Totara
3 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.69%) CMS
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.69%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.69%) Sketch
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 48 (16.67%) Azure
2 20 (6.94%) PaaS
3 19 (6.60%) AWS
4 16 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 16 (5.56%) IaaS
4 16 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (5.21%) Serverless
6 11 (3.82%) Azure Functions
7 10 (3.47%) OneDrive
8 9 (3.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 9 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.78%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.08%) Anthropic Claude
11 5 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.74%) Intacct
12 4 (1.39%) dbt
12 4 (1.39%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.43%) Firewall
2 2 (0.69%) DHCP
2 2 (0.69%) DNS
3 1 (0.35%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.74%) Data Lake
2 5 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.69%) MySQL
4 1 (0.35%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.35%) Looker
4 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.08%) Claude Code
2 3 (1.04%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.35%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.35%) JIRA
3 1 (0.35%) JMeter
3 1 (0.35%) Locust
3 1 (0.35%) Protractor
3 1 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 72 (25.00%) Finance
2 38 (13.19%) Social Skills
3 29 (10.07%) Marketing
4 20 (6.94%) Legal
5 13 (4.51%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.51%) Law
6 10 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.39%) Retail
8 3 (1.04%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.69%) Advertising
9 2 (0.69%) General Ledger
9 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Billing
10 1 (0.35%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.35%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.35%) Local Government
10 1 (0.35%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 54 (18.75%) Senior
2 39 (13.54%) Lead
3 31 (10.76%) Developer
4 23 (7.99%) Sales Representative
5 20 (6.94%) Sales Manager
6 15 (5.21%) Lead Developer
7 13 (4.51%) Account Executive
7 13 (4.51%) Software Engineer
8 12 (4.17%) .NET Developer
8 12 (4.17%) Architect
9 11 (3.82%) Senior Manager
9 11 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (3.82%) Support Technician
10 9 (3.13%) Account Manager
10 9 (3.13%) IT Support
10 9 (3.13%) IT Technician
10 9 (3.13%) Senior Developer
11 8 (2.78%) Marketing Executive
11 8 (2.78%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (2.78%) Senior Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (12.15%) .NET
2 14 (4.86%) React
3 9 (3.13%) REST
4 5 (1.74%) Node.js
5 3 (1.04%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.04%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.04%) CSS
5 3 (1.04%) Jest
5 3 (1.04%) Middleware
5 3 (1.04%) Next.js
6 2 (0.69%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.69%) Framer.js
6 2 (0.69%) NestJS
6 2 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.35%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.35%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.35%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.35%) MACH
7 1 (0.35%) OpenID
7 1 (0.35%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.03%) Marketing Technology
2 17 (5.90%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (5.56%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.51%) Onboarding
5 12 (4.17%) PropTech
6 8 (2.78%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.78%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.43%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.74%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.39%) Learning Management System
10 4 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.04%) EPoS
12 2 (0.69%) Animation
13 1 (0.35%) Educational Technology
13 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Cloud
13 1 (0.35%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.35%) Renewable Energy
13 1 (0.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.78%) Windows
2 3 (1.04%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (14.93%) Agile
2 37 (12.85%) B2B
3 33 (11.46%) Software Engineering
4 25 (8.68%) AI
4 25 (8.68%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (5.90%) CI/CD
6 17 (5.90%) Coaching
6 17 (5.90%) Full-Stack Development
7 15 (5.21%) DevOps
8 14 (4.86%) Mentoring
8 14 (4.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (4.51%) Change Management
9 13 (4.51%) Microservices
9 13 (4.51%) Roadmaps
10 12 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (4.17%) Design Patterns
11 11 (3.82%) Observability
11 11 (3.82%) User Experience
12 10 (3.47%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.72%) C#
2 15 (5.21%) SQL
2 15 (5.21%) TypeScript
3 9 (3.13%) Java
4 8 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.43%) Python
6 2 (0.69%) PHP
6 2 (0.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (3.47%) ACCA
1 10 (3.47%) CIMA
2 6 (2.08%) SC Cleared
2 6 (2.08%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.74%) Azure Certification
3 5 (1.74%) Degree
3 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.69%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.39%) QA
3 3 (1.04%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (0.69%) GDPR
4 2 (0.69%) GLBA
5 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (5.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.69%) Docker
2 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.17%) Terraform
3 9 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.04%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.35%) Grafana
Vendors
1 23 (7.99%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.78%) New Relic
2 8 (2.78%) Splunk
3 6 (2.08%) BiZZdesign
4 5 (1.74%) Databricks
4 5 (1.74%) Sage
4 5 (1.74%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (1.39%) Google
5 4 (1.39%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.69%) iManage
6 2 (0.69%) Oracle
7 1 (0.35%) Dell
7 1 (0.35%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.35%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.35%) VMware