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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 54 47
Rank change year-on-year +13 -7 +5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 121 143 146
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.32% 3.77% 5.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.51% 10.87% 12.05%
Number of salaries quoted 87 64 119
10th Percentile £34,000 £36,250 £37,454
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,500 £77,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

All Cloud 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 834 1,316 1,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 36.64% 34.66% 46.53%
Number of salaries quoted 557 730 1,035
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £74,258 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +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 18 October 2025.

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 18 October 2025. 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
Salford - 5 £45,000 - 2
Altrincham -8 3 £50,000 - 10
Cheadle - 2 £50,000 - 3
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 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.48%) IIS
3 1 (0.83%) Apache
3 1 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.83%) CMS
3 1 (0.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.83%) Revit
1 1 (0.83%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 36 (29.75%) Azure
2 14 (11.57%) AWS
3 9 (7.44%) PaaS
4 7 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.79%) IaaS
4 7 (5.79%) Serverless
5 4 (3.31%) Azure Functions
5 4 (3.31%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (3.31%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.31%) GitHub
5 4 (3.31%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 3 (2.48%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.65%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.65%) GCP
8 1 (0.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.83%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.48%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (0.83%) DNS
2 1 (0.83%) Firewall
2 1 (0.83%) HTTP
2 1 (0.83%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.83%) VPN
2 1 (0.83%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.96%) Data Hub
2 6 (4.96%) SQL CLR
3 4 (3.31%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.31%) Power BI
4 3 (2.48%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.48%) Metadata
4 3 (2.48%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.48%) MySQL
4 3 (2.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.83%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Git
1 2 (1.65%) Selenium
2 1 (0.83%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.83%) Protractor
General
1 35 (28.93%) Social Skills
2 31 (25.62%) Finance
3 27 (22.31%) Marketing
4 7 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.79%) Legal
4 7 (5.79%) Retail
5 6 (4.96%) Back Office
5 6 (4.96%) Law
6 5 (4.13%) Billing
7 4 (3.31%) Health Technology
8 3 (2.48%) Banking
8 3 (2.48%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.65%) Automotive
9 2 (1.65%) Dutch Language
9 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.83%) Games
10 1 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (20.66%) Developer
2 17 (14.05%) Lead
2 17 (14.05%) Senior
3 9 (7.44%) Head of Finance
3 9 (7.44%) Senior Developer
4 8 (6.61%) Architect
5 7 (5.79%) Principal Developer
5 7 (5.79%) Software Developer
6 5 (4.13%) Consultant
6 5 (4.13%) Full-Stack Developer
6 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Developer
6 5 (4.13%) SaaS Developer
6 5 (4.13%) Sales Manager
6 5 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (4.13%) Team Leader
6 5 (4.13%) Technical Support
7 4 (3.31%) .NET Developer
7 4 (3.31%) Backend Developer
8 3 (2.48%) Business Development Manager
8 3 (2.48%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (19.83%) .NET
2 7 (5.79%) .NET Framework
2 7 (5.79%) Entity Framework
2 7 (5.79%) REST
3 5 (4.13%) .NET Core
4 4 (3.31%) React
4 4 (3.31%) RESTful
5 3 (2.48%) Dapper ORM
5 3 (2.48%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (1.65%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.65%) Blazor
6 2 (1.65%) Kafka
6 2 (1.65%) Razor View Engine
7 1 (0.83%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.83%) CSS
7 1 (0.83%) HTML
7 1 (0.83%) Jest
7 1 (0.83%) Middleware
7 1 (0.83%) Node.js
7 1 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.92%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.61%) Mobile App
3 7 (5.79%) Private Cloud
4 6 (4.96%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (4.96%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (4.96%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.13%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.48%) IoT
6 3 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.48%) Social Media
6 3 (2.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.65%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.65%) EPoS
7 2 (1.65%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.65%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.65%) NHS
8 1 (0.83%) Cybercrime
8 1 (0.83%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.31%) Windows
1 4 (3.31%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.65%) Android
2 2 (1.65%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.62%) Agile
2 20 (16.53%) B2B
2 20 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 20 (16.53%) Mentoring
2 20 (16.53%) Software Engineering
3 18 (14.88%) CRM
4 17 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (12.40%) DevOps
6 14 (11.57%) Data Privacy
7 13 (10.74%) Roadmaps
8 12 (9.92%) CI/CD
9 11 (9.09%) Coaching
9 11 (9.09%) People Management
10 10 (8.26%) Clean Code
10 10 (8.26%) Collaborative Culture
10 10 (8.26%) Full-Stack Development
11 9 (7.44%) Analytics
11 9 (7.44%) Fintech
11 9 (7.44%) Microservices
11 9 (7.44%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.66%) C#
2 18 (14.88%) SQL
3 6 (4.96%) TypeScript
4 3 (2.48%) Apex Code
4 3 (2.48%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.48%) Python
4 3 (2.48%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.83%) Bicep
5 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (12.40%) Degree
2 9 (7.44%) ACCA
2 9 (7.44%) CIMA
3 6 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.83%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.83%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.83%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.79%) GDPR
2 5 (4.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 5 (4.13%) GLBA
3 3 (2.48%) QA
4 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.83%) ISO 19650
4 1 (0.83%) PMO
4 1 (0.83%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.48%) Docker
3 2 (1.65%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.13%) Terraform
2 3 (2.48%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (11.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.96%) VMware
3 5 (4.13%) iManage
4 4 (3.31%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (2.48%) Databricks
5 3 (2.48%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.65%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.83%) Adobe
7 1 (0.83%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.83%) Google
7 1 (0.83%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.83%) Meraki
7 1 (0.83%) Oracle
7 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow