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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 74 70
Rank change year-on-year +56 -4 -24
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 467 95 142
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.56% 3.85% 3.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.81% 10.52% 9.10%
Number of salaries quoted 395 70 83
10th Percentile £40,000 £29,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £48,250 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile - £90,125 £77,500
North West median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% - +0.80%

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 1,882 903 1,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 26.43% 36.60% 36.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,444 607 1,017
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £35,450
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -0.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,840 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 +14 7 £47,500 +2.70% 2
Salford -17 5 - - 3
Stockport - 5 £57,500 -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 £42,500 - 1
Sale - 2 £62,500 - 1
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 4 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.21%) Apache
3 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.21%) Apache Superset
3 1 (0.21%) CMS
3 1 (0.21%) Confluence
3 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.64%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 85 (18.20%) AWS
2 41 (8.78%) Azure
3 19 (4.07%) GCP
3 19 (4.07%) Serverless
4 17 (3.64%) PaaS
5 15 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
7 13 (2.78%) IaaS
8 12 (2.57%) Anthropic Claude
9 11 (2.36%) Datadog
9 11 (2.36%) Route 53
10 9 (1.93%) dbt
11 6 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.28%) Twilio
12 5 (1.07%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.07%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.07%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.86%) Amazon Kinesis
13 4 (0.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.28%) Firewall
2 4 (0.86%) Network Security
3 3 (0.64%) DHCP
3 3 (0.64%) DNS
4 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.21%) SNMP
4 1 (0.21%) VoIP
4 1 (0.21%) WAN
4 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.07%) Redis
4 4 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
4 4 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (0.86%) Data Mining
4 4 (0.86%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.43%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.43%) Looker
6 2 (0.43%) MySQL
6 2 (0.43%) OLAP
6 2 (0.43%) OLTP
6 2 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.43%) Power BI
6 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.21%) Metabase
7 1 (0.21%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (2.36%) Claude Code
2 6 (1.28%) JIRA
3 4 (0.86%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (0.86%) Git
General
1 75 (16.06%) Finance
2 42 (8.99%) Social Skills
3 39 (8.35%) Marketing
4 27 (5.78%) Retail
5 22 (4.71%) Legal
6 16 (3.43%) Public Sector
7 11 (2.36%) Aviation
8 9 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.71%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (1.50%) Billing
10 7 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.28%) Advertising
11 6 (1.28%) Health Technology
11 6 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.07%) Automotive
12 5 (1.07%) Law
13 3 (0.64%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.64%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.43%) Banking
14 2 (0.43%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 66 (14.13%) Lead
1 66 (14.13%) Senior
2 46 (9.85%) Software Engineer
3 31 (6.64%) Developer
4 26 (5.57%) Architect
5 24 (5.14%) Sales Manager
5 24 (5.14%) Senior Software Engineer
6 22 (4.71%) Account Executive
7 20 (4.28%) Consultant
8 18 (3.85%) Sales Representative
8 18 (3.85%) Senior Manager
9 17 (3.64%) HR Manager
9 17 (3.64%) Lead Software Engineer
10 16 (3.43%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (3.21%) Lead Developer
12 14 (3.00%) Software Manager
13 13 (2.78%) Financial Controller
13 13 (2.78%) Technical Engineer
14 12 (2.57%) .NET Developer
14 12 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.42%) .NET
2 19 (4.07%) Node.js
3 14 (3.00%) OAuth
4 12 (2.57%) JWT
5 11 (2.36%) OpenID
5 11 (2.36%) SAML
5 11 (2.36%) Terraform
6 9 (1.93%) OAuth2
7 7 (1.50%) REST
8 6 (1.28%) Pulumi
9 5 (1.07%) NestJS
9 5 (1.07%) Vue
10 4 (0.86%) JSON
11 3 (0.64%) React
12 2 (0.43%) .NET Core
12 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET
12 2 (0.43%) Kafka
12 2 (0.43%) Playwright
12 2 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
13 1 (0.21%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.42%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.35%) Marketing Technology
3 14 (3.00%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.14%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.14%) PropTech
5 9 (1.93%) Educational Technology
5 9 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.28%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.86%) AI Agents
7 4 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (0.86%) Driving Licence
7 4 (0.86%) IVR
7 4 (0.86%) NHS
7 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.64%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (0.64%) FMCG
8 3 (0.64%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.43%) IoT
9 2 (0.43%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.50%) Windows
2 6 (1.28%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.64%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.43%) Linux
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (15.85%) Software Engineering
2 62 (13.28%) AI
3 50 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (9.64%) B2B
5 36 (7.71%) Agile
5 36 (7.71%) Roadmaps
6 32 (6.85%) Analytics
7 30 (6.42%) Decision-Making
8 29 (6.21%) Mentoring
9 27 (5.78%) Business Development
9 27 (5.78%) CI/CD
9 27 (5.78%) Cloud Security
9 27 (5.78%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (5.78%) Technical Leadership
10 24 (5.14%) Coaching
10 24 (5.14%) Customer Experience
10 24 (5.14%) Fintech
10 24 (5.14%) Machine Learning
11 22 (4.71%) Collaborative Culture
11 22 (4.71%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.07%) SQL
2 26 (5.57%) Python
3 19 (4.07%) TypeScript
4 17 (3.64%) Java
5 15 (3.21%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.78%) C#
7 7 (1.50%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.43%) ABAP
8 2 (0.43%) Bicep
8 2 (0.43%) C++
9 1 (0.21%) Bash
9 1 (0.21%) PHP
9 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (4.28%) ACCA
1 20 (4.28%) CIMA
2 7 (1.50%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.28%) SC Cleared
4 4 (0.86%) CISA
4 4 (0.86%) CISM
4 4 (0.86%) CISSP
4 4 (0.86%) CRISC
4 4 (0.86%) Degree
5 3 (0.64%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.64%) CIPD
5 3 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.21%) CCA
7 1 (0.21%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.14%) GDPR
2 10 (2.14%) QA
3 9 (1.93%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.07%) PMO
5 4 (0.86%) NIST
6 3 (0.64%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.43%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (0.86%) Docker
2 3 (0.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.21%) Firmware
3 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.36%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (3.64%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.36%) Google
3 10 (2.14%) HubSpot
4 5 (1.07%) SAP
5 3 (0.64%) Sage
5 3 (0.64%) Salesforce
5 3 (0.64%) ServiceNow
5 3 (0.64%) VMware
6 2 (0.43%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.43%) Cisco
6 2 (0.43%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle
6 2 (0.43%) Palo Alto
6 2 (0.43%) YouTube
7 1 (0.21%) Aderant
7 1 (0.21%) BroadSoft
7 1 (0.21%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.21%) iManage
7 1 (0.21%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.21%) Trend Micro