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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 77 70
Rank change year-on-year +58 -7 -24
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 467 96 136
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.60% 3.87% 3.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.76% 10.47% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 396 71 85
10th Percentile £40,000 £29,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £49,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile - £88,750 £77,500
North West median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% - +4.35%

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 1,886 917 1,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 26.63% 36.93% 36.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,451 615 1,028
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £35,525
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% - -
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 29 August 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 August 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 - - 2
Stockport - 5 £57,500 -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 £42,500 -
Sale - 2 £62,500 - 2
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 2 (0.43%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 84 (17.99%) 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%) OLAP Cube
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 40 (8.57%) Social Skills
3 38 (8.14%) Marketing
4 27 (5.78%) Retail
5 21 (4.50%) Legal
6 16 (3.43%) Public Sector
7 11 (2.36%) Aviation
8 8 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.50%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (1.50%) Billing
10 6 (1.28%) Advertising
10 6 (1.28%) Health Technology
10 6 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.07%) Automotive
12 4 (0.86%) Law
12 4 (0.86%) 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 27 (5.78%) Architect
5 24 (5.14%) Sales Manager
5 24 (5.14%) Senior Software Engineer
6 22 (4.71%) Account Executive
7 18 (3.85%) Consultant
7 18 (3.85%) Sales Representative
8 17 (3.64%) Lead Software Engineer
8 17 (3.64%) Senior Manager
9 16 (3.43%) Cloud Engineer
9 16 (3.43%) HR Manager
10 15 (3.21%) Lead Developer
11 14 (3.00%) Software Manager
12 13 (2.78%) Financial Controller
12 13 (2.78%) Technical Engineer
13 12 (2.57%) Head of Architecture
13 12 (2.57%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (6.64%) .NET
2 21 (4.50%) 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%) NestJS
8 6 (1.28%) Pulumi
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%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.21%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.35%) Marketing Technology
3 14 (3.00%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.14%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.14%) PropTech
5 9 (1.93%) Educational Technology
6 6 (1.28%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.07%) AI Agents
8 4 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (0.86%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.86%) IVR
8 4 (0.86%) NHS
8 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.64%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (0.64%) FMCG
9 3 (0.64%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.43%) IoT
10 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 73 (15.63%) Software Engineering
2 63 (13.49%) AI
3 49 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (9.64%) B2B
5 37 (7.92%) Roadmaps
6 36 (7.71%) Agile
7 33 (7.07%) Analytics
8 30 (6.42%) Decision-Making
9 29 (6.21%) Mentoring
10 27 (5.78%) Business Development
10 27 (5.78%) CI/CD
10 27 (5.78%) Cloud Security
10 27 (5.78%) Stakeholder Management
10 27 (5.78%) Technical Leadership
11 25 (5.35%) Machine Learning
12 24 (5.14%) Coaching
12 24 (5.14%) Fintech
13 23 (4.93%) Customer Experience
14 22 (4.71%) Collaborative Culture
14 22 (4.71%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.85%) SQL
2 25 (5.35%) Python
3 20 (4.28%) TypeScript
4 17 (3.64%) Java
5 16 (3.43%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.78%) C#
7 6 (1.28%) 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%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.43%) CIPD
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 9 (1.93%) HubSpot
4 4 (0.86%) SAP
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%) Sage
6 2 (0.43%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.43%) YouTube
7 1 (0.21%) Aderant
7 1 (0.21%) Epicor
7 1 (0.21%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.21%) iManage
7 1 (0.21%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.21%) Trend Micro