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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 88 69
Rank change year-on-year +72 -19 -13
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 471 87 183
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.39% 3.49% 3.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.01% 8.81% 8.92%
Number of salaries quoted 417 69 140
10th Percentile £34,050 £36,250 £41,125
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,231 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £100,000 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile - £87,500 £80,250
North West median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% - +8.11%

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 1,811 988 2,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 28.42% 39.63% 37.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,420 642 1,559
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,375 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £86,250 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,150 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 12 July 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 12 July 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 8 £28,000 -39.46% 2
Salford - 5 - -
Stockport +6 3 £32,500 -7.14% 2
Bolton - 3 £50,000 - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 £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 7 (1.49%) Moodle
1 7 (1.49%) Totara
2 3 (0.64%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.42%) CMS
3 2 (0.42%) Confluence
4 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 60 (12.74%) AWS
2 41 (8.70%) Azure
3 18 (3.82%) PaaS
4 17 (3.61%) GCP
4 17 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (3.18%) IaaS
6 14 (2.97%) Anthropic Claude
7 13 (2.76%) Serverless
8 8 (1.70%) Azure Functions
8 8 (1.70%) dbt
9 7 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 7 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.49%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.27%) Pulumi
10 6 (1.27%) Twilio
11 5 (1.06%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.06%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.06%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.34%) Firewall
2 4 (0.85%) Network Security
3 2 (0.42%) DHCP
3 2 (0.42%) DNS
4 1 (0.21%) VoIP
4 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.70%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
3 4 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (0.85%) Data Mining
3 4 (0.85%) Redis
4 3 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.42%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.42%) Looker
5 2 (0.42%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.21%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.21%) MySQL
6 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.21%) OLAP
6 1 (0.21%) OLTP
6 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.21%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (2.76%) Claude Code
2 4 (0.85%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (0.64%) JIRA
4 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 102 (21.66%) Finance
2 39 (8.28%) Marketing
3 37 (7.86%) Social Skills
4 15 (3.18%) Retail
5 14 (2.97%) Legal
6 13 (2.76%) Public Sector
7 8 (1.70%) Billing
8 7 (1.49%) Advertising
9 6 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.27%) Law
9 6 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.27%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.06%) Automotive
10 5 (1.06%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.85%) Legal Technology
12 3 (0.64%) Banking
12 3 (0.64%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.42%) Analytical Skills
13 2 (0.42%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 71 (15.07%) Senior
2 59 (12.53%) Lead
3 43 (9.13%) Software Engineer
4 35 (7.43%) Sales Manager
5 29 (6.16%) Account Executive
6 27 (5.73%) Developer
6 27 (5.73%) Sales Representative
7 21 (4.46%) Senior Software Engineer
8 19 (4.03%) Senior Manager
9 18 (3.82%) Architect
9 18 (3.82%) Lead Software Engineer
10 15 (3.18%) .NET Developer
11 14 (2.97%) HR Manager
12 13 (2.76%) Java Engineer
13 12 (2.55%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (2.55%) Financial Controller
13 12 (2.55%) Security Engineer
13 12 (2.55%) Senior Java Engineer
13 12 (2.55%) Support Technician
14 11 (2.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.37%) .NET
2 15 (3.18%) Node.js
3 14 (2.97%) OAuth
4 12 (2.55%) JWT
5 11 (2.34%) OpenID
6 10 (2.12%) SAML
7 9 (1.91%) OAuth2
7 9 (1.91%) REST
8 5 (1.06%) React
9 4 (0.85%) JSON
9 4 (0.85%) Vue
10 2 (0.42%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.42%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.42%) Kafka
10 2 (0.42%) NestJS
10 2 (0.42%) Playwright
11 1 (0.21%) ASP.NET Core
11 1 (0.21%) MACH
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.21%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.07%) Marketing Technology
2 28 (5.94%) Cloud Native
3 19 (4.03%) PropTech
4 18 (3.82%) Mobile App
5 16 (3.40%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.49%) e-Learning
8 6 (1.27%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.85%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.85%) IVR
9 4 (0.85%) Learning Management System
9 4 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.64%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (0.64%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.64%) NHS
10 3 (0.64%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.64%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.42%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.34%) Windows
2 5 (1.06%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.64%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (11.25%) AI
2 52 (11.04%) Software Engineering
3 48 (10.19%) B2B
4 36 (7.64%) Agile
5 33 (7.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (6.79%) Analytics
7 29 (6.16%) CI/CD
7 29 (6.16%) Decision-Making
8 25 (5.31%) Cloud Security
8 25 (5.31%) Fintech
9 24 (5.10%) Machine Learning
10 23 (4.88%) Coaching
11 22 (4.67%) Full-Stack Development
12 21 (4.46%) Roadmaps
13 19 (4.03%) Business Development
14 17 (3.61%) B2B Sales
14 17 (3.61%) Mentoring
15 15 (3.18%) Cybersecurity
15 15 (3.18%) Microservices
16 14 (2.97%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.52%) SQL
2 18 (3.82%) TypeScript
3 16 (3.40%) C#
3 16 (3.40%) Java
4 14 (2.97%) Python
5 11 (2.34%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.85%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.42%) Bicep
8 1 (0.21%) Bash
8 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (4.03%) ACCA
1 19 (4.03%) CIMA
2 10 (2.12%) SC Cleared
2 10 (2.12%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.49%) Azure Certification
3 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.06%) Degree
5 4 (0.85%) CISA
5 4 (0.85%) CISM
5 4 (0.85%) CISSP
5 4 (0.85%) CRISC
6 2 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.21%) CCA
7 1 (0.21%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.12%) GDPR
3 9 (1.91%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.06%) QA
5 4 (0.85%) NIST
6 3 (0.64%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.21%) PMO
7 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (1.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.42%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (2.34%) Terraform
2 9 (1.91%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (3.61%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.55%) Google
3 8 (1.70%) HubSpot
4 5 (1.06%) Sage
4 5 (1.06%) Ubiquiti
5 3 (0.64%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.42%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.42%) Cisco
6 2 (0.42%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle
6 2 (0.42%) Palo Alto
6 2 (0.42%) VMware
7 1 (0.21%) BroadSoft
7 1 (0.21%) Epicor
7 1 (0.21%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.21%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.21%) Salesforce