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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 58 67
Rank change year-on-year +36 +9 -21
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 437 105 134
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.90% 4.43% 3.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.99% 12.28% 9.41%
Number of salaries quoted 362 78 67
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,563 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £68,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +14.58% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £79,688 £75,000
90th Percentile - £87,875 £78,500
North West median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - +0.40%

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 1,901 855 1,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 25.67% 36.06% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,434 569 833
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £35,800
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 £87,500 £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 16 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 16 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%
Salford -18 5 - - 8
Stockport - 3 £70,000 - 2
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 £42,500 - 1
Sale - 2 £62,500 -
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 4 (0.92%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.23%) Apache
3 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.23%) Apache Superset
3 1 (0.23%) Confluence
3 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.92%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 85 (19.45%) AWS
2 40 (9.15%) Azure
3 21 (4.81%) Serverless
4 19 (4.35%) GCP
5 16 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.97%) Datadog
7 13 (2.97%) Route 53
8 12 (2.75%) PaaS
9 10 (2.29%) Anthropic Claude
9 10 (2.29%) IaaS
10 7 (1.60%) dbt
11 6 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.37%) Twilio
12 5 (1.14%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.14%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.14%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.92%) Amazon Kinesis
13 4 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.37%) Firewall
2 4 (0.92%) Network Security
3 3 (0.69%) DHCP
3 3 (0.69%) DNS
4 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.23%) SNMP
4 1 (0.23%) VoIP
4 1 (0.23%) WAN
4 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.60%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.14%) Redis
4 4 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
4 4 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (0.92%) Data Mining
4 4 (0.92%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.46%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.46%) Looker
6 2 (0.46%) MySQL
6 2 (0.46%) OLAP
6 2 (0.46%) OLTP
6 2 (0.46%) Power BI
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.23%) OLAP Cube
7 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.23%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.23%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (2.06%) Claude Code
2 6 (1.37%) JIRA
3 4 (0.92%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (0.92%) Git
General
1 70 (16.02%) Finance
2 47 (10.76%) Social Skills
3 41 (9.38%) Marketing
4 28 (6.41%) Retail
5 20 (4.58%) Legal
6 16 (3.66%) Public Sector
7 13 (2.97%) Aviation
8 9 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.83%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.60%) Advertising
10 7 (1.60%) Billing
11 5 (1.14%) Automotive
11 5 (1.14%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.14%) Law
11 5 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.92%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.69%) Banking
13 3 (0.69%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.46%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 64 (14.65%) Senior
2 58 (13.27%) Lead
3 44 (10.07%) Software Engineer
4 27 (6.18%) Developer
5 24 (5.49%) Architect
6 23 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
7 22 (5.03%) Account Executive
8 21 (4.81%) Consultant
9 20 (4.58%) Sales Manager
10 17 (3.89%) Sales Representative
11 16 (3.66%) Cloud Engineer
11 16 (3.66%) Senior Manager
12 15 (3.43%) HR Manager
12 15 (3.43%) Lead Software Engineer
13 14 (3.20%) Head of Architecture
14 13 (2.97%) Financial Controller
14 13 (2.97%) Technical Engineer
15 12 (2.75%) Account Manager
15 12 (2.75%) Lead Developer
15 12 (2.75%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.41%) .NET
2 17 (3.89%) Node.js
3 14 (3.20%) OAuth
4 12 (2.75%) JWT
5 11 (2.52%) OpenID
5 11 (2.52%) SAML
6 10 (2.29%) Terraform
7 9 (2.06%) OAuth2
8 7 (1.60%) REST
9 6 (1.37%) Pulumi
10 4 (0.92%) JSON
10 4 (0.92%) NestJS
10 4 (0.92%) Vue
11 2 (0.46%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.46%) Kafka
11 2 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
12 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET Web API
12 1 (0.23%) NumPy
12 1 (0.23%) PostGIS
12 1 (0.23%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.07%) Cloud Native
2 19 (4.35%) Marketing Technology
3 14 (3.20%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.29%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.06%) Educational Technology
6 8 (1.83%) PropTech
7 6 (1.37%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.92%) AI Agents
8 4 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (0.92%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.92%) IVR
8 4 (0.92%) NHS
9 3 (0.69%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (0.69%) FMCG
9 3 (0.69%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.46%) IoT
10 2 (0.46%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.60%) Windows
2 6 (1.37%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.46%) Linux
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (16.93%) Software Engineering
2 59 (13.50%) AI
3 53 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (10.07%) B2B
5 37 (8.47%) Roadmaps
6 35 (8.01%) Decision-Making
7 34 (7.78%) Agile
8 32 (7.32%) Analytics
9 31 (7.09%) Mentoring
9 31 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (6.64%) Technical Leadership
11 28 (6.41%) Customer Experience
11 28 (6.41%) Fintech
12 27 (6.18%) Business Development
12 27 (6.18%) Cloud Security
13 25 (5.72%) CI/CD
13 25 (5.72%) Collaborative Culture
14 24 (5.49%) Machine Learning
15 23 (5.26%) Coaching
16 20 (4.58%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.86%) SQL
2 24 (5.49%) Python
3 17 (3.89%) TypeScript
4 15 (3.43%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.97%) Java
6 10 (2.29%) C#
7 8 (1.83%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.46%) ABAP
8 2 (0.46%) Bicep
8 2 (0.46%) C++
9 1 (0.23%) Bash
9 1 (0.23%) PHP
9 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (4.58%) ACCA
1 20 (4.58%) CIMA
2 7 (1.60%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.37%) SC Cleared
4 4 (0.92%) CISA
4 4 (0.92%) CISM
4 4 (0.92%) CISSP
4 4 (0.92%) CRISC
4 4 (0.92%) Degree
5 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.69%) CIPD
5 3 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.23%) CCA
7 1 (0.23%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.29%) GDPR
2 10 (2.29%) QA
3 9 (2.06%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.14%) PMO
5 4 (0.92%) NIST
6 3 (0.69%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.46%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.69%) Active Directory
1 3 (0.69%) Docker
1 3 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.23%) Firmware
2 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.29%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (3.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.52%) Google
3 9 (2.06%) HubSpot
4 7 (1.60%) Sage
5 6 (1.37%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.37%) SAP
6 3 (0.69%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.69%) VMware
7 2 (0.46%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.46%) Cisco
7 2 (0.46%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle
7 2 (0.46%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.46%) YouTube
8 1 (0.23%) Aderant
8 1 (0.23%) BroadSoft
8 1 (0.23%) Epicor
8 1 (0.23%) iManage
8 1 (0.23%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.23%) Trend Micro