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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 46 56
Rank change year-on-year +21 +10 -7
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 402 119 143
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.26% 5.07% 3.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.25% 14.07% 10.54%
Number of salaries quoted 322 85 64
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £80,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,750 £77,500
North West median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

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 1,892 846 1,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 24.74% 36.06% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,397 566 752
10th Percentile £34,700 £29,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £81,000 £75,000 £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 12 October 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 October 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 +12 7 £47,500 -5.00% 3
Salford -16 5 - - 3
Stockport - 3 £70,000 - 3
Sale - 2 £62,500 -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £42,500 -
Bolton - 1 - - 13
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 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.25%) Apache
3 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.25%) Apache Superset
3 1 (0.25%) Confluence
3 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.00%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.25%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.25%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 85 (21.14%) AWS
2 38 (9.45%) Azure
3 16 (3.98%) AWS Lambda
3 16 (3.98%) GCP
3 16 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (3.98%) Serverless
4 13 (3.23%) Datadog
4 13 (3.23%) Route 53
5 10 (2.49%) IaaS
6 9 (2.24%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.99%) PaaS
8 7 (1.74%) Anthropic Claude
8 7 (1.74%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.49%) Twilio
10 5 (1.24%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.24%) dbt
10 5 (1.24%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.00%) Amazon Kinesis
11 4 (1.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.24%) DHCP
1 5 (1.24%) DNS
1 5 (1.24%) Firewall
2 4 (1.00%) Network Security
2 4 (1.00%) SNMP
3 2 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.50%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.50%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (0.50%) WAN
4 1 (0.25%) VoIP
4 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.74%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.24%) Redis
4 4 (1.00%) Amazon Athena
4 4 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (1.00%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.00%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.75%) Power BI
5 3 (0.75%) Tableau
6 2 (0.50%) MySQL
6 2 (0.50%) OLAP
6 2 (0.50%) OLTP
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.25%) Big Data
7 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.25%) OLAP Cube
7 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.25%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Claude Code
1 6 (1.49%) JIRA
2 4 (1.00%) Git
3 1 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
General
1 70 (17.41%) Finance
2 62 (15.42%) Social Skills
3 54 (13.43%) Marketing
4 27 (6.72%) Legal
4 27 (6.72%) Retail
5 18 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (3.73%) Public Sector
7 14 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (3.23%) Aviation
8 13 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.74%) Billing
11 5 (1.24%) Advertising
11 5 (1.24%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.24%) Law
11 5 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.00%) Automotive
12 4 (1.00%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.75%) Banking
14 2 (0.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 48 (11.94%) Senior
2 43 (10.70%) Lead
3 34 (8.46%) Software Engineer
4 32 (7.96%) Account Executive
5 24 (5.97%) Architect
6 23 (5.72%) Consultant
7 21 (5.22%) Developer
8 18 (4.48%) Sales Manager
9 17 (4.23%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (3.98%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (3.23%) Financial Controller
11 13 (3.23%) Head of Architecture
11 13 (3.23%) Lead Software Engineer
11 13 (3.23%) SaaS Consultant
11 13 (3.23%) Sales Representative
11 13 (3.23%) Senior Manager
12 12 (2.99%) Account Manager
12 12 (2.99%) HR Manager
12 12 (2.99%) Security Engineer
13 11 (2.74%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.97%) .NET
2 20 (4.98%) Node.js
3 14 (3.48%) SAML
4 11 (2.74%) OAuth
5 10 (2.49%) JWT
5 10 (2.49%) OpenID
5 10 (2.49%) Terraform
6 7 (1.74%) NestJS
6 7 (1.74%) OAuth2
7 6 (1.49%) Pulumi
8 4 (1.00%) REST
8 4 (1.00%) Vue
9 2 (0.50%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.50%) Kafka
9 2 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
10 1 (0.25%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.25%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.25%) ASP.NET Core
10 1 (0.25%) GraphQL
10 1 (0.25%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.70%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.22%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.23%) Marketing Technology
4 13 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (2.99%) PropTech
6 9 (2.24%) Educational Technology
7 8 (1.99%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.74%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.24%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.00%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.00%) IVR
10 4 (1.00%) NHS
11 3 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.75%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (0.75%) FMCG
11 3 (0.75%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.50%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.50%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.50%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.99%) Windows
1 8 (1.99%) Windows Server
2 4 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (0.50%) Linux
3 2 (0.50%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (17.66%) AI
2 62 (15.42%) Software Engineering
3 52 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (10.45%) B2B
4 42 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 41 (10.20%) Roadmaps
6 38 (9.45%) Decision-Making
7 32 (7.96%) Analytics
8 31 (7.71%) Business Development
9 27 (6.72%) Cloud Security
9 27 (6.72%) Customer Experience
9 27 (6.72%) Fintech
9 27 (6.72%) Mentoring
10 26 (6.47%) Agile
10 26 (6.47%) Technical Leadership
11 25 (6.22%) Collaborative Culture
12 23 (5.72%) Machine Learning
12 23 (5.72%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (5.22%) Cybersecurity
14 19 (4.73%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 26 (6.47%) Python
2 25 (6.22%) SQL
3 17 (4.23%) TypeScript
4 13 (3.23%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.24%) C#
5 9 (2.24%) Java
5 9 (2.24%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.50%) ABAP
6 2 (0.50%) C++
7 1 (0.25%) Bash
7 1 (0.25%) Bicep
7 1 (0.25%) PHP
7 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (4.23%) ACCA
1 17 (4.23%) CIMA
2 15 (3.73%) Degree
3 12 (2.99%) Master's Degree
4 5 (1.24%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.00%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.00%) CISA
5 4 (1.00%) CISM
5 4 (1.00%) CISSP
5 4 (1.00%) CRISC
5 4 (1.00%) PhD
5 4 (1.00%) Postgraduate
5 4 (1.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.75%) CIPD
6 3 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.25%) CCA
8 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.49%) GDPR
3 9 (2.24%) PCI DSS
4 8 (1.99%) QA
5 5 (1.24%) PMO
6 4 (1.00%) NIST
7 3 (0.75%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.50%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (1.74%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.75%) DFS Replication
4 3 (0.75%) Docker
5 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (2.49%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.00%) FortiGate
2 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (4.98%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.99%) Salesforce
2 12 (2.99%) Samsung
2 12 (2.99%) TikTok
3 10 (2.49%) Google
3 10 (2.49%) HubSpot
4 9 (2.24%) Sage
5 6 (1.49%) SAP
6 5 (1.24%) VMware
7 4 (1.00%) SolarWinds
8 3 (0.75%) Aruba
8 3 (0.75%) Botify
8 3 (0.75%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.75%) Zscaler
9 2 (0.50%) Aderant
9 2 (0.50%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.50%) iManage
9 2 (0.50%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.50%) Oracle
9 2 (0.50%) YouTube