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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 79 65
Rank change year-on-year +63 -14 +16
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 396 89 186
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.92% 4.12% 3.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.94% 9.56% 9.43%
Number of salaries quoted 351 78 157
10th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,125 £47,231 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £76,875 £72,500
90th Percentile - £87,500 £86,250
North West median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +8.11% -6.76%

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 1,726 931 1,973
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 30.16% 43.14% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,141 597 1,625
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% +6.09% -3.40%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,350 £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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +8 8 £28,000 -34.12% 2
Stockport -3 3 £32,500 -33.33% 2
Bolton - 3 £50,000 - 7
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 10 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.77%) Moodle
2 7 (1.77%) Totara
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.51%) CMS
4 2 (0.51%) Confluence
5 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 51 (12.88%) Azure
2 33 (8.33%) AWS
3 17 (4.29%) PaaS
4 16 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (3.79%) Serverless
6 14 (3.54%) Entra ID
7 13 (3.28%) Anthropic Claude
7 13 (3.28%) GCP
7 13 (3.28%) IaaS
8 11 (2.78%) Azure Functions
9 10 (2.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 10 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
10 8 (2.02%) OneDrive
11 7 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.77%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.52%) dbt
12 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (1.26%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.27%) Firewall
2 4 (1.01%) DHCP
2 4 (1.01%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
2 4 (1.01%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.51%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.51%) Looker
4 2 (0.51%) MySQL
4 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.25%) OLAP
5 1 (0.25%) OLTP
5 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (3.28%) Claude Code
2 4 (1.01%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (0.51%) JIRA
General
1 92 (23.23%) Finance
2 34 (8.59%) Social Skills
3 32 (8.08%) Marketing
4 18 (4.55%) Legal
5 12 (3.03%) Law
6 10 (2.53%) Retail
7 7 (1.77%) Advertising
7 7 (1.77%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.26%) Automotive
10 4 (1.01%) Billing
11 3 (0.76%) Banking
11 3 (0.76%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.51%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.25%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.25%) Local Government
13 1 (0.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 85 (21.46%) Senior
2 48 (12.12%) Lead
3 38 (9.60%) Developer
4 35 (8.84%) Software Engineer
5 26 (6.57%) Sales Manager
6 23 (5.81%) Sales Representative
7 22 (5.56%) .NET Developer
8 21 (5.30%) Account Executive
9 19 (4.80%) Senior Manager
10 18 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
11 17 (4.29%) Architect
12 14 (3.54%) Lead Developer
13 13 (3.28%) Java Engineer
13 13 (3.28%) Lead Software Engineer
13 13 (3.28%) Senior Java Engineer
14 12 (3.03%) Support Technician
15 11 (2.78%) Financial Controller
15 11 (2.78%) HR Manager
15 11 (2.78%) Principal .NET Developer
15 11 (2.78%) Principal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (10.35%) .NET
2 10 (2.53%) OAuth
2 10 (2.53%) REST
3 9 (2.27%) JWT
4 8 (2.02%) OpenID
5 7 (1.77%) React
5 7 (1.77%) SAML
6 6 (1.52%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.01%) JSON
7 4 (1.01%) Node.js
8 2 (0.51%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.51%) Kafka
8 2 (0.51%) Middleware
8 2 (0.51%) NestJS
8 2 (0.51%) Playwright
9 1 (0.25%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.25%) MACH
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.25%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.60%) Marketing Technology
2 26 (6.57%) Mobile App
3 19 (4.80%) PropTech
4 14 (3.54%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.02%) e-Learning
7 5 (1.26%) AI Agents
7 5 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.26%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.01%) Learning Management System
9 3 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.25%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.25%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.53%) Windows
2 4 (1.01%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (12.63%) Software Engineering
2 44 (11.11%) B2B
3 41 (10.35%) Agile
4 35 (8.84%) AI
5 20 (5.05%) CI/CD
5 20 (5.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (4.80%) Analytics
7 18 (4.55%) Coaching
7 18 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (4.04%) Mentoring
9 14 (3.54%) Fintech
9 14 (3.54%) Full-Stack Development
9 14 (3.54%) Machine Learning
10 13 (3.28%) RBAC
11 12 (3.03%) Business Development
11 12 (3.03%) Data Science
11 12 (3.03%) DevOps
11 12 (3.03%) Platform Engineering
12 11 (2.78%) Change Management
12 11 (2.78%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.82%) SQL
2 24 (6.06%) C#
3 16 (4.04%) Java
4 15 (3.79%) Python
5 8 (2.02%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.52%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.51%) Bicep
7 2 (0.51%) PHP
8 1 (0.25%) Bash
8 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (2.78%) ACCA
1 11 (2.78%) CIMA
1 11 (2.78%) SC Cleared
1 11 (2.78%) Security Cleared
2 7 (1.77%) Azure Certification
2 7 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (0.51%) Degree
4 1 (0.25%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (0.51%) QA
System Software
1 15 (3.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.51%) Docker
2 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.03%) Terraform
3 7 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.26%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 19 (4.80%) Microsoft
2 7 (1.77%) HubSpot
3 6 (1.52%) New Relic
3 6 (1.52%) Splunk
4 5 (1.26%) Sage
4 5 (1.26%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (1.01%) Google
6 3 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
6 3 (0.76%) Databricks
6 3 (0.76%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.51%) Cisco
7 2 (0.51%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.51%) VMware
8 1 (0.25%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.25%) Salesforce