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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 86 60
Rank change year-on-year +68 -26 +24
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 408 85 195
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.79% 3.84% 3.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.31% 8.93% 9.60%
Number of salaries quoted 363 72 162
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,125 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,048 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £100,000 £74,063 £72,188
90th Percentile - £87,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% +5.45% -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 1,829 952 2,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 30.42% 43.02% 37.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,229 603 1,644
10th Percentile £33,400 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £71,435
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +10 7 £28,000 -39.46% 6
Stockport -3 3 £32,500 -18.75% 3
Bolton - 3 £50,000 - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 £42,500 - 3
Salford - 1 - - 4
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 8 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.72%) Moodle
2 7 (1.72%) Totara
3 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.49%) CMS
4 2 (0.49%) Confluence
5 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 50 (12.25%) Azure
2 38 (9.31%) AWS
3 16 (3.92%) GCP
3 16 (3.92%) PaaS
4 15 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (3.68%) Serverless
5 13 (3.19%) Anthropic Claude
6 12 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.94%) IaaS
7 11 (2.70%) Azure Functions
8 10 (2.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 10 (2.45%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (2.45%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.72%) dbt
10 6 (1.47%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.47%) Pulumi
11 5 (1.23%) Intacct
11 5 (1.23%) Power Platform
12 4 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.21%) Firewall
2 4 (0.98%) DHCP
2 4 (0.98%) DNS
3 1 (0.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
2 4 (0.98%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.49%) Looker
4 2 (0.49%) 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
5 1 (0.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (3.19%) Claude Code
2 4 (0.98%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (0.49%) JIRA
General
1 91 (22.30%) Finance
2 34 (8.33%) Marketing
3 32 (7.84%) Social Skills
4 18 (4.41%) Legal
5 12 (2.94%) Law
6 11 (2.70%) Retail
7 7 (1.72%) Advertising
7 7 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.47%) Billing
9 5 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (1.23%) Automotive
10 4 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.74%) Banking
11 3 (0.74%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.49%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.49%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.25%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 88 (21.57%) Senior
2 49 (12.01%) Lead
3 37 (9.07%) Developer
4 36 (8.82%) Software Engineer
5 26 (6.37%) Sales Manager
6 25 (6.13%) Account Executive
7 23 (5.64%) Sales Representative
8 22 (5.39%) .NET Developer
9 21 (5.15%) Senior Manager
10 18 (4.41%) Architect
10 18 (4.41%) Senior Software Engineer
11 15 (3.68%) Lead Developer
12 13 (3.19%) HR Manager
12 13 (3.19%) Java Engineer
12 13 (3.19%) Lead Software Engineer
12 13 (3.19%) Senior Java Engineer
13 12 (2.94%) Support Technician
14 11 (2.70%) Financial Controller
14 11 (2.70%) IT Support
14 11 (2.70%) Principal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (9.56%) .NET
2 13 (3.19%) OAuth
3 12 (2.94%) JWT
4 11 (2.70%) OpenID
5 10 (2.45%) REST
5 10 (2.45%) SAML
6 8 (1.96%) OAuth2
7 7 (1.72%) React
8 6 (1.47%) Node.js
9 4 (0.98%) JSON
10 2 (0.49%) Kafka
10 2 (0.49%) Middleware
10 2 (0.49%) NestJS
10 2 (0.49%) Playwright
10 2 (0.49%) Vue
11 1 (0.25%) .NET Core
11 1 (0.25%) AngularJS
11 1 (0.25%) MACH
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.25%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.31%) Marketing Technology
2 26 (6.37%) Mobile App
3 19 (4.66%) PropTech
4 16 (3.92%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.19%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.96%) e-Learning
8 5 (1.23%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.23%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.98%) Learning Management System
9 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.25%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.25%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.45%) Windows
2 4 (0.98%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (12.25%) Software Engineering
2 46 (11.27%) B2B
3 40 (9.80%) Agile
4 36 (8.82%) AI
5 24 (5.88%) CI/CD
6 22 (5.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (4.66%) Analytics
8 18 (4.41%) Coaching
8 18 (4.41%) Fintech
9 17 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (3.92%) Full-Stack Development
10 16 (3.92%) Machine Learning
10 16 (3.92%) Mentoring
11 14 (3.43%) Cloud Security
11 14 (3.43%) RBAC
12 13 (3.19%) Business Development
12 13 (3.19%) Decision-Making
12 13 (3.19%) SOLID
13 12 (2.94%) Data Science
13 12 (2.94%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.86%) SQL
2 22 (5.39%) C#
3 16 (3.92%) Java
4 15 (3.68%) Python
5 10 (2.45%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.72%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.47%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.49%) Bicep
9 1 (0.25%) Bash
9 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (2.70%) ACCA
1 11 (2.70%) CIMA
1 11 (2.70%) SC Cleared
1 11 (2.70%) Security Cleared
2 7 (1.72%) Azure Certification
2 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (0.98%) Degree
4 1 (0.25%) CCA
4 1 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.25%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (0.74%) QA
System Software
1 13 (3.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.49%) Docker
2 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (2.94%) Terraform
2 11 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.47%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 17 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.96%) HubSpot
3 5 (1.23%) Sage
3 5 (1.23%) Ubiquiti
4 4 (0.98%) Google
4 4 (0.98%) New Relic
4 4 (0.98%) Splunk
5 3 (0.74%) Databricks
5 3 (0.74%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.49%) BiZZdesign
6 2 (0.49%) Cisco
6 2 (0.49%) Palo Alto
6 2 (0.49%) VMware
7 1 (0.25%) BroadSoft
7 1 (0.25%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.25%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle
7 1 (0.25%) Salesforce