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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 57 58
Rank change year-on-year +31 +1 +23
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 310 99 182
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.83% 4.93% 3.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.42% 11.15% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 260 82 154
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,938 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,039 £60,232 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +0.39% -4.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile - £88,625 £86,250
North West median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% -3.40%

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 1,518 888 1,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 33.43% 44.25% 39.19%
Number of salaries quoted 872 659 1,540
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £58,650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +6.56% +2.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,500 £86,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 5 April 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 5 April 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 -2 8 £28,000 -44.00% 3
Bolton +23 3 £50,000 - 4
Stockport -4 2 £32,500 -33.33% 3
Salford -9 2 £57,539 - 4
Cheadle - 2 £50,000 -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £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 12 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.26%) Moodle
2 7 (2.26%) Totara
3 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.65%) CMS
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.32%) Confluence
5 1 (0.32%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.65%) Sketch
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (0.65%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 51 (16.45%) Azure
2 22 (7.10%) PaaS
3 19 (6.13%) AWS
4 18 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (5.48%) IaaS
6 16 (5.16%) Entra ID
6 16 (5.16%) Serverless
7 12 (3.87%) Azure Functions
8 10 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 10 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
8 10 (3.23%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.58%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (2.58%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.58%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.26%) Anthropic Claude
11 6 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.61%) dbt
12 5 (1.61%) GCP
12 5 (1.61%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.58%) Firewall
2 3 (0.97%) DHCP
2 3 (0.97%) DNS
3 1 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.61%) Data Lake
2 5 (1.61%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.65%) MySQL
4 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.32%) Looker
4 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (2.26%) Claude Code
2 3 (0.97%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.65%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.32%) JIRA
4 1 (0.32%) JMeter
4 1 (0.32%) Locust
4 1 (0.32%) Protractor
4 1 (0.32%) Selenium
General
1 75 (24.19%) Finance
2 37 (11.94%) Social Skills
3 29 (9.35%) Marketing
4 19 (6.13%) Legal
5 12 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.87%) Law
6 10 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.26%) Retail
8 3 (0.97%) Advertising
8 3 (0.97%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.65%) Dutch Language
9 2 (0.65%) General Ledger
9 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.32%) French Language
10 1 (0.32%) German Language
10 1 (0.32%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.32%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.32%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 62 (20.00%) Senior
2 43 (13.87%) Lead
3 34 (10.97%) Developer
4 24 (7.74%) Sales Representative
5 21 (6.77%) Sales Manager
6 17 (5.48%) Software Engineer
7 16 (5.16%) Lead Developer
8 14 (4.52%) .NET Developer
9 13 (4.19%) Account Executive
9 13 (4.19%) Architect
10 12 (3.87%) Senior Manager
10 12 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (3.87%) Support Technician
11 10 (3.23%) IT Support
11 10 (3.23%) IT Technician
11 10 (3.23%) Senior Software Engineer
12 9 (2.90%) Account Manager
12 9 (2.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (2.90%) Senior Developer
13 8 (2.58%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.94%) .NET
2 13 (4.19%) React
3 10 (3.23%) REST
4 5 (1.61%) Node.js
5 3 (0.97%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.97%) CSS
5 3 (0.97%) Jest
5 3 (0.97%) Next.js
5 3 (0.97%) OAuth
6 2 (0.65%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.65%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.65%) Framer.js
6 2 (0.65%) JSON
6 2 (0.65%) JWT
6 2 (0.65%) Middleware
6 2 (0.65%) NestJS
6 2 (0.65%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.65%) OpenID
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.65%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.00%) Marketing Technology
2 18 (5.81%) Mobile App
3 17 (5.48%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (4.19%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.87%) PropTech
6 9 (2.90%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.58%) e-Learning
7 8 (2.58%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.94%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.29%) Learning Management System
10 3 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.65%) Animation
11 2 (0.65%) EPoS
12 1 (0.32%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.32%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.32%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.32%) Replication
12 1 (0.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.23%) Windows
2 4 (1.29%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (14.19%) Agile
2 38 (12.26%) B2B
3 37 (11.94%) Software Engineering
4 28 (9.03%) AI
5 25 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (5.81%) CI/CD
7 18 (5.81%) Coaching
8 17 (5.48%) Full-Stack Development
9 16 (5.16%) DevOps
10 15 (4.84%) Mentoring
10 15 (4.84%) Roadmaps
11 14 (4.52%) Microservices
11 14 (4.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (4.19%) Analytics
12 13 (4.19%) Change Management
12 13 (4.19%) Design Patterns
13 12 (3.87%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (3.55%) TDD
14 11 (3.55%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.35%) C#
2 17 (5.48%) SQL
3 14 (4.52%) TypeScript
4 11 (3.55%) Java
4 11 (3.55%) Python
5 8 (2.58%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.29%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.65%) PHP
8 1 (0.32%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 11 (3.55%) ACCA
1 11 (3.55%) CIMA
2 7 (2.26%) SC Cleared
2 7 (2.26%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.94%) Azure Certification
3 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (1.29%) Degree
5 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (1.61%) QA
2 3 (0.97%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.32%) GDPR
3 1 (0.32%) GLBA
3 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (5.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.65%) Docker
2 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (5.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.87%) Terraform
3 10 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.97%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.32%) Grafana
5 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 24 (7.74%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.58%) New Relic
2 8 (2.58%) Splunk
3 6 (1.94%) BiZZdesign
4 5 (1.61%) Databricks
4 5 (1.61%) Google
4 5 (1.61%) Sage
4 5 (1.61%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (1.29%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle
6 2 (0.65%) VMware
7 1 (0.32%) Cisco
7 1 (0.32%) Dell
7 1 (0.32%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.32%) iManage
7 1 (0.32%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.32%) Salesforce