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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 82 68
Rank change year-on-year +66 -14 -14
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 474 89 179
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.44% 3.58% 3.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.27% 9.16% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 419 69 136
10th Percentile £34,850 £36,000 £40,625
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,231 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - +2.54%
75th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile - £87,500 £77,500
North West median annual salary £73,750 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -1.67% +5.73%

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 1,804 972 2,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 28.30% 39.15% 37.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,414 631 1,551
10th Percentile £34,475 £30,750 £31,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,375 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £86,250 £77,170 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £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 16 July 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 July 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 +13 8 £28,000 -39.46% 2
Salford -10 5 - -
Stockport +5 3 £32,500 -7.14%
Bolton - 3 £50,000 - 4
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 7 (1.48%) Moodle
1 7 (1.48%) Totara
2 3 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.42%) CMS
3 2 (0.42%) Confluence
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 61 (12.87%) AWS
2 38 (8.02%) Azure
3 19 (4.01%) PaaS
4 17 (3.59%) GCP
4 17 (3.59%) IaaS
4 17 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (2.74%) Anthropic Claude
6 10 (2.11%) Serverless
7 8 (1.69%) dbt
8 7 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (1.48%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.27%) Pulumi
9 6 (1.27%) Twilio
10 5 (1.05%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.05%) Azure Functions
10 5 (1.05%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.84%) Amazon Kinesis
11 4 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (0.84%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.84%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.11%) Firewall
2 4 (0.84%) Network Security
3 3 (0.63%) DHCP
3 3 (0.63%) DNS
4 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.21%) SNMP
4 1 (0.21%) VoIP
4 1 (0.21%) WAN
4 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.69%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
3 4 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (0.84%) Data Mining
3 4 (0.84%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.84%) Redis
4 2 (0.42%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.42%) Looker
4 2 (0.42%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.21%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.21%) MySQL
5 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.21%) OLAP
5 1 (0.21%) OLTP
5 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.21%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (2.53%) Claude Code
2 4 (0.84%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (0.63%) JIRA
4 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 100 (21.10%) Finance
2 38 (8.02%) Marketing
3 35 (7.38%) Social Skills
4 16 (3.38%) Legal
4 16 (3.38%) Retail
5 14 (2.95%) Public Sector
6 8 (1.69%) Billing
7 7 (1.48%) Advertising
8 6 (1.27%) Health Technology
8 6 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.27%) Law
8 6 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.27%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.05%) Automotive
9 5 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (0.84%) Legal Technology
11 3 (0.63%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.42%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (0.42%) Banking
12 2 (0.42%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 70 (14.77%) Senior
2 59 (12.45%) Lead
3 43 (9.07%) Software Engineer
4 36 (7.59%) Sales Manager
5 29 (6.12%) Account Executive
6 28 (5.91%) Sales Representative
7 25 (5.27%) Developer
8 21 (4.43%) Senior Software Engineer
9 19 (4.01%) Architect
9 19 (4.01%) Senior Manager
10 18 (3.80%) Lead Software Engineer
11 14 (2.95%) HR Manager
12 13 (2.74%) .NET Developer
12 13 (2.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 13 (2.74%) Technical Engineer
13 12 (2.53%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (2.53%) Financial Controller
13 12 (2.53%) Java Engineer
13 12 (2.53%) Security Engineer
13 12 (2.53%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.49%) .NET
2 17 (3.59%) Node.js
3 14 (2.95%) OAuth
4 12 (2.53%) JWT
5 11 (2.32%) OpenID
5 11 (2.32%) SAML
6 9 (1.90%) OAuth2
7 6 (1.27%) REST
8 4 (0.84%) JSON
8 4 (0.84%) React
8 4 (0.84%) Vue
9 2 (0.42%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.42%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.42%) Kafka
9 2 (0.42%) NestJS
9 2 (0.42%) Playwright
10 1 (0.21%) ASP.NET Core
10 1 (0.21%) ASP.NET Web API
10 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.21%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.02%) Marketing Technology
2 28 (5.91%) Cloud Native
3 19 (4.01%) PropTech
4 18 (3.80%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.16%) Mobile App
6 9 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.48%) e-Learning
8 6 (1.27%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.84%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.84%) Educational Technology
10 4 (0.84%) IVR
10 4 (0.84%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.84%) NHS
10 4 (0.84%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.63%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (0.63%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.42%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.32%) Windows
2 6 (1.27%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.63%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.42%) Linux
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (11.60%) AI
2 51 (10.76%) Software Engineering
3 48 (10.13%) B2B
4 33 (6.96%) Agile
4 33 (6.96%) Analytics
5 31 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (6.12%) Decision-Making
7 26 (5.49%) CI/CD
8 25 (5.27%) Cloud Security
8 25 (5.27%) Machine Learning
9 24 (5.06%) Fintech
10 23 (4.85%) Coaching
10 23 (4.85%) Full-Stack Development
11 22 (4.64%) Roadmaps
12 19 (4.01%) Business Development
13 17 (3.59%) B2B Sales
13 17 (3.59%) Mentoring
13 17 (3.59%) Microservices
14 16 (3.38%) Cybersecurity
15 14 (2.95%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 25 (5.27%) SQL
2 19 (4.01%) TypeScript
3 15 (3.16%) Java
3 15 (3.16%) Python
4 12 (2.53%) C#
5 11 (2.32%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.84%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.42%) Bicep
8 1 (0.21%) Bash
8 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (4.01%) ACCA
1 19 (4.01%) CIMA
2 9 (1.90%) SC Cleared
2 9 (1.90%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.48%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.05%) Degree
6 4 (0.84%) CISA
6 4 (0.84%) CISM
6 4 (0.84%) CISSP
6 4 (0.84%) CRISC
7 2 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.21%) CCA
8 1 (0.21%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.11%) GDPR
3 9 (1.90%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.05%) QA
5 4 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.84%) NIST
6 3 (0.63%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.21%) PMO
7 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.42%) Docker
4 1 (0.21%) Firmware
4 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.32%) Terraform
2 9 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 17 (3.59%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.53%) Google
3 9 (1.90%) HubSpot
4 4 (0.84%) Sage
4 4 (0.84%) Ubiquiti
5 3 (0.63%) ServiceNow
5 3 (0.63%) VMware
6 2 (0.42%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.42%) Cisco
6 2 (0.42%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle
6 2 (0.42%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.21%) Aderant
7 1 (0.21%) BroadSoft
7 1 (0.21%) Epicor
7 1 (0.21%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.21%) iManage
7 1 (0.21%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.21%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.21%) SolarWinds