SaaS Job Trends in the Midlands

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 60 70
Rank change year-on-year +13 +10 +52
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 431 198 379
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.49% 4.04% 3.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.87% 11.53% 9.87%
Number of salaries quoted 379 158 312
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,875 £28,601
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,813 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,438 £80,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £91,125
England median annual salary £67,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.08% - -3.70%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,965 1,718 3,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.12% 35.09% 33.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,764 1,342 3,239
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,450 £79,500
England median annual salary £61,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.60% +8.70% -11.54%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

SaaS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SaaS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the Midlands

SaaS
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
West Midlands +40 336 £60,000 - 72
East Midlands -43 94 £60,500 +0.83% 28
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (1.16%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.70%) WordPress
3 2 (0.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.46%) Trello
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.70%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 57 (13.23%) Azure
2 19 (4.41%) PaaS
3 18 (4.18%) AWS
4 11 (2.55%) IaaS
5 9 (2.09%) Entra ID
5 9 (2.09%) Figma
5 9 (2.09%) GitHub
6 8 (1.86%) GitHub Copilot
6 8 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.62%) dbt
8 5 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (0.93%) Datadog
9 4 (0.93%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.93%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.70%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.70%) ClickUp
10 3 (0.70%) GCP
10 3 (0.70%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.70%) Serverless
11 2 (0.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.62%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.70%) DNS
2 3 (0.70%) Firewall
2 3 (0.70%) VPN
3 2 (0.46%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) SAN
4 1 (0.23%) SSL
4 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.34%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.93%) Data Lake
2 4 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.70%) Big Data
4 2 (0.46%) MySQL
4 2 (0.46%) Power BI
5 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (2.78%) JIRA
2 8 (1.86%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.93%) Git
4 3 (0.70%) Storybook
5 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.46%) JMeter
5 2 (0.46%) Locust
6 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.23%) Selenium
6 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.23%) Yeoman
General
1 54 (12.53%) Marketing
2 48 (11.14%) Retail
3 40 (9.28%) Social Skills
4 33 (7.66%) Legal
5 26 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (4.87%) Finance
7 18 (4.18%) Law
8 15 (3.48%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.32%) German Language
11 8 (1.86%) Games
12 7 (1.62%) Automotive
12 7 (1.62%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.46%) Digital Health
16 1 (0.23%) Advertising
16 1 (0.23%) Brand Awareness
16 1 (0.23%) Digital Healthcare
16 1 (0.23%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 45 (10.44%) Account Executive
2 44 (10.21%) Senior
3 37 (8.58%) Sales Manager
4 31 (7.19%) Developer
5 25 (5.80%) Account Manager
6 24 (5.57%) Analyst
7 22 (5.10%) Lead
8 20 (4.64%) Designer
9 19 (4.41%) Channel Sales Manager
9 19 (4.41%) Support Analyst
10 18 (4.18%) Sales Executive
10 18 (4.18%) Sales Representative
11 17 (3.94%) ERP Support
12 16 (3.71%) Marketing Manager
13 15 (3.48%) Service Manager
14 13 (3.02%) .NET Developer
14 13 (3.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (3.02%) Senior Manager
14 13 (3.02%) Support Engineer
14 13 (3.02%) Xamarin Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.73%) .NET
2 10 (2.32%) HTML
2 10 (2.32%) React
3 9 (2.09%) AngularJS
3 9 (2.09%) CSS
4 8 (1.86%) Blazor
4 8 (1.86%) Material Design
4 8 (1.86%) Node.js
4 8 (1.86%) WebAssembly
5 4 (0.93%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.70%) HTML5
6 3 (0.70%) Laravel
6 3 (0.70%) PySpark
6 3 (0.70%) REST
6 3 (0.70%) RESTful
6 3 (0.70%) Sass
6 3 (0.70%) Vue
7 2 (0.46%) Bootstrap
7 2 (0.46%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.46%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.05%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.10%) PropTech
3 19 (4.41%) EPoS
4 14 (3.25%) Mobile App
4 14 (3.25%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.62%) Digital Signage
7 3 (0.70%) FMCG
7 3 (0.70%) Low-Code
7 3 (0.70%) NHS
8 2 (0.46%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.46%) iSeries
8 2 (0.46%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.46%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.23%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.23%) Blog
9 1 (0.23%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.23%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.64%) Windows
2 17 (3.94%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.23%) Linux
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (13.46%) CRM
2 53 (12.30%) B2B
3 47 (10.90%) Business Development
4 40 (9.28%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (9.05%) Mentoring
6 37 (8.58%) AI
7 35 (8.12%) ERP
8 34 (7.89%) Service Delivery
9 32 (7.42%) Logistics
10 31 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (6.50%) Customer Experience
12 27 (6.26%) Customer Service
13 26 (6.03%) Roadmaps
14 25 (5.80%) DevOps
14 25 (5.80%) Project Management
15 24 (5.57%) Agile
15 24 (5.57%) CI/CD
15 24 (5.57%) Software Engineering
16 21 (4.87%) Data Privacy
16 21 (4.87%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 42 (9.74%) SQL
2 24 (5.57%) C#
3 13 (3.02%) JavaScript
3 13 (3.02%) Python
4 8 (1.86%) Java
4 8 (1.86%) TypeScript
5 4 (0.93%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.70%) PHP
7 2 (0.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (3.48%) Degree
2 3 (0.70%) ACCA
2 3 (0.70%) CIMA
2 3 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.46%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.46%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
4 1 (0.23%) IISP
4 1 (0.23%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.18%) QA
2 13 (3.02%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.32%) WCAG
4 3 (0.70%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.70%) SLA
5 2 (0.46%) GDPR
6 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.23%) HL7
6 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.16%) Docker
3 3 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.16%) Kubernetes
1 5 (1.16%) Terraform
2 4 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.46%) Ansible
3 2 (0.46%) Grafana
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 21 (4.87%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.02%) Xamarin
3 9 (2.09%) ServiceNow
4 8 (1.86%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.62%) Databricks
5 7 (1.62%) Google
6 4 (0.93%) Facebook
6 4 (0.93%) Instagram
7 3 (0.70%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.70%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle
7 3 (0.70%) SAP
8 2 (0.46%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe
9 1 (0.23%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.23%) Netskope
9 1 (0.23%) Okta
9 1 (0.23%) Pardot
9 1 (0.23%) Zoho