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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 81 77
Rank change year-on-year +35 -4 +27
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 467 181 391
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.53% 3.71% 3.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.65% 11.21% 10.09%
Number of salaries quoted 421 129 327
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £30,550
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £80,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £91,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -7.41%

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 4,008 1,615 3,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.32% 33.08% 32.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,853 1,191 3,224
10th Percentile £29,525 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -0.80% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,216 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.10% +6.46% -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 May 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 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
West Midlands +45 374 £60,000 - 96
East Midlands -30 92 £56,000 -6.67% 47
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 4 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.43%) CMS
3 2 (0.43%) Confluence
3 2 (0.43%) WordPress
4 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.64%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 41 (8.78%) Azure
2 18 (3.85%) PaaS
3 16 (3.43%) AWS
4 12 (2.57%) Figma
5 10 (2.14%) IaaS
5 10 (2.14%) Meta Ads
6 9 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (1.71%) GitHub
7 8 (1.71%) GitHub Copilot
8 7 (1.50%) dbt
9 6 (1.28%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.28%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.64%) Azure AKS
11 3 (0.64%) ClickUp
11 3 (0.64%) Google Sheets
11 3 (0.64%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.64%) Serverless
12 2 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.43%) HTTP
2 1 (0.21%) DNS
2 1 (0.21%) Firewall
2 1 (0.21%) SAN
2 1 (0.21%) SSL
2 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.21%) VPN
2 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.07%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.86%) Power BI
3 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.43%) Power Query
4 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.21%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.21%) MySQL
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (2.14%) JIRA
2 8 (1.71%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.86%) Git
4 3 (0.64%) Storybook
5 2 (0.43%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.43%) JMeter
5 2 (0.43%) Locust
6 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.21%) Yeoman
General
1 82 (17.56%) Marketing
2 53 (11.35%) Retail
3 40 (8.57%) Legal
3 40 (8.57%) Social Skills
4 23 (4.93%) Finance
5 21 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (3.85%) Law
7 15 (3.21%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.14%) Automotive
9 10 (2.14%) Public Sector
10 8 (1.71%) German Language
11 5 (1.07%) Games
11 5 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.86%) Advertising
12 4 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.43%) Back Office
14 2 (0.43%) Digital Health
14 2 (0.43%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 64 (13.70%) Account Executive
2 34 (7.28%) Senior
3 32 (6.85%) Developer
3 32 (6.85%) Sales Manager
4 28 (6.00%) Marketing Manager
4 28 (6.00%) Sales Executive
5 23 (4.93%) Account Manager
6 22 (4.71%) Designer
7 20 (4.28%) Lead
8 19 (4.07%) Analyst
9 18 (3.85%) Marketing Executive
10 15 (3.21%) Channel Sales Manager
10 15 (3.21%) Sales Representative
10 15 (3.21%) Service Manager
11 14 (3.00%) .NET Developer
11 14 (3.00%) Xamarin Developer
12 13 (2.78%) UX Designer
13 12 (2.57%) ERP Manager
13 12 (2.57%) Senior Manager
14 11 (2.36%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.00%) .NET
2 10 (2.14%) AngularJS
3 8 (1.71%) Blazor
3 8 (1.71%) Material Design
3 8 (1.71%) WebAssembly
4 6 (1.28%) CSS
4 6 (1.28%) HTML
4 6 (1.28%) React
5 5 (1.07%) REST
6 4 (0.86%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.86%) Node.js
6 4 (0.86%) RESTful
7 3 (0.64%) HTML5
7 3 (0.64%) PySpark
7 3 (0.64%) Sass
7 3 (0.64%) Vue
8 2 (0.43%) Deno
8 2 (0.43%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.43%) Redux
8 2 (0.43%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.57%) Onboarding
2 23 (4.93%) PropTech
3 17 (3.64%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.21%) EPoS
5 14 (3.00%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.50%) Digital Signage
9 5 (1.07%) FMCG
9 5 (1.07%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (0.86%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.86%) NHS
10 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.64%) Augmented Reality
11 3 (0.64%) BBC
11 3 (0.64%) iSeries
11 3 (0.64%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.43%) Blog
12 2 (0.43%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.85%) Windows
2 14 (3.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.43%) Linux
3 2 (0.43%) Solaris
4 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (13.49%) CRM
2 51 (10.92%) B2B
3 50 (10.71%) Business Development
4 44 (9.42%) Logistics
5 39 (8.35%) AI
6 38 (8.14%) Lead Generation
7 31 (6.64%) ERP
8 30 (6.42%) E-Commerce
9 29 (6.21%) Mentoring
10 28 (6.00%) Decision-Making
10 28 (6.00%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (6.00%) Service Delivery
11 27 (5.78%) Roadmaps
12 26 (5.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (5.35%) Agile
13 25 (5.35%) Customer Experience
14 24 (5.14%) Software Engineering
15 23 (4.93%) Analytics
15 23 (4.93%) Project Management
15 23 (4.93%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 25 (5.35%) SQL
2 16 (3.43%) Python
3 15 (3.21%) C#
4 11 (2.36%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.71%) Java
5 8 (1.71%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.86%) PHP
7 3 (0.64%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (2.78%) Degree
2 3 (0.64%) ACCA
2 3 (0.64%) CIMA
3 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (0.43%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.21%) IISP
4 1 (0.21%) ISACA
4 1 (0.21%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.78%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.36%) QA
3 10 (2.14%) WCAG
4 8 (1.71%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.64%) GDPR
6 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.21%) HL7
6 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.21%) SLA
6 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.07%) Docker
3 3 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (1.28%) Terraform
2 4 (0.86%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.43%) Grafana
4 1 (0.21%) CASB
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (5.14%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.00%) Xamarin
3 7 (1.50%) ServiceNow
4 5 (1.07%) Facebook
4 5 (1.07%) Instagram
4 5 (1.07%) Oracle
5 4 (0.86%) Google
5 4 (0.86%) HubSpot
5 4 (0.86%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.64%) SAP
6 3 (0.64%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.43%) Adobe
7 2 (0.43%) Databricks
8 1 (0.21%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.21%) Netskope
8 1 (0.21%) Okta
8 1 (0.21%) Sybase
8 1 (0.21%) VMware
8 1 (0.21%) Zoho