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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 61 85
Rank change year-on-year +22 +24 +39
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 360 268 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.59% 4.18% 3.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.62% 12.92% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 314 178 140
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,438 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,875 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% -

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 2,853 2,074 2,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 36.38% 32.31% 36.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,404 1,178 1,814
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,443 £38,750 £37,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,375 £52,500 £51,150
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +2.64% -7.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,538 £79,720 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 9 January 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 9 January 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 +40 257 £55,000 -8.33% 145
East Midlands -12 103 £35,000 -41.67% 287
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 17 (4.72%) IIS
2 13 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.94%) Apache
5 5 (1.39%) CMS
6 4 (1.11%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.83%) Trello
2 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.28%) Maximo
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.28%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 65 (18.06%) Azure
2 39 (10.83%) AWS
3 18 (5.00%) PaaS
4 12 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (3.06%) GitHub
6 10 (2.78%) GCP
7 9 (2.50%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.22%) Figma
8 8 (2.22%) IaaS
8 8 (2.22%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.67%) GitHub Copilot
9 6 (1.67%) iPaaS
9 6 (1.67%) OCI
10 5 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.39%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.11%) Datadog
11 4 (1.11%) Serverless
12 3 (0.83%) Azure AKS
12 3 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
12 3 (0.83%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 39 (10.83%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (2.78%) DNS
3 9 (2.50%) Firewall
4 8 (2.22%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.94%) DHCP
6 6 (1.67%) SAN
6 6 (1.67%) VLAN
7 3 (0.83%) VPN
8 2 (0.56%) HTTP
9 1 (0.28%) 3G
9 1 (0.28%) GPRS
9 1 (0.28%) GSM
9 1 (0.28%) Modbus
9 1 (0.28%) RS-232
9 1 (0.28%) RS-485
9 1 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (9.72%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.33%) MySQL
3 9 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.22%) Power BI
5 7 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.67%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.11%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.83%) Big Data
8 3 (0.83%) Tableau
9 2 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.56%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.28%) Looker
10 1 (0.28%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle ODI
10 1 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (4.72%) JIRA
2 6 (1.67%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.39%) Git
3 5 (1.39%) Selenium
4 4 (1.11%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.56%) Postman
6 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.28%) JMeter
6 1 (0.28%) Locust
6 1 (0.28%) MLflow
General
1 103 (28.61%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (13.06%) Retail
4 22 (6.11%) Law
4 22 (6.11%) Marketing
5 19 (5.28%) Finance
6 12 (3.33%) Legal
7 9 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.50%) Games
7 9 (2.50%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.22%) German Language
9 6 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.11%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.83%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.56%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.56%) Local Government
14 1 (0.28%) Advertising
14 1 (0.28%) Billing
Job Titles
1 43 (11.94%) 2nd Line Support
2 35 (9.72%) Senior
3 29 (8.06%) Account Executive
3 29 (8.06%) Lead
4 28 (7.78%) Developer
5 27 (7.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 27 (7.50%) Analyst
6 26 (7.22%) Sales Manager
7 25 (6.94%) Architect
7 25 (6.94%) Support Engineer
8 24 (6.67%) Applications Support
9 21 (5.83%) Support Analyst
10 20 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (5.28%) Infrastructure Support
11 19 (5.28%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 18 (5.00%) Channel Sales Manager
13 17 (4.72%) Account Manager
13 17 (4.72%) Support Technician
13 17 (4.72%) Technical Support
14 14 (3.89%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (10.00%) .NET
2 16 (4.44%) React
3 10 (2.78%) HTML
3 10 (2.78%) LAMP
3 10 (2.78%) REST
4 9 (2.50%) CSS
4 9 (2.50%) Node.js
5 7 (1.94%) Blazor
5 7 (1.94%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (1.67%) Material Design
6 6 (1.67%) SOAP
6 6 (1.67%) WebAssembly
7 5 (1.39%) Laravel
7 5 (1.39%) Vue
8 4 (1.11%) RESTful
9 3 (0.83%) Next.js
9 3 (0.83%) OAuth
9 3 (0.83%) PySpark
9 3 (0.83%) React Native
10 2 (0.56%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 58 (16.11%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.83%) Product Ownership
3 18 (5.00%) EPoS
4 14 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.33%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (3.06%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.67%) Clustering
7 6 (1.67%) PropTech
8 5 (1.39%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.83%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.83%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.56%) Culture of Ownership
10 2 (0.56%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.56%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.56%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.56%) NHS
10 2 (0.56%) Social Media
11 1 (0.28%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.28%) Windows
2 17 (4.72%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.89%) Linux
4 2 (0.56%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (23.89%) CRM
2 82 (22.78%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (22.50%) Mentoring
4 69 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 56 (15.56%) Logistics
6 50 (13.89%) ERP
7 49 (13.61%) E-Commerce
8 47 (13.06%) Customer Service
9 45 (12.50%) Agile
10 44 (12.22%) Analytical Thinking
10 44 (12.22%) Root Cause Analysis
11 43 (11.94%) Data Privacy
12 35 (9.72%) Roadmaps
12 35 (9.72%) Software Engineering
13 34 (9.44%) B2B
13 34 (9.44%) CI/CD
14 33 (9.17%) AI
15 31 (8.61%) DevOps
16 27 (7.50%) Customer Experience
17 26 (7.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 102 (28.33%) SQL
2 75 (20.83%) C#
3 29 (8.06%) JavaScript
4 21 (5.83%) PHP
5 18 (5.00%) Python
6 10 (2.78%) Java
7 7 (1.94%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.39%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.11%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.56%) Go
10 2 (0.56%) Groovy
10 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.56%) Ruby
11 1 (0.28%) Bicep
11 1 (0.28%) C
11 1 (0.28%) C++
11 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 27 (7.50%) Degree
2 9 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.67%) Master's Degree
3 6 (1.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (1.67%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.39%) PMI Certification
4 5 (1.39%) PMP
5 4 (1.11%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.28%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (13.33%) QA
2 10 (2.78%) GDPR
2 10 (2.78%) SLA
3 7 (1.94%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.94%) WCAG
4 2 (0.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.28%) HL7
5 1 (0.28%) MISRA
5 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.67%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.11%) Docker
4 3 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (2.50%) Terraform
2 7 (1.94%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (1.39%) Ansible
5 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.56%) Grafana
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.28%) Argo
7 1 (0.28%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 38 (10.56%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.50%) Oracle
3 18 (5.00%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.78%) Databricks
4 10 (2.78%) Google
5 8 (2.22%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.67%) Veeam
6 6 (1.67%) Xamarin
7 3 (0.83%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.83%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.56%) Adobe
8 2 (0.56%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.28%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.28%) Pardot
9 1 (0.28%) SAP