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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 66 68
Rank change year-on-year +17 +2 +53
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 433 197 375
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.53% 4.05% 3.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.93% 11.59% 9.81%
Number of salaries quoted 380 160 308
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £29,200
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,438 £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 £73,750 £80,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,250 £91,250
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 3,963 1,700 3,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.28% 34.95% 33.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,764 1,325 3,230
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £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 £77,500 £79,510
England median annual salary £60,100 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.84% +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 21 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 21 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 +41 339 £60,000 - 78
East Midlands -53 93 £65,000 +8.33% 29
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 (1.15%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.92%) WordPress
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.46%) Confluence
5 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.46%) Trello
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.69%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 60 (13.86%) Azure
2 21 (4.85%) PaaS
3 20 (4.62%) AWS
4 12 (2.77%) IaaS
5 10 (2.31%) Entra ID
6 9 (2.08%) Figma
6 9 (2.08%) GitHub
7 8 (1.85%) dbt
7 8 (1.85%) GitHub Copilot
7 8 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.39%) Datadog
9 5 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (1.15%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.15%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.92%) GCP
11 3 (0.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.69%) Azure AKS
11 3 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.69%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.62%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (0.92%) DNS
2 4 (0.92%) Firewall
2 4 (0.92%) 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 (5.31%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.92%) Data Lake
2 4 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.69%) Big Data
3 3 (0.69%) MySQL
3 3 (0.69%) Power BI
4 2 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.46%) Tableau
5 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (3.00%) JIRA
2 8 (1.85%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.92%) Git
4 3 (0.69%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.69%) JMeter
4 3 (0.69%) Locust
4 3 (0.69%) Storybook
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) Selenium
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 55 (12.70%) Marketing
2 48 (11.09%) Retail
3 41 (9.47%) Social Skills
4 33 (7.62%) Legal
5 28 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.62%) Finance
7 18 (4.16%) Law
8 15 (3.46%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.54%) German Language
11 9 (2.08%) Public Sector
12 8 (1.85%) Games
13 7 (1.62%) Automotive
14 5 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.46%) Digital Health
17 1 (0.23%) Banking
17 1 (0.23%) Brand Awareness
17 1 (0.23%) Digital Healthcare
17 1 (0.23%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 45 (10.39%) Account Executive
1 45 (10.39%) Senior
2 37 (8.55%) Sales Manager
3 32 (7.39%) Developer
4 25 (5.77%) Account Manager
5 23 (5.31%) Analyst
6 22 (5.08%) Lead
7 20 (4.62%) Designer
8 19 (4.39%) Channel Sales Manager
8 19 (4.39%) Support Analyst
9 18 (4.16%) Sales Executive
10 17 (3.93%) ERP Support
10 17 (3.93%) Sales Representative
11 16 (3.70%) Marketing Manager
12 15 (3.46%) Service Manager
13 14 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (3.23%) Support Engineer
14 13 (3.00%) .NET Developer
14 13 (3.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 13 (3.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.70%) .NET
2 10 (2.31%) HTML
2 10 (2.31%) React
3 9 (2.08%) AngularJS
3 9 (2.08%) CSS
4 8 (1.85%) Blazor
4 8 (1.85%) Material Design
4 8 (1.85%) Node.js
4 8 (1.85%) WebAssembly
5 4 (0.92%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.69%) Gherkin
6 3 (0.69%) HTML5
6 3 (0.69%) Laravel
6 3 (0.69%) PySpark
6 3 (0.69%) REST
6 3 (0.69%) RESTful
6 3 (0.69%) Sass
6 3 (0.69%) Vue
7 2 (0.46%) Bootstrap
7 2 (0.46%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.01%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.08%) PropTech
3 19 (4.39%) EPoS
4 14 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 14 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.62%) Digital Signage
7 3 (0.69%) FMCG
7 3 (0.69%) Low-Code
7 3 (0.69%) NHS
8 2 (0.46%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.46%) iSeries
8 2 (0.46%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.23%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.23%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.23%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.23%) Social Media
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.62%) Windows
2 17 (3.93%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.23%) Linux
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (13.86%) CRM
2 54 (12.47%) B2B
3 49 (11.32%) Business Development
4 41 (9.47%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (8.78%) AI
5 38 (8.78%) Mentoring
6 35 (8.08%) ERP
7 34 (7.85%) Service Delivery
8 33 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (7.39%) Logistics
10 28 (6.47%) Customer Service
10 28 (6.47%) Roadmaps
11 27 (6.24%) Customer Experience
12 26 (6.00%) Agile
12 26 (6.00%) DevOps
13 25 (5.77%) CI/CD
13 25 (5.77%) Project Management
14 24 (5.54%) Analytics
14 24 (5.54%) Software Engineering
15 21 (4.85%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 42 (9.70%) SQL
2 24 (5.54%) C#
3 14 (3.23%) Python
4 13 (3.00%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.08%) Java
6 8 (1.85%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.92%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.69%) PHP
9 2 (0.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (3.93%) Degree
2 5 (1.15%) SC Cleared
2 5 (1.15%) Security Cleared
3 4 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (0.69%) ACCA
4 3 (0.69%) CIMA
4 3 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.23%) IISP
6 1 (0.23%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.39%) QA
2 14 (3.23%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.54%) WCAG
4 4 (0.92%) SLA
5 2 (0.46%) Data Quality
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 8 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.39%) Docker
3 3 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (1.39%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.39%) Terraform
2 4 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.69%) Grafana
4 2 (0.46%) Ansible
4 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 22 (5.08%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.00%) Xamarin
3 10 (2.31%) ServiceNow
4 9 (2.08%) Google
5 8 (1.85%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.62%) Databricks
7 4 (0.92%) Facebook
7 4 (0.92%) HubSpot
7 4 (0.92%) Instagram
8 3 (0.69%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.69%) Oracle
8 3 (0.69%) SAP
9 2 (0.46%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.23%) Adobe
10 1 (0.23%) Freshdesk
10 1 (0.23%) Netskope
10 1 (0.23%) Okta
10 1 (0.23%) Pardot
10 1 (0.23%) Zoho