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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 61 68
Rank change year-on-year +13 +7 +48
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 450 203 390
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.49% 4.00% 3.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.20% 11.67% 10.15%
Number of salaries quoted 400 158 323
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,025 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £72,500 £80,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £91,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +1.56% -5.19%

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 4,017 1,740 3,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.16% 34.33% 33.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,816 1,329 3,218
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,474 £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 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +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 5 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 5 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 +42 358 £60,000 - 81
East Midlands -40 91 £65,000 +8.33% 31
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 (0.89%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.44%) Confluence
4 1 (0.22%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.67%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 48 (10.67%) Azure
2 19 (4.22%) PaaS
3 16 (3.56%) AWS
4 11 (2.44%) IaaS
5 9 (2.00%) Figma
5 9 (2.00%) GitHub
5 9 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.78%) GitHub Copilot
7 7 (1.56%) dbt
7 7 (1.56%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.11%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.67%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.67%) ClickUp
10 3 (0.67%) Datadog
10 3 (0.67%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.67%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (0.44%) DNS
2 2 (0.44%) Firewall
2 2 (0.44%) HTTP
2 2 (0.44%) VPN
3 1 (0.22%) SAN
3 1 (0.22%) SSL
3 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.22%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.89%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.89%) Data Lake
2 4 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.67%) Power BI
4 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.44%) Big Data
5 1 (0.22%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.22%) MySQL
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (2.44%) JIRA
2 8 (1.78%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.89%) Git
4 3 (0.67%) Storybook
5 2 (0.44%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.44%) JMeter
5 2 (0.44%) Locust
6 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.22%) Selenium
6 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.22%) Yeoman
General
1 60 (13.33%) Marketing
2 46 (10.22%) Retail
3 38 (8.44%) Social Skills
4 35 (7.78%) Legal
5 22 (4.89%) Finance
6 21 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (4.22%) Law
8 14 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.67%) German Language
9 12 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.78%) Games
11 7 (1.56%) Automotive
11 7 (1.56%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.44%) Digital Health
15 1 (0.22%) Advertising
15 1 (0.22%) Digital Healthcare
15 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.22%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 56 (12.44%) Account Executive
2 41 (9.11%) Senior
3 39 (8.67%) Sales Manager
4 31 (6.89%) Developer
5 28 (6.22%) Account Manager
6 21 (4.67%) Marketing Manager
6 21 (4.67%) Sales Executive
7 20 (4.44%) Analyst
7 20 (4.44%) Designer
8 19 (4.22%) Channel Sales Manager
8 19 (4.22%) Lead
8 19 (4.22%) Sales Representative
9 15 (3.33%) Service Manager
10 14 (3.11%) .NET Developer
10 14 (3.11%) Xamarin Developer
11 13 (2.89%) ERP Support
11 13 (2.89%) Senior Manager
11 13 (2.89%) Support Analyst
12 12 (2.67%) ERP Manager
12 12 (2.67%) Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.44%) .NET
2 9 (2.00%) AngularJS
3 8 (1.78%) Blazor
3 8 (1.78%) Material Design
3 8 (1.78%) WebAssembly
4 7 (1.56%) CSS
4 7 (1.56%) HTML
5 6 (1.33%) React
6 5 (1.11%) Node.js
6 5 (1.11%) REST
7 4 (0.89%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.89%) RESTful
8 3 (0.67%) HTML5
8 3 (0.67%) PySpark
8 3 (0.67%) Sass
9 2 (0.44%) Bootstrap
9 2 (0.44%) Laravel
9 2 (0.44%) Redux
9 2 (0.44%) Tailwind CSS
9 2 (0.44%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.33%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.11%) PropTech
3 19 (4.22%) EPoS
4 14 (3.11%) Mobile App
4 14 (3.11%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.56%) Digital Signage
8 4 (0.89%) FMCG
9 3 (0.67%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.67%) iSeries
9 3 (0.67%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.67%) NHS
10 2 (0.44%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.44%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.44%) Web Conferencing
11 1 (0.22%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.22%) Clustering
11 1 (0.22%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.22%) Windows
2 16 (3.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.22%) Linux
3 1 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (12.44%) CRM
2 50 (11.11%) B2B
3 47 (10.44%) Business Development
4 42 (9.33%) Logistics
5 36 (8.00%) AI
6 32 (7.11%) Mentoring
7 31 (6.89%) ERP
7 31 (6.89%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (6.67%) Service Delivery
9 28 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (6.22%) E-Commerce
9 28 (6.22%) Project Management
10 27 (6.00%) Customer Experience
11 24 (5.33%) Agile
11 24 (5.33%) Roadmaps
12 23 (5.11%) Customer Service
12 23 (5.11%) Lead Generation
13 22 (4.89%) Software Engineering
14 21 (4.67%) User Experience
15 20 (4.44%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.33%) SQL
2 19 (4.22%) C#
3 15 (3.33%) Python
4 12 (2.67%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.78%) Java
5 8 (1.78%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.67%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.44%) PHP
8 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (2.89%) Degree
2 3 (0.67%) ACCA
2 3 (0.67%) CIMA
2 3 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.22%) CREST Certified
3 1 (0.22%) IISP
3 1 (0.22%) ISACA
3 1 (0.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.11%) QA
2 13 (2.89%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.22%) WCAG
4 7 (1.56%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.67%) GDPR
6 2 (0.44%) SLA
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.22%) HL7
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (1.56%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.33%) Docker
3 3 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.11%) Kubernetes
1 5 (1.11%) Terraform
2 4 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.44%) Grafana
4 1 (0.22%) Ansible
4 1 (0.22%) CASB
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (4.89%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.11%) Xamarin
3 8 (1.78%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.33%) Databricks
5 5 (1.11%) Facebook
5 5 (1.11%) Google
5 5 (1.11%) Instagram
5 5 (1.11%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.89%) Oracle
7 3 (0.67%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.67%) SAP
7 3 (0.67%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.22%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.22%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.22%) Netskope
8 1 (0.22%) Okta
8 1 (0.22%) VMware
8 1 (0.22%) Zoho