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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 71 78
Rank change year-on-year +40 +7 +4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 532 209 419
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.01% 3.71% 3.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.37% 11.88% 10.78%
Number of salaries quoted 474 155 354
10th Percentile £38,825 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,850 £90,000
England median annual salary £69,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.92% +8.33% -7.69%

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 3,249 1,760 3,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.48% 31.26% 29.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,103 1,419 3,081
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +54 423 £60,000 - 79
East Midlands -18 108 £55,000 -8.33% 39
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 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.56%) CMS
2 3 (0.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.56%) WordPress
3 2 (0.38%) Confluence
4 1 (0.19%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 38 (7.14%) Azure
2 24 (4.51%) AWS
3 17 (3.20%) PaaS
4 13 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (2.26%) Entra ID
6 10 (1.88%) Meta Ads
6 10 (1.88%) Power Platform
7 9 (1.69%) IaaS
8 8 (1.50%) Figma
9 7 (1.32%) dbt
9 7 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.13%) Google Sheets
11 4 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (0.75%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.56%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.56%) Canva
12 3 (0.56%) ClickUp
12 3 (0.56%) GitHub
12 3 (0.56%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.56%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.94%) VPN
2 4 (0.75%) DNS
2 4 (0.75%) Firewall
3 3 (0.56%) SSL
3 3 (0.56%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.38%) HTTP
4 2 (0.38%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.19%) SAN
5 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.76%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.13%) Power BI
3 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.38%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.38%) Power Query
3 2 (0.38%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.19%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.19%) MySQL
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (2.07%) JIRA
2 3 (0.56%) Git
2 3 (0.56%) Storybook
3 2 (0.38%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.38%) JMeter
3 2 (0.38%) Locust
3 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.19%) Yeoman
General
1 99 (18.61%) Marketing
2 67 (12.59%) Social Skills
3 59 (11.09%) Retail
4 49 (9.21%) Finance
5 45 (8.46%) Legal
6 36 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (3.20%) Manufacturing
8 15 (2.82%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.44%) Public Sector
11 12 (2.26%) Automotive
11 12 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.69%) Law
13 7 (1.32%) Advertising
13 7 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.13%) German Language
15 2 (0.38%) Back Office
15 2 (0.38%) Billing
15 2 (0.38%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 58 (10.90%) Account Executive
2 37 (6.95%) Senior
3 30 (5.64%) Lead
3 30 (5.64%) Marketing Manager
4 28 (5.26%) Sales Executive
5 26 (4.89%) Developer
6 25 (4.70%) Sales Manager
7 23 (4.32%) Marketing Executive
8 20 (3.76%) Analyst
8 20 (3.76%) Designer
9 18 (3.38%) Account Manager
9 18 (3.38%) Sales Representative
10 16 (3.01%) Architect
11 15 (2.82%) Service Manager
11 15 (2.82%) Support Manager
12 14 (2.63%) Development Manager
13 13 (2.44%) Consultant
13 13 (2.44%) Head of Marketing
14 12 (2.26%) Business Development Manager
14 12 (2.26%) ERP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.95%) .NET
2 10 (1.88%) AngularJS
3 8 (1.50%) REST
4 5 (0.94%) CSS
4 5 (0.94%) HTML
4 5 (0.94%) React
5 4 (0.75%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.75%) Node.js
5 4 (0.75%) RESTful
5 4 (0.75%) SOAP
6 3 (0.56%) HTML5
6 3 (0.56%) Laravel
6 3 (0.56%) Sass
7 2 (0.38%) Bootstrap
7 2 (0.38%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.38%) JSON
7 2 (0.38%) Redux
7 2 (0.38%) Spring
7 2 (0.38%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.02%) Onboarding
2 17 (3.20%) PropTech
3 14 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (1.88%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.50%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.32%) Digital Signage
8 6 (1.13%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.13%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.13%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (0.75%) Educational Technology
9 4 (0.75%) NHS
10 3 (0.56%) BBC
10 3 (0.56%) Blog
10 3 (0.56%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.56%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.56%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.56%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.57%) Windows
2 13 (2.44%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.94%) Linux
4 3 (0.56%) Solaris
5 2 (0.38%) Unix
6 1 (0.19%) Debian
6 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (13.53%) CRM
2 59 (11.09%) B2B
3 58 (10.90%) Business Development
4 53 (9.96%) AI
5 44 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 44 (8.27%) ERP
6 43 (8.08%) Lead Generation
7 41 (7.71%) Decision-Making
8 37 (6.95%) Analytics
8 37 (6.95%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (6.39%) E-Commerce
10 32 (6.02%) Logistics
10 32 (6.02%) Stakeholder Management
11 31 (5.83%) Mentoring
12 30 (5.64%) Service Delivery
13 29 (5.45%) Software Engineering
14 28 (5.26%) Agile
14 28 (5.26%) Roadmaps
15 26 (4.89%) Customer Experience
15 26 (4.89%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 24 (4.51%) SQL
2 15 (2.82%) Python
3 12 (2.26%) C#
4 11 (2.07%) Java
4 11 (2.07%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.32%) PHP
5 7 (1.32%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.13%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.38%) Bash
7 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.38%) Go
7 2 (0.38%) Ruby
7 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.19%) Bicep
8 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (3.20%) Degree
2 10 (1.88%) ACCA
2 10 (1.88%) CIMA
3 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (0.75%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.56%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.19%) CISM
6 1 (0.19%) CISSP
6 1 (0.19%) IISP
6 1 (0.19%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.88%) QA
2 8 (1.50%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.13%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.94%) GDPR
5 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.56%) WCAG
6 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.19%) COBIT
7 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.19%) GxP
7 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (2.26%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.32%) Docker
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (1.50%) Terraform
2 7 (1.32%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.38%) Ansible
5 2 (0.38%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Argo
6 1 (0.19%) CASB
6 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 40 (7.52%) Microsoft
2 15 (2.82%) HubSpot
3 12 (2.26%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.07%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.50%) Facebook
5 8 (1.50%) Google
5 8 (1.50%) Instagram
5 8 (1.50%) Xamarin
6 7 (1.32%) Oracle
7 6 (1.13%) SAP
8 4 (0.75%) Adobe
8 4 (0.75%) Zoho
9 3 (0.56%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.56%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.38%) Sybase
10 2 (0.38%) TikTok
11 1 (0.19%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.19%) Informatica
11 1 (0.19%) Netskope
11 1 (0.19%) Okta