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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 54 71
Rank change year-on-year +20 +17 -1
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 571 275 313
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.62% 4.88% 3.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.78% 16.64% 12.36%
Number of salaries quoted 498 210 211
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,750 £39,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £66,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.94% +5.83% -11.11%

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 3,211 1,653 2,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.38% 29.31% 26.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,230 1,306 1,480
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £31,738
25th Percentile £40,125 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,938
90th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -7.69% +4.00%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 +29 450 £60,000 +5.26% 237
East Midlands -16 121 £45,000 -7.69% 89
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 11 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.70%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.53%) CMS
3 3 (0.53%) WordPress
4 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.23%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.70%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 53 (9.28%) Azure
2 33 (5.78%) AWS
3 26 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (2.63%) Entra ID
5 14 (2.45%) PaaS
5 14 (2.45%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.10%) IaaS
7 10 (1.75%) Meta Ads
8 9 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.40%) GCP
9 8 (1.40%) Google Sheets
10 7 (1.23%) Boomi
10 7 (1.23%) iPaaS
10 7 (1.23%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.23%) Workato
11 6 (1.05%) Figma
11 6 (1.05%) Lucidchart
11 6 (1.05%) OCI
12 5 (0.88%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.40%) Firewall
1 8 (1.40%) VPN
2 5 (0.88%) DNS
3 4 (0.70%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.35%) HTTP
4 2 (0.35%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.35%) Network Security
4 2 (0.35%) SSL
5 1 (0.18%) Extranet
5 1 (0.18%) Intranet
5 1 (0.18%) SAN
5 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.80%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.40%) Power BI
3 6 (1.05%) Tableau
4 5 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.70%) Power Query
5 4 (0.70%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.53%) Big Data
7 2 (0.35%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.35%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.18%) MySQL
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (1.40%) Git
2 6 (1.05%) JIRA
3 4 (0.70%) GitLab
3 4 (0.70%) Storybook
3 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 116 (20.32%) Social Skills
2 99 (17.34%) Marketing
3 89 (15.59%) Finance
4 51 (8.93%) Legal
5 45 (7.88%) Retail
6 41 (7.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
8 26 (4.55%) Public Sector
9 25 (4.38%) Telecoms
10 18 (3.15%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.75%) Advertising
15 8 (1.40%) Automotive
16 7 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (1.05%) German Language
18 5 (0.88%) Law
19 4 (0.70%) Dutch Language
19 4 (0.70%) French Language
Job Titles
1 66 (11.56%) Account Executive
2 41 (7.18%) Senior
3 36 (6.30%) Developer
4 34 (5.95%) Architect
4 34 (5.95%) Lead
4 34 (5.95%) Sales Executive
5 26 (4.55%) Marketing Manager
6 24 (4.20%) Sales Manager
7 23 (4.03%) Account Manager
7 23 (4.03%) Consultant
8 22 (3.85%) Development Manager
9 21 (3.68%) Sales Director
10 20 (3.50%) Business Development Manager
10 20 (3.50%) Business Manager
11 19 (3.33%) Marketing Executive
11 19 (3.33%) Project Manager
11 19 (3.33%) Sales Representative
12 18 (3.15%) Full-Stack Developer
13 17 (2.98%) Analyst
14 14 (2.45%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.15%) .NET
2 16 (2.80%) REST
3 9 (1.58%) Terraform
4 8 (1.40%) Node.js
4 8 (1.40%) React
4 8 (1.40%) SOAP
5 7 (1.23%) CSS
6 5 (0.88%) .NET Core
6 5 (0.88%) Laravel
7 4 (0.70%) Next.js
7 4 (0.70%) Tailwind CSS
7 4 (0.70%) Vitest
8 3 (0.53%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.53%) HTML
8 3 (0.53%) Vue
8 3 (0.53%) Web Services
9 2 (0.35%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.35%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.35%) Spring
9 2 (0.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.98%) Onboarding
2 18 (3.15%) Marketing Technology
2 18 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (2.98%) Management Information System
4 11 (1.93%) PropTech
5 10 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (1.75%) Cloud Native
5 10 (1.75%) Educational Technology
6 9 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.23%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.23%) Web Conferencing
8 6 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.05%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.88%) NHS
10 4 (0.70%) Housing Association
10 4 (0.70%) Social Media
11 3 (0.53%) Augmented Reality
11 3 (0.53%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.38%) Windows
2 16 (2.80%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.23%) Linux
4 3 (0.53%) Solaris
5 2 (0.35%) Unix
6 1 (0.18%) Debian
6 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (14.71%) AI
2 75 (13.13%) CRM
3 67 (11.73%) Business Development
4 60 (10.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 57 (9.98%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (8.93%) Agile
6 51 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 48 (8.41%) Decision-Making
8 45 (7.88%) B2B
9 43 (7.53%) Lead Generation
10 41 (7.18%) ERP
11 37 (6.48%) Coaching
12 36 (6.30%) E-Commerce
13 33 (5.78%) Analytics
13 33 (5.78%) Presales
14 32 (5.60%) Roadmaps
14 32 (5.60%) Software Engineering
15 31 (5.43%) SEO
16 30 (5.25%) Logistics
17 29 (5.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 36 (6.30%) SQL
2 18 (3.15%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.80%) C#
3 16 (2.80%) JavaScript
4 10 (1.75%) TypeScript
5 9 (1.58%) PHP
5 9 (1.58%) Python
6 4 (0.70%) Bash
6 4 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.70%) Go
7 3 (0.53%) Java
7 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.35%) Bicep
8 2 (0.35%) Ruby
8 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 36 (6.30%) Degree
2 13 (2.28%) Security Cleared
3 12 (2.10%) Master's Degree
3 12 (2.10%) SC Cleared
4 10 (1.75%) ACCA
4 10 (1.75%) CIMA
5 8 (1.40%) Azure Certification
5 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (0.35%) CISM
7 2 (0.35%) CISSP
8 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.18%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.18%) IISP
8 1 (0.18%) ISACA
8 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (2.45%) GDPR
3 8 (1.40%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.05%) NIST
4 6 (1.05%) QA
4 6 (1.05%) SLA
5 5 (0.88%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.70%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.35%) COBIT
7 2 (0.35%) GxP
7 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (2.80%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.58%) Docker
3 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.05%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.35%) Ansible
3 2 (0.35%) Nessus
3 2 (0.35%) SCCM
4 1 (0.18%) Argo
4 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (10.16%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.90%) HubSpot
3 26 (4.55%) Salesforce
4 23 (4.03%) TikTok
5 19 (3.33%) Samsung
6 13 (2.28%) SAP
7 12 (2.10%) Google
7 12 (2.10%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.93%) Oracle
9 10 (1.75%) Facebook
9 10 (1.75%) Instagram
10 7 (1.23%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.88%) BMC
11 5 (0.88%) Botify
11 5 (0.88%) Zoho
12 4 (0.70%) Adobe
12 4 (0.70%) Sage
13 3 (0.53%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.53%) VMware
13 3 (0.53%) Xamarin