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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 57 77
Rank change year-on-year +17 +20 +58
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 413 249 276
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.48% 4.38% 3.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.96% 12.99% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 354 174 228
10th Percentile £29,300 £37,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +8.60% -13.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,375 £89,300
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -4.83%

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 3,186 1,917 3,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.54% 33.69% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,525 1,191 2,679
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £69,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,900
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 27 February 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 27 February 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 +43 294 £55,000 -8.33% 60
East Midlands -18 118 £47,500 -20.83% 30
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 13 (3.15%) IIS
2 12 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.69%) Apache
5 4 (0.97%) WordPress
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.73%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.24%) Maximo
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 72 (17.43%) Azure
2 30 (7.26%) AWS
3 17 (4.12%) PaaS
4 12 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (2.66%) GitHub
5 11 (2.66%) IaaS
6 9 (2.18%) Figma
7 8 (1.94%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.94%) GCP
7 8 (1.94%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (1.45%) iPaaS
9 5 (1.21%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.97%) Datadog
11 3 (0.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.73%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.73%) Firebase
11 3 (0.73%) OCI
11 3 (0.73%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.73%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.26%) Remote Desktop
2 11 (2.66%) DNS
3 9 (2.18%) Firewall
3 9 (2.18%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.69%) DHCP
5 6 (1.45%) SAN
5 6 (1.45%) VLAN
6 4 (0.97%) VPN
7 2 (0.48%) HTTP
7 2 (0.48%) SSL
8 1 (0.24%) 3G
8 1 (0.24%) GPRS
8 1 (0.24%) GSM
8 1 (0.24%) Modbus
8 1 (0.24%) RS-232
8 1 (0.24%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.72%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.66%) MySQL
3 8 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.45%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.73%) Big Data
6 3 (0.73%) Power BI
6 3 (0.73%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.48%) Tableau
8 1 (0.24%) Metadata
8 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.24%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.24%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (3.63%) JIRA
2 8 (1.94%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.21%) Git
4 2 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.48%) Selenium
4 2 (0.48%) Storybook
5 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.24%) JMeter
5 1 (0.24%) Locust
5 1 (0.24%) Postman
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 86 (20.82%) Social Skills
2 53 (12.83%) Retail
3 49 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.02%) Marketing
5 26 (6.30%) Law
6 21 (5.08%) Legal
7 20 (4.84%) Finance
8 9 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.18%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.94%) Games
9 8 (1.94%) German Language
9 8 (1.94%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.73%) Automotive
13 2 (0.48%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.48%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.24%) Digital Healthcare
14 1 (0.24%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 51 (12.35%) Senior
2 37 (8.96%) Account Executive
3 34 (8.23%) 2nd Line Support
4 29 (7.02%) Analyst
4 29 (7.02%) Developer
4 29 (7.02%) Sales Manager
5 27 (6.54%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 24 (5.81%) Support Analyst
6 24 (5.81%) Support Engineer
7 23 (5.57%) Account Manager
8 21 (5.08%) Architect
9 20 (4.84%) ERP Support
9 20 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (4.60%) Channel Sales Manager
10 19 (4.60%) Infrastructure Support
10 19 (4.60%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 19 (4.60%) Lead
11 18 (4.36%) Applications Support
11 18 (4.36%) Designer
12 14 (3.39%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (8.96%) .NET
2 12 (2.91%) React
3 11 (2.66%) HTML
4 10 (2.42%) CSS
4 10 (2.42%) Node.js
5 8 (1.94%) Blazor
5 8 (1.94%) LAMP
5 8 (1.94%) Material Design
5 8 (1.94%) REST
5 8 (1.94%) WebAssembly
6 7 (1.69%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.21%) Laravel
7 5 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.21%) Vue
8 4 (0.97%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.97%) RESTful
8 4 (0.97%) SOAP
9 3 (0.73%) LDAP
9 3 (0.73%) PySpark
9 3 (0.73%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 63 (15.25%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.60%) EPoS
3 16 (3.87%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.39%) PropTech
5 13 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.15%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.42%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (1.45%) Clustering
8 4 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.97%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.97%) Digital Signage
9 3 (0.73%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.73%) FMCG
9 3 (0.73%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.48%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.48%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.48%) NHS
11 1 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.24%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.24%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.57%) Windows
2 20 (4.84%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.91%) Linux
4 2 (0.48%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (21.07%) CRM
2 73 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (15.25%) Mentoring
4 58 (14.04%) B2B
5 54 (13.08%) ERP
6 52 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (12.11%) Logistics
8 49 (11.86%) Customer Service
9 41 (9.93%) Data Privacy
10 38 (9.20%) AI
10 38 (9.20%) E-Commerce
10 38 (9.20%) Software Engineering
11 36 (8.72%) Service Delivery
12 35 (8.47%) Roadmaps
13 34 (8.23%) Agile
13 34 (8.23%) Analytical Thinking
14 33 (7.99%) Customer Experience
15 31 (7.51%) Root Cause Analysis
16 28 (6.78%) CI/CD
16 28 (6.78%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 88 (21.31%) SQL
2 62 (15.01%) C#
3 28 (6.78%) JavaScript
4 17 (4.12%) PHP
5 11 (2.66%) Python
6 7 (1.69%) Java
6 7 (1.69%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.45%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.73%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.48%) Groovy
9 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.48%) Ruby
10 1 (0.24%) C
10 1 (0.24%) C++
10 1 (0.24%) Go
10 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (5.81%) Degree
2 7 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.45%) SC Cleared
3 6 (1.45%) Security Cleared
4 4 (0.97%) AWS Certification
4 4 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (0.97%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.24%) ACCA
7 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.24%) CIMA
7 1 (0.24%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.24%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (10.41%) QA
2 11 (2.66%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.42%) GDPR
4 9 (2.18%) WCAG
5 4 (0.97%) SLA
6 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) HL7
7 1 (0.24%) MISRA
7 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.45%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.73%) Docker
3 3 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (1.94%) Terraform
2 6 (1.45%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (1.21%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.97%) Ansible
5 2 (0.48%) Grafana
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.24%) Argo
6 1 (0.24%) CASB
6 1 (0.24%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 34 (8.23%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.60%) Oracle
3 18 (4.36%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.42%) Google
5 9 (2.18%) Databricks
6 8 (1.94%) Xamarin
7 7 (1.69%) HubSpot
7 7 (1.69%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.45%) Veeam
9 3 (0.73%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.73%) SAP
10 2 (0.48%) ForgeRock
11 1 (0.24%) Adobe
11 1 (0.24%) Netskope
11 1 (0.24%) Okta
11 1 (0.24%) Pardot
11 1 (0.24%) Zoho