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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 60 72
Rank change year-on-year +12 +12 +35
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 450 208 387
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.47% 4.11% 3.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.26% 11.74% 10.07%
Number of salaries quoted 403 155 322
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £29,675
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 £73,125 £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 3,997 1,771 3,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.85% 35.01% 32.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,836 1,326 3,211
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £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 £61,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.04% +6.52% -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 12 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 12 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 +42 360 £60,000 - 90
East Midlands -31 89 £60,000 - 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 4 (0.89%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.44%) Confluence
4 1 (0.22%) CMS
4 1 (0.22%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
2 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 42 (9.33%) Azure
2 18 (4.00%) PaaS
3 15 (3.33%) AWS
4 10 (2.22%) IaaS
4 10 (2.22%) Meta Ads
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
8 6 (1.33%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.33%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.67%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.67%) ClickUp
10 3 (0.67%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.44%) Asana
11 2 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.44%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.44%) HTTP
2 1 (0.22%) DNS
2 1 (0.22%) Firewall
2 1 (0.22%) SAN
2 1 (0.22%) SSL
2 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.22%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.22%) VPN
2 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.89%) Data Lake
2 4 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (0.89%) Power BI
3 2 (0.44%) Power Query
4 1 (0.22%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.22%) MySQL
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (2.22%) 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 64 (14.22%) Marketing
2 47 (10.44%) Retail
3 37 (8.22%) Legal
4 35 (7.78%) Social Skills
5 22 (4.89%) Finance
6 18 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.00%) Law
7 14 (3.11%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.22%) German Language
10 9 (2.00%) Automotive
11 8 (1.78%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.56%) Games
13 5 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.67%) Advertising
16 2 (0.44%) Back Office
16 2 (0.44%) Digital Health
16 2 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.44%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 60 (13.33%) Account Executive
2 38 (8.44%) Sales Manager
3 36 (8.00%) Senior
4 32 (7.11%) Developer
5 27 (6.00%) Account Manager
6 24 (5.33%) Sales Executive
7 21 (4.67%) Marketing Manager
8 20 (4.44%) Designer
9 19 (4.22%) Channel Sales Manager
10 18 (4.00%) Lead
11 16 (3.56%) Analyst
11 16 (3.56%) Sales Representative
12 15 (3.33%) Service Manager
13 14 (3.11%) .NET Developer
13 14 (3.11%) Marketing Executive
13 14 (3.11%) Xamarin Developer
14 12 (2.67%) ERP Manager
14 12 (2.67%) Senior Manager
15 11 (2.44%) UX Designer
16 10 (2.22%) ERP Support
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 6 (1.33%) CSS
4 6 (1.33%) HTML
5 5 (1.11%) React
5 5 (1.11%) REST
6 4 (0.89%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.89%) Node.js
6 4 (0.89%) RESTful
7 3 (0.67%) HTML5
7 3 (0.67%) PySpark
7 3 (0.67%) Sass
8 2 (0.44%) Deno
8 2 (0.44%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.44%) Laravel
8 2 (0.44%) Tailwind CSS
8 2 (0.44%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.00%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.11%) PropTech
3 19 (4.22%) EPoS
4 16 (3.56%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.11%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.56%) Digital Signage
9 5 (1.11%) FMCG
10 4 (0.89%) NHS
11 3 (0.67%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.67%) iSeries
11 3 (0.67%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.67%) Web Conferencing
12 2 (0.44%) Augmented Reality
12 2 (0.44%) BBC
12 2 (0.44%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.44%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.22%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.00%) Windows
2 14 (3.11%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.44%) Linux
3 2 (0.44%) Solaris
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (12.89%) CRM
2 51 (11.33%) B2B
3 48 (10.67%) Business Development
4 43 (9.56%) Logistics
5 35 (7.78%) AI
6 29 (6.44%) ERP
6 29 (6.44%) Mentoring
6 29 (6.44%) Project Management
6 29 (6.44%) Service Delivery
7 27 (6.00%) Customer Experience
7 27 (6.00%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (5.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (5.78%) E-Commerce
8 26 (5.78%) Lead Generation
9 25 (5.56%) Roadmaps
10 24 (5.33%) Decision-Making
11 23 (5.11%) Agile
12 22 (4.89%) Software Engineering
13 21 (4.67%) Analytics
13 21 (4.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.78%) SQL
2 16 (3.56%) C#
3 15 (3.33%) Python
4 11 (2.44%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.78%) Java
5 8 (1.78%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.67%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.44%) PHP
8 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (2.67%) Degree
2 3 (0.67%) ACCA
2 3 (0.67%) CIMA
3 2 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (0.44%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.22%) IISP
4 1 (0.22%) ISACA
4 1 (0.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.89%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.44%) QA
3 10 (2.22%) WCAG
4 7 (1.56%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.67%) GDPR
6 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.22%) HL7
6 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.22%) SLA
6 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (1.33%) Active Directory
1 6 (1.33%) Docker
2 3 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
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 21 (4.67%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.11%) Xamarin
3 7 (1.56%) ServiceNow
4 5 (1.11%) Facebook
4 5 (1.11%) Instagram
4 5 (1.11%) Oracle
4 5 (1.11%) Salesforce
5 4 (0.89%) Databricks
5 4 (0.89%) Google
6 3 (0.67%) HubSpot
6 3 (0.67%) SAP
6 3 (0.67%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe
7 1 (0.22%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.22%) Netskope
7 1 (0.22%) Okta
7 1 (0.22%) Sybase
7 1 (0.22%) VMware
7 1 (0.22%) Zoho