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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 72 71
Rank change year-on-year +45 -1 +8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 561 216 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.10% 3.80% 3.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.90% 12.17% 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 503 159 319
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £31,850
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +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 3,319 1,775 3,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.24% 31.19% 28.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,166 1,432 2,557
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,763 £27,000
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 £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%

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 26 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 26 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 +58 443 £60,000 - 87
East Midlands -19 117 £55,000 -12.00% 32
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 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.53%) CMS
2 3 (0.53%) WordPress
3 2 (0.36%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.71%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (7.31%) Azure
2 26 (4.63%) AWS
3 17 (3.03%) PaaS
4 16 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (2.67%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.32%) Power Platform
7 10 (1.78%) Meta Ads
8 8 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.43%) Google Sheets
8 8 (1.43%) IaaS
9 7 (1.25%) dbt
10 6 (1.07%) Figma
11 5 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.89%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.89%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.71%) Boomi
12 4 (0.71%) Cloudflare
12 4 (0.71%) iPaaS
12 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Advertising
12 4 (0.71%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.25%) VPN
2 6 (1.07%) Firewall
3 4 (0.71%) DNS
4 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.36%) HTTP
5 2 (0.36%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.36%) SSL
6 1 (0.18%) Network Security
6 1 (0.18%) SAN
6 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.43%) Power BI
3 3 (0.53%) Power Query
3 3 (0.53%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.36%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.18%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.18%) MySQL
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (1.96%) JIRA
2 5 (0.89%) Git
2 5 (0.89%) Storybook
3 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.36%) GitLab
3 2 (0.36%) JMeter
3 2 (0.36%) Locust
3 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 101 (18.00%) Marketing
2 79 (14.08%) Social Skills
3 61 (10.87%) Retail
4 55 (9.80%) Finance
5 51 (9.09%) Legal
6 38 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (3.74%) Telecoms
8 19 (3.39%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.50%) Public Sector
11 12 (2.14%) Automotive
12 10 (1.78%) Law
13 9 (1.60%) Advertising
14 8 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.07%) German Language
17 4 (0.71%) Billing
17 4 (0.71%) Health Technology
18 3 (0.53%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 59 (10.52%) Account Executive
2 41 (7.31%) Senior
3 32 (5.70%) Lead
4 30 (5.35%) Marketing Manager
5 29 (5.17%) Developer
6 28 (4.99%) Sales Executive
7 24 (4.28%) Sales Manager
8 23 (4.10%) Marketing Executive
9 22 (3.92%) Sales Representative
10 21 (3.74%) Account Manager
11 19 (3.39%) Analyst
11 19 (3.39%) Support Manager
12 18 (3.21%) Architect
13 15 (2.67%) Consultant
13 15 (2.67%) Designer
13 15 (2.67%) Service Manager
14 14 (2.50%) Development Manager
15 13 (2.32%) Head of Marketing
16 12 (2.14%) Applications Support
16 12 (2.14%) ERP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.21%) .NET
2 11 (1.96%) REST
3 10 (1.78%) AngularJS
4 8 (1.43%) React
5 7 (1.25%) CSS
6 5 (0.89%) HTML
6 5 (0.89%) SOAP
7 4 (0.71%) Laravel
7 4 (0.71%) Node.js
7 4 (0.71%) RESTful
8 3 (0.53%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.53%) HTML5
8 3 (0.53%) Sass
9 2 (0.36%) Bootstrap
9 2 (0.36%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.36%) JSON
9 2 (0.36%) Spring
9 2 (0.36%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.36%) Vue
9 2 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.24%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.67%) PropTech
3 14 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.78%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.60%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.60%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.43%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.25%) Digital Signage
9 7 (1.25%) Educational Technology
10 6 (1.07%) NHS
10 6 (1.07%) Web Conferencing
11 5 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.71%) Marketing Technology
13 3 (0.53%) Augmented Reality
13 3 (0.53%) BBC
13 3 (0.53%) Blog
13 3 (0.53%) iSeries
13 3 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.92%) Windows
2 15 (2.67%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.89%) Linux
4 3 (0.53%) Solaris
5 2 (0.36%) Unix
6 1 (0.18%) Debian
6 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (13.90%) CRM
2 62 (11.05%) Business Development
3 61 (10.87%) B2B
4 52 (9.27%) AI
5 48 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (8.02%) Decision-Making
6 45 (8.02%) ERP
7 43 (7.66%) Lead Generation
8 41 (7.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 40 (7.13%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (6.95%) Analytics
11 35 (6.24%) E-Commerce
12 34 (6.06%) Agile
13 33 (5.88%) Software Engineering
14 32 (5.70%) Logistics
15 30 (5.35%) Client Onboarding
15 30 (5.35%) Mentoring
15 30 (5.35%) Service Delivery
16 29 (5.17%) Roadmaps
17 27 (4.81%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 27 (4.81%) SQL
2 15 (2.67%) Python
3 12 (2.14%) C#
4 11 (1.96%) Java
4 11 (1.96%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.43%) PHP
5 8 (1.43%) PowerShell
5 8 (1.43%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.71%) Go
7 3 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.36%) Bash
8 2 (0.36%) Ruby
8 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.18%) Bicep
9 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (3.03%) Degree
2 11 (1.96%) ACCA
2 11 (1.96%) CIMA
3 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (0.71%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.53%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.18%) CISM
6 1 (0.18%) CISSP
6 1 (0.18%) IISP
6 1 (0.18%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.78%) QA
2 8 (1.43%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.25%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.07%) GDPR
4 6 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.71%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.36%) SLA
6 2 (0.36%) WCAG
7 1 (0.18%) COBIT
7 1 (0.18%) GxP
7 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (2.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.60%) Docker
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.60%) Terraform
2 7 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.36%) Ansible
5 2 (0.36%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Nessus
6 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 45 (8.02%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.21%) HubSpot
3 14 (2.50%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.14%) Google
5 11 (1.96%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.78%) Facebook
6 10 (1.78%) Instagram
7 7 (1.25%) Oracle
8 6 (1.07%) SAP
8 6 (1.07%) Xamarin
9 5 (0.89%) Zoho
10 4 (0.71%) Adobe
10 4 (0.71%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.71%) TikTok
11 3 (0.53%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.36%) Sybase
13 1 (0.18%) Freshdesk
13 1 (0.18%) Informatica
13 1 (0.18%) Meraki
13 1 (0.18%) VMware