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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 86 78
Rank change year-on-year +56 -8 +19
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 488 179 435
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.92% 3.57% 3.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.94% 10.94% 10.40%
Number of salaries quoted 431 127 356
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,375 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £90,625
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 3,061 1,636 4,182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.60% 32.64% 29.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,947 1,302 3,355
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £36,213
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +60 394 £60,000 - 116
East Midlands -19 93 £56,000 -6.67% 57
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 (0.82%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.61%) CMS
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.61%) WordPress
3 2 (0.41%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.61%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 35 (7.17%) Azure
2 20 (4.10%) AWS
3 19 (3.89%) PaaS
4 13 (2.66%) Figma
5 11 (2.25%) IaaS
6 10 (2.05%) Meta Ads
7 9 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.43%) dbt
8 7 (1.43%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.43%) GitHub
8 7 (1.43%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.23%) GitHub Copilot
10 4 (0.82%) Azure AKS
10 4 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.82%) Google Sheets
11 3 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.61%) Canva
11 3 (0.61%) ClickUp
11 3 (0.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.41%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.20%) DNS
2 1 (0.20%) Firewall
2 1 (0.20%) SAN
2 1 (0.20%) SSL
2 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.20%) VPN
2 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.82%) Power BI
3 2 (0.41%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.41%) Power Query
3 2 (0.41%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.20%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.20%) MySQL
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (2.25%) JIRA
2 6 (1.23%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.61%) Storybook
4 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.41%) Git
4 2 (0.41%) JMeter
4 2 (0.41%) Locust
5 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.20%) Yeoman
General
1 93 (19.06%) Marketing
2 57 (11.68%) Retail
3 46 (9.43%) Social Skills
4 45 (9.22%) Legal
5 36 (7.38%) Finance
6 29 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (3.89%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.48%) Law
9 12 (2.46%) Automotive
9 12 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.46%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.05%) Legal Technology
11 8 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.43%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.23%) German Language
14 5 (1.02%) Advertising
14 5 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.41%) Back Office
15 2 (0.41%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 62 (12.70%) Account Executive
2 37 (7.58%) Senior
3 32 (6.56%) Sales Manager
4 30 (6.15%) Marketing Manager
5 28 (5.74%) Sales Executive
6 26 (5.33%) Designer
6 26 (5.33%) Lead
7 23 (4.71%) Analyst
8 21 (4.30%) Account Manager
8 21 (4.30%) Developer
8 21 (4.30%) Marketing Executive
9 16 (3.28%) UX Designer
10 15 (3.07%) Service Manager
11 13 (2.66%) Head of Marketing
11 13 (2.66%) Sales Representative
11 13 (2.66%) Support Analyst
12 12 (2.46%) .NET Developer
12 12 (2.46%) Channel Sales Manager
12 12 (2.46%) ERP Manager
12 12 (2.46%) Xamarin Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.53%) .NET
2 10 (2.05%) AngularJS
3 6 (1.23%) Blazor
3 6 (1.23%) Material Design
3 6 (1.23%) WebAssembly
4 5 (1.02%) CSS
4 5 (1.02%) HTML
4 5 (1.02%) React
5 4 (0.82%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.82%) RESTful
6 3 (0.61%) HTML5
6 3 (0.61%) REST
6 3 (0.61%) Sass
7 2 (0.41%) Bootstrap
7 2 (0.41%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.41%) Laravel
7 2 (0.41%) Node.js
7 2 (0.41%) Redux
8 1 (0.20%) Flask
8 1 (0.20%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.12%) Onboarding
2 21 (4.30%) PropTech
3 16 (3.28%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.46%) EPoS
4 12 (2.46%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.43%) Digital Signage
7 6 (1.23%) Web Conferencing
8 5 (1.02%) FMCG
8 5 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.61%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (0.61%) BBC
9 3 (0.61%) Blog
9 3 (0.61%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.61%) iSeries
9 3 (0.61%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.61%) NHS
9 3 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (0.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.48%) Windows
2 12 (2.46%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.02%) Linux
4 3 (0.61%) Solaris
5 2 (0.41%) Unix
6 1 (0.20%) Debian
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (12.91%) CRM
2 57 (11.68%) B2B
3 53 (10.86%) Business Development
4 52 (10.66%) AI
5 43 (8.81%) Lead Generation
6 41 (8.40%) Logistics
7 35 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (7.17%) ERP
8 33 (6.76%) Decision-Making
9 32 (6.56%) E-Commerce
10 31 (6.35%) Mentoring
11 29 (5.94%) Problem-Solving
12 28 (5.74%) Analytics
12 28 (5.74%) Roadmaps
13 27 (5.53%) Agile
14 26 (5.33%) Customer Service
14 26 (5.33%) Service Delivery
15 23 (4.71%) Customer Experience
16 21 (4.30%) Client Onboarding
16 21 (4.30%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (4.92%) SQL
2 14 (2.87%) Python
3 13 (2.66%) C#
4 10 (2.05%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.64%) Java
6 6 (1.23%) PHP
6 6 (1.23%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.23%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.20%) Bash
8 1 (0.20%) Bicep
8 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.20%) Ruby
8 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (3.28%) Degree
2 7 (1.43%) ACCA
2 7 (1.43%) CIMA
3 4 (0.82%) Security Cleared
4 3 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (0.61%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.20%) CISM
5 1 (0.20%) CISSP
5 1 (0.20%) IISP
5 1 (0.20%) ISACA
5 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.25%) Accessibility
1 11 (2.25%) QA
2 8 (1.64%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.64%) WCAG
3 5 (1.02%) GDPR
4 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.20%) COBIT
5 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.20%) SLA
5 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (1.43%) Active Directory
1 7 (1.43%) Docker
2 3 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (1.43%) Terraform
2 6 (1.23%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.41%) Ansible
4 2 (0.41%) Grafana
5 1 (0.20%) Argo
5 1 (0.20%) CASB
5 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 28 (5.74%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.46%) Xamarin
3 7 (1.43%) HubSpot
3 7 (1.43%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.23%) Facebook
4 6 (1.23%) Instagram
5 5 (1.02%) Oracle
6 4 (0.82%) Adobe
6 4 (0.82%) Google
6 4 (0.82%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.61%) SAP
7 3 (0.61%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.41%) Databricks
8 2 (0.41%) Sybase
9 1 (0.20%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.20%) Netskope
9 1 (0.20%) Okta
9 1 (0.20%) VMware
9 1 (0.20%) Zoho