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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 64 70
Rank change year-on-year +21 +6 +53
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 427 207 344
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.13% 4.13% 3.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.52% 12.09% 9.68%
Number of salaries quoted 366 161 281
10th Percentile £30,500 £38,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +4.35% -4.56%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £91,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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 3,411 1,712 3,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.01% 34.12% 35.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,592 1,263 3,067
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,175
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,050 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 22 March 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 22 March 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 +53 308 £60,000 - 57
East Midlands -16 118 £55,500 -7.50% 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 7 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.94%) IIS
2 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.94%) WordPress
3 3 (0.70%) Apache
4 2 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.70%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.23%) Maximo
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 72 (16.86%) Azure
2 29 (6.79%) AWS
3 22 (5.15%) PaaS
4 13 (3.04%) IaaS
5 10 (2.34%) Entra ID
5 10 (2.34%) GitHub
6 9 (2.11%) Figma
7 8 (1.87%) GCP
7 8 (1.87%) GitHub Copilot
8 7 (1.64%) dbt
8 7 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.41%) Datadog
10 5 (1.17%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.94%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (0.94%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.70%) Azure AKS
12 3 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.70%) ClickUp
12 3 (0.70%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.62%) Remote Desktop
2 7 (1.64%) DNS
3 5 (1.17%) Firewall
3 5 (1.17%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.94%) VPN
5 3 (0.70%) DHCP
6 2 (0.47%) HTTP
6 2 (0.47%) SAN
6 2 (0.47%) SSL
6 2 (0.47%) VLAN
7 1 (0.23%) 3G
7 1 (0.23%) GPRS
7 1 (0.23%) GSM
7 1 (0.23%) Modbus
7 1 (0.23%) RS-232
7 1 (0.23%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.87%) MySQL
3 6 (1.41%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.70%) Big Data
4 3 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.70%) Power BI
4 3 (0.70%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.47%) Tableau
6 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (3.75%) JIRA
2 8 (1.87%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.41%) Git
4 3 (0.70%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.70%) JMeter
4 3 (0.70%) Locust
4 3 (0.70%) Storybook
5 2 (0.47%) Selenium
6 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.23%) Postman
6 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 68 (15.93%) Social Skills
2 58 (13.58%) Retail
3 44 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.67%) Marketing
5 27 (6.32%) Legal
6 22 (5.15%) Finance
6 22 (5.15%) Law
7 15 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.34%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.87%) Games
9 8 (1.87%) German Language
9 8 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.41%) Automotive
11 5 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.47%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.47%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.23%) Banking
14 1 (0.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 55 (12.88%) Senior
2 39 (9.13%) Account Executive
3 34 (7.96%) Sales Manager
4 29 (6.79%) Analyst
5 28 (6.56%) 2nd Line Support
6 27 (6.32%) Developer
7 26 (6.09%) Support Analyst
8 24 (5.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 23 (5.39%) Account Manager
9 23 (5.39%) ERP Support
10 22 (5.15%) Lead
11 20 (4.68%) Designer
12 19 (4.45%) Architect
12 19 (4.45%) Channel Sales Manager
13 17 (3.98%) Support Engineer
14 16 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (3.75%) Infrastructure Support
14 16 (3.75%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 15 (3.51%) Delivery Manager
15 15 (3.51%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (7.26%) .NET
2 12 (2.81%) HTML
2 12 (2.81%) React
3 11 (2.58%) CSS
4 10 (2.34%) Node.js
5 9 (2.11%) AngularJS
6 8 (1.87%) Blazor
6 8 (1.87%) Material Design
6 8 (1.87%) WebAssembly
7 5 (1.17%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.17%) Laravel
7 5 (1.17%) Vue
8 4 (0.94%) REST
8 4 (0.94%) RESTful
9 3 (0.70%) Gherkin
9 3 (0.70%) HTML5
9 3 (0.70%) Next.js
9 3 (0.70%) PySpark
9 3 (0.70%) React Native
9 3 (0.70%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 58 (13.58%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.45%) EPoS
3 17 (3.98%) PropTech
4 16 (3.75%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.81%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.64%) Digital Signage
8 5 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.70%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.70%) FMCG
9 3 (0.70%) NHS
9 3 (0.70%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.47%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.47%) Clustering
10 2 (0.47%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.23%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.23%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.23%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.23%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.92%) Windows
2 18 (4.22%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.64%) Linux
4 2 (0.47%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (18.03%) CRM
2 64 (14.99%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (14.29%) B2B
4 57 (13.35%) Mentoring
5 52 (12.18%) ERP
6 49 (11.48%) Customer Service
7 47 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (11.01%) Logistics
8 41 (9.60%) AI
9 40 (9.37%) Service Delivery
10 37 (8.67%) Data Privacy
11 35 (8.20%) Roadmaps
11 35 (8.20%) Software Engineering
12 33 (7.73%) Agile
12 33 (7.73%) Customer Experience
12 33 (7.73%) E-Commerce
13 32 (7.49%) Business Development
14 29 (6.79%) CI/CD
15 28 (6.56%) Analytical Thinking
15 28 (6.56%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 73 (17.10%) SQL
2 50 (11.71%) C#
3 21 (4.92%) JavaScript
4 11 (2.58%) Python
5 9 (2.11%) Java
6 8 (1.87%) PHP
6 8 (1.87%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.64%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.47%) Ruby
9 1 (0.23%) C
9 1 (0.23%) C++
9 1 (0.23%) Groovy
9 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (4.68%) Degree
2 6 (1.41%) SC Cleared
2 6 (1.41%) Security Cleared
3 4 (0.94%) AWS Certification
3 4 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.70%) ACCA
4 3 (0.70%) CIMA
4 3 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.23%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.13%) QA
2 14 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.58%) WCAG
4 5 (1.17%) GDPR
5 4 (0.94%) SLA
6 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.23%) HL7
6 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.23%) MISRA
6 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (2.34%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.41%) Docker
3 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (2.11%) Terraform
2 6 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.70%) Ansible
3 3 (0.70%) Grafana
4 2 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 25 (5.85%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.04%) Salesforce
3 10 (2.34%) Google
4 9 (2.11%) Databricks
4 9 (2.11%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.87%) Xamarin
6 7 (1.64%) Oracle
7 5 (1.17%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.70%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.70%) SAP
9 2 (0.47%) Veeam
10 1 (0.23%) Adobe
10 1 (0.23%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.23%) Netskope
10 1 (0.23%) Okta
10 1 (0.23%) Pardot
10 1 (0.23%) Zoho