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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 58 77
Rank change year-on-year +15 +19 +34
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 361 275 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.63% 4.13% 3.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.70% 12.93% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 314 185 140
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,300 £37,375
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £61,500 £62,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year -1.60% -8.76% -2.14%

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 2,843 2,127 1,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 36.44% 31.92% 38.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,397 1,220 1,722
10th Percentile £27,960 £32,475 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -1.87%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,510 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 +34 251 £55,000 -8.33% 78
East Midlands -10 110 £40,000 -33.33% 20
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 17 (4.71%) IIS
2 12 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.94%) Apache
5 5 (1.39%) CMS
6 4 (1.11%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.83%) Trello
3 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.28%) Magento
3 1 (0.28%) Maximo
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 64 (17.73%) Azure
2 39 (10.80%) AWS
3 18 (4.99%) PaaS
4 12 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (3.05%) GitHub
6 10 (2.77%) GCP
7 9 (2.49%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.22%) IaaS
8 8 (2.22%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.94%) Figma
10 6 (1.66%) iPaaS
10 6 (1.66%) OCI
11 5 (1.39%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (1.39%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.11%) Datadog
12 4 (1.11%) Serverless
13 3 (0.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (0.83%) Firebase
13 3 (0.83%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 39 (10.80%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (2.77%) DNS
3 9 (2.49%) Firewall
4 8 (2.22%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.94%) DHCP
6 6 (1.66%) SAN
6 6 (1.66%) VLAN
7 3 (0.83%) VPN
8 2 (0.55%) HTTP
9 1 (0.28%) 3G
9 1 (0.28%) GPRS
9 1 (0.28%) GSM
9 1 (0.28%) Modbus
9 1 (0.28%) RS-232
9 1 (0.28%) RS-485
9 1 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.97%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.32%) MySQL
3 10 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.22%) Power BI
5 7 (1.94%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.11%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.83%) Big Data
7 3 (0.83%) Tableau
8 2 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.55%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.28%) Looker
9 1 (0.28%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (4.43%) JIRA
2 6 (1.66%) Selenium
3 5 (1.39%) Git
3 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.11%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.55%) Postman
6 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.28%) JMeter
6 1 (0.28%) Locust
6 1 (0.28%) MLflow
General
1 105 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 57 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (13.30%) Retail
4 24 (6.65%) Marketing
5 19 (5.26%) Finance
5 19 (5.26%) Law
6 10 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (2.77%) Games
7 9 (2.49%) Legal
7 9 (2.49%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.22%) German Language
9 6 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.83%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.83%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.55%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.55%) Local Government
13 1 (0.28%) Advertising
13 1 (0.28%) Billing
Job Titles
1 43 (11.91%) 2nd Line Support
2 32 (8.86%) Senior
3 31 (8.59%) Lead
4 29 (8.03%) Developer
5 27 (7.48%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 27 (7.48%) Architect
6 26 (7.20%) Account Executive
6 26 (7.20%) Analyst
6 26 (7.20%) Sales Manager
7 25 (6.93%) Support Engineer
8 24 (6.65%) Applications Support
9 20 (5.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 20 (5.54%) Support Analyst
10 19 (5.26%) Infrastructure Support
10 19 (5.26%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 17 (4.71%) Support Technician
11 17 (4.71%) Technical Support
12 16 (4.43%) Channel Sales Manager
13 14 (3.88%) Account Manager
13 14 (3.88%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.70%) .NET
2 16 (4.43%) React
3 10 (2.77%) HTML
3 10 (2.77%) LAMP
3 10 (2.77%) REST
4 9 (2.49%) CSS
4 9 (2.49%) Node.js
5 7 (1.94%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (1.66%) Blazor
6 6 (1.66%) SOAP
7 5 (1.39%) Laravel
7 5 (1.39%) Material Design
7 5 (1.39%) Vue
7 5 (1.39%) WebAssembly
8 4 (1.11%) RESTful
9 3 (0.83%) Next.js
9 3 (0.83%) OAuth
9 3 (0.83%) PySpark
9 3 (0.83%) React Native
10 2 (0.55%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 59 (16.34%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.09%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.71%) EPoS
4 14 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.32%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (3.05%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.66%) Clustering
7 6 (1.66%) PropTech
8 5 (1.39%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.11%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.83%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.83%) NHS
10 3 (0.83%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.55%) Culture of Ownership
11 2 (0.55%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.55%) Marketing Technology
11 2 (0.55%) Social Media
12 1 (0.28%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.26%) Windows
2 17 (4.71%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.88%) Linux
4 2 (0.55%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (24.10%) CRM
2 85 (23.55%) Mentoring
3 82 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (18.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 55 (15.24%) Logistics
6 51 (14.13%) E-Commerce
6 51 (14.13%) ERP
7 48 (13.30%) Customer Service
8 46 (12.74%) Agile
8 46 (12.74%) Data Privacy
9 44 (12.19%) Analytical Thinking
9 44 (12.19%) Root Cause Analysis
10 36 (9.97%) B2B
11 34 (9.42%) Roadmaps
11 34 (9.42%) Software Engineering
12 33 (9.14%) CI/CD
13 32 (8.86%) AI
13 32 (8.86%) DevOps
14 27 (7.48%) Customer Experience
15 26 (7.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 103 (28.53%) SQL
2 76 (21.05%) C#
3 29 (8.03%) JavaScript
4 21 (5.82%) PHP
5 18 (4.99%) Python
6 11 (3.05%) Java
7 7 (1.94%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.39%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.11%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.55%) C
10 2 (0.55%) Go
10 2 (0.55%) Groovy
10 2 (0.55%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.55%) Ruby
11 1 (0.28%) Bicep
11 1 (0.28%) C++
11 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 28 (7.76%) Degree
2 10 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.66%) Master's Degree
3 6 (1.66%) SC Cleared
3 6 (1.66%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.39%) PMI Certification
4 5 (1.39%) PMP
5 4 (1.11%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.28%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (13.30%) QA
2 10 (2.77%) GDPR
2 10 (2.77%) SLA
3 8 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.66%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.66%) WCAG
5 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.28%) HL7
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.28%) MISRA
6 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (3.88%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.66%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.11%) Docker
4 3 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (2.49%) Terraform
2 7 (1.94%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.66%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (1.39%) Ansible
5 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.55%) Grafana
6 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.28%) Argo
7 1 (0.28%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 39 (10.80%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.48%) Oracle
3 18 (4.99%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.05%) Databricks
5 10 (2.77%) Google
6 8 (2.22%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.66%) Veeam
7 6 (1.66%) Xamarin
8 3 (0.83%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.83%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.55%) Adobe
9 2 (0.55%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.28%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.28%) Pardot