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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 88 75
Rank change year-on-year +58 -13 +21
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 491 181 442
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.94% 3.59% 3.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.01% 11.01% 10.52%
Number of salaries quoted 434 130 363
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,688 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,352 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% +8.92% -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 3,066 1,644 4,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.59% 32.63% 29.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,954 1,312 3,374
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,750 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.95% -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 18 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 18 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 +59 396 £60,000 - 74
East Midlands -18 94 £56,000 -6.67% 40
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 (0.81%) 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 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.04%) 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 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.61%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 35 (7.13%) Azure
2 20 (4.07%) AWS
3 19 (3.87%) PaaS
4 13 (2.65%) Figma
5 11 (2.24%) IaaS
6 10 (2.04%) Meta Ads
7 9 (1.83%) 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 (1.22%) GitHub Copilot
10 4 (0.81%) Azure AKS
10 4 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.81%) Google Sheets
11 3 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.61%) Canva
11 3 (0.61%) ClickUp
11 3 (0.61%) MailChimp
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 (4.28%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.81%) 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 (2.24%) JIRA
2 6 (1.22%) 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 94 (19.14%) Marketing
2 57 (11.61%) Retail
3 47 (9.57%) Legal
3 47 (9.57%) Social Skills
4 36 (7.33%) Finance
5 29 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (3.87%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.46%) Law
8 12 (2.44%) Automotive
8 12 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.44%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.04%) Legal Technology
10 8 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.22%) German Language
13 5 (1.02%) Advertising
13 5 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.41%) Digital Health
14 2 (0.41%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 62 (12.63%) Account Executive
2 37 (7.54%) Senior
3 32 (6.52%) Sales Manager
4 30 (6.11%) Marketing Manager
5 29 (5.91%) Sales Executive
6 26 (5.30%) Designer
6 26 (5.30%) Lead
7 23 (4.68%) Analyst
8 22 (4.48%) Marketing Executive
9 21 (4.28%) Account Manager
9 21 (4.28%) Developer
10 16 (3.26%) UX Designer
11 15 (3.05%) Service Manager
12 13 (2.65%) Head of Marketing
12 13 (2.65%) Sales Representative
12 13 (2.65%) Support Analyst
13 12 (2.44%) Channel Sales Manager
13 12 (2.44%) ERP Manager
13 12 (2.44%) Senior Manager
13 12 (2.44%) Xamarin Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.50%) .NET
2 10 (2.04%) AngularJS
3 6 (1.22%) Blazor
3 6 (1.22%) Material Design
3 6 (1.22%) WebAssembly
4 5 (1.02%) CSS
4 5 (1.02%) HTML
4 5 (1.02%) React
5 4 (0.81%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.81%) 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%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.09%) Onboarding
2 21 (4.28%) PropTech
3 16 (3.26%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.44%) EPoS
4 12 (2.44%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.43%) Digital Signage
7 6 (1.22%) Web Conferencing
8 5 (1.02%) FMCG
8 5 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.81%) NHS
10 3 (0.61%) Augmented Reality
10 3 (0.61%) BBC
10 3 (0.61%) Blog
10 3 (0.61%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.61%) iSeries
10 3 (0.61%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.46%) Windows
2 12 (2.44%) 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 64 (13.03%) CRM
2 57 (11.61%) B2B
3 53 (10.79%) Business Development
4 52 (10.59%) AI
5 43 (8.76%) Lead Generation
6 41 (8.35%) Logistics
7 35 (7.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (7.13%) ERP
8 33 (6.72%) Decision-Making
9 32 (6.52%) E-Commerce
9 32 (6.52%) Mentoring
10 29 (5.91%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (5.70%) Analytics
11 28 (5.70%) Roadmaps
12 27 (5.50%) Agile
13 26 (5.30%) Customer Service
13 26 (5.30%) Service Delivery
14 23 (4.68%) Customer Experience
15 21 (4.28%) Client Onboarding
15 21 (4.28%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (4.89%) SQL
2 14 (2.85%) Python
3 13 (2.65%) C#
4 10 (2.04%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.63%) Java
6 6 (1.22%) PHP
6 6 (1.22%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.22%) 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 (3.26%) Degree
2 7 (1.43%) ACCA
2 7 (1.43%) CIMA
3 4 (0.81%) 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 (2.24%) Accessibility
1 11 (2.24%) QA
2 8 (1.63%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.63%) 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 (1.22%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.81%) 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 (5.70%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.44%) Xamarin
3 7 (1.43%) HubSpot
3 7 (1.43%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.22%) Facebook
4 6 (1.22%) Instagram
5 5 (1.02%) Oracle
5 5 (1.02%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.81%) Adobe
6 4 (0.81%) Google
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