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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 73 71
Rank change year-on-year +45 -2 +13
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 509 198 438
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.93% 3.67% 3.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.03% 11.61% 10.79%
Number of salaries quoted 451 146 364
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £46,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,688
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,250 £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 3,176 1,706 4,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.52% 31.61% 29.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,051 1,374 3,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £78,750 £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 5 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 5 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 +58 402 £60,000 - 109
East Midlands -15 106 £55,500 -7.50% 47
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 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.98%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.59%) CMS
3 3 (0.59%) WordPress
4 2 (0.39%) Confluence
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.39%) 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 7 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.59%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 33 (6.48%) Azure
2 24 (4.72%) AWS
3 17 (3.34%) PaaS
4 12 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (1.96%) Entra ID
5 10 (1.96%) Meta Ads
5 10 (1.96%) Power Platform
6 9 (1.77%) Figma
6 9 (1.77%) IaaS
7 7 (1.38%) dbt
7 7 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.79%) GitHub
8 4 (0.79%) Google Sheets
8 4 (0.79%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (0.59%) Canva
9 3 (0.59%) ClickUp
9 3 (0.59%) MailChimp
9 3 (0.59%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.39%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.59%) VPN
2 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.20%) DNS
3 1 (0.20%) Firewall
3 1 (0.20%) SAN
3 1 (0.20%) SSL
3 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.18%) Power BI
3 3 (0.59%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.39%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.39%) Power Query
4 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.20%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.20%) MySQL
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (1.77%) JIRA
2 3 (0.59%) Storybook
3 2 (0.39%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.39%) Git
3 2 (0.39%) JMeter
3 2 (0.39%) Locust
3 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.20%) Yeoman
General
1 96 (18.86%) Marketing
2 59 (11.59%) Retail
3 55 (10.81%) Social Skills
4 47 (9.23%) Legal
5 43 (8.45%) Finance
6 32 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (3.73%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.55%) Law
8 13 (2.55%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.36%) Automotive
9 12 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.36%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.18%) German Language
12 6 (1.18%) Legal Technology
13 5 (0.98%) Advertising
13 5 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.39%) Digital Health
14 2 (0.39%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 59 (11.59%) Account Executive
2 39 (7.66%) Senior
3 30 (5.89%) Marketing Manager
4 28 (5.50%) Sales Executive
5 26 (5.11%) Lead
6 25 (4.91%) Sales Manager
7 23 (4.52%) Marketing Executive
8 22 (4.32%) Analyst
8 22 (4.32%) Designer
9 21 (4.13%) Account Manager
9 21 (4.13%) Developer
10 15 (2.95%) Sales Representative
10 15 (2.95%) Service Manager
11 14 (2.75%) Architect
12 13 (2.55%) Head of Marketing
12 13 (2.55%) Support Analyst
12 13 (2.55%) Support Manager
13 12 (2.36%) Business Development Manager
13 12 (2.36%) ERP Manager
13 12 (2.36%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.93%) .NET
2 10 (1.96%) AngularJS
3 5 (0.98%) CSS
3 5 (0.98%) HTML
3 5 (0.98%) React
4 4 (0.79%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.79%) RESTful
5 3 (0.59%) Blazor
5 3 (0.59%) HTML5
5 3 (0.59%) Laravel
5 3 (0.59%) REST
5 3 (0.59%) Sass
6 2 (0.39%) Bootstrap
6 2 (0.39%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.39%) Material Design
6 2 (0.39%) Node.js
6 2 (0.39%) Redux
6 2 (0.39%) WebAssembly
7 1 (0.20%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.20%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.09%) Onboarding
2 17 (3.34%) PropTech
3 14 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (2.16%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.57%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.38%) Digital Signage
7 7 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.18%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (0.98%) FMCG
10 4 (0.79%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.79%) NHS
11 3 (0.59%) Augmented Reality
11 3 (0.59%) BBC
11 3 (0.59%) Blog
11 3 (0.59%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.59%) iSeries
11 3 (0.59%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.59%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.59%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.34%) Windows
2 13 (2.55%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.98%) Linux
4 3 (0.59%) Solaris
5 2 (0.39%) Unix
6 1 (0.20%) Debian
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (13.36%) CRM
2 60 (11.79%) B2B
3 57 (11.20%) Business Development
4 52 (10.22%) AI
5 43 (8.45%) Lead Generation
6 42 (8.25%) ERP
7 39 (7.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (7.27%) Decision-Making
9 36 (7.07%) Logistics
10 34 (6.68%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (6.29%) Analytics
11 32 (6.29%) E-Commerce
11 32 (6.29%) Mentoring
12 29 (5.70%) Service Delivery
13 28 (5.50%) Roadmaps
14 27 (5.30%) Agile
15 26 (5.11%) Customer Service
15 26 (5.11%) Software Engineering
16 25 (4.91%) Customer Experience
17 23 (4.52%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.52%) SQL
2 14 (2.75%) Python
3 10 (1.96%) C#
3 10 (1.96%) Java
3 10 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.38%) PHP
4 7 (1.38%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.18%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.39%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.20%) Bash
7 1 (0.20%) Bicep
7 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.20%) R
7 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (3.54%) Degree
2 8 (1.57%) ACCA
2 8 (1.57%) CIMA
3 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (0.79%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.59%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.20%) CISM
6 1 (0.20%) CISSP
6 1 (0.20%) IISP
6 1 (0.20%) ISACA
6 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.96%) QA
2 8 (1.57%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.38%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.98%) GDPR
5 4 (0.79%) WCAG
6 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.20%) COBIT
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.20%) GxP
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.38%) Docker
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (1.57%) Terraform
2 7 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.39%) Ansible
4 2 (0.39%) Grafana
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.20%) Argo
5 1 (0.20%) CASB
5 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 36 (7.07%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.16%) HubSpot
3 8 (1.57%) ServiceNow
3 8 (1.57%) Xamarin
4 7 (1.38%) Oracle
5 6 (1.18%) Facebook
5 6 (1.18%) Instagram
6 5 (0.98%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.79%) Adobe
7 4 (0.79%) Google
8 3 (0.59%) SAP
8 3 (0.59%) SolarWinds
8 3 (0.59%) Zoho
9 2 (0.39%) Databricks
9 2 (0.39%) Sybase
10 1 (0.20%) Freshdesk
10 1 (0.20%) Netskope
10 1 (0.20%) Okta
10 1 (0.20%) VMware