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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 65 77
Rank change year-on-year +33 +12 +31
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 329 323 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.40% 3.78% 3.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.49% 13.36% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 281 219 148
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,206 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.11% -12.56% +3.70%

All Cloud 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 1,779 2,417 1,944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.18% 28.30% 39.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,387 1,428 1,691
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,300 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% +1.52% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 +52 213 £57,000 -5.00% 72
East Midlands +10 116 £44,000 -26.67% 43
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 18 (5.47%) IIS
2 11 (3.34%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.43%) Apache
5 5 (1.52%) CMS
6 4 (1.22%) WordPress
7 2 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.61%) Trello
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.91%) Shopify
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.30%) Magento
3 1 (0.30%) Maximo
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 66 (20.06%) Azure
2 45 (13.68%) AWS
3 16 (4.86%) PaaS
4 11 (3.34%) Entra ID
4 11 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.34%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.04%) GCP
6 9 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.43%) GitHub
8 6 (1.82%) IaaS
8 6 (1.82%) iPaaS
8 6 (1.82%) OCI
9 5 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
9 5 (1.52%) Serverless
10 4 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.22%) Datadog
10 4 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.22%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.91%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 39 (11.85%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (3.04%) DNS
3 9 (2.74%) Firewall
4 8 (2.43%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.13%) DHCP
6 6 (1.82%) SAN
6 6 (1.82%) VLAN
7 3 (0.91%) VPN
8 1 (0.30%) 3G
8 1 (0.30%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.30%) GPRS
8 1 (0.30%) GSM
8 1 (0.30%) HTTP
8 1 (0.30%) Modbus
8 1 (0.30%) RS-232
8 1 (0.30%) RS-485
8 1 (0.30%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (12.16%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (3.65%) MySQL
3 9 (2.74%) Power BI
4 8 (2.43%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.22%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.91%) Big Data
7 3 (0.91%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.91%) Tableau
8 2 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.61%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (0.30%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 17 (5.17%) JIRA
2 7 (2.13%) Selenium
3 6 (1.82%) Git
4 4 (1.22%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.61%) Postman
6 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.30%) JMeter
6 1 (0.30%) Locust
6 1 (0.30%) MLflow
General
1 109 (33.13%) Social Skills
2 57 (17.33%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (14.59%) Retail
4 25 (7.60%) Finance
4 25 (7.60%) Marketing
5 16 (4.86%) Law
6 10 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.43%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.82%) Games
9 6 (1.82%) German Language
10 5 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.91%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.91%) Legal
12 2 (0.61%) Automotive
12 2 (0.61%) Back Office
12 2 (0.61%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.61%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (13.07%) 2nd Line Support
2 41 (12.46%) Lead
3 34 (10.33%) Senior
4 33 (10.03%) Architect
5 27 (8.21%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 26 (7.90%) Support Engineer
7 25 (7.60%) Analyst
8 24 (7.29%) Applications Support
8 24 (7.29%) Developer
9 20 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 20 (6.08%) Support Analyst
10 19 (5.78%) Infrastructure Support
10 19 (5.78%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 17 (5.17%) Support Technician
11 17 (5.17%) Technical Support
12 16 (4.86%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (4.56%) Account Executive
14 14 (4.26%) Software Analyst
15 13 (3.95%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
15 13 (3.95%) ERP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (10.64%) .NET
2 17 (5.17%) React
3 11 (3.34%) HTML
4 10 (3.04%) CSS
4 10 (3.04%) LAMP
4 10 (3.04%) Node.js
4 10 (3.04%) REST
5 7 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (1.82%) .NET Framework
6 6 (1.82%) SOAP
7 5 (1.52%) Entity Framework
7 5 (1.52%) RESTful
8 4 (1.22%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.22%) Blazor
8 4 (1.22%) Laravel
8 4 (1.22%) OAuth
8 4 (1.22%) Vue
9 3 (0.91%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.91%) Next.js
9 3 (0.91%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 61 (18.54%) Onboarding
2 20 (6.08%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.65%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.13%) EPoS
7 6 (1.82%) Clustering
8 5 (1.52%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.22%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.91%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.91%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.91%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.61%) Culture of Ownership
11 2 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.61%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.61%) Marketing Technology
11 2 (0.61%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.86%) Windows
1 16 (4.86%) Windows Server
2 14 (4.26%) Linux
3 2 (0.61%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (26.75%) Mentoring
2 85 (25.84%) CRM
3 82 (24.92%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (22.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 61 (18.54%) Agile
6 52 (15.81%) ERP
7 51 (15.50%) E-Commerce
8 49 (14.89%) Customer Service
9 47 (14.29%) Data Privacy
10 46 (13.98%) Logistics
11 44 (13.37%) Analytical Thinking
11 44 (13.37%) Root Cause Analysis
12 39 (11.85%) DevOps
13 38 (11.55%) CI/CD
14 36 (10.94%) Roadmaps
14 36 (10.94%) Software Engineering
15 33 (10.03%) B2B
16 31 (9.42%) AI
17 28 (8.51%) Coaching
17 28 (8.51%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 110 (33.43%) SQL
2 86 (26.14%) C#
3 35 (10.64%) JavaScript
4 20 (6.08%) PHP
5 17 (5.17%) Python
6 11 (3.34%) Java
7 8 (2.43%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.13%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.52%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.22%) Bicep
11 2 (0.61%) C
11 2 (0.61%) Go
11 2 (0.61%) Groovy
11 2 (0.61%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.61%) Ruby
11 2 (0.61%) VB
12 1 (0.30%) C++
12 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.30%) XAML
Qualifications
1 28 (8.51%) Degree
2 10 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.13%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.82%) Master's Degree
4 6 (1.82%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.52%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.52%) PMP
6 4 (1.22%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.30%) CISM
8 1 (0.30%) CISSP
8 1 (0.30%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.30%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.59%) QA
2 10 (3.04%) GDPR
2 10 (3.04%) SLA
3 9 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.61%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.30%) COBIT
5 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.30%) HL7
5 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.30%) MISRA
5 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.30%) PMO
5 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.82%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.52%) Docker
4 3 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (4.26%) Terraform
2 7 (2.13%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.82%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (1.52%) Ansible
5 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.61%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) Argo
7 1 (0.30%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 51 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.90%) Oracle
3 18 (5.47%) Salesforce
4 13 (3.95%) Databricks
5 9 (2.74%) Google
6 8 (2.43%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.82%) Veeam
8 5 (1.52%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.91%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.61%) Adobe
10 2 (0.61%) ForgeRock
11 1 (0.30%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.30%) Pardot
11 1 (0.30%) VMware