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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 73 81
Rank change year-on-year +42 +8 +12
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 319 304 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.50% 3.46% 3.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.42% 13.00% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 267 203 151
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,500 £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 £77,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,206 £67,500
% change year-on-year +2.11% -9.32% -

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 1,732 2,338 2,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.88% 26.63% 39.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,366 1,376 1,746
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,363 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 18 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 18 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 +49 197 £55,000 -8.33% 113
East Midlands +20 122 £45,000 -25.00% 55
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 19 (5.96%) IIS
2 11 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.82%) Apache
4 5 (1.57%) CMS
5 4 (1.25%) WordPress
6 3 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.88%) Shopify
3 4 (1.25%) Magento
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.31%) Maximo
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 63 (19.75%) Azure
2 45 (14.11%) AWS
3 16 (5.02%) PaaS
4 11 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 11 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.45%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.13%) GCP
6 9 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.51%) GitHub
8 6 (1.88%) IaaS
8 6 (1.88%) iPaaS
8 6 (1.88%) OCI
9 5 (1.57%) Azure Key Vault
9 5 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.57%) Serverless
10 4 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.25%) BigCommerce
10 4 (1.25%) Datadog
11 3 (0.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.94%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 39 (12.23%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (3.13%) DNS
3 9 (2.82%) Firewall
4 8 (2.51%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.19%) DHCP
6 6 (1.88%) SAN
6 6 (1.88%) VLAN
7 3 (0.94%) VPN
8 1 (0.31%) 3G
8 1 (0.31%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.31%) GPRS
8 1 (0.31%) GSM
8 1 (0.31%) Modbus
8 1 (0.31%) RS-232
8 1 (0.31%) RS-485
8 1 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (12.23%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (3.76%) MySQL
3 9 (2.82%) Power BI
4 7 (2.19%) Data Lake
4 7 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.25%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.25%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.94%) Big Data
6 3 (0.94%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (0.94%) Tableau
7 2 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.63%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.63%) Data Hub
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.63%) SQL CLR
8 1 (0.31%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (5.33%) JIRA
2 7 (2.19%) Selenium
3 5 (1.57%) Git
4 4 (1.25%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.63%) Postman
6 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.31%) JMeter
6 1 (0.31%) Locust
6 1 (0.31%) MLflow
General
1 112 (35.11%) Social Skills
2 58 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (15.99%) Retail
4 26 (8.15%) Finance
5 23 (7.21%) Marketing
6 18 (5.64%) Law
7 10 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.51%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.57%) Games
11 5 (1.57%) German Language
11 5 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.94%) Back Office
13 2 (0.63%) Automotive
13 2 (0.63%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.63%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.63%) Legal
13 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.31%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (13.79%) Lead
2 43 (13.48%) 2nd Line Support
3 33 (10.34%) Architect
3 33 (10.34%) Senior
4 27 (8.46%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 26 (8.15%) Analyst
5 26 (8.15%) Support Engineer
6 25 (7.84%) Developer
7 24 (7.52%) Applications Support
8 20 (6.27%) Support Analyst
9 18 (5.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (5.33%) Infrastructure Support
10 17 (5.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 17 (5.33%) Support Technician
10 17 (5.33%) Technical Support
11 16 (5.02%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (4.39%) Software Analyst
13 13 (4.08%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
13 13 (4.08%) Account Executive
13 13 (4.08%) ERP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.29%) .NET
2 16 (5.02%) React
3 13 (4.08%) HTML
4 10 (3.13%) CSS
4 10 (3.13%) LAMP
4 10 (3.13%) REST
5 9 (2.82%) Node.js
6 7 (2.19%) .NET Framework
6 7 (2.19%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (1.88%) Entity Framework
7 6 (1.88%) RESTful
7 6 (1.88%) SOAP
8 5 (1.57%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.25%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.25%) Blazor
9 4 (1.25%) OAuth
10 3 (0.94%) Kafka
10 3 (0.94%) Laravel
10 3 (0.94%) Next.js
10 3 (0.94%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 61 (19.12%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.90%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.76%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.19%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.88%) Clustering
8 5 (1.57%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.25%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.25%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.25%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.25%) EPoS
10 3 (0.94%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.94%) Legacy Code
10 3 (0.94%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.63%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.63%) NHS
11 2 (0.63%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.70%) Windows
1 15 (4.70%) Windows Server
2 14 (4.39%) Linux
3 2 (0.63%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (27.27%) Mentoring
2 86 (26.96%) CRM
3 82 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (23.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 64 (20.06%) Agile
6 57 (17.87%) ERP
7 53 (16.61%) E-Commerce
8 51 (15.99%) Data Privacy
9 50 (15.67%) Customer Service
10 46 (14.42%) Logistics
11 44 (13.79%) Analytical Thinking
11 44 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
12 39 (12.23%) Software Engineering
13 38 (11.91%) Roadmaps
14 37 (11.60%) DevOps
15 36 (11.29%) CI/CD
16 31 (9.72%) AI
17 30 (9.40%) Coaching
18 29 (9.09%) B2B
19 27 (8.46%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 109 (34.17%) SQL
2 89 (27.90%) C#
3 36 (11.29%) JavaScript
4 19 (5.96%) PHP
5 18 (5.64%) Python
6 11 (3.45%) Java
7 8 (2.51%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.19%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.57%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.25%) Bicep
11 2 (0.63%) C
11 2 (0.63%) Delphi
11 2 (0.63%) Go
11 2 (0.63%) Groovy
11 2 (0.63%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.63%) Ruby
11 2 (0.63%) VB
12 1 (0.31%) C++
12 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.31%) XAML
Qualifications
1 29 (9.09%) Degree
2 10 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.19%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.88%) Master's Degree
4 6 (1.88%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.57%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.57%) PMP
6 4 (1.25%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.94%) City & Guilds
8 2 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.31%) CISM
9 1 (0.31%) CISSP
9 1 (0.31%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (15.05%) QA
2 10 (3.13%) GDPR
2 10 (3.13%) SLA
3 9 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.63%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.31%) COBIT
5 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.31%) MISRA
5 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.31%) PMO
5 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (4.39%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.88%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.25%) Docker
4 3 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (4.39%) Terraform
2 6 (1.88%) Failover Clustering
2 6 (1.88%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.25%) Ansible
4 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.63%) Grafana
6 1 (0.31%) Argo
6 1 (0.31%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 52 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.15%) Oracle
3 17 (5.33%) Salesforce
4 12 (3.76%) Databricks
5 8 (2.51%) Google
5 8 (2.51%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.88%) Veeam
7 5 (1.57%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.94%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.63%) Adobe
9 2 (0.63%) ForgeRock
9 2 (0.63%) VMware
10 1 (0.31%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.31%) Pardot