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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 53 67
Rank change year-on-year +20 +14 +3
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 577 280 313
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.69% 4.96% 3.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.31% 16.99% 12.34%
Number of salaries quoted 493 215 211
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,166 £38,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.96% +6.25% -11.11%

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 3,151 1,648 2,537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.17% 29.20% 26.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,214 1,300 1,485
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £31,675
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,870 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.78% -7.69% +4.00%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +25 450 £60,000 +5.26% 239
East Midlands -16 127 £45,000 - 88
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 11 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.52%) CMS
3 3 (0.52%) WordPress
4 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.21%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.69%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 53 (9.19%) Azure
2 34 (5.89%) AWS
3 26 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (2.60%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.25%) PaaS
5 13 (2.25%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.08%) IaaS
7 9 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.56%) Meta Ads
8 8 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.39%) GCP
8 8 (1.39%) Google Sheets
9 7 (1.21%) Boomi
9 7 (1.21%) iPaaS
9 7 (1.21%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.21%) Workato
10 6 (1.04%) Figma
10 6 (1.04%) Lucidchart
10 6 (1.04%) OCI
11 5 (0.87%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.39%) Firewall
1 8 (1.39%) VPN
2 5 (0.87%) DNS
3 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.35%) HTTP
4 2 (0.35%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.35%) Network Security
4 2 (0.35%) SSL
5 1 (0.17%) Extranet
5 1 (0.17%) Intranet
5 1 (0.17%) SAN
5 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.77%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.39%) Power BI
2 8 (1.39%) Tableau
3 5 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.69%) Power Query
4 4 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.52%) Big Data
6 2 (0.35%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.35%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.17%) MySQL
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (1.39%) Git
2 6 (1.04%) JIRA
3 4 (0.69%) GitLab
3 4 (0.69%) Storybook
3 4 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 126 (21.84%) Social Skills
2 107 (18.54%) Marketing
3 98 (16.98%) Finance
4 52 (9.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (8.67%) Legal
6 48 (8.32%) Retail
7 40 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (4.68%) Public Sector
9 25 (4.33%) Telecoms
10 18 (3.12%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.73%) Advertising
13 10 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.56%) Automotive
15 6 (1.04%) German Language
16 4 (0.69%) Billing
16 4 (0.69%) Dutch Language
16 4 (0.69%) French Language
Job Titles
1 70 (12.13%) Account Executive
2 41 (7.11%) Senior
3 38 (6.59%) Sales Executive
4 35 (6.07%) Developer
5 34 (5.89%) Architect
5 34 (5.89%) Lead
6 25 (4.33%) Sales Manager
7 23 (3.99%) Account Manager
7 23 (3.99%) Consultant
7 23 (3.99%) Marketing Manager
7 23 (3.99%) Sales Director
8 22 (3.81%) Development Manager
9 20 (3.47%) Business Development Manager
9 20 (3.47%) Business Manager
10 19 (3.29%) Project Manager
10 19 (3.29%) Sales Representative
11 18 (3.12%) Full-Stack Developer
11 18 (3.12%) Marketing Executive
11 18 (3.12%) Sales Account Executive
12 17 (2.95%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.95%) .NET
2 16 (2.77%) REST
3 9 (1.56%) Terraform
4 8 (1.39%) Node.js
4 8 (1.39%) React
4 8 (1.39%) SOAP
5 7 (1.21%) CSS
6 5 (0.87%) .NET Core
6 5 (0.87%) Laravel
7 4 (0.69%) Next.js
7 4 (0.69%) Tailwind CSS
7 4 (0.69%) Vitest
8 3 (0.52%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.52%) HTML
8 3 (0.52%) Vue
8 3 (0.52%) Web Services
9 2 (0.35%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.35%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.35%) Spring
9 2 (0.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.79%) Onboarding
2 26 (4.51%) Marketing Technology
3 20 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (2.95%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.91%) PropTech
6 10 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (1.73%) Cloud Native
6 10 (1.73%) Educational Technology
7 9 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.21%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.04%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.04%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.87%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.69%) Housing Association
11 4 (0.69%) NHS
11 4 (0.69%) Social Media
12 3 (0.52%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.33%) Windows
2 16 (2.77%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.21%) Linux
4 3 (0.52%) Solaris
5 2 (0.35%) Unix
6 1 (0.17%) Debian
6 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (16.64%) AI
2 76 (13.17%) CRM
3 73 (12.65%) Business Development
4 67 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 57 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (9.01%) Agile
7 51 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 49 (8.49%) B2B
8 49 (8.49%) Decision-Making
9 42 (7.28%) SEO
10 41 (7.11%) ERP
10 41 (7.11%) Lead Generation
11 39 (6.76%) Analytics
11 39 (6.76%) Coaching
12 37 (6.41%) E-Commerce
12 37 (6.41%) Presales
12 37 (6.41%) Roadmaps
13 35 (6.07%) Content Marketing
14 33 (5.72%) Digital Marketing
14 33 (5.72%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (6.24%) SQL
2 18 (3.12%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.77%) C#
3 16 (2.77%) JavaScript
4 10 (1.73%) TypeScript
5 9 (1.56%) PHP
5 9 (1.56%) Python
6 4 (0.69%) Bash
6 4 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.69%) Go
7 3 (0.52%) Java
7 3 (0.52%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.35%) Bicep
8 2 (0.35%) Ruby
8 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 41 (7.11%) Degree
2 17 (2.95%) Master's Degree
3 13 (2.25%) Security Cleared
4 12 (2.08%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.73%) ACCA
5 10 (1.73%) CIMA
6 9 (1.56%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.35%) CISM
10 2 (0.35%) CISSP
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.17%) City & Guilds
11 1 (0.17%) IISP
11 1 (0.17%) ISACA
11 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (2.43%) GDPR
3 8 (1.39%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.04%) NIST
4 6 (1.04%) QA
4 6 (1.04%) SLA
5 5 (0.87%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.69%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.35%) COBIT
7 2 (0.35%) GxP
7 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (2.77%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.56%) Docker
3 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.04%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.35%) Ansible
3 2 (0.35%) Nessus
3 2 (0.35%) SCCM
4 1 (0.17%) Argo
4 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (9.88%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.37%) Salesforce
2 31 (5.37%) TikTok
3 28 (4.85%) HubSpot
4 27 (4.68%) Samsung
5 13 (2.25%) SAP
6 12 (2.08%) Google
6 12 (2.08%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.91%) Oracle
8 8 (1.39%) Botify
8 8 (1.39%) Facebook
8 8 (1.39%) Instagram
9 7 (1.21%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.87%) BMC
10 5 (0.87%) Zoho
11 4 (0.69%) Adobe
11 4 (0.69%) Sage
12 3 (0.52%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.52%) VMware
13 2 (0.35%) Xamarin