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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 69 69
Rank change year-on-year +43 0 +6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 572 228 344
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.87% 3.92% 3.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.33% 12.90% 11.77%
Number of salaries quoted 525 171 275
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,125 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +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 3,300 1,768 2,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.34% 30.40% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,233 1,402 2,128
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,000 £28,850
25th Percentile £40,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,300 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.56% -6.10% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -7.69%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 +48 462 £60,000 -0.21% 104
East Midlands -19 110 £45,000 -30.77% 58
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 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.52%) CMS
2 3 (0.52%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.52%) WordPress
3 1 (0.17%) Confluence
3 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.35%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 50 (8.74%) Azure
2 29 (5.07%) AWS
3 24 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (3.67%) PaaS
5 16 (2.80%) Entra ID
5 16 (2.80%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.10%) IaaS
7 10 (1.75%) Meta Ads
8 9 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.40%) Google Sheets
9 8 (1.40%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (1.22%) Boomi
10 7 (1.22%) iPaaS
10 7 (1.22%) PowerApps
10 7 (1.22%) Workato
11 6 (1.05%) dbt
11 6 (1.05%) GCP
11 6 (1.05%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.40%) Firewall
1 8 (1.40%) VPN
2 5 (0.87%) DNS
3 4 (0.70%) 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%) SAN
5 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.57%) Power BI
3 4 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.70%) Power Query
3 4 (0.70%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.35%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.17%) MySQL
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (1.57%) Git
2 8 (1.40%) JIRA
3 5 (0.87%) Storybook
4 4 (0.70%) GitLab
5 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.17%) JMeter
7 1 (0.17%) Locust
7 1 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 95 (16.61%) Social Skills
2 91 (15.91%) Marketing
3 66 (11.54%) Finance
4 53 (9.27%) Legal
5 46 (8.04%) Retail
6 35 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.37%) Telecoms
8 22 (3.85%) Manufacturing
9 21 (3.67%) Public Sector
10 20 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.92%) Automotive
12 11 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.75%) Advertising
14 7 (1.22%) Law
14 7 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.05%) German Language
16 4 (0.70%) Billing
16 4 (0.70%) Health Technology
17 3 (0.52%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 54 (9.44%) Account Executive
2 41 (7.17%) Senior
3 38 (6.64%) Developer
4 37 (6.47%) Lead
5 32 (5.59%) Sales Executive
6 30 (5.24%) Architect
7 28 (4.90%) Marketing Manager
8 24 (4.20%) Sales Representative
9 23 (4.02%) Marketing Executive
10 22 (3.85%) Account Manager
11 20 (3.50%) Consultant
11 20 (3.50%) Sales Manager
12 19 (3.32%) Analyst
12 19 (3.32%) Development Manager
13 18 (3.15%) Project Manager
14 17 (2.97%) Business Development Manager
14 17 (2.97%) Business Manager
14 17 (2.97%) Full-Stack Developer
15 15 (2.62%) Sales Director
16 14 (2.45%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.67%) .NET
2 16 (2.80%) REST
3 10 (1.75%) Terraform
4 9 (1.57%) React
5 8 (1.40%) CSS
5 8 (1.40%) SOAP
6 7 (1.22%) Node.js
7 6 (1.05%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.87%) Laravel
9 4 (0.70%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.70%) HTML
9 4 (0.70%) Next.js
9 4 (0.70%) Tailwind CSS
9 4 (0.70%) Vitest
10 3 (0.52%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.52%) Vue
10 3 (0.52%) Web Services
11 2 (0.35%) RESTful
11 2 (0.35%) Spring Boot
11 2 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.42%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.62%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (1.75%) Educational Technology
6 9 (1.57%) Cloud Native
6 9 (1.57%) Mobile App
6 9 (1.57%) PropTech
7 8 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.22%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.05%) NHS
9 6 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.87%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.70%) Housing Association
11 4 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
12 3 (0.52%) Digital Signage
12 3 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.55%) Windows
2 17 (2.97%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.22%) Linux
4 3 (0.52%) Solaris
5 2 (0.35%) Unix
6 1 (0.17%) Debian
6 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (13.11%) CRM
2 74 (12.94%) Business Development
3 60 (10.49%) AI
4 52 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 48 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (8.22%) Decision-Making
8 45 (7.87%) Agile
9 43 (7.52%) Lead Generation
10 39 (6.82%) B2B
10 39 (6.82%) ERP
11 34 (5.94%) E-Commerce
12 33 (5.77%) Logistics
13 31 (5.42%) Coaching
13 31 (5.42%) Mentoring
14 30 (5.24%) Analytics
15 28 (4.90%) Software Engineering
16 27 (4.72%) CI/CD
16 27 (4.72%) Customer Service
16 27 (4.72%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 32 (5.59%) SQL
2 16 (2.80%) C#
3 15 (2.62%) JavaScript
3 15 (2.62%) PowerShell
4 14 (2.45%) Python
5 11 (1.92%) TypeScript
6 10 (1.75%) Java
7 9 (1.57%) PHP
8 4 (0.70%) Bash
8 4 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.70%) Go
9 2 (0.35%) Ruby
9 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.17%) Bicep
10 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (3.50%) Degree
2 9 (1.57%) ACCA
2 9 (1.57%) CIMA
3 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (1.40%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.22%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.52%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.35%) CISM
7 2 (0.35%) CISSP
8 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.17%) IISP
8 1 (0.17%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.10%) GDPR
3 8 (1.40%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.40%) QA
4 6 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.05%) SLA
5 5 (0.87%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.70%) NIST
7 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.35%) COBIT
8 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) GxP
9 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (2.97%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.92%) Docker
3 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.40%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.35%) Ansible
3 2 (0.35%) Nessus
3 2 (0.35%) SCCM
3 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.17%) Argo
4 1 (0.17%) Grafana
4 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 54 (9.44%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.90%) HubSpot
3 17 (2.97%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.45%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.10%) Google
6 11 (1.92%) Oracle
6 11 (1.92%) SAP
7 10 (1.75%) Facebook
7 10 (1.75%) Instagram
8 7 (1.22%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.05%) Xamarin
10 5 (0.87%) Zoho
11 4 (0.70%) Adobe
11 4 (0.70%) TikTok
12 3 (0.52%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.52%) VMware
13 2 (0.35%) IFS
13 2 (0.35%) Meraki
13 2 (0.35%) Sage
13 2 (0.35%) Veracode