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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 70 75
Rank change year-on-year +42 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 534 209 413
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.02% 3.71% 3.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.54% 11.87% 10.98%
Number of salaries quoted 476 154 350
10th Percentile £38,125 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,563 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,950 £90,125
England median annual salary £68,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.38% +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 3,229 1,761 3,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.30% 31.22% 29.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,105 1,420 2,967
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,235 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.21% -9.69%

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 17 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 17 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 +56 425 £60,000 - 69
East Midlands -4 108 £55,000 -8.33% 30
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 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.56%) CMS
2 3 (0.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.56%) WordPress
3 2 (0.37%) Confluence
4 1 (0.19%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 38 (7.12%) Azure
2 24 (4.49%) AWS
3 17 (3.18%) PaaS
4 13 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (2.25%) Entra ID
6 11 (2.06%) Power Platform
7 10 (1.87%) Meta Ads
8 9 (1.69%) IaaS
9 8 (1.50%) Figma
10 7 (1.31%) dbt
10 7 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.31%) Google Sheets
11 4 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (0.75%) GCP
11 4 (0.75%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.56%) Boomi
12 3 (0.56%) Cloudflare
12 3 (0.56%) Google Ads
12 3 (0.56%) iPaaS
12 3 (0.56%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.94%) VPN
2 4 (0.75%) DNS
2 4 (0.75%) Firewall
3 3 (0.56%) SSL
3 3 (0.56%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.37%) HTTP
4 2 (0.37%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.19%) SAN
5 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.75%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.31%) Power BI
3 2 (0.37%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.37%) Power Query
3 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.19%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.19%) MySQL
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (2.06%) JIRA
2 3 (0.56%) Git
2 3 (0.56%) Storybook
3 2 (0.37%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.37%) JMeter
3 2 (0.37%) Locust
3 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.19%) Yeoman
General
1 100 (18.73%) Marketing
2 72 (13.48%) Social Skills
3 59 (11.05%) Retail
4 50 (9.36%) Finance
5 46 (8.61%) Legal
6 36 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (3.18%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.18%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.43%) Public Sector
10 12 (2.25%) Automotive
11 9 (1.69%) Law
12 8 (1.50%) Advertising
13 7 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.12%) German Language
15 3 (0.56%) Billing
16 2 (0.37%) Back Office
16 2 (0.37%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 58 (10.86%) Account Executive
2 36 (6.74%) Senior
3 31 (5.81%) Lead
4 30 (5.62%) Marketing Manager
5 28 (5.24%) Sales Executive
6 26 (4.87%) Developer
7 24 (4.49%) Sales Manager
8 23 (4.31%) Marketing Executive
9 20 (3.75%) Analyst
10 19 (3.56%) Sales Representative
11 18 (3.37%) Account Manager
11 18 (3.37%) Designer
12 16 (3.00%) Architect
12 16 (3.00%) Support Manager
13 15 (2.81%) Service Manager
14 14 (2.62%) Development Manager
15 13 (2.43%) Consultant
15 13 (2.43%) Head of Marketing
16 12 (2.25%) Business Development Manager
16 12 (2.25%) ERP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.12%) .NET
2 11 (2.06%) AngularJS
3 8 (1.50%) REST
4 6 (1.12%) React
5 5 (0.94%) CSS
5 5 (0.94%) HTML
6 4 (0.75%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.75%) Node.js
6 4 (0.75%) RESTful
6 4 (0.75%) SOAP
7 3 (0.56%) HTML5
7 3 (0.56%) Laravel
7 3 (0.56%) Sass
8 2 (0.37%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.37%) Bootstrap
8 2 (0.37%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.37%) JSON
8 2 (0.37%) Redux
8 2 (0.37%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.37%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.18%) Onboarding
2 17 (3.18%) PropTech
3 14 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (2.06%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.50%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.31%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.31%) Digital Signage
8 7 (1.31%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.12%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (0.94%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.75%) NHS
12 3 (0.56%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (0.56%) BBC
12 3 (0.56%) Blog
12 3 (0.56%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.56%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (0.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.75%) Windows
2 13 (2.43%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.94%) Linux
4 3 (0.56%) Solaris
5 2 (0.37%) Unix
6 1 (0.19%) Debian
6 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (13.67%) CRM
2 59 (11.05%) B2B
2 59 (11.05%) Business Development
3 52 (9.74%) AI
4 45 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 44 (8.24%) ERP
6 43 (8.05%) Lead Generation
7 42 (7.87%) Decision-Making
8 38 (7.12%) Analytics
9 37 (6.93%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (6.55%) E-Commerce
10 35 (6.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 32 (5.99%) Logistics
12 31 (5.81%) Software Engineering
13 30 (5.62%) Mentoring
13 30 (5.62%) Roadmaps
13 30 (5.62%) Service Delivery
14 29 (5.43%) Agile
15 27 (5.06%) Client Onboarding
16 26 (4.87%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 24 (4.49%) SQL
2 15 (2.81%) Python
3 13 (2.43%) C#
4 11 (2.06%) Java
4 11 (2.06%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.31%) PHP
5 7 (1.31%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.12%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.56%) Go
8 2 (0.37%) Bash
8 2 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.37%) Ruby
8 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.37%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.19%) Bicep
9 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (3.18%) Degree
2 10 (1.87%) ACCA
2 10 (1.87%) CIMA
3 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (0.75%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.56%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.19%) CISM
6 1 (0.19%) CISSP
6 1 (0.19%) IISP
6 1 (0.19%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.06%) QA
2 8 (1.50%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.12%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.94%) GDPR
5 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.56%) WCAG
6 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.19%) COBIT
7 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.19%) GxP
7 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (2.25%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.31%) Docker
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (1.50%) Terraform
2 7 (1.31%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.37%) Ansible
5 2 (0.37%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Argo
6 1 (0.19%) CASB
6 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 41 (7.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.00%) HubSpot
3 13 (2.43%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.06%) ServiceNow
5 10 (1.87%) Google
6 9 (1.69%) Facebook
6 9 (1.69%) Instagram
7 8 (1.50%) Xamarin
8 7 (1.31%) Oracle
9 6 (1.12%) SAP
10 4 (0.75%) Adobe
10 4 (0.75%) Zoho
11 3 (0.56%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.56%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.56%) TikTok
12 2 (0.37%) Sybase
13 1 (0.19%) Freshdesk
13 1 (0.19%) Informatica
13 1 (0.19%) Netskope
13 1 (0.19%) VMware