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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 60 67
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 +54
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 439 203 386
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.51% 4.14% 3.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.03% 11.89% 10.07%
Number of salaries quoted 387 158 318
10th Percentile £38,250 £33,750 £29,200
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,438 £80,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £90,375
England median annual salary £67,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.08% - -3.70%

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 3,979 1,707 3,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.79% 34.81% 33.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,780 1,326 3,225
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -11.54%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +34 344 £60,000 - 74
East Midlands -48 94 £60,500 +0.83% 23
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 5 (1.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.46%) Confluence
3 2 (0.46%) WordPress
4 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.46%) Trello
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.68%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 55 (12.53%) Azure
2 20 (4.56%) PaaS
3 17 (3.87%) AWS
4 12 (2.73%) IaaS
5 9 (2.05%) Entra ID
5 9 (2.05%) Figma
5 9 (2.05%) GitHub
5 9 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.82%) GitHub Copilot
7 7 (1.59%) dbt
8 5 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (1.14%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.91%) Datadog
9 4 (0.91%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.68%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.68%) ClickUp
10 3 (0.68%) GCP
10 3 (0.68%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.68%) Serverless
11 2 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.68%) DNS
2 3 (0.68%) Firewall
2 3 (0.68%) VPN
3 2 (0.46%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) SAN
4 1 (0.23%) SSL
4 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.23%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.24%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.91%) Data Lake
2 4 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.68%) Big Data
3 3 (0.68%) Power BI
4 2 (0.46%) MySQL
5 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (2.51%) JIRA
2 8 (1.82%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.68%) Git
3 3 (0.68%) Storybook
4 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.46%) JMeter
4 2 (0.46%) Locust
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) Selenium
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.23%) Yeoman
General
1 55 (12.53%) Marketing
2 49 (11.16%) Retail
3 40 (9.11%) Social Skills
4 33 (7.52%) Legal
5 27 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (4.78%) Finance
7 18 (4.10%) Law
8 15 (3.42%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.51%) German Language
11 8 (1.82%) Games
11 8 (1.82%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.59%) Automotive
13 5 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.46%) Digital Health
16 1 (0.23%) Banking
16 1 (0.23%) Digital Healthcare
16 1 (0.23%) Health Technology
16 1 (0.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 48 (10.93%) Account Executive
2 44 (10.02%) Senior
3 38 (8.66%) Sales Manager
4 32 (7.29%) Developer
5 26 (5.92%) Account Manager
6 23 (5.24%) Analyst
7 22 (5.01%) Lead
8 20 (4.56%) Designer
9 19 (4.33%) Channel Sales Manager
9 19 (4.33%) Marketing Manager
9 19 (4.33%) Sales Representative
10 18 (4.10%) Sales Executive
10 18 (4.10%) Support Analyst
11 17 (3.87%) ERP Support
12 15 (3.42%) Service Manager
13 14 (3.19%) .NET Developer
13 14 (3.19%) Xamarin Developer
14 13 (2.96%) Senior Manager
15 12 (2.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (2.73%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.83%) .NET
2 9 (2.05%) AngularJS
2 9 (2.05%) React
3 8 (1.82%) Blazor
3 8 (1.82%) CSS
3 8 (1.82%) HTML
3 8 (1.82%) Material Design
3 8 (1.82%) WebAssembly
4 7 (1.59%) Node.js
5 4 (0.91%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.68%) HTML5
6 3 (0.68%) PySpark
6 3 (0.68%) REST
6 3 (0.68%) RESTful
6 3 (0.68%) Sass
7 2 (0.46%) Bootstrap
7 2 (0.46%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.46%) Laravel
7 2 (0.46%) Vue
7 2 (0.46%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.66%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.24%) PropTech
3 19 (4.33%) EPoS
4 14 (3.19%) Mobile App
4 14 (3.19%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.59%) Digital Signage
8 3 (0.68%) FMCG
8 3 (0.68%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.68%) NHS
9 2 (0.46%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.46%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.46%) iSeries
9 2 (0.46%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.23%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.23%) Clustering
10 1 (0.23%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.23%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.56%) Windows
2 17 (3.87%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.46%) Linux
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (13.44%) CRM
2 50 (11.39%) B2B
2 50 (11.39%) Business Development
3 38 (8.66%) Mentoring
3 38 (8.66%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (8.20%) AI
5 35 (7.97%) ERP
6 34 (7.74%) Logistics
7 33 (7.52%) Service Delivery
8 31 (7.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (6.15%) Customer Experience
10 26 (5.92%) Customer Service
10 26 (5.92%) Roadmaps
11 25 (5.69%) Agile
11 25 (5.69%) Project Management
12 24 (5.47%) DevOps
12 24 (5.47%) E-Commerce
13 23 (5.24%) CI/CD
13 23 (5.24%) Software Engineering
14 22 (5.01%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 41 (9.34%) SQL
2 24 (5.47%) C#
3 13 (2.96%) JavaScript
3 13 (2.96%) Python
4 8 (1.82%) Java
4 8 (1.82%) TypeScript
5 3 (0.68%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.46%) PHP
6 2 (0.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (3.19%) Degree
2 3 (0.68%) ACCA
2 3 (0.68%) CIMA
2 3 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (0.68%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (0.46%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
4 1 (0.23%) IISP
4 1 (0.23%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.10%) QA
2 13 (2.96%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.28%) WCAG
4 4 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.68%) SLA
6 2 (0.46%) GDPR
7 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.23%) HL7
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.14%) Docker
3 3 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.14%) Kubernetes
1 5 (1.14%) Terraform
2 4 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.46%) Ansible
3 2 (0.46%) Grafana
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 22 (5.01%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.19%) Xamarin
3 9 (2.05%) ServiceNow
4 7 (1.59%) Databricks
4 7 (1.59%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.37%) Google
6 5 (1.14%) Facebook
6 5 (1.14%) Instagram
7 4 (0.91%) Oracle
8 3 (0.68%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.68%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.68%) SAP
9 2 (0.46%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.23%) Freshdesk
10 1 (0.23%) Netskope
10 1 (0.23%) Okta
10 1 (0.23%) VMware
10 1 (0.23%) Zoho