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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 66 68
Rank change year-on-year +39 +2 +6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 570 221 343
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.92% 3.82% 3.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.19% 12.39% 11.66%
Number of salaries quoted 516 167 279
10th Percentile £36,525 £32,500 £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 £78,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £90,250
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 3,316 1,783 2,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.82% 30.79% 27.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,218 1,424 2,192
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,575 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,675 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.72% -5.38% -
75th Percentile £72,188 £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 19 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 19 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 +55 455 £60,000 -2.44% 103
East Midlands -14 114 £50,000 -20.95% 70
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 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.53%) CMS
2 3 (0.53%) WordPress
3 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 48 (8.42%) Azure
2 31 (5.44%) AWS
3 22 (3.86%) PaaS
4 19 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (2.98%) Entra ID
6 16 (2.81%) Power Platform
7 12 (2.11%) IaaS
8 10 (1.75%) Meta Ads
9 9 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.40%) Google Sheets
10 8 (1.40%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (1.23%) Boomi
11 7 (1.23%) dbt
11 7 (1.23%) iPaaS
11 7 (1.23%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.23%) Workato
12 6 (1.05%) GCP
12 6 (1.05%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.40%) Firewall
1 8 (1.40%) VPN
2 5 (0.88%) 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 (0.18%) SAN
5 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.68%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.58%) 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 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.18%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.18%) MySQL
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (1.58%) Git
1 9 (1.58%) JIRA
2 5 (0.88%) Storybook
3 4 (0.70%) GitLab
4 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.35%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.35%) JMeter
5 2 (0.35%) Locust
5 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 94 (16.49%) Marketing
2 91 (15.96%) Social Skills
3 67 (11.75%) Finance
4 55 (9.65%) Retail
5 51 (8.95%) Legal
6 38 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.39%) Manufacturing
7 25 (4.39%) Telecoms
8 21 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (3.51%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.11%) Automotive
12 11 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.75%) Advertising
14 8 (1.40%) Law
15 7 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.05%) German Language
17 4 (0.70%) Billing
17 4 (0.70%) Health Technology
18 3 (0.53%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 56 (9.82%) Account Executive
2 41 (7.19%) Lead
3 39 (6.84%) Developer
4 38 (6.67%) Senior
5 31 (5.44%) Sales Executive
6 28 (4.91%) Marketing Manager
7 25 (4.39%) Architect
8 24 (4.21%) Sales Representative
9 23 (4.04%) Marketing Executive
10 21 (3.68%) Account Manager
10 21 (3.68%) Sales Manager
11 20 (3.51%) Analyst
12 17 (2.98%) Full-Stack Developer
12 17 (2.98%) Project Manager
13 16 (2.81%) Consultant
14 14 (2.46%) Development Manager
14 14 (2.46%) Support Manager
15 13 (2.28%) Administrator
15 13 (2.28%) Junior
15 13 (2.28%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.86%) .NET
2 16 (2.81%) REST
3 10 (1.75%) React
4 8 (1.40%) CSS
4 8 (1.40%) Node.js
4 8 (1.40%) SOAP
5 7 (1.23%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.88%) Laravel
7 4 (0.70%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.70%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.70%) HTML
7 4 (0.70%) Next.js
7 4 (0.70%) Tailwind CSS
7 4 (0.70%) Vitest
8 3 (0.53%) Vue
8 3 (0.53%) Web Services
9 2 (0.35%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.35%) RESTful
9 2 (0.35%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.61%) Onboarding
2 14 (2.46%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.11%) PropTech
5 10 (1.75%) Educational Technology
6 9 (1.58%) Cloud Native
6 9 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.58%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.05%) NHS
8 6 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (0.88%) Digital Signage
9 5 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.70%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
11 3 (0.53%) Augmented Reality
11 3 (0.53%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.74%) Windows
2 18 (3.16%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.23%) Linux
4 3 (0.53%) Solaris
5 2 (0.35%) Unix
6 1 (0.18%) Debian
6 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (13.16%) CRM
2 68 (11.93%) Business Development
3 62 (10.88%) AI
4 51 (8.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (8.77%) Decision-Making
5 50 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (8.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 46 (8.07%) B2B
8 45 (7.89%) Agile
9 43 (7.54%) ERP
9 43 (7.54%) Lead Generation
10 35 (6.14%) Analytics
10 35 (6.14%) E-Commerce
11 31 (5.44%) Logistics
11 31 (5.44%) Mentoring
12 30 (5.26%) Coaching
12 30 (5.26%) Software Engineering
13 29 (5.09%) CI/CD
14 26 (4.56%) Customer Service
14 26 (4.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 31 (5.44%) SQL
2 17 (2.98%) C#
3 15 (2.63%) JavaScript
3 15 (2.63%) Python
4 14 (2.46%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.11%) TypeScript
6 11 (1.93%) Java
7 9 (1.58%) 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 (0.18%) Bicep
10 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (3.51%) Degree
2 11 (1.93%) ACCA
2 11 (1.93%) CIMA
3 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (1.40%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.23%) SC Cleared
5 5 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.53%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.35%) CISM
7 2 (0.35%) CISSP
8 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.18%) IISP
8 1 (0.18%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (1.75%) QA
3 8 (1.40%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.40%) GDPR
4 7 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.05%) SOC 2
6 5 (0.88%) SLA
7 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.35%) COBIT
8 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.35%) WCAG
9 1 (0.18%) GxP
System Software
1 18 (3.16%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.11%) Docker
3 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (1.93%) Terraform
2 9 (1.58%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.35%) Ansible
4 2 (0.35%) Grafana
4 2 (0.35%) Nessus
4 2 (0.35%) SCCM
5 1 (0.18%) Argo
5 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 50 (8.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.21%) HubSpot
3 17 (2.98%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.46%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.11%) Google
6 10 (1.75%) Facebook
6 10 (1.75%) Instagram
6 10 (1.75%) SAP
7 7 (1.23%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.23%) Oracle
8 6 (1.05%) Xamarin
9 5 (0.88%) Zoho
10 4 (0.70%) Adobe
10 4 (0.70%) TikTok
11 3 (0.53%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.53%) VMware
12 2 (0.35%) IFS
12 2 (0.35%) Meraki
12 2 (0.35%) Sybase
12 2 (0.35%) Veracode