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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 67 71
Rank change year-on-year +39 +4 +2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 570 231 334
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.86% 3.96% 3.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.29% 13.05% 11.78%
Number of salaries quoted 524 174 265
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,238 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,563 £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 3,296 1,770 2,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.29% 30.38% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,229 1,406 2,036
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,875 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -2.44% -5.38%

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 29 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 29 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 +50 459 £60,000 -1.44% 135
East Midlands -19 111 £45,000 -30.77% 90
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 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.53%) CMS
2 3 (0.53%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.53%) WordPress
3 1 (0.18%) Confluence
3 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.23%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.35%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 50 (8.77%) Azure
2 29 (5.09%) AWS
3 24 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (3.51%) PaaS
5 16 (2.81%) Entra ID
5 16 (2.81%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.11%) IaaS
7 10 (1.75%) Meta Ads
8 9 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.40%) Google Sheets
9 8 (1.40%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (1.23%) Boomi
10 7 (1.23%) iPaaS
10 7 (1.23%) PowerApps
10 7 (1.23%) Workato
11 6 (1.05%) GCP
11 6 (1.05%) Lucidchart
11 6 (1.05%) OCI
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 19 (3.33%) 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
2 8 (1.40%) JIRA
3 5 (0.88%) Storybook
4 4 (0.70%) GitLab
5 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) JMeter
7 1 (0.18%) Locust
7 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 95 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 91 (15.96%) Marketing
3 64 (11.23%) Finance
4 51 (8.95%) Legal
5 44 (7.72%) Retail
6 34 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.39%) Telecoms
8 21 (3.68%) Manufacturing
8 21 (3.68%) Public Sector
9 20 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.75%) Advertising
12 10 (1.75%) Automotive
13 7 (1.23%) Law
13 7 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.05%) German Language
15 4 (0.70%) Billing
15 4 (0.70%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.53%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 54 (9.47%) Account Executive
2 41 (7.19%) Senior
3 38 (6.67%) Developer
4 35 (6.14%) Lead
5 32 (5.61%) Sales Executive
6 30 (5.26%) Architect
7 28 (4.91%) Marketing Manager
8 24 (4.21%) Sales Representative
9 23 (4.04%) Marketing Executive
10 22 (3.86%) Account Manager
11 20 (3.51%) Development Manager
11 20 (3.51%) Sales Manager
12 19 (3.33%) Analyst
12 19 (3.33%) Consultant
13 18 (3.16%) Business Development Manager
13 18 (3.16%) Business Manager
13 18 (3.16%) Project Manager
14 17 (2.98%) Full-Stack Developer
15 15 (2.63%) Sales Director
16 14 (2.46%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.68%) .NET
2 16 (2.81%) REST
3 10 (1.75%) Terraform
4 9 (1.58%) React
5 8 (1.40%) CSS
5 8 (1.40%) SOAP
6 7 (1.23%) Node.js
7 6 (1.05%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.88%) 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 (0.53%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.53%) Vue
10 3 (0.53%) Web Services
11 2 (0.35%) RESTful
11 2 (0.35%) Spring Boot
11 2 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.44%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (1.75%) Educational Technology
5 9 (1.58%) Cloud Native
5 9 (1.58%) Mobile App
5 9 (1.58%) PropTech
6 8 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.23%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.05%) NHS
8 6 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.88%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.70%) Housing Association
10 4 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
11 3 (0.53%) Digital Signage
11 3 (0.53%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.56%) Windows
2 17 (2.98%) 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%) Business Development
1 75 (13.16%) CRM
2 58 (10.18%) AI
3 51 (8.95%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (8.07%) Decision-Making
7 45 (7.89%) Agile
8 43 (7.54%) Lead Generation
9 39 (6.84%) B2B
9 39 (6.84%) ERP
10 34 (5.96%) E-Commerce
11 33 (5.79%) Logistics
12 31 (5.44%) Coaching
12 31 (5.44%) Mentoring
13 29 (5.09%) Analytics
14 28 (4.91%) Software Engineering
15 27 (4.74%) CI/CD
15 27 (4.74%) Presales
16 26 (4.56%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 32 (5.61%) SQL
2 16 (2.81%) C#
3 15 (2.63%) JavaScript
3 15 (2.63%) PowerShell
4 13 (2.28%) Python
5 11 (1.93%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.58%) Java
6 9 (1.58%) PHP
7 4 (0.70%) Bash
7 4 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (0.70%) Go
8 2 (0.35%) Ruby
8 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.18%) Bicep
9 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (3.33%) Degree
2 8 (1.40%) ACCA
2 8 (1.40%) CIMA
2 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (1.40%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.23%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.53%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.35%) CISM
6 2 (0.35%) CISSP
7 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.18%) IISP
7 1 (0.18%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.11%) GDPR
3 8 (1.40%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.40%) QA
4 6 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.05%) SLA
5 5 (0.88%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.70%) NIST
7 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.35%) COBIT
8 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) GxP
9 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.93%) Docker
3 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.58%) 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 (0.18%) Argo
4 1 (0.18%) Grafana
4 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 54 (9.47%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.91%) HubSpot
3 17 (2.98%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.46%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.11%) Google
6 11 (1.93%) Oracle
6 11 (1.93%) SAP
7 10 (1.75%) Facebook
7 10 (1.75%) Instagram
8 7 (1.23%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.05%) Xamarin
10 5 (0.88%) Zoho
11 4 (0.70%) Adobe
11 4 (0.70%) TikTok
12 3 (0.53%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.53%) VMware
13 2 (0.35%) IFS
13 2 (0.35%) Meraki
13 2 (0.35%) Sage
13 2 (0.35%) Veracode