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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 89 75
Rank change year-on-year +59 -14 +24
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 498 182 441
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.94% 3.59% 3.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.98% 11.04% 10.58%
Number of salaries quoted 441 131 362
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,307 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.19% +8.85% -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 3,116 1,648 4,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.63% 32.48% 29.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,996 1,321 3,341
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.46% -3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +61 397 £60,000 - 70
East Midlands -14 100 £56,000 -6.67% 43
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 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (1.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.60%) CMS
2 3 (0.60%) WordPress
3 2 (0.40%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.60%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 34 (6.83%) Azure
2 22 (4.42%) AWS
3 18 (3.61%) PaaS
4 12 (2.41%) Figma
5 10 (2.01%) IaaS
5 10 (2.01%) Meta Ads
5 10 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.01%) Power Platform
6 8 (1.61%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.41%) dbt
7 7 (1.41%) GitHub
8 6 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.00%) GitHub Copilot
10 4 (0.80%) Google Sheets
10 4 (0.80%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.60%) Azure AKS
11 3 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.60%) Canva
11 3 (0.60%) ClickUp
11 3 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.20%) DNS
2 1 (0.20%) Firewall
2 1 (0.20%) SAN
2 1 (0.20%) SSL
2 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.20%) VPN
2 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.22%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.20%) Power BI
3 3 (0.60%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.40%) Power Query
4 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.20%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.20%) MySQL
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (2.21%) JIRA
2 5 (1.00%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.60%) Storybook
4 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.40%) Git
4 2 (0.40%) JMeter
4 2 (0.40%) Locust
4 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.20%) Yeoman
General
1 95 (19.08%) Marketing
2 57 (11.45%) Retail
3 51 (10.24%) Social Skills
4 46 (9.24%) Legal
5 39 (7.83%) Finance
6 31 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (3.82%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.01%) Law
9 13 (2.61%) Public Sector
10 12 (2.41%) Automotive
10 12 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.21%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.61%) Legal Technology
14 7 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.20%) German Language
16 5 (1.00%) Advertising
16 5 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.40%) Digital Health
17 2 (0.40%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 59 (11.85%) Account Executive
2 39 (7.83%) Senior
3 31 (6.22%) Sales Manager
4 30 (6.02%) Marketing Manager
5 27 (5.42%) Lead
5 27 (5.42%) Sales Executive
6 25 (5.02%) Designer
7 23 (4.62%) Analyst
8 22 (4.42%) Account Manager
8 22 (4.42%) Marketing Executive
9 19 (3.82%) Developer
10 15 (3.01%) Service Manager
10 15 (3.01%) UX Designer
11 14 (2.81%) Sales Representative
12 13 (2.61%) Head of Marketing
12 13 (2.61%) Support Analyst
13 12 (2.41%) ERP Manager
13 12 (2.41%) Senior Manager
13 12 (2.41%) Software Engineer
14 11 (2.21%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.82%) .NET
2 10 (2.01%) AngularJS
3 6 (1.20%) Blazor
4 5 (1.00%) CSS
4 5 (1.00%) HTML
4 5 (1.00%) Material Design
4 5 (1.00%) React
4 5 (1.00%) WebAssembly
5 4 (0.80%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.80%) RESTful
6 3 (0.60%) HTML5
6 3 (0.60%) Laravel
6 3 (0.60%) REST
6 3 (0.60%) Sass
7 2 (0.40%) Bootstrap
7 2 (0.40%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.40%) Node.js
7 2 (0.40%) Redux
8 1 (0.20%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.20%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.42%) Onboarding
2 18 (3.61%) PropTech
3 14 (2.81%) Product Ownership
4 13 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.01%) EPoS
7 9 (1.81%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.41%) Digital Signage
9 6 (1.20%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.00%) FMCG
10 5 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.80%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.80%) NHS
12 3 (0.60%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (0.60%) BBC
12 3 (0.60%) Blog
12 3 (0.60%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.60%) iSeries
12 3 (0.60%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (0.60%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.41%) Windows
2 13 (2.61%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.00%) Linux
4 3 (0.60%) Solaris
5 2 (0.40%) Unix
6 1 (0.20%) Debian
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (13.25%) CRM
2 60 (12.05%) B2B
3 56 (11.24%) Business Development
4 52 (10.44%) AI
5 43 (8.63%) Lead Generation
6 40 (8.03%) ERP
7 39 (7.83%) Logistics
8 37 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (7.43%) Decision-Making
9 32 (6.43%) E-Commerce
10 31 (6.22%) Mentoring
10 31 (6.22%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (6.02%) Analytics
12 29 (5.82%) Roadmaps
13 27 (5.42%) Agile
14 26 (5.22%) Customer Service
15 25 (5.02%) Service Delivery
16 24 (4.82%) Software Engineering
17 23 (4.62%) Customer Experience
18 21 (4.22%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.62%) SQL
2 14 (2.81%) Python
3 13 (2.61%) C#
4 10 (2.01%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.81%) Java
6 7 (1.41%) PHP
6 7 (1.41%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.20%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.20%) Bash
9 1 (0.20%) Bicep
9 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.20%) R
9 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (3.61%) Degree
2 8 (1.61%) ACCA
2 8 (1.61%) CIMA
3 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (0.80%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.60%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.20%) CISM
6 1 (0.20%) CISSP
6 1 (0.20%) IISP
6 1 (0.20%) ISACA
6 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.21%) QA
2 10 (2.01%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.41%) WCAG
5 5 (1.00%) GDPR
6 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.20%) COBIT
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.20%) GxP
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (1.61%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.41%) Docker
3 2 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (1.61%) Terraform
2 7 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.40%) Ansible
4 2 (0.40%) Grafana
5 1 (0.20%) Argo
5 1 (0.20%) CASB
5 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 32 (6.43%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.81%) Xamarin
3 8 (1.61%) HubSpot
4 7 (1.41%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.20%) Facebook
5 6 (1.20%) Instagram
5 6 (1.20%) Oracle
6 5 (1.00%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.80%) Adobe
7 4 (0.80%) Google
8 3 (0.60%) SAP
8 3 (0.60%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.40%) Databricks
9 2 (0.40%) Sybase
10 1 (0.20%) Freshdesk
10 1 (0.20%) Netskope
10 1 (0.20%) Okta
10 1 (0.20%) VMware
10 1 (0.20%) Zoho