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 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 68 74
Rank change year-on-year +23 +6 +14
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 291 294 181
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.29% 3.32% 3.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.18% 12.52% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 233 195 166
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £41,875
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,500 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -11.11% -

All Cloud 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 1,601 2,349 2,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.12% 26.52% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,271 1,381 1,756
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -3.10%

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 28 October 2025.

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 28 October 2025. 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 +37 163 £55,000 -8.33% 121
East Midlands +14 127 £45,000 -25.00% 50
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 19 (6.53%) IIS
2 10 (3.44%) Apache
2 10 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.44%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.72%) CMS
4 4 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.69%) WordPress
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.78%) Shopify
2 9 (3.09%) Magento
3 7 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.34%) Maximo
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 59 (20.27%) Azure
2 50 (17.18%) AWS
3 22 (7.56%) PaaS
4 15 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (4.81%) Power Platform
6 13 (4.47%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.09%) Azure Key Vault
7 9 (3.09%) BigCommerce
7 9 (3.09%) GitHub
7 9 (3.09%) IaaS
8 8 (2.75%) GCP
9 6 (2.06%) iPaaS
10 5 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.72%) OCI
11 4 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.37%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 35 (12.03%) Remote Desktop
2 12 (4.12%) DNS
3 11 (3.78%) Firewall
4 8 (2.75%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.41%) DHCP
6 6 (2.06%) SAN
6 6 (2.06%) VLAN
7 5 (1.72%) VPN
8 4 (1.37%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.37%) WAN
9 1 (0.34%) 3G
9 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.34%) GPRS
9 1 (0.34%) GSM
9 1 (0.34%) Modbus
9 1 (0.34%) RS-232
9 1 (0.34%) RS-485
9 1 (0.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.37%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.15%) MySQL
3 12 (4.12%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (4.12%) Power BI
4 10 (3.44%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.72%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.37%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.03%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.69%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.69%) SQL CLR
9 2 (0.69%) Tableau
10 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.34%) Looker
10 1 (0.34%) Metadata
10 1 (0.34%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 15 (5.15%) JIRA
2 10 (3.44%) Git
3 6 (2.06%) Selenium
4 4 (1.37%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.69%) Postman
6 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.34%) JMeter
6 1 (0.34%) Locust
6 1 (0.34%) MLflow
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 107 (36.77%) Social Skills
2 52 (17.87%) Analytical Skills
2 52 (17.87%) Retail
3 25 (8.59%) Finance
4 20 (6.87%) Marketing
5 19 (6.53%) Law
6 10 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.06%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.03%) Back Office
11 3 (1.03%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.69%) Automotive
12 2 (0.69%) Billing
12 2 (0.69%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.69%) Games
12 2 (0.69%) Legal
12 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 45 (15.46%) Lead
2 37 (12.71%) 2nd Line Support
3 34 (11.68%) Architect
4 27 (9.28%) Developer
5 23 (7.90%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 23 (7.90%) Analyst
6 22 (7.56%) Applications Support
6 22 (7.56%) Senior
7 21 (7.22%) Support Engineer
8 17 (5.84%) Support Technician
8 17 (5.84%) Technical Support
9 15 (5.15%) Software Engineer
10 14 (4.81%) Support Analyst
11 13 (4.47%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (4.12%) 2nd Line Support Technician
12 12 (4.12%) Software Developer
13 10 (3.44%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (3.44%) IT Support
13 10 (3.44%) SaaS Analyst
13 10 (3.44%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.06%) .NET
2 12 (4.12%) React
3 11 (3.78%) HTML
4 10 (3.44%) LAMP
4 10 (3.44%) REST
5 8 (2.75%) .NET Framework
6 7 (2.41%) CSS
6 7 (2.41%) Entity Framework
6 7 (2.41%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (2.06%) Node.js
7 6 (2.06%) RESTful
7 6 (2.06%) SOAP
8 5 (1.72%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.72%) Blazor
9 4 (1.37%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.37%) Kafka
9 4 (1.37%) OAuth
10 3 (1.03%) Laravel
10 3 (1.03%) Next.js
10 3 (1.03%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 56 (19.24%) Onboarding
2 22 (7.56%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.81%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (4.12%) Linux Command Line
5 11 (3.78%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.78%) Driving Licence
6 9 (3.09%) EPoS
7 7 (2.41%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.41%) NHS
8 6 (2.06%) Clustering
9 5 (1.72%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.72%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.37%) Legacy Code
11 3 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.03%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.03%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.69%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.19%) Linux
2 15 (5.15%) Windows
2 15 (5.15%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.69%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (28.52%) CRM
2 82 (28.18%) Mentoring
3 74 (25.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 74 (25.43%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (23.02%) Agile
5 58 (19.93%) ERP
6 54 (18.56%) E-Commerce
7 52 (17.87%) Data Privacy
8 49 (16.84%) Customer Service
9 48 (16.49%) Logistics
10 41 (14.09%) Roadmaps
10 41 (14.09%) Software Engineering
11 40 (13.75%) Root Cause Analysis
12 38 (13.06%) Analytical Thinking
13 35 (12.03%) DevOps
14 34 (11.68%) CI/CD
15 31 (10.65%) AI
15 31 (10.65%) B2B
15 31 (10.65%) Coaching
16 27 (9.28%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 99 (34.02%) SQL
2 88 (30.24%) C#
3 35 (12.03%) JavaScript
4 19 (6.53%) PHP
4 19 (6.53%) Python
5 13 (4.47%) PowerShell
6 11 (3.78%) Java
7 9 (3.09%) Bicep
8 5 (1.72%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.72%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.03%) Delphi
9 3 (1.03%) VB
10 2 (0.69%) C
10 2 (0.69%) Go
10 2 (0.69%) Groovy
10 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.69%) Ruby
10 2 (0.69%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.34%) XAML
Qualifications
1 30 (10.31%) Degree
2 11 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.06%) Azure Certification
3 6 (2.06%) City & Guilds
3 6 (2.06%) Master's Degree
4 5 (1.72%) PMI Certification
4 5 (1.72%) PMP
4 5 (1.72%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.37%) CCNA
5 4 (1.37%) CCNP
5 4 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.37%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.37%) MCP
5 4 (1.37%) MCSA
5 4 (1.37%) MCSE
5 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.37%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.03%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (14.78%) QA
2 10 (3.44%) GDPR
3 9 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.75%) SLA
5 2 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.34%) COBIT
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.34%) MISRA
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.34%) PMO
6 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.06%) Docker
2 6 (2.06%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (4.81%) Terraform
2 7 (2.41%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (2.06%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (1.37%) Ansible
5 2 (0.69%) Grafana
6 1 (0.34%) Argo
6 1 (0.34%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 51 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.59%) Oracle
3 15 (5.15%) Salesforce
4 12 (4.12%) Databricks
5 6 (2.06%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.06%) Veeam
6 4 (1.37%) Google
6 4 (1.37%) Meraki
7 2 (0.69%) Adobe
7 2 (0.69%) ForgeRock
7 2 (0.69%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.69%) VMware
8 1 (0.34%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.34%) Pardot
8 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow