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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 69 68
Rank change year-on-year +42 -1 +12
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 556 211 390
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.08% 3.74% 3.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.90% 11.98% 11.48%
Number of salaries quoted 498 154 330
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £31,925
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,313 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,950 £90,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +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 3,290 1,761 3,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.16% 31.21% 28.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,148 1,420 2,648
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,725 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +56 438 £60,000 - 85
East Midlands -16 117 £55,000 -8.33% 34
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 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.54%) CMS
2 3 (0.54%) WordPress
3 2 (0.36%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.72%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (7.01%) Azure
2 25 (4.50%) AWS
3 17 (3.06%) PaaS
4 15 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (2.34%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.34%) Power Platform
6 10 (1.80%) Meta Ads
7 8 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.44%) Google Sheets
7 8 (1.44%) IaaS
8 7 (1.26%) dbt
8 7 (1.26%) Figma
9 5 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (0.90%) Power Automate
9 5 (0.90%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.72%) Boomi
10 4 (0.72%) iPaaS
10 4 (0.72%) Workato
11 3 (0.54%) Canva
11 3 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.90%) Firewall
1 5 (0.90%) VPN
2 3 (0.54%) DNS
3 2 (0.36%) HTTP
3 2 (0.36%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.36%) SSL
3 2 (0.36%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.18%) SAN
4 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.44%) Power BI
3 3 (0.54%) Power Query
3 3 (0.54%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.36%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
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
Development Applications
1 10 (1.80%) JIRA
2 5 (0.90%) Git
2 5 (0.90%) Storybook
3 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.36%) GitLab
3 2 (0.36%) JMeter
3 2 (0.36%) Locust
3 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 101 (18.17%) Marketing
2 77 (13.85%) Social Skills
3 61 (10.97%) Retail
4 55 (9.89%) Finance
5 51 (9.17%) Legal
6 37 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (3.60%) Telecoms
8 19 (3.42%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.52%) Public Sector
10 12 (2.16%) Automotive
11 10 (1.80%) Law
12 8 (1.44%) Advertising
12 8 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.08%) German Language
15 4 (0.72%) Billing
15 4 (0.72%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.54%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 59 (10.61%) Account Executive
2 40 (7.19%) Senior
3 31 (5.58%) Lead
4 30 (5.40%) Marketing Manager
5 29 (5.22%) Developer
6 28 (5.04%) Sales Executive
7 24 (4.32%) Sales Manager
8 23 (4.14%) Marketing Executive
9 22 (3.96%) Sales Representative
10 20 (3.60%) Account Manager
11 19 (3.42%) Analyst
12 18 (3.24%) Architect
13 17 (3.06%) Designer
13 17 (3.06%) Support Manager
14 15 (2.70%) Consultant
14 15 (2.70%) Service Manager
15 14 (2.52%) Development Manager
16 13 (2.34%) Head of Marketing
17 12 (2.16%) Business Manager
17 12 (2.16%) ERP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.42%) .NET
2 11 (1.98%) REST
3 10 (1.80%) AngularJS
4 8 (1.44%) React
5 7 (1.26%) CSS
6 5 (0.90%) HTML
6 5 (0.90%) SOAP
7 4 (0.72%) Laravel
7 4 (0.72%) Node.js
7 4 (0.72%) RESTful
8 3 (0.54%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.54%) HTML5
8 3 (0.54%) Sass
9 2 (0.36%) Bootstrap
9 2 (0.36%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.36%) JSON
9 2 (0.36%) Spring
9 2 (0.36%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.36%) Vue
9 2 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.12%) Onboarding
2 16 (2.88%) PropTech
3 14 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.80%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.62%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.44%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.44%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.26%) Digital Signage
10 6 (1.08%) Educational Technology
10 6 (1.08%) NHS
10 6 (1.08%) Web Conferencing
11 4 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.54%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (0.54%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.54%) iSeries
12 3 (0.54%) Marketing Technology
12 3 (0.54%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (0.54%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.78%) Windows
2 14 (2.52%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.90%) Linux
4 3 (0.54%) Solaris
5 2 (0.36%) Unix
6 1 (0.18%) Debian
6 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (14.03%) CRM
2 61 (10.97%) Business Development
3 60 (10.79%) B2B
4 52 (9.35%) AI
5 46 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (8.09%) Decision-Making
6 45 (8.09%) ERP
7 43 (7.73%) Lead Generation
8 40 (7.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (7.01%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (6.83%) Analytics
11 35 (6.29%) E-Commerce
12 33 (5.94%) Agile
13 32 (5.76%) Logistics
14 31 (5.58%) Software Engineering
15 30 (5.40%) Client Onboarding
15 30 (5.40%) Mentoring
16 29 (5.22%) Roadmaps
16 29 (5.22%) Service Delivery
17 27 (4.86%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 27 (4.86%) SQL
2 15 (2.70%) Python
3 12 (2.16%) C#
4 11 (1.98%) Java
4 11 (1.98%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.44%) PHP
5 8 (1.44%) PowerShell
5 8 (1.44%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.54%) Go
7 2 (0.36%) Bash
7 2 (0.36%) Ruby
7 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.18%) Bicep
8 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (3.06%) Degree
2 11 (1.98%) ACCA
2 11 (1.98%) CIMA
3 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (0.72%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.54%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.18%) CISM
6 1 (0.18%) CISSP
6 1 (0.18%) IISP
6 1 (0.18%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.80%) QA
2 8 (1.44%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.26%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.08%) GDPR
4 6 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.72%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.36%) SLA
6 2 (0.36%) WCAG
7 1 (0.18%) COBIT
7 1 (0.18%) GxP
7 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (2.34%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.62%) Docker
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.62%) Terraform
2 7 (1.26%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.36%) Ansible
5 2 (0.36%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Nessus
6 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 42 (7.55%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.24%) HubSpot
3 14 (2.52%) Salesforce
4 11 (1.98%) Google
4 11 (1.98%) ServiceNow
5 9 (1.62%) Facebook
5 9 (1.62%) Instagram
6 7 (1.26%) Oracle
6 7 (1.26%) Xamarin
7 6 (1.08%) SAP
8 4 (0.72%) Adobe
8 4 (0.72%) MuleSoft
8 4 (0.72%) Zoho
9 3 (0.54%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.54%) TikTok
10 2 (0.36%) Sybase
11 1 (0.18%) Informatica
11 1 (0.18%) Meraki
11 1 (0.18%) Tenable
11 1 (0.18%) VMware