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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 71 69
Rank change year-on-year +45 -2 +8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 580 221 347
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.06% 3.85% 3.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.18% 12.33% 11.73%
Number of salaries quoted 517 166 288
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,688 £78,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,250
% change year-on-year +7.69% +7.88% -7.31%

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 3,377 1,792 2,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.63% 31.24% 27.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,227 1,438 2,243
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,250 £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 £72,000 £65,000 £66,250
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 8 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 8 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 +54 460 £60,000 - 96
East Midlands -14 119 £50,000 -18.37% 49
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 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.52%) CMS
2 3 (0.52%) WordPress
3 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.17%) Confluence
4 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (8.28%) Azure
2 30 (5.17%) AWS
3 20 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (3.45%) PaaS
4 17 (2.93%) Entra ID
5 15 (2.59%) Power Platform
6 11 (1.90%) IaaS
7 10 (1.72%) Meta Ads
8 8 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.38%) Google Sheets
9 7 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.21%) Boomi
9 7 (1.21%) dbt
9 7 (1.21%) iPaaS
9 7 (1.21%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.21%) Workato
10 6 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (1.03%) Figma
10 6 (1.03%) Lucidchart
10 6 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.38%) Firewall
1 8 (1.38%) VPN
2 5 (0.86%) DNS
3 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.34%) HTTP
4 2 (0.34%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.34%) Network Security
4 2 (0.34%) SSL
5 1 (0.17%) SAN
5 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.62%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.55%) Power BI
3 4 (0.69%) Power Query
3 4 (0.69%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.34%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.17%) MySQL
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (1.90%) JIRA
2 7 (1.21%) Git
3 3 (0.52%) Storybook
4 2 (0.34%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.34%) GitLab
4 2 (0.34%) JMeter
4 2 (0.34%) Locust
4 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 98 (16.90%) Marketing
2 90 (15.52%) Social Skills
3 66 (11.38%) Finance
4 62 (10.69%) Retail
5 53 (9.14%) Legal
6 40 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.31%) Manufacturing
7 25 (4.31%) Telecoms
8 19 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.28%) Public Sector
9 16 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.24%) Automotive
11 11 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.72%) Advertising
13 8 (1.38%) Law
14 7 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.03%) German Language
16 4 (0.69%) Billing
16 4 (0.69%) Health Technology
17 2 (0.34%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 59 (10.17%) Account Executive
2 44 (7.59%) Senior
3 38 (6.55%) Lead
4 34 (5.86%) Developer
5 31 (5.34%) Sales Executive
6 29 (5.00%) Marketing Manager
7 24 (4.14%) Sales Representative
8 23 (3.97%) Architect
8 23 (3.97%) Marketing Executive
8 23 (3.97%) Sales Manager
9 20 (3.45%) Account Manager
9 20 (3.45%) Analyst
10 19 (3.28%) Support Manager
11 16 (2.76%) Consultant
11 16 (2.76%) Project Manager
12 15 (2.59%) Designer
13 13 (2.24%) Development Manager
13 13 (2.24%) Digital Project Manager
13 13 (2.24%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (2.24%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.62%) .NET
2 14 (2.41%) REST
3 8 (1.38%) React
3 8 (1.38%) SOAP
4 7 (1.21%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.03%) CSS
5 6 (1.03%) Node.js
6 5 (0.86%) Laravel
7 4 (0.69%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.69%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.69%) HTML
8 3 (0.52%) Vue
9 2 (0.34%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.34%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.34%) JSON
9 2 (0.34%) RESTful
9 2 (0.34%) Spring
9 2 (0.34%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.34%) Web Services
9 2 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.03%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.59%) PropTech
3 13 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (2.24%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (1.55%) Cloud Native
5 9 (1.55%) Educational Technology
5 9 (1.55%) Mobile App
5 9 (1.55%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.21%) Digital Signage
7 6 (1.03%) NHS
7 6 (1.03%) Web Conferencing
8 5 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.69%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (0.52%) BBC
10 3 (0.52%) Blog
10 3 (0.52%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.66%) Windows
2 18 (3.10%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.21%) Linux
4 3 (0.52%) Solaris
5 2 (0.34%) Unix
6 1 (0.17%) Debian
6 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (13.62%) CRM
2 65 (11.21%) Business Development
3 58 (10.00%) AI
4 56 (9.66%) B2B
5 51 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (8.45%) Decision-Making
7 48 (8.28%) Problem-Solving
8 47 (8.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 45 (7.76%) ERP
10 43 (7.41%) Lead Generation
11 42 (7.24%) Agile
12 38 (6.55%) Analytics
13 35 (6.03%) E-Commerce
14 32 (5.52%) Logistics
15 31 (5.34%) Mentoring
15 31 (5.34%) Service Delivery
16 29 (5.00%) Client Onboarding
16 29 (5.00%) Software Engineering
17 28 (4.83%) CI/CD
17 28 (4.83%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 28 (4.83%) SQL
2 16 (2.76%) C#
3 15 (2.59%) Python
4 13 (2.24%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.07%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.90%) Java
7 9 (1.55%) PHP
8 8 (1.38%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.69%) Bash
9 4 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.69%) Go
10 2 (0.34%) Ruby
10 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.17%) Bicep
11 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (3.45%) Degree
2 11 (1.90%) ACCA
2 11 (1.90%) CIMA
3 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (1.21%) Security Cleared
5 6 (1.03%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.52%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.34%) CISM
8 2 (0.34%) CISSP
9 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.17%) IISP
9 1 (0.17%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (1.72%) QA
2 8 (1.38%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.38%) GDPR
3 5 (0.86%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.69%) SLA
4 4 (0.69%) SOC 2
5 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.34%) COBIT
6 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.34%) WCAG
7 1 (0.17%) GxP
System Software
1 18 (3.10%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.72%) Docker
3 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (2.07%) Terraform
2 9 (1.55%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.34%) Ansible
4 2 (0.34%) Grafana
4 2 (0.34%) Nessus
4 2 (0.34%) SCCM
5 1 (0.17%) Argo
5 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 51 (8.79%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.62%) HubSpot
3 17 (2.93%) Salesforce
4 15 (2.59%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.07%) Google
6 10 (1.72%) Facebook
6 10 (1.72%) Instagram
7 9 (1.55%) SAP
8 7 (1.21%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.21%) Oracle
9 6 (1.03%) Xamarin
10 5 (0.86%) Zoho
11 4 (0.69%) Adobe
11 4 (0.69%) TikTok
12 3 (0.52%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.52%) VMware
13 2 (0.34%) IFS
13 2 (0.34%) Meraki
13 2 (0.34%) Sybase
13 2 (0.34%) Veracode