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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 73 70
Rank change year-on-year +47 -3 +7
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 574 220 342
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.94% 3.80% 3.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.29% 12.37% 11.69%
Number of salaries quoted 519 166 279
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £78,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £90,250
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 3,319 1,779 2,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.80% 30.73% 27.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,218 1,421 2,180
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,000 £28,000
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 £72,438 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -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 20 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 20 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 +50 461 £60,000 -1.44% 75
East Midlands -10 113 £50,000 -22.48% 35
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 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.52%) CMS
2 3 (0.52%) WordPress
3 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.17%) Confluence
4 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 50 (8.71%) Azure
2 31 (5.40%) AWS
3 23 (4.01%) PaaS
4 21 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (2.96%) Entra ID
6 16 (2.79%) Power Platform
7 13 (2.26%) IaaS
8 10 (1.74%) Meta Ads
9 9 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.39%) Google Sheets
10 8 (1.39%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (1.22%) Boomi
11 7 (1.22%) dbt
11 7 (1.22%) iPaaS
11 7 (1.22%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.22%) Workato
12 6 (1.05%) GCP
12 6 (1.05%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.39%) Firewall
1 8 (1.39%) VPN
2 5 (0.87%) 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 (0.17%) SAN
5 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.57%) 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 (0.17%) 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 9 (1.57%) Git
1 9 (1.57%) JIRA
2 5 (0.87%) Storybook
3 4 (0.70%) GitLab
4 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.35%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.35%) JMeter
5 2 (0.35%) Locust
5 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 94 (16.38%) Marketing
1 94 (16.38%) Social Skills
2 67 (11.67%) Finance
3 53 (9.23%) Retail
4 50 (8.71%) Legal
5 38 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (4.36%) Telecoms
7 24 (4.18%) Manufacturing
8 21 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (3.66%) Public Sector
9 18 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (1.92%) Automotive
10 11 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.74%) Advertising
12 8 (1.39%) Law
13 7 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.05%) German Language
15 4 (0.70%) Billing
15 4 (0.70%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.52%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 56 (9.76%) Account Executive
2 41 (7.14%) Lead
2 41 (7.14%) Senior
3 39 (6.79%) Developer
4 31 (5.40%) Sales Executive
5 28 (4.88%) Architect
5 28 (4.88%) Marketing Manager
6 24 (4.18%) Sales Representative
7 23 (4.01%) Marketing Executive
8 21 (3.66%) Account Manager
8 21 (3.66%) Sales Manager
9 20 (3.48%) Analyst
10 18 (3.14%) Project Manager
11 17 (2.96%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (2.61%) Consultant
12 15 (2.61%) Development Manager
13 14 (2.44%) Technical Support
14 13 (2.26%) Administrator
14 13 (2.26%) Business Development Manager
14 13 (2.26%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.83%) .NET
2 16 (2.79%) REST
3 11 (1.92%) Terraform
4 10 (1.74%) React
5 8 (1.39%) CSS
5 8 (1.39%) Node.js
5 8 (1.39%) SOAP
6 7 (1.22%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.87%) Laravel
8 4 (0.70%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.70%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.70%) HTML
8 4 (0.70%) Next.js
8 4 (0.70%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (0.70%) Vitest
9 3 (0.52%) Vue
9 3 (0.52%) Web Services
10 2 (0.35%) Gherkin
10 2 (0.35%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.57%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.61%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.09%) PropTech
5 10 (1.74%) Educational Technology
6 9 (1.57%) Cloud Native
6 9 (1.57%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.39%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.05%) NHS
8 6 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (0.87%) Digital Signage
9 5 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.87%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
11 3 (0.52%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.70%) Windows
2 18 (3.14%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.22%) Linux
4 3 (0.52%) Solaris
5 2 (0.35%) Unix
6 1 (0.17%) Debian
6 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (13.41%) CRM
2 69 (12.02%) Business Development
3 63 (10.98%) AI
4 52 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (8.89%) Decision-Making
5 51 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 46 (8.01%) Agile
8 44 (7.67%) B2B
9 43 (7.49%) Lead Generation
10 41 (7.14%) ERP
11 35 (6.10%) Analytics
11 35 (6.10%) E-Commerce
12 32 (5.57%) Logistics
12 32 (5.57%) Mentoring
13 31 (5.40%) Coaching
14 29 (5.05%) Software Engineering
15 28 (4.88%) CI/CD
15 28 (4.88%) Customer Service
16 26 (4.53%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 31 (5.40%) SQL
2 17 (2.96%) C#
3 15 (2.61%) JavaScript
3 15 (2.61%) Python
4 14 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.09%) TypeScript
6 11 (1.92%) Java
7 9 (1.57%) PHP
8 4 (0.70%) Bash
8 4 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.70%) Go
9 2 (0.35%) Ruby
9 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.17%) Bicep
10 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (3.48%) Degree
2 11 (1.92%) ACCA
2 11 (1.92%) CIMA
3 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (1.39%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.22%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.52%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.35%) CISM
7 2 (0.35%) CISSP
8 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.17%) IISP
8 1 (0.17%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (1.74%) QA
3 9 (1.57%) GDPR
4 8 (1.39%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.22%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.05%) SLA
7 5 (0.87%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.35%) COBIT
9 2 (0.35%) NIST
9 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.35%) WCAG
10 1 (0.17%) GxP
System Software
1 18 (3.14%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.09%) Docker
3 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.57%) Kubernetes
1 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.35%) Ansible
3 2 (0.35%) Grafana
3 2 (0.35%) Nessus
3 2 (0.35%) SCCM
4 1 (0.17%) Argo
4 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 52 (9.06%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.70%) HubSpot
3 17 (2.96%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.44%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.09%) Google
6 10 (1.74%) Facebook
6 10 (1.74%) Instagram
6 10 (1.74%) SAP
7 9 (1.57%) Oracle
8 7 (1.22%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.05%) Xamarin
10 5 (0.87%) Zoho
11 4 (0.70%) Adobe
11 4 (0.70%) TikTok
12 3 (0.52%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.52%) VMware
13 2 (0.35%) IFS
13 2 (0.35%) Meraki
13 2 (0.35%) Sybase
13 2 (0.35%) Veracode