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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 64 82
Rank change year-on-year +21 +18 +50
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 383 254 258
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.52% 4.20% 3.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.83% 12.69% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 334 165 217
10th Percentile £29,000 £39,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £84,688 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 2,985 2,001 2,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 35.20% 33.12% 35.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,441 1,167 2,640
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,800 £26,500
25th Percentile £34,674 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,875 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 9 February 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 9 February 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 +48 279 £55,000 -8.33% 81
East Midlands -18 104 £43,750 -27.08% 41
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 17 (4.44%) IIS
2 15 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.83%) Apache
5 4 (1.04%) CMS
5 4 (1.04%) WordPress
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.52%) Trello
3 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.78%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.26%) Maximo
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 70 (18.28%) Azure
2 34 (8.88%) AWS
3 16 (4.18%) PaaS
4 13 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.13%) GitHub
6 10 (2.61%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.35%) Figma
7 9 (2.35%) GCP
7 9 (2.35%) IaaS
8 8 (2.09%) GitHub Copilot
9 6 (1.57%) iPaaS
9 6 (1.57%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.31%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.04%) Datadog
12 3 (0.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.78%) Firebase
12 3 (0.78%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (8.62%) Remote Desktop
2 11 (2.87%) DNS
3 9 (2.35%) Firewall
3 9 (2.35%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.83%) DHCP
5 6 (1.57%) SAN
5 6 (1.57%) VLAN
6 4 (1.04%) VPN
7 2 (0.52%) HTTP
7 2 (0.52%) SSL
8 1 (0.26%) 3G
8 1 (0.26%) GPRS
8 1 (0.26%) GSM
8 1 (0.26%) Modbus
8 1 (0.26%) RS-232
8 1 (0.26%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.18%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.87%) MySQL
3 10 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.83%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.57%) Power BI
6 4 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.78%) Big Data
7 3 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.52%) Tableau
9 1 (0.26%) Looker
9 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.26%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (0.26%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (3.92%) JIRA
2 8 (2.09%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.31%) Git
4 4 (1.04%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (0.78%) Selenium
6 2 (0.52%) Postman
6 2 (0.52%) Storybook
7 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.26%) JMeter
7 1 (0.26%) Locust
7 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 91 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 49 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (12.01%) Retail
4 26 (6.79%) Law
5 23 (6.01%) Marketing
6 17 (4.44%) Finance
7 16 (4.18%) Legal
8 9 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.09%) Games
9 8 (2.09%) German Language
9 8 (2.09%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.57%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.52%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.52%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.26%) Banking
13 1 (0.26%) Billing
13 1 (0.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (10.70%) Senior
2 37 (9.66%) 2nd Line Support
3 31 (8.09%) Account Executive
3 31 (8.09%) Developer
4 29 (7.57%) Analyst
5 27 (7.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 26 (6.79%) Sales Manager
6 26 (6.79%) Support Engineer
7 23 (6.01%) Account Manager
7 23 (6.01%) Applications Support
7 23 (6.01%) Support Analyst
8 22 (5.74%) Architect
9 20 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 20 (5.22%) Lead
10 19 (4.96%) Channel Sales Manager
10 19 (4.96%) Infrastructure Support
10 19 (4.96%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 16 (4.18%) Technical Support
12 15 (3.92%) ERP Support
13 14 (3.66%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (10.44%) .NET
2 14 (3.66%) React
3 11 (2.87%) HTML
4 10 (2.61%) CSS
4 10 (2.61%) LAMP
4 10 (2.61%) Node.js
4 10 (2.61%) REST
5 9 (2.35%) Blazor
6 8 (2.09%) Material Design
6 8 (2.09%) WebAssembly
7 6 (1.57%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.57%) SOAP
8 5 (1.31%) Laravel
8 5 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.31%) RESTful
8 5 (1.31%) Vue
9 4 (1.04%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.78%) LDAP
10 3 (0.78%) OAuth
10 3 (0.78%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 60 (15.67%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.96%) EPoS
3 18 (4.70%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (3.39%) Mobile App
5 12 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (2.09%) PropTech
7 6 (1.57%) Clustering
8 4 (1.04%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.78%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.78%) FMCG
9 3 (0.78%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.52%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.52%) NHS
11 1 (0.26%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.26%) Digital Signage
11 1 (0.26%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.26%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.74%) Windows
2 19 (4.96%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.66%) Linux
4 2 (0.52%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (22.72%) CRM
2 76 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (18.28%) Mentoring
4 57 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (13.32%) Logistics
6 47 (12.27%) ERP
7 45 (11.75%) Customer Service
8 43 (11.23%) B2B
9 42 (10.97%) E-Commerce
10 40 (10.44%) Data Privacy
11 38 (9.92%) Software Engineering
12 37 (9.66%) Agile
12 37 (9.66%) AI
12 37 (9.66%) Analytical Thinking
12 37 (9.66%) Root Cause Analysis
13 33 (8.62%) Roadmaps
14 31 (8.09%) CI/CD
15 30 (7.83%) DevOps
15 30 (7.83%) Service Delivery
16 28 (7.31%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 97 (25.33%) SQL
2 69 (18.02%) C#
3 32 (8.36%) JavaScript
4 21 (5.48%) PHP
5 15 (3.92%) Python
6 9 (2.35%) Java
7 7 (1.83%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.83%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.04%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.52%) Groovy
9 2 (0.52%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.52%) Ruby
10 1 (0.26%) Bicep
10 1 (0.26%) C
10 1 (0.26%) C++
10 1 (0.26%) Go
10 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 27 (7.05%) Degree
2 9 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.57%) Master's Degree
3 6 (1.57%) SC Cleared
3 6 (1.57%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.04%) AWS Certification
4 4 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.04%) PMI Certification
4 4 (1.04%) PMP
5 3 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.26%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (12.53%) QA
2 11 (2.87%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.35%) GDPR
3 9 (2.35%) WCAG
4 7 (1.83%) SLA
5 5 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.52%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.26%) HL7
7 1 (0.26%) MISRA
System Software
1 14 (3.66%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.57%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.78%) Docker
3 3 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (2.09%) Terraform
2 6 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (1.31%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.04%) Ansible
4 4 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.52%) Grafana
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.26%) Argo
6 1 (0.26%) CASB
6 1 (0.26%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 41 (10.70%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.01%) Oracle
3 20 (5.22%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.87%) Databricks
5 10 (2.61%) Google
6 9 (2.35%) HubSpot
7 8 (2.09%) Xamarin
8 6 (1.57%) Veeam
9 5 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.78%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.78%) SAP
11 2 (0.52%) ForgeRock
12 1 (0.26%) Adobe
12 1 (0.26%) Netskope
12 1 (0.26%) Okta
12 1 (0.26%) Pardot
12 1 (0.26%) Zoho