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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 50 70
Rank change year-on-year +15 +20 +5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 580 279 304
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.70% 5.04% 3.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.59% 17.34% 12.46%
Number of salaries quoted 493 218 204
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,625 £37,750 £46,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,688 £71,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,250 £86,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -11.11%

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 3,120 1,609 2,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 19.90% 29.07% 26.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,206 1,276 1,417
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £32,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,449 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £63,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.69% +4.00%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 +26 450 £60,000 +9.09% 151
East Midlands -17 130 £45,000 - 59
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 4 (0.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.52%) CMS
3 3 (0.52%) WordPress
4 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.21%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.86%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 54 (9.31%) Azure
2 34 (5.86%) AWS
3 25 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (2.59%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.24%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.07%) PaaS
7 11 (1.90%) IaaS
8 9 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.55%) Meta Ads
9 8 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.38%) GCP
9 8 (1.38%) Google Sheets
10 7 (1.21%) Boomi
10 7 (1.21%) iPaaS
10 7 (1.21%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.21%) Workato
11 6 (1.03%) Figma
11 6 (1.03%) GitHub
11 6 (1.03%) Google Ads
11 6 (1.03%) Lucidchart
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%) Broadband
4 2 (0.34%) HTTP
4 2 (0.34%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.34%) Network Security
4 2 (0.34%) SSL
4 2 (0.34%) VoIP
5 1 (0.17%) Extranet
5 1 (0.17%) Intranet
5 1 (0.17%) SAN
5 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.59%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.38%) Power BI
2 8 (1.38%) Tableau
3 5 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.69%) Power Query
4 4 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.52%) Big Data
6 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.34%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.17%) MySQL
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (1.38%) Git
2 6 (1.03%) JIRA
3 4 (0.69%) GitLab
3 4 (0.69%) Storybook
3 4 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 130 (22.41%) Social Skills
2 107 (18.45%) Marketing
3 98 (16.90%) Finance
4 51 (8.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (8.62%) Legal
6 47 (8.10%) Retail
7 42 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (4.66%) Public Sector
8 27 (4.66%) Telecoms
9 19 (3.28%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.72%) Advertising
13 10 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.55%) Automotive
15 5 (0.86%) German Language
15 5 (0.86%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.69%) Dutch Language
16 4 (0.69%) French Language
Job Titles
1 70 (12.07%) Account Executive
2 42 (7.24%) Senior
3 37 (6.38%) Sales Executive
4 36 (6.21%) Developer
4 36 (6.21%) Lead
5 34 (5.86%) Architect
6 24 (4.14%) Sales Manager
7 23 (3.97%) Consultant
7 23 (3.97%) Sales Director
8 22 (3.79%) Account Manager
8 22 (3.79%) Development Manager
8 22 (3.79%) Marketing Manager
9 21 (3.62%) Project Manager
10 20 (3.45%) Business Development Manager
10 20 (3.45%) Business Manager
11 19 (3.28%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (3.10%) Sales Account Executive
13 17 (2.93%) Marketing Executive
13 17 (2.93%) Sales Representative
14 15 (2.59%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.10%) .NET
2 17 (2.93%) REST
3 9 (1.55%) Terraform
4 8 (1.38%) Node.js
4 8 (1.38%) React
4 8 (1.38%) SOAP
5 7 (1.21%) CSS
6 6 (1.03%) Laravel
7 5 (0.86%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.69%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.69%) Next.js
8 4 (0.69%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (0.69%) Vitest
8 4 (0.69%) Vue
9 3 (0.52%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (0.52%) HTML
9 3 (0.52%) Web Services
10 2 (0.34%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.34%) Spring
10 2 (0.34%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.72%) Onboarding
2 26 (4.48%) Marketing Technology
3 20 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (3.10%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.07%) PropTech
6 10 (1.72%) Cloud Native
6 10 (1.72%) Educational Technology
6 10 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.21%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.21%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.03%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.03%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.86%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.86%) NHS
11 4 (0.69%) Housing Association
11 4 (0.69%) Social Media
12 3 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.31%) Windows
2 15 (2.59%) 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 98 (16.90%) AI
2 78 (13.45%) CRM
3 71 (12.24%) Business Development
4 68 (11.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 58 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (8.62%) Agile
6 50 (8.62%) B2B
6 50 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (8.62%) Decision-Making
7 43 (7.41%) Lead Generation
7 43 (7.41%) SEO
8 41 (7.07%) ERP
9 39 (6.72%) Analytics
10 38 (6.55%) Coaching
11 37 (6.38%) E-Commerce
11 37 (6.38%) Roadmaps
12 36 (6.21%) Presales
13 35 (6.03%) Content Marketing
13 35 (6.03%) Digital Marketing
14 34 (5.86%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.03%) SQL
2 17 (2.93%) C#
2 17 (2.93%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.76%) JavaScript
4 11 (1.90%) TypeScript
5 10 (1.72%) PHP
6 8 (1.38%) Python
7 4 (0.69%) Bash
7 4 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (0.69%) Go
8 3 (0.52%) Java
8 3 (0.52%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.34%) Bicep
9 2 (0.34%) Ruby
9 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 40 (6.90%) Degree
2 17 (2.93%) Master's Degree
3 14 (2.41%) Security Cleared
4 12 (2.07%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.72%) ACCA
5 10 (1.72%) CIMA
6 9 (1.55%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.34%) CISM
10 2 (0.34%) CISSP
10 2 (0.34%) PMP
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.17%) City & Guilds
11 1 (0.17%) IISP
11 1 (0.17%) ISACA
11 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (2.41%) GDPR
3 7 (1.21%) NIST
4 6 (1.03%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.03%) QA
4 6 (1.03%) SLA
5 5 (0.86%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.34%) COBIT
8 2 (0.34%) GxP
8 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.55%) Docker
3 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.03%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.34%) Ansible
3 2 (0.34%) Nessus
3 2 (0.34%) SCCM
4 1 (0.17%) Argo
4 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.52%) Salesforce
3 31 (5.34%) TikTok
4 29 (5.00%) HubSpot
5 27 (4.66%) Samsung
6 15 (2.59%) Google
7 13 (2.24%) SAP
8 12 (2.07%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.72%) Oracle
10 8 (1.38%) Botify
10 8 (1.38%) Facebook
10 8 (1.38%) Instagram
11 7 (1.21%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.86%) BMC
12 5 (0.86%) Zoho
13 4 (0.69%) Adobe
13 4 (0.69%) Sage
14 3 (0.52%) VMware
15 2 (0.34%) Meraki
15 2 (0.34%) Sybase