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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 68 70
Rank change year-on-year +41 +2 +11
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 569 212 364
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.07% 3.70% 3.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.00% 12.00% 11.53%
Number of salaries quoted 510 157 307
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £79,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £67,750 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.23% +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 3,348 1,767 3,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.93% 30.86% 28.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,202 1,426 2,438
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,600
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.10% -1.71%
75th Percentile £72,188 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,375
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 31 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 31 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 +62 447 £60,000 - 82
East Midlands -12 121 £54,500 -12.80% 30
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 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.53%) CMS
2 3 (0.53%) WordPress
3 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (7.91%) Azure
2 27 (4.75%) AWS
3 18 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (3.16%) PaaS
4 16 (2.81%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.28%) Power Platform
6 10 (1.76%) Meta Ads
7 9 (1.58%) IaaS
8 8 (1.41%) Google Sheets
9 7 (1.23%) dbt
9 7 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.05%) Figma
11 5 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.88%) Boomi
11 5 (0.88%) iPaaS
11 5 (0.88%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.88%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.88%) Workato
12 4 (0.70%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.23%) Firewall
1 7 (1.23%) VPN
2 4 (0.70%) DNS
3 3 (0.53%) 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 (0.18%) SAN
5 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.41%) Power BI
3 3 (0.53%) Power Query
3 3 (0.53%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.35%) 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%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (1.93%) JIRA
2 6 (1.05%) Git
3 5 (0.88%) Storybook
4 2 (0.35%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.35%) GitLab
4 2 (0.35%) JMeter
4 2 (0.35%) Locust
4 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 101 (17.75%) Marketing
2 81 (14.24%) Social Skills
3 59 (10.37%) Finance
3 59 (10.37%) Retail
4 51 (8.96%) Legal
5 39 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (4.04%) Telecoms
7 21 (3.69%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.81%) Public Sector
9 15 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.11%) Automotive
11 9 (1.58%) Advertising
11 9 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.58%) Law
12 7 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.05%) German Language
14 4 (0.70%) Billing
14 4 (0.70%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.35%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 59 (10.37%) Account Executive
2 44 (7.73%) Senior
3 33 (5.80%) Lead
4 30 (5.27%) Developer
4 30 (5.27%) Marketing Manager
5 29 (5.10%) Sales Executive
6 24 (4.22%) Sales Manager
7 23 (4.04%) Marketing Executive
7 23 (4.04%) Sales Representative
8 20 (3.51%) Account Manager
8 20 (3.51%) Analyst
8 20 (3.51%) Architect
9 19 (3.34%) Support Manager
10 15 (2.64%) Consultant
10 15 (2.64%) Designer
11 14 (2.46%) Development Manager
12 13 (2.28%) Head of Marketing
12 13 (2.28%) Service Manager
13 12 (2.11%) Business Development Manager
13 12 (2.11%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.51%) .NET
2 12 (2.11%) REST
3 10 (1.76%) AngularJS
4 9 (1.58%) React
5 8 (1.41%) CSS
6 6 (1.05%) HTML
6 6 (1.05%) SOAP
7 5 (0.88%) Laravel
8 4 (0.70%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.70%) Node.js
8 4 (0.70%) RESTful
9 3 (0.53%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.53%) HTML5
9 3 (0.53%) Sass
10 2 (0.35%) Bootstrap
10 2 (0.35%) NestJS
10 2 (0.35%) Next.js
10 2 (0.35%) Redux
10 2 (0.35%) Tailwind CSS
10 2 (0.35%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.98%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.64%) PropTech
3 14 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (1.93%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.58%) Cloud Native
6 9 (1.58%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.41%) Educational Technology
7 8 (1.41%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.23%) Digital Signage
9 6 (1.05%) NHS
9 6 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
12 3 (0.53%) BBC
12 3 (0.53%) Blog
12 3 (0.53%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.53%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.22%) Windows
2 16 (2.81%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.05%) Linux
4 3 (0.53%) Solaris
5 2 (0.35%) Unix
6 1 (0.18%) Debian
6 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (13.36%) CRM
2 65 (11.42%) Business Development
3 60 (10.54%) B2B
4 53 (9.31%) AI
5 48 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (8.08%) Decision-Making
7 43 (7.56%) ERP
7 43 (7.56%) Lead Generation
7 43 (7.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (7.21%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (6.85%) Analytics
10 36 (6.33%) Agile
11 35 (6.15%) E-Commerce
12 33 (5.80%) Software Engineering
13 32 (5.62%) Logistics
14 31 (5.45%) Mentoring
15 30 (5.27%) Service Delivery
16 29 (5.10%) Roadmaps
17 28 (4.92%) Client Onboarding
18 27 (4.75%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 27 (4.75%) SQL
2 15 (2.64%) C#
2 15 (2.64%) Python
3 12 (2.11%) JavaScript
4 11 (1.93%) Java
4 11 (1.93%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.58%) PHP
6 8 (1.41%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.70%) Go
8 3 (0.53%) Bash
8 3 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.35%) Ruby
9 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.18%) Bicep
10 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (3.16%) Degree
2 11 (1.93%) ACCA
2 11 (1.93%) CIMA
3 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (0.88%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.70%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.35%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.35%) CISM
7 2 (0.35%) CISSP
8 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.18%) IISP
8 1 (0.18%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (1.93%) QA
2 9 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.41%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.23%) GDPR
5 4 (0.70%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.35%) COBIT
7 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.35%) SLA
7 2 (0.35%) WCAG
8 1 (0.18%) GxP
System Software
1 16 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.58%) Docker
3 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (1.93%) Terraform
2 8 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.35%) Ansible
4 2 (0.35%) Grafana
4 2 (0.35%) Nessus
5 1 (0.18%) Argo
5 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (8.26%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.16%) HubSpot
3 15 (2.64%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.28%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.11%) Google
6 10 (1.76%) Facebook
6 10 (1.76%) Instagram
7 7 (1.23%) Oracle
7 7 (1.23%) SAP
8 6 (1.05%) Xamarin
9 5 (0.88%) MuleSoft
9 5 (0.88%) Zoho
10 4 (0.70%) Adobe
10 4 (0.70%) TikTok
11 3 (0.53%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.35%) Meraki
12 2 (0.35%) Sybase
12 2 (0.35%) Tenable
12 2 (0.35%) VMware
13 1 (0.18%) CrowdStrike