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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 59 80
Rank change year-on-year +19 +21 +59
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 419 235 285
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.47% 4.31% 3.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.07% 12.70% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 356 166 236
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,625 £31,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.80% -8.40%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,125 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -4.83%

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 3,206 1,851 3,182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.22% 33.95% 35.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,537 1,187 2,791
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £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 3 March 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 3 March 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 +50 300 £55,000 -8.33% 112
East Midlands -13 118 £50,000 -16.67% 135
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 13 (3.10%) IIS
2 10 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.43%) Apache
5 4 (0.95%) WordPress
6 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.72%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.24%) Maximo
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 72 (17.18%) Azure
2 28 (6.68%) AWS
3 19 (4.53%) PaaS
4 11 (2.63%) GitHub
4 11 (2.63%) IaaS
4 11 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.15%) Figma
6 8 (1.91%) Entra ID
6 8 (1.91%) GCP
6 8 (1.91%) GitHub Copilot
7 5 (1.19%) Datadog
7 5 (1.19%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.19%) iPaaS
8 3 (0.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.72%) ClickUp
8 3 (0.72%) Firebase
8 3 (0.72%) OCI
8 3 (0.72%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.16%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (2.39%) DNS
3 8 (1.91%) Firewall
3 8 (1.91%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.43%) DHCP
5 5 (1.19%) SAN
5 5 (1.19%) VLAN
6 4 (0.95%) VPN
7 2 (0.48%) HTTP
7 2 (0.48%) SSL
8 1 (0.24%) 3G
8 1 (0.24%) GPRS
8 1 (0.24%) GSM
8 1 (0.24%) Modbus
8 1 (0.24%) RS-232
8 1 (0.24%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.83%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.63%) MySQL
3 6 (1.43%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.72%) Big Data
5 3 (0.72%) Power BI
5 3 (0.72%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.48%) Tableau
7 1 (0.24%) Metadata
7 1 (0.24%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 16 (3.82%) JIRA
2 8 (1.91%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.19%) Git
4 2 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.48%) JMeter
4 2 (0.48%) Locust
4 2 (0.48%) Selenium
4 2 (0.48%) Storybook
5 1 (0.24%) Postman
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 85 (20.29%) Social Skills
2 58 (13.84%) Retail
3 51 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (6.92%) Marketing
5 25 (5.97%) Legal
6 24 (5.73%) Law
7 23 (5.49%) Finance
8 11 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.91%) Games
9 8 (1.91%) German Language
9 8 (1.91%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.95%) Automotive
12 4 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.48%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.48%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.24%) Digital Healthcare
14 1 (0.24%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 51 (12.17%) Senior
2 37 (8.83%) Account Executive
3 34 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 31 (7.40%) Sales Manager
5 30 (7.16%) Developer
6 29 (6.92%) Analyst
7 27 (6.44%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 24 (5.73%) Support Analyst
8 24 (5.73%) Support Engineer
9 23 (5.49%) Account Manager
10 21 (5.01%) ERP Support
10 21 (5.01%) Lead
11 20 (4.77%) Architect
12 19 (4.53%) Channel Sales Manager
12 19 (4.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 19 (4.53%) Infrastructure Support
12 19 (4.53%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 18 (4.30%) Applications Support
13 18 (4.30%) Designer
14 14 (3.34%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (8.83%) .NET
2 12 (2.86%) React
3 11 (2.63%) HTML
4 10 (2.39%) CSS
4 10 (2.39%) Node.js
5 8 (1.91%) AngularJS
5 8 (1.91%) Blazor
5 8 (1.91%) LAMP
5 8 (1.91%) Material Design
5 8 (1.91%) REST
5 8 (1.91%) WebAssembly
6 5 (1.19%) .NET Framework
6 5 (1.19%) Laravel
6 5 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.19%) Vue
7 4 (0.95%) RESTful
7 4 (0.95%) SOAP
8 3 (0.72%) LDAP
8 3 (0.72%) OAuth
8 3 (0.72%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 65 (15.51%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.53%) EPoS
3 17 (4.06%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.34%) PropTech
5 13 (3.10%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.39%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.19%) Clustering
10 4 (0.95%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.95%) Digital Signage
11 3 (0.72%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.72%) FMCG
11 3 (0.72%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.48%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.48%) NHS
13 1 (0.24%) Blog
13 1 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.24%) Low-Code
13 1 (0.24%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.25%) Windows
2 19 (4.53%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.86%) Linux
4 2 (0.48%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (21.00%) CRM
2 74 (17.66%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (14.80%) Mentoring
4 59 (14.08%) B2B
5 56 (13.37%) ERP
6 54 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 51 (12.17%) Customer Service
8 50 (11.93%) Logistics
9 42 (10.02%) Data Privacy
10 40 (9.55%) AI
11 39 (9.31%) E-Commerce
12 37 (8.83%) Service Delivery
12 37 (8.83%) Software Engineering
13 35 (8.35%) Customer Experience
13 35 (8.35%) Roadmaps
14 34 (8.11%) Analytical Thinking
15 33 (7.88%) Agile
16 31 (7.40%) Root Cause Analysis
17 29 (6.92%) DevOps
18 28 (6.68%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 87 (20.76%) SQL
2 62 (14.80%) C#
3 28 (6.68%) JavaScript
4 17 (4.06%) PHP
5 12 (2.86%) Python
6 9 (2.15%) Java
7 7 (1.67%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.43%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.72%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.48%) Groovy
10 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.48%) Ruby
11 1 (0.24%) C
11 1 (0.24%) C++
11 1 (0.24%) Go
11 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 25 (5.97%) Degree
2 7 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.43%) SC Cleared
3 6 (1.43%) Security Cleared
4 4 (0.95%) AWS Certification
4 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.72%) ACCA
5 3 (0.72%) CIMA
5 3 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.24%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.24%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.50%) QA
2 12 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.39%) WCAG
4 9 (2.15%) GDPR
5 4 (0.95%) SLA
6 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) HL7
7 1 (0.24%) MISRA
7 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.19%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.95%) Docker
4 3 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (2.15%) Terraform
2 6 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.19%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.95%) Ansible
5 3 (0.72%) Grafana
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.24%) Argo
7 1 (0.24%) CASB
7 1 (0.24%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 32 (7.64%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.53%) Oracle
3 18 (4.30%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.39%) Google
5 9 (2.15%) Databricks
6 8 (1.91%) Xamarin
7 7 (1.67%) HubSpot
7 7 (1.67%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.19%) Veeam
9 3 (0.72%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.72%) SAP
10 2 (0.48%) ForgeRock
11 1 (0.24%) Adobe
11 1 (0.24%) Netskope
11 1 (0.24%) Okta
11 1 (0.24%) Pardot
11 1 (0.24%) Zoho