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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 72 69
Rank change year-on-year +45 -3 +14
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 566 212 367
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.06% 3.72% 3.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.88% 12.06% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 507 157 310
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 £79,313
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £69,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.92% +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 3,354 1,758 3,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.07% 30.83% 28.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,193 1,417 2,453
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,950 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £72,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
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 30 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 30 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 +54 447 £60,000 - 98
East Midlands -14 118 £54,750 -12.40% 27
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 (1.77%) 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 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.71%) 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 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (7.95%) Azure
2 27 (4.77%) AWS
3 18 (3.18%) PaaS
4 17 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (2.65%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.30%) Power Platform
7 10 (1.77%) Meta Ads
8 9 (1.59%) IaaS
9 8 (1.41%) Google Sheets
10 7 (1.24%) dbt
10 7 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.06%) Figma
12 5 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.88%) Boomi
12 5 (0.88%) iPaaS
12 5 (0.88%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.88%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.88%) Workato
13 4 (0.71%) Google Ads
13 4 (0.71%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.24%) VPN
2 6 (1.06%) Firewall
3 4 (0.71%) DNS
4 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.35%) HTTP
5 2 (0.35%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.35%) SSL
6 1 (0.18%) Network Security
6 1 (0.18%) SAN
6 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.71%) 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 (1.94%) JIRA
2 6 (1.06%) 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 (17.84%) Marketing
2 81 (14.31%) Social Skills
3 59 (10.42%) Retail
4 58 (10.25%) Finance
5 51 (9.01%) Legal
6 39 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (3.89%) Telecoms
8 21 (3.71%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.83%) Public Sector
10 15 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.12%) Automotive
12 9 (1.59%) Advertising
12 9 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.59%) Law
13 7 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.06%) German Language
15 4 (0.71%) Billing
15 4 (0.71%) Health Technology
16 2 (0.35%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 59 (10.42%) Account Executive
2 44 (7.77%) Senior
3 33 (5.83%) Lead
4 30 (5.30%) Developer
4 30 (5.30%) Marketing Manager
5 29 (5.12%) Sales Executive
6 24 (4.24%) Sales Manager
7 23 (4.06%) Marketing Executive
8 22 (3.89%) Sales Representative
9 20 (3.53%) Account Manager
9 20 (3.53%) Analyst
9 20 (3.53%) Architect
10 19 (3.36%) Support Manager
11 15 (2.65%) Consultant
11 15 (2.65%) Designer
12 14 (2.47%) Development Manager
13 13 (2.30%) Head of Marketing
13 13 (2.30%) Service Manager
14 12 (2.12%) Business Development Manager
14 12 (2.12%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.53%) .NET
2 12 (2.12%) REST
3 10 (1.77%) AngularJS
4 9 (1.59%) React
5 8 (1.41%) CSS
6 6 (1.06%) HTML
6 6 (1.06%) SOAP
7 5 (0.88%) Laravel
8 4 (0.71%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.71%) Node.js
8 4 (0.71%) RESTful
9 3 (0.53%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.53%) HTML5
9 3 (0.53%) Sass
10 2 (0.35%) Gherkin
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 (6.01%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.65%) PropTech
3 14 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (1.94%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.59%) Cloud Native
6 9 (1.59%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.41%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.24%) Digital Signage
8 7 (1.24%) Educational Technology
9 6 (1.06%) NHS
9 6 (1.06%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.71%) Marketing Technology
12 3 (0.53%) BBC
12 3 (0.53%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.53%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.24%) Windows
2 16 (2.83%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.06%) 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 (13.43%) CRM
2 64 (11.31%) Business Development
3 60 (10.60%) B2B
4 53 (9.36%) AI
5 48 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (8.13%) Decision-Making
7 43 (7.60%) ERP
7 43 (7.60%) Lead Generation
8 42 (7.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (7.24%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (6.89%) Analytics
11 36 (6.36%) Agile
12 35 (6.18%) E-Commerce
13 33 (5.83%) Software Engineering
14 32 (5.65%) Logistics
15 31 (5.48%) Mentoring
16 30 (5.30%) Service Delivery
17 29 (5.12%) Roadmaps
18 28 (4.95%) Client Onboarding
19 27 (4.77%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 27 (4.77%) SQL
2 15 (2.65%) C#
2 15 (2.65%) Python
3 12 (2.12%) JavaScript
4 11 (1.94%) Java
5 10 (1.77%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.59%) PHP
7 8 (1.41%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.71%) Go
9 3 (0.53%) Bash
9 3 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.35%) Ruby
10 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.18%) Bicep
11 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (3.18%) Degree
2 11 (1.94%) ACCA
2 11 (1.94%) CIMA
3 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (0.88%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.71%) 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 (1.94%) QA
2 8 (1.41%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.24%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.24%) GDPR
4 4 (0.71%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.35%) COBIT
5 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.35%) SLA
5 2 (0.35%) WCAG
6 1 (0.18%) GxP
System Software
1 16 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.59%) Docker
3 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (1.77%) Terraform
2 8 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.35%) Ansible
5 2 (0.35%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Nessus
6 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 46 (8.13%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.18%) HubSpot
3 15 (2.65%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.30%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.12%) Google
6 10 (1.77%) Facebook
6 10 (1.77%) Instagram
7 7 (1.24%) Oracle
7 7 (1.24%) SAP
8 6 (1.06%) Xamarin
9 5 (0.88%) MuleSoft
9 5 (0.88%) Zoho
10 4 (0.71%) Adobe
10 4 (0.71%) TikTok
11 3 (0.53%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.35%) Sybase
12 2 (0.35%) VMware
13 1 (0.18%) IFS
13 1 (0.18%) Informatica
13 1 (0.18%) Veracode