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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 62 71
Rank change year-on-year +24 +9 +62
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 426 225 327
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.37% 4.29% 3.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.06% 12.55% 9.48%
Number of salaries quoted 362 163 268
10th Percentile £30,050 £36,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,250 £75,000 £78,938
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £91,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -4.84%

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 3,263 1,793 3,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.44% 34.15% 35.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,530 1,239 3,006
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,600 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -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 10 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 10 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 +47 306 £55,000 -8.33% 50
East Midlands -15 119 £50,000 -16.67% 34
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 9 (2.11%) IIS
2 8 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.41%) Apache
4 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.94%) WordPress
6 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.70%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.23%) Maximo
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 69 (16.20%) Azure
2 27 (6.34%) AWS
3 22 (5.16%) PaaS
4 12 (2.82%) IaaS
5 11 (2.58%) GitHub
6 9 (2.11%) Entra ID
6 9 (2.11%) Figma
7 8 (1.88%) GCP
7 8 (1.88%) GitHub Copilot
7 8 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.41%) dbt
9 5 (1.17%) Datadog
9 5 (1.17%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.70%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.70%) Firebase
10 3 (0.70%) iPaaS
10 3 (0.70%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.57%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (1.88%) DNS
3 6 (1.41%) Firewall
3 6 (1.41%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.94%) DHCP
4 4 (0.94%) VPN
5 3 (0.70%) SAN
5 3 (0.70%) VLAN
6 2 (0.47%) HTTP
6 2 (0.47%) SSL
7 1 (0.23%) 3G
7 1 (0.23%) GPRS
7 1 (0.23%) GSM
7 1 (0.23%) Modbus
7 1 (0.23%) RS-232
7 1 (0.23%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.98%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.58%) MySQL
3 6 (1.41%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.70%) Big Data
5 3 (0.70%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.47%) Power BI
6 2 (0.47%) Tableau
7 1 (0.23%) Metadata
7 1 (0.23%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 15 (3.52%) JIRA
2 8 (1.88%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.17%) Git
4 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.47%) JMeter
4 2 (0.47%) Locust
4 2 (0.47%) Selenium
4 2 (0.47%) Storybook
5 1 (0.23%) Postman
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 77 (18.08%) Social Skills
2 60 (14.08%) Retail
3 49 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.98%) Marketing
5 26 (6.10%) Legal
6 23 (5.40%) Finance
7 22 (5.16%) Law
8 12 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.88%) Games
9 8 (1.88%) German Language
9 8 (1.88%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.17%) Automotive
12 4 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.47%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.47%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.23%) Brand Awareness
14 1 (0.23%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 53 (12.44%) Senior
2 37 (8.69%) Account Executive
3 34 (7.98%) Sales Manager
4 32 (7.51%) 2nd Line Support
5 29 (6.81%) Analyst
5 29 (6.81%) Developer
6 27 (6.34%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 25 (5.87%) Support Analyst
8 23 (5.40%) Account Manager
9 22 (5.16%) ERP Support
9 22 (5.16%) Lead
10 20 (4.69%) Architect
10 20 (4.69%) Support Engineer
11 19 (4.46%) Channel Sales Manager
11 19 (4.46%) Designer
12 17 (3.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (3.99%) Infrastructure Support
12 17 (3.99%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 16 (3.76%) Applications Support
14 15 (3.52%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.98%) .NET
2 11 (2.58%) HTML
2 11 (2.58%) React
3 10 (2.35%) CSS
3 10 (2.35%) Node.js
4 9 (2.11%) AngularJS
5 8 (1.88%) Blazor
5 8 (1.88%) Material Design
5 8 (1.88%) WebAssembly
6 6 (1.41%) LAMP
6 6 (1.41%) REST
7 5 (1.17%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.17%) Laravel
7 5 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.17%) Vue
8 4 (0.94%) RESTful
9 3 (0.70%) LDAP
9 3 (0.70%) OAuth
9 3 (0.70%) PySpark
9 3 (0.70%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 64 (15.02%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.46%) EPoS
3 16 (3.76%) Product Ownership
3 16 (3.76%) PropTech
4 13 (3.05%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.41%) Digital Signage
8 3 (0.70%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.70%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.70%) Clustering
8 3 (0.70%) FMCG
8 3 (0.70%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.47%) NHS
10 1 (0.23%) Blog
10 1 (0.23%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.23%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.23%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.23%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.93%) Windows
2 18 (4.23%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.35%) Linux
4 2 (0.47%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (19.72%) CRM
2 72 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (14.55%) B2B
4 59 (13.85%) Mentoring
5 55 (12.91%) ERP
6 52 (12.21%) Customer Service
7 49 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (11.50%) Logistics
8 41 (9.62%) AI
8 41 (9.62%) Data Privacy
9 39 (9.15%) Service Delivery
10 37 (8.69%) E-Commerce
11 36 (8.45%) Customer Experience
11 36 (8.45%) Software Engineering
12 34 (7.98%) Roadmaps
13 32 (7.51%) Analytical Thinking
14 31 (7.28%) Agile
15 28 (6.57%) CI/CD
15 28 (6.57%) DevOps
15 28 (6.57%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 83 (19.48%) SQL
2 57 (13.38%) C#
3 24 (5.63%) JavaScript
4 13 (3.05%) PHP
4 13 (3.05%) Python
5 10 (2.35%) Java
6 7 (1.64%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.41%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.70%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.47%) Groovy
9 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.47%) Ruby
10 1 (0.23%) C
10 1 (0.23%) C++
10 1 (0.23%) Go
10 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 21 (4.93%) Degree
2 6 (1.41%) SC Cleared
2 6 (1.41%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (0.94%) AWS Certification
4 4 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.70%) ACCA
5 3 (0.70%) CIMA
5 3 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.23%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.86%) QA
2 12 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.35%) WCAG
4 7 (1.64%) GDPR
5 3 (0.70%) SLA
6 2 (0.47%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.23%) HL7
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.23%) MISRA
7 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (2.58%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.94%) Docker
3 3 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (2.11%) Terraform
2 6 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.94%) Ansible
4 3 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (0.70%) Grafana
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.23%) Argo
6 1 (0.23%) CASB
6 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 27 (6.34%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.76%) Salesforce
3 15 (3.52%) Oracle
4 10 (2.35%) Google
5 9 (2.11%) Databricks
6 8 (1.88%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.88%) Xamarin
7 5 (1.17%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.70%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.70%) SAP
8 3 (0.70%) Veeam
9 2 (0.47%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.23%) Adobe
10 1 (0.23%) Netskope
10 1 (0.23%) Okta
10 1 (0.23%) Pardot
10 1 (0.23%) Zoho