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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 61 90
Rank change year-on-year +21 +29 +32
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 364 263 187
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.58% 4.20% 2.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.71% 12.86% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 319 173 152
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +2.13% -9.62%
75th Percentile £84,375 £73,750 £73,125
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £89,900
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% -3.57%

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 2,865 2,045 2,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 36.06% 32.64% 36.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,395 1,179 2,043
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,674 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,950 £79,600 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 19 January 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 19 January 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 +47 265 £55,000 -8.33% 156
East Midlands -16 99 £35,000 -41.67% 316
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 17 (4.67%) IIS
2 14 (3.85%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.92%) Apache
5 5 (1.37%) CMS
6 4 (1.10%) WordPress
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (0.82%) Trello
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.55%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.27%) Maximo
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 65 (17.86%) Azure
2 38 (10.44%) AWS
3 18 (4.95%) PaaS
4 12 (3.30%) GitHub
4 12 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.47%) Entra ID
5 9 (2.47%) Figma
5 9 (2.47%) GCP
6 8 (2.20%) IaaS
7 7 (1.92%) GitHub Copilot
7 7 (1.92%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.65%) iPaaS
8 6 (1.65%) OCI
9 5 (1.37%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.10%) Datadog
10 4 (1.10%) Serverless
11 3 (0.82%) Azure AKS
11 3 (0.82%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (0.82%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 36 (9.89%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (2.75%) DNS
3 9 (2.47%) Firewall
4 8 (2.20%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.92%) DHCP
6 6 (1.65%) SAN
6 6 (1.65%) VLAN
7 3 (0.82%) VPN
8 2 (0.55%) HTTP
9 1 (0.27%) 3G
9 1 (0.27%) GPRS
9 1 (0.27%) GSM
9 1 (0.27%) Modbus
9 1 (0.27%) RS-232
9 1 (0.27%) RS-485
9 1 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.89%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.30%) MySQL
3 10 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.92%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.92%) Power BI
5 4 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.82%) Big Data
7 2 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.55%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.55%) Tableau
8 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.27%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.27%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (4.40%) JIRA
2 7 (1.92%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.37%) Git
4 4 (1.10%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (1.10%) Selenium
5 2 (0.55%) Postman
6 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.27%) JMeter
6 1 (0.27%) Locust
General
1 99 (27.20%) Social Skills
2 53 (14.56%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (12.09%) Retail
4 23 (6.32%) Law
5 20 (5.49%) Marketing
6 19 (5.22%) Finance
7 15 (4.12%) Legal
8 9 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.47%) Games
9 8 (2.20%) German Language
9 8 (2.20%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.37%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.82%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.55%) Dutch Language
14 2 (0.55%) Local Government
15 1 (0.27%) Advertising
15 1 (0.27%) Billing
Job Titles
1 40 (10.99%) 2nd Line Support
2 39 (10.71%) Senior
3 29 (7.97%) Account Executive
4 28 (7.69%) Analyst
4 28 (7.69%) Developer
5 27 (7.42%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 26 (7.14%) Sales Manager
7 25 (6.87%) Architect
7 25 (6.87%) Lead
7 25 (6.87%) Support Engineer
8 24 (6.59%) Applications Support
9 22 (6.04%) Support Analyst
10 20 (5.49%) Account Manager
10 20 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (5.22%) Channel Sales Manager
11 19 (5.22%) Infrastructure Support
11 19 (5.22%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 16 (4.40%) Technical Support
13 14 (3.85%) Software Analyst
13 14 (3.85%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.16%) .NET
2 16 (4.40%) React
3 10 (2.75%) HTML
3 10 (2.75%) LAMP
3 10 (2.75%) REST
4 9 (2.47%) CSS
4 9 (2.47%) Node.js
5 8 (2.20%) Blazor
6 7 (1.92%) Material Design
6 7 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.92%) WebAssembly
7 6 (1.65%) SOAP
8 5 (1.37%) Laravel
8 5 (1.37%) Vue
9 4 (1.10%) RESTful
10 3 (0.82%) Next.js
10 3 (0.82%) OAuth
10 3 (0.82%) PySpark
10 3 (0.82%) React Native
11 2 (0.55%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 57 (15.66%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.77%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.22%) EPoS
4 12 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.30%) Linux Command Line
5 11 (3.02%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.65%) Clustering
6 6 (1.65%) PropTech
7 5 (1.37%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.82%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.82%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.55%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.55%) FMCG
9 2 (0.55%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.55%) NHS
9 2 (0.55%) Social Media
10 1 (0.27%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.27%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.49%) Windows
2 18 (4.95%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.85%) Linux
4 2 (0.55%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (22.53%) CRM
2 81 (22.25%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (21.15%) Mentoring
4 65 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (14.56%) Logistics
6 47 (12.91%) ERP
7 44 (12.09%) Agile
7 44 (12.09%) E-Commerce
8 43 (11.81%) Customer Service
9 41 (11.26%) Analytical Thinking
9 41 (11.26%) Root Cause Analysis
10 39 (10.71%) Data Privacy
11 36 (9.89%) Software Engineering
12 35 (9.62%) AI
13 34 (9.34%) B2B
14 33 (9.07%) CI/CD
14 33 (9.07%) Roadmaps
15 31 (8.52%) DevOps
16 26 (7.14%) Customer Experience
16 26 (7.14%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 99 (27.20%) SQL
2 72 (19.78%) C#
3 29 (7.97%) JavaScript
4 21 (5.77%) PHP
5 16 (4.40%) Python
6 10 (2.75%) Java
7 7 (1.92%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.10%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.55%) Go
9 2 (0.55%) Groovy
9 2 (0.55%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.55%) Ruby
10 1 (0.27%) Bicep
10 1 (0.27%) C
10 1 (0.27%) C++
10 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 28 (7.69%) Degree
2 9 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.65%) Master's Degree
3 6 (1.65%) SC Cleared
3 6 (1.65%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.37%) PMI Certification
4 5 (1.37%) PMP
5 4 (1.10%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.27%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (13.19%) QA
2 9 (2.47%) GDPR
2 9 (2.47%) SLA
3 8 (2.20%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.20%) WCAG
4 6 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.27%) HL7
6 1 (0.27%) MISRA
6 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.65%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.82%) Docker
3 3 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (2.47%) Terraform
2 6 (1.65%) Failover Clustering
2 6 (1.65%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.10%) Ansible
4 3 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.55%) Grafana
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.27%) Argo
6 1 (0.27%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 38 (10.44%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.42%) Oracle
3 18 (4.95%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.02%) Databricks
5 10 (2.75%) Google
6 8 (2.20%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.65%) Veeam
7 6 (1.65%) Xamarin
8 3 (0.82%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.82%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.55%) Adobe
9 2 (0.55%) ForgeRock
9 2 (0.55%) SAP
10 1 (0.27%) Pardot