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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 64 71
Rank change year-on-year +33 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 562 237 313
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.70% 4.16% 3.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.80% 13.84% 11.72%
Number of salaries quoted 514 182 238
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,125 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £87,875
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -11.11%

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 3,346 1,712 2,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.05% 30.04% 26.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,268 1,359 1,772
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,050 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £32,500 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,500 £65,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £63,750 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -4.00% -3.85%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 +38 453 £60,000 -0.41% 119
East Midlands -24 109 £45,000 -29.69% 95
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 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.53%) CMS
2 3 (0.53%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.53%) WordPress
3 1 (0.18%) Confluence
3 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.25%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 53 (9.43%) Azure
2 32 (5.69%) AWS
3 26 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (3.02%) PaaS
5 16 (2.85%) Power Platform
6 15 (2.67%) Entra ID
7 12 (2.14%) IaaS
8 10 (1.78%) Meta Ads
9 9 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.42%) Google Sheets
10 8 (1.42%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (1.25%) Boomi
11 7 (1.25%) GCP
11 7 (1.25%) iPaaS
11 7 (1.25%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.25%) Workato
12 6 (1.07%) Lucidchart
12 6 (1.07%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.42%) Firewall
1 8 (1.42%) VPN
2 5 (0.89%) DNS
3 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.36%) HTTP
4 2 (0.36%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.36%) Network Security
4 2 (0.36%) SSL
5 1 (0.18%) SAN
5 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.02%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.60%) Power BI
3 4 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.71%) Power Query
3 4 (0.71%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.36%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
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%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (1.60%) Git
2 7 (1.25%) JIRA
3 5 (0.89%) Storybook
4 4 (0.71%) GitLab
5 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) JMeter
7 1 (0.18%) Locust
7 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 99 (17.62%) Social Skills
2 86 (15.30%) Marketing
3 66 (11.74%) Finance
4 49 (8.72%) Legal
5 40 (7.12%) Retail
6 35 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.45%) Telecoms
8 23 (4.09%) Public Sector
9 21 (3.74%) Manufacturing
10 20 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.78%) Advertising
14 9 (1.60%) Automotive
15 7 (1.25%) Law
15 7 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.07%) German Language
17 4 (0.71%) Billing
17 4 (0.71%) Health Technology
18 3 (0.53%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 52 (9.25%) Account Executive
2 42 (7.47%) Senior
3 37 (6.58%) Developer
4 34 (6.05%) Architect
5 32 (5.69%) Lead
5 32 (5.69%) Sales Executive
6 27 (4.80%) Marketing Manager
7 24 (4.27%) Sales Representative
8 23 (4.09%) Marketing Executive
9 22 (3.91%) Account Manager
10 21 (3.74%) Consultant
11 20 (3.56%) Development Manager
12 19 (3.38%) Project Manager
13 18 (3.20%) Analyst
13 18 (3.20%) Business Development Manager
13 18 (3.20%) Business Manager
13 18 (3.20%) Sales Director
14 17 (3.02%) Full-Stack Developer
14 17 (3.02%) Sales Manager
15 14 (2.49%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.56%) .NET
2 16 (2.85%) REST
3 10 (1.78%) Terraform
4 9 (1.60%) React
5 8 (1.42%) CSS
5 8 (1.42%) SOAP
6 7 (1.25%) Node.js
7 5 (0.89%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.89%) Laravel
8 4 (0.71%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.71%) HTML
8 4 (0.71%) Next.js
8 4 (0.71%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (0.71%) Vitest
9 3 (0.53%) Vue
9 3 (0.53%) Web Services
10 2 (0.36%) RESTful
10 2 (0.36%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.36%) XML
10 2 (0.36%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.52%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.67%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (1.78%) Educational Technology
5 9 (1.60%) Cloud Native
5 9 (1.60%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.42%) PropTech
7 7 (1.25%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.07%) NHS
8 6 (1.07%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.89%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.71%) Housing Association
10 4 (0.71%) Marketing Technology
11 3 (0.53%) Augmented Reality
11 3 (0.53%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.45%) Windows
2 16 (2.85%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.25%) Linux
4 3 (0.53%) Solaris
5 2 (0.36%) Unix
6 1 (0.18%) Debian
6 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (12.99%) Business Development
1 73 (12.99%) CRM
2 58 (10.32%) AI
3 54 (9.61%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (9.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (8.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (8.36%) Agile
7 46 (8.19%) Decision-Making
8 43 (7.65%) ERP
8 43 (7.65%) Lead Generation
9 37 (6.58%) B2B
10 34 (6.05%) E-Commerce
11 32 (5.69%) Logistics
12 31 (5.52%) Coaching
12 31 (5.52%) Mentoring
13 30 (5.34%) Presales
13 30 (5.34%) Software Engineering
14 27 (4.80%) CI/CD
14 27 (4.80%) Commercial Awareness
14 27 (4.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 34 (6.05%) SQL
2 17 (3.02%) JavaScript
2 17 (3.02%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.67%) C#
4 11 (1.96%) TypeScript
5 10 (1.78%) Python
6 9 (1.60%) PHP
7 6 (1.07%) Java
8 4 (0.71%) Bash
8 4 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.71%) Go
9 2 (0.36%) Ruby
9 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.18%) Bicep
10 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (3.56%) Degree
2 8 (1.42%) ACCA
2 8 (1.42%) CIMA
2 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (1.42%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.25%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (0.89%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.36%) CISM
6 2 (0.36%) CISSP
6 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.18%) IISP
7 1 (0.18%) ISACA
7 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (2.49%) GDPR
3 8 (1.42%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.25%) QA
4 7 (1.25%) SLA
5 6 (1.07%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.07%) NIST
6 5 (0.89%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.36%) COBIT
8 2 (0.36%) GxP
8 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (2.85%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.96%) Docker
3 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.42%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.36%) Ansible
3 2 (0.36%) Nessus
3 2 (0.36%) SCCM
4 1 (0.18%) Argo
4 1 (0.18%) Grafana
4 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (10.14%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.98%) HubSpot
3 17 (3.02%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.31%) SAP
4 13 (2.31%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.14%) Google
6 11 (1.96%) Oracle
7 10 (1.78%) Facebook
7 10 (1.78%) Instagram
8 7 (1.25%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.07%) Xamarin
10 5 (0.89%) Zoho
11 4 (0.71%) Adobe
11 4 (0.71%) Sage
11 4 (0.71%) TikTok
12 3 (0.53%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.53%) VMware
13 2 (0.36%) IFS
13 2 (0.36%) Meraki
13 2 (0.36%) Veracode