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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 65 69
Rank change year-on-year +17 +4 +44
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 446 206 392
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.44% 3.98% 3.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.07% 11.61% 10.18%
Number of salaries quoted 397 160 325
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £80,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £91,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +1.56% -5.19%

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 4,030 1,774 3,849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.09% 34.31% 33.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,819 1,335 3,225
10th Percentile £29,250 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +43 354 £60,000 - 96
East Midlands -35 91 £65,000 +8.33% 31
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 4 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.45%) Confluence
4 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.45%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.67%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 47 (10.54%) Azure
2 19 (4.26%) PaaS
3 16 (3.59%) AWS
4 11 (2.47%) IaaS
5 9 (2.02%) Figma
5 9 (2.02%) GitHub
5 9 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.79%) GitHub Copilot
7 7 (1.57%) dbt
7 7 (1.57%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.12%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.67%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.67%) ClickUp
10 3 (0.67%) Datadog
10 3 (0.67%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.45%) GCP
11 2 (0.45%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.45%) DNS
1 2 (0.45%) Firewall
1 2 (0.45%) HTTP
1 2 (0.45%) VPN
2 1 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.22%) SAN
2 1 (0.22%) SSL
2 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.22%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.16%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.90%) Data Lake
2 4 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.67%) Power BI
4 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.45%) Big Data
5 1 (0.22%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.22%) MySQL
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.22%) Power Query
5 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (2.47%) JIRA
2 8 (1.79%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.90%) Git
4 3 (0.67%) Storybook
5 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.45%) JMeter
5 2 (0.45%) Locust
6 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.22%) Selenium
6 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.22%) Yeoman
General
1 61 (13.68%) Marketing
2 44 (9.87%) Retail
3 36 (8.07%) Legal
4 34 (7.62%) Social Skills
5 21 (4.71%) Finance
6 18 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.04%) Law
7 14 (3.14%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.91%) German Language
9 11 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.79%) Automotive
10 8 (1.79%) Games
10 8 (1.79%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.45%) Advertising
13 2 (0.45%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.22%) Digital Healthcare
14 1 (0.22%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (12.33%) Account Executive
2 39 (8.74%) Sales Manager
3 38 (8.52%) Senior
4 31 (6.95%) Developer
5 28 (6.28%) Account Manager
6 22 (4.93%) Sales Executive
7 21 (4.71%) Marketing Manager
8 20 (4.48%) Designer
9 19 (4.26%) Channel Sales Manager
9 19 (4.26%) Sales Representative
10 18 (4.04%) Lead
11 17 (3.81%) Analyst
12 15 (3.36%) Service Manager
13 14 (3.14%) .NET Developer
13 14 (3.14%) Xamarin Developer
14 13 (2.91%) Senior Manager
15 12 (2.69%) ERP Manager
15 12 (2.69%) Marketing Executive
16 11 (2.47%) ERP Support
16 11 (2.47%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.50%) .NET
2 9 (2.02%) AngularJS
3 8 (1.79%) Blazor
3 8 (1.79%) Material Design
3 8 (1.79%) WebAssembly
4 6 (1.35%) CSS
4 6 (1.35%) HTML
5 5 (1.12%) React
5 5 (1.12%) REST
6 4 (0.90%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.90%) Node.js
6 4 (0.90%) RESTful
7 3 (0.67%) HTML5
7 3 (0.67%) PySpark
7 3 (0.67%) Sass
8 2 (0.45%) Bootstrap
8 2 (0.45%) Laravel
8 2 (0.45%) Redux
8 2 (0.45%) Tailwind CSS
8 2 (0.45%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.73%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.16%) PropTech
3 19 (4.26%) EPoS
4 15 (3.36%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.14%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.57%) Digital Signage
9 4 (0.90%) FMCG
10 3 (0.67%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.67%) iSeries
10 3 (0.67%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.67%) NHS
11 2 (0.45%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.45%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.45%) Web Conferencing
12 1 (0.22%) Algorithms
12 1 (0.22%) Clustering
12 1 (0.22%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.48%) Windows
2 16 (3.59%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.45%) Linux
3 2 (0.45%) Solaris
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (12.56%) CRM
2 49 (10.99%) B2B
3 47 (10.54%) Business Development
4 40 (8.97%) Logistics
5 35 (7.85%) AI
6 31 (6.95%) Mentoring
6 31 (6.95%) Service Delivery
7 29 (6.50%) ERP
8 28 (6.28%) Project Management
9 27 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (6.05%) Customer Experience
9 27 (6.05%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (5.83%) E-Commerce
11 23 (5.16%) Lead Generation
11 23 (5.16%) Roadmaps
12 22 (4.93%) Agile
12 22 (4.93%) Software Engineering
13 21 (4.71%) Customer Service
13 21 (4.71%) Decision-Making
13 21 (4.71%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.95%) SQL
2 17 (3.81%) C#
3 15 (3.36%) Python
4 11 (2.47%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.79%) Java
5 8 (1.79%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.67%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.45%) PHP
8 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (2.69%) Degree
2 3 (0.67%) ACCA
2 3 (0.67%) CIMA
3 2 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (0.45%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.22%) IISP
4 1 (0.22%) ISACA
4 1 (0.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.91%) Accessibility
2 12 (2.69%) QA
3 10 (2.24%) WCAG
4 7 (1.57%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.67%) GDPR
6 2 (0.45%) SLA
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.22%) HL7
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.35%) Docker
3 3 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.12%) Kubernetes
1 5 (1.12%) Terraform
2 4 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.45%) Grafana
4 1 (0.22%) Ansible
4 1 (0.22%) CASB
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (4.93%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.14%) Xamarin
3 8 (1.79%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.35%) Databricks
4 6 (1.35%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.12%) Facebook
5 5 (1.12%) Instagram
5 5 (1.12%) Oracle
6 4 (0.90%) Google
7 3 (0.67%) SAP
7 3 (0.67%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.45%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.22%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.22%) Netskope
9 1 (0.22%) Okta
9 1 (0.22%) Sybase
9 1 (0.22%) VMware
9 1 (0.22%) Zoho