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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 71 66
Rank change year-on-year +26 -5 +58
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 427 194 373
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.62% 3.99% 3.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.19% 11.64% 9.82%
Number of salaries quoted 371 157 309
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,750 £30,900
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £73,750 £80,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,250 £91,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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 3,816 1,667 3,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.39% 34.28% 34.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,734 1,303 3,247
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £77,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 13 April 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 13 April 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 +55 327 £60,000 - 55
East Midlands -39 99 £56,000 -6.67% 28
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 5 (1.17%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.94%) WordPress
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.47%) Trello
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.70%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.23%) Maximo
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 67 (15.69%) Azure
2 24 (5.62%) AWS
3 22 (5.15%) PaaS
4 13 (3.04%) IaaS
5 11 (2.58%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.34%) GitHub
7 9 (2.11%) Figma
8 8 (1.87%) dbt
8 8 (1.87%) GitHub Copilot
9 7 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.41%) Datadog
11 5 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (1.17%) GCP
11 5 (1.17%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.17%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.70%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.34%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (0.94%) DNS
2 4 (0.94%) VPN
3 3 (0.70%) Firewall
4 2 (0.47%) HTTP
5 1 (0.23%) SSL
5 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.62%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.94%) Data Lake
2 4 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (0.94%) MySQL
3 3 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.70%) Big Data
3 3 (0.70%) Power BI
4 2 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.47%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.47%) Tableau
5 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 14 (3.28%) JIRA
2 8 (1.87%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.17%) Git
4 3 (0.70%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.70%) JMeter
4 3 (0.70%) Locust
4 3 (0.70%) Storybook
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) Selenium
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 48 (11.24%) Marketing
1 48 (11.24%) Retail
2 46 (10.77%) Social Skills
3 31 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.03%) Legal
5 21 (4.92%) Finance
6 19 (4.45%) Law
7 15 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.34%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.11%) German Language
10 8 (1.87%) Games
11 7 (1.64%) Automotive
12 5 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.47%) Digital Health
15 1 (0.23%) Advertising
15 1 (0.23%) Digital Healthcare
15 1 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.23%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 49 (11.48%) Senior
2 45 (10.54%) Account Executive
3 35 (8.20%) Sales Manager
4 31 (7.26%) Developer
5 26 (6.09%) Analyst
6 24 (5.62%) Account Manager
7 22 (5.15%) Lead
7 22 (5.15%) Support Analyst
8 20 (4.68%) Designer
8 20 (4.68%) ERP Support
9 19 (4.45%) Channel Sales Manager
10 15 (3.51%) 2nd Line Support
10 15 (3.51%) Architect
10 15 (3.51%) Sales Executive
10 15 (3.51%) Sales Representative
10 15 (3.51%) Service Manager
10 15 (3.51%) Support Engineer
11 14 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.28%) Infrastructure Support
11 14 (3.28%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.79%) .NET
2 11 (2.58%) HTML
2 11 (2.58%) React
3 10 (2.34%) CSS
4 9 (2.11%) AngularJS
4 9 (2.11%) Node.js
5 8 (1.87%) Blazor
5 8 (1.87%) Material Design
5 8 (1.87%) WebAssembly
6 4 (0.94%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.94%) Laravel
6 4 (0.94%) Vue
7 3 (0.70%) Gherkin
7 3 (0.70%) HTML5
7 3 (0.70%) PySpark
7 3 (0.70%) REST
7 3 (0.70%) RESTful
7 3 (0.70%) Sass
8 2 (0.47%) Redux
8 2 (0.47%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.07%) Onboarding
2 21 (4.92%) PropTech
3 19 (4.45%) EPoS
4 14 (3.28%) Mobile App
4 14 (3.28%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.64%) Digital Signage
7 6 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.70%) FMCG
8 3 (0.70%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.70%) NHS
9 2 (0.47%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.47%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.23%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.23%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.23%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.23%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.68%) Windows
2 17 (3.98%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.47%) Linux
4 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (14.52%) CRM
2 56 (13.11%) B2B
3 46 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (10.54%) Business Development
5 42 (9.84%) Mentoring
6 41 (9.60%) AI
7 38 (8.90%) ERP
8 37 (8.67%) Service Delivery
9 34 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (7.96%) Logistics
10 32 (7.49%) Customer Service
11 30 (7.03%) Roadmaps
12 28 (6.56%) Agile
12 28 (6.56%) CI/CD
12 28 (6.56%) DevOps
13 27 (6.32%) Analytics
13 27 (6.32%) Customer Experience
13 27 (6.32%) Software Engineering
14 24 (5.62%) Data Privacy
14 24 (5.62%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.24%) SQL
2 29 (6.79%) C#
3 15 (3.51%) JavaScript
4 13 (3.04%) Python
5 9 (2.11%) Java
6 8 (1.87%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.17%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.94%) PHP
9 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (4.68%) Degree
2 6 (1.41%) SC Cleared
2 6 (1.41%) Security Cleared
3 4 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (0.70%) ACCA
4 3 (0.70%) CIMA
4 3 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (0.47%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.39%) QA
2 14 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.58%) WCAG
4 4 (0.94%) SLA
5 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.47%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.47%) GDPR
6 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.23%) HL7
6 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.41%) Docker
3 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (1.64%) Terraform
2 6 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.70%) Grafana
5 2 (0.47%) Ansible
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 23 (5.39%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.81%) Xamarin
3 10 (2.34%) ServiceNow
4 9 (2.11%) Google
4 9 (2.11%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.64%) Databricks
6 5 (1.17%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.70%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle
7 3 (0.70%) SAP
8 2 (0.47%) Facebook
8 2 (0.47%) Instagram
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe
9 1 (0.23%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.23%) Netskope
9 1 (0.23%) Okta
9 1 (0.23%) Pardot
9 1 (0.23%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.23%) Zoho