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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 62 80
Rank change year-on-year +33 +18 +22
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 330 328 170
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.55% 3.65% 3.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.72% 13.37% 8.56%
Number of salaries quoted 279 224 152
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,625 £87,500
England median annual salary £61,500 £61,206 £67,500
% change year-on-year +0.48% -9.32% -

All Cloud 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 1,763 2,454 1,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.63% 27.31% 39.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,393 1,485 1,730
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.77% +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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025. 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 +53 211 £55,000 -8.33% 86
East Midlands +13 119 £45,000 -25.00% 35
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 18 (5.45%) IIS
2 11 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.42%) Apache
5 5 (1.52%) CMS
6 4 (1.21%) WordPress
7 2 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.61%) Trello
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.82%) Shopify
3 4 (1.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.30%) Maximo
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 62 (18.79%) Azure
2 44 (13.33%) AWS
3 16 (4.85%) PaaS
4 11 (3.33%) Entra ID
4 11 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.03%) GCP
6 9 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.42%) GitHub
8 6 (1.82%) IaaS
8 6 (1.82%) iPaaS
8 6 (1.82%) OCI
9 5 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
9 5 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.52%) Serverless
10 4 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.21%) BigCommerce
10 4 (1.21%) Datadog
10 4 (1.21%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 39 (11.82%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (3.03%) DNS
3 9 (2.73%) Firewall
4 8 (2.42%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.12%) DHCP
6 6 (1.82%) SAN
6 6 (1.82%) VLAN
7 3 (0.91%) VPN
8 1 (0.30%) 3G
8 1 (0.30%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.30%) GPRS
8 1 (0.30%) GSM
8 1 (0.30%) Modbus
8 1 (0.30%) RS-232
8 1 (0.30%) RS-485
8 1 (0.30%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.52%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (3.64%) MySQL
3 9 (2.73%) Power BI
4 8 (2.42%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.21%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.91%) Big Data
7 3 (0.91%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.91%) Tableau
8 2 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.61%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (0.30%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 17 (5.15%) JIRA
2 7 (2.12%) Selenium
3 5 (1.52%) Git
4 4 (1.21%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.61%) Postman
6 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.30%) JMeter
6 1 (0.30%) Locust
6 1 (0.30%) MLflow
General
1 111 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 58 (17.58%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (15.45%) Retail
4 27 (8.18%) Finance
5 24 (7.27%) Marketing
6 17 (5.15%) Law
7 10 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.42%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.82%) German Language
11 5 (1.52%) Games
11 5 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.61%) Automotive
12 2 (0.61%) Back Office
12 2 (0.61%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.61%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.61%) Legal
12 2 (0.61%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (13.03%) 2nd Line Support
1 43 (13.03%) Lead
2 34 (10.30%) Senior
3 33 (10.00%) Architect
4 27 (8.18%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 26 (7.88%) Analyst
6 25 (7.58%) Developer
6 25 (7.58%) Support Engineer
7 24 (7.27%) Applications Support
8 20 (6.06%) Support Analyst
9 18 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (5.15%) Infrastructure Support
10 17 (5.15%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 17 (5.15%) Support Technician
10 17 (5.15%) Technical Support
11 16 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (4.55%) Account Executive
13 14 (4.24%) Software Analyst
14 13 (3.94%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
14 13 (3.94%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (10.61%) .NET
2 16 (4.85%) React
3 13 (3.94%) HTML
4 10 (3.03%) CSS
4 10 (3.03%) LAMP
4 10 (3.03%) REST
5 9 (2.73%) Node.js
6 7 (2.12%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (1.82%) .NET Framework
7 6 (1.82%) RESTful
7 6 (1.82%) SOAP
8 5 (1.52%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.52%) Entity Framework
9 4 (1.21%) Blazor
9 4 (1.21%) OAuth
10 3 (0.91%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.91%) Laravel
10 3 (0.91%) Next.js
10 3 (0.91%) OpenID
10 3 (0.91%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 62 (18.79%) Onboarding
2 20 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.64%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.42%) EPoS
7 7 (2.12%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.82%) Clustering
9 5 (1.52%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.21%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.91%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.91%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.91%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.91%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.61%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.61%) Marketing Technology
12 2 (0.61%) NHS
12 2 (0.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.24%) Linux
1 14 (4.24%) Windows
1 14 (4.24%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.61%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (26.06%) CRM
1 86 (26.06%) Mentoring
2 81 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (22.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 61 (18.48%) Agile
5 57 (17.27%) ERP
6 53 (16.06%) E-Commerce
7 50 (15.15%) Customer Service
7 50 (15.15%) Data Privacy
8 49 (14.85%) Logistics
9 44 (13.33%) Analytical Thinking
9 44 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
10 37 (11.21%) DevOps
11 36 (10.91%) CI/CD
11 36 (10.91%) Roadmaps
11 36 (10.91%) Software Engineering
12 33 (10.00%) B2B
13 32 (9.70%) AI
14 30 (9.09%) Coaching
15 28 (8.48%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 107 (32.42%) SQL
2 87 (26.36%) C#
3 36 (10.91%) JavaScript
4 19 (5.76%) PHP
5 17 (5.15%) Python
6 11 (3.33%) Java
7 8 (2.42%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.12%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.52%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.21%) Bicep
11 2 (0.61%) C
11 2 (0.61%) Delphi
11 2 (0.61%) Go
11 2 (0.61%) Groovy
11 2 (0.61%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.61%) Ruby
11 2 (0.61%) VB
12 1 (0.30%) C++
12 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.30%) XAML
Qualifications
1 29 (8.79%) Degree
2 10 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.12%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.82%) Master's Degree
4 6 (1.82%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.52%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.52%) PMP
6 4 (1.21%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.61%) City & Guilds
7 2 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.30%) CISM
8 1 (0.30%) CISSP
8 1 (0.30%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.55%) QA
2 10 (3.03%) GDPR
2 10 (3.03%) SLA
3 9 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.61%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.30%) COBIT
5 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.30%) MISRA
5 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.30%) PMO
5 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (4.24%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.82%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.52%) Docker
4 3 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (4.24%) Terraform
2 7 (2.12%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.82%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (1.52%) Ansible
5 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.61%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) Argo
7 1 (0.30%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 51 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.88%) Oracle
3 18 (5.45%) Salesforce
4 13 (3.94%) Databricks
5 9 (2.73%) Google
6 8 (2.42%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.82%) Veeam
8 5 (1.52%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.91%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.61%) Adobe
10 2 (0.61%) ForgeRock
11 1 (0.30%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.30%) Pardot
11 1 (0.30%) VMware