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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 79 76
Rank change year-on-year +51 -3 +22
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 500 190 439
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.94% 3.66% 3.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.95% 11.36% 10.67%
Number of salaries quoted 443 139 363
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,875 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,050 £90,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,352 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% +8.92% -7.69%

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 3,135 1,672 4,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.68% 32.23% 29.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,014 1,343 3,301
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -0.80% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £78,550 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +56 397 £60,000 - 76
East Midlands -10 102 £56,000 -6.67% 41
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 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.60%) CMS
3 3 (0.60%) WordPress
4 2 (0.40%) Confluence
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.60%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 34 (6.80%) Azure
2 23 (4.60%) AWS
3 18 (3.60%) PaaS
4 11 (2.20%) Figma
4 11 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.00%) IaaS
5 10 (2.00%) Meta Ads
5 10 (2.00%) Power Platform
6 9 (1.80%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.40%) dbt
8 6 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.20%) GitHub
9 4 (0.80%) GitHub Copilot
9 4 (0.80%) Google Sheets
9 4 (0.80%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.60%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.60%) Canva
10 3 (0.60%) ClickUp
10 3 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
1 2 (0.40%) VPN
2 1 (0.20%) DNS
2 1 (0.20%) Firewall
2 1 (0.20%) SAN
2 1 (0.20%) SSL
2 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.20%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.20%) Power BI
3 3 (0.60%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.40%) Power Query
4 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.20%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.20%) MySQL
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (2.00%) JIRA
2 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.60%) Storybook
4 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.40%) Git
4 2 (0.40%) JMeter
4 2 (0.40%) Locust
4 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.20%) Yeoman
General
1 96 (19.20%) Marketing
2 58 (11.60%) Retail
3 51 (10.20%) Social Skills
4 49 (9.80%) Legal
5 42 (8.40%) Finance
6 31 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (3.80%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.00%) Law
9 13 (2.60%) Public Sector
10 12 (2.40%) Automotive
10 12 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.40%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.60%) Legal Technology
13 7 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.20%) German Language
15 5 (1.00%) Advertising
15 5 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.40%) Digital Health
16 2 (0.40%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 57 (11.40%) Account Executive
2 40 (8.00%) Senior
3 30 (6.00%) Marketing Manager
4 28 (5.60%) Sales Executive
4 28 (5.60%) Sales Manager
5 26 (5.20%) Lead
6 24 (4.80%) Designer
7 23 (4.60%) Analyst
7 23 (4.60%) Marketing Executive
8 22 (4.40%) Account Manager
9 19 (3.80%) Developer
10 15 (3.00%) Service Manager
11 14 (2.80%) Sales Representative
11 14 (2.80%) UX Designer
12 13 (2.60%) Head of Marketing
12 13 (2.60%) Support Analyst
13 12 (2.40%) Business Development Manager
13 12 (2.40%) Business Manager
13 12 (2.40%) Development Manager
13 12 (2.40%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.40%) .NET
2 10 (2.00%) AngularJS
3 5 (1.00%) Blazor
3 5 (1.00%) CSS
3 5 (1.00%) HTML
3 5 (1.00%) React
4 4 (0.80%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.80%) Material Design
4 4 (0.80%) RESTful
4 4 (0.80%) WebAssembly
5 3 (0.60%) HTML5
5 3 (0.60%) Laravel
5 3 (0.60%) REST
5 3 (0.60%) Sass
6 2 (0.40%) Bootstrap
6 2 (0.40%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.40%) Node.js
6 2 (0.40%) Redux
7 1 (0.20%) D3.js
7 1 (0.20%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.80%) Onboarding
2 17 (3.40%) PropTech
3 13 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (2.60%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (1.60%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.40%) Digital Signage
6 7 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.20%) EPoS
7 6 (1.20%) Web Conferencing
8 5 (1.00%) FMCG
9 4 (0.80%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.80%) NHS
10 3 (0.60%) Augmented Reality
10 3 (0.60%) BBC
10 3 (0.60%) Blog
10 3 (0.60%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.60%) iSeries
10 3 (0.60%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.60%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.40%) Windows
2 13 (2.60%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.00%) Linux
4 3 (0.60%) Solaris
5 2 (0.40%) Unix
6 1 (0.20%) Debian
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (13.40%) CRM
2 60 (12.00%) B2B
3 57 (11.40%) Business Development
4 52 (10.40%) AI
5 43 (8.60%) Lead Generation
6 40 (8.00%) ERP
7 37 (7.40%) Decision-Making
8 36 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (7.20%) Logistics
9 32 (6.40%) E-Commerce
9 32 (6.40%) Mentoring
9 32 (6.40%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (6.20%) Analytics
11 28 (5.60%) Roadmaps
12 26 (5.20%) Agile
12 26 (5.20%) Customer Service
12 26 (5.20%) Service Delivery
13 25 (5.00%) Software Engineering
14 24 (4.80%) Customer Experience
15 22 (4.40%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.60%) SQL
2 14 (2.80%) Python
3 12 (2.40%) C#
4 10 (2.00%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.80%) Java
6 7 (1.40%) PHP
6 7 (1.40%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.20%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.20%) Bash
9 1 (0.20%) Bicep
9 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.20%) R
9 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (3.60%) Degree
2 8 (1.60%) ACCA
2 8 (1.60%) CIMA
3 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (0.80%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.60%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.20%) CISM
6 1 (0.20%) CISSP
6 1 (0.20%) IISP
6 1 (0.20%) ISACA
6 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.00%) QA
2 9 (1.80%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.60%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.20%) WCAG
5 5 (1.00%) GDPR
6 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.20%) COBIT
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.20%) GxP
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (1.80%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.40%) Docker
3 2 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (1.60%) Terraform
2 7 (1.40%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.40%) Ansible
4 2 (0.40%) Grafana
5 1 (0.20%) Argo
5 1 (0.20%) CASB
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 33 (6.60%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.80%) HubSpot
3 8 (1.60%) Xamarin
4 7 (1.40%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.20%) Facebook
5 6 (1.20%) Instagram
5 6 (1.20%) Oracle
6 5 (1.00%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.80%) Adobe
7 4 (0.80%) Google
8 3 (0.60%) SAP
8 3 (0.60%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.40%) Databricks
9 2 (0.40%) Sybase
9 2 (0.40%) Zoho
10 1 (0.20%) Freshdesk
10 1 (0.20%) Netskope
10 1 (0.20%) Okta
10 1 (0.20%) VMware