SaaS Job Trends in the North East

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 68 57
Rank change year-on-year +26 -11 +7
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 44 11 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 3.58% 1.32% 3.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.92% 4.30% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 35 6 38
10th Percentile £30,800 £41,744 £39,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,375 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,783 £57,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -5.80%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 316 256 538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 25.73% 30.81% 40.85%
Number of salaries quoted 223 142 461
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,241 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £69,070 £72,583 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,800 £89,750 £75,772
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

SaaS job vacancy trend in the North East

SaaS
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the North East over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the North East

SaaS
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the North East region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
Tyne and Wear +19 39 £42,500 -15.00% 11
Durham - 5 £60,039 - 2
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 3 (6.82%) Confluence
2 2 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.27%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.27%) Azure
2 9 (20.45%) PaaS
3 6 (13.64%) IaaS
3 6 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (9.09%) AWS
5 3 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (6.82%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (6.82%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.82%) GitHub
5 3 (6.82%) Power Platform
6 2 (4.55%) Azure Stack
7 1 (2.27%) Datadog
7 1 (2.27%) dbt
7 1 (2.27%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) JIRA
2 1 (2.27%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.27%) JMeter
2 1 (2.27%) Locust
General
1 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.09%) Legal
3 2 (4.55%) Law
3 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.27%) Finance
4 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (29.55%) Sales Representative
2 7 (15.91%) Architect
3 6 (13.64%) Consultant
4 5 (11.36%) Recruitment Consultant
4 5 (11.36%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Developer
5 3 (6.82%) Lead
5 3 (6.82%) Mobile Developer
5 3 (6.82%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Azure Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Senior
7 1 (2.27%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
7 1 (2.27%) Information Officer
7 1 (2.27%) Lead DevOps
7 1 (2.27%) Managing Director
7 1 (2.27%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Senior DevOps
7 1 (2.27%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) .NET
2 4 (9.09%) React Native
3 2 (4.55%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.27%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.27%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (11.36%) Life Science
2 4 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 4 (9.09%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.82%) Android
1 3 (6.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.45%) Roadmaps
2 7 (15.91%) Business Development
3 6 (13.64%) Data Protection
3 6 (13.64%) DevOps
4 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (11.36%) Lead Generation
5 4 (9.09%) Analytics
5 4 (9.09%) Containerisation
5 4 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (9.09%) FinOps
5 4 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.82%) Agile
6 3 (6.82%) Android Development
6 3 (6.82%) iOS Development
6 3 (6.82%) ITIL
6 3 (6.82%) ITSM
6 3 (6.82%) Mobile Development
6 3 (6.82%) Push Notifications
6 3 (6.82%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.36%) TypeScript
2 3 (6.82%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.82%) SQL
3 1 (2.27%) Bicep
3 1 (2.27%) C#
3 1 (2.27%) Java
3 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
1 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.27%) GDPR
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.27%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (11.36%) Docker
2 3 (6.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 4 (9.09%) Terraform
2 3 (6.82%) Ansible
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) Atlassian
2 3 (6.82%) Forcepoint
2 3 (6.82%) Proofpoint
2 3 (6.82%) Zscaler
3 1 (2.27%) Adobe