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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 76 51
Rank change year-on-year +33 -25 +13
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 41 17 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 3.75% 1.30% 1.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.65% 4.45% 4.81%
Number of salaries quoted 32 11 8
10th Percentile £39,875 £36,250 £53,400
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,875 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -18.37% +11.36%
75th Percentile £78,438 £65,603 £89,688
90th Percentile £96,250 £70,000 £95,875
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -12.41% +1.48%

All Cloud 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 262 382 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 23.97% 29.27% 36.10%
Number of salaries quoted 188 207 166
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,744 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,853 £84,964 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -3.10%

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 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
Tyne and Wear +37 35 £62,500 +25.00% 44
Durham - 6 £70,079 - 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 (7.32%) Confluence
1 3 (7.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (4.88%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 15 (36.59%) PaaS
2 13 (31.71%) Azure
3 10 (24.39%) IaaS
4 8 (19.51%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (14.63%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (12.20%) Power Platform
7 4 (9.76%) GitHub
8 3 (7.32%) AWS
8 3 (7.32%) Azure Stack
8 3 (7.32%) Entra ID
9 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (2.44%) Datadog
10 1 (2.44%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Data Lake
1 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.44%) JMeter
2 1 (2.44%) Locust
General
1 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Legal
3 6 (14.63%) Finance
4 5 (12.20%) Law
4 5 (12.20%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.88%) Back Office
5 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Billing
6 1 (2.44%) Games
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (17.07%) Architect
1 7 (17.07%) Developer
2 5 (12.20%) Consultant
3 4 (9.76%) Azure Architect
3 4 (9.76%) Dynamics NAV Developer
3 4 (9.76%) Head of Finance
3 4 (9.76%) Recruitment Consultant
3 4 (9.76%) SaaS Developer
4 3 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Bid Manager
4 3 (7.32%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (7.32%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) C# Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Lead
5 2 (4.88%) Mobile Developer
5 2 (4.88%) Senior
6 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) .NET
2 2 (4.88%) React Native
2 2 (4.88%) XML
3 1 (2.44%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.44%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Life Science
1 4 (9.76%) NHS
2 3 (7.32%) Cloud Native
2 3 (7.32%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (7.32%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.44%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Android
1 2 (4.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.95%) Business Development
2 8 (19.51%) Roadmaps
3 7 (17.07%) DevOps
4 6 (14.63%) Collaborative Culture
5 5 (12.20%) Agile
5 5 (12.20%) Business Case
5 5 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (12.20%) E-Commerce
6 4 (9.76%) Analytics
6 4 (9.76%) B2B
6 4 (9.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 4 (9.76%) Business Forecasting
6 4 (9.76%) Data Integration
6 4 (9.76%) Due Diligence
6 4 (9.76%) Financial Modelling
6 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (9.76%) Inventory Management
6 4 (9.76%) Lead Generation
6 4 (9.76%) Mentoring
6 4 (9.76%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) C#
2 4 (9.76%) Java
3 3 (7.32%) SQL
4 2 (4.88%) Bicep
4 2 (4.88%) C
4 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.88%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (4.88%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) ISO 9001
1 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.44%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Docker
2 3 (7.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (7.32%) Terraform
2 2 (4.88%) Ansible
3 1 (2.44%) Grafana
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Atlassian
2 3 (7.32%) Forcepoint
2 3 (7.32%) Proofpoint
2 3 (7.32%) Zscaler