SaaS Job Trends in the North of England

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 75 50
Rank change year-on-year +29 -25 +47
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 421 276 381
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.02% 2.91% 5.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.18% 9.04% 12.48%
Number of salaries quoted 318 169 313
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,600 £37,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.24%
75th Percentile £78,438 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £86,500 £88,250
England median annual salary £61,500 £64,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.91% -8.57% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,135 3,052 3,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 39.44% 32.13% 41.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,863 1,707 2,588
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,450 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,238 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in the North of England

SaaS
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the North of England

SaaS
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
North West +27 203 £64,250 +5.61% 659
Yorkshire +37 169 £55,000 -4.35% 477
North East +41 49 £62,500 +13.64% 67
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.95%) Confluence
4 2 (0.48%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Apache
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.24%) IIS
5 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.71%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.48%) Sketch
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.24%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.43%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.95%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 121 (28.74%) Azure
2 68 (16.15%) AWS
3 47 (11.16%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (9.98%) PaaS
5 33 (7.84%) IaaS
6 16 (3.80%) Entra ID
6 16 (3.80%) Power Platform
7 15 (3.56%) Serverless
8 11 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.61%) GCP
8 11 (2.61%) GitHub
9 10 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (2.14%) Azure Functions
10 9 (2.14%) OneDrive
11 8 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 8 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (1.90%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.61%) SAN
2 10 (2.38%) DNS
3 9 (2.14%) DHCP
4 8 (1.90%) Firewall
5 5 (1.19%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.95%) Network Security
6 4 (0.95%) VLAN
6 4 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.71%) VPN
8 1 (0.24%) HTTP
8 1 (0.24%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.18%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.33%) Data Lake
2 14 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.61%) MySQL
4 9 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.90%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.19%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.95%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.95%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.71%) Power BI
9 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.48%) Power Query
9 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.24%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (1.90%) JIRA
2 3 (0.71%) Cypress.io
2 3 (0.71%) Selenium
3 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.48%) JMeter
3 2 (0.48%) Locust
3 2 (0.48%) Postman
4 1 (0.24%) GitLab
4 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.24%) Protractor
General
1 101 (23.99%) Social Skills
2 76 (18.05%) Finance
3 67 (15.91%) Marketing
4 39 (9.26%) Legal
5 30 (7.13%) Retail
6 29 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (6.65%) Law
8 27 (6.41%) Manufacturing
9 22 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (3.33%) Advertising
10 14 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.66%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.66%) Games
12 6 (1.43%) Automotive
12 6 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.95%) Back Office
13 4 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.95%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.95%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.71%) Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (14.25%) Developer
2 47 (11.16%) Lead
3 40 (9.50%) Senior
4 27 (6.41%) Sales Representative
5 25 (5.94%) Development Manager
6 21 (4.99%) Architect
6 21 (4.99%) Sales Manager
7 16 (3.80%) Head of Finance
7 16 (3.80%) Software Development Manager
7 16 (3.80%) Software Manager
8 15 (3.56%) Lead Developer
8 15 (3.56%) Software Developer
8 15 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.85%) .NET Development Manager
9 12 (2.85%) C# Developer
10 11 (2.61%) .NET Developer
10 11 (2.61%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (2.61%) Infrastructure Technician
10 11 (2.61%) Product Manager
10 11 (2.61%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (13.30%) .NET
2 25 (5.94%) React
3 15 (3.56%) REST
4 10 (2.38%) RESTful
5 8 (1.90%) Node.js
6 7 (1.66%) Micronaut
7 6 (1.43%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.19%) Redux
9 4 (0.95%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.95%) Entity Framework
9 4 (0.95%) React Native
10 3 (0.71%) Bootstrap
10 3 (0.71%) CSS
10 3 (0.71%) Jest
10 3 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.71%) Next.js
10 3 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.71%) XML
11 2 (0.48%) .NET Core
11 2 (0.48%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.60%) Onboarding
2 30 (7.13%) Mobile App
3 27 (6.41%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (5.70%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.33%) Cloud Native
6 12 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.66%) EPoS
8 7 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
9 6 (1.43%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.19%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.19%) Educational Technology
10 5 (1.19%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.19%) NHS
10 5 (1.19%) Social Media
11 4 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.95%) Life Science
11 4 (0.95%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.28%) Windows
2 12 (2.85%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.61%) Android
4 5 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.24%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (23.28%) Agile
2 77 (18.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 63 (14.96%) Software Engineering
4 60 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (12.83%) Mentoring
6 53 (12.59%) B2B
7 51 (12.11%) DevOps
8 47 (11.16%) Roadmaps
9 45 (10.69%) Coaching
10 37 (8.79%) AI
11 36 (8.55%) CRM
12 35 (8.31%) CI/CD
13 34 (8.08%) Clean Code
14 33 (7.84%) SDLC
15 30 (7.13%) Microservices
16 29 (6.89%) Technical Leadership
17 28 (6.65%) Migration
18 27 (6.41%) Infrastructure as Code
18 27 (6.41%) Project Delivery
19 26 (6.18%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 59 (14.01%) C#
2 42 (9.98%) SQL
3 25 (5.94%) TypeScript
4 18 (4.28%) Java
5 15 (3.56%) Python
6 14 (3.33%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.33%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.66%) Bicep
8 6 (1.43%) PHP
9 3 (0.71%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.71%) Bash
10 2 (0.48%) C
10 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 29 (6.89%) Degree
2 13 (3.09%) ACCA
2 13 (3.09%) CIMA
3 10 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.14%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.14%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.24%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.24%) CISA
6 1 (0.24%) CISSP
6 1 (0.24%) CRISC
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.24%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.75%) GDPR
2 19 (4.51%) QA
3 9 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.19%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.19%) GLBA
7 4 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.71%) EU AI Act
8 3 (0.71%) GRC
8 3 (0.71%) NIST
8 3 (0.71%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.48%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.48%) WCAG
10 1 (0.24%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (8.31%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.33%) Docker
4 5 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (5.46%) Terraform
2 18 (4.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.66%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.71%) Ansible
5 3 (0.71%) Grafana
Vendors
1 68 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.80%) VMware
3 12 (2.85%) Databricks
4 9 (2.14%) BiZZdesign
5 8 (1.90%) New Relic
5 8 (1.90%) Splunk
6 6 (1.43%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.43%) Oracle
7 5 (1.19%) iManage
8 4 (0.95%) Google
8 4 (0.95%) Sage
8 4 (0.95%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.95%) Sophos
8 4 (0.95%) Xero
8 4 (0.95%) Zoho
9 3 (0.71%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.71%) Forcepoint
9 3 (0.71%) Proofpoint
9 3 (0.71%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.48%) Xamarin