SaaS Job Trends in the North West

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 69 44
Rank change year-on-year +26 -25 +58
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 213 164 218
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 3.32% 3.24% 4.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.69% 10.45% 13.24%
Number of salaries quoted 161 82 188
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,431
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,313
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £87,000
England median annual salary £61,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.38% -3.70% -3.57%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,769 1,570 1,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 43.18% 31.00% 36.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,024 897 1,415
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £74,444 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £86,253 £82,900 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in the North West

SaaS
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the North West over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the North West

SaaS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Manchester +15 176 £75,000 +20.00% 150
Cheshire +4 25 £50,000 - 59
Cumbria - 5 £63,000 -
Lancashire +3 3 £40,000 -29.39% 46
Merseyside -7 2 £40,000 -5.88% 25
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.47%) Apache
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.94%) Sketch
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 67 (31.46%) Azure
2 21 (9.86%) PaaS
3 20 (9.39%) AWS
4 17 (7.98%) IaaS
5 16 (7.51%) Serverless
6 15 (7.04%) Entra ID
6 15 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (5.63%) Azure Functions
8 11 (5.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 11 (5.16%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (5.16%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (4.69%) OneDrive
10 8 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.76%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.76%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (3.76%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.35%) GitHub
11 5 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.88%) GCP
13 3 (1.41%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.88%) Firewall
2 2 (0.94%) DHCP
2 2 (0.94%) DNS
3 1 (0.47%) HTTP
3 1 (0.47%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (3.29%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.41%) MySQL
3 3 (1.41%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.41%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.94%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (1.41%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.94%) Selenium
3 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.47%) JIRA
3 1 (0.47%) JMeter
3 1 (0.47%) Locust
3 1 (0.47%) Protractor
General
1 52 (24.41%) Finance
2 49 (23.00%) Social Skills
3 39 (18.31%) Marketing
4 17 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.04%) Legal
6 13 (6.10%) Law
7 12 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.88%) Retail
9 3 (1.41%) Banking
9 3 (1.41%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.94%) Advertising
10 2 (0.94%) Billing
10 2 (0.94%) Games
10 2 (0.94%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.47%) French Language
11 1 (0.47%) German Language
11 1 (0.47%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.47%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.47%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 38 (17.84%) Senior
2 35 (16.43%) Developer
3 30 (14.08%) Lead
4 15 (7.04%) Head of Finance
5 14 (6.57%) .NET Developer
5 14 (6.57%) Architect
6 12 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (5.16%) Senior Developer
8 10 (4.69%) Team Leader
9 9 (4.23%) Sales Representative
10 8 (3.76%) Business Manager
10 8 (3.76%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (3.76%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.76%) Lead Developer
10 8 (3.76%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (3.76%) Senior .NET Developer
11 7 (3.29%) Marketing Executive
11 7 (3.29%) Principal Developer
11 7 (3.29%) Sales Manager
11 7 (3.29%) Senior Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (18.31%) .NET
2 15 (7.04%) React
2 15 (7.04%) REST
3 6 (2.82%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.88%) Entity Framework
5 3 (1.41%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.41%) CSS
5 3 (1.41%) Jest
5 3 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (1.41%) Middleware
5 3 (1.41%) Next.js
5 3 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.41%) RESTful
6 2 (0.94%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.94%) Blazor
6 2 (0.94%) Framer.js
6 2 (0.94%) Node.js
6 2 (0.94%) Razor View Engine
7 1 (0.47%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.47%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.74%) Mobile App
2 15 (7.04%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (5.16%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (5.16%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.23%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.35%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.41%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.41%) EPoS
7 3 (1.41%) IoT
8 2 (0.94%) Animation
8 2 (0.94%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.94%) PropTech
8 2 (0.94%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.94%) Social Media
9 1 (0.47%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.47%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.82%) Windows
2 4 (1.88%) Android
2 4 (1.88%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.94%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.47%) Linux
4 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.35%) Agile
2 32 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (13.62%) B2B
4 29 (13.62%) Software Engineering
5 27 (12.68%) DevOps
6 24 (11.27%) CI/CD
6 24 (11.27%) Mentoring
7 21 (9.86%) CRM
8 20 (9.39%) Coaching
9 18 (8.45%) AI
10 17 (7.98%) Microservices
11 14 (6.57%) Full-Stack Development
11 14 (6.57%) TDD
12 13 (6.10%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (6.10%) Technical Leadership
12 13 (6.10%) User Experience
13 12 (5.63%) Business Development
13 12 (5.63%) Clean Code
13 12 (5.63%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 34 (15.96%) C#
2 15 (7.04%) TypeScript
3 13 (6.10%) SQL
4 8 (3.76%) Python
5 6 (2.82%) Java
6 5 (2.35%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.88%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.41%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.41%) Bash
8 3 (1.41%) PHP
9 2 (0.94%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.47%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 15 (7.04%) ACCA
1 15 (7.04%) CIMA
2 12 (5.63%) Degree
3 5 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.35%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.35%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.94%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.76%) GDPR
2 5 (2.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 5 (2.35%) GLBA
2 5 (2.35%) QA
3 3 (1.41%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.47%) ISO 19650
5 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.41%) Docker
3 2 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (7.51%) Terraform
2 13 (6.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.41%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.94%) Grafana
Vendors
1 27 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.23%) BiZZdesign
3 8 (3.76%) New Relic
3 8 (3.76%) Splunk
4 7 (3.29%) Databricks
5 5 (2.35%) iManage
6 4 (1.88%) Google
6 4 (1.88%) Oracle
7 3 (1.41%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.41%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.94%) Sony
8 2 (0.94%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.47%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.47%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.47%) Dell
9 1 (0.47%) Sage
9 1 (0.47%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (0.47%) VMware