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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 135 66
Rank change year-on-year +108 -69 +28
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 489 103 331
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.53% 2.20% 3.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.89% 7.14% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 441 87 265
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £58,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.31% +4.50% -3.48%
75th Percentile £100,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - £83,150 £85,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -8.40%

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 2,733 1,443 3,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 25.34% 30.78% 32.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,854 837 2,734
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £29,075
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,125 £93,778 £85,000
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 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 7 June 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 7 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
Manchester +68 414 £80,000 +33.33% 200
Cheshire +37 51 £50,000 -18.37% 27
Merseyside -3 22 £85,000 +198.25% 3
Lancashire +18 2 £85,000 +61.90% 43
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 15 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.43%) Moodle
2 7 (1.43%) Totara
3 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.61%) Confluence
5 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.41%) CMS
6 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 61 (12.47%) Azure
2 42 (8.59%) AWS
3 26 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (3.68%) GCP
5 16 (3.27%) IaaS
5 16 (3.27%) PaaS
6 13 (2.66%) Anthropic Claude
6 13 (2.66%) Entra ID
7 12 (2.45%) Power Platform
7 12 (2.45%) Serverless
8 11 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (1.64%) Azure Functions
9 8 (1.64%) dbt
10 7 (1.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 7 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.43%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.23%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.23%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.04%) Firewall
2 6 (1.23%) DHCP
2 6 (1.23%) DNS
3 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.41%) SNMP
3 2 (0.41%) WAN
4 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.02%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
3 4 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.61%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.41%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.41%) Looker
5 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.20%) OLAP
6 1 (0.20%) OLTP
6 1 (0.20%) Power BI
6 1 (0.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (2.66%) Claude Code
2 4 (0.82%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 116 (23.72%) Finance
2 45 (9.20%) Marketing
3 37 (7.57%) Social Skills
4 25 (5.11%) Legal
5 21 (4.29%) Law
6 20 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (2.45%) Retail
8 9 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.43%) Advertising
9 7 (1.43%) Billing
10 5 (1.02%) Automotive
10 5 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.82%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.61%) Banking
12 3 (0.61%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.41%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.41%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.20%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.20%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 91 (18.61%) Senior
2 49 (10.02%) Lead
3 43 (8.79%) Developer
4 39 (7.98%) Software Engineer
5 33 (6.75%) Account Executive
6 29 (5.93%) Sales Representative
7 28 (5.73%) Sales Manager
8 21 (4.29%) Senior Manager
9 20 (4.09%) .NET Developer
9 20 (4.09%) Architect
9 20 (4.09%) Senior Software Engineer
10 15 (3.07%) Lead Developer
11 13 (2.66%) HR Manager
11 13 (2.66%) Java Engineer
11 13 (2.66%) Lead Software Engineer
11 13 (2.66%) Senior Java Engineer
11 13 (2.66%) Software Developer
12 12 (2.45%) Development Manager
12 12 (2.45%) Financial Controller
12 12 (2.45%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.57%) .NET
2 13 (2.66%) OAuth
3 12 (2.45%) JWT
4 11 (2.25%) OpenID
5 10 (2.04%) SAML
6 8 (1.64%) OAuth2
7 7 (1.43%) React
7 7 (1.43%) REST
8 6 (1.23%) Node.js
9 4 (0.82%) JSON
10 2 (0.41%) Kafka
10 2 (0.41%) Middleware
10 2 (0.41%) NestJS
10 2 (0.41%) Playwright
10 2 (0.41%) Vue
11 1 (0.20%) .NET Core
11 1 (0.20%) FastAPI
11 1 (0.20%) MACH
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.20%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.77%) Marketing Technology
2 24 (4.91%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.70%) Mobile App
4 19 (3.89%) PropTech
5 18 (3.68%) Cloud Native
6 12 (2.45%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.64%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.02%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.82%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.82%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.20%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.20%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.20%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.20%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.20%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.45%) Windows
2 6 (1.23%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (11.25%) Software Engineering
2 54 (11.04%) B2B
3 43 (8.79%) AI
4 39 (7.98%) Agile
5 29 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (5.32%) Analytics
6 26 (5.32%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (5.11%) Roadmaps
8 24 (4.91%) Mentoring
9 22 (4.50%) CI/CD
10 21 (4.29%) Fintech
11 20 (4.09%) Business Development
11 20 (4.09%) Coaching
11 20 (4.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (3.68%) CRM
13 17 (3.48%) Decision-Making
13 17 (3.48%) ITIL
14 16 (3.27%) Cloud Security
14 16 (3.27%) Full-Stack Development
14 16 (3.27%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.34%) SQL
2 23 (4.70%) C#
3 20 (4.09%) Python
4 16 (3.27%) Java
5 14 (2.86%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.43%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.23%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.41%) Bicep
8 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.20%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (2.45%) ACCA
1 12 (2.45%) CIMA
2 11 (2.25%) SC Cleared
2 11 (2.25%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.43%) Azure Certification
3 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (0.82%) Degree
5 1 (0.20%) CCA
5 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.20%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.64%) GDPR
2 6 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.61%) QA
4 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.61%) Docker
3 2 (0.41%) DFS Replication
3 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (2.86%) Terraform
2 11 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 31 (6.34%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.64%) HubSpot
3 6 (1.23%) Google
4 5 (1.02%) Sage
4 5 (1.02%) Splunk
4 5 (1.02%) Ubiquiti
4 5 (1.02%) Zoho
5 4 (0.82%) New Relic
5 4 (0.82%) VMware
6 3 (0.61%) Databricks
6 3 (0.61%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.41%) Cisco
7 2 (0.41%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle
7 2 (0.41%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.41%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.41%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.20%) BroadSoft
8 1 (0.20%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.20%) Workday