SaaS Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 32 41
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +20
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 32 5 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 3.36% 2.13% 4.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.02% 8.77% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 22
10th Percentile £70,000 £30,900 £45,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £36,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £41,546 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +92.56% -44.61% +42.86%
75th Percentile - £57,132 £97,500
90th Percentile - £79,103 £99,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 188 57 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 19.73% 24.26% 33.98%
Number of salaries quoted 64 25 152
10th Percentile £32,000 £40,400 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,188 £42,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £62,813 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,778 £91,250 £94,875
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

SaaS
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing SaaS

SaaS
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 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
County Antrim +5 32 £80,000 +25.49% 12
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) dbt
1 5 (15.63%) PaaS
Job Titles
1 16 (50.00%) Account Manager
2 8 (25.00%) Lead
3 5 (15.63%) Test Leader
4 4 (12.50%) Business Development Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Business Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Development Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Junior
4 4 (12.50%) Junior Business Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Team Leader
6 2 (6.25%) Developer
7 1 (3.13%) Android Developer
7 1 (3.13%) Senior
7 1 (3.13%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.13%) Senior Software Developer
7 1 (3.13%) Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) Business Development
2 5 (15.63%) BDD
2 5 (15.63%) Test Automation
3 3 (9.38%) AI
4 1 (3.13%) Android Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) Java
1 5 (15.63%) Python