SaaS Jobs in Scotland

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring SaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SaaS over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 34 54
Rank change year-on-year -74 +20 +5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 166 271 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.91% 7.14% 4.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.60% 19.65% 13.58%
Number of salaries quoted 112 126 242
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,563 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -3.67%
75th Percentile £67,906 £76,385 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £84,056 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +4.00%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,183 1,379 2,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 38.31% 36.35% 36.52%
Number of salaries quoted 824 827 1,369
10th Percentile £27,825 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,208 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,750 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in Scotland

SaaS
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SaaS in Scotland.

Salary trend for SaaS in Scotland

SaaS
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SaaS in Scotland

SaaS
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Edinburgh +6 100 £55,000 -21.43% 17
Glasgow -130 39 £55,000 - 10
Aberdeen -10 6 £40,000 - 1
Dundee -1 5 £42,500 -40.82%
Fife - 3 - -
South Lanarkshire +2 2 £32,000 +10.34% 2
Perthshire - 2 £35,000 -
Midlothian - 1 £35,000 - 6
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.41%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (33.73%) AWS
2 51 (30.72%) Azure
3 26 (15.66%) GCP
4 18 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (6.02%) Amazon S3
5 10 (6.02%) IaaS
6 9 (5.42%) PaaS
7 7 (4.22%) Miro
7 7 (4.22%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.61%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (3.61%) Serverless
9 5 (3.01%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (2.41%) Amazon SQS
10 4 (2.41%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.41%) Google Docs
10 4 (2.41%) Lucidchart
10 4 (2.41%) Slack
11 3 (1.81%) MailChimp
11 3 (1.81%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.63%) Firewall
2 9 (5.42%) LAN
2 9 (5.42%) WAN
3 3 (1.81%) DHCP
3 3 (1.81%) DNS
3 3 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.81%) Wireless
4 1 (0.60%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.60%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.02%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.82%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (4.82%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (4.22%) Power BI
3 7 (4.22%) Relational Database
4 6 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.41%) Big Data
5 4 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.41%) Geospatial Data
5 4 (2.41%) GIS
5 4 (2.41%) Hadoop
5 4 (2.41%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.41%) Redis
5 4 (2.41%) Scylla
5 4 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.81%) MySQL
6 3 (1.81%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (3.01%) Git
2 2 (1.20%) JIRA
3 1 (0.60%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.60%) GitLab
General
1 34 (20.48%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (9.64%) Presentation Skills
4 11 (6.63%) Finance
5 9 (5.42%) Marketing
6 8 (4.82%) Games
7 5 (3.01%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.01%) Military
7 5 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.60%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 43 (25.90%) Developer
2 35 (21.08%) Senior
3 23 (13.86%) Software Developer
4 19 (11.45%) Architect
5 18 (10.84%) Software Engineer
6 16 (9.64%) Senior Developer
7 15 (9.04%) .NET Developer
7 15 (9.04%) Senior Software Developer
8 14 (8.43%) Cloud Architect
9 13 (7.83%) .NET Software Developer
9 13 (7.83%) Analyst
10 10 (6.02%) Consultant
11 9 (5.42%) Senior .NET Developer
11 9 (5.42%) Senior .NET Software Developer
11 9 (5.42%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (3.61%) Account Executive
12 6 (3.61%) Implementation Consultant
12 6 (3.61%) Lead
12 6 (3.61%) Network Engineer
12 6 (3.61%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (18.07%) .NET
2 15 (9.04%) .NET Framework
3 13 (7.83%) AngularJS
4 11 (6.63%) .NET Core
4 11 (6.63%) React
5 8 (4.82%) CSS
5 8 (4.82%) HTML
5 8 (4.82%) Kafka
5 8 (4.82%) RESTful
6 7 (4.22%) Laravel
7 6 (3.61%) Vue
8 5 (3.01%) REST
9 4 (2.41%) ASP.NET Web API
9 4 (2.41%) Blazor
9 4 (2.41%) GraphQL
10 3 (1.81%) XML
11 2 (1.20%) ASP.NET
11 2 (1.20%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (1.20%) Entity Framework
11 2 (1.20%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.43%) PKI
1 14 (8.43%) Public Cloud
2 9 (5.42%) Data Structures
3 7 (4.22%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (3.01%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.01%) Video\Live Streaming
5 4 (2.41%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.81%) Cyberattack
6 3 (1.81%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.81%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.20%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.60%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.60%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.23%) Windows
2 9 (5.42%) Linux
3 7 (4.22%) Unix
4 5 (3.01%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.20%) Android
5 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (28.92%) Agile
2 36 (21.69%) Software Engineering
3 24 (14.46%) DevOps
3 24 (14.46%) Project Management
4 23 (13.86%) Actionable Insight
4 23 (13.86%) Migration
5 20 (12.05%) Presales
6 19 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (9.64%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (9.04%) Configuration Management
8 15 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (9.04%) Incident Response
8 15 (9.04%) User Experience
9 14 (8.43%) Application Virtualisation
9 14 (8.43%) TOGAF
10 13 (7.83%) Roadmaps
11 12 (7.23%) CI/CD
11 12 (7.23%) Full Stack Development
12 11 (6.63%) UX Design
13 10 (6.02%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 26 (15.66%) C#
2 22 (13.25%) SQL
3 19 (11.45%) JavaScript
4 17 (10.24%) Java
4 17 (10.24%) Python
4 17 (10.24%) TypeScript
5 12 (7.23%) Go
6 9 (5.42%) C++
7 8 (4.82%) PHP
8 6 (3.61%) Bash
9 4 (2.41%) Scala
10 3 (1.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.81%) Ruby
10 3 (1.81%) Rust
11 2 (1.20%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.20%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.20%) Swift
11 2 (1.20%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.60%) Elixir
12 1 (0.60%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (9.64%) Degree
2 6 (3.61%) CISM
2 6 (3.61%) CISSP
3 5 (3.01%) GCIA
3 5 (3.01%) GCIH
3 5 (3.01%) GREM
3 5 (3.01%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.60%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.02%) QA
2 5 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.41%) NIST
4 3 (1.81%) GDPR
5 2 (1.20%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.60%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (3.61%) Docker
2 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (5.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.81%) Autotask
3 2 (1.20%) Ansible
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (16.27%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.84%) Google
3 9 (5.42%) Dell
4 4 (2.41%) Oracle
5 3 (1.81%) Apple
5 3 (1.81%) Facebook
5 3 (1.81%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.60%) Adobe
6 1 (0.60%) Aruba
6 1 (0.60%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (0.60%) Cisco
6 1 (0.60%) EMC
6 1 (0.60%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.60%) VMware
6 1 (0.60%) Xamarin