SaaS Job Trends in the South East

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 64 97
Rank change year-on-year +29 +33 -66
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 630 266 459
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.50% 3.90% 2.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.96% 12.54% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 518 210 382
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,875 £91,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,947 2,121 5,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.22% 31.10% 31.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,104 1,405 4,063
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +14.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in the South East

SaaS
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the South East over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the South East

SaaS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 April 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
Thames Valley +88 323 £65,000 +4.00% 85
Surrey +35 175 £55,000 +3.29% 32
Berkshire +73 125 £66,250 -11.67% 58
Buckinghamshire +34 100 £53,750 -16.02% 17
Oxfordshire +40 98 £70,000 +35.27% 13
Hampshire -20 82 £67,500 +35.00% 34
East Sussex -23 16 £45,000 -25.00% 5
West Sussex -13 15 £90,000 +50.00% 12
Kent -53 9 £61,750 +12.27% 9
Middlesex +18 5 £47,500 - 1
Sussex - 4 £75,000 - 4
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 31 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.95%) CMS
4 4 (0.63%) WordPress
5 2 (0.32%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) Confluence
6 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (0.63%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) InDesign
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (2.86%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 85 (13.49%) Azure
2 66 (10.48%) AWS
3 42 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (5.40%) Entra ID
5 18 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (2.54%) Mimecast
7 11 (1.75%) IaaS
7 11 (1.75%) PaaS
8 10 (1.59%) Power Platform
9 9 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (0.95%) GCP
10 6 (0.95%) Serverless
11 4 (0.63%) Canva
11 4 (0.63%) ClickUp
11 4 (0.63%) GitHub
12 3 (0.48%) Boomi
12 3 (0.48%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.32%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.32%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.54%) DNS
2 10 (1.59%) HTTP
3 8 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.95%) PuTTY
4 6 (0.95%) SSH
5 5 (0.79%) DHCP
5 5 (0.79%) Firewall
5 5 (0.79%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) MPLS
8 1 (0.16%) VLAN
8 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.29%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.75%) MySQL
4 9 (1.43%) Power BI
4 9 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.32%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.32%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.32%) Redis
5 2 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (3.33%) JIRA
2 5 (0.79%) Postman
3 4 (0.63%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.32%) git-flow
5 1 (0.16%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) JMeter
5 1 (0.16%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.16%) Yeoman
General
1 88 (13.97%) Legal
2 77 (12.22%) Social Skills
3 72 (11.43%) Marketing
4 71 (11.27%) Finance
5 36 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (4.76%) Retail
7 24 (3.81%) Public Sector
8 20 (3.17%) Law
9 15 (2.38%) Health Technology
10 10 (1.59%) Tech for Good
11 9 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.95%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.95%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.79%) Games
15 4 (0.63%) Brand Awareness
15 4 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.63%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.48%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 65 (10.32%) Developer
2 59 (9.37%) Senior
3 58 (9.21%) Lead
4 51 (8.10%) Software Engineer
5 44 (6.98%) Account Manager
6 36 (5.71%) Support Engineer
7 33 (5.24%) Marketing Manager
8 31 (4.92%) Linux Engineer
9 29 (4.60%) Development Manager
10 27 (4.29%) Analyst
11 24 (3.81%) Architect
11 24 (3.81%) Full-Stack Developer
12 20 (3.17%) Linux Support
12 20 (3.17%) Linux Support Engineer
13 19 (3.02%) Sales Representative
14 18 (2.86%) Software Manager
15 17 (2.70%) Applications Support
15 17 (2.70%) Software Development Manager
16 16 (2.54%) Lead Developer
16 16 (2.54%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (10.79%) .NET
2 34 (5.40%) Node.js
3 20 (3.17%) React
4 16 (2.54%) NestJS
5 12 (1.90%) CSS
5 12 (1.90%) HTML
6 10 (1.59%) JSON
6 10 (1.59%) XML
7 9 (1.43%) Laravel
8 8 (1.27%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.27%) Vue
9 7 (1.11%) .NET Core
10 5 (0.79%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.79%) REST
10 5 (0.79%) Spring
10 5 (0.79%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.63%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (0.63%) React Native
12 3 (0.48%) Kafka
12 3 (0.48%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 12 (1.90%) Blog
2 12 (1.90%) Enterprise Cloud
3 10 (1.59%) Podcast
4 9 (1.43%) Cloud Native
5 8 (1.27%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.11%) IoT
7 6 (0.95%) Product Ownership
7 6 (0.95%) Social Media
8 5 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (0.79%) Educational Technology
8 5 (0.79%) EPoS
8 5 (0.79%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.63%) Video on Demand
9 4 (0.63%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (0.48%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.48%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.48%) NHS
10 3 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 40 (6.35%) Linux
2 18 (2.86%) Windows
3 15 (2.38%) CentOS
4 14 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (2.06%) Ubuntu
6 11 (1.75%) Windows Server
7 8 (1.27%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.95%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.95%) VMS
9 2 (0.32%) Android
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (13.33%) B2B
2 79 (12.54%) Software Engineering
3 68 (10.79%) Customer Experience
4 62 (9.84%) Full-Stack Development
5 56 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 52 (8.25%) AI
8 38 (6.03%) ERP
9 36 (5.71%) Business Development
9 36 (5.71%) DevOps
10 34 (5.40%) Agile
11 32 (5.08%) CI/CD
12 31 (4.92%) CRM
13 29 (4.60%) Change Management
14 28 (4.44%) Migration
15 27 (4.29%) Incident Management
16 26 (4.13%) Stakeholder Management
17 24 (3.81%) Contract Negotiation
17 24 (3.81%) Decision-Making
17 24 (3.81%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 54 (8.57%) C#
2 43 (6.83%) SQL
3 36 (5.71%) Python
4 29 (4.60%) TypeScript
5 18 (2.86%) Java
6 17 (2.70%) Bash
7 16 (2.54%) R
8 15 (2.38%) JavaScript
8 15 (2.38%) PHP
9 14 (2.22%) Perl
10 11 (1.75%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.27%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.95%) DCL
12 6 (0.95%) Tcl
13 4 (0.63%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.32%) ABAP
14 2 (0.32%) Ruby
15 1 (0.16%) Go
Qualifications
1 18 (2.86%) ACCA
2 13 (2.06%) Degree
3 6 (0.95%) CIMA
4 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (0.48%) CIPD
5 3 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.32%) CISM
6 2 (0.32%) CISSP
6 2 (0.32%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.16%) AAT
7 1 (0.16%) CISA
7 1 (0.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.16%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.16%) MBA
7 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.16%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (3.17%) QA
3 18 (2.86%) IFRS
4 11 (1.75%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.59%) GDPR
6 7 (1.11%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.63%) GAAP
8 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.32%) NIST
8 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.16%) PMO
9 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (5.87%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.27%) Docker
4 7 (1.11%) vSphere
5 6 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (3.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (3.02%) Terraform
3 16 (2.54%) Ansible
4 8 (1.27%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.11%) vCenter Server
6 6 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.32%) CASB
8 1 (0.16%) Argo
8 1 (0.16%) Grafana
8 1 (0.16%) Graylog
8 1 (0.16%) Nessus
8 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (10.32%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.54%) CrowdStrike
3 13 (2.06%) Red Hat
4 11 (1.75%) VMware
5 10 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.27%) HubSpot
7 6 (0.95%) Apple
7 6 (0.95%) SAP
8 5 (0.79%) Google
9 4 (0.63%) IBM
9 4 (0.63%) webMethods
10 3 (0.48%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.48%) Oracle
10 3 (0.48%) Xero
11 2 (0.32%) Cisco
11 2 (0.32%) ConnectWise
11 2 (0.32%) Workday
12 1 (0.16%) Adobe
12 1 (0.16%) Citrix
12 1 (0.16%) Sitecore