SaaS Jobs in the South East

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 85 44 48
Rank change year-on-year -41 +4 +3
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 428 698 1,326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.84% 6.02% 6.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.97% 16.43% 15.41%
Number of salaries quoted 333 574 1,018
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,825 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,680 £49,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,421 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.73% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £92,250 £91,250 £86,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +8.00%

All Cloud 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 4,295 4,248 8,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.46% 36.66% 39.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,085 3,221 5,536
10th Percentile £29,100 £30,000 £30,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the South East

SaaS
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SaaS in the South East.

Salary trend for SaaS in the South East

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

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 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
Thames Valley -30 166 £52,500 -22.22% 35
Hampshire -26 135 £62,500 +11.61% 24
Surrey -40 79 £50,000 -28.57% 15
Berkshire -36 70 £55,000 -4.35% 15
Oxfordshire -37 58 £50,000 -25.93% 4
Buckinghamshire +1 38 £57,500 -17.86% 16
East Sussex -23 17 £72,500 +20.83% 4
Kent -26 13 £44,500 -19.09% 3
West Sussex +21 10 £51,250 -29.31% 7
Isle of Wight - 4 £42,500 -
Home Counties - 1 £90,000 -
Middlesex - 1 - - 1
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 17 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (3.50%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.64%) Kinematics
4 5 (1.17%) Confluence
5 4 (0.93%) IIS
6 2 (0.47%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) JBoss
7 1 (0.23%) WildFly
7 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.23%) InVision
5 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (2.34%) NEC Housing
2 5 (1.17%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.93%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 135 (31.54%) Azure
2 79 (18.46%) AWS
3 50 (11.68%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (8.18%) PaaS
5 28 (6.54%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (6.07%) IaaS
7 20 (4.67%) GitHub
8 14 (3.27%) Serverless
9 12 (2.80%) GCP
10 9 (2.10%) Azure AKS
11 8 (1.87%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.64%) Cloudflare
13 6 (1.40%) Akamai
13 6 (1.40%) Amazon S3
13 6 (1.40%) Amazon SQS
13 6 (1.40%) AWS Fargate
13 6 (1.40%) Azure Functions
13 6 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.40%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.97%) Firewall
2 15 (3.50%) Network Security
3 13 (3.04%) WAN
4 11 (2.57%) VPN
5 10 (2.34%) VoIP
6 9 (2.10%) Internet
7 8 (1.87%) LAN
8 7 (1.64%) RFID
8 7 (1.64%) VLAN
9 6 (1.40%) DNS
10 4 (0.93%) DMZ
10 4 (0.93%) SAN
11 3 (0.70%) 5G
11 3 (0.70%) Broadband
11 3 (0.70%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.47%) DHCP
12 2 (0.47%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.23%) SSH
13 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.78%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.50%) MySQL
3 10 (2.34%) Oracle Database
4 7 (1.64%) Big Data
5 6 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.40%) SQLite
6 5 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.93%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.70%) GIS
8 3 (0.70%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.47%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.47%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.47%) Looker
9 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.23%) DTS
Development Applications
1 46 (10.75%) Git
2 28 (6.54%) Selenium
3 19 (4.44%) Jenkins
4 13 (3.04%) JIRA
5 11 (2.57%) JUnit
6 10 (2.34%) Oracle APEX
7 9 (2.10%) Visual Studio
8 8 (1.87%) Jasmine
8 8 (1.87%) Visual Studio Code
9 7 (1.64%) JMeter
9 7 (1.64%) NUnit
9 7 (1.64%) Postman
10 6 (1.40%) Newman
10 6 (1.40%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket Server
11 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.47%) Maven
11 2 (0.47%) Serenity BDD
11 2 (0.47%) TestNG
General
1 115 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 63 (14.72%) Finance
3 55 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.14%) Law
4 22 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (4.67%) Marketing
5 20 (4.67%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.21%) Local Government
7 17 (3.97%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (2.80%) Multimedia
8 12 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.34%) Police
10 9 (2.10%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.87%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.64%) Electronics
13 6 (1.40%) Automotive
13 6 (1.40%) Legal
13 6 (1.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 100 (23.36%) Developer
2 74 (17.29%) Senior
3 51 (11.92%) Architect
4 37 (8.64%) Analyst
4 37 (8.64%) Software Developer
5 30 (7.01%) Senior Developer
6 28 (6.54%) Lead
7 23 (5.37%) C# Developer
7 23 (5.37%) Full Stack Developer
8 21 (4.91%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (4.67%) C# Software Developer
10 19 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
11 18 (4.21%) SaaS Architect
11 18 (4.21%) Software Engineer
12 16 (3.74%) PHP Developer
12 16 (3.74%) Test Analyst
13 15 (3.50%) .NET Developer
14 14 (3.27%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 14 (3.27%) Consultant
15 13 (3.04%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (16.59%) .NET
2 43 (10.05%) HTML
3 42 (9.81%) CSS
4 31 (7.24%) React
5 28 (6.54%) JSON
6 26 (6.07%) RESTful
6 26 (6.07%) XML
7 22 (5.14%) .NET Core
7 22 (5.14%) Laravel
8 21 (4.91%) Vue
9 20 (4.67%) AngularJS
10 17 (3.97%) jQuery
11 16 (3.74%) ASP.NET
12 14 (3.27%) OAuth
13 13 (3.04%) .NET Framework
13 13 (3.04%) SOAP
14 12 (2.80%) REST
15 11 (2.57%) ASP.NET Web API
15 11 (2.57%) Entity Framework
16 10 (2.34%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.67%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
3 18 (4.21%) NHS
4 17 (3.97%) IoT
5 14 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.57%) BYOD
6 11 (2.57%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.57%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.57%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.57%) Satnav
7 10 (2.34%) Low-Code
7 10 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.64%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.64%) GNSS
9 7 (1.64%) PKI
9 7 (1.64%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.40%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.17%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 40 (9.35%) Windows
2 25 (5.84%) Windows Server
3 17 (3.97%) Linux
4 5 (1.17%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.93%) Unix
5 4 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.70%) CentOS
6 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (23.13%) Agile
3 86 (20.09%) DevOps
4 66 (15.42%) Software Engineering
5 64 (14.95%) Test Automation
6 44 (10.28%) User Experience
7 42 (9.81%) Project Management
8 40 (9.35%) Full Stack Development
8 40 (9.35%) Roadmaps
9 34 (7.94%) TDD
10 33 (7.71%) Analytics
11 30 (7.01%) Business Development
12 29 (6.78%) CI/CD
13 28 (6.54%) Computer Science
13 28 (6.54%) SOLID
14 27 (6.31%) ITIL
14 27 (6.31%) SDLC
15 26 (6.07%) Customer Service
15 26 (6.07%) Software Testing
15 26 (6.07%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 84 (19.63%) C#
2 80 (18.69%) SQL
3 67 (15.65%) JavaScript
4 43 (10.05%) Java
5 29 (6.78%) C
6 28 (6.54%) PHP
7 25 (5.84%) PowerShell
8 24 (5.61%) Python
9 22 (5.14%) C++
10 14 (3.27%) TypeScript
11 10 (2.34%) PL/SQL
11 10 (2.34%) Ruby
12 7 (1.64%) XAML
13 6 (1.40%) Bicep
14 3 (0.70%) Bash
14 3 (0.70%) R
15 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.23%) Tcl
15 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 73 (17.06%) Degree
2 35 (8.18%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.21%) ISTQB
4 14 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.80%) SC Cleared
6 10 (2.34%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.64%) MBA
8 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.70%) CCNA
9 3 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.70%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.47%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.23%) CCNP
11 1 (0.23%) ISEB
11 1 (0.23%) MCP
11 1 (0.23%) RHCE
11 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (10.98%) QA
2 24 (5.61%) SLA
3 12 (2.80%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.57%) Software Quality Assurance
5 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 33 (7.71%) Docker
2 31 (7.24%) Active Directory
3 20 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (2.34%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.64%) Firmware
7 5 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.17%) vSphere
8 2 (0.47%) KVM
8 2 (0.47%) QEMU
8 2 (0.47%) Xen
Systems Management
1 41 (9.58%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.84%) Terraform
3 7 (1.64%) Ansible
4 3 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.47%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.47%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (0.47%) Nagios
5 2 (0.47%) Nessus
5 2 (0.47%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.23%) Grafana
6 1 (0.23%) Graphite
6 1 (0.23%) NetCrunch
6 1 (0.23%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.23%) systemd
6 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 90 (21.03%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.37%) VMware
3 13 (3.04%) Google
4 11 (2.57%) Oracle
5 10 (2.34%) NEC
6 7 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.40%) Cisco
7 6 (1.40%) ForgeRock
7 6 (1.40%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.40%) Sitecore
8 4 (0.93%) Adobe
8 4 (0.93%) HP
8 4 (0.93%) Meraki
8 4 (0.93%) Red Hat
8 4 (0.93%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.70%) BMC
9 3 (0.70%) EMC
9 3 (0.70%) Remedy
9 3 (0.70%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.70%) Veeam