SaaS Job Trends in the South West

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 99 80
Rank change year-on-year +33 -19 +12
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 222 72 201
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.43% 2.07% 2.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.53% 7.52% 10.38%
Number of salaries quoted 190 62 138
10th Percentile £30,000 - £32,050
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.94% -19.20%
75th Percentile £70,752 £67,500 £71,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,375 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,108 958 1,937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 23.09% 27.55% 24.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,310 743 1,465
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £64,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% - -7.69%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in the South West

SaaS
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the South West over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the South West

SaaS
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Bristol +7 84 £50,000 -17.70% 25
Somerset -4 41 £45,000 -5.26% 13
Dorset +16 32 £47,500 +18.75% 2
Wiltshire - 26 £70,000 -
Gloucestershire -37 21 £55,000 +23.60% 6
Devon -15 14 £57,500 -8.00% 7
Cornwall - 2 £32,500 -
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 5 (2.25%) Confluence
2 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.45%) NServiceBus
3 1 (0.45%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.90%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.15%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.90%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.46%) AWS
2 10 (4.50%) PaaS
3 7 (3.15%) Azure
3 7 (3.15%) GCP
3 7 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.25%) Google Workspace
5 5 (2.25%) Serverless
6 4 (1.80%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.80%) Figma
7 3 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (1.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (1.35%) Canva
7 3 (1.35%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.35%) GitHub
7 3 (1.35%) IaaS
8 2 (0.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.35%) DAB
1 3 (1.35%) Network Security
2 2 (0.90%) PPP
2 2 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (0.90%) RFID
2 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.45%) 5G
3 1 (0.45%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.50%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.70%) Power BI
3 3 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.90%) MySQL
4 2 (0.90%) Redis
4 2 (0.90%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (7.21%) JIRA
2 10 (4.50%) Git
3 3 (1.35%) GitLab
4 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.45%) Selenium
4 1 (0.45%) Vite
General
1 47 (21.17%) Social Skills
2 46 (20.72%) Finance
3 32 (14.41%) Public Sector
4 20 (9.01%) Marketing
5 19 (8.56%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.50%) Retail
7 7 (3.15%) Advertising
8 6 (2.70%) Billing
9 5 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.35%) Legal
11 2 (0.90%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.90%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.90%) Military
11 2 (0.90%) Public Speaking
11 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.45%) Aviation
12 1 (0.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 26 (11.71%) Sales Representative
2 25 (11.26%) Lead
3 21 (9.46%) Analyst
3 21 (9.46%) Developer
4 14 (6.31%) Software Developer
5 12 (5.41%) Head of Development
5 12 (5.41%) Head of Software Development
5 12 (5.41%) Senior
6 11 (4.95%) Consultant
7 10 (4.50%) Administrator
8 8 (3.60%) Business Analyst
8 8 (3.60%) Financial Controller
8 8 (3.60%) SaaS Analyst
8 8 (3.60%) Support Team Leader
8 8 (3.60%) Team Leader
9 7 (3.15%) IT Support
9 7 (3.15%) Support Manager
10 6 (2.70%) Designer
10 6 (2.70%) Security Consultant
10 6 (2.70%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.91%) .NET
2 8 (3.60%) .NET Core
2 8 (3.60%) CSS
3 7 (3.15%) HTML
4 6 (2.70%) .NET Framework
4 6 (2.70%) REST
5 5 (2.25%) Entity Framework
5 5 (2.25%) ModSecurity
5 5 (2.25%) React
5 5 (2.25%) RESTful
6 4 (1.80%) ASP.NET
7 3 (1.35%) Node.js
7 3 (1.35%) Ruby on Rails
7 3 (1.35%) Vue
8 2 (0.90%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.90%) Dapper ORM
8 2 (0.90%) Django
8 2 (0.90%) XML
9 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (0.45%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.01%) Onboarding
2 14 (6.31%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.35%) IoT
5 3 (1.35%) Social Media
5 3 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.90%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.90%) Educational Technology
6 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (0.90%) EPoS
6 2 (0.90%) Multi-touch
6 2 (0.90%) NHS
7 1 (0.45%) Clustering
7 1 (0.45%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.45%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.41%) Windows
2 3 (1.35%) Linux
3 2 (0.90%) Debian
3 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.90%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (19.82%) Agile
2 37 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 26 (11.71%) AI
4 25 (11.26%) Customer Service
5 22 (9.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (9.91%) ERP
6 21 (9.46%) Decision-Making
7 19 (8.56%) Mentoring
7 19 (8.56%) Roadmaps
7 19 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (8.11%) CRM
8 18 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (7.21%) Process Improvement
10 15 (6.76%) B2B
10 15 (6.76%) DevOps
11 14 (6.31%) Revenue Recognition
12 13 (5.86%) Business Development
12 13 (5.86%) Containerisation
12 13 (5.86%) Customer Requirements
13 12 (5.41%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.36%) SQL
2 20 (9.01%) C#
3 17 (7.66%) JavaScript
4 13 (5.86%) Python
5 9 (4.05%) PHP
6 8 (3.60%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.25%) Ruby
8 3 (1.35%) Bash
8 3 (1.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (4.50%) SC Cleared
1 10 (4.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (3.60%) ACCA
2 8 (3.60%) CIMA
3 6 (2.70%) CISM
3 6 (2.70%) CISSP
3 6 (2.70%) CRISC
3 6 (2.70%) DV Cleared
3 6 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 3 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.45%) CCA
6 1 (0.45%) CISMP
6 1 (0.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.46%) QA
2 10 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.05%) SLA
4 7 (3.15%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.15%) NIST
5 6 (2.70%) JSP 440
6 5 (2.25%) GRC
7 4 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (1.35%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.35%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (6.76%) Docker
2 3 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.35%) Firmware
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.80%) Terraform
3 3 (1.35%) Grafana
3 3 (1.35%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.90%) Ansible
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (15.77%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.01%) HubSpot
3 12 (5.41%) Sage
3 12 (5.41%) Workday
4 10 (4.50%) Xero
5 6 (2.70%) Google
6 5 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.80%) Oracle
8 3 (1.35%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.90%) Marketo
10 1 (0.45%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.45%) SAP
10 1 (0.45%) VMware