SaaS Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Software as a Service (SaaS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 133 97
Rank change year-on-year +108 -36 -52
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 315 58 175
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.52% 1.70% 2.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.00% 6.80% 9.00%
Number of salaries quoted 255 36 139
10th Percentile £40,000 £29,125 £34,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +33.33% -19.23%
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £150,000 £100,250
South East median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -8.33%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,432 853 1,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.11% 24.97% 27.63%
Number of salaries quoted 966 431 1,485
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £30,425
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £76,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,606 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +5.21% -12.28%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SaaS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the Thames Valley

SaaS
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 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
Berkshire +65 120 £65,000 -18.75% 97
Buckinghamshire +50 104 £60,000 -22.58% 26
Oxfordshire +47 91 £70,000 +89.19% 20
SaaS
South East

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (0.63%) CMS
1 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.32%) Confluence
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 19 (6.03%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 53 (16.83%) AWS
2 37 (11.75%) Azure
3 16 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
4 7 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.22%) Serverless
5 4 (1.27%) IaaS
5 4 (1.27%) PaaS
6 3 (0.95%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.63%) Boomi
7 2 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.63%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.32%) GCP
8 1 (0.32%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.32%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (0.95%) DNS
2 3 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.32%) DHCP
3 1 (0.32%) DKIM
3 1 (0.32%) DMARC
3 1 (0.32%) Firewall
3 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (2.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.32%) MySQL
3 1 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (0.32%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 5 (1.59%) Yeoman
2 4 (1.27%) Postman
2 4 (1.27%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.63%) JIRA
4 1 (0.32%) JMeter
4 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
General
1 47 (14.92%) Finance
2 30 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 28 (8.89%) Marketing
4 19 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.08%) Legal
6 13 (4.13%) Retail
7 10 (3.17%) Health Technology
7 10 (3.17%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.54%) Law
9 5 (1.59%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.95%) German Language
11 3 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.63%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.32%) Advertising
13 1 (0.32%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.32%) Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (14.29%) Software Engineer
2 39 (12.38%) Lead
3 32 (10.16%) Senior
4 26 (8.25%) DevOps Engineer
5 17 (5.40%) Linux Engineer
6 16 (5.08%) Account Manager
6 16 (5.08%) DevOps Systems Engineer
6 16 (5.08%) Financial Controller
6 16 (5.08%) Linux DevOps Engineer
6 16 (5.08%) Linux Systems Engineer
6 16 (5.08%) Linux/Unix DevOps
6 16 (5.08%) Systems Engineer
7 15 (4.76%) Lead Software Engineer
7 15 (4.76%) Performance Engineer
7 15 (4.76%) Senior Software Engineer
8 14 (4.44%) Developer
8 14 (4.44%) Junior
8 14 (4.44%) Performance Test Engineer
8 14 (4.44%) Test Engineer
9 13 (4.13%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.57%) .NET
2 15 (4.76%) React
3 11 (3.49%) Node.js
4 7 (2.22%) AngularJS
4 7 (2.22%) Redux
5 4 (1.27%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.27%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (1.27%) REST
6 2 (0.63%) OpenID
7 1 (0.32%) CSS
7 1 (0.32%) EDI
7 1 (0.32%) HTML
7 1 (0.32%) IDoc
7 1 (0.32%) JSON
7 1 (0.32%) Middleware
7 1 (0.32%) OAuth
7 1 (0.32%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.32%) SAML
7 1 (0.32%) XML
7 1 (0.32%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.13%) Cloud Native
2 10 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (2.54%) Onboarding
4 6 (1.90%) EPoS
5 4 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (1.27%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.63%) IoT
6 2 (0.63%) NHS
6 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.32%) Blog
7 1 (0.32%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.32%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.32%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.32%) PMI
7 1 (0.32%) Replication
7 1 (0.32%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.32%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.25%) Linux
2 22 (6.98%) Ubuntu
3 8 (2.54%) Windows
4 3 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (19.68%) Software Engineering
2 35 (11.11%) B2B
3 34 (10.79%) DevOps
4 28 (8.89%) ERP
5 27 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (7.62%) Agile
7 23 (7.30%) Decision-Making
8 22 (6.98%) Mentoring
9 19 (6.03%) AI
9 19 (6.03%) Customer Experience
10 18 (5.71%) Analytics
10 18 (5.71%) CI/CD
10 18 (5.71%) Commercial Awareness
10 18 (5.71%) Full-Stack Development
10 18 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (5.40%) Event-Driven
12 15 (4.76%) CRM
13 14 (4.44%) Cybersecurity
13 14 (4.44%) Migration
14 13 (4.13%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.84%) C#
2 23 (7.30%) Bash
3 17 (5.40%) SQL
4 9 (2.86%) Java
4 9 (2.86%) TypeScript
5 8 (2.54%) Python
6 5 (1.59%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.63%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.32%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 18 (5.71%) ACCA
2 9 (2.86%) Degree
3 6 (1.90%) CIMA
4 4 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 4 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.32%) AAT
6 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.25%) QA
2 18 (5.71%) IFRS
3 7 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.90%) GDPR
5 5 (1.59%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.27%) GAAP
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (2.22%) Docker
2 5 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (7.62%) Terraform
2 23 (7.30%) Ansible
3 1 (0.32%) Argo
3 1 (0.32%) Grafana
3 1 (0.32%) Graylog
3 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (7.30%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.98%) Red Hat
3 11 (3.49%) SAP
4 9 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.27%) ConnectWise
5 4 (1.27%) IBM
5 4 (1.27%) webMethods
6 3 (0.95%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.63%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.63%) Google
7 2 (0.63%) Xero
8 1 (0.32%) Cisco
8 1 (0.32%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.32%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.32%) Okta
8 1 (0.32%) Pardot
8 1 (0.32%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.32%) Workday