SaaS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 83 70
Rank change year-on-year -65 -13 -12
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 866 2,293 2,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.18% 2.83% 4.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.87% 9.29% 11.82%
Number of salaries quoted 618 1,766 1,543
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,139 £46,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,375 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -8.40% +0.77%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,775 24,688 21,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.05% 30.47% 38.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,912 17,989 13,195
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,685 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% -7.85% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,875 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,200 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £64,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -10.16% +2.40%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 June 2025.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 June 2025. 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
South East -38 226 £55,000 - 3,333
North of England -86 213 £58,000 +5.45% 2,237
Midlands -33 179 £60,000 - 1,470
North West -120 102 £58,000 +5.45% 1,235
Yorkshire -5 99 £52,500 -4.55% 847
West Midlands -42 97 £60,000 - 811
East of England +19 96 £85,000 +41.67% 1,176
East Midlands +8 80 £60,000 +9.09% 646
South West -23 73 £55,000 +4.76% 913
Scotland -3 62 £52,500 -4.55% 477
North East +5 12 £65,000 +18.18% 158
Wales -10 12 £38,094 -30.74% 256
Northern Ireland +12 5 £41,546 -44.61% 216
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 27 (3.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (2.42%) CMS
3 14 (1.62%) IIS
4 12 (1.39%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.69%) Apache
5 6 (0.69%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.58%) Confluence
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.23%) Moodle
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.12%) Totara
8 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
2 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.23%) Productboard
6 2 (0.23%) Sketch
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.85%) Shopify
2 14 (1.62%) Magento
3 7 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.81%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.12%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 274 (31.64%) Azure
2 209 (24.13%) AWS
3 125 (14.43%) PaaS
4 84 (9.70%) IaaS
5 66 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
6 60 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (5.08%) Serverless
8 43 (4.97%) Power Platform
9 39 (4.50%) GitHub
10 38 (4.39%) Entra ID
11 37 (4.27%) GCP
12 27 (3.12%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (2.54%) Power Automate
14 20 (2.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 20 (2.31%) Azure Service Bus
14 20 (2.31%) iPaaS
15 19 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
16 18 (2.08%) Amazon SQS
17 17 (1.96%) Azure Key Vault
18 16 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.27%) DNS
2 36 (4.16%) Firewall
2 36 (4.16%) VPN
3 17 (1.96%) SD-WAN
3 17 (1.96%) WAN
4 16 (1.85%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.15%) Internet
6 9 (1.04%) DHCP
7 7 (0.81%) Network Security
8 6 (0.69%) SSL
9 5 (0.58%) DKIM
9 5 (0.58%) DMARC
9 5 (0.58%) DNSSEC
9 5 (0.58%) SMTP
9 5 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.46%) BGP
10 4 (0.46%) IPsec
10 4 (0.46%) LAN
10 4 (0.46%) OSPF
10 4 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (9.01%) SQL Server
2 37 (4.27%) MySQL
2 37 (4.27%) Power BI
3 27 (3.12%) Big Data
4 24 (2.77%) NoSQL
5 21 (2.42%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.39%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.27%) Data Hub
7 11 (1.27%) RDBMS
7 11 (1.27%) SQL CLR
7 11 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.81%) Metadata
10 6 (0.69%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.46%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 42 (4.85%) Git
2 21 (2.42%) JIRA
3 20 (2.31%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.62%) IntelliJ
5 13 (1.50%) Eclipse
5 13 (1.50%) Jasmine
5 13 (1.50%) JUnit
5 13 (1.50%) Karma Test Runner
5 13 (1.50%) Mockito
5 13 (1.50%) Protractor
6 11 (1.27%) Selenium
7 10 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (0.81%) Postman
9 6 (0.69%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.58%) NUnit
10 5 (0.58%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.58%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.46%) SpecFlow
General
1 288 (33.26%) Social Skills
2 175 (20.21%) Finance
3 133 (15.36%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (10.62%) Marketing
5 59 (6.81%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (6.47%) Law
7 43 (4.97%) Public Sector
8 42 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (4.62%) Legal
10 39 (4.50%) Retail
11 25 (2.89%) Electronics
12 23 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 22 (2.54%) Games
14 21 (2.42%) Automotive
14 21 (2.42%) Banking
15 18 (2.08%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.85%) Billing
17 14 (1.62%) Telecoms
18 12 (1.39%) Local Government
19 11 (1.27%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 126 (14.55%) Developer
2 102 (11.78%) Architect
2 102 (11.78%) Lead
3 100 (11.55%) Senior
4 73 (8.43%) Analyst
5 42 (4.85%) Support Engineer
6 40 (4.62%) Cloud Engineer
7 38 (4.39%) IT Support
7 38 (4.39%) Senior Developer
7 38 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
8 37 (4.27%) Software Engineer
9 35 (4.04%) Full-Stack Developer
10 30 (3.46%) Cloud Architect
10 30 (3.46%) IT Engineer
10 30 (3.46%) SaaS Developer
11 29 (3.35%) .NET Developer
12 25 (2.89%) Business Manager
13 24 (2.77%) IT Architect
13 24 (2.77%) IT Support Engineer
14 22 (2.54%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (11.43%) .NET
2 67 (7.74%) React
3 43 (4.97%) AngularJS
4 38 (4.39%) HTML
4 38 (4.39%) REST
5 32 (3.70%) .NET Core
5 32 (3.70%) Node.js
6 31 (3.58%) CSS
7 30 (3.46%) RESTful
8 26 (3.00%) .NET Framework
9 23 (2.66%) JSON
10 19 (2.19%) Kafka
11 18 (2.08%) OAuth
12 14 (1.62%) ASP.NET
12 14 (1.62%) Entity Framework
12 14 (1.62%) JWT
13 13 (1.50%) Blazor
13 13 (1.50%) Hibernate
13 13 (1.50%) JPA
13 13 (1.50%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.27%) Onboarding
2 60 (6.93%) Product Ownership
3 57 (6.58%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (4.85%) Cloud Native
5 36 (4.16%) Data Centre
6 28 (3.23%) Mobile App
6 28 (3.23%) Social Media
7 27 (3.12%) Greenfield Project
8 26 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 26 (3.00%) Management Information System
9 25 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
10 21 (2.42%) Private Cloud
11 20 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
12 19 (2.19%) Driving Licence
13 17 (1.96%) IoT
13 17 (1.96%) NHS
14 16 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
15 15 (1.73%) Algorithms
16 14 (1.62%) EPoS
17 13 (1.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 100 (11.55%) Windows
2 54 (6.24%) Linux
3 39 (4.50%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.54%) Android
5 6 (0.69%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.58%) Unix
7 4 (0.46%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.35%) VMS
8 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.12%) CentOS
10 1 (0.12%) Debian
10 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (26.91%) Agile
2 173 (19.98%) Problem-Solving
3 159 (18.36%) DevOps
4 128 (14.78%) Mentoring
5 122 (14.09%) CI/CD
6 115 (13.28%) Roadmaps
7 109 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 106 (12.24%) Migration
9 100 (11.55%) Project Management
10 95 (10.97%) B2B
11 93 (10.74%) Customer Service
12 92 (10.62%) Analytics
12 92 (10.62%) CRM
13 89 (10.28%) Software Engineering
14 87 (10.05%) Coaching
15 75 (8.66%) ITIL
16 70 (8.08%) Data Privacy
17 66 (7.62%) Microservices
18 62 (7.16%) ERP
19 59 (6.81%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 140 (16.17%) SQL
2 123 (14.20%) C#
3 98 (11.32%) JavaScript
4 69 (7.97%) Python
5 56 (6.47%) TypeScript
6 53 (6.12%) PowerShell
7 52 (6.00%) Java
8 20 (2.31%) Bicep
9 17 (1.96%) Bash
10 15 (1.73%) PHP
11 12 (1.39%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.04%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.92%) Delphi
13 8 (0.92%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.46%) F#
14 4 (0.46%) Go
14 4 (0.46%) Perl
14 4 (0.46%) Ruby
14 4 (0.46%) Scala
15 3 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 95 (10.97%) Degree
2 51 (5.89%) Security Cleared
3 35 (4.04%) Azure Certification
4 30 (3.46%) DBS Check
5 26 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.54%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.31%) PMP
8 18 (2.08%) SC Cleared
9 17 (1.96%) CBAP
9 17 (1.96%) PMI Certification
10 16 (1.85%) MCSA
10 16 (1.85%) MCSE
11 15 (1.73%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.15%) CCNP
12 10 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.15%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.92%) CCNA
13 8 (0.92%) MCP
14 7 (0.81%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.43%) SLA
2 39 (4.50%) QA
3 21 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.08%) GDPR
5 15 (1.73%) NIST
6 11 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 10 (1.15%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.81%) NCSC
9 5 (0.58%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.35%) PMBOK
11 3 (0.35%) PMO
11 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.23%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.12%) GRC
13 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (5.20%) Docker
2 33 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.81%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.58%) vSphere
7 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.23%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 58 (6.70%) Terraform
2 34 (3.93%) Kubernetes
3 26 (3.00%) Ansible
4 15 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.46%) SCCM
8 3 (0.35%) Puppet
8 3 (0.35%) SmoothWall
9 2 (0.23%) Grafana
9 2 (0.23%) Graylog
9 2 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.23%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.12%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 139 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 37 (4.27%) Salesforce
3 35 (4.04%) VMware
4 30 (3.46%) Oracle
5 28 (3.23%) YouTube
6 25 (2.89%) ServiceNow
7 22 (2.54%) Databricks
8 21 (2.42%) Zoho
9 17 (1.96%) Commvault
10 16 (1.85%) Google
10 16 (1.85%) Informatica
10 16 (1.85%) MuleSoft
11 15 (1.73%) Cisco
12 14 (1.62%) IBM
12 14 (1.62%) Meraki
13 8 (0.92%) HubSpot
14 6 (0.69%) Citrix
15 5 (0.58%) IronPort
15 5 (0.58%) Veritas
16 4 (0.46%) Splunk