SaaS Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 84 84
Rank change year-on-year +47 0 -19
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 2,880 1,140 1,605
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.72% 3.29% 2.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.08% 12.19% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,309 811 1,251
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £74,750 £72,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -8.40%

All Cloud Computing 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 17,907 9,355 16,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.12% 26.99% 28.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,865 6,498 11,711
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,675 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,784
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -8.73% -0.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SaaS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

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 15 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
North of England +61 835 £70,000 +19.66% 301
South East +47 716 £65,000 +13.04% 423
Midlands +40 578 £60,000 -4.00% 172
North West +95 567 £75,000 +25.00% 173
West Midlands +52 458 £60,000 -0.41% 113
Yorkshire +5 220 £65,000 +36.84% 102
South West +27 216 £48,750 +2.63% 111
Scotland +61 172 £41,750 -20.48% 65
East of England -6 141 £55,000 +2.33% 67
Northern Ireland -3 133 £80,000 +63.11% 60
East Midlands -12 119 £50,000 -20.95% 59
Wales -6 80 £45,000 +18.13% 18
North East -44 48 £45,000 -30.77% 27
Isle of Man - 9 - -
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 86 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 64 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.49%) CMS
4 13 (0.45%) Confluence
5 11 (0.38%) IIS
6 9 (0.31%) WordPress
7 3 (0.10%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.10%) Moodle
7 3 (0.10%) Totara
8 2 (0.069%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.069%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.069%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.069%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.035%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.035%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.035%) SAS
Applications
1 62 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.24%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.21%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.10%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.069%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.069%) CapCut
10 2 (0.069%) InDesign
10 2 (0.069%) Trello
11 1 (0.035%) Notion
11 1 (0.035%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 29 (1.01%) NetSuite
2 19 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.17%) Shopify
4 4 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.10%) Aareon QL
5 3 (0.10%) Magento
5 3 (0.10%) MIS ActiveH
5 3 (0.10%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.10%) OPENHousing
5 3 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.10%) Orchard Housing
6 2 (0.069%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.069%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.035%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.035%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.035%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.035%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.035%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 391 (13.58%) Azure
2 368 (12.78%) AWS
3 145 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
4 120 (4.17%) PaaS
5 109 (3.78%) Entra ID
6 72 (2.50%) IaaS
7 70 (2.43%) Power Platform
8 52 (1.81%) GCP
9 51 (1.77%) Serverless
10 44 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
10 44 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
11 38 (1.32%) GitHub
12 37 (1.28%) Google Ads
12 37 (1.28%) Meta Ads
13 34 (1.18%) Mimecast
14 32 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
15 31 (1.08%) dbt
16 24 (0.83%) Datadog
16 24 (0.83%) PowerApps
17 23 (0.80%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.28%) DNS
2 30 (1.04%) Firewall
3 18 (0.63%) VPN
4 17 (0.59%) DHCP
5 12 (0.42%) Network Security
6 11 (0.38%) WAN
7 9 (0.31%) HTTP
8 7 (0.24%) SSL
8 7 (0.24%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.21%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.17%) LAN
10 5 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (0.17%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.17%) SNMP
11 3 (0.10%) DAB
11 3 (0.10%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.10%) VLAN
11 3 (0.10%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.069%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (3.65%) SQL Server
2 36 (1.25%) Power BI
2 36 (1.25%) Redis
3 24 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (0.59%) Relational Database
5 15 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
6 9 (0.31%) NoSQL
7 8 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.28%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.28%) MySQL
8 6 (0.21%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.17%) GIS
10 4 (0.14%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.14%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.14%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 89 (3.09%) JIRA
2 40 (1.39%) Git
3 14 (0.49%) Claude Code
4 10 (0.35%) GitLab
5 7 (0.24%) Postman
5 7 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (0.21%) Yeoman
7 5 (0.17%) JMeter
7 5 (0.17%) Selenium
7 5 (0.17%) Storybook
8 4 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.14%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.14%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.14%) Locust
8 4 (0.14%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.10%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.10%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.069%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.069%) Oracle APEX
General
1 492 (17.08%) Social Skills
2 468 (16.25%) Finance
3 359 (12.47%) Marketing
4 230 (7.99%) Legal
5 176 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
6 132 (4.58%) Retail
7 112 (3.89%) Law
8 110 (3.82%) Public Sector
9 90 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
10 61 (2.12%) Manufacturing
11 49 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
12 42 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 42 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 27 (0.94%) Advertising
14 26 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
15 25 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (0.83%) Automotive
16 24 (0.83%) Billing
16 24 (0.83%) Legal Technology
17 21 (0.73%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 352 (12.22%) Senior
2 280 (9.72%) Lead
3 234 (8.13%) Developer
4 160 (5.56%) Account Executive
5 150 (5.21%) Software Engineer
6 137 (4.76%) Account Manager
7 126 (4.38%) Analyst
8 115 (3.99%) Architect
9 111 (3.85%) Senior Manager
10 97 (3.37%) Software Developer
11 96 (3.33%) Full-Stack Developer
12 92 (3.19%) Development Manager
13 91 (3.16%) Sales Manager
14 90 (3.13%) Sales Representative
15 76 (2.64%) Business Manager
16 69 (2.40%) IT Manager
16 69 (2.40%) Marketing Manager
17 68 (2.36%) Support Engineer
18 67 (2.33%) Lead Developer
19 66 (2.29%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (6.53%) .NET
2 133 (4.62%) Node.js
3 74 (2.57%) React
4 61 (2.12%) Middleware
5 57 (1.98%) Vue
6 52 (1.81%) REST
7 42 (1.46%) CSS
8 39 (1.35%) HTML
9 37 (1.28%) NestJS
10 27 (0.94%) AngularJS
11 24 (0.83%) .NET Core
12 22 (0.76%) Laravel
13 20 (0.69%) OAuth
14 19 (0.66%) .NET Framework
14 19 (0.66%) Ruby on Rails
15 15 (0.52%) JSON
15 15 (0.52%) OpenID
15 15 (0.52%) SAML
16 14 (0.49%) Redux
16 14 (0.49%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 180 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 101 (3.51%) Cloud Native
3 70 (2.43%) Product Ownership
4 62 (2.15%) PropTech
5 60 (2.08%) Marketing Technology
6 58 (2.01%) Virtual Team
7 57 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
8 54 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
9 49 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
10 34 (1.18%) Educational Technology
11 32 (1.11%) Mobile App
12 30 (1.04%) Management Information System
13 29 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
14 25 (0.87%) Driving Licence
14 25 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
15 22 (0.76%) IoT
16 21 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
17 20 (0.69%) AI Agents
18 17 (0.59%) EPoS
19 16 (0.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 102 (3.54%) Windows
2 71 (2.47%) Linux
3 48 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 23 (0.80%) Ubuntu
5 14 (0.49%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.31%) CentOS
8 8 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.17%) Unix
9 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.14%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.10%) Debian
11 3 (0.10%) Solaris
11 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.069%) VMS
13 1 (0.035%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 345 (11.98%) AI
3 335 (11.63%) Software Engineering
4 329 (11.42%) B2B
5 286 (9.93%) Agile
6 280 (9.72%) DevOps
7 239 (8.30%) Business Development
8 231 (8.02%) Mentoring
9 229 (7.95%) CRM
10 221 (7.67%) Problem-Solving
11 213 (7.40%) Stakeholder Management
12 209 (7.26%) Test Automation
13 192 (6.67%) Decision-Making
14 187 (6.49%) Roadmaps
15 179 (6.22%) Full-Stack Development
16 168 (5.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 153 (5.31%) CI/CD
17 153 (5.31%) ITIL
18 147 (5.10%) Analytics
19 134 (4.65%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 224 (7.78%) C#
2 221 (7.67%) SQL
3 191 (6.63%) TypeScript
4 179 (6.22%) JavaScript
5 167 (5.80%) Python
6 127 (4.41%) PowerShell
7 71 (2.47%) Java
8 37 (1.28%) PHP
9 30 (1.04%) R
10 28 (0.97%) Bash
11 23 (0.80%) Ruby
12 13 (0.45%) Bicep
12 13 (0.45%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.24%) Go
14 5 (0.17%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.14%) Perl
16 2 (0.069%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.069%) C++
16 2 (0.069%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 111 (3.85%) Degree
2 65 (2.26%) ACCA
3 64 (2.22%) CISM
3 64 (2.22%) CISSP
4 54 (1.88%) CIMA
4 54 (1.88%) ITIL Certification
5 43 (1.49%) Security Cleared
6 40 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (1.35%) SC Cleared
8 27 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (0.69%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.38%) CRISC
11 9 (0.31%) DV Cleared
11 9 (0.31%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.21%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.17%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.17%) CISA
13 5 (0.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (4.38%) QA
2 90 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (2.26%) NIST
4 52 (1.81%) GDPR
5 48 (1.67%) ISO 22301
6 34 (1.18%) Data Quality
7 23 (0.80%) Accessibility
7 23 (0.80%) SLA
8 21 (0.73%) SOC 2
9 18 (0.63%) IFRS
10 14 (0.49%) GRC
11 13 (0.45%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.42%) PMO
13 7 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.21%) GAAP
14 6 (0.21%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.21%) WCAG
15 5 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 4 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 105 (3.65%) Active Directory
2 72 (2.50%) Docker
3 16 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.24%) Firmware
7 5 (0.17%) vSphere
8 2 (0.069%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.035%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.035%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 98 (3.40%) Terraform
2 65 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 54 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (1.28%) Ansible
5 17 (0.59%) Grafana
6 15 (0.52%) Progress Chef
7 13 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.24%) Nessus
10 5 (0.17%) Argo
10 5 (0.17%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.14%) Puppet
12 3 (0.10%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.069%) MaaS360
13 2 (0.069%) Nagios
13 2 (0.069%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.069%) SCCM
14 1 (0.035%) CASB
14 1 (0.035%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 337 (11.70%) Microsoft
2 89 (3.09%) HubSpot
3 85 (2.95%) Salesforce
4 81 (2.81%) Google
5 32 (1.11%) CrowdStrike
6 26 (0.90%) SAP
7 25 (0.87%) ServiceNow
8 23 (0.80%) Sage
8 23 (0.80%) VMware
9 21 (0.73%) Oracle
9 21 (0.73%) Workday
10 20 (0.69%) Red Hat
11 15 (0.52%) Adobe
11 15 (0.52%) Xero
12 12 (0.42%) Instagram
12 12 (0.42%) Zoho
13 11 (0.38%) MuleSoft
13 11 (0.38%) SolarWinds
14 10 (0.35%) Facebook
15 9 (0.31%) YouTube