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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 86 71
Rank change year-on-year -56 -15 -15
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 876 2,214 2,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.21% 2.96% 4.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.12% 9.21% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 633 1,726 1,537
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,563 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +3.85%

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 8,654 24,030 22,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 21.81% 32.09% 38.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,753 17,653 13,381
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,450 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,650 £70,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -31 232 £55,000 -2.52% 302
North of England -100 209 £58,500 +6.36% 488
Midlands -42 187 £60,000 - 175
North West -131 104 £59,000 +6.31% 328
East of England +31 97 £82,500 +37.50% 58
West Midlands -47 95 £60,000 - 114
Yorkshire -6 93 £58,500 +6.36% 127
East Midlands +13 90 £60,000 +9.09% 59
South West -14 73 £55,000 - 115
Scotland +5 64 £51,250 -6.82% 82
North East +10 12 £65,000 +18.18% 37
Wales -15 10 £38,094 -30.74% 32
Northern Ireland +14 4 £40,000 -46.67% 52
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 21 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.05%) CMS
2 18 (2.05%) IIS
3 13 (1.48%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.68%) Apache
4 6 (0.68%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.68%) Confluence
5 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.23%) Moodle
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.11%) Totara
6 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.34%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.34%) Productboard
6 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.23%) Sketch
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.94%) Shopify
2 16 (1.83%) Magento
3 7 (0.80%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.11%) TrackWise
6 1 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 276 (31.51%) Azure
2 221 (25.23%) AWS
3 115 (13.13%) PaaS
4 74 (8.45%) IaaS
5 71 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
6 60 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (5.48%) Serverless
8 43 (4.91%) GitHub
8 43 (4.91%) Power Platform
9 36 (4.11%) GCP
10 34 (3.88%) Entra ID
11 27 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
12 22 (2.51%) Power Automate
13 20 (2.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 20 (2.28%) Azure Service Bus
14 19 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
14 19 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (2.05%) Amazon SQS
15 18 (2.05%) iPaaS
16 17 (1.94%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.34%) Firewall
2 37 (4.22%) VPN
3 34 (3.88%) DNS
4 18 (2.05%) SD-WAN
4 18 (2.05%) WAN
5 12 (1.37%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.26%) Internet
7 7 (0.80%) Network Security
8 6 (0.68%) DHCP
8 6 (0.68%) SSL
8 6 (0.68%) VoIP
8 6 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.57%) BGP
9 5 (0.57%) DKIM
9 5 (0.57%) DMARC
9 5 (0.57%) DNSSEC
9 5 (0.57%) OSPF
9 5 (0.57%) SMTP
10 4 (0.46%) LAN
10 4 (0.46%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (9.59%) SQL Server
2 39 (4.45%) MySQL
3 38 (4.34%) Power BI
4 28 (3.20%) Big Data
5 27 (3.08%) NoSQL
6 21 (2.40%) Data Lake
7 12 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.14%) RDBMS
10 9 (1.03%) Data Hub
10 9 (1.03%) SQL CLR
11 7 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.80%) Metadata
11 7 (0.80%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.57%) SQLite
14 4 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 44 (5.02%) Git
2 24 (2.74%) Jenkins
3 23 (2.63%) JIRA
4 16 (1.83%) IntelliJ
5 15 (1.71%) Eclipse
5 15 (1.71%) Jasmine
5 15 (1.71%) JUnit
5 15 (1.71%) Karma Test Runner
5 15 (1.71%) Mockito
5 15 (1.71%) Protractor
6 14 (1.60%) Selenium
7 10 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.91%) Postman
9 6 (0.68%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.68%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.68%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.57%) NUnit
10 5 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.46%) SpecFlow
General
1 297 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 166 (18.95%) Finance
3 138 (15.75%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (10.05%) Marketing
5 59 (6.74%) Law
5 59 (6.74%) Organisational Skills
6 46 (5.25%) Public Sector
7 41 (4.68%) Legal
8 39 (4.45%) Presentation Skills
8 39 (4.45%) Retail
9 24 (2.74%) Electronics
9 24 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (2.51%) Banking
10 22 (2.51%) Games
11 20 (2.28%) Automotive
12 19 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 16 (1.83%) Billing
13 16 (1.83%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.71%) Local Government
15 11 (1.26%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 130 (14.84%) Developer
2 109 (12.44%) Senior
3 104 (11.87%) Lead
4 95 (10.84%) Architect
5 72 (8.22%) Analyst
6 44 (5.02%) Cloud Engineer
7 42 (4.79%) Support Engineer
8 40 (4.57%) IT Support
8 40 (4.57%) Senior Developer
9 38 (4.34%) Solutions Architect
10 37 (4.22%) Software Engineer
11 36 (4.11%) Full-Stack Developer
12 32 (3.65%) SaaS Developer
13 30 (3.42%) IT Engineer
14 29 (3.31%) .NET Developer
15 25 (2.85%) Business Manager
16 24 (2.74%) Cloud Architect
16 24 (2.74%) IT Support Engineer
17 23 (2.63%) Lead Software Engineer
18 22 (2.51%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (11.87%) .NET
2 68 (7.76%) React
3 46 (5.25%) AngularJS
4 37 (4.22%) REST
5 36 (4.11%) HTML
5 36 (4.11%) Node.js
6 31 (3.54%) RESTful
7 30 (3.42%) .NET Core
7 30 (3.42%) CSS
8 23 (2.63%) .NET Framework
8 23 (2.63%) JSON
9 19 (2.17%) Kafka
10 18 (2.05%) OAuth
11 15 (1.71%) Hibernate
11 15 (1.71%) JPA
11 15 (1.71%) RabbitMQ
12 14 (1.60%) JWT
12 14 (1.60%) Laravel
13 13 (1.48%) ASP.NET
13 13 (1.48%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.19%) Onboarding
1 63 (7.19%) Product Ownership
2 59 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
3 43 (4.91%) Cloud Native
4 35 (4.00%) Data Centre
5 32 (3.65%) Management Information System
6 28 (3.20%) Mobile App
6 28 (3.20%) Social Media
7 26 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 26 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
7 26 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (2.63%) Private Cloud
9 22 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (2.05%) Driving Licence
11 17 (1.94%) Algorithms
11 17 (1.94%) IoT
11 17 (1.94%) NHS
12 16 (1.83%) EPoS
12 16 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
13 15 (1.71%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 98 (11.19%) Windows
2 63 (7.19%) Linux
3 30 (3.42%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.63%) Android
5 6 (0.68%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.57%) Unix
6 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.46%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.34%) VMS
8 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) CentOS
10 1 (0.11%) Debian
10 1 (0.11%) SUSE
10 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (27.63%) Agile
2 176 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
3 163 (18.61%) DevOps
4 133 (15.18%) Mentoring
5 123 (14.04%) CI/CD
6 114 (13.01%) Roadmaps
7 105 (11.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 104 (11.87%) Project Management
9 98 (11.19%) B2B
9 98 (11.19%) CRM
9 98 (11.19%) Migration
10 95 (10.84%) Software Engineering
11 91 (10.39%) Analytics
12 88 (10.05%) Coaching
12 88 (10.05%) Customer Service
13 83 (9.47%) ITIL
14 69 (7.88%) Data Privacy
15 67 (7.65%) Microservices
16 60 (6.85%) ERP
17 55 (6.28%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 151 (17.24%) SQL
2 126 (14.38%) C#
3 104 (11.87%) JavaScript
4 69 (7.88%) Python
5 59 (6.74%) TypeScript
6 54 (6.16%) Java
7 45 (5.14%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.05%) Bicep
8 18 (2.05%) PHP
9 17 (1.94%) Bash
10 12 (1.37%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.03%) PL/SQL
12 8 (0.91%) Delphi
12 8 (0.91%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.46%) F#
13 4 (0.46%) Go
13 4 (0.46%) Perl
13 4 (0.46%) Ruby
13 4 (0.46%) Scala
14 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 99 (11.30%) Degree
2 42 (4.79%) Security Cleared
3 34 (3.88%) Azure Certification
4 29 (3.31%) DBS Check
5 23 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.28%) PMP
8 18 (2.05%) CBAP
8 18 (2.05%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.83%) MCSA
9 16 (1.83%) MCSE
10 12 (1.37%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.14%) CCNP
11 10 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.14%) SC Cleared
12 9 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.91%) CCNA
13 8 (0.91%) MCP
14 7 (0.80%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.14%) QA
1 45 (5.14%) SLA
2 19 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.05%) GDPR
4 13 (1.48%) NIST
5 11 (1.26%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.14%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.80%) NCSC
8 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.34%) PMBOK
9 3 (0.34%) PMO
10 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.11%) GLP
11 1 (0.11%) GMP
11 1 (0.11%) GxP
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 48 (5.48%) Docker
2 28 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.68%) vSphere
7 3 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.23%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 56 (6.39%) Terraform
2 39 (4.45%) Kubernetes
3 26 (2.97%) Ansible
4 16 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (0.57%) SCCM
7 3 (0.34%) Puppet
8 2 (0.23%) Grafana
8 2 (0.23%) Graylog
8 2 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
8 2 (0.23%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.23%) SCOM
8 2 (0.23%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.11%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 141 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 43 (4.91%) Salesforce
3 36 (4.11%) Oracle
4 29 (3.31%) ServiceNow
4 29 (3.31%) VMware
5 26 (2.97%) YouTube
6 22 (2.51%) Databricks
7 21 (2.40%) Google
7 21 (2.40%) Zoho
8 17 (1.94%) Commvault
9 16 (1.83%) Cisco
9 16 (1.83%) IBM
9 16 (1.83%) Informatica
9 16 (1.83%) MuleSoft
10 14 (1.60%) Meraki
11 8 (0.91%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.80%) Citrix
13 5 (0.57%) IronPort
13 5 (0.57%) SAP
13 5 (0.57%) Veritas