Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SaaS over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 59 63 52
Rank change year-on-year +4 -11 +6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 2,513 5,922 7,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.81% 4.85% 5.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.17% 11.25% 12.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,820 4,371 5,426
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,853 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,750 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -

All Cloud Skills
UK

SaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22,497 52,651 59,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 43.04% 43.08% 47.03%
Number of salaries quoted 17,604 35,422 42,741
10th Percentile £32,750 £34,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,351 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.00% +4.76% +5.00%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the UK

SaaS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SaaS.

Salary trend for SaaS in the UK

SaaS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the UK

SaaS
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England +6 2,082 £70,000 +3.70% 1,333
UK excluding London +13 1,565 £60,000 - 749
Work from Home +3 1,491 £67,500 - 800
London +6 814 £80,000 +3.23% 664
North of England +43 456 £61,500 +6.49% 216
South East -11 358 £57,500 -11.54% 205
North West +55 254 £60,000 +4.35% 150
Scotland +12 233 £62,500 +13.64% 66
Yorkshire +31 195 £62,500 +4.17% 54
Midlands +36 186 £60,000 -4.00% 127
South West +22 167 £65,000 +23.81% 63
West Midlands +54 118 £60,000 - 87
Wales +38 68 £47,500 -17.39% 21
East Midlands +15 67 £55,000 -15.38% 39
East of England +8 62 £55,000 - 52
Northern Ireland +33 39 £35,000 -50.00% 11
North East +15 7 £57,500 +9.52% 14
Isle of Man - 1 £72,500 -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 62 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.64%) Apache Spark
2 16 (0.64%) IIS
3 15 (0.60%) Confluence
4 12 (0.48%) CMS
4 12 (0.48%) MS Exchange
4 12 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 10 (0.40%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.36%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.28%) nginx
8 5 (0.20%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.16%) Apache
9 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.16%) ArcSDE
10 3 (0.12%) Drupal
10 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.080%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.080%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.080%) Moodle
11 2 (0.080%) Tomcat
Applications
1 49 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.16%) Autodesk Inventor
5 4 (0.16%) MadCap Flare
6 3 (0.12%) Sketch
7 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.040%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.040%) Notion
8 1 (0.040%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 220 (8.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
3 17 (0.68%) Elite 3E
4 13 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.12%) Eloqua
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.12%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.12%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.12%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.12%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.12%) Shopify
9 2 (0.080%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.080%) Misys Equation
Cloud Services
1 1,153 (45.88%) Azure
2 839 (33.39%) PaaS
3 813 (32.35%) IaaS
4 562 (22.36%) AWS
5 284 (11.30%) GCP
6 266 (10.58%) Power Platform
7 255 (10.15%) Serverless
8 226 (8.99%) Dynamics 365
9 222 (8.83%) Azure Functions
10 181 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
11 106 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
12 89 (3.54%) Entra ID
13 85 (3.38%) GitHub
14 76 (3.02%) OCI
15 58 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
16 41 (1.63%) OpenShift
17 39 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
18 37 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
19 32 (1.27%) Amazon S3
20 29 (1.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 113 (4.50%) Firewall
2 89 (3.54%) DNS
3 87 (3.46%) SAN
4 72 (2.87%) DHCP
5 69 (2.75%) VPN
6 66 (2.63%) Network Security
7 52 (2.07%) TCP/IP
8 49 (1.95%) WAN
9 44 (1.75%) HTTP
10 39 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
11 33 (1.31%) SSL
12 32 (1.27%) SD-WAN
13 31 (1.23%) LAN
14 27 (1.07%) Internet
15 23 (0.92%) VoIP
16 22 (0.88%) VLAN
16 22 (0.88%) Wireless
17 15 (0.60%) BGP
18 14 (0.56%) Unified Communications
19 10 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 263 (10.47%) SQL Server
2 158 (6.29%) NoSQL
3 136 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
4 121 (4.81%) MySQL
5 115 (4.58%) Data Lake
6 57 (2.27%) Relational Database
7 52 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
8 50 (1.99%) MongoDB
9 47 (1.87%) Big Data
10 41 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
11 34 (1.35%) Power BI
12 32 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
13 30 (1.19%) Oracle Database
14 28 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
15 26 (1.03%) Redis
16 18 (0.72%) Apache Cassandra
16 18 (0.72%) MariaDB
17 17 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
18 15 (0.60%) BigQuery
19 14 (0.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 151 (6.01%) Jenkins
2 111 (4.42%) Git
3 86 (3.42%) JIRA
4 70 (2.79%) Selenium
5 64 (2.55%) Cucumber
6 60 (2.39%) Postman
7 40 (1.59%) Maven
8 36 (1.43%) Cypress.io
9 28 (1.11%) IntelliJ
10 23 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
11 22 (0.88%) webpack
12 21 (0.84%) Oracle APEX
13 20 (0.80%) SoapUI
13 20 (0.80%) Visual Studio
14 18 (0.72%) JMeter
15 17 (0.68%) Bitbucket
16 15 (0.60%) Bitbucket Server
16 15 (0.60%) Serenity BDD
17 14 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
18 11 (0.44%) Jasmine
General
1 740 (29.45%) Finance
2 639 (25.43%) Social Skills
3 197 (7.84%) Banking
4 188 (7.48%) Marketing
5 172 (6.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 162 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
7 129 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
8 91 (3.62%) Retail
9 76 (3.02%) Legal
9 76 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
10 67 (2.67%) Public Sector
11 44 (1.75%) Law
12 41 (1.63%) Telecoms
13 38 (1.51%) Manufacturing
14 33 (1.31%) Back Office
15 30 (1.19%) Local Government
16 25 (0.99%) Financial Institution
17 21 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
17 21 (0.84%) Tech for Good
18 18 (0.72%) Billing
Job Titles
1 674 (26.82%) Architect
2 418 (16.63%) Senior
3 337 (13.41%) Developer
4 208 (8.28%) CRM Architect
4 208 (8.28%) Dynamics 365 Architect
4 208 (8.28%) Dynamics CRM Architect
5 186 (7.40%) Lead
6 125 (4.97%) Analyst
7 124 (4.93%) Solutions Architect
8 121 (4.81%) Enterprise Architect
9 120 (4.78%) Senior Developer
10 117 (4.66%) Software Engineer
11 105 (4.18%) DevOps Engineer
12 97 (3.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 83 (3.30%) Infrastructure Architect
14 79 (3.14%) Consultant
15 74 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
16 63 (2.51%) .NET Developer
17 60 (2.39%) Cloud Engineer
18 52 (2.07%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 295 (11.74%) .NET
2 225 (8.95%) HTML
2 225 (8.95%) REST
3 211 (8.40%) CSS
4 194 (7.72%) React
5 159 (6.33%) Web Services
6 111 (4.42%) Kafka
7 106 (4.22%) OpenID
7 106 (4.22%) SOAP
8 105 (4.18%) AngularJS
9 100 (3.98%) XML
10 85 (3.38%) Node.js
11 82 (3.26%) JSON
12 70 (2.79%) RESTful
13 67 (2.67%) Vue
14 65 (2.59%) .NET Core
15 63 (2.51%) RabbitMQ
16 61 (2.43%) Laravel
17 59 (2.35%) ASP.NET
18 56 (2.23%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 186 (7.40%) Public Cloud
2 118 (4.70%) Blockchain
3 104 (4.14%) Mainframe
4 97 (3.86%) Management Information System
5 89 (3.54%) Cloud Native
6 87 (3.46%) Private Cloud
7 76 (3.02%) Greenfield Project
7 76 (3.02%) Product Ownership
8 72 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
8 72 (2.87%) Virtual Team
9 71 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
10 54 (2.15%) Data Centre
11 42 (1.67%) Onboarding
12 33 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
13 32 (1.27%) Algorithms
14 29 (1.15%) Mobile App
15 26 (1.03%) CMDB
15 26 (1.03%) Data Structures
16 21 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
17 18 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 303 (12.06%) Windows
2 214 (8.52%) Linux
3 120 (4.78%) Unix
4 92 (3.66%) Windows Server
5 53 (2.11%) Mac OS
6 47 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 29 (1.15%) Windows 10
8 25 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
11 15 (0.60%) Android
12 9 (0.36%) Apple iOS
13 3 (0.12%) CentOS
14 2 (0.080%) VMS
14 2 (0.080%) Windows Vista
15 1 (0.040%) Debian
15 1 (0.040%) Fedora
15 1 (0.040%) HPUX
15 1 (0.040%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.040%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 989 (39.36%) Agile
2 550 (21.89%) Roadmaps
3 410 (16.32%) DevOps
4 408 (16.24%) Actionable Insight
5 362 (14.41%) CI/CD
6 357 (14.21%) Strategic Roadmap
7 338 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
8 323 (12.85%) Presales
9 303 (12.06%) Microservices
10 297 (11.82%) CRM
11 276 (10.98%) Software Engineering
12 254 (10.11%) Cybersecurity
13 224 (8.91%) Containerisation
14 220 (8.75%) Project Management
15 211 (8.40%) Project Planning
16 209 (8.32%) Customer Service
16 209 (8.32%) ITIL
17 208 (8.28%) Work Breakdown Structure
18 207 (8.24%) Infrastructure as Code
19 178 (7.08%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 359 (14.29%) SQL
2 356 (14.17%) JavaScript
3 294 (11.70%) Python
4 266 (10.58%) C#
5 261 (10.39%) Java
6 163 (6.49%) PowerShell
7 137 (5.45%) Bash
8 116 (4.62%) TypeScript
9 96 (3.82%) PHP
10 44 (1.75%) T-SQL
11 36 (1.43%) Ruby
12 33 (1.31%) PL/SQL
13 28 (1.11%) Go
14 27 (1.07%) C++
15 25 (0.99%) Perl
16 19 (0.76%) Shell Script
17 18 (0.72%) C
18 14 (0.56%) Bicep
19 13 (0.52%) Scala
20 7 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 288 (11.46%) Degree
2 149 (5.93%) Security Cleared
3 127 (5.05%) SC Cleared
4 100 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (1.63%) Azure Certification
6 30 (1.19%) DV Cleared
7 26 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (0.96%) CISSP
9 20 (0.80%) Master's Degree
10 15 (0.60%) AWS Certification
11 14 (0.56%) ISTQB
12 13 (0.52%) GSEC
13 9 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.36%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 9 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.32%) CISM
14 8 (0.32%) ISEB
14 8 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.28%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (6.21%) QA
2 44 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (1.31%) NIST
4 27 (1.07%) SLA
5 24 (0.96%) Accessibility
5 24 (0.96%) Data Quality
6 21 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (0.84%) GDPR
7 18 (0.72%) PCI DSS
7 18 (0.72%) WCAG
8 17 (0.68%) NCSC
9 16 (0.64%) COBIT
10 13 (0.52%) SEPA
11 12 (0.48%) PMO
11 12 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
12 8 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.12%) IFRS
14 3 (0.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 256 (10.19%) Docker
2 179 (7.12%) Active Directory
3 92 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 50 (1.99%) Hyper-V
5 22 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.20%) BitLocker
7 5 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.12%) Firmware
8 3 (0.12%) XenApp
9 2 (0.080%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.040%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.040%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.040%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.040%) RACF
10 1 (0.040%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.040%) vSphere
10 1 (0.040%) Xen
Systems Management
1 313 (12.46%) Kubernetes
2 226 (8.99%) Terraform
3 179 (7.12%) Ansible
4 62 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (1.47%) Puppet
6 25 (0.99%) SCCM
7 23 (0.92%) HP UCMDB
8 21 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 15 (0.60%) Grafana
10 7 (0.28%) Argo
11 6 (0.24%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.24%) QRadar
12 4 (0.16%) CASB
12 4 (0.16%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.16%) Stealthwatch
12 4 (0.16%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.12%) DatAdvantage
13 3 (0.12%) Istio
Vendors
1 648 (25.79%) Microsoft
2 225 (8.95%) Oracle
3 122 (4.85%) VMware
4 113 (4.50%) Google
5 61 (2.43%) Cisco
6 60 (2.39%) SAP
7 59 (2.35%) ServiceNow
8 56 (2.23%) Salesforce
9 47 (1.87%) HP
10 45 (1.79%) Red Hat
11 44 (1.75%) Remedy
12 43 (1.71%) BMC
13 34 (1.35%) Palo Alto
14 26 (1.03%) Dell
15 21 (0.84%) iManage
16 19 (0.76%) Apple
16 19 (0.76%) Xamarin
17 15 (0.60%) Adobe
17 15 (0.60%) Dynatrace
17 15 (0.60%) IBM