Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Apr 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 41 | 65 | 78 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +24 | +13 | -14 |
| Permanent jobs citing SaaS | 3,766 | 1,632 | 3,236 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 4.51% | 3.98% | 3.50% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 14.24% | 10.87% | 9.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,931 | 1,251 | 2,588 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £36,250 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,500 | £47,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £65,000 | £63,124 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.97% | -6.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £82,500 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +9.09% | -8.33% |
All Cloud Computing Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 26,443 | 15,012 | 33,760 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 31.64% | 36.59% | 36.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13,976 | 11,072 | 26,647 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £32,000 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £45,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £62,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +8.70% | -11.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £83,750 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £102,500 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.64% | +10.00% | -9.09% |
SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
SaaS
Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SaaS.
SaaS
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.
SaaS
Top 18 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 11 April 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 |
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| England | +26 | 3,376 | £65,000 | - | 1,326 |
| UK excluding London | +19 | 2,292 | £60,000 | - | 756 |
| Work from Home | +23 | 1,319 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 690 |
| London | +41 | 1,255 | £80,000 | +3.23% | 677 |
| North of England | +37 | 655 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 252 |
| South East | +29 | 627 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 294 |
| Midlands | +27 | 428 | £60,000 | - | 81 |
| North West | +45 | 376 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 167 |
| West Midlands | +53 | 328 | £60,000 | - | 54 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 238 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 83 |
| South West | +33 | 225 | £50,000 | -21.57% | 56 |
| East of England | 0 | 171 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 53 |
| East Midlands | -38 | 99 | £56,000 | -6.67% | 27 |
| Scotland | -5 | 90 | £37,250 | -29.05% | 23 |
| Northern Ireland | +8 | 56 | £70,000 | +9.80% | 7 |
| North East | 0 | 41 | £42,500 | -32.00% | 5 |
| Wales | -2 | 39 | £47,500 | +24.69% | 9 |
| Isle of Man | - | 8 | - | - |
SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:
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