Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 75 62
Rank change year-on-year -23 -13 -11
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,672 3,413 4,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.02% 3.44% 4.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.61% 9.63% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 2,641 3,157
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% -8.33% +4.35%

All Cloud 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 15,753 35,430 43,456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.46% 35.69% 42.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,795 26,762 28,591
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the UK

SaaS
Top 17 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 13 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
England -26 1,493 £65,000 +1.56% 3,636
UK excluding London -44 977 £58,000 +5.45% 1,755
Work from Home -26 787 £62,500 -3.85% 2,362
London 0 559 £78,750 -1.56% 2,420
South East -14 252 £55,000 - 766
North of England -82 240 £60,000 +9.09% 454
Midlands -16 208 £60,000 +4.35% 201
North West -118 121 £60,000 +6.19% 299
West Midlands -51 109 £60,000 - 112
East of England +34 108 £67,500 +22.73% 112
Yorkshire +9 102 £58,500 +6.36% 134
East Midlands +22 97 £60,000 +14.29% 74
South West +5 79 £60,000 +4.35% 130
Scotland +11 74 £52,500 -4.55% 78
North East +9 17 £65,000 +18.18% 24
Wales -7 12 £38,094 -27.44% 16
Northern Ireland +19 4 £40,000 -46.67% 47

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 58 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.50%) IIS
4 23 (1.38%) CMS
5 20 (1.20%) Confluence
6 11 (0.66%) nginx
7 10 (0.60%) WordPress
8 9 (0.54%) Apache
8 9 (0.54%) Apache Spark
9 8 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.18%) Moodle
12 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.060%) Totara
13 1 (0.060%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.48%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.36%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.24%) Sketch
8 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.18%) InDesign
8 3 (0.18%) Productboard
9 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.060%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 34 (2.03%) NetSuite
2 19 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.96%) Shopify
4 14 (0.84%) Magento
5 6 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.18%) Sprinklr
7 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.12%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.060%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 526 (31.46%) Azure
2 425 (25.42%) AWS
3 234 (14.00%) PaaS
4 173 (10.35%) Microsoft 365
5 163 (9.75%) IaaS
6 109 (6.52%) GCP
7 94 (5.62%) Entra ID
8 90 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
9 76 (4.55%) GitHub
9 76 (4.55%) Serverless
10 68 (4.07%) Power Platform
11 37 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
12 36 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
13 31 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
14 29 (1.73%) Azure AI
14 29 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
15 28 (1.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 28 (1.67%) Azure Key Vault
15 28 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
16 26 (1.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 70 (4.19%) DNS
1 70 (4.19%) Firewall
2 53 (3.17%) VPN
3 31 (1.85%) WAN
4 27 (1.61%) DHCP
4 27 (1.61%) Internet
5 26 (1.56%) SD-WAN
6 23 (1.38%) TCP/IP
7 22 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (1.02%) Network Security
9 16 (0.96%) SMTP
10 15 (0.90%) LAN
11 14 (0.84%) SAN
12 12 (0.72%) VLAN
13 11 (0.66%) Cisco IOS
14 10 (0.60%) DKIM
14 10 (0.60%) DMARC
14 10 (0.60%) SSL
15 9 (0.54%) HTTP
16 8 (0.48%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (7.60%) SQL Server
2 65 (3.89%) Power BI
3 63 (3.77%) MySQL
4 61 (3.65%) NoSQL
5 46 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (2.39%) Big Data
7 32 (1.91%) Data Lake
8 27 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (1.20%) MongoDB
10 19 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
11 18 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
12 17 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
13 16 (0.96%) Data Hub
13 16 (0.96%) Relational Database
13 16 (0.96%) SQL CLR
14 15 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 13 (0.78%) BigQuery
16 12 (0.72%) Metadata
17 11 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
18 10 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 80 (4.78%) Git
2 74 (4.43%) JIRA
3 52 (3.11%) Jenkins
4 26 (1.56%) Selenium
5 23 (1.38%) Eclipse
5 23 (1.38%) IntelliJ
5 23 (1.38%) JUnit
6 22 (1.32%) Jasmine
6 22 (1.32%) Karma Test Runner
6 22 (1.32%) Mockito
6 22 (1.32%) Protractor
7 18 (1.08%) Postman
8 17 (1.02%) Visual Studio
9 12 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
10 9 (0.54%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.48%) SonarQube
12 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.36%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.36%) NUnit
14 5 (0.30%) WiX
General
1 578 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 356 (21.29%) Finance
3 240 (14.35%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (8.67%) Marketing
5 103 (6.16%) Law
6 96 (5.74%) Presentation Skills
7 79 (4.72%) Public Sector
8 71 (4.25%) Retail
9 69 (4.13%) Legal
10 62 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
11 61 (3.65%) Banking
12 44 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 38 (2.27%) Telecoms
14 29 (1.73%) Games
15 28 (1.67%) Manufacturing
16 27 (1.61%) Billing
17 25 (1.50%) Back Office
18 23 (1.38%) Local Government
19 21 (1.26%) Electronics
20 19 (1.14%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 283 (16.93%) Senior
2 215 (12.86%) Developer
3 180 (10.77%) Architect
4 166 (9.93%) Lead
5 105 (6.28%) Analyst
6 91 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
7 78 (4.67%) Cloud Engineer
8 70 (4.19%) Consultant
9 69 (4.13%) Senior Developer
10 64 (3.83%) Software Engineer
11 59 (3.53%) IT Support
12 57 (3.41%) Support Engineer
13 55 (3.29%) IT Manager
14 49 (2.93%) Product Manager
15 48 (2.87%) IT Engineer
16 46 (2.75%) Full-Stack Developer
17 45 (2.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 45 (2.69%) SaaS Developer
18 44 (2.63%) Business Manager
19 40 (2.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (9.63%) React
2 154 (9.21%) .NET
3 90 (5.38%) REST
4 78 (4.67%) AngularJS
5 74 (4.43%) HTML
6 70 (4.19%) CSS
7 68 (4.07%) Node.js
8 58 (3.47%) RESTful
9 40 (2.39%) .NET Framework
10 39 (2.33%) Kafka
11 38 (2.27%) .NET Core
12 35 (2.09%) RabbitMQ
13 33 (1.97%) Next.js
14 31 (1.85%) JSON
15 29 (1.73%) OAuth
16 26 (1.56%) Django
16 26 (1.56%) Laravel
17 23 (1.38%) Entity Framework
18 22 (1.32%) Hibernate
18 22 (1.32%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 92 (5.50%) Onboarding
1 92 (5.50%) Product Ownership
2 90 (5.38%) Cloud Native
3 82 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
4 72 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
4 72 (4.31%) Management Information System
5 52 (3.11%) Private Cloud
6 46 (2.75%) Public Cloud
7 43 (2.57%) Data Centre
8 40 (2.39%) Algorithms
9 39 (2.33%) Mobile App
10 37 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
11 33 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
12 32 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
13 29 (1.73%) NHS
13 29 (1.73%) Social Media
14 28 (1.67%) Driving Licence
15 26 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
15 26 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
15 26 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 169 (10.11%) Windows
2 110 (6.58%) Linux
3 59 (3.53%) Windows Server
4 29 (1.73%) Android
5 20 (1.20%) Mac OS
6 18 (1.08%) Windows 10
7 12 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (0.54%) Unix
10 6 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.30%) VMS
12 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.12%) SUSE
15 1 (0.060%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 454 (27.15%) Agile
2 401 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
3 290 (17.34%) DevOps
4 278 (16.63%) Roadmaps
5 214 (12.80%) CI/CD
6 197 (11.78%) Software Engineering
7 193 (11.54%) Mentoring
8 175 (10.47%) Project Management
9 171 (10.23%) Analytics
10 170 (10.17%) B2B
11 162 (9.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 151 (9.03%) CRM
13 150 (8.97%) ITIL
14 147 (8.79%) Migration
15 141 (8.43%) Artificial Intelligence
16 129 (7.72%) Customer Service
17 124 (7.42%) Microservices
18 115 (6.88%) Computer Science
18 115 (6.88%) Full-Stack Development
19 112 (6.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 297 (17.76%) SQL
2 213 (12.74%) Python
3 183 (10.94%) JavaScript
4 180 (10.77%) C#
5 137 (8.19%) TypeScript
6 118 (7.06%) PowerShell
7 98 (5.86%) Java
8 36 (2.15%) Bash
9 35 (2.09%) PHP
10 22 (1.32%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.26%) Bicep
12 11 (0.66%) Go
12 11 (0.66%) PL/SQL
13 9 (0.54%) F#
13 9 (0.54%) Ruby
14 8 (0.48%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.42%) C
15 7 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (0.42%) Haskell
15 7 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 244 (14.59%) Degree
2 76 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 65 (3.89%) Security Cleared
4 61 (3.65%) Azure Certification
5 48 (2.87%) DBS Check
5 48 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (2.27%) PMP
7 37 (2.21%) PMI Certification
8 35 (2.09%) Master's Degree
9 33 (1.97%) CISSP
10 28 (1.67%) SC Cleared
11 26 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.20%) AWS Certification
12 20 (1.20%) CCNA
13 19 (1.14%) MCSE
14 18 (1.08%) CBAP
15 17 (1.02%) MCSA
16 15 (0.90%) CCNP
17 13 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
18 11 (0.66%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (4.61%) QA
2 55 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (2.69%) SLA
4 41 (2.45%) GDPR
5 35 (2.09%) NIST
6 29 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.84%) Data Quality
8 12 (0.72%) PMO
9 11 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 11 (0.66%) NCSC
10 10 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.54%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.54%) SOC 2
12 8 (0.48%) GRC
13 7 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 6 (0.36%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.30%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.18%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.18%) PMBOK
System Software
1 125 (7.48%) Docker
2 76 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 59 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 18 (1.08%) Hyper-V
6 18 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.66%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.12%) HDFS
9 1 (0.060%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.060%) KVM
9 1 (0.060%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.060%) Xen
Systems Management
1 113 (6.76%) Terraform
2 108 (6.46%) Kubernetes
3 45 (2.69%) Ansible
4 43 (2.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (1.02%) SCCM
7 10 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (0.60%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.48%) Grafana
8 8 (0.48%) Puppet
8 8 (0.48%) WSUS
9 5 (0.30%) SCOM
10 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.24%) Oozie
11 3 (0.18%) CASB
11 3 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.12%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 315 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.32%) Salesforce
3 82 (4.90%) Google
4 76 (4.55%) VMware
5 75 (4.49%) Oracle
6 57 (3.41%) Cisco
6 57 (3.41%) ServiceNow
7 35 (2.09%) Databricks
8 29 (1.73%) SAP
9 27 (1.61%) MuleSoft
10 25 (1.50%) Meraki
11 24 (1.44%) IBM
11 24 (1.44%) YouTube
12 20 (1.20%) Zoho
13 17 (1.02%) Citrix
13 17 (1.02%) Commvault
14 16 (0.96%) HubSpot
14 16 (0.96%) Informatica
15 15 (0.90%) Adobe
15 15 (0.90%) Workday