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 28 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 76 63
Rank change year-on-year -3 -13 -12
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,679 3,407 5,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.22% 3.48% 4.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.11% 9.67% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,260 2,636 3,296
10th Percentile £35,225 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £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 £102,500 £100,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% -8.33% +4.80%

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 15,115 35,215 45,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.01% 35.92% 43.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,081 26,666 29,502
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,644 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.21% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £95,000 £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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -7 1,493 £65,000 - 2,814
UK excluding London -19 979 £58,500 +6.36% 1,401
Work from Home -2 768 £62,500 -3.85% 1,950
London -6 563 £80,000 - 1,791
South East +5 259 £55,000 -1.27% 568
North of England -51 244 £60,000 +9.09% 395
Midlands -11 202 £60,000 +4.35% 180
North West -91 124 £60,000 +8.60% 262
West Midlands -44 113 £60,000 - 93
Yorkshire +9 102 £58,500 +6.36% 114
East of England +43 101 £67,500 +12.50% 87
East Midlands +29 88 £60,000 +14.29% 73
Scotland +26 83 £52,500 -4.55% 71
South West -5 76 £60,000 +4.35% 110
North East +14 18 £65,000 +18.18% 22
Wales -9 12 £38,094 -27.44% 10
Northern Ireland +11 4 £40,000 -46.67% 23

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 (3.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.61%) IIS
4 23 (1.37%) Confluence
5 20 (1.19%) CMS
6 11 (0.66%) nginx
6 11 (0.66%) WordPress
7 9 (0.54%) Apache
7 9 (0.54%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.36%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.18%) Moodle
12 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.060%) Totara
13 1 (0.060%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.42%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.36%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.18%) InDesign
9 3 (0.18%) Productboard
9 3 (0.18%) Sketch
9 3 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
10 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.12%) Trello
11 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.060%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 33 (1.97%) NetSuite
2 20 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.71%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 11 (0.66%) Shopify
5 9 (0.54%) Magento
6 6 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.18%) SAP Hybris
7 3 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.18%) Sprinklr
8 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle BPM
8 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle FAH
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.060%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 538 (32.04%) Azure
2 430 (25.61%) AWS
3 237 (14.12%) PaaS
4 182 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
5 163 (9.71%) IaaS
6 116 (6.91%) GCP
7 82 (4.88%) Entra ID
8 81 (4.82%) Serverless
9 79 (4.71%) GitHub
10 78 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
11 51 (3.04%) Power Platform
12 38 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
13 37 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
14 34 (2.03%) OCI
15 30 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
16 26 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
17 25 (1.49%) Boomi
18 23 (1.37%) Figma
19 22 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.63%) Firewall
2 58 (3.45%) DNS
3 36 (2.14%) VPN
4 32 (1.91%) Internet
5 29 (1.73%) DHCP
6 24 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (1.37%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.13%) WAN
9 18 (1.07%) Network Security
9 18 (1.07%) SMTP
10 17 (1.01%) LAN
11 14 (0.83%) SAN
12 13 (0.77%) DKIM
12 13 (0.77%) DMARC
12 13 (0.77%) SD-WAN
12 13 (0.77%) VLAN
13 11 (0.66%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (0.66%) HTTP
14 10 (0.60%) SSL
14 10 (0.60%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (7.62%) SQL Server
2 65 (3.87%) NoSQL
3 50 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
4 49 (2.92%) MySQL
5 47 (2.80%) Power BI
6 40 (2.38%) Big Data
7 30 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
8 24 (1.43%) MongoDB
9 21 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 18 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
11 17 (1.01%) Relational Database
12 16 (0.95%) Data Lake
13 13 (0.77%) BigQuery
13 13 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.71%) Data Hub
14 12 (0.71%) SQL CLR
14 12 (0.71%) SQLite
15 11 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
16 10 (0.60%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 79 (4.71%) JIRA
2 64 (3.81%) Git
3 50 (2.98%) Jenkins
4 26 (1.55%) Selenium
5 23 (1.37%) Eclipse
5 23 (1.37%) JUnit
6 22 (1.31%) IntelliJ
6 22 (1.31%) Jasmine
6 22 (1.31%) Karma Test Runner
6 22 (1.31%) Mockito
6 22 (1.31%) Protractor
7 18 (1.07%) Postman
7 18 (1.07%) Visual Studio
8 12 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
9 9 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.54%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.54%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.36%) NUnit
10 6 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.30%) WiX
General
1 571 (34.01%) Social Skills
2 339 (20.19%) Finance
3 229 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 135 (8.04%) Marketing
5 105 (6.25%) Law
6 95 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
7 90 (5.36%) Public Sector
8 69 (4.11%) Retail
9 64 (3.81%) Banking
10 63 (3.75%) Legal
11 54 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
12 49 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 37 (2.20%) Telecoms
14 30 (1.79%) Games
15 29 (1.73%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.49%) Billing
17 21 (1.25%) Advertising
18 20 (1.19%) Back Office
19 19 (1.13%) Local Government
19 19 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 292 (17.39%) Senior
2 222 (13.22%) Developer
3 174 (10.36%) Architect
4 167 (9.95%) Lead
5 102 (6.08%) Analyst
6 98 (5.84%) Solutions Architect
7 80 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
8 75 (4.47%) Senior Developer
9 70 (4.17%) Consultant
10 66 (3.93%) Software Engineer
11 57 (3.39%) IT Support
12 55 (3.28%) IT Manager
13 52 (3.10%) Support Engineer
14 51 (3.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 48 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 47 (2.80%) Full-Stack Developer
16 47 (2.80%) Product Manager
17 46 (2.74%) IT Engineer
18 40 (2.38%) Senior Cloud Engineer
19 39 (2.32%) SaaS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (10.30%) React
2 161 (9.59%) .NET
3 96 (5.72%) REST
4 84 (5.00%) AngularJS
5 78 (4.65%) HTML
6 75 (4.47%) CSS
7 71 (4.23%) Node.js
8 58 (3.45%) RESTful
9 46 (2.74%) .NET Framework
10 43 (2.56%) Kafka
11 40 (2.38%) .NET Core
12 39 (2.32%) RabbitMQ
13 32 (1.91%) Next.js
14 31 (1.85%) JSON
15 30 (1.79%) Django
16 29 (1.73%) OAuth
17 26 (1.55%) Entity Framework
17 26 (1.55%) Laravel
18 24 (1.43%) GraphQL
19 22 (1.31%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 93 (5.54%) Cloud Native
2 92 (5.48%) Product Ownership
3 90 (5.36%) Onboarding
4 80 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 77 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
6 71 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
7 50 (2.98%) Private Cloud
8 47 (2.80%) Public Cloud
9 42 (2.50%) Algorithms
10 41 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
11 37 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 37 (2.20%) Mobile App
12 33 (1.97%) Data Centre
13 30 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
14 28 (1.67%) Client/Server
15 27 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
16 26 (1.55%) Social Media
17 23 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
17 23 (1.37%) Virtual Team
18 21 (1.25%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 173 (10.30%) Windows
2 110 (6.55%) Linux
3 53 (3.16%) Windows Server
4 29 (1.73%) Android
5 20 (1.19%) Mac OS
6 18 (1.07%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.30%) Unix
10 4 (0.24%) VMS
11 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.18%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.12%) SUSE
13 1 (0.060%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (27.40%) Agile
2 411 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
3 288 (17.15%) DevOps
4 265 (15.78%) Roadmaps
5 208 (12.39%) Software Engineering
6 194 (11.55%) CI/CD
7 184 (10.96%) Mentoring
8 163 (9.71%) Project Management
9 155 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 148 (8.81%) CRM
11 145 (8.64%) Analytics
12 143 (8.52%) ITIL
13 142 (8.46%) B2B
14 139 (8.28%) Microservices
15 135 (8.04%) Artificial Intelligence
16 128 (7.62%) User Experience
17 125 (7.44%) Migration
18 123 (7.33%) Full-Stack Development
19 122 (7.27%) Computer Science
20 119 (7.09%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 288 (17.15%) SQL
2 215 (12.81%) Python
3 191 (11.38%) JavaScript
4 185 (11.02%) C#
5 148 (8.81%) TypeScript
6 102 (6.08%) PowerShell
7 99 (5.90%) Java
8 37 (2.20%) Bash
9 36 (2.14%) PHP
10 22 (1.31%) T-SQL
11 13 (0.77%) Go
12 10 (0.60%) PL/SQL
13 9 (0.54%) Apex Code
13 9 (0.54%) C++
13 9 (0.54%) F#
13 9 (0.54%) Ruby
14 7 (0.42%) C
14 7 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.42%) Haskell
14 7 (0.42%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 247 (14.71%) Degree
2 80 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 69 (4.11%) Security Cleared
4 43 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 42 (2.50%) Azure Certification
6 40 (2.38%) Master's Degree
7 38 (2.26%) PMP
8 37 (2.20%) PMI Certification
9 35 (2.08%) CISSP
10 32 (1.91%) DBS Check
11 31 (1.85%) SC Cleared
12 23 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (1.19%) AWS Certification
14 18 (1.07%) CBAP
15 17 (1.01%) CCNA
16 15 (0.89%) MCSE
17 14 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
18 13 (0.77%) MCSA
19 11 (0.66%) CCNP
20 10 (0.60%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (4.71%) QA
2 60 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (2.68%) SLA
4 44 (2.62%) GDPR
5 39 (2.32%) NIST
6 30 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.83%) Data Quality
8 13 (0.77%) PMO
9 12 (0.71%) NCSC
9 12 (0.71%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 11 (0.66%) SOC 2
11 10 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 6 (0.36%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.30%) GRC
15 4 (0.24%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.24%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 128 (7.62%) Docker
2 86 (5.12%) Active Directory
3 59 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 18 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (0.60%) vSphere
9 3 (0.18%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.12%) Firmware
10 2 (0.12%) HDFS
11 1 (0.060%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.060%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 117 (6.97%) Terraform
2 106 (6.31%) Kubernetes
3 42 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (2.44%) Ansible
5 24 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.95%) SCCM
7 8 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
7 8 (0.48%) WSUS
8 6 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.36%) Grafana
9 5 (0.30%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.30%) Puppet
9 5 (0.30%) SCOM
10 4 (0.24%) Oozie
11 3 (0.18%) CASB
11 3 (0.18%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.18%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 333 (19.83%) Microsoft
2 87 (5.18%) Salesforce
3 84 (5.00%) Google
4 80 (4.76%) Oracle
5 75 (4.47%) VMware
6 62 (3.69%) Cisco
7 59 (3.51%) ServiceNow
8 39 (2.32%) IBM
9 30 (1.79%) SAP
10 28 (1.67%) MuleSoft
11 21 (1.25%) Databricks
11 21 (1.25%) YouTube
12 19 (1.13%) Zoho
13 18 (1.07%) Citrix
14 17 (1.01%) Commvault
15 16 (0.95%) HubSpot
15 16 (0.95%) Informatica
16 14 (0.83%) Adobe
16 14 (0.83%) Red Hat
17 13 (0.77%) Meraki