SaaS Job Trends in West Sussex

Software as a Service (SaaS)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 40 42
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +11
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 10 7 14
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 2.39% 2.22% 3.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.26% 6.36% 10.94%
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 9
10th Percentile £53,000 £45,000 £65,350
25th Percentile £55,063 £46,875 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £55,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -26.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile £107,500 £57,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £109,750 £65,000 -
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -15.38%

All Cloud Computing Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 121 110 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 28.95% 34.81% 30.55%
Number of salaries quoted 101 61 104
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £32,650
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £40,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £70,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

SaaS job vacancy trend in West Sussex

SaaS
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in West Sussex over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in West Sussex

SaaS
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Horsham +12 7 £95,000 +72.73%
SaaS
South East

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Agriculture
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Chief Technology Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Finance Systems Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) SDLC Manager
2 1 (10.00%) SDLC Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) React
2 2 (20.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) Next.js
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (10.00%) Enzyme
3 1 (10.00%) Jest
3 1 (10.00%) Node.js
3 1 (10.00%) React Native
3 1 (10.00%) RESTful
3 1 (10.00%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) Coaching
2 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (40.00%) Line Management
3 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (40.00%) SDLC
3 4 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 3 (30.00%) AI
4 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (20.00%) MVC
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management
6 1 (10.00%) Clean Code
6 1 (10.00%) Code Quality
6 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 1 (10.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
1 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) Ruby
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) ACCA
1 1 (10.00%) CIMA
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) VMware