SaaS Jobs in the North West

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 86 58
Rank change year-on-year +22 -28 +3
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 338 300 486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.29% 3.96% 5.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.77% 9.21% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 261 145 373
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,470 £95,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% - +12.50%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 advertised in the North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,458 3,256 4,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 33.66% 42.96% 42.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,688 1,870 2,638
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,860 £30,850
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,974 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the North West

SaaS
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for SaaS in the North West

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the North West over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the North West

SaaS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Manchester +8 197 £60,000 +0.40% 115
Cheshire +27 63 £52,500 -12.50% 27
Merseyside -20 33 £50,000 - 6
Cumbria - 32 £45,000 -
Lancashire -13 10 £73,750 +86.71% 8
SaaS
England

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.59%) nginx
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
4 1 (0.30%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) IIS
4 1 (0.30%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 96 (28.40%) Azure
2 87 (25.74%) AWS
3 34 (10.06%) GCP
4 32 (9.47%) PaaS
5 30 (8.88%) IaaS
6 23 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.78%) Serverless
9 5 (1.48%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.18%) OCI
10 4 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (0.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.89%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (0.89%) NuGet
12 2 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.59%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.48%) WAN
2 4 (1.18%) DHCP
2 4 (1.18%) DNS
2 4 (1.18%) Firewall
2 4 (1.18%) LAN
2 4 (1.18%) WLAN
3 3 (0.89%) BGP
3 3 (0.89%) Internet
3 3 (0.89%) OSPF
3 3 (0.89%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.30%) SNMP
4 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.30%) VPN
4 1 (0.30%) VSAN
4 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.47%) MySQL
2 18 (5.33%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.96%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.37%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.07%) Big Data
5 7 (2.07%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.78%) Metadata
6 6 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.48%) Redis
8 4 (1.18%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.18%) GIS
9 2 (0.59%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.59%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (8.28%) Git
2 6 (1.78%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.48%) Cypress.io
3 5 (1.48%) GitLab
3 5 (1.48%) Selenium
4 4 (1.18%) SpecFlow
5 3 (0.89%) JIRA
5 3 (0.89%) JMeter
5 3 (0.89%) MSBuild
5 3 (0.89%) Postman
5 3 (0.89%) Subversion
5 3 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.89%) Visual Studio Team System
5 3 (0.89%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.30%) Moq
6 1 (0.30%) MSI
6 1 (0.30%) NUnit
General
1 66 (19.53%) Social Skills
2 25 (7.40%) Finance
3 24 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (5.62%) Legal
4 19 (5.62%) Presentation Skills
5 14 (4.14%) Health Technology
5 14 (4.14%) Marketing
5 14 (4.14%) Tech for Good
6 13 (3.85%) Law
7 8 (2.37%) Retail
8 7 (2.07%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.78%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.89%) Automotive
11 3 (0.89%) Banking
12 2 (0.59%) Advertising
12 2 (0.59%) Local Government
12 2 (0.59%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (24.26%) Developer
2 60 (17.75%) Architect
3 49 (14.50%) Senior
4 32 (9.47%) Senior Developer
5 25 (7.40%) Solutions Architect
6 24 (7.10%) Analyst
6 24 (7.10%) Lead
7 22 (6.51%) Full Stack Developer
8 20 (5.92%) Project Manager
9 19 (5.62%) Consultant
10 17 (5.03%) Cloud Architect
11 15 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 11 (3.25%) Technical Consultant
14 10 (2.96%) PHP Developer
14 10 (2.96%) Senior Full Stack Developer
14 10 (2.96%) Software Engineer
15 9 (2.66%) JavaScript Developer
15 9 (2.66%) Systems Support
16 8 (2.37%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (14.20%) React
2 29 (8.58%) Node.js
3 26 (7.69%) .NET
3 26 (7.69%) Laravel
4 18 (5.33%) CSS
5 16 (4.73%) HTML
6 9 (2.66%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.78%) .NET Core
7 6 (1.78%) Next.js
7 6 (1.78%) RESTful
7 6 (1.78%) Symfony
7 6 (1.78%) Vue
8 5 (1.48%) Playwright
9 4 (1.18%) GraphQL
10 3 (0.89%) Gherkin
10 3 (0.89%) Spring
10 3 (0.89%) Tailwind CSS
11 2 (0.59%) Jest
11 2 (0.59%) Lambda Expressions
11 2 (0.59%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.92%) Greenfield Project
2 15 (4.44%) Public Cloud
3 14 (4.14%) PKI
3 14 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.37%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.07%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.07%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.78%) Blog
7 5 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.48%) Hackathon
7 5 (1.48%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.18%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (0.89%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.59%) Blockchain
10 2 (0.59%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.73%) Windows
2 12 (3.55%) Linux
3 7 (2.07%) Apple iOS
3 7 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
3 7 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.48%) Unix
6 4 (1.18%) Android
6 4 (1.18%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (20.41%) Agile
2 51 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (13.02%) Migration
4 42 (12.43%) Full Stack Development
5 40 (11.83%) Mentoring
6 37 (10.95%) Software Engineering
7 32 (9.47%) DevOps
7 32 (9.47%) Roadmaps
7 32 (9.47%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (8.58%) Microservices
9 27 (7.99%) CI/CD
9 27 (7.99%) Project Management
10 26 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
11 25 (7.40%) Presales
12 21 (6.21%) TDD
13 20 (5.92%) Test Automation
14 19 (5.62%) Unit Testing
15 18 (5.33%) Fintech
15 18 (5.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 67 (19.82%) JavaScript
2 38 (11.24%) C#
3 37 (10.95%) SQL
4 31 (9.17%) Python
5 26 (7.69%) PHP
6 19 (5.62%) PowerShell
7 16 (4.73%) TypeScript
8 11 (3.25%) Bash
9 7 (2.07%) Java
10 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.59%) Swift
11 1 (0.30%) ABAP
11 1 (0.30%) Ada
11 1 (0.30%) C
11 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (4.14%) Security Cleared
2 11 (3.25%) Degree
3 8 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.07%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.78%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.18%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.89%) BC Cleared
8 2 (0.59%) CISSP
8 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.30%) CCA
9 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Master
9 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.13%) QA
2 14 (4.14%) PMO
3 13 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (2.07%) GDPR
6 6 (1.78%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.48%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.18%) ISO 9001
8 4 (1.18%) NIST
8 4 (1.18%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.89%) SLA
10 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (7.10%) Docker
2 16 (4.73%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.89%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.30%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 18 (5.33%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.66%) Terraform
3 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.89%) Ansible
4 3 (0.89%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.89%) Puppet
5 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.44%) Google
3 10 (2.96%) Oracle
4 8 (2.37%) VMware
5 7 (2.07%) Apple
6 4 (1.18%) Adobe
6 4 (1.18%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.18%) SolarWinds
7 3 (0.89%) BT
7 3 (0.89%) IBM
7 3 (0.89%) Snow
8 2 (0.59%) Aderant
8 2 (0.59%) SAP
9 1 (0.30%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.30%) CA
9 1 (0.30%) Ceridian
9 1 (0.30%) HP
9 1 (0.30%) Qualys
9 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.30%) TOWER Software