SaaS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 70 57
Rank change year-on-year -14 -13 0
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 2,164 2,608 3,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.03% 4.42% 5.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.19% 11.48% 12.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,674 1,585 2,754
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.90% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +8.33%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,542 22,712 28,602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.92% 38.48% 39.88%
Number of salaries quoted 17,422 13,548 19,529
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,298 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the UK excluding London

SaaS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
North of England +24 568 £55,000 -8.33% 210
South East -57 486 £55,000 -8.33% 294
Midlands +32 400 £57,500 -4.17% 108
North West +24 333 £56,500 -5.08% 142
West Midlands +40 287 £60,000 -0.83% 77
South West +4 262 £55,000 +4.76% 95
Scotland -52 246 £55,000 -15.22% 43
Yorkshire +15 182 £55,000 -8.33% 53
East of England -9 113 £57,500 -8.00% 36
East Midlands +5 111 £52,500 - 31
Wales +24 63 £52,500 +10.53% 9
North East +16 53 £55,000 +4.76% 16
Northern Ireland -3 27 £75,000 +25.00% 5
SaaS
UK

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 47 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.92%) Confluence
5 18 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.74%) IIS
7 8 (0.37%) CMS
8 7 (0.32%) WordPress
9 5 (0.23%) Kinematics
10 4 (0.18%) nginx
11 3 (0.14%) Apache
12 2 (0.092%) NetWeaver
12 2 (0.092%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.046%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.18%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.092%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.092%) InVision
6 2 (0.092%) Notion
6 2 (0.092%) Sketch
7 1 (0.046%) 1Password
7 1 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.046%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.046%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.79%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 10 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
4 8 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.18%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.18%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.18%) Sage 50
7 4 (0.18%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.092%) Maximo
9 2 (0.092%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.092%) SAP FI-GL
10 1 (0.046%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.046%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.046%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.046%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 651 (30.08%) Azure
2 622 (28.74%) AWS
3 226 (10.44%) GCP
4 197 (9.10%) PaaS
5 193 (8.92%) Microsoft 365
6 167 (7.72%) IaaS
7 77 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (2.59%) Amazon S3
9 52 (2.40%) Power Platform
10 49 (2.26%) GitHub
11 42 (1.94%) Serverless
12 36 (1.66%) OpenShift
13 31 (1.43%) Amazon SQS
14 29 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
14 29 (1.34%) Miro
15 28 (1.29%) Slack
16 23 (1.06%) Entra ID
16 23 (1.06%) Google Docs
16 23 (1.06%) Lucidchart
17 22 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 93 (4.30%) Firewall
2 67 (3.10%) DNS
3 58 (2.68%) WAN
4 50 (2.31%) DHCP
5 46 (2.13%) TCP/IP
6 40 (1.85%) HTTP
7 38 (1.76%) LAN
8 34 (1.57%) VPN
8 34 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
9 26 (1.20%) Network Security
10 24 (1.11%) VoIP
11 20 (0.92%) SAN
12 19 (0.88%) SD-WAN
13 18 (0.83%) Internet
14 11 (0.51%) VLAN
15 10 (0.46%) MPLS
16 9 (0.42%) NAS
17 7 (0.32%) 5G
17 7 (0.32%) Unified Communications
17 7 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (6.24%) SQL Server
2 92 (4.25%) MySQL
3 64 (2.96%) Big Data
4 52 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
5 50 (2.31%) NoSQL
6 44 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
8 40 (1.85%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.57%) MongoDB
10 33 (1.52%) Redis
11 31 (1.43%) GIS
12 26 (1.20%) Hadoop
13 23 (1.06%) Scylla
14 21 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
15 20 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
15 20 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
16 19 (0.88%) Data Lake
17 18 (0.83%) Power BI
18 16 (0.74%) Data Mining
19 15 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 150 (6.93%) Git
2 56 (2.59%) JIRA
3 50 (2.31%) Selenium
4 38 (1.76%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.79%) Postman
5 17 (0.79%) Visual Studio
6 16 (0.74%) JUnit
7 13 (0.60%) TeamCity
8 12 (0.55%) GitLab
8 12 (0.55%) JMeter
9 11 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.51%) Jasmine
10 9 (0.42%) SoapUI
11 8 (0.37%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.37%) NUnit
11 8 (0.37%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.37%) SonarQube
12 7 (0.32%) MSBuild
12 7 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 570 (26.34%) Social Skills
2 269 (12.43%) Finance
3 149 (6.89%) Marketing
4 131 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
5 124 (5.73%) Presentation Skills
6 116 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 96 (4.44%) Retail
8 61 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 60 (2.77%) Legal
9 60 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
10 58 (2.68%) Telecoms
11 52 (2.40%) Banking
12 50 (2.31%) Law
13 41 (1.89%) Automotive
13 41 (1.89%) Public Sector
14 39 (1.80%) Games
15 29 (1.34%) Aerospace
16 25 (1.16%) Tech for Good
17 21 (0.97%) Local Government
18 19 (0.88%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 453 (20.93%) Developer
2 386 (17.84%) Senior
3 256 (11.83%) Architect
4 166 (7.67%) Analyst
5 156 (7.21%) Senior Developer
6 146 (6.75%) Lead
7 141 (6.52%) Software Engineer
8 109 (5.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 101 (4.67%) PHP Developer
10 95 (4.39%) Software Developer
11 89 (4.11%) Cloud Architect
12 85 (3.93%) Full Stack Developer
13 75 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
14 73 (3.37%) Project Manager
15 71 (3.28%) Consultant
16 64 (2.96%) .NET Developer
16 64 (2.96%) Development Manager
17 62 (2.87%) Business Development Manager
18 61 (2.82%) Business Manager
19 56 (2.59%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (10.21%) .NET
2 183 (8.46%) React
3 165 (7.62%) Laravel
4 120 (5.55%) HTML
5 114 (5.27%) CSS
6 101 (4.67%) Vue
7 88 (4.07%) RESTful
8 85 (3.93%) .NET Core
8 85 (3.93%) AngularJS
9 73 (3.37%) Node.js
10 58 (2.68%) Web Services
11 52 (2.40%) JSON
12 49 (2.26%) GraphQL
13 44 (2.03%) jQuery
14 41 (1.89%) Kafka
15 40 (1.85%) REST
16 37 (1.71%) Symfony
16 37 (1.71%) XML
17 36 (1.66%) .NET Framework
18 35 (1.62%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 95 (4.39%) Public Cloud
2 88 (4.07%) Product Ownership
3 83 (3.84%) Greenfield Project
4 75 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
5 72 (3.33%) PKI
6 59 (2.73%) Cloud Native
7 58 (2.68%) Data Structures
8 57 (2.63%) Mobile App
9 55 (2.54%) Onboarding
10 51 (2.36%) Management Information System
11 45 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
12 37 (1.71%) Algorithms
13 34 (1.57%) Data Centre
14 32 (1.48%) Client/Server
15 25 (1.16%) Driving Licence
16 21 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
16 21 (0.97%) Satnav
17 20 (0.92%) Blockchain
17 20 (0.92%) Virtual Team
18 19 (0.88%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 218 (10.07%) Windows
2 145 (6.70%) Linux
3 73 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 55 (2.54%) Unix
5 44 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (1.02%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.92%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.83%) Android
9 18 (0.83%) Ubuntu
10 17 (0.79%) Windows 10
10 17 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
11 15 (0.69%) Mac OS X
12 8 (0.37%) CentOS
13 7 (0.32%) Solaris
14 6 (0.28%) Windows 7
14 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (23.11%) Agile
2 380 (17.56%) DevOps
3 351 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
4 294 (13.59%) Software Engineering
5 218 (10.07%) Project Management
6 194 (8.96%) Cybersecurity
7 185 (8.55%) Roadmaps
8 178 (8.23%) CI/CD
9 177 (8.18%) Microservices
10 169 (7.81%) Mentoring
11 168 (7.76%) Actionable Insight
11 168 (7.76%) Test Automation
12 165 (7.62%) Migration
13 164 (7.58%) Full Stack Development
14 141 (6.52%) User Experience
15 131 (6.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 130 (6.01%) Business Development
17 122 (5.64%) Continuous Improvement
17 122 (5.64%) Scrum
18 121 (5.59%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 326 (15.06%) JavaScript
2 262 (12.11%) SQL
3 256 (11.83%) C#
4 212 (9.80%) Python
5 184 (8.50%) PHP
6 175 (8.09%) Java
7 131 (6.05%) PowerShell
8 103 (4.76%) TypeScript
9 80 (3.70%) Bash
10 49 (2.26%) C++
11 44 (2.03%) Go
12 31 (1.43%) C
13 24 (1.11%) Ruby
14 23 (1.06%) Scala
15 13 (0.60%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.55%) Swift
17 10 (0.46%) T-SQL
18 8 (0.37%) Ada
19 7 (0.32%) Bicep
19 7 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 262 (12.11%) Degree
2 122 (5.64%) Security Cleared
3 67 (3.10%) SC Cleared
4 54 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (2.03%) DV Cleared
6 25 (1.16%) ISTQB
7 22 (1.02%) CISSP
8 20 (0.92%) Master's Degree
9 19 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 17 (0.79%) CISM
10 17 (0.79%) MBA
11 14 (0.65%) GCIA
11 14 (0.65%) GCIH
11 14 (0.65%) GREM
12 12 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.46%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.42%) AWS Certification
16 8 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (8.92%) QA
2 65 (3.00%) SLA
3 46 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (1.34%) GDPR
5 24 (1.11%) Data Quality
6 22 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 21 (0.97%) Software Quality Assurance
8 19 (0.88%) NIST
9 15 (0.69%) PCI DSS
10 14 (0.65%) PMO
10 14 (0.65%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.42%) NCSC
13 8 (0.37%) Accessibility
14 7 (0.32%) COBIT
14 7 (0.32%) GRC
15 6 (0.28%) ISO 9001
16 5 (0.23%) SOC 1
17 4 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 218 (10.07%) Docker
2 85 (3.93%) Active Directory
3 84 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 72 (3.33%) Hyper-V
5 34 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.55%) vSphere
7 6 (0.28%) Firmware
8 3 (0.14%) VirtualBox
8 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.092%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.092%) KVM
9 2 (0.092%) QEMU
9 2 (0.092%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.092%) Xen
10 1 (0.046%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.046%) RACF
Systems Management
1 224 (10.35%) Kubernetes
2 80 (3.70%) Terraform
3 70 (3.23%) Ansible
4 46 (2.13%) Puppet
5 27 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
7 6 (0.28%) NetCrunch
7 6 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.28%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.23%) CASB
8 5 (0.23%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (0.18%) Grafana
10 3 (0.14%) Autotask
10 3 (0.14%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.14%) Nessus
11 2 (0.092%) Nagios
11 2 (0.092%) Podman
11 2 (0.092%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 387 (17.88%) Microsoft
2 152 (7.02%) Google
3 96 (4.44%) VMware
4 62 (2.87%) Dell
5 47 (2.17%) Oracle
6 44 (2.03%) Red Hat
7 36 (1.66%) SAP
8 31 (1.43%) Salesforce
9 29 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 28 (1.29%) Cisco
11 27 (1.25%) Adobe
12 25 (1.16%) Apple
13 17 (0.79%) Meraki
14 14 (0.65%) HubSpot
15 13 (0.60%) Ericsson
15 13 (0.60%) IBM
16 12 (0.55%) Veeam
17 11 (0.51%) Draytek
17 11 (0.51%) Palo Alto
18 10 (0.46%) Splunk