SaaS Developer
UK

The median SaaS Developer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 889 920 1123
Rank change year-on-year +31 +203 -252
Permanent jobs requiring a SaaS Developer 25 32 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.033% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.036% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 24 27 109
10th Percentile £45,750 £41,650 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,438 £55,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £87,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +133.33% -26.83%
75th Percentile £73,750 £103,125 £47,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £106,250 £77,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £53,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +13.21% +41.33% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

SaaS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SaaS Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS Developer in the UK

SaaS Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SaaS Developer.

Salary trend for SaaS Developer in the UK

SaaS Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS Developer over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SaaS Developer in the UK

SaaS Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS Developer within the UK 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
England +65 20 £55,000 -37.14% 7
UK excluding London -14 18 £60,000 +13.21% 4
Work from Home +65 13 £51,500 -20.77% 4
North of England +54 11 £60,000 +41.18% 1
North West +11 7 £52,500 +16.67% 1
London +131 4 £51,500 -42.78% 3
South East +2 3 £55,000 -37.14%
North East -4 3 £72,500 +70.59%
Northern Ireland - 2 £75,000 -
Yorkshire +78 1 £60,000 +50.00%
East of England -4 1 £75,000 -
Midlands - 1 £45,000 - 3
West Midlands - 1 £45,000 - 3

SaaS Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, SaaS Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring SaaS Developer in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) SaaS
2 11 (44.00%) JavaScript
3 9 (36.00%) Software Engineering
3 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (28.00%) Mentoring
4 7 (28.00%) CSS
5 6 (24.00%) .NET
5 6 (24.00%) Web Development
6 5 (20.00%) Agile
6 5 (20.00%) PHP
6 5 (20.00%) SQL
6 5 (20.00%) C#
6 5 (20.00%) Java
6 5 (20.00%) Client/Server
6 5 (20.00%) TypeScript
6 5 (20.00%) Laravel
6 5 (20.00%) React
6 5 (20.00%) SDLC
6 5 (20.00%) Design Patterns
7 4 (16.00%) Full Stack Development
7 4 (16.00%) Vue
7 4 (16.00%) MySQL
7 4 (16.00%) Symfony
8 3 (12.00%) UX Design
8 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
8 3 (12.00%) Spring
8 3 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
8 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
8 3 (12.00%) Ruby
8 3 (12.00%) ERP

SaaS Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 25 (100.00%) SaaS
2 2 (8.00%) AWS
2 2 (8.00%) Figma
3 1 (4.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) MySQL
2 2 (8.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Git
General
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Automotive
2 1 (4.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (28.00%) CSS
2 6 (24.00%) .NET
3 5 (20.00%) Laravel
3 5 (20.00%) React
4 4 (16.00%) Symfony
4 4 (16.00%) Vue
5 3 (12.00%) .NET Core
5 3 (12.00%) Spring
6 2 (8.00%) CSS3
6 2 (8.00%) EJB
6 2 (8.00%) HTML
6 2 (8.00%) JavaBeans
6 2 (8.00%) Node.js
6 2 (8.00%) Redux
6 2 (8.00%) Spring Boot
6 2 (8.00%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (4.00%) JSON
7 1 (4.00%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Client/Server
2 3 (12.00%) Data Structures
3 2 (8.00%) e-Health
3 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (8.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (28.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (24.00%) Web Development
4 5 (20.00%) Agile
4 5 (20.00%) Design Patterns
4 5 (20.00%) SDLC
5 4 (16.00%) Full Stack Development
6 3 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (12.00%) CI/CD
6 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (12.00%) ERP
6 3 (12.00%) Front End Development
6 3 (12.00%) OOP
6 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
6 3 (12.00%) User Experience
6 3 (12.00%) UX Design
7 2 (8.00%) E-Procurement
7 2 (8.00%) Kanban
7 2 (8.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 11 (44.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (20.00%) C#
2 5 (20.00%) Java
2 5 (20.00%) PHP
2 5 (20.00%) SQL
2 5 (20.00%) TypeScript
3 3 (12.00%) Ruby
4 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft