SaaS Job Trends

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 69 63
Rank change year-on-year +20 -6 -1
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 2,593 2,234 2,219
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.60% 3.60% 4.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.40% 10.32% 10.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,897 1,457 1,875
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £51,891
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,465 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% -10.42% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -

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 19,352 21,649 21,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.31% 34.85% 42.79%
Number of salaries quoted 11,203 13,206 18,135
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in the UK

SaaS
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS over the 6 months to 7 December 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 7 December 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 +22 2,351 £62,500 - 3,294
UK excluding London +15 1,625 £57,500 +4.55% 3,232
Work from Home +15 1,060 £65,000 +8.33% 2,051
London +38 806 £75,000 +3.45% 459
South East +37 520 £60,000 +9.09% 877
North of England +27 427 £60,000 +4.35% 677
Midlands +21 333 £54,000 -10.00% 599
West Midlands +39 216 £55,000 -6.38% 313
North West +23 198 £61,500 +2.50% 331
Yorkshire +25 184 £55,000 -4.35% 301
East of England +7 128 £52,500 +5.00% 468
East Midlands +2 117 £44,000 -26.67% 247
South West +8 103 £52,500 -16.00% 374
Scotland -45 67 £60,000 +21.82% 141
North East +32 45 £62,500 +25.00% 45
Northern Ireland +22 31 £60,000 +14.29% 61
Wales +6 23 £60,000 +9.09% 86

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 57 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 41 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.00%) CMS
3 26 (1.00%) IIS
4 22 (0.85%) Confluence
5 21 (0.81%) WordPress
6 15 (0.58%) Apache
7 7 (0.27%) JBoss
7 7 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.23%) nginx
9 4 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.077%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.077%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.039%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.039%) Drupal
11 1 (0.039%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.039%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.039%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.039%) SAS
11 1 (0.039%) Tomcat
Applications
1 62 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.54%) InDesign
5 11 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.35%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
8 5 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.19%) Sketch
8 5 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.15%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.12%) Trello
11 1 (0.039%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.039%) GIMP
11 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.039%) Revit
11 1 (0.039%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 44 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
3 18 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.31%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.077%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.077%) Raiser’s Edge
8 2 (0.077%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.077%) Shopify
9 1 (0.039%) CiviCRM
9 1 (0.039%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 540 (20.83%) Azure
2 385 (14.85%) AWS
3 203 (7.83%) PaaS
4 153 (5.90%) GCP
5 148 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
6 138 (5.32%) IaaS
7 79 (3.05%) GitHub
8 76 (2.93%) Power Platform
9 74 (2.85%) Serverless
10 73 (2.82%) Entra ID
11 68 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
12 33 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
13 32 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
14 29 (1.12%) OCI
15 27 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
16 26 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
17 23 (0.89%) Figma
18 22 (0.85%) iPaaS
19 21 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
19 21 (0.81%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 70 (2.70%) DNS
2 68 (2.62%) Firewall
3 59 (2.28%) DHCP
4 42 (1.62%) TCP/IP
5 39 (1.50%) Remote Desktop
6 31 (1.20%) VPN
7 27 (1.04%) VLAN
8 22 (0.85%) SAN
9 18 (0.69%) Unified Communications
9 18 (0.69%) WAN
10 16 (0.62%) Network Security
11 15 (0.58%) LAN
12 14 (0.54%) HTTP
13 12 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (0.39%) SSL
14 10 (0.39%) Wireless
15 9 (0.35%) VoIP
16 7 (0.27%) HTTPS
17 6 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
17 6 (0.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (4.59%) SQL Server
2 56 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
2 56 (2.16%) MySQL
2 56 (2.16%) Power BI
3 42 (1.62%) NoSQL
4 37 (1.43%) Data Lake
5 35 (1.35%) Relational Database
6 34 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 34 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (0.73%) MongoDB
8 14 (0.54%) Tableau
9 13 (0.50%) Looker
10 11 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.39%) GIS
12 9 (0.35%) Data Mining
12 9 (0.35%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.31%) Data Vault
13 8 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.27%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 70 (2.70%) JIRA
2 42 (1.62%) Git
3 19 (0.73%) TeamCity
4 15 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 15 (0.58%) Selenium
5 12 (0.46%) Postman
6 9 (0.35%) JMeter
7 7 (0.27%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 7 (0.27%) Locust
8 5 (0.19%) Browser DevTools
8 5 (0.19%) GitBook
8 5 (0.19%) git-flow
8 5 (0.19%) GitLab
8 5 (0.19%) SoapUI
9 4 (0.15%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.15%) MSTest
10 3 (0.12%) NUnit
10 3 (0.12%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.12%) Storybook
General
1 825 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 625 (24.10%) Finance
3 420 (16.20%) Marketing
4 250 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
5 236 (9.10%) Retail
6 188 (7.25%) Legal
7 155 (5.98%) Law
8 100 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 84 (3.24%) Public Sector
10 81 (3.12%) Banking
11 72 (2.78%) Back Office
12 69 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
13 64 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
14 62 (2.39%) Financial Institution
15 54 (2.08%) Manufacturing
16 39 (1.50%) Advertising
16 39 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
17 37 (1.43%) Games
18 31 (1.20%) Aviation
19 30 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 258 (9.95%) Senior
2 251 (9.68%) Developer
3 228 (8.79%) Lead
4 177 (6.83%) Architect
5 108 (4.17%) Analyst
6 96 (3.70%) Software Developer
7 91 (3.51%) Account Manager
8 87 (3.36%) Consultant
9 85 (3.28%) Sales Manager
9 85 (3.28%) Support Engineer
10 80 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
11 73 (2.82%) Sales Representative
12 69 (2.66%) Software Engineer
13 62 (2.39%) .NET Developer
14 61 (2.35%) Marketing Manager
15 59 (2.28%) Account Executive
16 58 (2.24%) Applications Support
17 54 (2.08%) Business Manager
17 54 (2.08%) Technical Support
18 52 (2.01%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (7.91%) .NET
2 145 (5.59%) React
3 82 (3.16%) REST
4 59 (2.28%) Node.js
5 47 (1.81%) RESTful
6 40 (1.54%) CSS
7 36 (1.39%) HTML
8 33 (1.27%) .NET Framework
9 30 (1.16%) Spring
9 30 (1.16%) XML
10 29 (1.12%) AngularJS
10 29 (1.12%) Middleware
11 27 (1.04%) SOAP
12 25 (0.96%) Entity Framework
12 25 (0.96%) Vue
13 24 (0.93%) Next.js
13 24 (0.93%) SAML
14 21 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
15 19 (0.73%) Spring Boot
16 18 (0.69%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 273 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 111 (4.28%) Cloud Native
3 109 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 68 (2.62%) Social Media
5 65 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
6 62 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
7 45 (1.74%) Management Information System
8 44 (1.70%) Educational Technology
9 42 (1.62%) Mobile App
10 38 (1.47%) Data Centre
11 35 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
12 34 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
13 30 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
14 29 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
15 26 (1.00%) NHS
16 25 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
16 25 (0.96%) Driving Licence
16 25 (0.96%) Public Cloud
17 24 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
18 22 (0.85%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 115 (4.44%) Windows
2 75 (2.89%) Windows Server
3 70 (2.70%) Linux
4 25 (0.96%) Android
5 19 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 10 (0.39%) Unix
8 7 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.27%) VMS
9 6 (0.23%) CentOS
9 6 (0.23%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.077%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.077%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.077%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.039%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.039%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.039%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 480 (18.51%) Agile
2 476 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
3 373 (14.38%) AI
4 360 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 357 (13.77%) Roadmaps
6 332 (12.80%) B2B
7 307 (11.84%) CRM
7 307 (11.84%) DevOps
8 301 (11.61%) Mentoring
9 284 (10.95%) Software Engineering
10 254 (9.80%) Decision-Making
11 218 (8.41%) Business Development
12 217 (8.37%) Analytics
12 217 (8.37%) CI/CD
13 203 (7.83%) ERP
14 172 (6.63%) Customer Service
15 156 (6.02%) Customer Experience
15 156 (6.02%) Stakeholder Management
16 152 (5.86%) Coaching
16 152 (5.86%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 334 (12.88%) SQL
2 208 (8.02%) C#
3 170 (6.56%) Python
4 143 (5.51%) JavaScript
5 130 (5.01%) TypeScript
6 102 (3.93%) Java
7 82 (3.16%) PowerShell
8 50 (1.93%) PHP
9 34 (1.31%) Bash
10 20 (0.77%) Kotlin
11 18 (0.69%) Bicep
12 15 (0.58%) Go
13 13 (0.50%) C
14 11 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
14 11 (0.42%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.31%) Ruby
16 7 (0.27%) Perl
17 6 (0.23%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 271 (10.45%) Degree
2 81 (3.12%) Master's Degree
3 69 (2.66%) ACCA
3 69 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 63 (2.43%) Security Cleared
5 45 (1.74%) MBA
6 42 (1.62%) SC Cleared
7 37 (1.43%) CIMA
8 29 (1.12%) CISSP
9 27 (1.04%) AWS Certification
9 27 (1.04%) Azure Certification
10 20 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.58%) ICAEW
12 14 (0.54%) PMI Certification
12 14 (0.54%) PMP
13 12 (0.46%) CISM
13 12 (0.46%) CRISC
14 11 (0.42%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (5.32%) QA
2 89 (3.43%) GDPR
3 88 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 42 (1.62%) SLA
5 37 (1.43%) Accessibility
6 31 (1.20%) GAAP
7 30 (1.16%) IFRS
7 30 (1.16%) NIST
8 24 (0.93%) ISO 9001
8 24 (0.93%) SOC 2
9 18 (0.69%) PCI DSS
10 15 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
10 15 (0.58%) GRC
11 12 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (0.39%) Data Quality
12 10 (0.39%) NIST 800
12 10 (0.39%) WCAG
13 9 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.31%) EU AI Act
15 7 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 114 (4.40%) Active Directory
2 66 (2.55%) Docker
3 51 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.27%) vCloud
7 6 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.077%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.039%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.039%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.039%) Firmware
10 1 (0.039%) Postfix
10 1 (0.039%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.039%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.039%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 123 (4.74%) Terraform
2 111 (4.28%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (1.16%) Ansible
5 28 (1.08%) Grafana
6 27 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.35%) Puppet
8 8 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
9 7 (0.27%) Argo
10 5 (0.19%) Autotask
11 4 (0.15%) Cilium
11 4 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.15%) SCCM
12 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
13 1 (0.039%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.039%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.039%) Istio
13 1 (0.039%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.039%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.039%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 351 (13.54%) Microsoft
2 114 (4.40%) Salesforce
3 87 (3.36%) HubSpot
4 77 (2.97%) Oracle
5 64 (2.47%) Google
6 61 (2.35%) SAP
7 59 (2.28%) VMware
8 44 (1.70%) Adobe
9 40 (1.54%) Databricks
10 38 (1.47%) ServiceNow
11 31 (1.20%) Cisco
12 27 (1.04%) YouTube
13 22 (0.85%) Zoho
14 20 (0.77%) Workday
15 15 (0.58%) Alteryx
16 11 (0.42%) MuleSoft
16 11 (0.42%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.39%) Apple
17 10 (0.39%) BiZZdesign
17 10 (0.39%) Splunk