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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 85 62
Rank change year-on-year +21 -23 -1
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 332 308 472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.33% 3.99% 4.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.79% 9.36% 11.68%
Number of salaries quoted 255 154 367
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £59,526 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.76% +3.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £75,875 £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 3,392 3,289 4,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.02% 42.57% 42.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,657 1,894 2,629
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,750 £31,250
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 £85,000 £85,000 £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 20 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 20 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 +6 195 £60,000 - 116
Cheshire +28 60 £53,750 +2.38% 30
Merseyside -15 33 £48,500 -3.00% 4
Cumbria - 32 £45,000 -
Lancashire -13 9 £70,000 +77.22% 10
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 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.90%) IIS
4 2 (0.60%) NetWeaver
4 2 (0.60%) nginx
5 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.60%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 99 (29.82%) Azure
2 85 (25.60%) AWS
3 36 (10.84%) PaaS
4 35 (10.54%) GCP
5 34 (10.24%) IaaS
6 23 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.11%) Serverless
8 5 (1.51%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.20%) OCI
9 4 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.90%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (0.90%) NuGet
11 2 (0.60%) CloudFront
11 2 (0.60%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.81%) Firewall
2 5 (1.51%) WAN
3 4 (1.20%) DHCP
3 4 (1.20%) DNS
3 4 (1.20%) LAN
3 4 (1.20%) WLAN
4 3 (0.90%) BGP
4 3 (0.90%) Internet
4 3 (0.90%) OSPF
4 3 (0.90%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.30%) IPsec
6 1 (0.30%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.30%) SNMP
6 1 (0.30%) SSL
6 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.30%) VPN
6 1 (0.30%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.34%) MySQL
2 18 (5.42%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.01%) MongoDB
4 9 (2.71%) NoSQL
5 8 (2.41%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.11%) Big Data
7 6 (1.81%) Metadata
7 6 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.51%) Redis
9 4 (1.20%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.20%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (1.20%) GIS
10 2 (0.60%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.60%) Tableau
11 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (8.13%) Git
2 5 (1.51%) Cypress.io
2 5 (1.51%) GitLab
2 5 (1.51%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.90%) MSBuild
3 3 (0.90%) Postman
3 3 (0.90%) Selenium
3 3 (0.90%) SpecFlow
3 3 (0.90%) Subversion
3 3 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio Team System
4 2 (0.60%) JIRA
4 2 (0.60%) JMeter
4 2 (0.60%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.30%) Moq
5 1 (0.30%) MSI
5 1 (0.30%) NUnit
General
1 67 (20.18%) Social Skills
2 29 (8.73%) Finance
3 25 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (5.72%) Legal
6 15 (4.52%) Marketing
7 14 (4.22%) Health Technology
8 12 (3.61%) Law
9 11 (3.31%) Tech for Good
10 8 (2.41%) Retail
11 6 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.81%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.81%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.51%) Banking
13 4 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.90%) Automotive
15 2 (0.60%) Advertising
15 2 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.60%) Local Government
15 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (24.10%) Developer
2 62 (18.67%) Architect
3 48 (14.46%) Senior
4 31 (9.34%) Senior Developer
5 28 (8.43%) Analyst
6 27 (8.13%) Solutions Architect
7 24 (7.23%) Lead
8 21 (6.33%) Full Stack Developer
9 20 (6.02%) Project Manager
10 17 (5.12%) Consultant
11 16 (4.82%) Cloud Architect
12 15 (4.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (4.22%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 11 (3.31%) Technical Consultant
15 10 (3.01%) PHP Developer
15 10 (3.01%) Senior Full Stack Developer
16 9 (2.71%) Software Engineer
16 9 (2.71%) Systems Support
17 8 (2.41%) IT Technician
17 8 (2.41%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (14.46%) React
2 26 (7.83%) Laravel
2 26 (7.83%) Node.js
3 23 (6.93%) .NET
4 19 (5.72%) CSS
5 17 (5.12%) HTML
6 7 (2.11%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.81%) Next.js
7 6 (1.81%) RESTful
7 6 (1.81%) Symfony
7 6 (1.81%) Vue
8 5 (1.51%) OpenID
8 5 (1.51%) Playwright
9 4 (1.20%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.20%) GraphQL
9 4 (1.20%) Tailwind CSS
10 2 (0.60%) Jest
10 2 (0.60%) Lambda Expressions
10 2 (0.60%) LEMP Stack
10 2 (0.60%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.23%) Greenfield Project
2 16 (4.82%) Public Cloud
3 15 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.22%) PKI
5 9 (2.71%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.11%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.11%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.81%) Blog
8 5 (1.51%) Hackathon
8 5 (1.51%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.20%) Blockchain
9 4 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.20%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.20%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.90%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.12%) Windows
2 12 (3.61%) Linux
3 7 (2.11%) Unix
3 7 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
3 7 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (1.81%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.81%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.20%) Android
5 4 (1.20%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (21.39%) Agile
2 53 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (13.86%) Migration
4 39 (11.75%) Full Stack Development
5 38 (11.45%) Mentoring
5 38 (11.45%) Software Engineering
6 37 (11.14%) Roadmaps
7 33 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (9.34%) DevOps
8 31 (9.34%) Microservices
8 31 (9.34%) Stakeholder Management
9 29 (8.73%) CI/CD
10 28 (8.43%) Project Management
11 27 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (7.83%) Presales
13 20 (6.02%) TDD
14 19 (5.72%) Actionable Insight
14 19 (5.72%) Design Patterns
14 19 (5.72%) Test Automation
14 19 (5.72%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 65 (19.58%) JavaScript
2 35 (10.54%) C#
3 34 (10.24%) SQL
4 30 (9.04%) Python
5 26 (7.83%) PHP
6 19 (5.72%) PowerShell
7 15 (4.52%) TypeScript
8 11 (3.31%) Bash
9 8 (2.41%) Java
10 2 (0.60%) ABAP
10 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.60%) Swift
11 1 (0.30%) Ada
11 1 (0.30%) C
11 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (4.22%) Security Cleared
2 11 (3.31%) Degree
3 8 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.41%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.81%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.60%) BC Cleared
5 2 (0.60%) CISSP
5 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.30%) CCA
6 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.75%) QA
2 14 (4.22%) PMO
3 13 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (2.11%) GDPR
6 6 (1.81%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.51%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.20%) ISO 9001
8 4 (1.20%) NIST
8 4 (1.20%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.90%) SLA
10 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (7.53%) Docker
2 18 (5.42%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.90%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.30%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.30%) RACF
6 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (5.42%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.71%) Terraform
3 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.90%) Ansible
4 3 (0.90%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.90%) Puppet
4 3 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 53 (15.96%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.52%) Google
3 12 (3.61%) Oracle
4 9 (2.71%) Apple
4 9 (2.71%) VMware
5 6 (1.81%) Adobe
6 4 (1.20%) IBM
6 4 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.20%) SAP
6 4 (1.20%) SolarWinds
7 3 (0.90%) BT
7 3 (0.90%) Snow
8 2 (0.60%) Aderant
8 2 (0.60%) Workday
9 1 (0.30%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.30%) iManage
9 1 (0.30%) Qualys
9 1 (0.30%) Samsung
9 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.30%) Xerox