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 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 84 71 58
Rank change year-on-year -13 -13 -1
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 2,160 2,636 3,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.02% 4.46% 4.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.16% 11.55% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,674 1,595 2,767
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 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +8.49%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +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 23,573 22,822 28,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.91% 38.59% 39.90%
Number of salaries quoted 17,413 13,617 19,644
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 20 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 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
North of England +20 565 £55,000 -8.33% 233
South East -56 487 £55,000 -8.33% 306
Midlands +26 402 £57,500 -4.17% 111
North West +21 332 £55,500 -6.76% 155
West Midlands +40 286 £60,000 -0.83% 80
South West -3 262 £57,000 +8.57% 88
Scotland -51 242 £55,000 -15.22% 43
Yorkshire +16 180 £55,000 -8.33% 62
East Midlands +4 114 £53,999 +2.86% 31
East of England -9 113 £57,500 -8.00% 36
Wales +18 63 £52,500 +10.53% 9
North East +19 53 £55,000 +4.76% 17
Northern Ireland +3 27 £75,000 +25.00% 9
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 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (1.30%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.93%) 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 (0.19%) nginx
11 3 (0.14%) Apache
12 2 (0.093%) NetWeaver
12 2 (0.093%) 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 (0.19%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.093%) InVision
6 2 (0.093%) Notion
6 2 (0.093%) 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%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.19%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 4 (0.19%) Sage 50
8 4 (0.19%) Sage X3
9 3 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
10 2 (0.093%) Maximo
10 2 (0.093%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.093%) SAP FI-GL
11 1 (0.046%) SAP CO
11 1 (0.046%) SAP FI
11 1 (0.046%) SAP FI/CO
11 1 (0.046%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 651 (30.14%) Azure
2 622 (28.80%) AWS
3 224 (10.37%) GCP
4 197 (9.12%) PaaS
5 193 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
6 167 (7.73%) IaaS
7 78 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (2.59%) Amazon S3
9 51 (2.36%) Power Platform
10 50 (2.31%) GitHub
11 42 (1.94%) Serverless
12 36 (1.67%) OpenShift
13 31 (1.44%) Amazon SQS
14 29 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
15 28 (1.30%) Miro
16 27 (1.25%) Slack
17 23 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
17 23 (1.06%) Entra ID
18 22 (1.02%) Google Docs
18 22 (1.02%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 93 (4.31%) Firewall
2 66 (3.06%) DNS
3 57 (2.64%) 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 (0.93%) SAN
12 18 (0.83%) Internet
12 18 (0.83%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.51%) VLAN
14 10 (0.46%) MPLS
15 9 (0.42%) NAS
16 7 (0.32%) 5G
16 7 (0.32%) Unified Communications
16 7 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 92 (4.26%) MySQL
3 63 (2.92%) Big Data
4 52 (2.41%) NoSQL
5 51 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
6 44 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
8 40 (1.85%) Relational Database
9 36 (1.67%) MongoDB
10 32 (1.48%) Redis
11 31 (1.44%) GIS
12 25 (1.16%) Hadoop
13 22 (1.02%) Scylla
14 21 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
15 20 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
15 20 (0.93%) 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
1 152 (7.04%) 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 (0.56%) GitLab
8 12 (0.56%) JMeter
9 11 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.51%) Jasmine
10 9 (0.42%) SoapUI
10 9 (0.42%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.37%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.37%) NUnit
11 8 (0.37%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.32%) MSBuild
12 7 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 566 (26.20%) Social Skills
2 269 (12.45%) Finance
3 149 (6.90%) Marketing
4 131 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 124 (5.74%) Presentation Skills
6 114 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 96 (4.44%) Retail
8 60 (2.78%) Legal
8 60 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 60 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 58 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 52 (2.41%) Banking
11 50 (2.31%) Law
12 42 (1.94%) Public Sector
13 41 (1.90%) Automotive
14 39 (1.81%) 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 (20.97%) Developer
2 383 (17.73%) Senior
3 256 (11.85%) Architect
4 166 (7.69%) Analyst
5 158 (7.31%) Senior Developer
6 147 (6.81%) Lead
7 136 (6.30%) Software Engineer
8 109 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 101 (4.68%) PHP Developer
10 97 (4.49%) Software Developer
11 89 (4.12%) Cloud Architect
12 85 (3.94%) Full Stack Developer
13 75 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
14 73 (3.38%) Project Manager
15 71 (3.29%) Consultant
16 65 (3.01%) .NET Developer
17 64 (2.96%) Development Manager
18 62 (2.87%) Business Development Manager
19 61 (2.82%) Business Manager
20 57 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (10.32%) .NET
2 179 (8.29%) React
3 165 (7.64%) Laravel
4 119 (5.51%) HTML
5 113 (5.23%) CSS
6 101 (4.68%) Vue
7 88 (4.07%) RESTful
8 86 (3.98%) .NET Core
9 84 (3.89%) AngularJS
10 73 (3.38%) Node.js
11 58 (2.69%) Web Services
12 52 (2.41%) JSON
13 49 (2.27%) GraphQL
14 44 (2.04%) jQuery
15 40 (1.85%) Kafka
15 40 (1.85%) REST
16 37 (1.71%) .NET Framework
16 37 (1.71%) Symfony
16 37 (1.71%) XML
17 35 (1.62%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 95 (4.40%) Public Cloud
2 87 (4.03%) Product Ownership
3 83 (3.84%) Greenfield Project
4 75 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
5 72 (3.33%) PKI
6 57 (2.64%) Data Structures
6 57 (2.64%) Mobile App
7 56 (2.59%) Cloud Native
7 56 (2.59%) Onboarding
8 52 (2.41%) Management Information System
9 45 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
10 36 (1.67%) Algorithms
11 34 (1.57%) Data Centre
12 32 (1.48%) Client/Server
13 25 (1.16%) Driving Licence
14 21 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
14 21 (0.97%) Satnav
15 20 (0.93%) Blockchain
16 19 (0.88%) Low-Code
17 17 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 215 (9.95%) Windows
2 143 (6.62%) Linux
3 73 (3.38%) Windows Server
4 55 (2.55%) Unix
5 44 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (1.02%) Apple iOS
8 18 (0.83%) Android
8 18 (0.83%) Ubuntu
9 17 (0.79%) Mac OS
9 17 (0.79%) Windows 10
9 17 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
9 17 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (0.69%) Mac OS X
11 8 (0.37%) CentOS
12 7 (0.32%) Solaris
13 6 (0.28%) Windows 7
13 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 499 (23.10%) Agile
2 383 (17.73%) DevOps
3 350 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (13.43%) Software Engineering
5 219 (10.14%) Project Management
6 191 (8.84%) Cybersecurity
7 184 (8.52%) Roadmaps
8 177 (8.19%) CI/CD
9 176 (8.15%) Microservices
10 170 (7.87%) Mentoring
11 168 (7.78%) Actionable Insight
12 166 (7.69%) Test Automation
13 164 (7.59%) Full Stack Development
13 164 (7.59%) Migration
14 142 (6.57%) User Experience
15 131 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 130 (6.02%) Business Development
17 123 (5.69%) Scrum
18 122 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
19 121 (5.60%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 323 (14.95%) JavaScript
2 262 (12.13%) SQL
3 257 (11.90%) C#
4 211 (9.77%) Python
5 184 (8.52%) PHP
6 174 (8.06%) Java
7 130 (6.02%) PowerShell
8 103 (4.77%) TypeScript
9 79 (3.66%) Bash
10 49 (2.27%) C++
11 43 (1.99%) Go
12 31 (1.44%) C
13 24 (1.11%) Ruby
14 22 (1.02%) Scala
15 13 (0.60%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.56%) 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 (12.13%) Degree
2 123 (5.69%) Security Cleared
3 67 (3.10%) SC Cleared
4 54 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (2.04%) DV Cleared
6 25 (1.16%) ISTQB
7 22 (1.02%) CISSP
8 20 (0.93%) 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 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.46%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.42%) AWS Certification
16 8 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (8.98%) QA
2 65 (3.01%) 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 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.46%) 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 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.19%) SEPA
System Software
1 220 (10.19%) Docker
2 84 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 84 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (3.33%) Hyper-V
4 34 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.56%) vSphere
6 6 (0.28%) Firmware
7 3 (0.14%) VirtualBox
7 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.093%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.093%) KVM
8 2 (0.093%) QEMU
8 2 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.093%) Xen
9 1 (0.046%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.046%) RACF
Systems Management
1 225 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 81 (3.75%) Terraform
3 72 (3.33%) Ansible
4 46 (2.13%) Puppet
5 26 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.42%) 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 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (0.19%) Grafana
10 3 (0.14%) Autotask
10 3 (0.14%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.14%) Nessus
11 2 (0.093%) Nagios
11 2 (0.093%) Podman
11 2 (0.093%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 387 (17.92%) Microsoft
2 151 (6.99%) Google
3 96 (4.44%) VMware
4 58 (2.69%) Dell
5 47 (2.18%) Oracle
6 44 (2.04%) Red Hat
7 36 (1.67%) SAP
8 31 (1.44%) Salesforce
9 29 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 28 (1.30%) 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 (0.56%) Veeam
17 11 (0.51%) Draytek
17 11 (0.51%) Palo Alto
18 10 (0.46%) Splunk