Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 64 51
Rank change year-on-year -11 -13 0
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 3,411 4,854 9,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.44% 4.79% 6.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.64% 11.19% 12.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,638 3,164 5,580
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,381 43,379 75,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.70% 42.80% 48.33%
Number of salaries quoted 26,736 28,530 41,309
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,784 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SaaS in the UK

SaaS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SaaS in the UK

SaaS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

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 9 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 -10 2,870 £63,749 -5.56% 1,085
UK excluding London -12 2,159 £55,000 -8.33% 626
Work from Home -8 1,692 £65,000 -3.70% 643
London -2 995 £80,000 +3.23% 469
North of England +25 568 £55,000 -8.33% 181
South East -61 488 £55,000 -8.33% 163
Midlands +32 397 £57,500 -4.17% 106
North West +17 333 £55,250 -3.91% 123
West Midlands +37 285 £60,000 -0.83% 77
South West -5 253 £57,500 +9.52% 84
Scotland -53 250 £55,000 -11.82% 51
Yorkshire +23 182 £55,000 -8.33% 49
East of England -9 111 £55,000 -8.33% 27
East Midlands +7 110 £52,500 - 29
Wales +16 64 £52,500 -8.70% 12
North East +15 53 £55,000 +4.76% 10
Northern Ireland +2 29 £75,000 +25.00% 10

SaaS
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:

Application Platforms
1 66 (1.93%) SharePoint
2 64 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 24 (0.70%) Confluence
5 21 (0.62%) IIS
6 18 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 17 (0.50%) CMS
8 15 (0.44%) WordPress
9 9 (0.26%) Umbraco
10 8 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 8 (0.23%) Apache
11 6 (0.18%) Apache Solr
11 6 (0.18%) IBM Notes
11 6 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
12 5 (0.15%) Kinematics
12 5 (0.15%) nginx
12 5 (0.15%) NServiceBus
13 3 (0.088%) SAS
14 2 (0.059%) Ethereum
14 2 (0.059%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 60 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.12%) Notion
7 4 (0.12%) Sketch
8 2 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.059%) InVision
8 2 (0.059%) SPSS
9 1 (0.029%) 1Password
9 1 (0.029%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.029%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.029%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 22 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 16 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
5 14 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
6 13 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 13 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
6 13 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
7 12 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
7 12 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
8 10 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
9 7 (0.21%) Elite 3E
9 7 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.21%) SAP ERP
10 6 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 4 (0.12%) Sage 200
12 4 (0.12%) Sage 50
12 4 (0.12%) Sage X3
12 4 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,035 (30.34%) Azure
2 881 (25.83%) AWS
3 441 (12.93%) PaaS
4 380 (11.14%) IaaS
5 314 (9.21%) GCP
6 309 (9.06%) Microsoft 365
7 132 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
8 95 (2.79%) Power Platform
9 86 (2.52%) Serverless
10 81 (2.37%) GitHub
11 79 (2.32%) Amazon S3
12 73 (2.14%) Entra ID
13 57 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
14 46 (1.35%) Amazon SQS
15 40 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
15 40 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
16 39 (1.14%) OCI
17 37 (1.08%) OpenShift
18 35 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
19 33 (0.97%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 132 (3.87%) Firewall
2 83 (2.43%) WAN
3 80 (2.35%) DNS
4 60 (1.76%) LAN
4 60 (1.76%) VPN
5 53 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
6 51 (1.50%) DHCP
7 47 (1.38%) TCP/IP
8 44 (1.29%) HTTP
9 41 (1.20%) Network Security
10 40 (1.17%) Internet
11 34 (1.00%) VoIP
12 33 (0.97%) SAN
13 28 (0.82%) SD-WAN
14 22 (0.64%) VLAN
15 19 (0.56%) SSL
15 19 (0.56%) Unified Communications
16 17 (0.50%) MPLS
16 17 (0.50%) NAS
17 14 (0.41%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (6.39%) SQL Server
2 150 (4.40%) MySQL
3 79 (2.32%) Big Data
4 74 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
5 73 (2.14%) NoSQL
6 66 (1.93%) Relational Database
7 63 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
8 56 (1.64%) Power BI
9 53 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
10 52 (1.52%) MongoDB
11 37 (1.08%) Redis
12 35 (1.03%) Data Lake
13 33 (0.97%) GIS
14 31 (0.91%) Hadoop
15 30 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
16 28 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
17 27 (0.79%) Tableau
18 23 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
18 23 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
18 23 (0.67%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 204 (5.98%) Git
2 103 (3.02%) JIRA
3 99 (2.90%) Jenkins
4 93 (2.73%) Selenium
5 69 (2.02%) Postman
6 51 (1.50%) Cucumber
7 38 (1.11%) Cypress.io
8 37 (1.08%) GitLab
9 21 (0.62%) Visual Studio
10 19 (0.56%) JUnit
11 17 (0.50%) JMeter
12 15 (0.44%) SoapUI
13 14 (0.41%) REST Assured
14 13 (0.38%) TeamCity
15 12 (0.35%) CircleCI
15 12 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
16 11 (0.32%) Bitbucket
16 11 (0.32%) webpack
17 10 (0.29%) Visual Studio Team System
18 9 (0.26%) Jasmine
General
1 1,016 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 580 (17.00%) Finance
3 250 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
4 243 (7.12%) Marketing
5 238 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 184 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
7 169 (4.95%) Law
8 153 (4.49%) Retail
9 136 (3.99%) Legal
10 81 (2.37%) Banking
11 73 (2.14%) Public Sector
12 72 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
13 69 (2.02%) Telecoms
14 65 (1.91%) Manufacturing
15 55 (1.61%) Automotive
16 47 (1.38%) Games
17 34 (1.00%) German Language
17 34 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
18 33 (0.97%) Health Technology
18 33 (0.97%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 713 (20.90%) Senior
2 594 (17.41%) Developer
3 419 (12.28%) Architect
4 313 (9.18%) Lead
5 221 (6.48%) Analyst
6 196 (5.75%) Senior Developer
7 177 (5.19%) Software Engineer
8 158 (4.63%) Solutions Architect
9 152 (4.46%) Consultant
10 149 (4.37%) Senior Manager
11 126 (3.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 123 (3.61%) Cloud Architect
13 114 (3.34%) Full Stack Developer
13 114 (3.34%) Service Manager
14 113 (3.31%) PHP Developer
15 111 (3.25%) Project Manager
16 107 (3.14%) Delivery Manager
17 100 (2.93%) Service Delivery Manager
17 100 (2.93%) Software Developer
18 95 (2.79%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 317 (9.29%) .NET
2 250 (7.33%) React
3 188 (5.51%) Laravel
4 181 (5.31%) HTML
5 173 (5.07%) CSS
6 133 (3.90%) REST
7 125 (3.66%) Vue
8 120 (3.52%) AngularJS
9 119 (3.49%) Node.js
10 110 (3.22%) RESTful
11 106 (3.11%) .NET Core
11 106 (3.11%) Web Services
12 97 (2.84%) JSON
13 67 (1.96%) XML
14 65 (1.91%) GraphQL
15 55 (1.61%) SOAP
16 52 (1.52%) Kafka
17 50 (1.47%) jQuery
18 49 (1.44%) Symfony
19 48 (1.41%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 146 (4.28%) Public Cloud
2 126 (3.69%) Product Ownership
3 116 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
4 113 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
5 101 (2.96%) Cloud Native
6 99 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
7 96 (2.81%) Management Information System
8 90 (2.64%) Mobile App
9 87 (2.55%) Data Structures
10 86 (2.52%) Onboarding
11 84 (2.46%) PKI
12 63 (1.85%) Data Centre
13 54 (1.58%) Algorithms
14 45 (1.32%) Client/Server
15 36 (1.06%) Virtual Team
16 31 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
17 29 (0.85%) Social Media
18 28 (0.82%) Blockchain
18 28 (0.82%) Driving Licence
19 26 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 305 (8.94%) Windows
2 176 (5.16%) Linux
3 106 (3.11%) Windows Server
4 68 (1.99%) Unix
5 48 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 37 (1.08%) Apple iOS
7 36 (1.06%) Android
8 34 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
9 27 (0.79%) Windows 10
9 27 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
10 23 (0.67%) Mac OS
10 23 (0.67%) Ubuntu
11 20 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
12 15 (0.44%) CentOS
13 14 (0.41%) Mac OS X
14 8 (0.23%) VMS
15 7 (0.21%) Solaris
16 6 (0.18%) Windows 7
16 6 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.12%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 746 (21.87%) Agile
2 535 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
3 527 (15.45%) DevOps
4 408 (11.96%) Software Engineering
5 361 (10.58%) Project Management
6 350 (10.26%) Roadmaps
7 330 (9.67%) Mentoring
8 297 (8.71%) CI/CD
9 275 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
10 268 (7.86%) Microservices
11 229 (6.71%) Migration
12 225 (6.60%) Test Automation
13 214 (6.27%) Full Stack Development
14 195 (5.72%) User Experience
15 193 (5.66%) Analytics
16 187 (5.48%) Actionable Insight
17 186 (5.45%) Artificial Intelligence
18 185 (5.42%) Computer Science
18 185 (5.42%) Scrum
19 181 (5.31%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 453 (13.28%) JavaScript
2 417 (12.23%) SQL
3 340 (9.97%) C#
4 327 (9.59%) Python
5 267 (7.83%) Java
6 228 (6.68%) PHP
7 183 (5.36%) PowerShell
8 175 (5.13%) TypeScript
9 87 (2.55%) Bash
10 59 (1.73%) Go
11 57 (1.67%) C++
12 46 (1.35%) Ruby
13 32 (0.94%) C
14 26 (0.76%) Scala
15 23 (0.67%) Kotlin
16 19 (0.56%) T-SQL
17 15 (0.44%) Bicep
18 14 (0.41%) PL/SQL
19 13 (0.38%) Swift
20 12 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 442 (12.96%) Degree
2 176 (5.16%) Security Cleared
3 113 (3.31%) SC Cleared
4 105 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (1.64%) Master's Degree
6 46 (1.35%) DV Cleared
7 45 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 40 (1.17%) CISSP
9 33 (0.97%) AWS Certification
10 30 (0.88%) ISTQB
11 27 (0.79%) CISM
12 26 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 26 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
13 24 (0.70%) MBA
14 23 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 14 (0.41%) GCIA
16 14 (0.41%) GCIH
16 14 (0.41%) GREM
17 13 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (7.83%) QA
2 160 (4.69%) SLA
3 66 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 41 (1.20%) GDPR
5 35 (1.03%) NIST
6 29 (0.85%) Data Quality
6 29 (0.85%) PMO
7 27 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 26 (0.76%) Accessibility
9 21 (0.62%) Software Quality Assurance
10 19 (0.56%) NCSC
11 17 (0.50%) PCI DSS
12 15 (0.44%) SOC 2
13 14 (0.41%) COBIT
14 12 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (0.26%) WCAG
16 8 (0.23%) ISO 9001
16 8 (0.23%) NIST 800
17 6 (0.18%) GRC
17 6 (0.18%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 283 (8.30%) Docker
2 155 (4.54%) Active Directory
3 107 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 76 (2.23%) Hyper-V
5 48 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (0.38%) vSphere
8 6 (0.18%) Firmware
9 3 (0.088%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.059%) KVM
10 2 (0.059%) QEMU
10 2 (0.059%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.059%) Xen
11 1 (0.029%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.029%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.029%) RACF
11 1 (0.029%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 293 (8.59%) Kubernetes
2 151 (4.43%) Terraform
3 90 (2.64%) Ansible
4 53 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 48 (1.41%) Puppet
6 17 (0.50%) vCenter Server
7 14 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (0.26%) CASB
9 9 (0.26%) Nessus
10 8 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
11 6 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 6 (0.18%) HP UCMDB
11 6 (0.18%) NetCrunch
11 6 (0.18%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
12 4 (0.12%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.12%) Grafana
12 4 (0.12%) Nagios
12 4 (0.12%) QRadar
Vendors
1 712 (20.87%) Microsoft
2 216 (6.33%) Google
3 165 (4.84%) Dell
4 132 (3.87%) ServiceNow
5 131 (3.84%) VMware
6 118 (3.46%) Oracle
7 81 (2.37%) Salesforce
8 56 (1.64%) SAP
9 55 (1.61%) Cisco
10 44 (1.29%) Red Hat
11 36 (1.06%) Adobe
12 28 (0.82%) Apple
13 27 (0.79%) HP
14 25 (0.73%) Meraki
15 24 (0.70%) iManage
16 22 (0.64%) IBM
16 22 (0.64%) Remedy
16 22 (0.64%) Sitecore
17 21 (0.62%) Palo Alto
18 19 (0.56%) HubSpot