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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 64 51
Rank change year-on-year -12 -13 +2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 3,488 4,454 10,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.22% 4.78% 6.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.57% 11.11% 12.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,672 2,928 5,689
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% +7.80%

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 36,452 40,083 83,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.61% 43.06% 48.60%
Number of salaries quoted 27,130 27,066 41,503
10th Percentile £30,140 £34,182 £33,916
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +2.40% +6.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £102,500 £98,750
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 June 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 June 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 -12 2,961 £60,000 -8.40% 1,123
UK excluding London -16 2,272 £55,000 -8.33% 643
Work from Home -8 1,677 £65,000 - 681
London -5 950 £80,000 +3.23% 464
North of England +10 588 £55,000 -8.33% 198
South East -52 517 £55,000 -12.00% 164
Midlands +13 434 £60,000 - 109
North West +18 348 £55,500 -3.48% 146
West Midlands +25 297 £60,000 - 74
South West 0 291 £52,500 -6.67% 88
Scotland -58 221 £55,000 -10.20% 32
Yorkshire +7 184 £55,000 -12.00% 42
East Midlands -5 135 £55,000 +4.76% 35
East of England -12 119 £60,000 -7.69% 46
Wales +18 70 £55,000 +46.67% 10
North East +6 56 £55,000 -8.33% 11
Northern Ireland -2 33 £75,000 +42.86% 4

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 70 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 69 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.80%) Confluence
4 22 (0.63%) Apache Spark
4 22 (0.63%) CMS
5 20 (0.57%) IIS
6 18 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
7 16 (0.46%) WordPress
8 9 (0.26%) Umbraco
9 8 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.23%) Apache
10 6 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.17%) IBM Notes
10 6 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
11 5 (0.14%) Kinematics
11 5 (0.14%) nginx
12 3 (0.086%) SAS
13 2 (0.057%) Ethereum
13 2 (0.057%) Hyperledger
13 2 (0.057%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 60 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 58 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.17%) Adobe XD
5 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.086%) Notion
6 3 (0.086%) Sketch
7 2 (0.057%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.057%) InVision
7 2 (0.057%) SPSS
8 1 (0.029%) 1Password
8 1 (0.029%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.029%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.029%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 22 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 14 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 13 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 13 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
6 12 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
6 12 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
6 12 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.14%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.14%) Shopify
8 5 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.11%) Exchequer
9 4 (0.11%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.11%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1,046 (29.99%) Azure
2 893 (25.60%) AWS
3 403 (11.55%) PaaS
4 343 (9.83%) IaaS
5 318 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
6 272 (7.80%) GCP
7 124 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
8 92 (2.64%) Power Platform
9 87 (2.49%) Serverless
10 74 (2.12%) Entra ID
11 73 (2.09%) GitHub
12 68 (1.95%) Amazon S3
13 56 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
14 41 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
14 41 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
15 39 (1.12%) OpenShift
16 37 (1.06%) OCI
17 35 (1.00%) Amazon SQS
17 35 (1.00%) AWS CloudFormation
18 34 (0.97%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 131 (3.76%) Firewall
2 96 (2.75%) WAN
3 83 (2.38%) DNS
4 66 (1.89%) LAN
5 62 (1.78%) VPN
6 54 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
7 52 (1.49%) DHCP
8 51 (1.46%) TCP/IP
9 45 (1.29%) HTTP
10 40 (1.15%) Internet
11 38 (1.09%) Network Security
12 33 (0.95%) VoIP
13 32 (0.92%) SD-WAN
14 28 (0.80%) SAN
15 24 (0.69%) Unified Communications
16 23 (0.66%) VLAN
17 20 (0.57%) BGP
18 19 (0.54%) MPLS
19 16 (0.46%) SSL
20 15 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (5.93%) SQL Server
2 150 (4.30%) MySQL
3 80 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
4 62 (1.78%) Big Data
5 59 (1.69%) Relational Database
6 56 (1.61%) NoSQL
7 55 (1.58%) MongoDB
8 54 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
8 54 (1.55%) Power BI
9 36 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
10 35 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
11 33 (0.95%) GIS
12 26 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
12 26 (0.75%) Redis
13 23 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
13 23 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
14 21 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 20 (0.57%) Hadoop
15 20 (0.57%) Tableau
16 18 (0.52%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 206 (5.91%) Git
2 99 (2.84%) JIRA
3 86 (2.47%) Selenium
4 71 (2.04%) Jenkins
5 55 (1.58%) Postman
6 36 (1.03%) Cucumber
6 36 (1.03%) GitLab
7 30 (0.86%) Cypress.io
8 23 (0.66%) Visual Studio
9 17 (0.49%) JUnit
10 15 (0.43%) TeamCity
11 14 (0.40%) JMeter
12 12 (0.34%) CircleCI
12 12 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
13 11 (0.32%) REST Assured
14 10 (0.29%) SonarQube
14 10 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
15 9 (0.26%) Jasmine
15 9 (0.26%) Vagrant
15 9 (0.26%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 990 (28.38%) Social Skills
2 560 (16.06%) Finance
3 247 (7.08%) Marketing
4 246 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
5 221 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 184 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
7 173 (4.96%) Law
8 162 (4.64%) Retail
9 131 (3.76%) Legal
10 73 (2.09%) Public Sector
11 70 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
12 66 (1.89%) Manufacturing
12 66 (1.89%) Telecoms
13 61 (1.75%) Banking
14 54 (1.55%) Automotive
15 47 (1.35%) Tech for Good
16 46 (1.32%) Games
17 38 (1.09%) Aerospace
18 34 (0.97%) German Language
19 33 (0.95%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 745 (21.36%) Senior
2 656 (18.81%) Developer
3 422 (12.10%) Architect
4 316 (9.06%) Lead
5 217 (6.22%) Senior Developer
6 213 (6.11%) Analyst
7 164 (4.70%) Consultant
8 153 (4.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 149 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
10 148 (4.24%) Senior Manager
11 146 (4.19%) Software Engineer
12 134 (3.84%) Full Stack Developer
13 133 (3.81%) Cloud Architect
14 120 (3.44%) Software Developer
15 114 (3.27%) PHP Developer
16 113 (3.24%) Service Manager
17 108 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
18 104 (2.98%) Project Manager
19 101 (2.90%) Service Delivery Manager
20 95 (2.72%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 350 (10.03%) .NET
2 252 (7.22%) React
3 202 (5.79%) Laravel
4 175 (5.02%) HTML
5 164 (4.70%) CSS
6 131 (3.76%) Vue
7 121 (3.47%) Node.js
8 115 (3.30%) AngularJS
9 113 (3.24%) .NET Core
10 109 (3.13%) REST
11 104 (2.98%) RESTful
12 79 (2.26%) JSON
12 79 (2.26%) Web Services
13 61 (1.75%) .NET Framework
14 55 (1.58%) GraphQL
14 55 (1.58%) XML
15 50 (1.43%) Symfony
16 46 (1.32%) jQuery
17 41 (1.18%) SOAP
18 38 (1.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 142 (4.07%) Public Cloud
2 130 (3.73%) Product Ownership
3 110 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
4 103 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
5 102 (2.92%) Cloud Native
6 98 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
7 96 (2.75%) Mobile App
8 90 (2.58%) Management Information System
9 89 (2.55%) Onboarding
10 84 (2.41%) PKI
11 83 (2.38%) Data Centre
12 77 (2.21%) Data Structures
13 46 (1.32%) Algorithms
14 45 (1.29%) Client/Server
15 29 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
16 28 (0.80%) Driving Licence
16 28 (0.80%) Social Media
17 27 (0.77%) Security Posture
18 26 (0.75%) Virtual Team
19 24 (0.69%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 295 (8.46%) Windows
2 193 (5.53%) Linux
3 108 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 50 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 49 (1.40%) Unix
6 39 (1.12%) Apple iOS
7 38 (1.09%) Android
8 33 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 30 (0.86%) Ubuntu
10 26 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
11 23 (0.66%) Windows 10
12 18 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
13 14 (0.40%) CentOS
13 14 (0.40%) Mac OS X
14 9 (0.26%) Solaris
15 8 (0.23%) Mac OS
15 8 (0.23%) VMS
16 6 (0.17%) Windows 7
16 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.11%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 732 (20.99%) Agile
2 534 (15.31%) DevOps
3 514 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
4 384 (11.01%) Software Engineering
5 356 (10.21%) Project Management
6 341 (9.78%) Mentoring
7 334 (9.58%) Roadmaps
8 285 (8.17%) CI/CD
9 252 (7.22%) Full Stack Development
10 236 (6.77%) Microservices
11 221 (6.34%) Test Automation
12 217 (6.22%) Migration
13 214 (6.14%) Cybersecurity
14 200 (5.73%) Service Delivery
15 195 (5.59%) Analytics
15 195 (5.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 179 (5.13%) User Experience
17 177 (5.07%) Continuous Improvement
18 175 (5.02%) Actionable Insight
19 174 (4.99%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 453 (12.99%) JavaScript
2 420 (12.04%) SQL
3 364 (10.44%) C#
4 332 (9.52%) Python
5 241 (6.91%) PHP
6 240 (6.88%) Java
7 185 (5.30%) PowerShell
8 181 (5.19%) TypeScript
9 84 (2.41%) Bash
10 54 (1.55%) C++
11 50 (1.43%) Go
11 50 (1.43%) Ruby
12 28 (0.80%) C
13 24 (0.69%) T-SQL
14 23 (0.66%) Kotlin
15 17 (0.49%) Bicep
16 15 (0.43%) Scala
17 13 (0.37%) Swift
18 12 (0.34%) R
19 10 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 446 (12.79%) Degree
2 172 (4.93%) Security Cleared
3 101 (2.90%) SC Cleared
4 98 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (1.69%) Master's Degree
6 51 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 44 (1.26%) Azure Certification
8 37 (1.06%) CISSP
8 37 (1.06%) ISTQB
9 35 (1.00%) AWS Certification
10 27 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
11 25 (0.72%) MBA
12 23 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (0.66%) CISM
13 18 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 15 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.37%) GCIA
15 13 (0.37%) GCIH
15 13 (0.37%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (7.37%) QA
2 159 (4.56%) SLA
3 63 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 41 (1.18%) GDPR
5 32 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 28 (0.80%) NIST
7 27 (0.77%) Data Quality
8 26 (0.75%) PMO
9 24 (0.69%) Accessibility
10 23 (0.66%) NCSC
11 17 (0.49%) Software Quality Assurance
12 16 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 14 (0.40%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.23%) COBIT
15 8 (0.23%) GRC
15 8 (0.23%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.23%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.17%) WCAG
16 6 (0.17%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 279 (8.00%) Docker
2 151 (4.33%) Active Directory
3 109 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 78 (2.24%) Hyper-V
5 51 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.37%) vSphere
7 10 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.17%) Firmware
9 5 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.086%) KVM
10 3 (0.086%) QEMU
10 3 (0.086%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.086%) Xen
11 2 (0.057%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.029%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.029%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 290 (8.31%) Kubernetes
2 167 (4.79%) Terraform
3 100 (2.87%) Ansible
4 53 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 53 (1.52%) Puppet
5 14 (0.40%) vCenter Server
6 13 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.32%) CASB
7 11 (0.32%) Nessus
8 10 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
10 8 (0.23%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.20%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 6 (0.17%) NetCrunch
12 6 (0.17%) QRadar
13 4 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
13 4 (0.11%) Grafana
13 4 (0.11%) HP UCMDB
13 4 (0.11%) Nagios
Vendors
1 705 (20.21%) Microsoft
2 190 (5.45%) Google
3 144 (4.13%) Dell
4 129 (3.70%) VMware
5 128 (3.67%) ServiceNow
6 105 (3.01%) Oracle
7 85 (2.44%) Salesforce
8 71 (2.04%) Cisco
9 57 (1.63%) SAP
10 52 (1.49%) Red Hat
11 29 (0.83%) Adobe
11 29 (0.83%) Meraki
12 28 (0.80%) HP
13 25 (0.72%) Palo Alto
14 22 (0.63%) Sitecore
15 21 (0.60%) iManage
16 20 (0.57%) Apple
17 17 (0.49%) HubSpot
17 17 (0.49%) IBM
18 16 (0.46%) ForgeRock