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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 71 57
Rank change year-on-year -14 -14 +2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 2,229 2,551 3,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.93% 4.51% 5.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.24% 11.62% 12.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,736 1,532 2,804
10th Percentile £33,063 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +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 24,112 21,949 29,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.74% 38.82% 39.84%
Number of salaries quoted 17,718 13,331 19,511
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £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 £66,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £64,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.85% +3.20% +7.76%

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 1 June 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 1 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
North of England +15 589 £55,000 -8.33% 191
South East -63 505 £56,421 -5.97% 167
Midlands +26 422 £60,000 - 113
North West +26 351 £55,000 -4.35% 139
West Midlands +32 293 £60,000 - 75
South West -5 277 £55,000 +0.92% 88
Scotland -56 223 £55,000 -8.33% 36
Yorkshire +15 185 £55,000 -10.20% 41
East Midlands +5 127 £55,000 +4.76% 38
East of England -11 112 £60,000 -7.69% 52
Wales +18 69 £55,000 +46.67% 11
North East +10 53 £55,000 +4.76% 11
Northern Ireland 0 33 £75,000 +66.67% 4
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 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (0.99%) Confluence
4 20 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.63%) IIS
7 9 (0.40%) CMS
8 7 (0.31%) WordPress
9 5 (0.22%) Kinematics
10 4 (0.18%) Apache
10 4 (0.18%) nginx
11 2 (0.090%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.045%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.045%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 36 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.18%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.090%) InVision
7 2 (0.090%) Notion
7 2 (0.090%) Sketch
8 1 (0.045%) 1Password
8 1 (0.045%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.045%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.045%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.045%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 11 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
4 9 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.18%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.18%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.18%) Sage 50
7 4 (0.18%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.090%) Maximo
9 2 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.045%) BambooHR
10 1 (0.045%) iTrent
10 1 (0.045%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 662 (29.70%) Azure
2 632 (28.35%) AWS
3 203 (9.11%) GCP
4 197 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
5 185 (8.30%) PaaS
6 152 (6.82%) IaaS
7 77 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (2.20%) GitHub
8 49 (2.20%) Power Platform
9 47 (2.11%) Amazon S3
10 44 (1.97%) Serverless
11 39 (1.75%) OpenShift
12 27 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
13 23 (1.03%) Amazon SQS
13 23 (1.03%) Entra ID
14 22 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (0.90%) Miro
16 19 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (0.85%) Slack
17 17 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 92 (4.13%) Firewall
2 70 (3.14%) DNS
3 59 (2.65%) WAN
4 53 (2.38%) DHCP
5 49 (2.20%) TCP/IP
6 42 (1.88%) HTTP
7 39 (1.75%) LAN
8 36 (1.62%) VPN
9 28 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
10 24 (1.08%) VoIP
11 23 (1.03%) Network Security
12 20 (0.90%) SAN
13 18 (0.81%) Internet
13 18 (0.81%) SD-WAN
14 12 (0.54%) VLAN
15 10 (0.45%) MPLS
16 9 (0.40%) NAS
17 7 (0.31%) Broadband
17 7 (0.31%) Unified Communications
17 7 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (5.83%) SQL Server
2 99 (4.44%) MySQL
3 53 (2.38%) Big Data
4 50 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
5 47 (2.11%) NoSQL
6 42 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
6 42 (1.88%) Relational Database
7 40 (1.79%) MongoDB
8 32 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
9 31 (1.39%) GIS
10 25 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
11 24 (1.08%) Redis
12 21 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
13 20 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (0.76%) Hadoop
14 17 (0.76%) Power BI
15 16 (0.72%) Data Mining
16 14 (0.63%) Scylla
17 11 (0.49%) BigQuery
17 11 (0.49%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 148 (6.64%) Git
2 60 (2.69%) JIRA
3 50 (2.24%) Selenium
4 31 (1.39%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.81%) Visual Studio
6 17 (0.76%) JUnit
6 17 (0.76%) Postman
7 14 (0.63%) TeamCity
8 13 (0.58%) JMeter
9 11 (0.49%) GitLab
10 10 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.45%) Jasmine
10 10 (0.45%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.40%) NUnit
11 9 (0.40%) SoapUI
12 8 (0.36%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.36%) REST Assured
12 8 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
13 7 (0.31%) MSBuild
13 7 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 566 (25.39%) Social Skills
2 256 (11.48%) Finance
3 151 (6.77%) Marketing
4 130 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
5 123 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
6 104 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 99 (4.44%) Retail
8 61 (2.74%) Manufacturing
8 61 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
9 58 (2.60%) Legal
10 56 (2.51%) Telecoms
11 55 (2.47%) Law
12 42 (1.88%) Public Sector
13 40 (1.79%) Automotive
14 39 (1.75%) Banking
14 39 (1.75%) Games
15 34 (1.53%) Aerospace
16 33 (1.48%) Tech for Good
17 23 (1.03%) Aviation
18 20 (0.90%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 484 (21.71%) Developer
2 400 (17.95%) Senior
3 275 (12.34%) Architect
4 163 (7.31%) Senior Developer
5 160 (7.18%) Lead
6 156 (7.00%) Analyst
7 123 (5.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 114 (5.11%) Software Engineer
9 104 (4.67%) Software Developer
10 103 (4.62%) PHP Developer
11 100 (4.49%) Cloud Architect
12 97 (4.35%) Full Stack Developer
13 79 (3.54%) Consultant
14 73 (3.28%) .NET Developer
15 72 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
16 71 (3.19%) Project Manager
17 67 (3.01%) Development Manager
18 65 (2.92%) Business Development Manager
19 64 (2.87%) Business Manager
20 58 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 250 (11.22%) .NET
2 186 (8.34%) React
3 170 (7.63%) Laravel
4 122 (5.47%) HTML
5 114 (5.11%) CSS
6 104 (4.67%) Vue
7 91 (4.08%) .NET Core
8 88 (3.95%) RESTful
9 83 (3.72%) AngularJS
10 78 (3.50%) Node.js
11 51 (2.29%) JSON
12 48 (2.15%) Web Services
13 46 (2.06%) jQuery
14 42 (1.88%) GraphQL
15 41 (1.84%) .NET Framework
16 39 (1.75%) XML
17 38 (1.70%) REST
18 37 (1.66%) Symfony
19 33 (1.48%) Spring
20 28 (1.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 92 (4.13%) Public Cloud
2 87 (3.90%) Product Ownership
3 79 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
4 72 (3.23%) PKI
5 70 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
6 61 (2.74%) Mobile App
7 59 (2.65%) Onboarding
8 56 (2.51%) Cloud Native
9 50 (2.24%) Data Structures
10 49 (2.20%) Management Information System
11 47 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
12 42 (1.88%) Data Centre
13 32 (1.44%) Client/Server
14 28 (1.26%) Algorithms
15 25 (1.12%) Driving Licence
16 21 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
17 19 (0.85%) Low-Code
18 18 (0.81%) Satnav
18 18 (0.81%) Security Posture
18 18 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 211 (9.47%) Windows
2 152 (6.82%) Linux
3 73 (3.28%) Windows Server
4 48 (2.15%) Unix
5 47 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (1.03%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.03%) Ubuntu
6 23 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (0.85%) Android
8 18 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 17 (0.76%) Windows 10
9 17 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (0.67%) Mac OS X
11 8 (0.36%) CentOS
11 8 (0.36%) Solaris
12 6 (0.27%) Mac OS
12 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
12 6 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
13 4 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 493 (22.12%) Agile
2 390 (17.50%) DevOps
3 339 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
4 277 (12.43%) Software Engineering
5 221 (9.91%) Project Management
6 183 (8.21%) Roadmaps
7 182 (8.17%) Full Stack Development
8 180 (8.08%) CI/CD
9 173 (7.76%) Mentoring
10 163 (7.31%) Microservices
11 162 (7.27%) Actionable Insight
11 162 (7.27%) Test Automation
12 160 (7.18%) Migration
13 147 (6.59%) Cybersecurity
14 143 (6.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 133 (5.97%) Business Development
16 129 (5.79%) User Experience
17 123 (5.52%) Continuous Improvement
18 121 (5.43%) Scrum
19 117 (5.25%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 342 (15.34%) JavaScript
2 277 (12.43%) SQL
3 274 (12.29%) C#
4 214 (9.60%) Python
5 190 (8.52%) PHP
6 167 (7.49%) Java
7 135 (6.06%) PowerShell
8 108 (4.85%) TypeScript
9 74 (3.32%) Bash
10 46 (2.06%) C++
11 34 (1.53%) Go
12 28 (1.26%) C
13 25 (1.12%) Ruby
14 14 (0.63%) Scala
15 13 (0.58%) Kotlin
15 13 (0.58%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.54%) Swift
17 9 (0.40%) Bicep
18 8 (0.36%) Ada
19 6 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 267 (11.98%) Degree
2 124 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 63 (2.83%) SC Cleared
4 54 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (2.11%) DV Cleared
6 29 (1.30%) ISTQB
7 22 (0.99%) Master's Degree
8 20 (0.90%) CISSP
9 19 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 18 (0.81%) MBA
11 15 (0.67%) CISM
12 14 (0.63%) GCIA
12 14 (0.63%) GCIH
12 14 (0.63%) GREM
13 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (0.45%) AWS Certification
16 10 (0.45%) DBS Check
17 9 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (8.70%) QA
2 65 (2.92%) SLA
3 40 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (1.30%) GDPR
5 24 (1.08%) Data Quality
6 23 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (0.81%) Software Quality Assurance
8 14 (0.63%) PMO
8 14 (0.63%) SOC 2
9 13 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.49%) NCSC
10 11 (0.49%) NIST
11 9 (0.40%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.40%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.31%) GRC
13 6 (0.27%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.22%) SOC 1
15 2 (0.090%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.090%) IASME
15 2 (0.090%) SEPA
System Software
1 215 (9.65%) Docker
2 85 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (3.68%) Active Directory
4 74 (3.32%) Hyper-V
5 33 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.54%) vSphere
7 6 (0.27%) Firmware
8 3 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.13%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.090%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.090%) KVM
9 2 (0.090%) QEMU
9 2 (0.090%) Xen
10 1 (0.045%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 220 (9.87%) Kubernetes
2 91 (4.08%) Terraform
3 78 (3.50%) Ansible
4 50 (2.24%) Puppet
5 28 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
7 6 (0.27%) NetCrunch
7 6 (0.27%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.22%) CASB
8 5 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (0.18%) Grafana
10 3 (0.13%) Autotask
10 3 (0.13%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.13%) Nessus
10 3 (0.13%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.090%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.090%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.090%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 386 (17.32%) Microsoft
2 134 (6.01%) Google
3 97 (4.35%) VMware
4 48 (2.15%) Red Hat
5 45 (2.02%) Dell
6 39 (1.75%) Oracle
7 34 (1.53%) SAP
8 33 (1.48%) Salesforce
9 30 (1.35%) Cisco
10 29 (1.30%) ServiceNow
11 18 (0.81%) Adobe
12 17 (0.76%) Meraki
13 16 (0.72%) Apple
14 13 (0.58%) Ericsson
14 13 (0.58%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.54%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.54%) Veeam
16 11 (0.49%) Draytek
17 10 (0.45%) Sage
17 10 (0.45%) Splunk