The SaaS Spend Index tracks what companies actually pay for software, measured from real, anonymized company payments on Cledara — not list prices or surveys. As of 23 July 2026, 12:44 UTC, the typical company runs 32 paid tools. Reported separately for UK (GBP), EEA (EUR) and US (USD) buyers, with no currency conversion. Data as of 23 July 2026, 12:44 UTC.
As of 23 July 2026, 12:44 UTC, UK companies' median software spend is up 19% versus a year ago.
Median per-company software spend, indexed to 100 at Jul 2020. Headline values are a trailing 3-month rolling median; months with incomplete data coverage are excluded and shown as gaps.
| Month | Spend index (100 = baseline) |
|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 1523 |
| Aug 2024 | 1537 |
| Sep 2024 | 1523 |
| Oct 2024 | 1441 |
| Nov 2024 | 1406 |
| Dec 2024 | 1441 |
| Jan 2025 | 1444 |
| Feb 2025 | 1444 |
| Mar 2025 | 1398 |
| Apr 2025 | 1387 |
| May 2025 | 1345 |
| Jun 2025 | 1345 |
| Jul 2025 | 1345 |
| Aug 2025 | 1362 |
| Sep 2025 | 1445 |
| Oct 2025 | 1464 |
| Nov 2025 | 1464 |
| Dec 2025 | 1480 |
| Jan 2026 | 1510 |
| Feb 2026 | 1601 |
| Mar 2026 | 1602 |
| Apr 2026 | 1615 |
| May 2026 | 1677 |
| Jun 2026 | 1677 |
Half of UK companies spend between £23k and £149k a year on software, with a median of £71k.
| Annual software spend | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per-company spend | £23k | £71k | £149k |
The typical UK company runs 32 paid tools (17–47 for the middle half).
| Category | P25 | Median /month | P75 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Platforms & Model Ops | £0k | £1k | £2k | up 245% |
| Engineering & DevOps | £0k | £1k | £2k | up 33% |
| IT & Security | £0k | £0k | £1k | up 27% |
| Legal, Risk & Compliance | £0k | £0k | £0k | up 18% |
| Collaboration & Productivity | £1k | £2k | £4k | up 12% |
| Sales & Revenue | £0k | £0k | £1k | up 3% |
| Data & Analytics | £0k | £0k | £1k | up 2% |
| Marketing & Growth | £0k | £1k | £2k | up 1% |
| Finance & Accounting | £0k | £0k | £1k | down 1% |
| Customer Success & Support | £0k | £0k | £1k | down 11% |
| People Ops & Talent | £0k | £0k | £1k | down 13% |
| Operations & Supply Chain | £0k | £0k | £0k | down 25% |
As of 23 July 2026, 12:44 UTC, 66% of software payments follow a usage-based billing cadence.
| Month | Usage-based share of software payments |
|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | 59% |
| Aug 2025 | 58% |
| Sep 2025 | 59% |
| Oct 2025 | 60% |
| Nov 2025 | 60% |
| Dec 2025 | 60% |
| Jan 2026 | 63% |
| Feb 2026 | 65% |
| Mar 2026 | 68% |
| Apr 2026 | 68% |
| May 2026 | 67% |
| Jun 2026 | 66% |
Source: real, anonymized company payments made through Cledara — not surveys, list prices or estimates. "Spend" means the actual payment amounts companies made for their software subscriptions.
Currencies are never converted or blended. UK buyers are reported in GBP, EEA buyers in EUR and US buyers in USD, so each figure is a true single-currency measurement rather than an FX-blended estimate.
Every figure aggregates at least 20 companies, and we publish only the 25th percentile, the median and the 75th percentile — never averages, extreme percentiles, or any individual company's data.
Coverage gate: a month enters the index only when its transaction data covers at least 90% of calendar days, including the first and last days of the month. Months with incomplete coverage are excluded entirely and appear as gaps in the chart — the line is never interpolated across missing months.
Smoothing: the headline index line is a trailing 3-month rolling median of the monthly figures, which damps single-month noise. The raw monthly values are shown as a faint underlay so nothing is hidden.
We do not claim to measure vendor list prices, and no individual company is ever identifiable in any figure on this page.
The median company on Cledara pays £71k a year across 32 tools (UK, GBP), based on real payments as of 23 July 2026, 12:44 UTC. Figures are reported separately for GBP, EUR and USD with no currency conversion.
Median per-company software spend is up 19% versus a year ago among UK companies (GBP). The fastest-rising category is AI Platforms & Model Ops at up 245% YoY.
From real, anonymized payment data from companies that run their software spend through Cledara. It measures what businesses actually pay — not vendor list prices, surveys or estimates. Individual companies are never identifiable.
Because they are paid in GBP, EUR and USD. We never convert between currencies, so each figure is a true single-currency measurement rather than an FX-blended estimate.