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UK PPC Index

UK PPC Index for B2B SaaS for August 2026

Average Google Ads cost-per-click for the B2B SaaS vertical in the United Kingdom, based on a basket of 25 high-volume commercial keywords. Updated monthly.

Head-CPC, August 2026
£6.18
+19.2% MoM / -1.4% YoY
Tail-CPC (flat-average sample)
£23.62
Sample size: 23 keywords

This month's findings

B2B SaaS shows the widest divergence in the panel this month. Tail-term CPC rose 19.6 per cent to £21.27, a 24-month high and the highest tail reading of any vertical in the Peak Digital UK PPC Index, while head-term CPC rose 11.6 per cent to £6.17 and remains 23.3 per cent below June 2025. Measured against their prior 12-month averages, tail sits 29.7 per cent above £16.41 while head sits 12.1 per cent below £7.01. The gap between the two series reached £15.11, the widest recorded in the window and up from £12.27 in May, with tail CPC now 3.45 times head. The June sample covered 25 keywords.

Top 25 keywords by search volume

Keyword Monthly searches CPC (USD) Competition
accounting software quick book 165,000 £2.07 MEDIUM
accounting software quickbooks 165,000 £2.07 MEDIUM
qb accounting software 165,000 £2.07 MEDIUM
quick book accounting software 165,000 £2.07 MEDIUM
crm software zoho 14,800 £4.04 MEDIUM
xero software for accounting 8,100 £4.50 MEDIUM
accounting xero software 8,100 £4.50 MEDIUM
intuit quickbooks accounting software 8,100 £2.07 MEDIUM
quickbooks accounting software 8,100 £2.07 MEDIUM
accounting and software 6,600 £49.05 MEDIUM
software of accounting 6,600 £49.05 MEDIUM
software in accounting 6,600 £49.05 MEDIUM
software for accounting 6,600 £49.05 MEDIUM
software accounting software 6,600 £49.05 MEDIUM
software accounting packages 6,600 £49.05 MEDIUM
accounting software 6,600 £49.05 MEDIUM
accounting package software 6,600 £49.05 MEDIUM
accounting bookkeeping software 6,600 £49.05 MEDIUM
accounting and bookkeeping software 6,600 £49.05 MEDIUM
project management agile software 3,600 £4.22 MEDIUM
accounting software xero 3,600 £7.70 MEDIUM
xero accounting software 3,600 £7.70 MEDIUM
xero software accounting 3,600 £7.70 MEDIUM