SaaS Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Software as a Service (SaaS)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring SaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 56 52
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 -19
Contract jobs citing SaaS 13 13 14
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.81% 1.88% 1.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.31% 5.08% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 12
10th Percentile £477 £458 £382
25th Percentile £498 £478 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £406
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +23.08% -24.77%
75th Percentile £659 £609 £731
90th Percentile £674 £713 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £572 £607 £495
% change year-on-year -5.72% +22.63% -17.50%

All Cloud Skills
Birmingham

SaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 245 256 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 34.03% 37.10% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 195 191
10th Percentile £285 £194 £288
25th Percentile £413 £369 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.94%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £575
90th Percentile £649 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £507 £500 £460
% change year-on-year +1.40% +8.70% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £23.40 - £22.83
25th Percentile £28.13 - £28.19
Median hourly rate £36.00 £60.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +61.07% -17.22%
75th Percentile £56.63 - £46.19
90th Percentile £69.00 - £51.48
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.61 £30.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -7.35% +66.89% +8.12%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

SaaS job vacancy trend in Birmingham

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SaaS

SaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Birmingham over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SaaS in Birmingham

SaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SaaS

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Azure Data Factory
2 5 (38.46%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (38.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 5 (38.46%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (38.46%) Power Platform
3 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.69%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (7.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) AWS Control Tower
4 1 (7.69%) Azure AKS
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Storage
4 1 (7.69%) IaaS
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
4 1 (7.69%) PaaS
4 1 (7.69%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) Data Mining
1 5 (38.46%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (38.46%) Power BI
2 2 (15.38%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Law
2 2 (15.38%) Legal
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Architect
2 5 (38.46%) Azure Architect
2 5 (38.46%) Business Architect
2 5 (38.46%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 5 (38.46%) Enterprise Architect
2 5 (38.46%) TOGAF Architect
2 5 (38.46%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
3 4 (30.77%) Project Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Legal Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Migration Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Programme Manager
5 1 (7.69%) SaaS Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) AI
1 6 (46.15%) Analytics
2 5 (38.46%) Business Analysis
2 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (38.46%) Data Modelling
2 5 (38.46%) DevOps
2 5 (38.46%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (38.46%) Records Management
2 5 (38.46%) TOGAF
2 5 (38.46%) Zachman Framework
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Business Case
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.69%) Architecture Governance
5 1 (7.69%) Backlog Management
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (7.69%) Sprint Backlog
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Intapp