SaaS Job Trends in Birmingham

Software as a Service (SaaS)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 43 60
Rank change year-on-year +23 +17 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 109 101 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.91% 4.58% 3.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.66% 13.72% 8.89%
Number of salaries quoted 83 54 47
10th Percentile £38,500 £33,700 £40,750
25th Percentile £41,625 £40,000 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £56,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% -2.17% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,500 £97,125 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 481 736 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 34.91% 33.39% 43.94%
Number of salaries quoted 382 430 463
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £30,744
25th Percentile £45,313 £46,250 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.56%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,375 £85,125 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £56,988 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.49% +13.98% -4.76%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in Birmingham

SaaS
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in Birmingham over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Salary histogram for SaaS in Birmingham

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 8 (7.34%) IIS
2 7 (6.42%) Apache
3 4 (3.67%) CMS
3 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.92%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (4.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.92%) Maximo
2 1 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 29 (26.61%) Azure
2 19 (17.43%) AWS
3 8 (7.34%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.50%) GitHub
5 5 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.59%) Azure Key Vault
5 5 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (4.59%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.75%) Firebase
6 3 (2.75%) PaaS
7 2 (1.83%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.83%) GCP
7 2 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.83%) OCI
7 2 (1.83%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.83%) Serverless
8 1 (0.92%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.92%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (19.27%) SQL Server
2 10 (9.17%) MySQL
3 7 (6.42%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (4.59%) Power BI
5 4 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.67%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.83%) Data Hub
6 2 (1.83%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.83%) SQL CLR
7 1 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.92%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (8.26%) JIRA
2 5 (4.59%) Selenium
3 3 (2.75%) Git
4 2 (1.83%) Postman
5 1 (0.92%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.92%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.92%) JMeter
5 1 (0.92%) Locust
General
1 25 (22.94%) Social Skills
2 8 (7.34%) Finance
3 5 (4.59%) German Language
4 4 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.75%) Back Office
5 3 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.75%) Law
5 3 (2.75%) Marketing
5 3 (2.75%) Retail
6 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.92%) Legal
6 1 (0.92%) Local Government
6 1 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (15.60%) Lead
2 16 (14.68%) Developer
3 14 (12.84%) Senior
4 11 (10.09%) Applications Support
5 9 (8.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (8.26%) Infrastructure Support
5 9 (8.26%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 9 (8.26%) Software Developer
5 9 (8.26%) Support Engineer
6 7 (6.42%) Account Executive
6 7 (6.42%) Architect
6 7 (6.42%) Full-Stack Developer
6 7 (6.42%) Senior Account Executive
7 6 (5.50%) Applications Specialist
7 6 (5.50%) Applications Support Specialist
7 6 (5.50%) Blazor Developer
7 6 (5.50%) Lead Developer
7 6 (5.50%) QA Engineer
7 6 (5.50%) Support Specialist
8 5 (4.59%) Head of Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.93%) .NET
2 9 (8.26%) React
3 7 (6.42%) .NET Framework
3 7 (6.42%) Entity Framework
4 6 (5.50%) LAMP
5 5 (4.59%) Blazor
6 4 (3.67%) CSS
6 4 (3.67%) HTML
7 3 (2.75%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.75%) Laravel
7 3 (2.75%) Next.js
7 3 (2.75%) Node.js
7 3 (2.75%) React Native
7 3 (2.75%) RESTful
7 3 (2.75%) Vue
8 2 (1.83%) Dapper ORM
8 2 (1.83%) gRPC
9 1 (0.92%) Kafka
9 1 (0.92%) OAuth
9 1 (0.92%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.93%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.26%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.50%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (4.59%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.67%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.75%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.83%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.83%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.83%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.92%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.92%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.92%) NHS
8 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.26%) Windows
1 9 (8.26%) Windows Server
2 6 (5.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (27.52%) Mentoring
2 22 (20.18%) Agile
2 22 (20.18%) DevOps
3 21 (19.27%) CI/CD
4 19 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (16.51%) CRM
6 17 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (14.68%) AI
7 16 (14.68%) Full-Stack Development
7 16 (14.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 14 (12.84%) Clean Code
9 13 (11.93%) Service Delivery
9 13 (11.93%) Software Engineering
9 13 (11.93%) Technical Leadership
10 12 (11.01%) Coaching
11 11 (10.09%) Test Automation
11 11 (10.09%) User Experience
12 9 (8.26%) Analytics
12 9 (8.26%) Migration
12 9 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (22.02%) SQL
2 19 (17.43%) C#
3 10 (9.17%) JavaScript
4 9 (8.26%) PHP
5 5 (4.59%) Bicep
5 5 (4.59%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.67%) Python
7 3 (2.75%) Java
7 3 (2.75%) VB
8 2 (1.83%) Go
9 1 (0.92%) C
9 1 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (11.93%) Degree
2 5 (4.59%) PMI Certification
2 5 (4.59%) PMP
3 4 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.83%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.83%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.92%) CREST Certified
5 1 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.09%) QA
2 7 (6.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.59%) SLA
4 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.92%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.92%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.83%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.83%) Docker
1 2 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (7.34%) Terraform
2 4 (3.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.92%) Grafana
3 1 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (23.85%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.34%) Oracle
3 6 (5.50%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.83%) VMware
5 1 (0.92%) Databricks