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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 43 38
Rank change year-on-year +31 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 254 61 117
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.54% 4.85% 4.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.85% 12.82% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 230 48 99
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,375 £36,184
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% -5.77% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £107,500
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -0.83%

All Cloud Computing 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 912 476 827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.06% 37.87% 34.32%
Number of salaries quoted 679 401 670
10th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £34,481
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £46,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +6.19%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £91,250
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -2.39% +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 4 August 2026.

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 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.36%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.39%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.48%) AWS
2 12 (4.72%) Azure
3 10 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.15%) PaaS
5 7 (2.76%) dbt
6 6 (2.36%) Boomi
6 6 (2.36%) iPaaS
6 6 (2.36%) Meta Ads
6 6 (2.36%) Workato
7 5 (1.97%) Lucidchart
8 4 (1.57%) GCP
8 4 (1.57%) Google Ads
8 4 (1.57%) Google Sheets
8 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Advertising
9 3 (1.18%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.18%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.79%) Datadog
10 2 (0.79%) IaaS
10 2 (0.79%) OCI
10 2 (0.79%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.36%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.39%) Power BI
2 1 (0.39%) Power Query
2 1 (0.39%) Redis
2 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.18%) JIRA
2 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.79%) JMeter
2 2 (0.79%) Locust
2 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.39%) Git
General
1 33 (12.99%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.42%) Marketing
3 18 (7.09%) Finance
4 14 (5.51%) Public Sector
4 14 (5.51%) Retail
4 14 (5.51%) Telecoms
5 13 (5.12%) Legal
6 10 (3.94%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.57%) Advertising
10 4 (1.57%) Billing
11 2 (0.79%) Back Office
11 2 (0.79%) Law
12 1 (0.39%) Arabic Language
12 1 (0.39%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.39%) French Language
12 1 (0.39%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 29 (11.42%) Senior
2 24 (9.45%) Account Executive
3 21 (8.27%) Lead
4 20 (7.87%) Developer
5 18 (7.09%) Marketing Manager
5 18 (7.09%) Sales Manager
6 15 (5.91%) Architect
7 14 (5.51%) Development Manager
8 13 (5.12%) Project Manager
9 12 (4.72%) Business Development Manager
9 12 (4.72%) Business Manager
9 12 (4.72%) Digital Project Manager
9 12 (4.72%) Junior
10 11 (4.33%) Sales Director
11 10 (3.94%) Designer
11 10 (3.94%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (3.94%) Regional Sales Manager
11 10 (3.94%) Senior Designer
11 10 (3.94%) Senior Developer
12 9 (3.54%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.94%) .NET
2 6 (2.36%) REST
2 6 (2.36%) SOAP
3 5 (1.97%) Node.js
4 3 (1.18%) Vue
5 2 (0.79%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.79%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.79%) Gherkin
5 2 (0.79%) NestJS
5 2 (0.79%) React
6 1 (0.39%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.39%) JSON
6 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.91%) PropTech
2 8 (3.15%) Mobile App
3 7 (2.76%) Cloud Native
3 7 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (2.76%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (1.97%) Educational Technology
5 4 (1.57%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.18%) iSeries
6 3 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.39%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.39%) CMDB
7 1 (0.39%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.33%) Windows
2 7 (2.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (11.42%) Business Development
2 28 (11.02%) Analytics
3 27 (10.63%) Lead Generation
4 21 (8.27%) Logistics
5 20 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (7.87%) ERP
5 20 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (7.48%) Agile
6 19 (7.48%) B2B
7 18 (7.09%) E-Commerce
7 18 (7.09%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (6.69%) AI
9 14 (5.51%) Decision-Making
10 12 (4.72%) Coaching
11 11 (4.33%) CI/CD
11 11 (4.33%) Project Management
11 11 (4.33%) Workflow
12 10 (3.94%) Event-Driven
12 10 (3.94%) Full-Stack Development
12 10 (3.94%) Predictive Analytics
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.91%) SQL
2 12 (4.72%) Python
3 8 (3.15%) Java
4 7 (2.76%) C#
5 6 (2.36%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.57%) Go
6 4 (1.57%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.18%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.79%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.39%) Bash
9 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (1.18%) ACCA
1 3 (1.18%) CIMA
1 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (0.79%) Degree
3 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
3 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.57%) QA
2 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.79%) WCAG
3 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.39%) GDPR
3 1 (0.39%) GxP
3 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) Docker
3 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.36%) Terraform
2 3 (1.18%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.79%) Grafana
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (6.30%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.72%) Salesforce
3 10 (3.94%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.15%) Google
5 6 (2.36%) MuleSoft
5 6 (2.36%) SAP
5 6 (2.36%) Xamarin
6 5 (1.97%) HubSpot
7 4 (1.57%) Facebook
7 4 (1.57%) Instagram
7 4 (1.57%) TikTok
8 3 (1.18%) Oracle
8 3 (1.18%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.39%) Adobe
9 1 (0.39%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.39%) Informatica
9 1 (0.39%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (0.39%) VMware