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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 24 44
Rank change year-on-year +7 +20 +1
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 244 87 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 6.68% 7.29% 4.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.85% 19.73% 13.08%
Number of salaries quoted 222 67 59
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £35,686
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £94,658 £78,750 £82,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £107,500
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £58,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.13% -2.08% -

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 982 441 772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 26.88% 36.93% 33.73%
Number of salaries quoted 715 366 484
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,801
25th Percentile £51,250 £44,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -6.05% +11.28%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £90,000
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +9.52%

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 24 September 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 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.87%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.41%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.64%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (9.84%) Azure
2 23 (9.43%) AWS
3 17 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.87%) Boomi
4 7 (2.87%) iPaaS
4 7 (2.87%) Workato
5 6 (2.46%) GCP
5 6 (2.46%) Lucidchart
5 6 (2.46%) Meta Ads
5 6 (2.46%) OCI
5 6 (2.46%) PaaS
6 5 (2.05%) IaaS
7 4 (1.64%) Google Ads
7 4 (1.64%) Google Sheets
7 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Advertising
7 4 (1.64%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.23%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.82%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.82%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.41%) Extranet
1 1 (0.41%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.46%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.82%) Power BI
2 2 (0.82%) Power Query
2 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.23%) JIRA
2 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.41%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (15.98%) Social Skills
2 28 (11.48%) Marketing
3 24 (9.84%) Finance
4 21 (8.61%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.74%) Legal
5 14 (5.74%) Retail
5 14 (5.74%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.51%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.05%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.64%) Advertising
9 4 (1.64%) Billing
10 2 (0.82%) Back Office
10 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.82%) Law
10 2 (0.82%) Legal Technology
11 1 (0.41%) Arabic Language
11 1 (0.41%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 30 (12.30%) Architect
2 27 (11.07%) Senior
3 24 (9.84%) Developer
4 18 (7.38%) Sales Director
5 17 (6.97%) Marketing Manager
6 16 (6.56%) Account Executive
7 15 (6.15%) Lead
7 15 (6.15%) Project Manager
8 14 (5.74%) Full-Stack Developer
8 14 (5.74%) Sales Manager
9 13 (5.33%) Digital Project Manager
9 13 (5.33%) Junior
10 12 (4.92%) Senior Developer
11 11 (4.51%) Consultant
11 11 (4.51%) Development Manager
12 10 (4.10%) AWS Architect
12 10 (4.10%) Regional Sales Manager
12 10 (4.10%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (3.69%) Applications Support
13 9 (3.69%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.10%) .NET
2 8 (3.28%) Node.js
2 8 (3.28%) REST
3 7 (2.87%) SOAP
4 3 (1.23%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.23%) Vue
5 2 (0.82%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.82%) NestJS
5 2 (0.82%) React
5 2 (0.82%) Terraform
6 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.41%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.41%) JSON
6 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.69%) PropTech
2 7 (2.87%) Cloud Native
2 7 (2.87%) Educational Technology
2 7 (2.87%) Mobile App
2 7 (2.87%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.05%) Marketing Technology
4 4 (1.64%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.23%) iSeries
5 3 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (0.82%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.82%) CMDB
6 2 (0.82%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.41%) Life Science
7 1 (0.41%) Social Media
7 1 (0.41%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.92%) Windows
2 8 (3.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (11.89%) ERP
2 27 (11.07%) Lead Generation
3 26 (10.66%) Agile
4 24 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (9.02%) AI
6 22 (9.02%) B2B
6 22 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (8.20%) Business Development
8 17 (6.97%) Coaching
8 17 (6.97%) E-Commerce
9 16 (6.56%) Decision-Making
9 16 (6.56%) Logistics
10 15 (6.15%) Analytics
10 15 (6.15%) Project Management
11 14 (5.74%) Full-Stack Development
12 12 (4.92%) Software Engineering
12 12 (4.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 11 (4.51%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 11 (4.51%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.61%) SQL
2 11 (4.51%) JavaScript
2 11 (4.51%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.28%) C#
4 6 (2.46%) Python
4 6 (2.46%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.64%) Go
6 3 (1.23%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.82%) Java
8 1 (0.41%) Bash
8 1 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (2.46%) Azure Certification
1 6 (2.46%) Degree
2 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (1.64%) SC Cleared
2 4 (1.64%) Security Cleared
2 4 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.28%) GDPR
3 6 (2.46%) NIST
4 2 (0.82%) GxP
4 2 (0.82%) QA
5 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.82%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.82%) SCCM
2 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (11.07%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.33%) Salesforce
3 11 (4.51%) SAP
3 11 (4.51%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.28%) Google
5 7 (2.87%) MuleSoft
5 7 (2.87%) Oracle
6 5 (2.05%) HubSpot
6 5 (2.05%) Xamarin
7 4 (1.64%) Facebook
7 4 (1.64%) Instagram
7 4 (1.64%) Sage
7 4 (1.64%) TikTok
8 3 (1.23%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.82%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (0.82%) VMware
9 2 (0.82%) Workday
9 2 (0.82%) YouTube
10 1 (0.41%) Adobe
10 1 (0.41%) Freshdesk