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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 28 40
Rank change year-on-year +13 +12 -2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 242 81 95
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 6.84% 6.71% 4.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 25.64% 18.20% 12.40%
Number of salaries quoted 224 62 67
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,875 £38,368
25th Percentile £51,625 £53,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +10.28% -5.84%
75th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £89,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £107,500
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £60,875 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.44% +1.46% -

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 944 445 766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 26.70% 36.84% 33.58%
Number of salaries quoted 702 366 553
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,875 £34,800
25th Percentile £51,250 £44,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £90,000
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £53,688 £57,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.81% +8.57%

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 5 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 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.89%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.41%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.68%) AWS
1 21 (8.68%) Azure
2 17 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (3.31%) PaaS
4 7 (2.89%) Boomi
4 7 (2.89%) iPaaS
4 7 (2.89%) Workato
5 6 (2.48%) GCP
5 6 (2.48%) Lucidchart
5 6 (2.48%) Meta Ads
5 6 (2.48%) OCI
6 5 (2.07%) IaaS
7 4 (1.65%) Google Ads
7 4 (1.65%) Google Sheets
7 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Advertising
7 4 (1.65%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.24%) dbt
8 3 (1.24%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.83%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.83%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.48%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.83%) Power BI
2 2 (0.83%) Power Query
2 2 (0.83%) 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 (1.24%) JIRA
2 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.41%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) JMeter
3 1 (0.41%) Locust
General
1 37 (15.29%) Social Skills
2 27 (11.16%) Marketing
3 20 (8.26%) Finance
3 20 (8.26%) Public Sector
4 14 (5.79%) Legal
4 14 (5.79%) Telecoms
5 13 (5.37%) Retail
6 11 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.07%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.65%) Advertising
10 4 (1.65%) Billing
11 3 (1.24%) Law
12 2 (0.83%) Back Office
12 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Legal Technology
13 1 (0.41%) Arabic Language
13 1 (0.41%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 28 (11.57%) Senior
2 27 (11.16%) Architect
3 23 (9.50%) Developer
4 17 (7.02%) Account Executive
4 17 (7.02%) Sales Director
5 16 (6.61%) Lead
5 16 (6.61%) Marketing Manager
6 15 (6.20%) Project Manager
7 13 (5.37%) Digital Project Manager
7 13 (5.37%) Full-Stack Developer
7 13 (5.37%) Junior
8 11 (4.55%) Sales Manager
8 11 (4.55%) Senior Developer
9 10 (4.13%) AWS Architect
9 10 (4.13%) Development Manager
9 10 (4.13%) Regional Sales Manager
10 9 (3.72%) Applications Support
10 9 (3.72%) Consultant
11 8 (3.31%) Account Manager
11 8 (3.31%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.13%) .NET
2 7 (2.89%) Node.js
2 7 (2.89%) REST
2 7 (2.89%) SOAP
3 4 (1.65%) Terraform
4 3 (1.24%) Vue
5 2 (0.83%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.83%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.83%) NestJS
5 2 (0.83%) React
6 1 (0.41%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.41%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.41%) JSON
6 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.31%) Mobile App
1 8 (3.31%) PropTech
2 7 (2.89%) Cloud Native
2 7 (2.89%) Educational Technology
2 7 (2.89%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.65%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.65%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (1.24%) iSeries
5 3 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (0.83%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.83%) CMDB
6 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.41%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.96%) Windows
2 8 (3.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (11.16%) ERP
1 27 (11.16%) Lead Generation
2 25 (10.33%) Business Development
3 23 (9.50%) Agile
3 23 (9.50%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (8.26%) B2B
7 19 (7.85%) AI
8 17 (7.02%) Coaching
8 17 (7.02%) E-Commerce
8 17 (7.02%) Logistics
9 16 (6.61%) Analytics
10 15 (6.20%) Decision-Making
11 14 (5.79%) Project Management
12 13 (5.37%) Full-Stack Development
13 11 (4.55%) Event-Driven
13 11 (4.55%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 11 (4.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 10 (4.13%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.85%) SQL
2 10 (4.13%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.72%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.31%) Python
5 7 (2.89%) C#
6 5 (2.07%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.65%) Go
7 4 (1.65%) Java
8 2 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.83%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.41%) Bash
9 1 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (1.65%) SC Cleared
1 4 (1.65%) Security Cleared
2 3 (1.24%) Azure Certification
2 3 (1.24%) Degree
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
3 1 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.31%) GDPR
3 6 (2.48%) NIST
4 3 (1.24%) QA
5 2 (0.83%) GxP
6 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.83%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.83%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.83%) SCCM
2 1 (0.41%) Grafana
Vendors
1 24 (9.92%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.37%) Salesforce
3 11 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.13%) SAP
5 8 (3.31%) Google
6 7 (2.89%) MuleSoft
6 7 (2.89%) Oracle
7 6 (2.48%) Xamarin
8 5 (2.07%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.65%) Facebook
9 4 (1.65%) Instagram
9 4 (1.65%) TikTok
10 3 (1.24%) Sage
10 3 (1.24%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.83%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (0.83%) VMware
11 2 (0.83%) Workday
11 2 (0.83%) YouTube
12 1 (0.41%) Adobe
12 1 (0.41%) Freshdesk