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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 39 37
Rank change year-on-year +27 -2 +5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 259 63 113
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.60% 5.02% 4.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.06% 13.26% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 231 50 95
10th Percentile £40,000 £49,125 £37,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -1.92% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,563 £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 923 475 813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.08% 37.85% 34.19%
Number of salaries quoted 683 401 658
10th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £34,925
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £46,500
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 £94,750 £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 8 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 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.70%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.39%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.72%) AWS
2 15 (5.79%) Azure
3 12 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.47%) PaaS
5 7 (2.70%) Boomi
5 7 (2.70%) dbt
5 7 (2.70%) iPaaS
5 7 (2.70%) Workato
6 6 (2.32%) Lucidchart
6 6 (2.32%) Meta Ads
7 5 (1.93%) GCP
8 4 (1.54%) Google Ads
8 4 (1.54%) Google Sheets
8 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Advertising
8 4 (1.54%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.16%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.16%) IaaS
10 2 (0.77%) Datadog
10 2 (0.77%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.77%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.32%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.77%) Power BI
2 2 (0.77%) Power Query
2 2 (0.77%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.16%) JIRA
2 2 (0.77%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.77%) JMeter
2 2 (0.77%) Locust
2 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.39%) Git
General
1 36 (13.90%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.20%) Marketing
3 21 (8.11%) Finance
4 17 (6.56%) Public Sector
4 17 (6.56%) Retail
5 16 (6.18%) Legal
6 14 (5.41%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.02%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.47%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.54%) Advertising
11 4 (1.54%) Billing
12 3 (1.16%) Law
13 2 (0.77%) Back Office
13 2 (0.77%) Legal Technology
14 1 (0.39%) Arabic Language
14 1 (0.39%) Dutch Language
14 1 (0.39%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 30 (11.58%) Senior
2 24 (9.27%) Account Executive
3 21 (8.11%) Developer
3 21 (8.11%) Lead
4 18 (6.95%) Marketing Manager
4 18 (6.95%) Sales Manager
5 17 (6.56%) Architect
6 14 (5.41%) Project Manager
7 13 (5.02%) Development Manager
7 13 (5.02%) Digital Project Manager
7 13 (5.02%) Junior
8 11 (4.25%) Business Development Manager
8 11 (4.25%) Business Manager
8 11 (4.25%) Full-Stack Developer
8 11 (4.25%) Sales Director
8 11 (4.25%) Senior Developer
9 10 (3.86%) Designer
9 10 (3.86%) Regional Sales Manager
9 10 (3.86%) Senior Designer
10 9 (3.47%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.86%) .NET
2 7 (2.70%) REST
2 7 (2.70%) SOAP
3 5 (1.93%) Node.js
4 3 (1.16%) Vue
5 2 (0.77%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.77%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.77%) Gherkin
5 2 (0.77%) NestJS
5 2 (0.77%) React
6 1 (0.39%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.39%) JSON
6 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.79%) PropTech
2 8 (3.09%) Mobile App
3 7 (2.70%) Cloud Native
3 7 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.32%) Educational Technology
4 6 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.54%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.16%) iSeries
7 3 (1.16%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.77%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.77%) CMDB
9 1 (0.39%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.39%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.63%) Windows
2 8 (3.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (10.81%) Analytics
1 28 (10.81%) Business Development
2 27 (10.42%) Lead Generation
3 22 (8.49%) Agile
4 21 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (7.72%) ERP
5 20 (7.72%) Logistics
5 20 (7.72%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (7.34%) AI
7 18 (6.95%) B2B
7 18 (6.95%) E-Commerce
8 16 (6.18%) Decision-Making
9 14 (5.41%) Workflow
10 13 (5.02%) Coaching
11 11 (4.25%) CI/CD
11 11 (4.25%) Event-Driven
11 11 (4.25%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 11 (4.25%) Full-Stack Development
12 10 (3.86%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.18%) SQL
2 12 (4.63%) Python
3 8 (3.09%) Java
4 7 (2.70%) C#
4 7 (2.70%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.54%) Go
5 4 (1.54%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.16%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.77%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.39%) Bash
8 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (1.16%) ACCA
2 3 (1.16%) CIMA
2 3 (1.16%) SC Cleared
2 3 (1.16%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.77%) Azure Certification
3 2 (0.77%) Degree
4 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.54%) QA
2 3 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.77%) GDPR
3 2 (0.77%) WCAG
4 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.39%) GxP
4 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (1.93%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.77%) Docker
2 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.32%) Terraform
2 3 (1.16%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.77%) Grafana
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.77%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (6.95%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.02%) Salesforce
3 12 (4.63%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.09%) Google
5 7 (2.70%) MuleSoft
5 7 (2.70%) SAP
6 6 (2.32%) Xamarin
7 5 (1.93%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.54%) Facebook
8 4 (1.54%) Instagram
8 4 (1.54%) TikTok
9 3 (1.16%) Oracle
9 3 (1.16%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.77%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (0.77%) VMware
11 1 (0.39%) Adobe
11 1 (0.39%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.39%) Informatica
11 1 (0.39%) Workday