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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 22 39
Rank change year-on-year +8 +17 +11
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 262 88 104
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.16% 7.43% 4.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.28% 20.95% 14.00%
Number of salaries quoted 225 65 60
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,603
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +3.13% -6.76%
75th Percentile £100,000 £78,750 £78,563
90th Percentile - £90,000 £102,500
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -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 997 420 743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.24% 35.44% 33.71%
Number of salaries quoted 720 343 449
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,100 £85,000 £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 16 October 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 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.67%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.31%) Azure
2 26 (9.92%) AWS
3 15 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.67%) Boomi
4 7 (2.67%) iPaaS
4 7 (2.67%) Workato
5 6 (2.29%) GCP
5 6 (2.29%) Lucidchart
6 5 (1.91%) Meta Ads
6 5 (1.91%) OCI
7 4 (1.53%) Google Ads
7 4 (1.53%) Google Sheets
7 4 (1.53%) IaaS
7 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Advertising
7 4 (1.53%) PaaS
7 4 (1.53%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.76%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.76%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.76%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.38%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.38%) Extranet
1 1 (0.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.76%) Power BI
2 2 (0.76%) Power Query
2 2 (0.76%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.76%) Tableau
3 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.38%) Big Data
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.15%) JIRA
2 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.38%) Git
3 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 49 (18.70%) Social Skills
2 34 (12.98%) Finance
2 34 (12.98%) Marketing
3 25 (9.54%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.63%) Retail
5 18 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.73%) Legal
7 14 (5.34%) Telecoms
8 12 (4.58%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.29%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.53%) Advertising
10 4 (1.53%) Billing
10 4 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.76%) Back Office
12 2 (0.76%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.76%) Law
12 2 (0.76%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 33 (12.60%) Architect
2 28 (10.69%) Senior
3 27 (10.31%) Account Executive
4 20 (7.63%) Developer
4 20 (7.63%) Sales Manager
5 19 (7.25%) Sales Director
6 18 (6.87%) Lead
7 16 (6.11%) Project Manager
8 14 (5.34%) Full-Stack Developer
8 14 (5.34%) Junior
9 13 (4.96%) Digital Project Manager
9 13 (4.96%) Marketing Manager
9 13 (4.96%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (4.58%) Senior Developer
11 11 (4.20%) Consultant
12 10 (3.82%) AWS Architect
12 10 (3.82%) Development Manager
12 10 (3.82%) Regional Sales Manager
13 9 (3.44%) Applications Support
14 8 (3.05%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.05%) Node.js
1 8 (3.05%) REST
2 7 (2.67%) SOAP
3 6 (2.29%) .NET
4 3 (1.15%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.15%) Vue
5 2 (0.76%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.76%) NestJS
5 2 (0.76%) React
5 2 (0.76%) Terraform
6 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.38%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.38%) JSON
6 1 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.49%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.20%) Marketing Technology
2 11 (4.20%) PropTech
3 7 (2.67%) Cloud Native
3 7 (2.67%) Educational Technology
4 5 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.53%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.15%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.76%) AI Agents
7 2 (0.76%) CMDB
7 2 (0.76%) IoT
7 2 (0.76%) iSeries
7 2 (0.76%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.38%) Life Science
8 1 (0.38%) Social Media
8 1 (0.38%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.20%) Windows
2 7 (2.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (13.36%) AI
2 31 (11.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (11.45%) Agile
4 29 (11.07%) ERP
5 26 (9.92%) B2B
6 23 (8.78%) Lead Generation
6 23 (8.78%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (8.02%) Business Development
9 19 (7.25%) Analytics
9 19 (7.25%) Coaching
9 19 (7.25%) E-Commerce
10 18 (6.87%) Decision-Making
11 15 (5.73%) Logistics
11 15 (5.73%) Presales
11 15 (5.73%) Project Management
11 15 (5.73%) Software Engineering
12 14 (5.34%) Full-Stack Development
12 14 (5.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (4.96%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.63%) SQL
2 11 (4.20%) JavaScript
3 10 (3.82%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.05%) C#
5 6 (2.29%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.53%) Go
6 4 (1.53%) Python
7 3 (1.15%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.38%) Bash
9 1 (0.38%) Java
9 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (4.96%) Degree
2 10 (3.82%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.44%) Azure Certification
3 9 (3.44%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.67%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (1.91%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.05%) GDPR
3 6 (2.29%) NIST
4 2 (0.76%) GxP
4 2 (0.76%) QA
5 1 (0.38%) PMO
5 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (1.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.76%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.76%) SCCM
2 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.49%) Salesforce
3 12 (4.58%) TikTok
4 11 (4.20%) SAP
4 11 (4.20%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.05%) Google
5 8 (3.05%) Samsung
6 7 (2.67%) MuleSoft
7 6 (2.29%) Oracle
8 5 (1.91%) BMC
8 5 (1.91%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.53%) Facebook
9 4 (1.53%) Instagram
9 4 (1.53%) Sage
10 2 (0.76%) Botify
10 2 (0.76%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (0.76%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.76%) VMware
10 2 (0.76%) Workday
10 2 (0.76%) YouTube