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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 40 59
Rank change year-on-year +21 +19 +2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 118 99 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.70% 4.78% 4.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.82% 13.71% 9.47%
Number of salaries quoted 92 54 44
10th Percentile £38,500 £33,700 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £40,000 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,438 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £94,875 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% -

All Cloud 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 517 722 507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 33.75% 34.86% 43.71%
Number of salaries quoted 386 431 435
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £30,680
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -7.56%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £69,900
90th Percentile £86,250 £84,964 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -6.54%

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 6 December 2025.

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 7 (5.93%) Apache
1 7 (5.93%) IIS
2 4 (3.39%) CMS
2 4 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.85%) Maximo
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (25.42%) Azure
2 20 (16.95%) AWS
3 7 (5.93%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.08%) GitHub
5 5 (4.24%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.39%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.54%) Firebase
7 3 (2.54%) PaaS
8 2 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.69%) Figma
8 2 (1.69%) GCP
8 2 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.69%) OCI
8 2 (1.69%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.69%) Serverless
9 1 (0.85%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.85%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (17.80%) SQL Server
2 10 (8.47%) MySQL
3 7 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (4.24%) Power BI
5 4 (3.39%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.69%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.85%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.85%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 9 (7.63%) JIRA
2 6 (5.08%) Selenium
3 3 (2.54%) Git
4 2 (1.69%) Postman
5 1 (0.85%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.85%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.85%) JMeter
5 1 (0.85%) Locust
5 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 7 (5.93%) German Language
3 6 (5.08%) Finance
4 3 (2.54%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.54%) Marketing
4 3 (2.54%) Retail
5 2 (1.69%) Back Office
5 2 (1.69%) Law
5 2 (1.69%) Legal
6 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.85%) Local Government
6 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (14.41%) Developer
1 17 (14.41%) Lead
2 15 (12.71%) Senior
3 11 (9.32%) Applications Support
3 11 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (9.32%) Infrastructure Support
3 11 (9.32%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 11 (9.32%) Support Engineer
4 8 (6.78%) Account Executive
4 8 (6.78%) Senior Account Executive
4 8 (6.78%) Software Developer
5 7 (5.93%) Architect
5 7 (5.93%) Blazor Developer
5 7 (5.93%) Lead Developer
5 7 (5.93%) QA Engineer
5 7 (5.93%) Sales Representative
6 6 (5.08%) Applications Specialist
6 6 (5.08%) Applications Support Specialist
6 6 (5.08%) Automation Engineer
6 6 (5.08%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.32%) .NET
2 9 (7.63%) React
3 6 (5.08%) LAMP
4 5 (4.24%) .NET Framework
4 5 (4.24%) Blazor
4 5 (4.24%) Entity Framework
5 4 (3.39%) CSS
5 4 (3.39%) HTML
6 3 (2.54%) Laravel
6 3 (2.54%) Next.js
6 3 (2.54%) Node.js
6 3 (2.54%) React Native
6 3 (2.54%) Vue
7 2 (1.69%) gRPC
7 2 (1.69%) RESTful
8 1 (0.85%) Dapper ORM
8 1 (0.85%) Gherkin
8 1 (0.85%) Kafka
8 1 (0.85%) OAuth
8 1 (0.85%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.71%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.78%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.08%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.54%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.85%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.85%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.85%) NHS
8 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.47%) Windows
1 10 (8.47%) Windows Server
2 6 (5.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (28.81%) Mentoring
2 23 (19.49%) DevOps
3 22 (18.64%) CI/CD
4 21 (17.80%) Agile
5 18 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (14.41%) CRM
6 17 (14.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (12.71%) AI
7 15 (12.71%) Full-Stack Development
7 15 (12.71%) Service Delivery
7 15 (12.71%) Technical Leadership
8 13 (11.02%) Clean Code
8 13 (11.02%) Coaching
8 13 (11.02%) Software Engineering
9 12 (10.17%) Test Automation
9 12 (10.17%) User Experience
10 11 (9.32%) Migration
11 10 (8.47%) B2B
11 10 (8.47%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (21.19%) SQL
2 19 (16.10%) C#
3 10 (8.47%) JavaScript
4 9 (7.63%) PHP
5 4 (3.39%) Bicep
5 4 (3.39%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.39%) Python
6 3 (2.54%) Java
7 2 (1.69%) Go
7 2 (1.69%) VB
8 1 (0.85%) C
8 1 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (11.86%) Degree
2 5 (4.24%) PMI Certification
2 5 (4.24%) PMP
3 4 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (1.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.69%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.85%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.17%) QA
2 7 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.24%) SLA
4 2 (1.69%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.69%) WCAG
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.85%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.69%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.69%) Docker
2 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.93%) Terraform
2 4 (3.39%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.85%) Grafana
3 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (18.64%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.78%) Oracle
3 6 (5.08%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.69%) Databricks
5 1 (0.85%) Google
5 1 (0.85%) VMware