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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 43 59
Rank change year-on-year +23 +16 0
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 116 104 47
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.93% 4.82% 4.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.20% 14.13% 9.14%
Number of salaries quoted 90 57 44
10th Percentile £38,400 £34,150 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £78,438 £79,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,750 £96,750 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

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 500 736 514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 34.20% 34.09% 43.93%
Number of salaries quoted 393 437 442
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £31,025
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,938
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £84,964 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year - +7.84% -2.86%

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 29 November 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 (6.03%) Apache
1 7 (6.03%) IIS
2 4 (3.45%) CMS
2 4 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.72%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.86%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.86%) Maximo
2 1 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 32 (27.59%) Azure
2 20 (17.24%) AWS
3 7 (6.03%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.31%) GitHub
4 5 (4.31%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.45%) Azure Key Vault
5 4 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.59%) Firebase
6 3 (2.59%) PaaS
7 2 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.72%) GCP
7 2 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.72%) OCI
7 2 (1.72%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.72%) Serverless
8 1 (0.86%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.86%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (18.10%) SQL Server
2 10 (8.62%) MySQL
3 7 (6.03%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (4.31%) Power BI
5 4 (3.45%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.72%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.72%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.86%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.86%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.86%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 9 (7.76%) JIRA
2 6 (5.17%) Selenium
3 3 (2.59%) Git
4 2 (1.72%) Postman
5 1 (0.86%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.86%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.86%) JMeter
5 1 (0.86%) Locust
General
1 24 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 7 (6.03%) Finance
3 6 (5.17%) German Language
4 3 (2.59%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (2.59%) Marketing
4 3 (2.59%) Retail
5 2 (1.72%) Back Office
5 2 (1.72%) Law
5 2 (1.72%) Legal
6 1 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.86%) Local Government
6 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (15.52%) Lead
2 16 (13.79%) Developer
2 16 (13.79%) Senior
3 11 (9.48%) Applications Support
3 11 (9.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (9.48%) Infrastructure Support
3 11 (9.48%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 11 (9.48%) Support Engineer
4 8 (6.90%) Account Executive
4 8 (6.90%) Senior Account Executive
4 8 (6.90%) Software Developer
5 7 (6.03%) Architect
5 7 (6.03%) Lead Developer
5 7 (6.03%) QA Engineer
6 6 (5.17%) Applications Specialist
6 6 (5.17%) Applications Support Specialist
6 6 (5.17%) C# Developer
6 6 (5.17%) Full-Stack Developer
6 6 (5.17%) QA Automation Engineer
6 6 (5.17%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.48%) .NET
2 9 (7.76%) React
3 6 (5.17%) LAMP
4 5 (4.31%) .NET Framework
4 5 (4.31%) Entity Framework
5 4 (3.45%) Blazor
5 4 (3.45%) CSS
5 4 (3.45%) HTML
6 3 (2.59%) Laravel
6 3 (2.59%) Next.js
6 3 (2.59%) Node.js
6 3 (2.59%) React Native
6 3 (2.59%) RESTful
6 3 (2.59%) Vue
7 2 (1.72%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.72%) gRPC
8 1 (0.86%) Dapper ORM
8 1 (0.86%) Gherkin
8 1 (0.86%) Jest
8 1 (0.86%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.07%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.17%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.59%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.72%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.72%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.86%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.86%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.86%) NHS
8 1 (0.86%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.86%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.62%) Windows
1 10 (8.62%) Windows Server
2 6 (5.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.31%) Mentoring
2 23 (19.83%) DevOps
3 22 (18.97%) Agile
3 22 (18.97%) CI/CD
4 18 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (14.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (13.79%) CRM
7 15 (12.93%) Full-Stack Development
7 15 (12.93%) Service Delivery
7 15 (12.93%) Technical Leadership
8 14 (12.07%) AI
9 13 (11.21%) Clean Code
9 13 (11.21%) Coaching
9 13 (11.21%) Software Engineering
10 12 (10.34%) Test Automation
11 11 (9.48%) Migration
12 10 (8.62%) User Experience
13 9 (7.76%) Analytics
13 9 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (21.55%) SQL
2 19 (16.38%) C#
3 10 (8.62%) JavaScript
4 9 (7.76%) PHP
5 4 (3.45%) Bicep
5 4 (3.45%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.45%) Python
6 3 (2.59%) Java
7 2 (1.72%) Go
7 2 (1.72%) VB
8 1 (0.86%) C
8 1 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (12.07%) Degree
2 5 (4.31%) PMI Certification
2 5 (4.31%) PMP
3 4 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (1.72%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.72%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.86%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.34%) QA
2 7 (6.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.31%) SLA
4 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.86%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.86%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.72%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.72%) Docker
2 1 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (6.03%) Terraform
2 4 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.86%) Grafana
3 1 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.90%) Oracle
3 6 (5.17%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.72%) Databricks
5 1 (0.86%) Google
5 1 (0.86%) VMware