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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 45 60
Rank change year-on-year +26 +15 0
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 127 92 45
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.76% 4.83% 4.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.32% 13.63% 9.34%
Number of salaries quoted 102 52 41
10th Percentile £37,600 £32,575 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.12%
75th Percentile £73,125 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £96,625 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 569 675 482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 34.76% 35.41% 42.84%
Number of salaries quoted 401 402 429
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £30,680
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £69,800
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,842 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -7.41%

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 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 (5.51%) Apache
2 6 (4.72%) IIS
3 4 (3.15%) CMS
3 4 (3.15%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Trello
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.79%) Maximo
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.05%) Azure
2 20 (15.75%) AWS
3 6 (4.72%) GitHub
4 5 (3.94%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.94%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.36%) Figma
5 3 (2.36%) Firebase
5 3 (2.36%) PaaS
6 2 (1.57%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (1.57%) Asana
6 2 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.57%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (1.57%) GCP
6 2 (1.57%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (1.57%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.57%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.57%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (14.17%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.87%) MySQL
3 7 (5.51%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.94%) Power BI
5 4 (3.15%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.57%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.57%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.79%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (7.09%) JIRA
2 6 (4.72%) Selenium
3 3 (2.36%) Git
4 2 (1.57%) Postman
4 2 (1.57%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.79%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.79%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.79%) JMeter
5 1 (0.79%) Locust
General
1 21 (16.54%) Social Skills
2 8 (6.30%) German Language
3 5 (3.94%) Finance
4 3 (2.36%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.36%) Marketing
4 3 (2.36%) Retail
5 2 (1.57%) Law
5 2 (1.57%) Legal
5 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.79%) Back Office
6 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.79%) Local Government
6 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (17.32%) Developer
2 17 (13.39%) Lead
3 15 (11.81%) Senior
4 11 (8.66%) Applications Support
4 11 (8.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (8.66%) Infrastructure Support
4 11 (8.66%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 11 (8.66%) Support Engineer
5 10 (7.87%) Blazor Developer
6 8 (6.30%) Account Executive
6 8 (6.30%) Sales Representative
6 8 (6.30%) Senior Account Executive
7 7 (5.51%) Architect
7 7 (5.51%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 7 (5.51%) Lead Developer
7 7 (5.51%) QA Engineer
7 7 (5.51%) UX Developer
8 6 (4.72%) Applications Specialist
8 6 (4.72%) Software Developer
8 6 (4.72%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.66%) .NET
2 9 (7.09%) React
3 6 (4.72%) LAMP
4 4 (3.15%) Blazor
4 4 (3.15%) CSS
4 4 (3.15%) HTML
5 3 (2.36%) Laravel
5 3 (2.36%) Next.js
5 3 (2.36%) Node.js
5 3 (2.36%) React Native
5 3 (2.36%) Vue
6 2 (1.57%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.57%) Entity Framework
6 2 (1.57%) gRPC
6 2 (1.57%) Material Design
6 2 (1.57%) RESTful
6 2 (1.57%) WebAssembly
7 1 (0.79%) Hibernate
7 1 (0.79%) Jest
7 1 (0.79%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.60%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.72%) Linux Command Line
2 6 (4.72%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.94%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.57%) PropTech
6 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.79%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.09%) Windows
1 9 (7.09%) Windows Server
2 6 (4.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (26.77%) Mentoring
2 21 (16.54%) DevOps
3 20 (15.75%) Agile
3 20 (15.75%) CI/CD
3 20 (15.75%) CRM
4 17 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (11.81%) Service Delivery
6 15 (11.81%) Technical Leadership
6 15 (11.81%) User Experience
7 14 (11.02%) AI
8 13 (10.24%) B2B
8 13 (10.24%) Coaching
8 13 (10.24%) Project Management
9 12 (9.45%) Full-Stack Development
9 12 (9.45%) Software Engineering
9 12 (9.45%) Test Automation
10 11 (8.66%) Migration
11 10 (7.87%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.32%) SQL
2 17 (13.39%) C#
3 10 (7.87%) JavaScript
4 9 (7.09%) PHP
5 4 (3.15%) Python
6 3 (2.36%) Java
7 2 (1.57%) Bicep
7 2 (1.57%) Go
7 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.79%) C
8 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (11.02%) Degree
2 5 (3.94%) PMI Certification
2 5 (3.94%) PMP
3 4 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (1.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.57%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.79%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.45%) QA
2 7 (5.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.94%) SLA
4 3 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.36%) WCAG
5 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.79%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.94%) Terraform
2 4 (3.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.79%) Grafana
3 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (14.96%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.30%) Oracle
3 6 (4.72%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.57%) Databricks
4 2 (1.57%) Google
4 2 (1.57%) Xamarin