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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 44 34
Rank change year-on-year +32 -10 +9
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 252 58 119
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.50% 4.63% 4.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.69% 12.26% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 227 45 102
10th Percentile £40,000 £44,750 £37,225
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -9.43% +1.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £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 910 473 839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.08% 37.72% 34.15%
Number of salaries quoted 677 399 687
10th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £34,481
25th Percentile £51,250 £44,500 £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 £76,636
90th Percentile £93,750 £86,250 £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 1 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 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.98%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.14%) AWS
2 11 (4.37%) Azure
3 10 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.17%) PaaS
5 7 (2.78%) dbt
6 6 (2.38%) Meta Ads
7 5 (1.98%) Boomi
7 5 (1.98%) iPaaS
7 5 (1.98%) Workato
8 4 (1.59%) GCP
8 4 (1.59%) Google Ads
8 4 (1.59%) Google Sheets
8 4 (1.59%) Lucidchart
8 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Advertising
9 3 (1.19%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.19%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.79%) Datadog
10 2 (0.79%) IaaS
10 2 (0.79%) OCI
10 2 (0.79%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.98%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.40%) Power BI
2 1 (0.40%) Power Query
2 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.19%) JIRA
2 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.79%) JMeter
2 2 (0.79%) Locust
2 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.40%) Git
General
1 32 (12.70%) Social Skills
2 30 (11.90%) Marketing
3 18 (7.14%) Finance
4 14 (5.56%) Legal
4 14 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 14 (5.56%) Retail
4 14 (5.56%) Telecoms
5 10 (3.97%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.59%) Advertising
8 4 (1.59%) Billing
8 4 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.19%) Law
10 2 (0.79%) Back Office
10 2 (0.79%) Legal Technology
11 1 (0.40%) Arabic Language
11 1 (0.40%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.40%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 30 (11.90%) Senior
2 24 (9.52%) Account Executive
3 19 (7.54%) Lead
3 19 (7.54%) Marketing Manager
3 19 (7.54%) Sales Manager
4 18 (7.14%) Developer
5 14 (5.56%) Architect
5 14 (5.56%) Development Manager
6 12 (4.76%) Business Development Manager
6 12 (4.76%) Business Manager
6 12 (4.76%) Project Manager
7 11 (4.37%) Digital Project Manager
8 10 (3.97%) Designer
8 10 (3.97%) Junior
8 10 (3.97%) Regional Sales Manager
8 10 (3.97%) Sales Director
8 10 (3.97%) Senior Designer
8 10 (3.97%) Senior Developer
9 9 (3.57%) Applications Support
9 9 (3.57%) Senior Graphic Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.97%) .NET
2 5 (1.98%) REST
2 5 (1.98%) SOAP
3 3 (1.19%) Node.js
4 2 (0.79%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.79%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.79%) Gherkin
4 2 (0.79%) NestJS
4 2 (0.79%) React
4 2 (0.79%) Vue
5 1 (0.40%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.40%) JSON
5 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.95%) PropTech
2 8 (3.17%) Mobile App
3 7 (2.78%) Cloud Native
3 7 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (1.98%) Educational Technology
5 4 (1.59%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.59%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.19%) iSeries
6 3 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.40%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.40%) CMDB
7 1 (0.40%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.37%) Windows
2 7 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (11.51%) Analytics
1 29 (11.51%) Business Development
2 27 (10.71%) Lead Generation
3 21 (8.33%) Logistics
4 19 (7.54%) B2B
4 19 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (7.54%) ERP
4 19 (7.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (7.14%) Agile
5 18 (7.14%) E-Commerce
5 18 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (6.35%) AI
7 14 (5.56%) Decision-Making
8 12 (4.76%) Coaching
9 11 (4.37%) Project Management
9 11 (4.37%) Workflow
10 10 (3.97%) CI/CD
10 10 (3.97%) Predictive Analytics
10 10 (3.97%) Telematics
11 9 (3.57%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.95%) SQL
2 12 (4.76%) Python
3 8 (3.17%) Java
4 7 (2.78%) C#
5 6 (2.38%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.59%) Go
7 2 (0.79%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.79%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.40%) Bash
8 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.40%) Ruby
8 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (1.19%) ACCA
1 3 (1.19%) CIMA
1 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
2 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
2 1 (0.40%) Degree
2 1 (0.40%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.40%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.59%) QA
2 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.79%) WCAG
3 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.40%) GDPR
3 1 (0.40%) GxP
3 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) Docker
3 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.38%) Terraform
2 3 (1.19%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.79%) Grafana
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (6.35%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.37%) Salesforce
3 9 (3.57%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.17%) Google
5 6 (2.38%) Xamarin
6 5 (1.98%) HubSpot
6 5 (1.98%) MuleSoft
6 5 (1.98%) SAP
7 4 (1.59%) Facebook
7 4 (1.59%) Instagram
7 4 (1.59%) TikTok
8 3 (1.19%) Oracle
8 3 (1.19%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.40%) Adobe
9 1 (0.40%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.40%) Informatica
9 1 (0.40%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (0.40%) VMware