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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 59 48
Rank change year-on-year +40 -11 +3
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 171 51 124
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 6.43% 3.89% 4.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.05% 10.14% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 147 38 102
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,825 £40,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £107,500
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 711 503 1,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 26.73% 38.40% 39.66%
Number of salaries quoted 469 395 933
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +1.77%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,250 £90,000
West Midlands median annual salary £56,400 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.43% - -4.55%

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 13 April 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 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 23 (13.45%) Azure
2 10 (5.85%) PaaS
3 9 (5.26%) AWS
4 8 (4.68%) dbt
4 8 (4.68%) Figma
4 8 (4.68%) GitHub
4 8 (4.68%) GitHub Copilot
5 4 (2.34%) IaaS
5 4 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.75%) Datadog
7 2 (1.17%) Asana
7 2 (1.17%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.17%) Firebase
7 2 (1.17%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.58%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Control Tower
8 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.58%) OCI
8 1 (0.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.85%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.17%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.17%) MySQL
2 2 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (4.68%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.75%) Cucumber
2 3 (1.75%) JMeter
2 3 (1.75%) Locust
3 2 (1.17%) Git
3 2 (1.17%) JIRA
4 1 (0.58%) Selenium
General
1 18 (10.53%) Legal
2 15 (8.77%) Social Skills
3 13 (7.60%) Law
4 8 (4.68%) German Language
5 7 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.09%) Finance
5 7 (4.09%) Marketing
6 5 (2.92%) Retail
7 4 (2.34%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.75%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (19.30%) Senior
2 21 (12.28%) Developer
3 18 (10.53%) Account Executive
4 17 (9.94%) Designer
5 14 (8.19%) Account Manager
5 14 (8.19%) Lead
6 12 (7.02%) .NET Developer
6 12 (7.02%) Senior Manager
6 12 (7.02%) Xamarin Developer
7 11 (6.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (6.43%) Infrastructure Support
7 11 (6.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 11 (6.43%) Support Engineer
8 9 (5.26%) Graphic Designer
8 9 (5.26%) Sales Manager
8 9 (5.26%) Senior Designer
8 9 (5.26%) Senior Graphic Designer
9 8 (4.68%) Sales Representative
9 8 (4.68%) Senior Account Manager
9 8 (4.68%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.28%) .NET
2 8 (4.68%) Blazor
2 8 (4.68%) Material Design
2 8 (4.68%) WebAssembly
3 3 (1.75%) Gherkin
3 3 (1.75%) React
4 2 (1.17%) CSS
4 2 (1.17%) HTML
4 2 (1.17%) Laravel
4 2 (1.17%) Next.js
4 2 (1.17%) Node.js
4 2 (1.17%) React Native
4 2 (1.17%) Vue
5 1 (0.58%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.28%) PropTech
2 14 (8.19%) Mobile App
3 11 (6.43%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.34%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.58%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.58%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.85%) Windows
1 10 (5.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (11.70%) CRM
2 18 (10.53%) Analytics
2 18 (10.53%) Project Management
3 17 (9.94%) Mentoring
4 16 (9.36%) B2B
5 15 (8.77%) Front End Development
5 15 (8.77%) User Experience
5 15 (8.77%) UX Design
6 14 (8.19%) Business Development
6 14 (8.19%) CI/CD
6 14 (8.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (7.60%) AI
8 12 (7.02%) DevOps
8 12 (7.02%) Service Delivery
9 10 (5.85%) Agile
9 10 (5.85%) Data Integration
9 10 (5.85%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (5.26%) Cloud Operations
10 9 (5.26%) Migration
10 9 (5.26%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.19%) SQL
2 11 (6.43%) C#
3 9 (5.26%) Python
4 8 (4.68%) Java
5 2 (1.17%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.17%) PHP
6 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (5.26%) Degree
2 3 (1.75%) ACCA
2 3 (1.75%) CIMA
2 3 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.17%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.17%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.58%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.43%) Accessibility
1 11 (6.43%) WCAG
2 4 (2.34%) QA
3 2 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (1.75%) Docker
2 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.92%) Terraform
2 4 (2.34%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.75%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (7.02%) Xamarin
2 5 (2.92%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.34%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.17%) Databricks
4 2 (1.17%) Google
5 1 (0.58%) Freshdesk
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle
5 1 (0.58%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.58%) SolarWinds