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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 28 43
Rank change year-on-year +13 +15 -2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 239 81 94
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 6.70% 6.76% 4.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 25.16% 18.00% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 219 62 63
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,875 £36,736
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +14.58% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,625 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £107,500
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.41% +0.42% -

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 950 450 765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 26.65% 37.53% 33.45%
Number of salaries quoted 700 373 521
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £44,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -6.05% +11.28%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £90,000
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £53,688 £57,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.81% +8.57%

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 12 September 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 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.93%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.42%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.42%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.79%) AWS
1 21 (8.79%) Azure
2 16 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (2.93%) Boomi
3 7 (2.93%) iPaaS
3 7 (2.93%) Workato
4 6 (2.51%) GCP
4 6 (2.51%) Lucidchart
4 6 (2.51%) Meta Ads
4 6 (2.51%) OCI
4 6 (2.51%) PaaS
5 5 (2.09%) IaaS
6 4 (1.67%) Google Ads
6 4 (1.67%) Google Sheets
6 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Advertising
6 4 (1.67%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.26%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.84%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.84%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.42%) Amazon EventBridge
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.51%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.84%) Power BI
2 2 (0.84%) Power Query
2 2 (0.84%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.42%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.26%) JIRA
2 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.42%) Git
General
1 38 (15.90%) Social Skills
2 27 (11.30%) Marketing
3 21 (8.79%) Finance
4 20 (8.37%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.86%) Legal
5 14 (5.86%) Telecoms
6 13 (5.44%) Retail
7 11 (4.60%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.67%) Advertising
9 4 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.67%) Billing
10 3 (1.26%) Law
11 2 (0.84%) Back Office
11 2 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.84%) Legal Technology
12 1 (0.42%) Arabic Language
12 1 (0.42%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 28 (11.72%) Architect
1 28 (11.72%) Senior
2 24 (10.04%) Developer
3 18 (7.53%) Sales Director
4 16 (6.69%) Marketing Manager
5 15 (6.28%) Account Executive
5 15 (6.28%) Lead
5 15 (6.28%) Project Manager
6 14 (5.86%) Full-Stack Developer
7 13 (5.44%) Digital Project Manager
7 13 (5.44%) Junior
8 12 (5.02%) Sales Manager
9 11 (4.60%) Senior Developer
10 10 (4.18%) AWS Architect
10 10 (4.18%) Consultant
10 10 (4.18%) Development Manager
10 10 (4.18%) Regional Sales Manager
11 9 (3.77%) Applications Support
12 8 (3.35%) Account Manager
12 8 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.18%) .NET
2 8 (3.35%) Node.js
3 7 (2.93%) REST
3 7 (2.93%) SOAP
4 3 (1.26%) Vue
5 2 (0.84%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.84%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.84%) NestJS
5 2 (0.84%) React
5 2 (0.84%) Terraform
6 1 (0.42%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.42%) JSON
6 1 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.35%) Mobile App
1 8 (3.35%) PropTech
2 7 (2.93%) Cloud Native
2 7 (2.93%) Educational Technology
2 7 (2.93%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.67%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.67%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (1.26%) iSeries
5 3 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (0.84%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.84%) CMDB
6 2 (0.84%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.42%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.02%) Windows
2 8 (3.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (12.13%) ERP
2 27 (11.30%) Lead Generation
3 23 (9.62%) Agile
3 23 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (8.79%) Business Development
5 21 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (8.37%) AI
6 20 (8.37%) B2B
7 17 (7.11%) Coaching
7 17 (7.11%) E-Commerce
7 17 (7.11%) Logistics
8 15 (6.28%) Project Management
9 14 (5.86%) Analytics
9 14 (5.86%) Decision-Making
9 14 (5.86%) Full-Stack Development
10 12 (5.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (4.60%) Event-Driven
11 11 (4.60%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 10 (4.18%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.37%) SQL
2 11 (4.60%) JavaScript
2 11 (4.60%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.93%) C#
4 6 (2.51%) Python
4 6 (2.51%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.67%) Go
6 2 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.84%) Java
6 2 (0.84%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.42%) Bash
7 1 (0.42%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (1.67%) Azure Certification
1 4 (1.67%) Degree
1 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (1.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (1.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.35%) GDPR
3 6 (2.51%) NIST
4 2 (0.84%) GxP
4 2 (0.84%) QA
5 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.84%) SCCM
2 1 (0.42%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (10.04%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.44%) Salesforce
3 11 (4.60%) SAP
3 11 (4.60%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.35%) Google
5 7 (2.93%) MuleSoft
5 7 (2.93%) Oracle
6 6 (2.51%) Xamarin
7 5 (2.09%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.67%) Facebook
8 4 (1.67%) Instagram
8 4 (1.67%) Sage
8 4 (1.67%) TikTok
9 3 (1.26%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.84%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (0.84%) VMware
10 2 (0.84%) Workday
10 2 (0.84%) YouTube
11 1 (0.42%) Adobe
11 1 (0.42%) Freshdesk