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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 53 56
Rank change year-on-year +36 +3 -1
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 156 77 81
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.37% 4.64% 4.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.61% 12.60% 9.75%
Number of salaries quoted 128 41 64
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -5.88%
75th Percentile £75,446 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £96,500
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.12%

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 634 611 831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 29.93% 36.81% 41.34%
Number of salaries quoted 433 386 743
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,375 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,497 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,438 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £94,375 £84,687
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

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 28 February 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 7 (4.49%) Apache
2 6 (3.85%) IIS
3 1 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.64%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.64%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 24 (15.38%) Azure
2 12 (7.69%) AWS
3 9 (5.77%) GitHub
4 8 (5.13%) Figma
4 8 (5.13%) GitHub Copilot
5 4 (2.56%) PaaS
6 3 (1.92%) Firebase
6 3 (1.92%) IaaS
7 2 (1.28%) Asana
7 2 (1.28%) Datadog
7 2 (1.28%) dbt
7 2 (1.28%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.64%) AWS Control Tower
8 1 (0.64%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.64%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.64%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.62%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.77%) MySQL
3 4 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.28%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.64%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.64%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.64%) Power BI
6 1 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (5.13%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.56%) JIRA
3 3 (1.92%) Git
4 2 (1.28%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.28%) JMeter
4 2 (1.28%) Locust
4 2 (1.28%) Selenium
5 1 (0.64%) Postman
General
1 20 (12.82%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.26%) Legal
3 13 (8.33%) Law
4 8 (5.13%) German Language
5 5 (3.21%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.21%) Finance
6 3 (1.92%) Marketing
6 3 (1.92%) Retail
7 2 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.28%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (20.51%) Senior
2 18 (11.54%) Developer
3 17 (10.90%) Account Executive
4 15 (9.62%) Designer
5 14 (8.97%) Account Manager
6 11 (7.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (7.05%) Infrastructure Support
6 11 (7.05%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 11 (7.05%) Senior Manager
6 11 (7.05%) Support Engineer
7 10 (6.41%) Lead
8 8 (5.13%) .NET Developer
8 8 (5.13%) Sales Representative
8 8 (5.13%) Senior Account Executive
8 8 (5.13%) Senior Account Manager
8 8 (5.13%) UX Designer
8 8 (5.13%) Xamarin Developer
9 7 (4.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 7 (4.49%) Graphic Designer
9 7 (4.49%) Senior Graphic Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.18%) .NET
2 8 (5.13%) Blazor
2 8 (5.13%) Material Design
2 8 (5.13%) WebAssembly
3 6 (3.85%) LAMP
4 5 (3.21%) React
5 3 (1.92%) CSS
5 3 (1.92%) HTML
5 3 (1.92%) Laravel
5 3 (1.92%) Next.js
5 3 (1.92%) Node.js
5 3 (1.92%) React Native
5 3 (1.92%) Vue
6 2 (1.28%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.64%) gRPC
7 1 (0.64%) Kafka
7 1 (0.64%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.97%) Product Ownership
1 14 (8.97%) PropTech
2 11 (7.05%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.64%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.64%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.77%) Windows
1 9 (5.77%) Windows Server
2 6 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (15.38%) CRM
2 20 (12.82%) Mentoring
3 17 (10.90%) Project Management
4 16 (10.26%) User Experience
5 15 (9.62%) B2B
5 15 (9.62%) CI/CD
5 15 (9.62%) Front End Development
5 15 (9.62%) UX Design
6 14 (8.97%) AI
6 14 (8.97%) DevOps
6 14 (8.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (8.33%) Service Delivery
8 12 (7.69%) Analytics
9 11 (7.05%) Agile
10 10 (6.41%) Data Integration
11 9 (5.77%) Cloud Operations
11 9 (5.77%) Migration
11 9 (5.77%) Technical Leadership
12 8 (5.13%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.82%) SQL
2 14 (8.97%) C#
3 9 (5.77%) JavaScript
3 9 (5.77%) PHP
4 3 (1.92%) Python
5 2 (1.28%) Java
6 1 (0.64%) Go
6 1 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (6.41%) Degree
2 3 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (1.28%) ACCA
3 2 (1.28%) CIMA
3 2 (1.28%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.28%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.64%) CREST Certified
4 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.41%) Accessibility
1 10 (6.41%) WCAG
2 5 (3.21%) QA
3 2 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.56%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.56%) Terraform
2 2 (1.28%) Grafana
3 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (5.13%) Microsoft
1 8 (5.13%) Xamarin
2 6 (3.85%) Oracle
2 6 (3.85%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.92%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.28%) Databricks
4 2 (1.28%) Google