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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 51 56
Rank change year-on-year +32 +5 +2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 151 78 81
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.41% 4.60% 4.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.35% 12.66% 9.79%
Number of salaries quoted 123 39 64
10th Percentile £38,500 £35,850 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £99,500 £100,500 £93,875
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -9.60%

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 620 616 827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 30.41% 36.32% 41.31%
Number of salaries quoted 421 376 742
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,497 £43,500 £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 £73,750 £69,800
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £82,500
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 21 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 (4.64%) Apache
2 6 (3.97%) IIS
3 2 (1.32%) CMS
3 2 (1.32%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.32%) Trello
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.66%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 24 (15.89%) Azure
2 12 (7.95%) AWS
3 9 (5.96%) GitHub
4 8 (5.30%) Figma
4 8 (5.30%) GitHub Copilot
5 3 (1.99%) Firebase
5 3 (1.99%) IaaS
5 3 (1.99%) PaaS
5 3 (1.99%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.32%) Asana
6 2 (1.32%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.32%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.66%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.66%) Datadog
7 1 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.66%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.66%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.93%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.96%) MySQL
3 4 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.99%) Power BI
4 3 (1.99%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.32%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.66%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.66%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.66%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (5.30%) Visual Studio
2 6 (3.97%) JIRA
3 3 (1.99%) Git
4 2 (1.32%) Selenium
5 1 (0.66%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.66%) JMeter
5 1 (0.66%) Locust
5 1 (0.66%) Postman
General
1 20 (13.25%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.93%) Legal
3 13 (8.61%) Law
4 8 (5.30%) German Language
5 5 (3.31%) Finance
6 4 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.32%) Marketing
7 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.32%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (20.53%) Senior
2 18 (11.92%) Developer
3 14 (9.27%) Account Executive
3 14 (9.27%) Account Manager
3 14 (9.27%) Designer
4 11 (7.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (7.28%) Infrastructure Support
4 11 (7.28%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 11 (7.28%) Senior Manager
4 11 (7.28%) Support Engineer
5 9 (5.96%) Applications Support
5 9 (5.96%) Lead
6 8 (5.30%) .NET Developer
6 8 (5.30%) Sales Representative
6 8 (5.30%) Senior Account Executive
6 8 (5.30%) Senior Account Manager
6 8 (5.30%) UX Designer
6 8 (5.30%) Xamarin Developer
7 7 (4.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 7 (4.64%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.58%) .NET
2 8 (5.30%) Blazor
2 8 (5.30%) Material Design
2 8 (5.30%) WebAssembly
3 6 (3.97%) LAMP
4 5 (3.31%) React
5 3 (1.99%) CSS
5 3 (1.99%) HTML
5 3 (1.99%) Laravel
5 3 (1.99%) Next.js
5 3 (1.99%) Node.js
5 3 (1.99%) React Native
5 3 (1.99%) Vue
6 1 (0.66%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.66%) gRPC
6 1 (0.66%) Kafka
6 1 (0.66%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.27%) Product Ownership
2 11 (7.28%) Mobile App
2 11 (7.28%) PropTech
3 6 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.97%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (2.65%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.66%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.66%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.96%) Windows
1 9 (5.96%) Windows Server
2 6 (3.97%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (15.89%) CRM
2 22 (14.57%) Mentoring
3 17 (11.26%) Project Management
3 17 (11.26%) User Experience
4 15 (9.93%) B2B
4 15 (9.93%) CI/CD
4 15 (9.93%) Front End Development
4 15 (9.93%) Service Delivery
4 15 (9.93%) UX Design
5 14 (9.27%) AI
5 14 (9.27%) DevOps
5 14 (9.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (9.27%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (7.28%) Agile
7 10 (6.62%) Data Integration
8 9 (5.96%) Analytics
8 9 (5.96%) Cloud Operations
8 9 (5.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (5.96%) Migration
8 9 (5.96%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.25%) SQL
2 14 (9.27%) C#
3 9 (5.96%) JavaScript
3 9 (5.96%) PHP
4 2 (1.32%) Python
5 1 (0.66%) Go
5 1 (0.66%) Java
5 1 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (7.95%) Degree
2 3 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (1.99%) PMI Certification
2 3 (1.99%) PMP
2 3 (1.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (1.32%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.32%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.66%) ACCA
4 1 (0.66%) CIMA
4 1 (0.66%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.96%) Accessibility
1 9 (5.96%) WCAG
2 5 (3.31%) QA
3 4 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.99%) SLA
5 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (0.66%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.99%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.99%) Terraform
2 1 (0.66%) Grafana
2 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (7.28%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.30%) Xamarin
3 6 (3.97%) Oracle
3 6 (3.97%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.99%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.32%) Databricks
5 2 (1.32%) Google