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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 56 41
Rank change year-on-year +41 -15 +5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 187 51 131
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 6.36% 4.09% 4.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.25% 10.20% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 169 39 107
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £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 771 500 1,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 26.24% 40.10% 38.12%
Number of salaries quoted 516 396 927
10th Percentile £35,507 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £46,104 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +1.32%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £90,000
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -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 11 May 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 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.07%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.35%) Azure
2 8 (4.28%) Figma
2 8 (4.28%) GitHub
2 8 (4.28%) GitHub Copilot
2 8 (4.28%) PaaS
3 7 (3.74%) dbt
4 6 (3.21%) AWS
4 6 (3.21%) Meta Ads
4 6 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.60%) IaaS
6 2 (1.07%) Asana
6 2 (1.07%) Datadog
6 2 (1.07%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.53%) OCI
7 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.21%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.07%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (4.28%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.07%) Cucumber
2 2 (1.07%) JMeter
2 2 (1.07%) Locust
3 1 (0.53%) JIRA
3 1 (0.53%) Selenium
General
1 17 (9.09%) Legal
2 14 (7.49%) Marketing
3 12 (6.42%) Law
4 11 (5.88%) Social Skills
5 7 (3.74%) Finance
5 7 (3.74%) Retail
6 6 (3.21%) German Language
6 6 (3.21%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.07%) Back Office
9 2 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.07%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.53%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.53%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.53%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.53%) Polish Language
10 1 (0.53%) Portuguese Language
10 1 (0.53%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 28 (14.97%) Senior
2 23 (12.30%) Account Executive
3 22 (11.76%) Developer
4 17 (9.09%) Designer
5 14 (7.49%) .NET Developer
5 14 (7.49%) Account Manager
5 14 (7.49%) Xamarin Developer
6 12 (6.42%) Lead
6 12 (6.42%) Senior Manager
7 11 (5.88%) Marketing Manager
8 9 (4.81%) Graphic Designer
8 9 (4.81%) Sales Manager
8 9 (4.81%) Senior Designer
8 9 (4.81%) Senior Graphic Designer
9 8 (4.28%) Business Development Manager
9 8 (4.28%) Business Manager
9 8 (4.28%) Development Manager
9 8 (4.28%) Senior Account Manager
9 8 (4.28%) UX Designer
10 7 (3.74%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (11.76%) .NET
2 8 (4.28%) Blazor
2 8 (4.28%) Material Design
2 8 (4.28%) WebAssembly
3 2 (1.07%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.30%) PropTech
2 14 (7.49%) Mobile App
3 10 (5.35%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.60%) iSeries
6 2 (1.07%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.53%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.21%) Windows
1 6 (3.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (11.76%) B2B
1 22 (11.76%) Project Management
2 20 (10.70%) Logistics
3 19 (10.16%) CRM
4 16 (8.56%) Business Development
4 16 (8.56%) Lead Generation
5 15 (8.02%) Analytics
5 15 (8.02%) Front End Development
5 15 (8.02%) User Experience
5 15 (8.02%) UX Design
6 12 (6.42%) AI
7 11 (5.88%) E-Commerce
8 10 (5.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (5.35%) Data Integration
8 10 (5.35%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (4.28%) Interaction Design
9 8 (4.28%) Responsive Web Design
9 8 (4.28%) Test Automation
9 8 (4.28%) User Stories
9 8 (4.28%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.35%) C#
1 10 (5.35%) Python
1 10 (5.35%) SQL
2 7 (3.74%) Java
3 3 (1.60%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (1.60%) ACCA
1 3 (1.60%) CIMA
1 3 (1.60%) Degree
2 2 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.35%) Accessibility
1 10 (5.35%) WCAG
2 3 (1.60%) QA
3 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.14%) Terraform
2 2 (1.07%) Grafana
2 2 (1.07%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (7.49%) Xamarin
2 6 (3.21%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.14%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.60%) SolarWinds
5 2 (1.07%) Databricks
5 2 (1.07%) Google
5 2 (1.07%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.53%) Freshdesk
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle