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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 33 34
Rank change year-on-year +18 +1 +6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 246 78 113
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.04% 6.22% 4.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.48% 16.77% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 227 61 88
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,125 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £107,500
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £60,125 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.21% +0.21% -

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 929 465 820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 26.58% 37.05% 33.93%
Number of salaries quoted 694 380 626
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £34,875
25th Percentile £51,250 £44,000 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £90,625
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £53,450 £57,000
% change year-on-year +12.25% -6.23% +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 28 August 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 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.85%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.41%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.13%) AWS
2 18 (7.32%) Azure
3 15 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.47%) PaaS
5 7 (2.85%) Boomi
5 7 (2.85%) iPaaS
5 7 (2.85%) Workato
6 6 (2.44%) dbt
6 6 (2.44%) GCP
6 6 (2.44%) Lucidchart
6 6 (2.44%) Meta Ads
6 6 (2.44%) OCI
7 5 (2.03%) IaaS
8 4 (1.63%) Google Ads
8 4 (1.63%) Google Sheets
8 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Advertising
8 4 (1.63%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.22%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.81%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.81%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.81%) Power BI
2 2 (0.81%) Power Query
2 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.22%) JIRA
2 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.41%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) JMeter
3 1 (0.41%) Locust
General
1 35 (14.23%) Social Skills
2 28 (11.38%) Marketing
3 19 (7.72%) Finance
3 19 (7.72%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.10%) Legal
5 14 (5.69%) Retail
5 14 (5.69%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.47%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.63%) Advertising
9 4 (1.63%) Billing
10 3 (1.22%) Law
11 2 (0.81%) Back Office
11 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Legal Technology
12 1 (0.41%) Arabic Language
12 1 (0.41%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 27 (10.98%) Senior
2 24 (9.76%) Architect
3 23 (9.35%) Developer
4 20 (8.13%) Lead
5 18 (7.32%) Account Executive
6 17 (6.91%) Marketing Manager
7 15 (6.10%) Sales Director
8 14 (5.69%) Project Manager
8 14 (5.69%) Sales Manager
9 13 (5.28%) Digital Project Manager
9 13 (5.28%) Full-Stack Developer
9 13 (5.28%) Junior
10 11 (4.47%) Development Manager
10 11 (4.47%) Senior Developer
11 10 (4.07%) AWS Architect
11 10 (4.07%) Regional Sales Manager
12 9 (3.66%) Applications Support
12 9 (3.66%) Business Development Manager
12 9 (3.66%) Business Manager
13 8 (3.25%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.07%) .NET
2 7 (2.85%) Node.js
2 7 (2.85%) REST
2 7 (2.85%) SOAP
3 4 (1.63%) Terraform
4 3 (1.22%) Vue
5 2 (0.81%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.81%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.81%) NestJS
5 2 (0.81%) React
6 1 (0.41%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.41%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.41%) JSON
6 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.66%) PropTech
2 8 (3.25%) Mobile App
3 7 (2.85%) Cloud Native
3 7 (2.85%) Educational Technology
3 7 (2.85%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.63%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.63%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.22%) iSeries
6 3 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.81%) AI Agents
7 2 (0.81%) CMDB
7 2 (0.81%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.88%) Windows
2 8 (3.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (10.98%) Lead Generation
2 26 (10.57%) Business Development
3 24 (9.76%) ERP
4 22 (8.94%) Agile
4 22 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (8.94%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (8.13%) Analytics
5 20 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (7.72%) AI
6 19 (7.72%) B2B
7 18 (7.32%) Logistics
8 17 (6.91%) Coaching
8 17 (6.91%) E-Commerce
9 16 (6.50%) Decision-Making
10 13 (5.28%) Full-Stack Development
11 12 (4.88%) Project Management
12 11 (4.47%) Event-Driven
12 11 (4.47%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 11 (4.47%) Workflow
13 10 (4.07%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.32%) SQL
2 11 (4.47%) Python
3 9 (3.66%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.25%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.85%) C#
5 7 (2.85%) Java
6 5 (2.03%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.63%) Go
8 2 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.81%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.41%) Bash
9 1 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (1.63%) SC Cleared
1 4 (1.63%) Security Cleared
2 2 (0.81%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.81%) Degree
3 1 (0.41%) ACCA
3 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (0.41%) CIMA
3 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.44%) GDPR
3 4 (1.63%) NIST
4 3 (1.22%) QA
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.41%) GxP
5 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.81%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.81%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.81%) SCCM
2 1 (0.41%) Grafana
Vendors
1 21 (8.54%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.28%) Salesforce
3 11 (4.47%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.66%) SAP
5 8 (3.25%) Google
6 7 (2.85%) MuleSoft
6 7 (2.85%) Oracle
7 6 (2.44%) Xamarin
8 5 (2.03%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.63%) Facebook
9 4 (1.63%) Instagram
9 4 (1.63%) TikTok
10 3 (1.22%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.81%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (0.81%) Sage
11 2 (0.81%) VMware
11 2 (0.81%) Workday
11 2 (0.81%) YouTube
12 1 (0.41%) Freshdesk
12 1 (0.41%) Informatica