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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 57 57
Rank change year-on-year +39 0 0
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 157 73 85
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.31% 4.56% 4.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.65% 12.39% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 128 40 68
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,175 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £51,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +6.12% -5.77%
75th Percentile £75,625 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,000 £98,750
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 637 589 873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 29.66% 36.81% 41.24%
Number of salaries quoted 434 384 777
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,325 £31,431
25th Percentile £44,063 £43,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,625 £85,000
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 3 March 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 6 (3.82%) Apache
1 6 (3.82%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.64%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 24 (15.29%) Azure
2 10 (6.37%) AWS
3 9 (5.73%) GitHub
4 8 (5.10%) Figma
4 8 (5.10%) GitHub Copilot
5 5 (3.18%) PaaS
6 3 (1.91%) dbt
6 3 (1.91%) Firebase
6 3 (1.91%) IaaS
7 2 (1.27%) Asana
7 2 (1.27%) Datadog
7 2 (1.27%) 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 Lambda
8 1 (0.64%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.64%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.64%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.64%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.55%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.73%) MySQL
3 4 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.91%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.27%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (5.10%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.55%) JIRA
3 3 (1.91%) Git
4 2 (1.27%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.27%) JMeter
4 2 (1.27%) Locust
4 2 (1.27%) Selenium
5 1 (0.64%) Postman
General
1 20 (12.74%) Social Skills
2 17 (10.83%) Legal
3 12 (7.64%) Law
4 8 (5.10%) German Language
5 6 (3.82%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.82%) Finance
6 4 (2.55%) Retail
7 3 (1.91%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.91%) Marketing
8 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (20.38%) Senior
2 18 (11.46%) Developer
3 17 (10.83%) Account Executive
4 15 (9.55%) Designer
5 14 (8.92%) Account Manager
6 12 (7.64%) Lead
7 11 (7.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (7.01%) Infrastructure Support
7 11 (7.01%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 11 (7.01%) Senior Manager
7 11 (7.01%) Support Engineer
8 8 (5.10%) .NET Developer
8 8 (5.10%) Sales Representative
8 8 (5.10%) Senior Account Executive
8 8 (5.10%) Senior Account Manager
8 8 (5.10%) UX Designer
8 8 (5.10%) Xamarin Developer
9 7 (4.46%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 7 (4.46%) Graphic Designer
9 7 (4.46%) Senior Graphic Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.10%) .NET
2 8 (5.10%) Blazor
2 8 (5.10%) Material Design
2 8 (5.10%) WebAssembly
3 6 (3.82%) LAMP
4 5 (3.18%) React
5 3 (1.91%) CSS
5 3 (1.91%) HTML
5 3 (1.91%) Laravel
5 3 (1.91%) Next.js
5 3 (1.91%) Node.js
5 3 (1.91%) React Native
5 3 (1.91%) Vue
6 2 (1.27%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.64%) gRPC
7 1 (0.64%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.92%) Product Ownership
1 14 (8.92%) PropTech
2 11 (7.01%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.82%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.55%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.73%) Windows
1 9 (5.73%) Windows Server
2 6 (3.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (15.29%) CRM
2 20 (12.74%) Mentoring
3 17 (10.83%) Project Management
4 15 (9.55%) B2B
4 15 (9.55%) Front End Development
4 15 (9.55%) User Experience
4 15 (9.55%) UX Design
5 14 (8.92%) Analytics
5 14 (8.92%) CI/CD
5 14 (8.92%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (8.28%) AI
6 13 (8.28%) DevOps
6 13 (8.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (8.28%) Service Delivery
7 10 (6.37%) Agile
7 10 (6.37%) Data Integration
8 9 (5.73%) Cloud Operations
8 9 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (5.73%) Migration
9 8 (5.10%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.10%) SQL
2 14 (8.92%) C#
3 9 (5.73%) JavaScript
3 9 (5.73%) PHP
4 3 (1.91%) Java
4 3 (1.91%) Python
5 1 (0.64%) Go
5 1 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (6.37%) Degree
2 3 (1.91%) ACCA
2 3 (1.91%) CIMA
2 3 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (1.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (1.27%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.27%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.64%) CREST Certified
4 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.37%) Accessibility
1 10 (6.37%) WCAG
2 5 (3.18%) QA
3 2 (1.27%) 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 (1.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.55%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.55%) Terraform
2 2 (1.27%) Grafana
3 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (5.10%) Microsoft
1 8 (5.10%) Xamarin
2 6 (3.82%) Oracle
2 6 (3.82%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.91%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.27%) Databricks
4 2 (1.27%) Google