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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 35 38
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 +5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 253 74 111
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.28% 5.89% 4.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.32% 15.81% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 230 60 90
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,938 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £107,750
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £60,250 £60,603
% change year-on-year -0.41% -0.58% +1.01%

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 926 468 820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 26.64% 37.23% 34.17%
Number of salaries quoted 690 388 641
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £44,000 £46,500
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 £91,250
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £53,500 £56,744
% change year-on-year +12.15% -5.72% +8.08%

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 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 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.77%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.30%) AWS
2 16 (6.32%) Azure
3 13 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.74%) PaaS
5 7 (2.77%) Boomi
5 7 (2.77%) dbt
5 7 (2.77%) iPaaS
5 7 (2.77%) Workato
6 6 (2.37%) GCP
6 6 (2.37%) Lucidchart
6 6 (2.37%) Meta Ads
7 5 (1.98%) IaaS
8 4 (1.58%) Google Ads
8 4 (1.58%) Google Sheets
8 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Advertising
8 4 (1.58%) OCI
8 4 (1.58%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.19%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.79%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.79%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.37%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.79%) Power BI
2 2 (0.79%) Power Query
2 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.19%) JIRA
2 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.79%) JMeter
2 2 (0.79%) Locust
2 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.40%) Git
General
1 35 (13.83%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.46%) Marketing
3 20 (7.91%) Finance
4 19 (7.51%) Public Sector
5 16 (6.32%) Legal
5 16 (6.32%) Retail
6 14 (5.53%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.74%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.77%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.58%) Advertising
11 4 (1.58%) Billing
12 3 (1.19%) Law
13 2 (0.79%) Back Office
13 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Legal Technology
14 1 (0.40%) Arabic Language
14 1 (0.40%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 26 (10.28%) Senior
2 23 (9.09%) Developer
3 22 (8.70%) Architect
3 22 (8.70%) Lead
4 21 (8.30%) Account Executive
5 18 (7.11%) Marketing Manager
6 16 (6.32%) Sales Manager
7 14 (5.53%) Project Manager
8 13 (5.14%) Digital Project Manager
8 13 (5.14%) Full-Stack Developer
8 13 (5.14%) Junior
8 13 (5.14%) Sales Director
9 11 (4.35%) Development Manager
9 11 (4.35%) Senior Developer
10 10 (3.95%) AWS Architect
10 10 (3.95%) Regional Sales Manager
11 9 (3.56%) Applications Support
11 9 (3.56%) Business Development Manager
11 9 (3.56%) Business Manager
12 8 (3.16%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.95%) .NET
2 7 (2.77%) Node.js
2 7 (2.77%) REST
2 7 (2.77%) SOAP
3 5 (1.98%) Terraform
4 3 (1.19%) Vue
5 2 (0.79%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.79%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.79%) Gherkin
5 2 (0.79%) NestJS
5 2 (0.79%) React
6 1 (0.40%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.40%) JSON
6 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.74%) PropTech
2 8 (3.16%) Mobile App
3 7 (2.77%) Cloud Native
3 7 (2.77%) Educational Technology
3 7 (2.77%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.58%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.58%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.19%) iSeries
6 3 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.79%) AI Agents
7 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.79%) CMDB
7 2 (0.79%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.74%) Windows
2 8 (3.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (10.67%) Lead Generation
2 26 (10.28%) Business Development
3 24 (9.49%) Analytics
4 23 (9.09%) Agile
4 23 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (8.70%) ERP
6 21 (8.30%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (7.91%) AI
7 20 (7.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (7.11%) B2B
8 18 (7.11%) Decision-Making
8 18 (7.11%) E-Commerce
8 18 (7.11%) Logistics
9 16 (6.32%) Coaching
10 13 (5.14%) Full-Stack Development
11 12 (4.74%) Workflow
12 11 (4.35%) Event-Driven
12 11 (4.35%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 11 (4.35%) Project Management
13 10 (3.95%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.72%) SQL
2 12 (4.74%) Python
3 8 (3.16%) Java
3 8 (3.16%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.77%) C#
4 7 (2.77%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.98%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.58%) Go
7 2 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.79%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.40%) Bash
8 1 (0.40%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (1.58%) SC Cleared
1 4 (1.58%) Security Cleared
2 2 (0.79%) ACCA
2 2 (0.79%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.79%) CIMA
2 2 (0.79%) Degree
3 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.58%) GDPR
2 4 (1.58%) QA
3 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.79%) NIST
3 2 (0.79%) WCAG
4 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.40%) GxP
4 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) Docker
2 2 (0.79%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.19%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.79%) Grafana
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (7.51%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.14%) Salesforce
3 11 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.16%) Google
4 8 (3.16%) SAP
5 7 (2.77%) MuleSoft
6 6 (2.37%) Xamarin
7 5 (1.98%) HubSpot
7 5 (1.98%) Oracle
8 4 (1.58%) Facebook
8 4 (1.58%) Instagram
8 4 (1.58%) TikTok
9 3 (1.19%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.79%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (0.79%) VMware
10 2 (0.79%) Workday
10 2 (0.79%) YouTube
11 1 (0.40%) Adobe
11 1 (0.40%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.40%) Informatica