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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 26 40
Rank change year-on-year +13 +14 +3
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 261 87 105
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.17% 7.30% 4.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.69% 20.42% 13.87%
Number of salaries quoted 227 66 60
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £35,803
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,603
Median % change year-on-year - +7.26% -6.76%
75th Percentile £97,000 £78,750 £78,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £102,500
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

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 978 426 757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 26.85% 35.74% 33.79%
Number of salaries quoted 709 350 456
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £90,000
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.93% +9.05%

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 8 October 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 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.68%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.96%) Azure
2 25 (9.58%) AWS
3 17 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.68%) Boomi
4 7 (2.68%) iPaaS
4 7 (2.68%) Workato
5 6 (2.30%) GCP
5 6 (2.30%) Lucidchart
5 6 (2.30%) Meta Ads
5 6 (2.30%) OCI
6 5 (1.92%) IaaS
6 5 (1.92%) PaaS
7 4 (1.53%) Google Ads
7 4 (1.53%) Google Sheets
7 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Advertising
7 4 (1.53%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.15%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.77%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.77%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.38%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.38%) Extranet
1 1 (0.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.30%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.77%) Power BI
2 2 (0.77%) Power Query
2 2 (0.77%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.77%) Tableau
3 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.38%) Big Data
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.15%) JIRA
2 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.38%) Git
3 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 48 (18.39%) Social Skills
2 35 (13.41%) Marketing
3 34 (13.03%) Finance
4 25 (9.58%) Public Sector
5 21 (8.05%) Retail
6 18 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (5.75%) Legal
8 14 (5.36%) Telecoms
9 11 (4.21%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.53%) Advertising
11 4 (1.53%) Billing
11 4 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.77%) Back Office
13 2 (0.77%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.77%) Law
13 2 (0.77%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 32 (12.26%) Architect
2 28 (10.73%) Senior
3 27 (10.34%) Account Executive
4 21 (8.05%) Developer
5 19 (7.28%) Sales Director
5 19 (7.28%) Sales Manager
6 17 (6.51%) Lead
7 15 (5.75%) Project Manager
8 14 (5.36%) Full-Stack Developer
8 14 (5.36%) Marketing Manager
9 13 (4.98%) Digital Project Manager
9 13 (4.98%) Junior
10 12 (4.60%) Senior Developer
10 12 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (4.21%) Consultant
12 10 (3.83%) AWS Architect
12 10 (3.83%) Regional Sales Manager
13 9 (3.45%) Applications Support
13 9 (3.45%) Development Manager
14 8 (3.07%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.07%) Node.js
1 8 (3.07%) REST
2 7 (2.68%) .NET
2 7 (2.68%) SOAP
3 3 (1.15%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.15%) Vue
4 2 (0.77%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.77%) NestJS
4 2 (0.77%) React
4 2 (0.77%) Terraform
5 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.38%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.38%) JSON
5 1 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.51%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.21%) Marketing Technology
2 11 (4.21%) PropTech
3 7 (2.68%) Cloud Native
3 7 (2.68%) Educational Technology
4 5 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.53%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.53%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.15%) iSeries
6 3 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.77%) AI Agents
7 2 (0.77%) CMDB
7 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.38%) Life Science
8 1 (0.38%) Social Media
8 1 (0.38%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.60%) Windows
2 8 (3.07%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (13.03%) AI
2 30 (11.49%) Agile
3 29 (11.11%) ERP
3 29 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (9.96%) B2B
5 25 (9.58%) Lead Generation
5 25 (9.58%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (8.05%) Business Development
8 19 (7.28%) Analytics
8 19 (7.28%) Coaching
8 19 (7.28%) E-Commerce
9 16 (6.13%) Decision-Making
9 16 (6.13%) Logistics
10 15 (5.75%) Project Management
11 14 (5.36%) Full-Stack Development
11 14 (5.36%) Presales
11 14 (5.36%) Software Engineering
11 14 (5.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (4.98%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.05%) SQL
2 11 (4.21%) JavaScript
2 11 (4.21%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.07%) C#
4 6 (2.30%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.92%) Python
6 4 (1.53%) Go
7 3 (1.15%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.38%) Bash
9 1 (0.38%) Java
9 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (4.98%) Degree
2 9 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 9 (3.45%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.07%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.30%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (1.92%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.07%) GDPR
3 6 (2.30%) NIST
4 2 (0.77%) GxP
4 2 (0.77%) QA
5 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.77%) SCCM
2 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.51%) Salesforce
3 12 (4.60%) TikTok
4 11 (4.21%) SAP
4 11 (4.21%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.07%) Google
5 8 (3.07%) Samsung
6 7 (2.68%) MuleSoft
6 7 (2.68%) Oracle
7 5 (1.92%) BMC
7 5 (1.92%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.53%) Facebook
8 4 (1.53%) Instagram
8 4 (1.53%) Sage
9 3 (1.15%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.77%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (0.77%) VMware
10 2 (0.77%) Workday
10 2 (0.77%) Xamarin
10 2 (0.77%) YouTube