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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 53 49
Rank change year-on-year +38 -4 +6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 167 55 116
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.01% 4.03% 4.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 25.08% 10.76% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 140 40 94
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,200 £37,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £54,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £75,625 £80,625 £90,938
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £105,250
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 666 511 1,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.94% 37.44% 40.76%
Number of salaries quoted 445 401 887
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,720 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.58% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,622 £70,825
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £54,250 £51,000
% change year-on-year +1.38% +6.37% -7.27%

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 26 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 3 (1.80%) Apache
1 3 (1.80%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.60%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.37%) Azure
2 9 (5.39%) AWS
3 8 (4.79%) Figma
3 8 (4.79%) GitHub
3 8 (4.79%) GitHub Copilot
3 8 (4.79%) PaaS
4 7 (4.19%) dbt
5 3 (1.80%) Datadog
5 3 (1.80%) Firebase
5 3 (1.80%) IaaS
6 2 (1.20%) Asana
6 2 (1.20%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.60%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.60%) AWS Control Tower
7 1 (0.60%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.19%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.59%) MySQL
3 3 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.80%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.20%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (4.79%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.80%) Cucumber
2 3 (1.80%) Git
2 3 (1.80%) JIRA
2 3 (1.80%) JMeter
2 3 (1.80%) Locust
3 2 (1.20%) Selenium
General
1 19 (11.38%) Social Skills
2 18 (10.78%) Legal
3 13 (7.78%) Law
4 8 (4.79%) German Language
5 7 (4.19%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.59%) Finance
7 4 (2.40%) Marketing
7 4 (2.40%) Retail
8 3 (1.80%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.80%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (20.36%) Senior
2 20 (11.98%) Account Executive
3 19 (11.38%) Developer
4 17 (10.18%) Designer
5 14 (8.38%) Account Manager
5 14 (8.38%) Lead
6 12 (7.19%) Senior Manager
7 11 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (6.59%) Infrastructure Support
7 11 (6.59%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 11 (6.59%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.99%) .NET Developer
8 10 (5.99%) Xamarin Developer
9 9 (5.39%) Graphic Designer
9 9 (5.39%) Sales Manager
9 9 (5.39%) Senior Designer
9 9 (5.39%) Senior Graphic Designer
10 8 (4.79%) Senior Account Executive
10 8 (4.79%) Senior Account Manager
10 8 (4.79%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.38%) .NET
2 8 (4.79%) Blazor
2 8 (4.79%) Material Design
2 8 (4.79%) WebAssembly
3 4 (2.40%) React
4 3 (1.80%) CSS
4 3 (1.80%) Gherkin
4 3 (1.80%) HTML
4 3 (1.80%) LAMP
4 3 (1.80%) Laravel
4 3 (1.80%) Next.js
4 3 (1.80%) Node.js
4 3 (1.80%) React Native
4 3 (1.80%) Vue
5 1 (0.60%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.38%) PropTech
2 13 (7.78%) Mobile App
3 12 (7.19%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.40%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.39%) Windows
1 9 (5.39%) Windows Server
2 3 (1.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (13.17%) CRM
2 19 (11.38%) Mentoring
3 18 (10.78%) Analytics
4 17 (10.18%) Project Management
5 15 (8.98%) B2B
5 15 (8.98%) Front End Development
5 15 (8.98%) User Experience
5 15 (8.98%) UX Design
6 14 (8.38%) CI/CD
6 14 (8.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (7.78%) AI
8 12 (7.19%) DevOps
8 12 (7.19%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (7.19%) Service Delivery
9 11 (6.59%) Business Development
10 10 (5.99%) Data Integration
11 9 (5.39%) Agile
11 9 (5.39%) Cloud Operations
11 9 (5.39%) Migration
11 9 (5.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.58%) SQL
2 12 (7.19%) C#
3 7 (4.19%) Java
3 7 (4.19%) Python
4 6 (3.59%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.59%) PHP
5 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (5.39%) Degree
2 3 (1.80%) ACCA
2 3 (1.80%) CIMA
2 3 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (1.80%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (1.20%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.20%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.60%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.59%) Accessibility
1 11 (6.59%) WCAG
2 5 (2.99%) QA
3 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (1.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.99%) Terraform
2 4 (2.40%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.80%) Grafana
4 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (5.99%) Xamarin
2 6 (3.59%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.80%) Oracle
3 3 (1.80%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.80%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.20%) Databricks
4 2 (1.20%) Google