Enterprise Software Job Trends in the West Midlands

Enterprise Application Software
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 114 185
Rank change year-on-year -3 +71 -15
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Software 99 60 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.12% 1.82% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.26% 4.51% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 79 26 9
10th Percentile £40,000 £51,932 £38,000
25th Percentile £47,125 £63,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +20.83% +14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £76,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Enterprise Software falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,883 1,331 1,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 21.36% 40.33% 29.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,266 774 802
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

Enterprise Software
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Enterprise Software relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Enterprise Software job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Enterprise Software
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Enterprise Software.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Software in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Software in the West Midlands

Enterprise Software
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Software within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham -9 51 £63,076 -13.00% 24
Staffordshire +14 29 £60,000 +11.76%
Shropshire -21 4 £48,750 -39.06% 3
Willenhall - 4 £37,500 -
Worcestershire - 3 £47,500 -
Warwickshire -21 2 £60,000 +17.07% 8
Solihull +8 1 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Walsall - 1 £60,500 -
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
Enterprise Software
England

Enterprise Software
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (4.04%) CICS
2 3 (3.03%) Documentum
2 3 (3.03%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.02%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.01%) Apache
4 1 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 4 (4.04%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (3.03%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (3.03%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (3.03%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (3.03%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (2.02%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.01%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 27 (27.27%) Azure
2 21 (21.21%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (15.15%) GitHub
4 12 (12.12%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (6.06%) SaaS
6 5 (5.05%) AWS
7 3 (3.03%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (3.03%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.02%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.01%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.01%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.01%) GCP
9 1 (1.01%) Serverless
9 1 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.01%) Firewall
1 1 (1.01%) VPN
1 1 (1.01%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.12%) Relational Database
2 7 (7.07%) SQL Server
3 6 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (5.05%) MongoDB
5 4 (4.04%) Db2
5 4 (4.04%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (3.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (1.01%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.01%) Metadata
7 1 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (13.13%) Jenkins
2 5 (5.05%) Git
3 4 (4.04%) Cypress.io
4 2 (2.02%) Cucumber
4 2 (2.02%) GitLab
4 2 (2.02%) JIRA
4 2 (2.02%) Postman
4 2 (2.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.01%) Gradle
5 1 (1.01%) JMeter
5 1 (1.01%) JUnit
5 1 (1.01%) Maven
5 1 (1.01%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.01%) Selenium
5 1 (1.01%) TestNG
5 1 (1.01%) WebDriver
General
1 31 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 23 (23.23%) Public Sector
3 22 (22.22%) Finance
4 14 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.05%) Advertising
5 5 (5.05%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (4.04%) Legal
7 3 (3.03%) General Ledger
7 3 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.02%) Billing
8 2 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Banking
9 1 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.01%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (31.31%) Senior
2 27 (27.27%) Developer
3 23 (23.23%) Account Manager
4 17 (17.17%) Senior Manager
5 14 (14.14%) Senior Account Manager
6 12 (12.12%) Applications Consultant
6 12 (12.12%) Consultant
6 12 (12.12%) Mainframe Consultant
7 8 (8.08%) Senior Developer
8 6 (6.06%) .NET Developer
9 5 (5.05%) Applications Engineer
9 5 (5.05%) Applications Support
9 5 (5.05%) Business Development Manager
9 5 (5.05%) Business Manager
9 5 (5.05%) Development Manager
9 5 (5.05%) Software Developer
10 4 (4.04%) Analyst
10 4 (4.04%) Applications Support Analyst
10 4 (4.04%) Java Consultant
10 4 (4.04%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (19.19%) .NET
2 12 (12.12%) ISPF
2 12 (12.12%) Spring
2 12 (12.12%) Spring Boot
3 10 (10.10%) CSS
3 10 (10.10%) HTML
4 9 (9.09%) Node.js
4 9 (9.09%) REST
5 8 (8.08%) RESTful
6 7 (7.07%) React
7 6 (6.06%) Entity Framework
7 6 (6.06%) Web Services
8 5 (5.05%) .NET Core
8 5 (5.05%) ASP.NET
8 5 (5.05%) ASP.NET Core
8 5 (5.05%) LINQ
9 4 (4.04%) Terraform
9 4 (4.04%) XML
10 3 (3.03%) Ajax
10 3 (3.03%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.12%) Legacy Applications
1 12 (12.12%) Mainframe
2 9 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 4 (4.04%) CMDB
4 3 (3.03%) Educational Technology
5 2 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.02%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.02%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.01%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.01%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.01%) Life Science
6 1 (1.01%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.01%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.06%) Windows
2 4 (4.04%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.02%) Linux
3 2 (2.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (34.34%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (27.27%) CI/CD
2 27 (27.27%) DevOps
3 21 (21.21%) Agile
3 21 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
5 13 (13.13%) Business Development
5 13 (13.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (12.12%) Batch Processing
6 12 (12.12%) Performance Tuning
6 12 (12.12%) Re-Platforming
7 11 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 11 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (10.10%) ERP
8 10 (10.10%) Full-Stack Development
8 10 (10.10%) Mentoring
8 10 (10.10%) Service Management
9 9 (9.09%) Migration
10 8 (8.08%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.17%) Java
2 16 (16.16%) SQL
3 12 (12.12%) COBOL
3 12 (12.12%) JCL
4 11 (11.11%) C#
5 5 (5.05%) JavaScript
6 4 (4.04%) PowerShell
7 3 (3.03%) PL/SQL
7 3 (3.03%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.02%) Apex Code
8 2 (2.02%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.01%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (8.08%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.03%) Degree
2 3 (3.03%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.01%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.01%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.01%) PMP
4 1 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.04%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.03%) QA
3 2 (2.02%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.02%) WCAG
4 1 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.01%) GDPR
4 1 (1.01%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.04%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.02%) Ansible
3 1 (1.01%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (19.19%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.08%) Broadcom
2 8 (8.08%) Oracle
3 5 (5.05%) Facebook
3 5 (5.05%) YouTube
4 4 (4.04%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.03%) OpenText
6 2 (2.02%) JD Edwards
6 2 (2.02%) Pega
6 2 (2.02%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.02%) SAP
7 1 (1.01%) Citrix
7 1 (1.01%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.01%) Epicor
7 1 (1.01%) Google
7 1 (1.01%) IFS
7 1 (1.01%) Infor
7 1 (1.01%) QAD
7 1 (1.01%) Sage
7 1 (1.01%) Workday