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 8 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 62 185
Rank change year-on-year -61 +123 +46
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Software 86 135 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.03% 4.08% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.73% 9.90% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 68 22 44
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,425 £41,875
25th Percentile £52,188 £39,441 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -36.00% -10.45%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,188 £82,178
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year - +3.53% -6.99%

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 2,306 1,364 2,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 27.70% 41.25% 33.99%
Number of salaries quoted 931 699 1,710
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,625 £36,925 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +14 35 £60,000 +5.73% 3
Staffordshire -10 30 £60,000 +29.81% 2
Warwickshire -51 8 - - 2
Wolverhampton - 3 £59,250 - 1
Coventry -27 2 £65,000 -
Shropshire - 2 £58,750 -
Walsall - 1 £60,500 -
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 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (22.09%) Azure
2 17 (19.77%) Entra ID
3 14 (16.28%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (13.95%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (9.30%) IaaS
5 8 (9.30%) PaaS
5 8 (9.30%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.65%) SaaS
7 3 (3.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (3.49%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (3.49%) Amazon S3
7 3 (3.49%) AWS
7 3 (3.49%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (3.49%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (3.49%) Serverless
7 3 (3.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.16%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.98%) Firewall
2 5 (5.81%) SSL
3 3 (3.49%) Network Security
3 3 (3.49%) VPN
4 2 (2.33%) Internet
5 1 (1.16%) DNS
5 1 (1.16%) HTTP
5 1 (1.16%) SSH
5 1 (1.16%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (3.49%) GIS
2 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.16%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Git
1 4 (4.65%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.33%) Cypress.io
2 2 (2.33%) Postman
2 2 (2.33%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.16%) GitLab
3 1 (1.16%) JIRA
3 1 (1.16%) JMeter
3 1 (1.16%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.16%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.16%) Selenium
General
1 22 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.28%) Public Sector
3 11 (12.79%) Finance
4 8 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.30%) Legal
5 4 (4.65%) Advertising
5 4 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.49%) Banking
6 3 (3.49%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (29.07%) Senior
2 22 (25.58%) Account Manager
3 19 (22.09%) Developer
4 17 (19.77%) Senior Manager
5 13 (15.12%) Applications Manager
5 13 (15.12%) Architect
5 13 (15.12%) Senior Account Manager
6 8 (9.30%) Business Development Manager
6 8 (9.30%) Business Manager
6 8 (9.30%) Development Manager
6 8 (9.30%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (9.30%) Technical Manager
7 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) Senior Developer
7 6 (6.98%) Software Developer
8 4 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Senior Business Development Manager
8 4 (4.65%) Senior Business Manager
8 4 (4.65%) Senior Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.63%) Node.js
2 9 (10.47%) REST
3 6 (6.98%) SAML
4 5 (5.81%) Middleware
4 5 (5.81%) OAuth
4 5 (5.81%) React
4 5 (5.81%) RESTful
5 3 (3.49%) BAPI
5 3 (3.49%) IBM Integration Bus
5 3 (3.49%) JDBC
5 3 (3.49%) JMS
5 3 (3.49%) LDAP
5 3 (3.49%) SOAP
5 3 (3.49%) Web Services
6 2 (2.33%) .NET
6 2 (2.33%) Visualforce
7 1 (1.16%) .NET Core
7 1 (1.16%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (1.16%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.16%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.47%) Cloud Native
2 3 (3.49%) Educational Technology
2 3 (3.49%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.33%) PKI
3 2 (2.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.16%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.16%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (17.44%) DevOps
2 14 (16.28%) API Management
3 12 (13.95%) Agile
4 10 (11.63%) CRM
4 10 (11.63%) Information Security
4 10 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (11.63%) Technical Leadership
4 10 (11.63%) TOGAF
5 9 (10.47%) Architectural Design
5 9 (10.47%) Identity Access Management
6 8 (9.30%) Business Development
6 8 (9.30%) Integration Patterns
6 8 (9.30%) Roadmaps
7 7 (8.14%) Case Management
7 7 (8.14%) CI/CD
7 7 (8.14%) Document Management
8 6 (6.98%) API Development
8 6 (6.98%) Project Delivery
8 6 (6.98%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.14%) C#
2 4 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.33%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.16%) Java
4 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.16%) Python
4 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (3.49%) AWS Certification
1 3 (3.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
1 3 (3.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 3 (3.49%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
2 1 (1.16%) CEH
2 1 (1.16%) CISSP
2 1 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (1.16%) GSEC
2 1 (1.16%) OSCP
2 1 (1.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.47%) QA
2 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.16%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (12.79%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.49%) Docker
2 3 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (6.98%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (4.65%) Ansible
2 4 (4.65%) Terraform
3 3 (3.49%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.33%) CASB
5 1 (1.16%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (17.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.49%) Cisco
2 3 (3.49%) HP
2 3 (3.49%) IBM
2 3 (3.49%) SAP
2 3 (3.49%) ServiceNow
2 3 (3.49%) VMware
3 2 (2.33%) Netskope
3 2 (2.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.16%) Citrix
4 1 (1.16%) Facebook
4 1 (1.16%) Qualys
4 1 (1.16%) YouTube