SaaS Job Trends in the West Midlands

Software as a Service (SaaS)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 76 60
Rank change year-on-year +42 -16 +65
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 259 153 136
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 4.90% 3.69% 3.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.67% 10.97% 9.93%
Number of salaries quoted 221 92 114
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,725 £34,300
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,250 £46,073
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £78,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,250 £95,350
England median annual salary £61,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.38% -3.70% -3.57%

All Cloud Computing Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,044 1,395 1,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 38.67% 33.68% 36.32%
Number of salaries quoted 879 789 1,223
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,502 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

SaaS job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

SaaS
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SaaS in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SaaS in the West Midlands

SaaS
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 SaaS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 +24 134 £55,000 -8.33% 33
Worcestershire +12 28 £90,000 +11.80% 15
Dudley - 18 £85,000 -
Warwickshire +28 13 £85,000 +41.67% 12
Shropshire - 12 £60,000 - 46
Solihull +5 11 £61,250 +16.67% 1
Staffordshire -9 11 £35,433 -33.52% 22
Coventry +2 7 £60,000 -29.41% 1
Halesowen - 4 £44,500 - 1
Wolverhampton - 2 £54,000 - 8
Herefordshire -8 1 - -
SaaS
England

SaaS
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 17 (6.56%) IIS
2 7 (2.70%) Apache
2 7 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.54%) CMS
3 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.54%) WordPress
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (1.16%) Trello
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.39%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.39%) Maximo
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.39%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 47 (18.15%) Azure
2 28 (10.81%) AWS
3 11 (4.25%) GitHub
4 10 (3.86%) PaaS
5 9 (3.47%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.09%) Figma
6 8 (3.09%) IaaS
7 7 (2.70%) GCP
7 7 (2.70%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.32%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (2.32%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.93%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.54%) Datadog
10 4 (1.54%) Serverless
11 3 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.16%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.16%) Firebase
11 3 (1.16%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.54%) DNS
2 3 (1.16%) Firewall
2 3 (1.16%) VPN
3 2 (0.77%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) 3G
4 1 (0.39%) DHCP
4 1 (0.39%) GPRS
4 1 (0.39%) GSM
4 1 (0.39%) Modbus
4 1 (0.39%) RS-232
4 1 (0.39%) RS-485
4 1 (0.39%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.20%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.63%) MySQL
3 7 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (2.70%) Power BI
4 4 (1.54%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.54%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.77%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.77%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.77%) Tableau
6 1 (0.39%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (6.18%) JIRA
2 6 (2.32%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.54%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (1.54%) Selenium
4 3 (1.16%) Git
5 2 (0.77%) Postman
6 1 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.39%) JMeter
6 1 (0.39%) Locust
6 1 (0.39%) MLflow
General
1 42 (16.22%) Social Skills
2 15 (5.79%) Finance
3 13 (5.02%) Legal
4 11 (4.25%) Law
5 10 (3.86%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.86%) Marketing
6 8 (3.09%) German Language
7 6 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.32%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.32%) Retail
8 5 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.54%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.77%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.39%) Advertising
11 1 (0.39%) Automotive
11 1 (0.39%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.39%) Local Government
11 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (12.74%) Senior
2 28 (10.81%) Account Executive
3 26 (10.04%) Developer
4 21 (8.11%) Lead
5 20 (7.72%) Support Engineer
6 19 (7.34%) Sales Manager
7 18 (6.95%) Applications Support
7 18 (6.95%) Channel Sales Manager
8 17 (6.56%) Technical Support
9 14 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (5.41%) Infrastructure Support
9 14 (5.41%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 13 (5.02%) Account Manager
10 13 (5.02%) Analyst
11 10 (3.86%) Architect
11 10 (3.86%) Support Specialist
12 8 (3.09%) .NET Developer
12 8 (3.09%) Delivery Manager
12 8 (3.09%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.09%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.81%) .NET
2 12 (4.63%) React
3 10 (3.86%) LAMP
4 8 (3.09%) HTML
5 7 (2.70%) Blazor
5 7 (2.70%) CSS
6 6 (2.32%) Material Design
6 6 (2.32%) Node.js
6 6 (2.32%) REST
6 6 (2.32%) WebAssembly
7 4 (1.54%) RESTful
7 4 (1.54%) SOAP
8 3 (1.16%) Laravel
8 3 (1.16%) Next.js
8 3 (1.16%) OAuth
8 3 (1.16%) React Native
8 3 (1.16%) Vue
9 2 (0.77%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.77%) gRPC
9 2 (0.77%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.34%) Product Ownership
2 18 (6.95%) EPoS
3 11 (4.25%) Mobile App
3 11 (4.25%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.86%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.32%) PropTech
7 4 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.77%) Culture of Ownership
8 2 (0.77%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.77%) Social Media
9 1 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.39%) Blog
9 1 (0.39%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.39%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.39%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.39%) FMCG
9 1 (0.39%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.02%) Windows
2 11 (4.25%) Linux
2 11 (4.25%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (17.37%) CRM
2 37 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (13.51%) Agile
4 34 (13.13%) Mentoring
5 33 (12.74%) B2B
6 30 (11.58%) AI
7 29 (11.20%) CI/CD
8 28 (10.81%) DevOps
9 26 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (9.65%) Roadmaps
10 25 (9.65%) Service Delivery
11 24 (9.27%) Customer Experience
12 23 (8.88%) Business Development
13 20 (7.72%) User Experience
14 19 (7.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 18 (6.95%) Analytics
15 18 (6.95%) ITIL
15 18 (6.95%) Technical Leadership
16 17 (6.56%) Product Roadmap
17 16 (6.18%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (17.37%) SQL
2 25 (9.65%) C#
2 25 (9.65%) JavaScript
3 19 (7.34%) PHP
4 13 (5.02%) Python
5 10 (3.86%) Java
6 7 (2.70%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.54%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.77%) Go
8 2 (0.77%) Groovy
9 1 (0.39%) Bicep
9 1 (0.39%) C
9 1 (0.39%) C++
9 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (10.81%) Degree
2 9 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.32%) Master's Degree
3 6 (2.32%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.32%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.93%) PMI Certification
4 5 (1.93%) PMP
5 4 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.39%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.02%) QA
2 10 (3.86%) SLA
3 7 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.70%) WCAG
4 6 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.77%) GDPR
6 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.39%) MISRA
System Software
1 8 (3.09%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.54%) Docker
3 3 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (3.09%) Terraform
2 7 (2.70%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.54%) Ansible
4 3 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.77%) Grafana
5 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.39%) Argo
6 1 (0.39%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 31 (11.97%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.95%) Oracle
3 10 (3.86%) Google
3 10 (3.86%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.09%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.32%) Xamarin
6 4 (1.54%) Databricks
7 3 (1.16%) Guidewire
7 3 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.77%) Adobe
8 2 (0.77%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.39%) Pardot
9 1 (0.39%) SAP