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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 73 56
Rank change year-on-year +37 -17 +39
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 368 99 286
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 4.33% 3.16% 3.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.64% 8.90% 11.75%
Number of salaries quoted 341 75 243
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £28,501
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -7.41%

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 2,698 1,112 2,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.73% 35.45% 32.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,204 806 2,086
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £43,497 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,193 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.96% -0.58% -2.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,288
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 21 May 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 21 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 +39 191 £60,000 - 56
Worcestershire +9 46 £85,000 +49.78% 18
Warwickshire +22 40 £45,000 -42.12% 7
Coventry +4 24 £76,250 - 5
Dudley - 16 £85,000 -
Staffordshire -6 15 £40,000 - 7
Shropshire -19 15 £52,500 +13.51% 2
Halesowen - 7 £44,000 -
Wolverhampton - 3 £60,000 -
Herefordshire - 2 £66,250 -
Solihull +6 1 £50,000 -47.37% 2
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 4 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.54%) CMS
2 2 (0.54%) Confluence
2 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.54%) WordPress
3 1 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.54%) Trello
3 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.82%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (7.61%) Azure
2 15 (4.08%) AWS
3 11 (2.99%) PaaS
4 10 (2.72%) Meta Ads
5 9 (2.45%) Figma
5 9 (2.45%) GitHub
6 8 (2.17%) GitHub Copilot
6 8 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.90%) dbt
8 6 (1.63%) IaaS
9 4 (1.09%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.82%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.82%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.82%) Serverless
11 2 (0.54%) Asana
11 2 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.54%) Canva
11 2 (0.54%) Datadog
11 2 (0.54%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.27%) DNS
1 1 (0.27%) Firewall
1 1 (0.27%) SAN
1 1 (0.27%) SSL
1 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.27%) VPN
1 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.09%) Power BI
3 2 (0.54%) Power Query
4 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.27%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.27%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (2.17%) Visual Studio
2 6 (1.63%) JIRA
3 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.54%) Git
3 2 (0.54%) JMeter
3 2 (0.54%) Locust
4 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.27%) Yeoman
General
1 57 (15.49%) Marketing
2 35 (9.51%) Legal
3 32 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 27 (7.34%) Retail
5 19 (5.16%) Finance
6 16 (4.35%) Law
7 13 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (2.99%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.17%) Automotive
10 8 (2.17%) German Language
11 7 (1.90%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.09%) Advertising
13 4 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.54%) Back Office
14 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.27%) Banking
15 1 (0.27%) Italian Language
15 1 (0.27%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 61 (16.58%) Account Executive
2 30 (8.15%) Sales Manager
3 29 (7.88%) Developer
4 28 (7.61%) Senior
5 27 (7.34%) Marketing Manager
6 20 (5.43%) Account Manager
6 20 (5.43%) Sales Executive
7 19 (5.16%) Designer
8 18 (4.89%) Marketing Executive
9 17 (4.62%) Lead
10 16 (4.35%) Channel Sales Manager
11 14 (3.80%) .NET Developer
11 14 (3.80%) Sales Representative
11 14 (3.80%) Xamarin Developer
12 12 (3.26%) Senior Manager
13 10 (2.72%) Analyst
13 10 (2.72%) Head of Marketing
13 10 (2.72%) UX Designer
14 9 (2.45%) Graphic Designer
14 9 (2.45%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.61%) .NET
2 8 (2.17%) Blazor
2 8 (2.17%) Material Design
2 8 (2.17%) WebAssembly
3 4 (1.09%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.09%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.54%) Gherkin
4 2 (0.54%) REST
5 1 (0.27%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.27%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.27%) CSS
5 1 (0.27%) D3.js
5 1 (0.27%) HTML
5 1 (0.27%) JSON
5 1 (0.27%) LDAP
5 1 (0.27%) NumPy
5 1 (0.27%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (0.27%) RESTful
5 1 (0.27%) XML
5 1 (0.27%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.25%) PropTech
2 17 (4.62%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.35%) EPoS
4 14 (3.80%) Mobile App
5 9 (2.45%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.36%) FMCG
7 5 (1.36%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (0.82%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.82%) iSeries
8 3 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.54%) Blog
9 2 (0.54%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.54%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.54%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.54%) Social Media
10 1 (0.27%) Clustering
10 1 (0.27%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.27%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.26%) Windows
2 9 (2.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (11.68%) Business Development
2 42 (11.41%) Logistics
3 38 (10.33%) CRM
4 34 (9.24%) AI
5 32 (8.70%) Lead Generation
6 31 (8.42%) B2B
7 25 (6.79%) Project Management
8 24 (6.52%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (5.98%) E-Commerce
9 22 (5.98%) Mentoring
10 20 (5.43%) Agile
10 20 (5.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (5.16%) Supply Chain Planning
12 17 (4.62%) Analytics
12 17 (4.62%) Front End Development
12 17 (4.62%) Roadmaps
12 17 (4.62%) User Experience
12 17 (4.62%) UX Design
13 16 (4.35%) CI/CD
13 16 (4.35%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.89%) SQL
2 14 (3.80%) C#
3 13 (3.53%) Python
4 8 (2.17%) Java
5 4 (1.09%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.54%) PHP
8 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (3.26%) Degree
2 3 (0.82%) ACCA
2 3 (0.82%) CIMA
3 2 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.27%) IISP
4 1 (0.27%) ISACA
4 1 (0.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.72%) Accessibility
1 10 (2.72%) WCAG
2 8 (2.17%) QA
3 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.27%) GDPR
3 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (1.36%) Docker
2 3 (0.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (1.63%) Terraform
2 5 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.54%) Grafana
4 1 (0.27%) Ansible
4 1 (0.27%) CASB
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (3.80%) Microsoft
1 14 (3.80%) Xamarin
2 5 (1.36%) Facebook
2 5 (1.36%) Instagram
3 4 (1.09%) ServiceNow
4 3 (0.82%) Salesforce
4 3 (0.82%) SAP
4 3 (0.82%) SolarWinds
5 2 (0.54%) Adobe
5 2 (0.54%) Google
6 1 (0.27%) Freshdesk
6 1 (0.27%) Netskope
6 1 (0.27%) Okta
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle