Slack Job Trends in the West Midlands

Slack
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Slack 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 174 - 178
Rank change year-on-year - - +82
Permanent jobs citing Slack 4 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.076% - 0.027%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.20% - 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 - -
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £35,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +114.29% -48.15% -3.57%

All Cloud Computing Skills
West Midlands

Slack 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%

Slack
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Slack job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Slack
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Slack

Slack
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Slack in the West Midlands

Slack
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 Slack 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
Warwickshire - 4 £51,250 - 2
Slack
England

Slack
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 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
1 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
1 2 (50.00%) Proactive Management
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Release Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Service Design
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Google Apps Script
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google
1 2 (50.00%) Logitech
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (50.00%) Yealink