Supply Chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA)
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring SLSA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 175 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing SLSA | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands | 0.018% | - | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.24% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median annual salary | £53,750 | - | - |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands
SLSA falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the West Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 411 | 692 | 775 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 7.59% | 16.90% | 17.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 357 | 371 | 694 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,900 | £37,500 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,750 | £46,250 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £58,194 | £53,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.49% | +8.77% | -5.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £72,500 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,766 | £77,500 | £75,875 |
| England median annual salary | £65,000 | £67,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.70% | +3.85% | -5.55% |
SLSA
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 SLSA within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 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 |
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| Birmingham | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
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SLSA
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:
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