SaaS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SaaS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 41 40
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,692 2,680 5,281
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.01% 6.46% 7.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.59% 13.50% 14.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,369 1,904 3,488
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,750 £51,475 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +8.33%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

SaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,601 19,859 36,141
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.24% 47.88% 52.80%
Number of salaries quoted 11,951 14,546 21,658
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,000 £37,478
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

SaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SaaS trend for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SaaS.

SaaS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SaaS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

SaaS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (1.77%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.30%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.89%) IIS
6 9 (0.53%) Confluence
7 8 (0.47%) WordPress
8 7 (0.41%) CMS
9 5 (0.30%) Apache
10 4 (0.24%) nginx
10 4 (0.24%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.12%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.12%) Hyperledger
12 2 (0.12%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.12%) SAS
13 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.059%) Moodle
13 1 (0.059%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.059%) Totara
Applications
1 27 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.24%) Notion
7 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.059%) 1Password
8 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.059%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.77%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 11 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.24%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.24%) Sage 200
8 4 (0.24%) Sage 50
8 4 (0.24%) Sage X3
9 3 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
10 2 (0.12%) R3 Corda
10 2 (0.12%) SAP FI-GL
10 2 (0.12%) Workfront
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle ERP
11 1 (0.059%) SAP ERP
11 1 (0.059%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 578 (34.16%) AWS
2 525 (31.03%) Azure
3 231 (13.65%) GCP
4 166 (9.81%) PaaS
5 157 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
6 139 (8.22%) IaaS
7 72 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
8 70 (4.14%) Serverless
9 63 (3.72%) Amazon S3
10 60 (3.55%) GitHub
11 46 (2.72%) Amazon SQS
12 43 (2.54%) Entra ID
13 30 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
14 27 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
14 27 (1.60%) Azure Functions
14 27 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
15 26 (1.54%) Azure AKS
15 26 (1.54%) Lucidchart
15 26 (1.54%) Miro
16 25 (1.48%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.19%) Firewall
2 35 (2.07%) VPN
3 26 (1.54%) LAN
3 26 (1.54%) WAN
4 22 (1.30%) Network Security
4 22 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (0.95%) Internet
6 15 (0.89%) SSL
7 13 (0.77%) SAN
8 11 (0.65%) VLAN
9 10 (0.59%) VoIP
10 9 (0.53%) DNS
11 8 (0.47%) HTTPS
11 8 (0.47%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.35%) NAS
12 6 (0.35%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.30%) MPLS
13 5 (0.30%) Unified Communications
14 4 (0.24%) HTTP
15 3 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (6.09%) SQL Server
2 80 (4.73%) MySQL
3 51 (3.01%) Big Data
4 41 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
5 38 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (2.19%) Redis
7 30 (1.77%) Hadoop
7 30 (1.77%) Relational Database
8 23 (1.36%) NoSQL
8 23 (1.36%) Scylla
9 22 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 22 (1.30%) MongoDB
10 21 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
11 16 (0.95%) Tableau
12 15 (0.89%) BigQuery
12 15 (0.89%) Power BI
13 13 (0.77%) Data Mining
14 12 (0.71%) MariaDB
14 12 (0.71%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 140 (8.27%) Git
2 73 (4.31%) Jenkins
3 56 (3.31%) Postman
3 56 (3.31%) Selenium
4 52 (3.07%) JIRA
5 39 (2.30%) Cucumber
6 28 (1.65%) Cypress.io
7 17 (1.00%) JUnit
8 12 (0.71%) JMeter
8 12 (0.71%) REST Assured
9 11 (0.65%) SoapUI
9 11 (0.65%) webpack
10 10 (0.59%) TeamCity
10 10 (0.59%) Visual Studio
11 9 (0.53%) GitLab
11 9 (0.53%) Vagrant
12 8 (0.47%) SonarQube
13 7 (0.41%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
13 7 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 516 (30.50%) Social Skills
2 187 (11.05%) Finance
3 129 (7.62%) Marketing
4 116 (6.86%) Presentation Skills
5 110 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
6 74 (4.37%) Retail
7 72 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (3.31%) Legal
9 50 (2.96%) Automotive
10 43 (2.54%) Law
11 36 (2.13%) Banking
12 31 (1.83%) Manufacturing
12 31 (1.83%) Public Sector
13 29 (1.71%) Games
14 20 (1.18%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
16 17 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (0.83%) Aviation
17 14 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (0.83%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 329 (19.44%) Developer
2 322 (19.03%) Senior
3 242 (14.30%) Architect
4 172 (10.17%) Lead
5 126 (7.45%) Software Engineer
6 124 (7.33%) Senior Developer
7 100 (5.91%) Cloud Architect
8 94 (5.56%) Analyst
9 82 (4.85%) PHP Developer
10 80 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
11 59 (3.49%) Full Stack Developer
12 56 (3.31%) Consultant
13 55 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
14 49 (2.90%) Software Developer
15 44 (2.60%) Azure Engineer
16 42 (2.48%) Senior Software Engineer
17 41 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 41 (2.42%) Principal Engineer
18 37 (2.19%) Business Manager
18 37 (2.19%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (9.40%) .NET
2 141 (8.33%) Laravel
3 126 (7.45%) React
4 109 (6.44%) CSS
5 107 (6.32%) HTML
6 98 (5.79%) REST
7 89 (5.26%) Vue
8 84 (4.96%) RESTful
9 77 (4.55%) AngularJS
10 72 (4.26%) Node.js
10 72 (4.26%) Web Services
11 60 (3.55%) .NET Core
12 53 (3.13%) GraphQL
13 42 (2.48%) Kafka
14 41 (2.42%) JSON
15 40 (2.36%) Symfony
16 39 (2.30%) jQuery
16 39 (2.30%) SOAP
17 34 (2.01%) Spring
18 25 (1.48%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.56%) Public Cloud
2 95 (5.61%) Greenfield Project
3 83 (4.91%) PKI
4 76 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
5 75 (4.43%) Product Ownership
6 68 (4.02%) Data Structures
7 63 (3.72%) Cloud Native
8 59 (3.49%) Mobile App
9 57 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
10 45 (2.66%) Client/Server
11 39 (2.30%) Algorithms
11 39 (2.30%) Management Information System
12 36 (2.13%) Onboarding
13 26 (1.54%) Virtual Team
14 24 (1.42%) Data Centre
15 21 (1.24%) Satnav
16 16 (0.95%) Online Games
17 15 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
18 14 (0.83%) Low-Code
19 13 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 145 (8.57%) Windows
2 84 (4.96%) Linux
3 58 (3.43%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.65%) Unix
5 25 (1.48%) Apple iOS
6 24 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (1.36%) Android
8 16 (0.95%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.95%) Windows 10
9 14 (0.83%) Mac OS X
10 12 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.53%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.47%) CentOS
14 4 (0.24%) VMS
15 3 (0.18%) Windows Vista
16 1 (0.059%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (25.71%) Agile
2 338 (19.98%) DevOps
3 276 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
4 255 (15.07%) Software Engineering
5 206 (12.17%) CI/CD
6 185 (10.93%) Project Management
7 174 (10.28%) Microservices
8 171 (10.11%) Roadmaps
9 150 (8.87%) Test Automation
10 143 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
11 140 (8.27%) User Experience
12 135 (7.98%) Migration
13 124 (7.33%) Full Stack Development
14 123 (7.27%) Scrum
15 122 (7.21%) Actionable Insight
15 122 (7.21%) Presales
16 120 (7.09%) Mentoring
17 116 (6.86%) TOGAF
18 99 (5.85%) Configuration Management
19 98 (5.79%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 298 (17.61%) JavaScript
2 192 (11.35%) SQL
3 172 (10.17%) C#
4 171 (10.11%) Python
5 168 (9.93%) PHP
6 166 (9.81%) Java
7 101 (5.97%) TypeScript
8 61 (3.61%) PowerShell
9 40 (2.36%) Go
10 38 (2.25%) C++
11 30 (1.77%) Bash
12 27 (1.60%) Ruby
13 25 (1.48%) C
14 24 (1.42%) Scala
15 18 (1.06%) Kotlin
16 14 (0.83%) T-SQL
17 12 (0.71%) Swift
18 10 (0.59%) PL/SQL
19 9 (0.53%) Shell Script
20 8 (0.47%) Ada
Qualifications
1 220 (13.00%) Degree
2 74 (4.37%) Security Cleared
3 59 (3.49%) SC Cleared
4 45 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (1.60%) Master's Degree
6 25 (1.48%) CISSP
7 24 (1.42%) CISM
8 23 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 18 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
10 14 (0.83%) AWS Certification
10 14 (0.83%) GCIA
10 14 (0.83%) GCIH
10 14 (0.83%) GREM
11 13 (0.77%) MBA
12 10 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.59%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.35%) GIAC
14 6 (0.35%) HNC
14 6 (0.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (9.22%) QA
2 30 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (1.42%) SLA
4 21 (1.24%) Software Quality Assurance
5 18 (1.06%) NIST
6 14 (0.83%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.83%) GDPR
7 12 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.47%) COBIT
9 8 (0.47%) NCSC
9 8 (0.47%) WCAG
10 7 (0.41%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.41%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.35%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.35%) Web Application Security Consortium
12 5 (0.30%) PMO
13 4 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 188 (11.11%) Docker
2 55 (3.25%) Active Directory
3 37 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
4 29 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.89%) Hyper-V
6 14 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.30%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.059%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.059%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 171 (10.11%) Kubernetes
2 80 (4.73%) Terraform
3 38 (2.25%) Ansible
4 14 (0.83%) vCenter Server
5 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (0.47%) CASB
6 8 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
7 6 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (0.35%) HP UCMDB
8 5 (0.30%) Puppet
9 4 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.18%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.12%) Consul
11 2 (0.12%) Grafana
11 2 (0.12%) Podman
12 1 (0.059%) PingFederate
12 1 (0.059%) Rancher
12 1 (0.059%) Salt
12 1 (0.059%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 332 (19.62%) Microsoft
2 186 (10.99%) Google
3 70 (4.14%) Dell
4 43 (2.54%) Oracle
5 38 (2.25%) SAP
6 36 (2.13%) VMware
7 35 (2.07%) Salesforce
8 27 (1.60%) Adobe
9 22 (1.30%) Cisco
10 21 (1.24%) Apple
11 20 (1.18%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.00%) Sitecore
13 16 (0.95%) ForgeRock
14 15 (0.89%) HubSpot
15 14 (0.83%) HP
16 12 (0.71%) Sony
17 9 (0.53%) Palo Alto
17 9 (0.53%) Snow
18 8 (0.47%) IBM
18 8 (0.47%) Xero