Hybrid/Remote SaaS Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 57 54
Rank change year-on-year +26 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,671 874 1,048
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.75% 5.28% 4.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.24% 15.21% 11.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,254 678 694
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £84,688 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -11.11%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

SaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,687 5,747 9,454
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.11% 34.70% 41.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,368 4,092 6,294
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,276
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

SaaS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SaaS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SaaS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SaaS
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SaaS over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

SaaS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 72 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.90%) Confluence
4 13 (0.78%) CMS
5 11 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.54%) Apache
7 8 (0.48%) WordPress
8 7 (0.42%) IIS
9 6 (0.36%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.060%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.060%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.060%) Jupyter
Applications
1 26 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.42%) Moqups
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) Trello
7 1 (0.060%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (0.84%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
4 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
4 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.18%) OPENHousing
4 3 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
4 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.12%) Maximo
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.060%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 332 (19.87%) AWS
2 320 (19.15%) Azure
3 120 (7.18%) GCP
4 103 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
5 83 (4.97%) Entra ID
6 71 (4.25%) Power Platform
7 70 (4.19%) Amazon EKS
8 57 (3.41%) PaaS
9 48 (2.87%) Serverless
10 44 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
11 37 (2.21%) GitHub
12 33 (1.97%) IaaS
13 32 (1.92%) Snowflake
14 28 (1.68%) Mimecast
15 27 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
16 26 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
17 25 (1.50%) Power Automate
18 23 (1.38%) Figma
19 21 (1.26%) PowerApps
20 19 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.84%) VPN
2 12 (0.72%) DNS
2 12 (0.72%) Network Security
3 10 (0.60%) AMQP
3 10 (0.60%) Broadband
3 10 (0.60%) SMS
4 9 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.48%) DHCP
5 8 (0.48%) Firewall
5 8 (0.48%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.36%) 5G
6 6 (0.36%) Internet
7 5 (0.30%) VoIP
7 5 (0.30%) WAN
8 4 (0.24%) BGP
8 4 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.24%) IPsec
8 4 (0.24%) LAN
8 4 (0.24%) MPLS
8 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.29%) SQL Server
2 52 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
3 38 (2.27%) Power BI
4 35 (2.09%) Redis
5 20 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (0.96%) MySQL
7 13 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (0.72%) Big Data
9 10 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.54%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.42%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.42%) Looker
12 6 (0.36%) Metadata
12 6 (0.36%) Tableau
13 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
13 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
14 4 (0.24%) Metabase
14 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
15 3 (0.18%) GIS
Development Applications
1 95 (5.69%) JIRA
2 62 (3.71%) TeamCity
3 43 (2.57%) Git
4 14 (0.84%) Cypress.io
5 13 (0.78%) Selenium
6 11 (0.66%) GitLab
7 7 (0.42%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.42%) Postman
7 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.30%) JUnit
8 5 (0.30%) Poetry
8 5 (0.30%) Storybook
9 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.060%) GCC
12 1 (0.060%) Jenkins
General
1 451 (26.99%) Social Skills
2 398 (23.82%) Finance
3 241 (14.42%) Retail
4 239 (14.30%) Marketing
5 230 (13.76%) Law
6 204 (12.21%) Legal
7 164 (9.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 134 (8.02%) Banking
9 127 (7.60%) Back Office
10 126 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
11 115 (6.88%) Financial Institution
12 66 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
13 65 (3.89%) Public Sector
14 56 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (2.03%) Manufacturing
16 30 (1.80%) German Language
17 27 (1.62%) Health Technology
18 25 (1.50%) French Language
19 24 (1.44%) Advertising
19 24 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 231 (13.82%) Lead
2 225 (13.46%) Senior
3 160 (9.58%) Developer
4 115 (6.88%) Account Executive
5 111 (6.64%) Software Engineer
6 108 (6.46%) Architect
7 89 (5.33%) Full-Stack Developer
8 79 (4.73%) Consultant
9 76 (4.55%) Analyst
10 73 (4.37%) Software Developer
11 71 (4.25%) Lead Developer
12 68 (4.07%) Account Manager
13 66 (3.95%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 66 (3.95%) Senior Manager
14 64 (3.83%) Lead Software Developer
15 62 (3.71%) IT Manager
16 56 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
17 49 (2.93%) Testing Manager
18 48 (2.87%) Resilience Manager
18 48 (2.87%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (7.72%) Terraform
2 125 (7.48%) Node.js
3 90 (5.39%) .NET
4 64 (3.83%) React
5 60 (3.59%) Middleware
6 55 (3.29%) REST
7 53 (3.17%) Vue
8 38 (2.27%) RESTful
9 25 (1.50%) CSS
10 22 (1.32%) Next.js
10 22 (1.32%) OAuth
11 20 (1.20%) HTML
11 20 (1.20%) NestJS
11 20 (1.20%) OpenID
12 17 (1.02%) OAuth2
13 16 (0.96%) OpenAPI
13 16 (0.96%) Spring
13 16 (0.96%) Spring Boot
13 16 (0.96%) Swagger
14 15 (0.90%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 128 (7.66%) Cloud Native
2 116 (6.94%) Product Ownership
3 102 (6.10%) Onboarding
4 67 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.71%) Virtual Team
6 51 (3.05%) Management Information System
7 50 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
8 48 (2.87%) Cyber Threat
9 41 (2.45%) Web Conferencing
10 34 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.50%) Social Media
12 20 (1.20%) AI Agents
13 18 (1.08%) Driving Licence
14 17 (1.02%) Data Structures
15 16 (0.96%) PropTech
16 15 (0.90%) Blog
16 15 (0.90%) Security Posture
17 14 (0.84%) Clustering
18 13 (0.78%) Client/Server
18 13 (0.78%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.33%) Windows
2 24 (1.44%) Linux
3 16 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.78%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.72%) Android
6 5 (0.30%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.060%) Unix
9 1 (0.060%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (18.73%) AI
2 269 (16.10%) B2B
2 269 (16.10%) DevOps
3 266 (15.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 254 (15.20%) Software Engineering
5 246 (14.72%) Agile
6 220 (13.17%) CRM
7 206 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
8 198 (11.85%) Mentoring
9 196 (11.73%) Test Automation
10 195 (11.67%) CI/CD
11 179 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
12 165 (9.87%) Roadmaps
13 161 (9.63%) Decision-Making
14 157 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 156 (9.34%) Microservices
16 155 (9.28%) Business Development
17 151 (9.04%) Full-Stack Development
18 142 (8.50%) Project Delivery
19 136 (8.14%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 191 (11.43%) TypeScript
2 174 (10.41%) JavaScript
3 161 (9.63%) Python
4 152 (9.10%) C#
5 145 (8.68%) SQL
6 107 (6.40%) Java
7 84 (5.03%) PowerShell
8 31 (1.86%) R
9 26 (1.56%) PHP
10 25 (1.50%) Go
11 17 (1.02%) Bash
12 15 (0.90%) Bicep
13 9 (0.54%) Ruby
14 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.30%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.24%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.24%) SOQL
16 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
16 3 (0.18%) Scala
16 3 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 87 (5.21%) Degree
2 77 (4.61%) CISSP
3 71 (4.25%) CISM
4 56 (3.35%) ITIL Certification
5 43 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (1.86%) Security Cleared
7 29 (1.74%) ACCA
8 24 (1.44%) CIMA
9 20 (1.20%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.14%) CRISC
11 18 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (0.96%) SC Cleared
13 14 (0.84%) CISA
14 8 (0.48%) ISACA
15 7 (0.42%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
16 6 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (7.54%) QA
2 84 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 75 (4.49%) NIST
4 73 (4.37%) GDPR
5 48 (2.87%) ISO 22301
6 32 (1.92%) Data Quality
7 31 (1.86%) PCI DSS
8 27 (1.62%) SOC 2
9 26 (1.56%) Accessibility
10 24 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
11 21 (1.26%) GRC
12 18 (1.08%) SLA
13 14 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.66%) IFRS
15 9 (0.54%) COBIT
16 8 (0.48%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
18 4 (0.24%) GAAP
18 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 63 (3.77%) Active Directory
2 59 (3.53%) Docker
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 101 (6.04%) Kubernetes
2 74 (4.43%) Grafana
3 34 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.20%) Ansible
5 16 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.60%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.060%) CASB
10 1 (0.060%) Cilium
10 1 (0.060%) Kibana
10 1 (0.060%) Packer
10 1 (0.060%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.060%) Puppet
10 1 (0.060%) QRadar
10 1 (0.060%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 240 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.57%) HubSpot
3 79 (4.73%) Salesforce
4 53 (3.17%) Google
5 33 (1.97%) CrowdStrike
6 26 (1.56%) Sage
7 20 (1.20%) Databricks
8 17 (1.02%) Adobe
9 15 (0.90%) SAP
10 14 (0.84%) Workday
11 13 (0.78%) Oracle
12 10 (0.60%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.54%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.54%) Splunk
13 9 (0.54%) Xero
14 7 (0.42%) Facebook
14 7 (0.42%) Instagram
14 7 (0.42%) TikTok
14 7 (0.42%) YouTube
15 6 (0.36%) Cisco