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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
23 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 48 51
Rank change year-on-year +18 +3 -8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,025 1,081 1,198
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.74% 5.34% 5.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.40% 12.00% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 792 712 1,033
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -9.77% +2.31%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £91,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

All Cloud 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 5,572 9,010 10,187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.65% 44.49% 47.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4,154 5,919 8,732
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -0.15%

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 23 November 2025.

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 13 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (0.98%) Confluence
2 10 (0.98%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.88%) IIS
3 9 (0.88%) WordPress
4 6 (0.59%) JBoss
4 6 (0.59%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.39%) Apache
6 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.29%) CMS
7 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.098%) Drupal
8 1 (0.098%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.098%) nginx
8 1 (0.098%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.098%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (3.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.17%) InDesign
5 9 (0.88%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.68%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.39%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.39%) Sketch
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.20%) Trello
11 1 (0.098%) GIMP
11 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.098%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.098%) Revit
11 1 (0.098%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.78%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.68%) Shopify
6 4 (0.39%) Magento
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.098%) FastStats
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.098%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 238 (23.22%) Azure
2 212 (20.68%) AWS
3 104 (10.15%) GCP
4 61 (5.95%) GitHub
4 61 (5.95%) PaaS
5 42 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (3.90%) Power Platform
7 38 (3.71%) IaaS
8 34 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
9 32 (3.12%) Entra ID
10 26 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
11 25 (2.44%) Serverless
12 22 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (1.46%) Figma
14 15 (1.46%) OCI
15 12 (1.17%) Amazon S3
15 12 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (0.98%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.80%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (0.98%) Firewall
3 9 (0.88%) Unified Communications
4 7 (0.68%) Network Security
4 7 (0.68%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.68%) VPN
5 5 (0.49%) HTTP
6 4 (0.39%) DHCP
6 4 (0.39%) DNS
6 4 (0.39%) Internet
6 4 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.29%) BGP
7 3 (0.29%) LAN
7 3 (0.29%) VLAN
7 3 (0.29%) WAN
8 2 (0.20%) Extranet
8 2 (0.20%) GPRS
8 2 (0.20%) Intranet
8 2 (0.20%) LTE
8 2 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (7.80%) SQL Server
2 46 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (3.12%) Power BI
4 29 (2.83%) Data Lake
5 24 (2.34%) MySQL
6 22 (2.15%) NoSQL
7 21 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.07%) Tableau
10 10 (0.98%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.88%) Looker
11 9 (0.88%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.78%) Data Mining
12 8 (0.78%) Data Vault
12 8 (0.78%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.78%) Redis
13 7 (0.68%) Data Hub
13 7 (0.68%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 36 (3.51%) Git
2 34 (3.32%) JIRA
3 18 (1.76%) TeamCity
4 12 (1.17%) Selenium
5 9 (0.88%) Postman
6 6 (0.59%) Cypress.io
6 6 (0.59%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.49%) GitBook
7 5 (0.49%) git-flow
7 5 (0.49%) SoapUI
8 4 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.29%) Storybook
10 2 (0.20%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.20%) Protractor
11 1 (0.098%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.098%) GitLab
11 1 (0.098%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.098%) Visual Studio
General
1 364 (35.51%) Social Skills
2 252 (24.59%) Finance
3 143 (13.95%) Marketing
3 143 (13.95%) Retail
4 108 (10.54%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (6.93%) Law
6 60 (5.85%) Back Office
7 59 (5.76%) Legal
8 58 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 44 (4.29%) Banking
10 39 (3.80%) Public Sector
11 38 (3.71%) Financial Institution
12 26 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (2.15%) Automotive
15 16 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (1.46%) Manufacturing
17 13 (1.27%) Games
17 13 (1.27%) Telecoms
18 12 (1.17%) Billing
Job Titles
1 148 (14.44%) Developer
2 147 (14.34%) Senior
3 115 (11.22%) Lead
4 74 (7.22%) Architect
5 50 (4.88%) Software Developer
6 48 (4.68%) .NET Developer
7 47 (4.59%) Analyst
8 43 (4.20%) 2nd Line Support
9 38 (3.71%) Consultant
9 38 (3.71%) Engineering Manager
9 38 (3.71%) Software Engineer
10 34 (3.32%) Product Manager
11 32 (3.12%) Account Executive
12 31 (3.02%) .NET Software Developer
13 28 (2.73%) Data Engineer
13 28 (2.73%) Senior Developer
14 27 (2.63%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 27 (2.63%) Account Manager
14 27 (2.63%) Development Manager
14 27 (2.63%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (13.56%) .NET
2 99 (9.66%) React
3 50 (4.88%) REST
4 45 (4.39%) Node.js
5 30 (2.93%) CSS
6 28 (2.73%) HTML
7 24 (2.34%) .NET Framework
8 23 (2.24%) SOAP
9 21 (2.05%) Next.js
9 21 (2.05%) XML
10 20 (1.95%) Entity Framework
11 19 (1.85%) RESTful
12 17 (1.66%) AngularJS
12 17 (1.66%) SAML
13 15 (1.46%) Kafka
14 13 (1.27%) ASP.NET Web API
15 12 (1.17%) .NET Core
15 12 (1.17%) Middleware
15 12 (1.17%) Razor View Engine
16 11 (1.07%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 151 (14.73%) Onboarding
2 77 (7.51%) Product Ownership
3 66 (6.44%) Cloud Native
4 35 (3.41%) Social Media
5 31 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
6 23 (2.24%) Web Conferencing
7 22 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (2.05%) Educational Technology
9 18 (1.76%) NHS
10 15 (1.46%) Private Cloud
11 14 (1.37%) Life Science
11 14 (1.37%) Mobile App
12 13 (1.27%) Driving Licence
12 13 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.17%) Data Centre
14 11 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (1.07%) EPoS
14 11 (1.07%) Public Cloud
15 10 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.63%) Windows
2 17 (1.66%) Windows Server
3 15 (1.46%) Android
3 15 (1.46%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.98%) Linux
5 1 (0.098%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.098%) Unix
5 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (24.39%) Agile
2 226 (22.05%) Problem-Solving
3 191 (18.63%) Mentoring
4 187 (18.24%) AI
5 175 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 172 (16.78%) Software Engineering
7 170 (16.59%) Roadmaps
8 144 (14.05%) DevOps
9 143 (13.95%) CRM
10 117 (11.41%) B2B
11 109 (10.63%) CI/CD
12 100 (9.76%) Microservices
13 98 (9.56%) ERP
14 96 (9.37%) Data Privacy
15 95 (9.27%) Coaching
16 93 (9.07%) Analytics
17 91 (8.88%) Customer Service
18 85 (8.29%) Full-Stack Development
19 84 (8.20%) Decision-Making
20 76 (7.41%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 209 (20.39%) SQL
2 153 (14.93%) C#
3 103 (10.05%) TypeScript
4 91 (8.88%) JavaScript
5 71 (6.93%) Python
6 47 (4.59%) Java
7 25 (2.44%) PowerShell
8 21 (2.05%) PHP
9 12 (1.17%) Bash
9 12 (1.17%) C
10 10 (0.98%) Kotlin
11 9 (0.88%) Bicep
12 8 (0.78%) Go
13 5 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.49%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.29%) Swift
15 2 (0.20%) Delphi
16 1 (0.098%) C++
16 1 (0.098%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.098%) VB
Qualifications
1 107 (10.44%) Degree
2 32 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (3.02%) ACCA
4 20 (1.95%) Security Cleared
5 18 (1.76%) Master's Degree
6 11 (1.07%) CIMA
7 10 (0.98%) AWS Certification
7 10 (0.98%) CISSP
8 9 (0.88%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.78%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.68%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 6 (0.59%) CISM
11 6 (0.59%) CRISC
12 5 (0.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.39%) CISMP
13 4 (0.39%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.29%) CIPD
15 2 (0.20%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (8.29%) QA
2 60 (5.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.34%) ISO 9001
4 21 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.05%) GDPR
5 18 (1.76%) SOC 2
6 15 (1.46%) NIST
7 14 (1.37%) GRC
7 14 (1.37%) SLA
8 12 (1.17%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.07%) GAAP
10 10 (0.98%) IFRS
11 9 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.49%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.49%) PMO
14 4 (0.39%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
16 2 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (2.93%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.15%) Docker
3 9 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 67 (6.54%) Terraform
2 52 (5.07%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.66%) Grafana
4 16 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.88%) Ansible
6 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.39%) Argo
7 4 (0.39%) Cilium
8 3 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.098%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.098%) Istio
9 1 (0.098%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.098%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.098%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.098%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.098%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 121 (11.80%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.66%) Salesforce
3 45 (4.39%) HubSpot
4 39 (3.80%) Adobe
5 33 (3.22%) Databricks
6 27 (2.63%) Oracle
7 24 (2.34%) Google
8 15 (1.46%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.27%) Cisco
9 13 (1.27%) Workday
9 13 (1.27%) Zoho
10 11 (1.07%) Alteryx
11 10 (0.98%) MuleSoft
11 10 (0.98%) VMware
12 9 (0.88%) SAP
13 7 (0.68%) Pardot
14 6 (0.59%) Facebook
14 6 (0.59%) Instagram
14 6 (0.59%) TikTok
15 5 (0.49%) Guidewire
750 hybrid/remote SaaS jobs