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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 74 53
Rank change year-on-year +47 -21 -8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,343 711 1,577
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.98% 4.79% 4.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.35% 12.30% 11.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,058 544 1,346
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,650 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,563 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -0.76%
75th Percentile £91,250 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 7,319 5,782 14,236
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.03% 38.95% 42.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,022 4,188 12,023
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,599 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,104 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 4 June 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 38 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.12%) WordPress
4 12 (0.89%) CMS
5 11 (0.82%) Confluence
6 6 (0.45%) SAS
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.37%) Moodle
7 5 (0.37%) Totara
8 4 (0.30%) JBoss
8 4 (0.30%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.074%) Apache
10 1 (0.074%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.074%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 22 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (0.60%) Photoshop
4 7 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.074%) InDesign
8 1 (0.074%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.19%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.22%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.22%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.22%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.22%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.074%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 225 (16.75%) AWS
2 222 (16.53%) Azure
3 82 (6.11%) GCP
4 73 (5.44%) Entra ID
4 73 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
5 50 (3.72%) PaaS
6 49 (3.65%) Power Platform
7 48 (3.57%) Serverless
8 43 (3.20%) Amazon EKS
9 29 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (2.01%) GitHub
11 25 (1.86%) IaaS
12 20 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (1.49%) Figma
13 17 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 16 (1.19%) Mimecast
15 15 (1.12%) AWS Direct Connect
16 14 (1.04%) Snowflake
17 13 (0.97%) Azure Functions
17 13 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.08%) Firewall
2 21 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (1.41%) VPN
4 15 (1.12%) DNS
5 13 (0.97%) LAN
5 13 (0.97%) MPLS
5 13 (0.97%) WAN
6 12 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
6 12 (0.89%) Cisco Firepower
6 12 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
6 12 (0.89%) IPsec
6 12 (0.89%) NetScaler
6 12 (0.89%) NX-OS
6 12 (0.89%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.89%) VXLAN
6 12 (0.89%) WLAN
7 11 (0.82%) BGP
8 8 (0.60%) DHCP
8 8 (0.60%) OSPF
8 8 (0.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.65%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (2.16%) Power BI
4 20 (1.49%) MySQL
5 17 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
5 17 (1.27%) Redis
6 12 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.37%) Big Data
9 5 (0.37%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.37%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.30%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.30%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.30%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
11 3 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 51 (3.80%) JIRA
2 36 (2.68%) TeamCity
3 28 (2.08%) Git
4 9 (0.67%) Claude Code
5 7 (0.52%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.45%) JMeter
7 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.37%) Locust
7 5 (0.37%) Selenium
8 4 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.30%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.30%) Postman
9 3 (0.22%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.22%) JUnit
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 317 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 313 (23.31%) Finance
3 230 (17.13%) Retail
4 216 (16.08%) Marketing
5 169 (12.58%) Law
6 152 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 134 (9.98%) Banking
8 121 (9.01%) Back Office
9 111 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
10 109 (8.12%) Financial Institution
11 91 (6.78%) Legal
12 47 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (2.23%) Manufacturing
14 30 (2.23%) Public Sector
15 27 (2.01%) Advertising
16 23 (1.71%) German Language
17 19 (1.41%) Health Technology
17 19 (1.41%) Polish Language
18 16 (1.19%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 176 (13.10%) Senior
2 163 (12.14%) Developer
3 148 (11.02%) Lead
4 107 (7.97%) Software Engineer
5 92 (6.85%) Account Executive
6 81 (6.03%) Account Manager
7 73 (5.44%) Architect
8 68 (5.06%) Full-Stack Developer
9 60 (4.47%) Lead Developer
10 49 (3.65%) Support Engineer
11 45 (3.35%) Analyst
11 45 (3.35%) Consultant
12 41 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
13 40 (2.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 37 (2.76%) Sales Manager
15 36 (2.68%) .NET Software Engineer
15 36 (2.68%) C# Developer
16 35 (2.61%) Marketing Manager
17 34 (2.53%) .NET Developer
18 32 (2.38%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (6.63%) .NET
2 76 (5.66%) Node.js
3 61 (4.54%) React
4 41 (3.05%) Vue
5 36 (2.68%) RESTful
6 35 (2.61%) HTML
7 33 (2.46%) CSS
7 33 (2.46%) REST
8 26 (1.94%) JSON
9 21 (1.56%) XML
10 16 (1.19%) React Native
10 16 (1.19%) Spring
11 14 (1.04%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.04%) OAuth
12 13 (0.97%) GraphQL
12 13 (0.97%) Kafka
12 13 (0.97%) NestJS
12 13 (0.97%) Next.js
13 12 (0.89%) .NET Core
13 12 (0.89%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 107 (7.97%) Cloud Native
2 94 (7.00%) Onboarding
3 80 (5.96%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.08%) Blog
7 27 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.79%) EPoS
9 22 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (1.64%) PropTech
10 20 (1.49%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.41%) Social Media
12 17 (1.27%) Data Structures
13 16 (1.19%) Web Conferencing
14 15 (1.12%) Client/Server
14 15 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
14 15 (1.12%) Mobile App
15 12 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.82%) Learning Management System
17 10 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (3.05%) Windows
2 23 (1.71%) Apple iOS
3 22 (1.64%) Android
4 13 (0.97%) Linux
5 12 (0.89%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.60%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.22%) Unix
10 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (16.53%) AI
2 187 (13.92%) B2B
3 184 (13.70%) Software Engineering
4 183 (13.63%) Problem-Solving
5 164 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 155 (11.54%) CRM
7 153 (11.39%) Agile
8 140 (10.42%) CI/CD
9 135 (10.05%) Full-Stack Development
10 129 (9.61%) DevOps
10 129 (9.61%) Roadmaps
11 122 (9.08%) Microservices
12 112 (8.34%) Business Development
13 109 (8.12%) Fintech
14 102 (7.59%) Decision-Making
15 97 (7.22%) Analytics
16 96 (7.15%) Mentoring
17 81 (6.03%) Stakeholder Management
18 72 (5.36%) Collaborative Culture
19 71 (5.29%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 116 (8.64%) SQL
2 113 (8.41%) Python
3 89 (6.63%) Java
4 80 (5.96%) TypeScript
5 74 (5.51%) C#
6 65 (4.84%) JavaScript
7 39 (2.90%) PowerShell
8 26 (1.94%) PHP
9 24 (1.79%) Go
10 17 (1.27%) R
11 14 (1.04%) Bash
12 8 (0.60%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.52%) Bicep
14 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.22%) Ruby
14 3 (0.22%) Swift
15 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.074%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 88 (6.55%) Degree
2 41 (3.05%) ACCA
3 29 (2.16%) CIMA
4 26 (1.94%) Security Cleared
5 24 (1.79%) CISSP
5 24 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (1.41%) SC Cleared
7 15 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.89%) CRISC
9 12 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.82%) CISM
11 10 (0.74%) CISA
12 7 (0.52%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.45%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.45%) MBA
14 4 (0.30%) ISACA
14 4 (0.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 3 (0.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (4.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (3.35%) QA
3 42 (3.13%) GDPR
4 34 (2.53%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 29 (2.16%) SOC 2
7 22 (1.64%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (1.41%) IFRS
9 16 (1.19%) NIST
10 14 (1.04%) WCAG
11 13 (0.97%) GRC
12 12 (0.89%) SLA
13 11 (0.82%) PMO
14 10 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.37%) COBIT
16 5 (0.37%) GAAP
16 5 (0.37%) SOC 1
17 3 (0.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 69 (5.14%) Active Directory
2 48 (3.57%) Docker
3 3 (0.22%) Firmware
3 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.074%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.074%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 97 (7.22%) Terraform
2 76 (5.66%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.43%) Grafana
4 25 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.82%) Ansible
7 7 (0.52%) Argo
8 5 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.22%) CASB
9 3 (0.22%) Packer
10 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.15%) Puppet
11 1 (0.074%) Graylog
11 1 (0.074%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.074%) QRadar
Vendors
1 132 (9.83%) Microsoft
2 49 (3.65%) Salesforce
3 42 (3.13%) HubSpot
4 37 (2.76%) Google
5 19 (1.41%) Sage
6 18 (1.34%) Adobe
7 17 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
7 17 (1.27%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.19%) Pardot
8 16 (1.19%) Xero
9 14 (1.04%) SAP
10 13 (0.97%) Cisco
11 12 (0.89%) CheckPoint
11 12 (0.89%) Databricks
11 12 (0.89%) Dynatrace
11 12 (0.89%) Meraki
11 12 (0.89%) SolarWinds
12 10 (0.74%) Oracle
13 8 (0.60%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.45%) Atlassian