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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 57 54
Rank change year-on-year +26 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,684 876 1,038
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.75% 5.22% 4.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.21% 15.32% 11.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,261 676 682
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,625
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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 8,767 5,717 9,330
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.15% 34.09% 41.70%
Number of salaries quoted 6,423 4,060 6,164
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,000
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 30 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 70 (4.16%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.89%) Confluence
4 13 (0.77%) CMS
5 12 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.53%) 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 (0.059%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.059%) Jupyter
Applications
1 26 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.59%) 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 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (0.83%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.71%) 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 (0.059%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 336 (19.95%) AWS
2 320 (19.00%) Azure
3 121 (7.19%) GCP
4 102 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
5 80 (4.75%) Entra ID
6 73 (4.33%) Power Platform
7 71 (4.22%) Amazon EKS
8 58 (3.44%) PaaS
9 48 (2.85%) Serverless
10 46 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
11 39 (2.32%) GitHub
12 33 (1.96%) IaaS
12 33 (1.96%) Snowflake
13 27 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
14 26 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
14 26 (1.54%) Mimecast
14 26 (1.54%) Power Automate
15 23 (1.37%) Figma
16 21 (1.25%) PowerApps
17 19 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.89%) VPN
2 13 (0.77%) Network Security
3 12 (0.71%) DNS
4 11 (0.65%) AMQP
4 11 (0.65%) SMS
5 10 (0.59%) Broadband
6 9 (0.53%) Firewall
6 9 (0.53%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.48%) DHCP
8 6 (0.36%) 5G
8 6 (0.36%) Internet
9 5 (0.30%) BGP
9 5 (0.30%) VoIP
9 5 (0.30%) WAN
10 4 (0.24%) IPsec
10 4 (0.24%) LAN
10 4 (0.24%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.24%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (3.38%) SQL Server
2 53 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (2.38%) Power BI
4 36 (2.14%) Redis
5 21 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (0.89%) MySQL
7 13 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (0.77%) Big Data
8 11 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.59%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.42%) BigQuery
10 7 (0.42%) Looker
11 6 (0.36%) Tableau
12 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
12 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.30%) Metadata
13 4 (0.24%) Metabase
13 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
14 3 (0.18%) GIS
Development Applications
1 94 (5.58%) JIRA
2 63 (3.74%) TeamCity
3 45 (2.67%) Git
4 14 (0.83%) Cypress.io
5 13 (0.77%) Selenium
6 11 (0.65%) 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%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) Browser DevTools
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.059%) MLflow
12 1 (0.059%) Vite
General
1 458 (27.20%) Social Skills
2 402 (23.87%) Finance
3 247 (14.67%) Retail
4 242 (14.37%) Marketing
5 235 (13.95%) Law
6 206 (12.23%) Legal
7 169 (10.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 141 (8.37%) Banking
9 133 (7.90%) Back Office
10 129 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
11 119 (7.07%) Financial Institution
12 66 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
13 65 (3.86%) Public Sector
14 56 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
15 36 (2.14%) Manufacturing
16 34 (2.02%) German Language
17 28 (1.66%) French Language
17 28 (1.66%) Health Technology
18 27 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
19 23 (1.37%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 232 (13.78%) Lead
2 230 (13.66%) Senior
3 163 (9.68%) Developer
4 116 (6.89%) Account Executive
5 111 (6.59%) Software Engineer
6 108 (6.41%) Architect
7 89 (5.29%) Full-Stack Developer
8 80 (4.75%) Consultant
9 78 (4.63%) Analyst
10 74 (4.39%) Software Developer
11 71 (4.22%) Lead Developer
12 68 (4.04%) Account Manager
13 66 (3.92%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 66 (3.92%) Senior Manager
14 65 (3.86%) Lead Software Developer
15 63 (3.74%) IT Manager
16 56 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
17 49 (2.91%) Testing Manager
18 48 (2.85%) IT Services Manager
18 48 (2.85%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (7.84%) Terraform
2 126 (7.48%) Node.js
3 91 (5.40%) .NET
4 64 (3.80%) React
5 60 (3.56%) Middleware
6 55 (3.27%) REST
7 53 (3.15%) Vue
8 40 (2.38%) RESTful
9 25 (1.48%) CSS
10 24 (1.43%) OAuth
11 22 (1.31%) Next.js
11 22 (1.31%) OpenID
12 20 (1.19%) HTML
12 20 (1.19%) NestJS
13 19 (1.13%) OAuth2
14 17 (1.01%) OpenAPI
14 17 (1.01%) Spring
14 17 (1.01%) Spring Boot
14 17 (1.01%) Swagger
15 15 (0.89%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 132 (7.84%) Cloud Native
2 117 (6.95%) Product Ownership
3 103 (6.12%) Onboarding
4 71 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.68%) Virtual Team
6 52 (3.09%) Management Information System
7 50 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
8 48 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
9 41 (2.43%) Web Conferencing
10 35 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.48%) Social Media
12 20 (1.19%) AI Agents
13 18 (1.07%) Driving Licence
14 17 (1.01%) Data Structures
15 16 (0.95%) Blog
15 16 (0.95%) Security Posture
16 15 (0.89%) PropTech
17 14 (0.83%) Clustering
18 13 (0.77%) EPoS
18 13 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.32%) Windows
2 24 (1.43%) Linux
3 16 (0.95%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.71%) Android
6 5 (0.30%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.059%) Unix
9 1 (0.059%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (18.59%) AI
2 271 (16.09%) B2B
3 270 (16.03%) DevOps
4 269 (15.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 258 (15.32%) Software Engineering
6 250 (14.85%) Agile
7 224 (13.30%) CRM
8 210 (12.47%) Problem-Solving
9 199 (11.82%) Mentoring
10 198 (11.76%) CI/CD
10 198 (11.76%) Test Automation
11 184 (10.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 168 (9.98%) Decision-Making
13 167 (9.92%) Roadmaps
14 159 (9.44%) Business Development
15 158 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 157 (9.32%) Microservices
17 151 (8.97%) Full-Stack Development
18 142 (8.43%) Project Delivery
19 135 (8.02%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 192 (11.40%) TypeScript
2 175 (10.39%) JavaScript
3 165 (9.80%) Python
4 154 (9.14%) C#
5 147 (8.73%) SQL
6 109 (6.47%) Java
7 85 (5.05%) PowerShell
8 29 (1.72%) R
9 25 (1.48%) Go
9 25 (1.48%) PHP
10 17 (1.01%) Bash
11 15 (0.89%) Bicep
12 9 (0.53%) Ruby
13 6 (0.36%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.30%) PL/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 (5.17%) Degree
2 78 (4.63%) CISSP
3 72 (4.28%) CISM
4 56 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
5 43 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (1.84%) Security Cleared
7 28 (1.66%) ACCA
8 23 (1.37%) CIMA
9 20 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.13%) CRISC
11 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (0.95%) SC Cleared
13 14 (0.83%) 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
1 127 (7.54%) QA
2 83 (4.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (4.51%) NIST
4 74 (4.39%) GDPR
5 48 (2.85%) ISO 22301
6 33 (1.96%) Data Quality
7 32 (1.90%) PCI DSS
8 28 (1.66%) SOC 2
9 25 (1.48%) Accessibility
10 24 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 22 (1.31%) GRC
12 18 (1.07%) SLA
13 14 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.65%) IFRS
15 9 (0.53%) 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 62 (3.68%) Docker
2 61 (3.62%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 104 (6.18%) Kubernetes
2 75 (4.45%) Grafana
3 32 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.31%) Ansible
5 16 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.59%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) Cilium
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
9 2 (0.12%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.059%) CASB
10 1 (0.059%) Kibana
10 1 (0.059%) Packer
10 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.059%) Puppet
10 1 (0.059%) QRadar
Vendors
1 241 (14.31%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.52%) HubSpot
3 79 (4.69%) Salesforce
4 54 (3.21%) Google
5 31 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
6 25 (1.48%) Sage
7 21 (1.25%) Databricks
8 17 (1.01%) Adobe
9 15 (0.89%) SAP
10 14 (0.83%) Workday
11 13 (0.77%) Oracle
12 10 (0.59%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.53%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.53%) Splunk
14 8 (0.48%) Xero
15 7 (0.42%) Facebook
15 7 (0.42%) Instagram
15 7 (0.42%) TikTok
15 7 (0.42%) YouTube
16 6 (0.36%) Freshdesk