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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 69 55
Rank change year-on-year +39 -14 -11
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,580 805 1,106
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.96% 4.90% 4.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.24% 13.48% 10.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,209 610 890
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,225 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year - +6.20% -5.84%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,626 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 8,661 5,973 10,230
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.18% 36.36% 41.03%
Number of salaries quoted 6,278 4,407 8,001
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,063 £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 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 12 August 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 65 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.89%) Confluence
4 9 (0.57%) CMS
5 7 (0.44%) IIS
6 6 (0.38%) SAS
6 6 (0.38%) WordPress
7 3 (0.19%) Moodle
7 3 (0.19%) Totara
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.063%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.063%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.063%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 28 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (0.32%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.25%) Moqups
6 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
9 1 (0.063%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 23 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.19%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.19%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.19%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.19%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
4 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.063%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 302 (19.11%) Azure
2 299 (18.92%) AWS
3 93 (5.89%) Microsoft 365
4 86 (5.44%) Entra ID
5 82 (5.19%) GCP
6 59 (3.73%) Power Platform
7 57 (3.61%) PaaS
8 51 (3.23%) Serverless
9 46 (2.91%) Amazon EKS
10 38 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
11 31 (1.96%) Mimecast
12 30 (1.90%) Snowflake
13 28 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
14 26 (1.65%) IaaS
15 21 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
15 21 (1.33%) Figma
15 21 (1.33%) GitHub
16 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (1.27%) PowerApps
17 18 (1.14%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.82%) DNS
2 11 (0.70%) VPN
2 11 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (0.63%) Broadband
3 10 (0.63%) Firewall
4 8 (0.51%) DHCP
4 8 (0.51%) Network Security
5 7 (0.44%) Internet
6 6 (0.38%) 5G
6 6 (0.38%) LAN
6 6 (0.38%) SSL
6 6 (0.38%) WAN
7 5 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (0.32%) IPsec
7 5 (0.32%) NetScaler
7 5 (0.32%) NX-OS
7 5 (0.32%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.32%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.48%) SQL Server
2 39 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (2.22%) Redis
4 30 (1.90%) Power BI
5 19 (1.20%) MySQL
6 14 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.38%) Big Data
10 5 (0.32%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.32%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.32%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.25%) Metadata
11 4 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.25%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.25%) Tableau
12 3 (0.19%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 98 (6.20%) JIRA
2 43 (2.72%) Git
3 37 (2.34%) TeamCity
4 11 (0.70%) Claude Code
4 11 (0.70%) Cypress.io
4 11 (0.70%) Selenium
5 9 (0.57%) GitLab
6 6 (0.38%) JMeter
6 6 (0.38%) Postman
6 6 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.32%) Locust
8 4 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.13%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.13%) JUnit
10 2 (0.13%) MSI
10 2 (0.13%) Storybook
General
1 425 (26.90%) Social Skills
2 339 (21.46%) Finance
3 218 (13.80%) Marketing
4 211 (13.35%) Retail
5 190 (12.03%) Law
6 173 (10.95%) Legal
7 141 (8.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 121 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
9 102 (6.46%) Banking
10 96 (6.08%) Back Office
11 78 (4.94%) Financial Institution
12 64 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
13 58 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
14 40 (2.53%) Public Sector
15 32 (2.03%) Manufacturing
16 31 (1.96%) Advertising
17 24 (1.52%) German Language
18 23 (1.46%) Health Technology
19 21 (1.33%) Billing
20 19 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 220 (13.92%) Senior
2 209 (13.23%) Lead
3 157 (9.94%) Developer
4 105 (6.65%) Software Engineer
5 103 (6.52%) Account Executive
6 85 (5.38%) Full-Stack Developer
7 84 (5.32%) Architect
8 80 (5.06%) Consultant
9 77 (4.87%) Senior Manager
10 72 (4.56%) Account Manager
11 62 (3.92%) Lead Developer
12 59 (3.73%) IT Manager
13 57 (3.61%) Service Manager
14 56 (3.54%) Software Developer
15 50 (3.16%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 50 (3.16%) Lead Software Developer
16 49 (3.10%) Analyst
16 49 (3.10%) Testing Manager
17 48 (3.04%) IT Services Manager
17 48 (3.04%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (7.03%) Node.js
2 81 (5.13%) .NET
3 70 (4.43%) React
4 60 (3.80%) Vue
5 51 (3.23%) Middleware
5 51 (3.23%) REST
6 36 (2.28%) RESTful
7 32 (2.03%) CSS
8 29 (1.84%) HTML
9 22 (1.39%) Next.js
10 18 (1.14%) OAuth
11 17 (1.08%) JSON
11 17 (1.08%) NestJS
12 14 (0.89%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.89%) Laravel
13 13 (0.82%) OpenID
14 12 (0.76%) Kafka
14 12 (0.76%) XML
15 11 (0.70%) ASP.NET
15 11 (0.70%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 117 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 98 (6.20%) Onboarding
3 87 (5.51%) Product Ownership
4 61 (3.86%) Virtual Team
5 49 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (3.04%) Cyber Threat
7 43 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
8 37 (2.34%) Management Information System
9 36 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
10 26 (1.65%) Web Conferencing
11 22 (1.39%) PropTech
11 22 (1.39%) Social Media
12 21 (1.33%) Driving Licence
13 18 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
14 17 (1.08%) Client/Server
15 16 (1.01%) AI Agents
16 14 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (0.89%) Clustering
16 14 (0.89%) Data Structures
16 14 (0.89%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 43 (2.72%) Windows
2 21 (1.33%) Linux
3 10 (0.63%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.63%) Mac OS
4 9 (0.57%) Android
5 8 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.19%) Debian
6 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.063%) Unix
7 1 (0.063%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (16.96%) AI
2 265 (16.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 255 (16.14%) DevOps
4 237 (15.00%) Software Engineering
5 234 (14.81%) B2B
6 227 (14.37%) Agile
7 207 (13.10%) CRM
8 199 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
9 171 (10.82%) Test Automation
10 167 (10.57%) CI/CD
11 165 (10.44%) Mentoring
12 153 (9.68%) Decision-Making
13 150 (9.49%) Roadmaps
14 148 (9.37%) Full-Stack Development
15 147 (9.30%) Business Development
16 144 (9.11%) Microservices
17 141 (8.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 132 (8.35%) Stakeholder Management
19 118 (7.47%) Enterprise Architecture
19 118 (7.47%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 176 (11.14%) TypeScript
2 157 (9.94%) Python
3 155 (9.81%) JavaScript
4 137 (8.67%) C#
5 121 (7.66%) SQL
6 87 (5.51%) PowerShell
7 76 (4.81%) Java
8 33 (2.09%) PHP
9 32 (2.03%) R
10 24 (1.52%) Go
11 15 (0.95%) Bash
12 11 (0.70%) Bicep
13 9 (0.57%) Ruby
14 5 (0.32%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.19%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.19%) Swift
15 3 (0.19%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.13%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
16 2 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 92 (5.82%) Degree
2 78 (4.94%) CISSP
3 70 (4.43%) CISM
4 52 (3.29%) ITIL Certification
5 46 (2.91%) ACCA
6 42 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.15%) CIMA
8 28 (1.77%) Security Cleared
9 20 (1.27%) CRISC
10 16 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.95%) CISA
12 14 (0.89%) Azure Certification
12 14 (0.89%) SC Cleared
13 9 (0.57%) PMI Certification
14 8 (0.51%) ISACA
15 6 (0.38%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (0.38%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.32%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (7.72%) QA
2 82 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (4.62%) NIST
4 65 (4.11%) GDPR
5 48 (3.04%) ISO 22301
6 29 (1.84%) PCI DSS
7 28 (1.77%) Accessibility
8 25 (1.58%) SOC 2
9 21 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.33%) IFRS
10 18 (1.14%) GRC
10 18 (1.14%) SLA
11 14 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 13 (0.82%) Data Quality
13 9 (0.57%) COBIT
14 7 (0.44%) GAAP
14 7 (0.44%) PMO
14 7 (0.44%) SOC 1
14 7 (0.44%) WCAG
15 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 75 (4.75%) Active Directory
2 54 (3.42%) Docker
3 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.19%) Firmware
5 2 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.063%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 97 (6.14%) Terraform
2 76 (4.81%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.16%) Grafana
4 38 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.89%) Ansible
7 9 (0.57%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.19%) Argo
9 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.13%) CASB
10 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.13%) Puppet
10 2 (0.13%) SCCM
11 1 (0.063%) Graylog
11 1 (0.063%) Packer
11 1 (0.063%) QRadar
Vendors
1 213 (13.48%) Microsoft
2 78 (4.94%) HubSpot
3 63 (3.99%) Salesforce
4 39 (2.47%) Google
5 32 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
6 18 (1.14%) Sage
7 15 (0.95%) Databricks
8 14 (0.89%) Oracle
8 14 (0.89%) SAP
9 13 (0.82%) Xero
10 12 (0.76%) Adobe
11 11 (0.70%) Workday
12 8 (0.51%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.38%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.32%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.32%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.32%) Facebook
14 5 (0.32%) Meraki
14 5 (0.32%) Pardot
14 5 (0.32%) SolarWinds