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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 50 50
Rank change year-on-year +21 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,682 911 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.76% 5.48% 4.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.52% 15.88% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,235 708 699
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,125 £37,300
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
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 £77,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £93,750
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 8,617 5,738 9,176
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.64% 34.53% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,308 4,067 6,006
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,619
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 £58,400 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.02% -10.15% +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 11 October 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 69 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 44 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.01%) Confluence
4 13 (0.77%) CMS
5 12 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.59%) 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 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.42%) Moqups
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
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%) Dynamics NAV
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%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.059%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 347 (20.63%) AWS
2 323 (19.20%) Azure
3 135 (8.03%) GCP
4 104 (6.18%) Microsoft 365
5 82 (4.88%) Amazon EKS
6 79 (4.70%) Entra ID
6 79 (4.70%) Power Platform
7 58 (3.45%) PaaS
8 46 (2.73%) Serverless
9 45 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
10 42 (2.50%) GitHub
11 36 (2.14%) Snowflake
12 34 (2.02%) IaaS
13 28 (1.66%) Power Automate
14 27 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
14 27 (1.61%) Mimecast
15 26 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (1.37%) Figma
16 23 (1.37%) Google Workspace
17 21 (1.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.49%) VPN
2 19 (1.13%) TCP/IP
3 18 (1.07%) Network Security
4 15 (0.89%) BGP
5 13 (0.77%) DNS
6 12 (0.71%) AMQP
6 12 (0.71%) Firewall
6 12 (0.71%) SMS
7 10 (0.59%) Broadband
8 9 (0.54%) DHCP
8 9 (0.54%) VLAN
8 9 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.36%) 5G
9 6 (0.36%) Internet
10 5 (0.30%) VoIP
10 5 (0.30%) WAN
11 4 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.24%) LAN
11 4 (0.24%) MPLS
11 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (3.57%) SQL Server
3 45 (2.68%) Power BI
4 36 (2.14%) Redis
5 21 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
5 21 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (0.89%) Big Data
7 13 (0.77%) MySQL
8 11 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.59%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.54%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.54%) Looker
11 7 (0.42%) Metadata
12 6 (0.36%) Tableau
13 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
13 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.30%) Metabase
14 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 98 (5.83%) JIRA
2 76 (4.52%) TeamCity
3 43 (2.56%) Git
4 15 (0.89%) Cypress.io
4 15 (0.89%) Selenium
5 11 (0.65%) Claude Code
5 11 (0.65%) GitLab
6 8 (0.48%) JUnit
7 7 (0.42%) Postman
7 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
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%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 468 (27.82%) Social Skills
2 408 (24.26%) Finance
3 255 (15.16%) Retail
4 246 (14.63%) Law
5 233 (13.85%) Marketing
6 203 (12.07%) Legal
7 178 (10.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 152 (9.04%) Banking
9 149 (8.86%) Back Office
10 135 (8.03%) Financial Institution
11 127 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
12 62 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (3.69%) Public Sector
13 59 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (2.20%) Manufacturing
15 32 (1.90%) German Language
16 31 (1.84%) French Language
17 29 (1.72%) Health Technology
18 27 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
19 22 (1.31%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 244 (14.51%) Senior
2 225 (13.38%) Lead
3 156 (9.27%) Developer
4 116 (6.90%) Account Executive
5 109 (6.48%) Architect
6 108 (6.42%) Software Engineer
7 82 (4.88%) Full-Stack Developer
8 81 (4.82%) Analyst
9 80 (4.76%) Consultant
10 68 (4.04%) Software Developer
11 65 (3.86%) Account Manager
11 65 (3.86%) Lead Developer
12 63 (3.75%) IT Manager
12 63 (3.75%) Senior Manager
13 61 (3.63%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 60 (3.57%) Lead Software Developer
15 59 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
16 49 (2.91%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.85%) IT Services Manager
17 48 (2.85%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (8.68%) Terraform
2 120 (7.13%) Node.js
3 94 (5.59%) .NET
4 61 (3.63%) React
5 60 (3.57%) Middleware
6 58 (3.45%) REST
7 50 (2.97%) Vue
8 49 (2.91%) RESTful
9 24 (1.43%) OAuth
10 22 (1.31%) NestJS
10 22 (1.31%) OpenAPI
10 22 (1.31%) OpenID
10 22 (1.31%) Swagger
11 21 (1.25%) CSS
11 21 (1.25%) Next.js
12 20 (1.19%) OAuth2
13 18 (1.07%) Spring
13 18 (1.07%) Spring Boot
14 16 (0.95%) AngularJS
14 16 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 142 (8.44%) Cloud Native
2 124 (7.37%) Product Ownership
3 103 (6.12%) Onboarding
4 73 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.69%) Virtual Team
6 57 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
6 57 (3.39%) Management Information System
7 48 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
8 44 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
9 42 (2.50%) Web Conferencing
10 25 (1.49%) Social Media
11 24 (1.43%) Blog
12 20 (1.19%) AI Agents
13 19 (1.13%) Driving Licence
13 19 (1.13%) Security Posture
14 18 (1.07%) Data Structures
15 14 (0.83%) Clustering
15 14 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.83%) PropTech
16 12 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.44%) Windows
2 26 (1.55%) Linux
3 17 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.77%) macOS
5 12 (0.71%) Android
6 6 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.059%) Unix
9 1 (0.059%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (18.79%) AI
2 270 (16.05%) B2B
3 269 (15.99%) DevOps
4 264 (15.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 260 (15.46%) Software Engineering
6 252 (14.98%) Agile
7 236 (14.03%) CRM
8 214 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
9 213 (12.66%) CI/CD
10 207 (12.31%) Test Automation
11 199 (11.83%) Mentoring
12 196 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
13 169 (10.05%) Roadmaps
14 168 (9.99%) Decision-Making
15 164 (9.75%) Business Development
16 161 (9.57%) Microservices
17 156 (9.27%) Fintech
17 156 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 143 (8.50%) Full-Stack Development
19 138 (8.20%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 189 (11.24%) TypeScript
2 177 (10.52%) Python
3 175 (10.40%) JavaScript
4 158 (9.39%) C#
4 158 (9.39%) SQL
5 121 (7.19%) Java
6 87 (5.17%) PowerShell
7 33 (1.96%) Go
8 30 (1.78%) R
9 27 (1.61%) PHP
10 24 (1.43%) Bash
11 16 (0.95%) Bicep
12 9 (0.54%) Ruby
13 7 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.36%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.36%) SOQL
15 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.24%) Scala
16 4 (0.24%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 87 (5.17%) Degree
2 82 (4.88%) CISSP
3 76 (4.52%) CISM
4 56 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
5 41 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (1.96%) Security Cleared
7 24 (1.43%) Azure Certification
8 19 (1.13%) CRISC
9 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (1.07%) SC Cleared
10 16 (0.95%) ACCA
11 14 (0.83%) CIMA
12 13 (0.77%) CISA
13 9 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.42%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.42%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.42%) ISACA
14 7 (0.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (0.36%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (7.97%) QA
2 95 (5.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 81 (4.82%) NIST
4 75 (4.46%) GDPR
5 48 (2.85%) ISO 22301
6 39 (2.32%) PCI DSS
7 37 (2.20%) SOC 2
8 35 (2.08%) Data Quality
9 28 (1.66%) Accessibility
10 24 (1.43%) GRC
11 22 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (1.07%) SLA
13 12 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.48%) COBIT
15 7 (0.42%) IFRS
15 7 (0.42%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.36%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 4 (0.24%) GAAP
18 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 66 (3.92%) Docker
2 60 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.059%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.059%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 119 (7.07%) Kubernetes
2 89 (5.29%) Grafana
3 33 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.31%) Ansible
4 22 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.36%) Cilium
7 5 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.059%) CASB
10 1 (0.059%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.059%) Kibana
10 1 (0.059%) Packer
10 1 (0.059%) QRadar
Vendors
1 246 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 94 (5.59%) HubSpot
3 79 (4.70%) Salesforce
4 64 (3.80%) Google
5 32 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
6 24 (1.43%) Sage
7 22 (1.31%) Databricks
8 17 (1.01%) Adobe
9 15 (0.89%) SAP
10 14 (0.83%) Workday
11 12 (0.71%) Oracle
12 11 (0.65%) Dynatrace
12 11 (0.65%) Splunk
13 9 (0.54%) ServiceNow
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
15 6 (0.36%) Freshdesk