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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 76 52
Rank change year-on-year +48 -24 -7
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,361 706 1,600
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.89% 4.63% 4.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.23% 12.08% 10.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,077 543 1,340
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £49,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,500 £98,750
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 7,465 5,843 14,568
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.80% 38.34% 42.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,193 4,244 12,151
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,375 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.83% +2.29% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

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 13 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 42 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (3.01%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.10%) WordPress
4 12 (0.88%) CMS
5 11 (0.81%) Confluence
6 6 (0.44%) 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 (0.29%) JBoss
8 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.073%) Apache
10 1 (0.073%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.073%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.073%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (0.59%) Photoshop
4 7 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.073%) InDesign
8 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.18%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.51%) 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%) Shopify
5 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.073%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.073%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 230 (16.90%) AWS
2 229 (16.83%) Azure
3 82 (6.02%) GCP
3 82 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (5.66%) Entra ID
5 52 (3.82%) PaaS
6 50 (3.67%) Power Platform
7 47 (3.45%) Serverless
8 44 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
9 31 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (1.91%) GitHub
10 26 (1.91%) IaaS
11 22 (1.62%) Figma
12 19 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (1.32%) Mimecast
13 18 (1.32%) Snowflake
14 16 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 14 (1.03%) AWS Direct Connect
15 14 (1.03%) Azure Functions
16 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.98%) Firewall
2 21 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.32%) VPN
4 15 (1.10%) DNS
5 12 (0.88%) LAN
5 12 (0.88%) MPLS
5 12 (0.88%) WAN
6 11 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (0.81%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (0.81%) Cisco ISE
6 11 (0.81%) IPsec
6 11 (0.81%) NetScaler
6 11 (0.81%) NX-OS
6 11 (0.81%) SD-WAN
6 11 (0.81%) VXLAN
6 11 (0.81%) WLAN
7 10 (0.73%) BGP
8 9 (0.66%) DHCP
9 7 (0.51%) Broadband
9 7 (0.51%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (2.13%) Power BI
4 21 (1.54%) MySQL
4 21 (1.54%) Redis
5 16 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.37%) Big Data
10 5 (0.37%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.29%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.29%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.29%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.22%) Tableau
13 2 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 55 (4.04%) JIRA
2 36 (2.65%) TeamCity
3 29 (2.13%) Git
4 9 (0.66%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.44%) JMeter
5 6 (0.44%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.37%) Locust
6 5 (0.37%) Selenium
7 4 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.29%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.29%) Postman
7 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.22%) JUnit
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.15%) MSI
General
1 324 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 314 (23.07%) Finance
3 227 (16.68%) Retail
4 207 (15.21%) Marketing
5 161 (11.83%) Law
6 153 (11.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 132 (9.70%) Banking
8 120 (8.82%) Back Office
9 116 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
10 106 (7.79%) Financial Institution
11 91 (6.69%) Legal
12 46 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.28%) Manufacturing
15 28 (2.06%) Advertising
16 26 (1.91%) Public Sector
17 22 (1.62%) German Language
18 21 (1.54%) Health Technology
19 20 (1.47%) Polish Language
20 16 (1.18%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 177 (13.01%) Senior
2 163 (11.98%) Developer
2 163 (11.98%) Lead
3 102 (7.49%) Software Engineer
4 91 (6.69%) Account Executive
5 80 (5.88%) Account Manager
6 76 (5.58%) Architect
7 72 (5.29%) Full-Stack Developer
8 63 (4.63%) Lead Developer
9 51 (3.75%) Support Engineer
10 50 (3.67%) Consultant
11 46 (3.38%) Analyst
12 41 (3.01%) Sales Manager
12 41 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
13 38 (2.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 37 (2.72%) Marketing Manager
15 36 (2.65%) .NET Software Engineer
15 36 (2.65%) C# Developer
16 34 (2.50%) Software Developer
17 33 (2.42%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (6.39%) .NET
2 80 (5.88%) Node.js
3 59 (4.34%) React
4 45 (3.31%) Vue
5 35 (2.57%) HTML
5 35 (2.57%) RESTful
6 34 (2.50%) CSS
6 34 (2.50%) REST
7 25 (1.84%) JSON
8 20 (1.47%) XML
9 16 (1.18%) Spring
10 14 (1.03%) AngularJS
10 14 (1.03%) Next.js
10 14 (1.03%) React Native
11 13 (0.96%) GraphQL
11 13 (0.96%) NestJS
11 13 (0.96%) OAuth
12 12 (0.88%) .NET Core
12 12 (0.88%) Kafka
12 12 (0.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 111 (8.16%) Cloud Native
2 94 (6.91%) Onboarding
3 81 (5.95%) Product Ownership
4 39 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.06%) Blog
7 27 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (1.76%) EPoS
10 23 (1.69%) PropTech
11 20 (1.47%) Social Media
12 19 (1.40%) Data Centre
13 17 (1.25%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.10%) Client/Server
14 15 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
14 15 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
15 14 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (0.96%) Mobile App
17 11 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
17 11 (0.81%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.16%) Windows
2 20 (1.47%) Apple iOS
3 19 (1.40%) Android
4 15 (1.10%) Linux
5 13 (0.96%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.66%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.44%) 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
11 1 (0.073%) Debian
11 1 (0.073%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (16.97%) AI
2 189 (13.89%) B2B
3 187 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
4 183 (13.45%) Software Engineering
5 167 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 158 (11.61%) Agile
7 153 (11.24%) CRM
8 145 (10.65%) CI/CD
9 140 (10.29%) Full-Stack Development
10 135 (9.92%) Roadmaps
11 131 (9.63%) DevOps
12 127 (9.33%) Microservices
13 113 (8.30%) Business Development
14 107 (7.86%) Decision-Making
14 107 (7.86%) Fintech
15 99 (7.27%) Mentoring
16 95 (6.98%) Analytics
17 79 (5.80%) Stakeholder Management
18 74 (5.44%) Lead Generation
19 72 (5.29%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 121 (8.89%) SQL
2 118 (8.67%) Python
3 89 (6.54%) Java
4 86 (6.32%) TypeScript
5 73 (5.36%) C#
6 69 (5.07%) JavaScript
7 42 (3.09%) PowerShell
8 28 (2.06%) PHP
9 23 (1.69%) Go
10 19 (1.40%) R
11 15 (1.10%) Bash
12 9 (0.66%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.59%) Bicep
14 4 (0.29%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.29%) Ruby
15 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.22%) Swift
16 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.073%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 92 (6.76%) Degree
2 41 (3.01%) ACCA
3 29 (2.13%) CIMA
4 28 (2.06%) Security Cleared
5 27 (1.98%) CISSP
5 27 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (1.47%) SC Cleared
7 15 (1.10%) CISM
7 15 (1.10%) CRISC
7 15 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.03%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 12 (0.88%) CISA
10 7 (0.51%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.44%) MBA
12 5 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (0.37%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.37%) ISACA
12 5 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (3.67%) GDPR
3 45 (3.31%) QA
4 36 (2.65%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.28%) Accessibility
6 29 (2.13%) SOC 2
7 22 (1.62%) Data Quality
8 21 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 21 (1.54%) NIST
9 19 (1.40%) IFRS
10 15 (1.10%) GRC
11 13 (0.96%) WCAG
12 12 (0.88%) PMO
12 12 (0.88%) SLA
13 11 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.51%) COBIT
16 6 (0.44%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.37%) GAAP
18 4 (0.29%) JSP 440
System Software
1 71 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.31%) Docker
3 3 (0.22%) Firmware
3 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.073%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 98 (7.20%) Terraform
2 73 (5.36%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.38%) Grafana
4 28 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.88%) Ansible
7 5 (0.37%) Argo
7 5 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.22%) CASB
8 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.22%) Packer
9 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.073%) Graylog
10 1 (0.073%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.073%) QRadar
Vendors
1 143 (10.51%) Microsoft
2 46 (3.38%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.16%) HubSpot
4 35 (2.57%) Google
5 19 (1.40%) Adobe
5 19 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
5 19 (1.40%) Sage
6 16 (1.18%) Pardot
6 16 (1.18%) ServiceNow
6 16 (1.18%) Xero
7 14 (1.03%) SAP
8 13 (0.96%) Databricks
9 12 (0.88%) Cisco
9 12 (0.88%) Oracle
10 11 (0.81%) CheckPoint
10 11 (0.81%) Dynatrace
10 11 (0.81%) Meraki
10 11 (0.81%) SolarWinds
11 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
12 6 (0.44%) Atlassian