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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 55 49
Rank change year-on-year +29 -6 -4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,301 776 1,609
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.13% 5.46% 4.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.83% 12.68% 11.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,015 621 1,374
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

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 6,909 6,120 13,960
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.86% 43.03% 42.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,693 4,570 11,968
10th Percentile £34,460 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,875 £97,500
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 8 May 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 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.92%) WordPress
4 10 (0.77%) CMS
4 10 (0.77%) Confluence
5 7 (0.54%) JBoss
5 7 (0.54%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.46%) SAS
7 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.38%) Moodle
7 5 (0.38%) Totara
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.15%) IIS
8 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.077%) Apache
Applications
1 24 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 11 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (0.54%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.15%) Trello
7 1 (0.077%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.077%) InDesign
7 1 (0.077%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.23%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 226 (17.37%) AWS
2 213 (16.37%) Azure
3 81 (6.23%) GCP
4 64 (4.92%) Entra ID
5 60 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (3.38%) Serverless
7 40 (3.07%) GitHub
7 40 (3.07%) Power Platform
8 38 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
9 35 (2.69%) PaaS
10 26 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 18 (1.38%) IaaS
14 17 (1.31%) AWS Direct Connect
14 17 (1.31%) Figma
15 16 (1.23%) Mimecast
16 14 (1.08%) Amazon S3
17 13 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
17 13 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.38%) Firewall
2 19 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.38%) VPN
4 14 (1.08%) LAN
4 14 (1.08%) MPLS
4 14 (1.08%) WAN
5 13 (1.00%) BGP
5 13 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (1.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 13 (1.00%) Cisco ISE
5 13 (1.00%) IPsec
5 13 (1.00%) NetScaler
5 13 (1.00%) NX-OS
5 13 (1.00%) SD-WAN
5 13 (1.00%) VXLAN
5 13 (1.00%) WLAN
6 12 (0.92%) DNS
7 10 (0.77%) SSL
8 9 (0.69%) OSPF
9 6 (0.46%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (5.38%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (2.00%) Power BI
4 21 (1.61%) MySQL
5 20 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (1.38%) Redis
7 15 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.77%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.69%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.61%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.46%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.31%) Big Data
13 4 (0.31%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
14 3 (0.23%) SAP HANA
15 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
15 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
15 2 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (3.38%) JIRA
2 32 (2.46%) Git
2 32 (2.46%) TeamCity
3 8 (0.61%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.54%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.46%) CircleCI
5 6 (0.46%) JMeter
5 6 (0.46%) Postman
5 6 (0.46%) Selenium
6 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.38%) Locust
7 4 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.15%) GitBook
10 1 (0.077%) git-flow
10 1 (0.077%) MSTest
General
1 318 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 284 (21.83%) Finance
3 218 (16.76%) Retail
4 213 (16.37%) Marketing
5 152 (11.68%) Law
6 142 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 127 (9.76%) Banking
8 117 (8.99%) Back Office
9 105 (8.07%) Financial Institution
10 103 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
11 76 (5.84%) Legal
12 47 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
13 39 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (2.15%) Public Sector
15 26 (2.00%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.84%) German Language
17 20 (1.54%) Advertising
18 16 (1.23%) Polish Language
19 15 (1.15%) Health Technology
20 14 (1.08%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 175 (13.45%) Senior
2 173 (13.30%) Developer
3 141 (10.84%) Lead
4 98 (7.53%) Software Engineer
5 84 (6.46%) Account Manager
6 73 (5.61%) Account Executive
7 69 (5.30%) Architect
8 67 (5.15%) Full-Stack Developer
9 62 (4.77%) Lead Developer
10 55 (4.23%) Support Engineer
11 45 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 42 (3.23%) Analyst
12 42 (3.23%) Development Manager
13 39 (3.00%) Consultant
13 39 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
14 38 (2.92%) Sales Manager
15 33 (2.54%) Senior Software Engineer
16 32 (2.46%) .NET Developer
16 32 (2.46%) C# Developer
17 30 (2.31%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (8.22%) .NET
2 75 (5.76%) Node.js
3 69 (5.30%) React
4 37 (2.84%) RESTful
5 35 (2.69%) REST
6 34 (2.61%) Vue
7 33 (2.54%) CSS
7 33 (2.54%) HTML
8 25 (1.92%) JSON
9 19 (1.46%) React Native
9 19 (1.46%) Spring
9 19 (1.46%) XML
10 17 (1.31%) GraphQL
11 14 (1.08%) Kafka
11 14 (1.08%) NestJS
11 14 (1.08%) SOAP
12 13 (1.00%) .NET Core
12 13 (1.00%) AngularJS
12 13 (1.00%) Next.js
13 12 (0.92%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 107 (8.22%) Onboarding
2 97 (7.46%) Cloud Native
3 71 (5.46%) Product Ownership
4 31 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 28 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (2.00%) Blog
6 26 (2.00%) EPoS
7 23 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (1.69%) Data Centre
9 21 (1.61%) PropTech
10 20 (1.54%) Mobile App
11 15 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
11 15 (1.15%) Social Media
11 15 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
12 14 (1.08%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.00%) Client/Server
14 12 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.85%) Security Posture
16 9 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 37 (2.84%) Windows
2 25 (1.92%) Apple iOS
3 24 (1.84%) Android
4 17 (1.31%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.77%) Linux
6 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.15%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (16.14%) AI
2 193 (14.83%) Software Engineering
3 183 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
4 178 (13.68%) B2B
5 171 (13.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 150 (11.53%) Agile
6 150 (11.53%) CRM
7 145 (11.15%) Full-Stack Development
8 135 (10.38%) CI/CD
9 123 (9.45%) DevOps
10 115 (8.84%) Microservices
11 110 (8.46%) Roadmaps
12 107 (8.22%) Business Development
13 104 (7.99%) Fintech
14 94 (7.23%) Analytics
15 93 (7.15%) Mentoring
16 87 (6.69%) Decision-Making
17 82 (6.30%) SDLC
18 76 (5.84%) Project Management
19 68 (5.23%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 130 (9.99%) SQL
2 119 (9.15%) Python
3 85 (6.53%) Java
4 84 (6.46%) C#
5 81 (6.23%) TypeScript
6 61 (4.69%) JavaScript
7 32 (2.46%) PowerShell
8 26 (2.00%) Go
8 26 (2.00%) PHP
9 16 (1.23%) R
10 11 (0.85%) Bash
11 8 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.31%) Bicep
13 3 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.23%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.23%) Swift
14 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.077%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.077%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 86 (6.61%) Degree
2 43 (3.31%) ACCA
3 31 (2.38%) CIMA
4 23 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.54%) CISSP
5 20 (1.54%) Security Cleared
6 18 (1.38%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.08%) SC Cleared
8 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (0.77%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.77%) CISA
10 9 (0.69%) CRISC
11 7 (0.54%) CISM
11 7 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.54%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.46%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.46%) MBA
13 4 (0.31%) CEH
14 3 (0.23%) ISACA
14 3 (0.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (3.61%) QA
3 34 (2.61%) PCI DSS
4 33 (2.54%) SOC 2
5 28 (2.15%) GDPR
6 27 (2.08%) Accessibility
7 20 (1.54%) IFRS
8 19 (1.46%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (1.00%) SLA
10 13 (1.00%) WCAG
11 12 (0.92%) GRC
12 11 (0.85%) NIST
12 11 (0.85%) PMO
13 9 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.46%) GAAP
16 4 (0.31%) COBIT
16 4 (0.31%) SOC 1
17 3 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 64 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 50 (3.84%) Docker
3 3 (0.23%) Firmware
3 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.077%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.077%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.077%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 88 (6.76%) Terraform
2 73 (5.61%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.84%) Grafana
4 27 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.77%) Ansible
7 7 (0.54%) Argo
8 2 (0.15%) CASB
8 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.15%) Packer
8 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.077%) Cilium
9 1 (0.077%) Graylog
9 1 (0.077%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.077%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.077%) QRadar
Vendors
1 110 (8.46%) Microsoft
2 50 (3.84%) Salesforce
3 41 (3.15%) HubSpot
4 36 (2.77%) Google
5 19 (1.46%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (1.23%) Pardot
7 16 (1.23%) Sage
7 16 (1.23%) Xero
8 15 (1.15%) SAP
9 14 (1.08%) Cisco
10 13 (1.00%) Adobe
10 13 (1.00%) CheckPoint
10 13 (1.00%) Dynatrace
10 13 (1.00%) Meraki
10 13 (1.00%) SolarWinds
11 12 (0.92%) Databricks
11 12 (0.92%) Oracle
12 9 (0.69%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.46%) Atlassian