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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 50 53
Rank change year-on-year +28 +3 -8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,237 919 1,467
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.64% 5.85% 5.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.30% 12.54% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 937 628 1,268
10th Percentile £32,125 £36,675 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% -1.17%
75th Percentile £86,250 £78,938 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £92,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 6,093 7,328 12,744
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.62% 46.66% 45.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4,199 4,742 11,155
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 15 February 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 23 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.37%) WordPress
3 14 (1.13%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.89%) JBoss
4 11 (0.89%) WebSphere
5 10 (0.81%) Confluence
6 7 (0.57%) CMS
7 6 (0.49%) IIS
8 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2007
8 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.24%) Moodle
9 3 (0.24%) Totara
10 2 (0.16%) Apache
11 1 (0.081%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.081%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 36 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 14 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.97%) InDesign
5 8 (0.65%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.24%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.24%) Sketch
9 2 (0.16%) Trello
10 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.081%) GIMP
10 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.081%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.13%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.57%) Workday HCM
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.081%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.081%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 265 (21.42%) Azure
2 257 (20.78%) AWS
3 130 (10.51%) GCP
4 58 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (4.53%) GitHub
6 55 (4.45%) Entra ID
7 47 (3.80%) PaaS
8 40 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
8 40 (3.23%) Serverless
9 36 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (2.34%) IaaS
11 27 (2.18%) Power Platform
12 25 (2.02%) Figma
12 25 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (1.37%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 14 (1.13%) AWS Direct Connect
15 14 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (1.05%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.67%) Remote Desktop
2 29 (2.34%) Firewall
3 17 (1.37%) VPN
4 14 (1.13%) BGP
5 13 (1.05%) DNS
5 13 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (0.89%) LAN
6 11 (0.89%) WAN
7 10 (0.81%) SD-WAN
7 10 (0.81%) Unified Communications
8 9 (0.73%) MPLS
9 8 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
9 8 (0.65%) DHCP
9 8 (0.65%) IPsec
9 8 (0.65%) NetScaler
9 8 (0.65%) NX-OS
9 8 (0.65%) OSPF
9 8 (0.65%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.65%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 40 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (2.43%) Data Lake
3 30 (2.43%) MySQL
4 28 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (1.70%) NoSQL
7 19 (1.54%) Power BI
8 18 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (0.89%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.81%) Redis
11 9 (0.73%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.65%) Data Mining
12 8 (0.65%) Data Vault
13 6 (0.49%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.49%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.49%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.40%) Tableau
15 3 (0.24%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 37 (2.99%) TeamCity
2 36 (2.91%) JIRA
3 31 (2.51%) Git
4 9 (0.73%) Postman
5 8 (0.65%) Selenium
5 8 (0.65%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.49%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.40%) GitBook
7 5 (0.40%) git-flow
8 4 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.32%) SoapUI
8 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.24%) Storybook
10 1 (0.081%) GitLab
10 1 (0.081%) JUnit
10 1 (0.081%) MSTest
10 1 (0.081%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.081%) Protractor
General
1 375 (30.32%) Social Skills
2 302 (24.41%) Finance
3 231 (18.67%) Retail
4 197 (15.93%) Marketing
5 143 (11.56%) Law
6 124 (10.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 119 (9.62%) Banking
8 109 (8.81%) Back Office
9 106 (8.57%) Financial Institution
10 99 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
11 62 (5.01%) Legal
12 43 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (3.23%) Public Sector
14 29 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
15 25 (2.02%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.54%) Polish Language
17 16 (1.29%) Health Technology
18 15 (1.21%) French Language
19 14 (1.13%) Brand Awareness
19 14 (1.13%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 201 (16.25%) Senior
2 158 (12.77%) Developer
3 145 (11.72%) Lead
4 76 (6.14%) Software Engineer
5 70 (5.66%) Architect
6 54 (4.37%) Account Manager
7 50 (4.04%) Analyst
8 49 (3.96%) .NET Developer
8 49 (3.96%) Lead Developer
9 47 (3.80%) Support Engineer
10 45 (3.64%) Account Executive
11 44 (3.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 41 (3.31%) Development Manager
12 41 (3.31%) Software Developer
13 37 (2.99%) 2nd Line Support
13 37 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
14 36 (2.91%) Consultant
15 35 (2.83%) Engineering Manager
16 34 (2.75%) .NET Software Developer
17 32 (2.59%) Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (12.61%) .NET
2 104 (8.41%) React
3 58 (4.69%) Node.js
4 47 (3.80%) REST
5 34 (2.75%) CSS
5 34 (2.75%) RESTful
6 31 (2.51%) HTML
7 25 (2.02%) SOAP
8 24 (1.94%) Spring
9 21 (1.70%) .NET Framework
9 21 (1.70%) React Native
10 18 (1.46%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.37%) Entity Framework
11 17 (1.37%) Kafka
11 17 (1.37%) Next.js
12 16 (1.29%) ASP.NET Web API
12 16 (1.29%) Middleware
13 15 (1.21%) Razor View Engine
14 14 (1.13%) GraphQL
14 14 (1.13%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 165 (13.34%) Onboarding
2 105 (8.49%) Cloud Native
3 85 (6.87%) Product Ownership
4 40 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.67%) Social Media
7 30 (2.43%) Management Information System
8 28 (2.26%) Web Conferencing
9 24 (1.94%) Data Centre
9 24 (1.94%) Mobile App
10 23 (1.86%) Blog
11 21 (1.70%) EPoS
12 16 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
13 14 (1.13%) Educational Technology
14 13 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (0.97%) Security Posture
16 11 (0.89%) Data Structures
16 11 (0.89%) DataPower
17 10 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.67%) Windows
2 30 (2.43%) Android
2 30 (2.43%) Apple iOS
3 23 (1.86%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.81%) Linux
5 6 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.16%) Unix
7 2 (0.16%) VMS
8 1 (0.081%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (18.59%) AI
2 218 (17.62%) Software Engineering
3 217 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
4 208 (16.81%) Agile
5 197 (15.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 176 (14.23%) Mentoring
7 172 (13.90%) CRM
8 166 (13.42%) Roadmaps
9 157 (12.69%) CI/CD
10 156 (12.61%) B2B
11 140 (11.32%) DevOps
12 129 (10.43%) Microservices
13 117 (9.46%) Full-Stack Development
14 99 (8.00%) Fintech
15 96 (7.76%) Analytics
16 93 (7.52%) Business Development
17 89 (7.19%) Customer Service
18 88 (7.11%) Coaching
19 81 (6.55%) Decision-Making
20 78 (6.31%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 189 (15.28%) SQL
2 126 (10.19%) C#
3 107 (8.65%) TypeScript
4 95 (7.68%) Python
5 91 (7.36%) JavaScript
6 79 (6.39%) Java
7 34 (2.75%) PowerShell
8 26 (2.10%) PHP
9 15 (1.21%) Go
10 14 (1.13%) Bash
11 10 (0.81%) Kotlin
11 10 (0.81%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.73%) Bicep
13 5 (0.40%) R
14 3 (0.24%) Swift
15 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.081%) ABAP
16 1 (0.081%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 103 (8.33%) Degree
2 23 (1.86%) Master's Degree
3 20 (1.62%) CISSP
3 20 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (1.62%) Security Cleared
4 16 (1.29%) SC Cleared
5 13 (1.05%) CRISC
6 11 (0.89%) ACCA
7 10 (0.81%) CISA
8 9 (0.73%) AWS Certification
8 9 (0.73%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.65%) CIMA
9 8 (0.65%) CISM
10 7 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (0.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.32%) CEH
12 4 (0.32%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (6.71%) QA
2 67 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (3.23%) SOC 2
4 31 (2.51%) PCI DSS
5 23 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 23 (1.86%) GDPR
6 22 (1.78%) GRC
7 20 (1.62%) NIST
8 16 (1.29%) Data Quality
9 13 (1.05%) SLA
10 12 (0.97%) ISO 9001
11 11 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.73%) IFRS
12 9 (0.73%) WCAG
13 8 (0.65%) PMO
14 5 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.40%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.32%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.24%) PSD2
System Software
1 54 (4.37%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.99%) Docker
3 4 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 97 (7.84%) Terraform
2 76 (6.14%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.91%) Grafana
4 15 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.81%) Ansible
7 8 (0.65%) Argo
8 4 (0.32%) Cilium
9 2 (0.16%) Packer
10 1 (0.081%) CASB
10 1 (0.081%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.081%) Istio
10 1 (0.081%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.081%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.081%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 108 (8.73%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.34%) Salesforce
3 47 (3.80%) HubSpot
4 37 (2.99%) Adobe
5 33 (2.67%) Databricks
6 31 (2.51%) Google
7 25 (2.02%) Oracle
8 23 (1.86%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.70%) Cisco
10 14 (1.13%) Pardot
10 14 (1.13%) Workday
11 11 (0.89%) SAP
12 9 (0.73%) Sage
12 9 (0.73%) Zoho
13 8 (0.65%) CheckPoint
13 8 (0.65%) Dynatrace
13 8 (0.65%) Fortinet
13 8 (0.65%) Meraki
13 8 (0.65%) SolarWinds
14 7 (0.57%) MuleSoft