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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 69 57
Rank change year-on-year +39 -12 -12
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,582 801 1,103
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.97% 4.82% 4.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.31% 13.45% 10.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,213 604 887
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,475 £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 £80,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +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 8,638 5,955 10,188
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.03% 35.86% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,255 4,370 7,956
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,125 £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 £81,250 £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% - -5.51%

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 14 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 69 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 46 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.88%) Confluence
4 9 (0.57%) CMS
5 7 (0.44%) IIS
6 6 (0.38%) SAS
6 6 (0.38%) WordPress
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.13%) Moodle
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.13%) Totara
8 1 (0.063%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.063%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.063%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 28 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.26%) 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 (1.45%) 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%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.063%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 308 (19.47%) Azure
2 305 (19.28%) AWS
3 95 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
4 85 (5.37%) Entra ID
4 85 (5.37%) GCP
5 58 (3.67%) PaaS
5 58 (3.67%) Power Platform
6 52 (3.29%) Serverless
7 44 (2.78%) Amazon EKS
8 39 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.96%) Mimecast
10 30 (1.90%) IaaS
10 30 (1.90%) Snowflake
11 29 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
13 22 (1.39%) GitHub
14 21 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (1.33%) PowerApps
15 20 (1.26%) Figma
16 18 (1.14%) Azure Functions
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 6 (0.38%) 5G
5 6 (0.38%) Internet
5 6 (0.38%) LAN
5 6 (0.38%) SSL
5 6 (0.38%) WAN
6 5 (0.32%) AMQP
6 5 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (0.32%) MPLS
6 5 (0.32%) NetScaler
6 5 (0.32%) NX-OS
6 5 (0.32%) SMS
6 5 (0.32%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.54%) SQL Server
2 40 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (2.21%) Redis
4 29 (1.83%) Power BI
5 18 (1.14%) MySQL
6 14 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (0.82%) 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%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 98 (6.19%) JIRA
2 43 (2.72%) Git
3 36 (2.28%) TeamCity
4 12 (0.76%) Cypress.io
5 11 (0.70%) Claude Code
5 11 (0.70%) Selenium
6 9 (0.57%) GitLab
7 7 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
8 6 (0.38%) JMeter
8 6 (0.38%) Postman
9 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.32%) Locust
10 4 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
10 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.19%) Storybook
12 2 (0.13%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.13%) JUnit
12 2 (0.13%) MSI
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
General
1 426 (26.93%) Social Skills
2 336 (21.24%) Finance
3 218 (13.78%) Marketing
4 204 (12.90%) Retail
5 185 (11.69%) Law
6 175 (11.06%) Legal
7 137 (8.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 121 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
9 98 (6.19%) Banking
10 92 (5.82%) Back Office
11 75 (4.74%) Financial Institution
12 66 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
13 58 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
14 45 (2.84%) Public Sector
15 33 (2.09%) Manufacturing
16 31 (1.96%) Advertising
17 24 (1.52%) German Language
17 24 (1.52%) Health Technology
18 21 (1.33%) Billing
19 16 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 219 (13.84%) Senior
2 208 (13.15%) Lead
3 163 (10.30%) Developer
4 104 (6.57%) Software Engineer
5 103 (6.51%) Account Executive
6 89 (5.63%) Architect
6 89 (5.63%) Full-Stack Developer
7 81 (5.12%) Consultant
8 77 (4.87%) Senior Manager
9 72 (4.55%) Account Manager
10 65 (4.11%) Lead Developer
11 59 (3.73%) IT Manager
11 59 (3.73%) Software Developer
12 56 (3.54%) Service Manager
13 53 (3.35%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 53 (3.35%) Lead Software Developer
14 49 (3.10%) Testing Manager
15 48 (3.03%) Analyst
15 48 (3.03%) IT Services Manager
15 48 (3.03%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (7.27%) Node.js
2 83 (5.25%) .NET
3 71 (4.49%) React
4 60 (3.79%) Vue
5 55 (3.48%) Middleware
6 51 (3.22%) REST
7 37 (2.34%) RESTful
8 32 (2.02%) CSS
9 29 (1.83%) HTML
10 22 (1.39%) Next.js
11 19 (1.20%) OAuth
12 18 (1.14%) NestJS
13 16 (1.01%) JSON
14 14 (0.88%) AngularJS
14 14 (0.88%) Laravel
14 14 (0.88%) OpenID
15 12 (0.76%) ASP.NET
15 12 (0.76%) Kafka
16 11 (0.70%) Django
16 11 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 115 (7.27%) Cloud Native
2 97 (6.13%) Onboarding
3 87 (5.50%) Product Ownership
4 61 (3.86%) Virtual Team
5 49 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
7 45 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
8 37 (2.34%) Management Information System
9 35 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
10 25 (1.58%) Web Conferencing
11 22 (1.39%) PropTech
11 22 (1.39%) Social Media
12 20 (1.26%) Driving Licence
13 18 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
14 17 (1.07%) Client/Server
15 15 (0.95%) AI Agents
16 14 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (0.88%) Clustering
16 14 (0.88%) Life Science
17 13 (0.82%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 43 (2.72%) Windows
2 21 (1.33%) Linux
3 10 (0.63%) Mac OS
4 9 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.51%) 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
1 273 (17.26%) AI
2 264 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 258 (16.31%) DevOps
4 239 (15.11%) Software Engineering
5 233 (14.73%) Agile
6 231 (14.60%) B2B
7 205 (12.96%) CRM
8 195 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
9 171 (10.81%) Mentoring
10 170 (10.75%) Test Automation
11 166 (10.49%) CI/CD
12 156 (9.86%) Decision-Making
13 151 (9.54%) Full-Stack Development
14 149 (9.42%) Roadmaps
15 146 (9.23%) Business Development
16 143 (9.04%) Microservices
17 141 (8.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 134 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
19 123 (7.77%) Project Delivery
20 118 (7.46%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 180 (11.38%) TypeScript
2 158 (9.99%) JavaScript
3 157 (9.92%) Python
4 138 (8.72%) C#
5 121 (7.65%) SQL
6 86 (5.44%) PowerShell
7 75 (4.74%) Java
8 33 (2.09%) PHP
9 32 (2.02%) R
10 23 (1.45%) 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
16 2 (0.13%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
16 2 (0.13%) SOQL
16 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (5.69%) Degree
2 77 (4.87%) CISSP
3 70 (4.42%) CISM
4 52 (3.29%) ITIL Certification
5 46 (2.91%) ACCA
6 42 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.15%) CIMA
8 25 (1.58%) Security Cleared
9 19 (1.20%) CRISC
10 16 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.88%) Azure Certification
11 14 (0.88%) CISA
12 11 (0.70%) SC Cleared
13 8 (0.51%) ISACA
13 8 (0.51%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.38%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (0.38%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.32%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (7.77%) QA
2 80 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (4.61%) NIST
4 66 (4.17%) GDPR
5 48 (3.03%) ISO 22301
6 29 (1.83%) Accessibility
7 28 (1.77%) PCI DSS
8 24 (1.52%) SOC 2
9 21 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.33%) IFRS
10 18 (1.14%) SLA
11 17 (1.07%) GRC
12 14 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.76%) Data Quality
14 9 (0.57%) COBIT
15 8 (0.51%) WCAG
16 7 (0.44%) GAAP
16 7 (0.44%) SOC 1
17 6 (0.38%) PMO
18 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 74 (4.68%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.48%) 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 96 (6.07%) Terraform
2 75 (4.74%) Kubernetes
3 49 (3.10%) Grafana
4 38 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.95%) 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
1 218 (13.78%) Microsoft
2 77 (4.87%) HubSpot
3 65 (4.11%) Salesforce
4 44 (2.78%) Google
5 32 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
6 18 (1.14%) Sage
7 16 (1.01%) Adobe
8 15 (0.95%) Databricks
8 15 (0.95%) SAP
9 14 (0.88%) Oracle
10 13 (0.82%) Xero
11 11 (0.70%) Workday
12 8 (0.51%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.38%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.38%) Pardot
14 5 (0.32%) Apple
14 5 (0.32%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.32%) Cisco
14 5 (0.32%) Facebook
14 5 (0.32%) Meraki