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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 61 61
Rank change year-on-year +31 0 -11
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,649 832 991
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.90% 5.13% 4.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.91% 14.32% 10.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,274 640 706
10th Percentile £36,000 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £49,831
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year - +6.20% -5.84%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £95,000
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 8,718 5,811 9,559
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.46% 35.80% 40.79%
Number of salaries quoted 6,388 4,198 6,746
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
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 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -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 12 September 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 76 (4.61%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.79%) Confluence
4 10 (0.61%) CMS
5 7 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.42%) IIS
5 7 (0.42%) WordPress
6 6 (0.36%) Apache
6 6 (0.36%) SAS
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.061%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.061%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.061%) Moodle
8 1 (0.061%) Totara
Applications
1 25 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.30%) Moqups
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) Trello
7 1 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (1.09%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.18%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.061%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 320 (19.41%) AWS
2 310 (18.80%) Azure
3 103 (6.25%) GCP
3 103 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 86 (5.22%) Entra ID
5 64 (3.88%) Power Platform
6 59 (3.58%) PaaS
7 58 (3.52%) Amazon EKS
8 45 (2.73%) Serverless
9 36 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
10 35 (2.12%) IaaS
11 32 (1.94%) Mimecast
12 30 (1.82%) Snowflake
13 28 (1.70%) GitHub
14 27 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
15 26 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
16 21 (1.27%) Figma
16 21 (1.27%) PowerApps
17 19 (1.15%) Power Automate
18 17 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.79%) DNS
2 11 (0.67%) VPN
3 10 (0.61%) Broadband
4 9 (0.55%) AMQP
4 9 (0.55%) SMS
4 9 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.49%) DHCP
5 8 (0.49%) Network Security
6 7 (0.42%) Firewall
7 6 (0.36%) 5G
8 5 (0.30%) Internet
8 5 (0.30%) SSL
8 5 (0.30%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.30%) VoIP
8 5 (0.30%) WAN
9 4 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.24%) IPsec
9 4 (0.24%) LAN
9 4 (0.24%) MPLS
9 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.03%) SQL Server
2 45 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.06%) Power BI
3 34 (2.06%) Redis
4 19 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (1.03%) MySQL
6 14 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.42%) Big Data
8 6 (0.36%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
9 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
10 4 (0.24%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.24%) Metadata
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.24%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.24%) Tableau
11 3 (0.18%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.18%) Looker
Development Applications
1 98 (5.94%) JIRA
2 50 (3.03%) TeamCity
3 41 (2.49%) Git
4 12 (0.73%) Cypress.io
5 11 (0.67%) GitLab
5 11 (0.67%) Selenium
6 8 (0.49%) Claude Code
7 6 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.30%) Poetry
8 5 (0.30%) Postman
8 5 (0.30%) Storybook
9 4 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) JMeter
11 2 (0.12%) JUnit
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.061%) Jenkins
General
1 434 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 374 (22.68%) Finance
3 232 (14.07%) Marketing
4 226 (13.71%) Retail
5 212 (12.86%) Law
6 203 (12.31%) Legal
7 149 (9.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 120 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
9 118 (7.16%) Banking
10 114 (6.91%) Back Office
11 97 (5.88%) Financial Institution
12 69 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
13 58 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
14 56 (3.40%) Public Sector
15 35 (2.12%) Manufacturing
16 30 (1.82%) German Language
17 26 (1.58%) Health Technology
18 23 (1.39%) Advertising
18 23 (1.39%) French Language
19 22 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 224 (13.58%) Lead
2 217 (13.16%) Senior
3 162 (9.82%) Developer
4 113 (6.85%) Account Executive
5 107 (6.49%) Software Engineer
6 102 (6.19%) Architect
7 90 (5.46%) Full-Stack Developer
8 82 (4.97%) Consultant
9 71 (4.31%) Lead Developer
9 71 (4.31%) Software Developer
10 68 (4.12%) Account Manager
10 68 (4.12%) Senior Manager
11 67 (4.06%) Analyst
12 64 (3.88%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 63 (3.82%) Lead Software Developer
14 62 (3.76%) IT Manager
15 52 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
16 50 (3.03%) Service Manager
17 49 (2.97%) Testing Manager
18 48 (2.91%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (7.28%) Node.js
2 110 (6.67%) Terraform
3 83 (5.03%) .NET
4 64 (3.88%) React
5 60 (3.64%) Middleware
6 55 (3.34%) Vue
7 51 (3.09%) REST
8 34 (2.06%) RESTful
9 30 (1.82%) CSS
10 25 (1.52%) HTML
11 21 (1.27%) OAuth
12 20 (1.21%) Next.js
13 19 (1.15%) NestJS
14 16 (0.97%) OpenID
15 15 (0.91%) Kafka
15 15 (0.91%) Spring
15 15 (0.91%) Spring Boot
16 14 (0.85%) JSON
16 14 (0.85%) Laravel
16 14 (0.85%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.46%) Cloud Native
2 110 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 102 (6.19%) Onboarding
4 62 (3.76%) Virtual Team
5 60 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.91%) Cyber Threat
7 46 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
8 40 (2.43%) Management Information System
9 33 (2.00%) Web Conferencing
10 32 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (1.21%) AI Agents
11 20 (1.21%) Social Media
12 18 (1.09%) Driving Licence
13 16 (0.97%) Client/Server
13 16 (0.97%) PropTech
14 15 (0.91%) Data Structures
15 14 (0.85%) Clustering
15 14 (0.85%) Educational Technology
15 14 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
16 13 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.43%) Windows
2 22 (1.33%) Linux
3 12 (0.73%) Apple iOS
4 11 (0.67%) Mac OS
5 10 (0.61%) Android
6 6 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.061%) Unix
9 1 (0.061%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (18.01%) AI
2 259 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 259 (15.71%) DevOps
3 249 (15.10%) B2B
4 243 (14.74%) Software Engineering
5 236 (14.31%) Agile
6 215 (13.04%) CRM
7 193 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
8 188 (11.40%) Mentoring
8 188 (11.40%) Test Automation
9 174 (10.55%) CI/CD
10 165 (10.01%) Roadmaps
11 163 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
12 158 (9.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 157 (9.52%) Business Development
14 156 (9.46%) Decision-Making
15 150 (9.10%) Full-Stack Development
16 146 (8.85%) Microservices
17 139 (8.43%) Project Delivery
18 134 (8.13%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 189 (11.46%) TypeScript
2 167 (10.13%) JavaScript
3 146 (8.85%) C#
4 144 (8.73%) Python
5 137 (8.31%) SQL
6 92 (5.58%) Java
7 84 (5.09%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.00%) R
9 27 (1.64%) PHP
10 22 (1.33%) Go
11 13 (0.79%) Bash
12 12 (0.73%) Bicep
13 9 (0.55%) Ruby
14 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.24%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.24%) SOQL
16 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
16 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.18%) Swift
17 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (5.09%) Degree
2 75 (4.55%) CISSP
3 69 (4.18%) CISM
4 56 (3.40%) ITIL Certification
5 42 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (2.37%) ACCA
7 31 (1.88%) CIMA
8 25 (1.52%) Security Cleared
9 19 (1.15%) CRISC
10 16 (0.97%) Azure Certification
10 16 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.85%) CISA
12 10 (0.61%) SC Cleared
13 8 (0.49%) ISACA
14 7 (0.42%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.30%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.30%) PMP
16 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (7.52%) QA
2 81 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (4.49%) NIST
4 71 (4.31%) GDPR
5 48 (2.91%) ISO 22301
6 27 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 26 (1.58%) Accessibility
8 24 (1.46%) Data Quality
8 24 (1.46%) SOC 2
9 23 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
10 20 (1.21%) SLA
11 17 (1.03%) GRC
12 15 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 15 (0.91%) IFRS
13 9 (0.55%) COBIT
14 7 (0.42%) SOC 1
15 5 (0.30%) GAAP
15 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
16 4 (0.24%) GxP
System Software
1 71 (4.31%) Active Directory
2 52 (3.15%) Docker
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 80 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 59 (3.58%) Grafana
3 38 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.09%) Ansible
5 14 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.061%) CASB
10 1 (0.061%) Kibana
10 1 (0.061%) Packer
10 1 (0.061%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.061%) Puppet
10 1 (0.061%) QRadar
Vendors
1 226 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 88 (5.34%) HubSpot
3 79 (4.79%) Salesforce
4 49 (2.97%) Google
5 35 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
6 27 (1.64%) Sage
7 16 (0.97%) Adobe
8 15 (0.91%) Databricks
9 14 (0.85%) SAP
10 12 (0.73%) Xero
11 11 (0.67%) Oracle
11 11 (0.67%) Workday
12 9 (0.55%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.42%) Facebook
13 7 (0.42%) Instagram
13 7 (0.42%) TikTok
13 7 (0.42%) YouTube
14 5 (0.30%) Apple
14 5 (0.30%) Splunk
15 4 (0.24%) Cisco