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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 56 54
Rank change year-on-year +25 -2 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,682 890 1,059
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.75% 5.28% 4.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.25% 15.40% 11.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,254 686 703
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £84,688 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 8,736 5,780 9,422
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.04% 34.26% 41.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,413 4,093 6,246
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,875
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 £86,250
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 2 October 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 70 (4.16%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.89%) Confluence
4 13 (0.77%) CMS
5 11 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.54%) Apache
7 8 (0.48%) WordPress
8 7 (0.42%) IIS
9 6 (0.36%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.059%) Jupyter
Applications
1 26 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.42%) 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 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 13 (0.77%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
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%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Maximo
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
5 1 (0.059%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 336 (19.98%) AWS
2 321 (19.08%) Azure
3 124 (7.37%) GCP
4 102 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
5 80 (4.76%) Entra ID
6 74 (4.40%) Amazon EKS
6 74 (4.40%) Power Platform
7 58 (3.45%) PaaS
8 47 (2.79%) Serverless
9 46 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
10 39 (2.32%) GitHub
11 33 (1.96%) IaaS
11 33 (1.96%) Snowflake
12 27 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
12 27 (1.61%) Power Automate
13 26 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (1.55%) Mimecast
14 23 (1.37%) Figma
15 21 (1.25%) PowerApps
16 19 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.01%) VPN
2 14 (0.83%) Network Security
3 12 (0.71%) DNS
4 11 (0.65%) AMQP
4 11 (0.65%) SMS
4 11 (0.65%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.59%) Broadband
5 10 (0.59%) Firewall
6 9 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.48%) DHCP
8 7 (0.42%) BGP
9 6 (0.36%) 5G
9 6 (0.36%) Internet
10 5 (0.30%) VoIP
10 5 (0.30%) WAN
11 4 (0.24%) IPsec
11 4 (0.24%) LAN
11 4 (0.24%) MPLS
11 4 (0.24%) VLAN
11 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 55 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (2.44%) Power BI
4 36 (2.14%) Redis
5 21 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (0.83%) Big Data
6 14 (0.83%) MySQL
7 13 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (0.59%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.42%) Looker
10 6 (0.36%) Tableau
11 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
11 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
11 5 (0.30%) Metadata
12 4 (0.24%) Metabase
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.18%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 94 (5.59%) JIRA
2 66 (3.92%) TeamCity
3 45 (2.68%) Git
4 14 (0.83%) Cypress.io
5 13 (0.77%) Selenium
6 11 (0.65%) GitLab
7 7 (0.42%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.42%) Postman
7 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
8 6 (0.36%) JUnit
9 5 (0.30%) Poetry
9 5 (0.30%) Storybook
10 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.12%) Browser DevTools
12 2 (0.12%) MSI
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.059%) MLflow
13 1 (0.059%) Vite
General
1 464 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 400 (23.78%) Finance
3 244 (14.51%) Retail
4 237 (14.09%) Marketing
5 236 (14.03%) Law
6 205 (12.19%) Legal
7 171 (10.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 143 (8.50%) Banking
9 137 (8.15%) Back Office
10 128 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
11 123 (7.31%) Financial Institution
12 65 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
12 65 (3.86%) Public Sector
13 57 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (2.14%) Manufacturing
15 33 (1.96%) German Language
16 29 (1.72%) French Language
17 28 (1.66%) Health Technology
18 27 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
19 23 (1.37%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 234 (13.91%) Senior
2 231 (13.73%) Lead
3 160 (9.51%) Developer
4 113 (6.72%) Account Executive
5 110 (6.54%) Architect
5 110 (6.54%) Software Engineer
6 87 (5.17%) Full-Stack Developer
7 79 (4.70%) Analyst
7 79 (4.70%) Consultant
8 73 (4.34%) Software Developer
9 70 (4.16%) Lead Developer
10 69 (4.10%) Account Manager
11 66 (3.92%) Senior Manager
12 65 (3.86%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 64 (3.80%) Lead Software Developer
14 63 (3.75%) IT Manager
15 58 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
16 49 (2.91%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.85%) Resilience Manager
17 48 (2.85%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (8.03%) Terraform
2 125 (7.43%) Node.js
3 91 (5.41%) .NET
4 63 (3.75%) React
5 60 (3.57%) Middleware
6 55 (3.27%) REST
7 52 (3.09%) Vue
8 42 (2.50%) RESTful
9 23 (1.37%) CSS
9 23 (1.37%) OAuth
10 22 (1.31%) Next.js
11 21 (1.25%) NestJS
11 21 (1.25%) OpenID
12 18 (1.07%) HTML
12 18 (1.07%) OAuth2
12 18 (1.07%) OpenAPI
12 18 (1.07%) Swagger
13 17 (1.01%) Spring
13 17 (1.01%) Spring Boot
14 15 (0.89%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 134 (7.97%) Cloud Native
2 120 (7.13%) Product Ownership
3 102 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 71 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.69%) Virtual Team
6 53 (3.15%) Management Information System
7 50 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
8 48 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
9 42 (2.50%) Web Conferencing
10 37 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.49%) Social Media
12 21 (1.25%) AI Agents
13 18 (1.07%) Blog
13 18 (1.07%) Driving Licence
14 17 (1.01%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.01%) Security Posture
15 15 (0.89%) PropTech
16 14 (0.83%) Clustering
17 13 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
17 13 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.32%) Windows
2 24 (1.43%) Linux
3 17 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.77%) Android
4 13 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.30%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.18%) Debian
8 1 (0.059%) Unix
8 1 (0.059%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (18.37%) AI
2 271 (16.11%) B2B
3 270 (16.05%) DevOps
4 268 (15.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 259 (15.40%) Software Engineering
6 248 (14.74%) Agile
7 226 (13.44%) CRM
8 210 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
9 200 (11.89%) CI/CD
9 200 (11.89%) Mentoring
10 198 (11.77%) Test Automation
11 188 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 167 (9.93%) Roadmaps
13 165 (9.81%) Decision-Making
14 161 (9.57%) Business Development
15 158 (9.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 157 (9.33%) Microservices
17 149 (8.86%) Full-Stack Development
18 141 (8.38%) Project Delivery
19 137 (8.15%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 190 (11.30%) TypeScript
2 174 (10.34%) JavaScript
3 167 (9.93%) Python
4 154 (9.16%) C#
5 149 (8.86%) SQL
6 112 (6.66%) Java
7 85 (5.05%) PowerShell
8 30 (1.78%) R
9 27 (1.61%) Go
10 25 (1.49%) PHP
11 18 (1.07%) Bash
12 15 (0.89%) Bicep
13 9 (0.54%) Ruby
14 6 (0.36%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.24%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.24%) SOQL
17 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
17 3 (0.18%) Scala
17 3 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (5.23%) Degree
2 79 (4.70%) CISSP
3 73 (4.34%) CISM
4 56 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
5 43 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (1.84%) Security Cleared
7 21 (1.25%) ACCA
7 21 (1.25%) Azure Certification
8 19 (1.13%) CRISC
9 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (1.01%) CIMA
11 16 (0.95%) SC Cleared
12 14 (0.83%) CISA
13 8 (0.48%) ISACA
14 7 (0.42%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (7.55%) QA
2 86 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 77 (4.58%) NIST
4 74 (4.40%) GDPR
5 48 (2.85%) ISO 22301
6 34 (2.02%) Data Quality
7 33 (1.96%) PCI DSS
8 30 (1.78%) SOC 2
9 26 (1.55%) Accessibility
10 23 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 22 (1.31%) GRC
12 18 (1.07%) SLA
13 13 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.59%) IFRS
15 9 (0.54%) COBIT
16 8 (0.48%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
18 4 (0.24%) GAAP
18 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 62 (3.69%) Docker
2 61 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 106 (6.30%) Kubernetes
2 78 (4.64%) Grafana
3 32 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.31%) Ansible
5 17 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.65%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Cilium
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
9 2 (0.12%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.059%) CASB
10 1 (0.059%) Kibana
10 1 (0.059%) Packer
10 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.059%) Puppet
10 1 (0.059%) QRadar
Vendors
1 243 (14.45%) Microsoft
2 94 (5.59%) HubSpot
3 80 (4.76%) Salesforce
4 55 (3.27%) Google
5 31 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
6 26 (1.55%) Sage
7 21 (1.25%) Databricks
8 17 (1.01%) Adobe
9 15 (0.89%) SAP
10 14 (0.83%) Workday
11 13 (0.77%) Oracle
12 10 (0.59%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.54%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.54%) Splunk
14 7 (0.42%) Facebook
14 7 (0.42%) Instagram
14 7 (0.42%) TikTok
14 7 (0.42%) Xero
14 7 (0.42%) YouTube
15 6 (0.36%) Freshdesk