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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 78 48
Rank change year-on-year +50 -30 -3
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,403 728 1,587
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.87% 4.68% 4.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.08% 12.27% 10.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,115 559 1,332
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,900 £41,025
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.56% -1.54%
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 7,761 5,933 14,498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.02% 38.11% 42.29%
Number of salaries quoted 5,496 4,327 12,051
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,438 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.95%

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 24 June 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 49 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 47 (3.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.07%) WordPress
4 13 (0.93%) CMS
5 12 (0.86%) Confluence
6 6 (0.43%) SAS
7 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.36%) Moodle
7 5 (0.36%) Totara
8 3 (0.21%) JBoss
8 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.14%) IIS
10 1 (0.071%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.071%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.071%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 21 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.57%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.14%) Trello
9 1 (0.071%) InDesign
9 1 (0.071%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.14%) NetSuite
2 11 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.21%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.21%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.21%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.21%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.14%) Shopify
5 1 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.071%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.071%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.071%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.071%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.071%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 248 (17.68%) Azure
2 240 (17.11%) AWS
3 94 (6.70%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (6.41%) GCP
5 89 (6.34%) Entra ID
6 56 (3.99%) PaaS
7 54 (3.85%) Power Platform
8 52 (3.71%) Amazon EKS
9 51 (3.64%) Serverless
10 35 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (2.00%) IaaS
12 27 (1.92%) GitHub
13 22 (1.57%) Mimecast
14 21 (1.50%) Figma
15 20 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (1.43%) Snowflake
16 17 (1.21%) Azure Functions
16 17 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
17 16 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
17 16 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.85%) Firewall
2 21 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.28%) VPN
4 14 (1.00%) DNS
5 12 (0.86%) LAN
5 12 (0.86%) WAN
6 11 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (0.78%) Cisco ISE
6 11 (0.78%) IPsec
6 11 (0.78%) MPLS
6 11 (0.78%) NetScaler
6 11 (0.78%) NX-OS
6 11 (0.78%) SD-WAN
6 11 (0.78%) VXLAN
6 11 (0.78%) WLAN
7 10 (0.71%) BGP
7 10 (0.71%) Broadband
8 9 (0.64%) DHCP
9 7 (0.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 39 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (2.21%) Power BI
4 26 (1.85%) MySQL
5 25 (1.78%) Redis
6 17 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.50%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.36%) Big Data
11 5 (0.36%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.36%) Delta Lake
11 5 (0.36%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.29%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.29%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.21%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 67 (4.78%) JIRA
2 40 (2.85%) TeamCity
3 34 (2.42%) Git
4 10 (0.71%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.43%) JMeter
5 6 (0.43%) Selenium
6 5 (0.36%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.36%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.36%) Locust
6 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.29%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.29%) GitLab
7 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.29%) Postman
8 3 (0.21%) JUnit
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 339 (24.16%) Social Skills
2 327 (23.31%) Finance
3 224 (15.97%) Retail
4 197 (14.04%) Marketing
5 162 (11.55%) Law
6 156 (11.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 135 (9.62%) Banking
8 123 (8.77%) Back Office
9 122 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
10 104 (7.41%) Financial Institution
11 100 (7.13%) Legal
12 48 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.21%) Manufacturing
15 28 (2.00%) Advertising
16 26 (1.85%) Public Sector
17 22 (1.57%) Health Technology
18 21 (1.50%) German Language
19 20 (1.43%) Polish Language
20 18 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 179 (12.76%) Senior
2 172 (12.26%) Lead
3 162 (11.55%) Developer
4 114 (8.13%) Software Engineer
5 93 (6.63%) Account Executive
6 79 (5.63%) Account Manager
6 79 (5.63%) Architect
7 74 (5.27%) Full-Stack Developer
8 65 (4.63%) Lead Developer
9 55 (3.92%) Consultant
9 55 (3.92%) Support Engineer
10 49 (3.49%) Analyst
11 42 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
12 41 (2.92%) Sales Manager
13 37 (2.64%) Marketing Manager
13 37 (2.64%) Software Developer
14 36 (2.57%) .NET Software Engineer
14 36 (2.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 36 (2.57%) Senior Software Engineer
15 35 (2.49%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (6.13%) .NET
2 85 (6.06%) Node.js
3 62 (4.42%) React
4 49 (3.49%) Vue
5 36 (2.57%) REST
5 36 (2.57%) RESTful
6 35 (2.49%) CSS
6 35 (2.49%) HTML
7 26 (1.85%) JSON
8 20 (1.43%) XML
9 16 (1.14%) Spring
10 15 (1.07%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.00%) OAuth
11 14 (1.00%) React Native
12 13 (0.93%) .NET Core
12 13 (0.93%) NestJS
12 13 (0.93%) Next.js
12 13 (0.93%) Spring Boot
13 12 (0.86%) GraphQL
14 11 (0.78%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 120 (8.55%) Cloud Native
2 96 (6.84%) Onboarding
3 86 (6.13%) Product Ownership
4 44 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
5 39 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.85%) Blog
8 24 (1.71%) EPoS
9 23 (1.64%) PropTech
10 20 (1.43%) Data Structures
10 20 (1.43%) Social Media
11 18 (1.28%) Data Centre
12 17 (1.21%) Client/Server
13 16 (1.14%) Web Conferencing
14 15 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
15 14 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (0.93%) Driving Licence
17 12 (0.86%) Life Science
17 12 (0.86%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.14%) Windows
2 19 (1.35%) Apple iOS
2 19 (1.35%) Linux
3 18 (1.28%) Android
4 13 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.64%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.21%) Debian
7 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.21%) Unix
8 2 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (17.25%) AI
2 200 (14.26%) Problem-Solving
3 199 (14.18%) Software Engineering
4 195 (13.90%) B2B
5 182 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 169 (12.05%) Agile
7 159 (11.33%) CI/CD
8 155 (11.05%) CRM
9 147 (10.48%) Full-Stack Development
10 144 (10.26%) DevOps
11 140 (9.98%) Roadmaps
12 138 (9.84%) Microservices
13 116 (8.27%) Decision-Making
14 111 (7.91%) Business Development
15 109 (7.77%) Fintech
16 108 (7.70%) Mentoring
17 96 (6.84%) Analytics
18 86 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
19 82 (5.84%) Cybersecurity
20 76 (5.42%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 128 (9.12%) Python
1 128 (9.12%) SQL
2 94 (6.70%) TypeScript
3 91 (6.49%) Java
4 76 (5.42%) JavaScript
5 73 (5.20%) C#
6 45 (3.21%) PowerShell
7 32 (2.28%) PHP
8 23 (1.64%) Go
8 23 (1.64%) R
9 16 (1.14%) Bash
10 10 (0.71%) Bicep
10 10 (0.71%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.50%) Ruby
12 4 (0.29%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.21%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.21%) Swift
14 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.071%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.071%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 98 (6.99%) Degree
2 42 (2.99%) ACCA
3 32 (2.28%) CISSP
3 32 (2.28%) Security Cleared
4 30 (2.14%) CIMA
5 29 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (1.57%) SC Cleared
7 21 (1.50%) CRISC
8 20 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.35%) CISM
10 17 (1.21%) CISA
11 15 (1.07%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.00%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.57%) ISACA
14 7 (0.50%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (0.43%) MBA
16 5 (0.36%) DV Cleared
17 4 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (3.99%) GDPR
3 49 (3.49%) QA
4 39 (2.78%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.21%) SOC 2
6 30 (2.14%) Accessibility
7 26 (1.85%) NIST
8 25 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (1.64%) Data Quality
10 20 (1.43%) IFRS
11 17 (1.21%) GRC
12 12 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (0.86%) SLA
12 12 (0.86%) WCAG
13 11 (0.78%) PMO
14 10 (0.71%) COBIT
15 9 (0.64%) SOC 1
16 8 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.43%) GAAP
18 5 (0.36%) JSP 440
System Software
1 79 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.21%) Docker
3 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.21%) Firmware
5 1 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.071%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.071%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 100 (7.13%) Terraform
2 78 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.56%) Grafana
4 33 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (1.00%) Ansible
7 5 (0.36%) Argo
7 5 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.21%) Packer
9 2 (0.14%) CASB
9 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.14%) Puppet
10 1 (0.071%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.071%) Graylog
10 1 (0.071%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.071%) QRadar
Vendors
1 165 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.35%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.06%) HubSpot
4 33 (2.35%) Google
5 23 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (1.43%) Sage
7 19 (1.35%) Adobe
8 18 (1.28%) Databricks
9 16 (1.14%) Pardot
9 16 (1.14%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.14%) Xero
10 15 (1.07%) Oracle
11 14 (1.00%) SAP
12 12 (0.86%) Cisco
13 11 (0.78%) CheckPoint
13 11 (0.78%) Dynatrace
13 11 (0.78%) Meraki
13 11 (0.78%) SolarWinds
14 7 (0.50%) Fortinet
15 6 (0.43%) Atlassian