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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 49 50
Rank change year-on-year +25 +1 -4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,242 884 1,468
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.55% 5.85% 5.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.08% 12.48% 11.58%
Number of salaries quoted 937 624 1,268
10th Percentile £32,125 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -7.41% -1.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,500 £92,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -5.55%

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 6,185 7,081 12,680
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.61% 46.88% 45.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,220 4,704 11,094
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
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 £78,066
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.61% +11.74% -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 26 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 25 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (1.45%) WordPress
3 16 (1.29%) SharePoint
4 12 (0.97%) Confluence
5 11 (0.89%) JBoss
5 11 (0.89%) WebSphere
6 7 (0.56%) CMS
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.40%) IIS
8 4 (0.32%) Moodle
8 4 (0.32%) Totara
9 2 (0.16%) Apache
9 2 (0.16%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.081%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 35 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 12 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.89%) InDesign
6 8 (0.64%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.24%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.24%) Sketch
10 2 (0.16%) Trello
11 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.081%) GIMP
11 1 (0.081%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.13%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.48%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 260 (20.93%) Azure
2 248 (19.97%) AWS
3 119 (9.58%) GCP
4 59 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (4.51%) Entra ID
5 56 (4.51%) GitHub
6 47 (3.78%) PaaS
7 41 (3.30%) Serverless
8 40 (3.22%) Amazon EKS
9 35 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (2.33%) IaaS
11 24 (1.93%) Figma
11 24 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
11 24 (1.93%) Power Platform
12 20 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 17 (1.37%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.21%) AWS Direct Connect
16 14 (1.13%) Amazon SQS
16 14 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.50%) Remote Desktop
2 30 (2.42%) Firewall
3 18 (1.45%) VPN
4 15 (1.21%) BGP
4 15 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (1.05%) DNS
5 13 (1.05%) LAN
6 12 (0.97%) WAN
7 11 (0.89%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.81%) MPLS
8 10 (0.81%) Unified Communications
9 9 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
9 9 (0.72%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (0.72%) IPsec
9 9 (0.72%) NetScaler
9 9 (0.72%) NX-OS
9 9 (0.72%) OSPF
9 9 (0.72%) VXLAN
9 9 (0.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (7.09%) SQL Server
2 36 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (2.33%) MySQL
4 26 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (2.01%) Data Lake
6 22 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 21 (1.69%) NoSQL
8 19 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.37%) Power BI
10 12 (0.97%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.64%) Data Mining
12 8 (0.64%) Data Vault
12 8 (0.64%) Redis
13 6 (0.48%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.48%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.48%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.32%) Big Data
15 3 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (3.22%) JIRA
2 37 (2.98%) TeamCity
3 32 (2.58%) Git
4 8 (0.64%) Selenium
4 8 (0.64%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.56%) Postman
6 6 (0.48%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.40%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.40%) GitBook
7 5 (0.40%) git-flow
8 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.24%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.24%) Storybook
10 1 (0.081%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.081%) JUnit
10 1 (0.081%) MSTest
10 1 (0.081%) NUnit
General
1 371 (29.87%) Social Skills
2 288 (23.19%) Finance
3 231 (18.60%) Retail
4 193 (15.54%) Marketing
5 143 (11.51%) Law
6 127 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 120 (9.66%) Banking
8 109 (8.78%) Back Office
9 106 (8.53%) Financial Institution
10 102 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
11 66 (5.31%) Legal
12 48 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (3.22%) Public Sector
14 30 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
15 25 (2.01%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.53%) Polish Language
17 16 (1.29%) Automotive
17 16 (1.29%) Health Technology
18 15 (1.21%) French Language
19 14 (1.13%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 203 (16.34%) Senior
2 148 (11.92%) Developer
3 143 (11.51%) Lead
4 82 (6.60%) Software Engineer
5 68 (5.48%) Architect
6 62 (4.99%) Account Manager
7 51 (4.11%) Support Engineer
8 50 (4.03%) Analyst
9 49 (3.95%) Lead Developer
10 48 (3.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 46 (3.70%) Account Executive
12 43 (3.46%) Development Manager
13 39 (3.14%) Consultant
14 37 (2.98%) .NET Developer
15 36 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
16 34 (2.74%) 2nd Line Support
17 33 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
18 32 (2.58%) Marketing Executive
19 28 (2.25%) Sales Manager
20 27 (2.17%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (11.76%) .NET
2 105 (8.45%) React
3 61 (4.91%) Node.js
4 46 (3.70%) REST
5 37 (2.98%) RESTful
6 35 (2.82%) CSS
7 32 (2.58%) HTML
8 24 (1.93%) SOAP
8 24 (1.93%) Spring
9 22 (1.77%) React Native
10 21 (1.69%) .NET Framework
11 19 (1.53%) AngularJS
12 18 (1.45%) Kafka
12 18 (1.45%) Next.js
13 16 (1.29%) Entity Framework
13 16 (1.29%) Middleware
14 15 (1.21%) ASP.NET Web API
15 14 (1.13%) GraphQL
15 14 (1.13%) Hibernate
15 14 (1.13%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 165 (13.29%) Onboarding
2 106 (8.53%) Cloud Native
3 80 (6.44%) Product Ownership
4 39 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (2.74%) Social Media
7 29 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.17%) Web Conferencing
9 24 (1.93%) Blog
9 24 (1.93%) Data Centre
9 24 (1.93%) Mobile App
10 19 (1.53%) EPoS
11 16 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
12 13 (1.05%) Educational Technology
12 13 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (0.97%) Security Posture
14 11 (0.89%) Data Structures
14 11 (0.89%) DataPower
14 11 (0.89%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.90%) Windows
2 29 (2.33%) Apple iOS
3 28 (2.25%) Android
4 23 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.72%) Linux
6 6 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.16%) Unix
8 2 (0.16%) VMS
9 1 (0.081%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (17.63%) AI
2 211 (16.99%) Software Engineering
3 209 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
4 197 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 188 (15.14%) Agile
6 178 (14.33%) CRM
7 165 (13.29%) B2B
8 159 (12.80%) CI/CD
9 157 (12.64%) Mentoring
10 147 (11.84%) Roadmaps
11 140 (11.27%) DevOps
12 129 (10.39%) Microservices
13 119 (9.58%) Full-Stack Development
14 101 (8.13%) Fintech
15 96 (7.73%) Analytics
16 90 (7.25%) Business Development
17 87 (7.00%) Customer Service
18 84 (6.76%) Decision-Making
19 80 (6.44%) Coaching
20 76 (6.12%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 177 (14.25%) SQL
2 123 (9.90%) C#
3 100 (8.05%) TypeScript
4 98 (7.89%) Python
5 81 (6.52%) JavaScript
6 80 (6.44%) Java
7 36 (2.90%) PowerShell
8 21 (1.69%) PHP
9 15 (1.21%) Bash
10 14 (1.13%) Go
11 10 (0.81%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.64%) Kotlin
12 8 (0.64%) R
13 7 (0.56%) Bicep
14 3 (0.24%) Swift
15 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.081%) ABAP
16 1 (0.081%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.081%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 107 (8.62%) Degree
2 25 (2.01%) Master's Degree
3 22 (1.77%) CISSP
3 22 (1.77%) Security Cleared
4 21 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.45%) SC Cleared
6 13 (1.05%) CRISC
7 12 (0.97%) ACCA
8 10 (0.81%) CISA
9 9 (0.72%) AWS Certification
9 9 (0.72%) Azure Certification
9 9 (0.72%) CISM
10 8 (0.64%) CIMA
11 7 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (0.40%) MBA
13 4 (0.32%) CEH
13 4 (0.32%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (6.04%) QA
2 69 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (3.30%) SOC 2
4 32 (2.58%) PCI DSS
5 23 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 23 (1.85%) GDPR
6 22 (1.77%) GRC
7 20 (1.61%) NIST
8 16 (1.29%) Data Quality
9 13 (1.05%) SLA
10 11 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.89%) ISO 9001
11 10 (0.81%) IFRS
12 9 (0.72%) WCAG
13 8 (0.64%) 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 57 (4.59%) Active Directory
2 39 (3.14%) Docker
3 4 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 95 (7.65%) Terraform
2 72 (5.80%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.90%) Grafana
4 19 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.81%) Ansible
7 8 (0.64%) Argo
8 4 (0.32%) Cilium
9 2 (0.16%) CASB
9 2 (0.16%) Packer
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
1 107 (8.62%) Microsoft
2 64 (5.15%) Salesforce
3 48 (3.86%) HubSpot
4 35 (2.82%) Adobe
5 30 (2.42%) Google
6 28 (2.25%) Databricks
7 26 (2.09%) Oracle
8 24 (1.93%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.69%) Cisco
10 13 (1.05%) Pardot
10 13 (1.05%) Workday
11 12 (0.97%) SAP
12 9 (0.72%) CheckPoint
12 9 (0.72%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.72%) Fortinet
12 9 (0.72%) Meraki
12 9 (0.72%) Sage
12 9 (0.72%) SolarWinds
12 9 (0.72%) Zoho
13 8 (0.64%) CrowdStrike