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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 75 52
Rank change year-on-year +48 -23 -8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,376 723 1,597
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.87% 4.69% 4.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.23% 12.30% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 556 1,338
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,063 £49,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.05%

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 7,549 5,879 14,623
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.72% 38.15% 42.21%
Number of salaries quoted 5,290 4,277 12,168
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,070
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +3.33% -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% -9.45%

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 18 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 44 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
1 44 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.09%) WordPress
3 12 (0.87%) CMS
4 10 (0.73%) Confluence
5 6 (0.44%) SAS
6 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.36%) Moodle
6 5 (0.36%) Totara
7 4 (0.29%) JBoss
7 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.073%) Apache
9 1 (0.073%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.073%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.58%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.073%) InDesign
9 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.16%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.22%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.22%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.22%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.22%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.073%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 234 (17.01%) Azure
2 225 (16.35%) AWS
3 85 (6.18%) Microsoft 365
4 83 (6.03%) GCP
5 81 (5.89%) Entra ID
6 53 (3.85%) PaaS
7 51 (3.71%) Power Platform
8 47 (3.42%) Serverless
9 46 (3.34%) Amazon EKS
10 33 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (1.96%) IaaS
12 26 (1.89%) GitHub
13 22 (1.60%) Figma
14 20 (1.45%) Mimecast
14 20 (1.45%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 15 (1.09%) Azure Functions
17 15 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
18 14 (1.02%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.96%) Firewall
2 21 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.31%) VPN
4 15 (1.09%) DNS
5 12 (0.87%) LAN
5 12 (0.87%) MPLS
5 12 (0.87%) WAN
6 11 (0.80%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (0.80%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (0.80%) Cisco ISE
6 11 (0.80%) IPsec
6 11 (0.80%) NetScaler
6 11 (0.80%) NX-OS
6 11 (0.80%) SD-WAN
6 11 (0.80%) VXLAN
6 11 (0.80%) WLAN
7 10 (0.73%) BGP
8 9 (0.65%) Broadband
8 9 (0.65%) DHCP
9 7 (0.51%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.78%) SQL Server
2 34 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (2.18%) Power BI
4 23 (1.67%) MySQL
4 23 (1.67%) Redis
5 16 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.36%) Big Data
10 5 (0.36%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.29%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.29%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.29%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.22%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 61 (4.43%) JIRA
2 36 (2.62%) TeamCity
3 32 (2.33%) Git
4 9 (0.65%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.44%) JMeter
5 6 (0.44%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.36%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.36%) Locust
6 5 (0.36%) Selenium
7 4 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.29%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.29%) Postman
7 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.22%) GitLab
8 3 (0.22%) JUnit
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 329 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 314 (22.82%) Finance
3 219 (15.92%) Retail
4 205 (14.90%) Marketing
5 155 (11.26%) Law
6 149 (10.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 128 (9.30%) Banking
8 119 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
9 116 (8.43%) Back Office
10 100 (7.27%) Financial Institution
11 95 (6.90%) Legal
12 47 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.25%) Manufacturing
15 28 (2.03%) Advertising
16 23 (1.67%) Public Sector
17 22 (1.60%) Health Technology
18 21 (1.53%) German Language
19 20 (1.45%) Polish Language
20 16 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 177 (12.86%) Senior
2 164 (11.92%) Lead
3 161 (11.70%) Developer
4 105 (7.63%) Software Engineer
5 92 (6.69%) Account Executive
6 80 (5.81%) Account Manager
7 78 (5.67%) Architect
8 72 (5.23%) Full-Stack Developer
9 64 (4.65%) Lead Developer
10 52 (3.78%) Consultant
10 52 (3.78%) Support Engineer
11 47 (3.42%) Analyst
12 42 (3.05%) Sales Manager
12 42 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
13 37 (2.69%) Marketing Manager
14 36 (2.62%) .NET Software Engineer
14 36 (2.62%) C# Developer
14 36 (2.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 35 (2.54%) Software Developer
16 33 (2.40%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.40%) .NET
2 80 (5.81%) Node.js
3 60 (4.36%) React
4 47 (3.42%) Vue
5 36 (2.62%) RESTful
6 35 (2.54%) HTML
6 35 (2.54%) REST
7 34 (2.47%) CSS
8 25 (1.82%) JSON
9 20 (1.45%) XML
10 17 (1.24%) Spring
11 14 (1.02%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.02%) React Native
12 13 (0.94%) GraphQL
12 13 (0.94%) NestJS
12 13 (0.94%) Spring Boot
13 12 (0.87%) .NET Core
13 12 (0.87%) Next.js
13 12 (0.87%) OAuth
14 11 (0.80%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.14%) Cloud Native
2 95 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 80 (5.81%) Product Ownership
4 39 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
5 37 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.89%) Blog
8 25 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (1.74%) EPoS
10 23 (1.67%) PropTech
11 20 (1.45%) Social Media
12 18 (1.31%) Data Structures
13 17 (1.24%) Data Centre
14 15 (1.09%) Client/Server
14 15 (1.09%) Marketing Technology
14 15 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
15 14 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.87%) Driving Licence
16 12 (0.87%) Mobile App
17 11 (0.80%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.20%) Windows
2 19 (1.38%) Apple iOS
3 18 (1.31%) Android
4 17 (1.24%) Linux
5 13 (0.94%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.65%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.22%) Unix
10 2 (0.15%) Debian
10 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (17.08%) AI
2 194 (14.10%) B2B
3 192 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
4 185 (13.44%) Software Engineering
5 170 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 161 (11.70%) Agile
7 156 (11.34%) CRM
8 148 (10.76%) CI/CD
9 140 (10.17%) Full-Stack Development
10 137 (9.96%) Roadmaps
11 133 (9.67%) DevOps
12 130 (9.45%) Microservices
13 114 (8.28%) Business Development
14 112 (8.14%) Decision-Making
15 107 (7.78%) Fintech
16 100 (7.27%) Mentoring
17 95 (6.90%) Analytics
18 79 (5.74%) Stakeholder Management
19 75 (5.45%) Cybersecurity
19 75 (5.45%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 124 (9.01%) SQL
2 122 (8.87%) Python
3 87 (6.32%) Java
4 86 (6.25%) TypeScript
5 73 (5.31%) C#
6 70 (5.09%) JavaScript
7 43 (3.13%) PowerShell
8 30 (2.18%) PHP
9 23 (1.67%) Go
10 21 (1.53%) R
11 15 (1.09%) Bash
12 9 (0.65%) Bicep
12 9 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.36%) Ruby
14 4 (0.29%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.22%) Swift
16 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.073%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 96 (6.98%) Degree
2 42 (3.05%) ACCA
3 30 (2.18%) CIMA
4 28 (2.03%) CISSP
4 28 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (2.03%) Security Cleared
5 20 (1.45%) SC Cleared
6 17 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.16%) CISM
7 16 (1.16%) CRISC
8 14 (1.02%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.94%) CISA
10 7 (0.51%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.44%) ISACA
11 6 (0.44%) MBA
12 5 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.29%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (3.78%) GDPR
3 46 (3.34%) QA
4 36 (2.62%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.25%) Accessibility
6 28 (2.03%) SOC 2
7 23 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (1.60%) Data Quality
8 22 (1.60%) NIST
9 20 (1.45%) IFRS
10 15 (1.09%) GRC
11 13 (0.94%) WCAG
12 12 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (0.87%) PMO
13 11 (0.80%) SLA
14 8 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.58%) COBIT
15 7 (0.51%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.44%) GAAP
17 4 (0.29%) JSP 440
System Software
1 75 (5.45%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.27%) Docker
3 4 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.073%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 95 (6.90%) Terraform
2 73 (5.31%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.34%) Grafana
4 31 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.94%) Ansible
7 5 (0.36%) Argo
7 5 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.22%) CASB
8 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.22%) Packer
9 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.073%) Graylog
10 1 (0.073%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.073%) QRadar
Vendors
1 151 (10.97%) Microsoft
2 46 (3.34%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.13%) HubSpot
4 34 (2.47%) Google
5 21 (1.53%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (1.45%) Sage
7 19 (1.38%) Adobe
8 16 (1.16%) Databricks
8 16 (1.16%) Pardot
8 16 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.16%) Xero
9 14 (1.02%) SAP
10 12 (0.87%) Cisco
10 12 (0.87%) Oracle
11 11 (0.80%) CheckPoint
11 11 (0.80%) Dynatrace
11 11 (0.80%) Meraki
11 11 (0.80%) SolarWinds
12 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.44%) Atlassian