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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 62 60
Rank change year-on-year +32 -2 -12
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,627 820 1,024
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.96% 5.11% 4.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.80% 14.34% 10.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,254 620 763
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,925 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,625 £95,000
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 8,653 5,719 9,651
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.02% 35.64% 40.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6,339 4,142 7,069
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £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 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year +4.17% -1.97% -2.07%

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 4 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 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.80%) Confluence
4 8 (0.49%) CMS
5 7 (0.43%) IIS
6 6 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.37%) SAS
7 5 (0.31%) Apache
8 4 (0.25%) WordPress
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.061%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.061%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.061%) Moodle
10 1 (0.061%) Totara
Applications
1 27 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.31%) Moqups
5 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.25%) 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 20 (1.23%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
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%) Dynamics NAV
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%) Shopify
5 1 (0.061%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 315 (19.36%) AWS
2 304 (18.68%) Azure
3 103 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
4 96 (5.90%) GCP
5 86 (5.29%) Entra ID
6 64 (3.93%) Power Platform
7 58 (3.56%) PaaS
8 51 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
9 45 (2.77%) Serverless
10 35 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (2.09%) IaaS
12 32 (1.97%) Mimecast
13 29 (1.78%) Snowflake
14 28 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
15 27 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
16 26 (1.60%) GitHub
17 21 (1.29%) Figma
17 21 (1.29%) PowerApps
18 18 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
18 18 (1.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.80%) DNS
2 11 (0.68%) VPN
3 10 (0.61%) Broadband
4 9 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.49%) AMQP
5 8 (0.49%) DHCP
5 8 (0.49%) SMS
6 7 (0.43%) Firewall
6 7 (0.43%) Network Security
7 6 (0.37%) 5G
8 5 (0.31%) SSL
8 5 (0.31%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.31%) WAN
9 4 (0.25%) Internet
9 4 (0.25%) IPsec
9 4 (0.25%) LAN
9 4 (0.25%) MPLS
9 4 (0.25%) VoIP
9 4 (0.25%) VXLAN
9 4 (0.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.07%) SQL Server
2 45 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.09%) Power BI
4 33 (2.03%) Redis
5 19 (1.17%) MySQL
6 18 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.31%) Big Data
9 5 (0.31%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.31%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.31%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.25%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.25%) Apache Iceberg
10 4 (0.25%) Metadata
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.25%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.25%) Tableau
11 2 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 97 (5.96%) JIRA
2 43 (2.64%) TeamCity
3 41 (2.52%) Git
4 12 (0.74%) Cypress.io
5 11 (0.68%) GitLab
5 11 (0.68%) Selenium
6 9 (0.55%) Claude Code
7 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.31%) Postman
8 5 (0.31%) Storybook
9 4 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.25%) Poetry
10 3 (0.18%) JMeter
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.12%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.12%) JUnit
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 439 (26.98%) Social Skills
2 355 (21.82%) Finance
3 225 (13.83%) Marketing
4 218 (13.40%) Retail
5 205 (12.60%) Law
6 201 (12.35%) Legal
7 146 (8.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 126 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
9 113 (6.95%) Banking
10 108 (6.64%) Back Office
11 90 (5.53%) Financial Institution
12 70 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
13 60 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
14 55 (3.38%) Public Sector
15 34 (2.09%) Manufacturing
16 29 (1.78%) German Language
17 27 (1.66%) Health Technology
18 25 (1.54%) Advertising
19 21 (1.29%) Billing
19 21 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 220 (13.52%) Senior
2 215 (13.21%) Lead
3 158 (9.71%) Developer
4 108 (6.64%) Account Executive
5 102 (6.27%) Software Engineer
6 100 (6.15%) Architect
7 89 (5.47%) Full-Stack Developer
8 85 (5.22%) Consultant
9 71 (4.36%) Senior Manager
10 68 (4.18%) Lead Developer
11 66 (4.06%) Account Manager
11 66 (4.06%) Software Developer
12 63 (3.87%) Analyst
13 62 (3.81%) IT Manager
14 60 (3.69%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 59 (3.63%) Lead Software Developer
16 50 (3.07%) Service Manager
17 49 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
17 49 (3.01%) Testing Manager
18 48 (2.95%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (7.38%) Node.js
2 103 (6.33%) Terraform
3 81 (4.98%) .NET
4 64 (3.93%) React
5 59 (3.63%) Middleware
6 56 (3.44%) Vue
7 51 (3.13%) REST
8 33 (2.03%) RESTful
9 31 (1.91%) CSS
10 26 (1.60%) HTML
11 22 (1.35%) NestJS
12 21 (1.29%) Next.js
13 20 (1.23%) OAuth
14 15 (0.92%) JSON
14 15 (0.92%) OpenID
15 14 (0.86%) Kafka
15 14 (0.86%) Laravel
15 14 (0.86%) Spring
15 14 (0.86%) Spring Boot
16 12 (0.74%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.44%) Cloud Native
2 103 (6.33%) Product Ownership
3 96 (5.90%) Onboarding
4 61 (3.75%) Virtual Team
5 55 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.95%) Cyber Threat
7 45 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
8 38 (2.34%) Management Information System
9 33 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (1.78%) Web Conferencing
11 20 (1.23%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.11%) Driving Licence
13 17 (1.04%) Social Media
14 16 (0.98%) Client/Server
14 16 (0.98%) PropTech
15 15 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
16 14 (0.86%) Clustering
16 14 (0.86%) Data Structures
17 13 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
17 13 (0.80%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.40%) Windows
2 21 (1.29%) Linux
3 10 (0.61%) Android
3 10 (0.61%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.61%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.37%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.18%) Debian
5 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.061%) Unix
6 1 (0.061%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (17.33%) AI
2 260 (15.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 255 (15.67%) DevOps
4 239 (14.69%) Agile
5 237 (14.57%) Software Engineering
6 236 (14.51%) B2B
7 206 (12.66%) CRM
8 195 (11.99%) Problem-Solving
9 182 (11.19%) Test Automation
10 180 (11.06%) Mentoring
11 166 (10.20%) CI/CD
12 164 (10.08%) Roadmaps
13 161 (9.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 157 (9.65%) Decision-Making
14 157 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
15 155 (9.53%) Business Development
16 151 (9.28%) Full-Stack Development
17 140 (8.60%) Microservices
18 135 (8.30%) Project Delivery
19 128 (7.87%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 185 (11.37%) TypeScript
2 163 (10.02%) JavaScript
3 147 (9.04%) Python
4 139 (8.54%) C#
5 133 (8.17%) SQL
6 84 (5.16%) Java
6 84 (5.16%) PowerShell
7 33 (2.03%) R
8 28 (1.72%) PHP
9 21 (1.29%) Go
10 12 (0.74%) Bash
11 11 (0.68%) Bicep
12 9 (0.55%) Ruby
13 5 (0.31%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.18%) Swift
15 2 (0.12%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.12%) SOQL
15 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (5.04%) Degree
2 75 (4.61%) CISSP
3 69 (4.24%) CISM
4 55 (3.38%) ITIL Certification
5 42 (2.58%) ACCA
6 41 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (2.03%) CIMA
8 24 (1.48%) Security Cleared
9 19 (1.17%) CRISC
10 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.92%) Azure Certification
12 14 (0.86%) CISA
13 9 (0.55%) SC Cleared
14 8 (0.49%) ISACA
15 6 (0.37%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (0.37%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.31%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 4 (0.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (7.74%) QA
2 82 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (4.55%) NIST
4 69 (4.24%) GDPR
5 48 (2.95%) ISO 22301
6 28 (1.72%) Accessibility
6 28 (1.72%) PCI DSS
7 24 (1.48%) SOC 2
8 23 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.29%) Data Quality
10 20 (1.23%) SLA
11 17 (1.04%) GRC
11 17 (1.04%) IFRS
12 15 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.55%) COBIT
14 7 (0.43%) SOC 1
15 6 (0.37%) GAAP
16 5 (0.31%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.31%) PMO
16 5 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (4.36%) Active Directory
2 52 (3.20%) Docker
3 5 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.061%) Firmware
5 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 75 (4.61%) Kubernetes
2 53 (3.26%) Grafana
3 38 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (1.04%) Ansible
5 14 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Argo
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.061%) CASB
10 1 (0.061%) Graylog
10 1 (0.061%) Packer
10 1 (0.061%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.061%) Puppet
10 1 (0.061%) QRadar
Vendors
1 222 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.16%) HubSpot
3 73 (4.49%) Salesforce
4 49 (3.01%) Google
5 34 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
6 23 (1.41%) Sage
7 16 (0.98%) Adobe
8 15 (0.92%) Databricks
8 15 (0.92%) SAP
9 13 (0.80%) Xero
10 12 (0.74%) Oracle
11 11 (0.68%) Workday
12 8 (0.49%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.31%) Apple
13 5 (0.31%) Facebook
13 5 (0.31%) Instagram
13 5 (0.31%) Pardot
13 5 (0.31%) TikTok
13 5 (0.31%) YouTube
14 4 (0.25%) OpenAI