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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 62 57
Rank change year-on-year +32 -5 -10
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,630 832 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.98% 5.09% 4.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.80% 14.15% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,257 630 810
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,625 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.40%

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 8,671 5,881 9,863
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.11% 35.98% 40.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6,345 4,297 7,268
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £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 £82,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 3 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 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.80%) Confluence
4 8 (0.49%) CMS
5 7 (0.43%) IIS
6 6 (0.37%) SAS
7 5 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.25%) 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 (1.10%) 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
1 314 (19.26%) AWS
2 306 (18.77%) Azure
3 103 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
4 96 (5.89%) GCP
5 87 (5.34%) Entra ID
6 64 (3.93%) Power Platform
7 59 (3.62%) PaaS
8 51 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
9 45 (2.76%) Serverless
10 35 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
10 35 (2.15%) IaaS
11 32 (1.96%) Mimecast
12 29 (1.78%) Snowflake
13 28 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
14 27 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
15 26 (1.60%) GitHub
16 21 (1.29%) Figma
16 21 (1.29%) PowerApps
17 18 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
17 18 (1.10%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.80%) DNS
2 11 (0.67%) VPN
3 10 (0.61%) Broadband
4 9 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.49%) DHCP
6 7 (0.43%) AMQP
6 7 (0.43%) Firewall
6 7 (0.43%) Network Security
6 7 (0.43%) SMS
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 51 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 44 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.09%) Power BI
4 33 (2.02%) Redis
5 19 (1.17%) MySQL
6 17 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.37%) Big Data
10 5 (0.31%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.31%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.31%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.25%) Metadata
11 4 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.25%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.25%) Tableau
12 3 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.18%) Apache Iceberg
13 2 (0.12%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.12%) DuckDB
Development Applications
1 99 (6.07%) JIRA
2 43 (2.64%) TeamCity
3 41 (2.52%) Git
4 12 (0.74%) Cypress.io
5 11 (0.67%) GitLab
5 11 (0.67%) Selenium
6 9 (0.55%) Claude Code
7 6 (0.37%) Postman
7 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.31%) Storybook
9 4 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.18%) JMeter
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.18%) Poetry
11 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.12%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.12%) JUnit
11 2 (0.12%) Locust
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
General
1 438 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 354 (21.72%) Finance
3 223 (13.68%) Marketing
4 219 (13.44%) Retail
5 205 (12.58%) Law
6 202 (12.39%) Legal
7 146 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 126 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
9 113 (6.93%) Banking
10 108 (6.63%) Back Office
11 90 (5.52%) Financial Institution
12 69 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
13 61 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
14 55 (3.37%) Public Sector
15 34 (2.09%) Manufacturing
16 29 (1.78%) German Language
17 26 (1.60%) Health Technology
18 25 (1.53%) Advertising
19 21 (1.29%) Billing
19 21 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 220 (13.50%) Senior
2 215 (13.19%) Lead
3 157 (9.63%) Developer
4 108 (6.63%) Account Executive
5 103 (6.32%) Software Engineer
6 102 (6.26%) Architect
7 89 (5.46%) Full-Stack Developer
8 85 (5.21%) Consultant
9 72 (4.42%) Senior Manager
10 68 (4.17%) Lead Developer
11 66 (4.05%) Account Manager
11 66 (4.05%) Software Developer
12 64 (3.93%) Analyst
13 62 (3.80%) IT Manager
14 60 (3.68%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 59 (3.62%) Lead Software Developer
16 50 (3.07%) Service Manager
17 49 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
17 49 (3.01%) Testing Manager
18 48 (2.94%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (7.42%) Node.js
2 101 (6.20%) Terraform
3 82 (5.03%) .NET
4 64 (3.93%) React
5 59 (3.62%) Middleware
6 56 (3.44%) Vue
7 51 (3.13%) REST
8 33 (2.02%) RESTful
9 31 (1.90%) CSS
10 26 (1.60%) HTML
11 23 (1.41%) NestJS
12 21 (1.29%) Next.js
13 19 (1.17%) OAuth
14 15 (0.92%) JSON
15 14 (0.86%) Laravel
15 14 (0.86%) OpenID
16 13 (0.80%) Kafka
16 13 (0.80%) Spring
16 13 (0.80%) Spring Boot
17 12 (0.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.42%) Cloud Native
2 103 (6.32%) Product Ownership
3 96 (5.89%) Onboarding
4 61 (3.74%) Virtual Team
5 55 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
7 46 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
8 38 (2.33%) Management Information System
9 33 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
10 27 (1.66%) Web Conferencing
11 20 (1.23%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.10%) Driving Licence
13 16 (0.98%) Client/Server
13 16 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
13 16 (0.98%) PropTech
13 16 (0.98%) Social Media
14 14 (0.86%) Clustering
14 14 (0.86%) Data Structures
15 13 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.80%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.45%) Windows
2 21 (1.29%) Linux
3 10 (0.61%) Android
3 10 (0.61%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.61%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.43%) 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
1 281 (17.24%) AI
2 261 (16.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 255 (15.64%) DevOps
4 240 (14.72%) Agile
5 237 (14.54%) Software Engineering
6 234 (14.36%) B2B
7 204 (12.52%) CRM
8 196 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
9 182 (11.17%) Test Automation
10 180 (11.04%) Mentoring
11 166 (10.18%) CI/CD
12 164 (10.06%) Roadmaps
13 161 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 157 (9.63%) Decision-Making
15 156 (9.57%) Business Development
15 156 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
16 153 (9.39%) Full-Stack Development
17 140 (8.59%) Microservices
18 135 (8.28%) Project Delivery
19 128 (7.85%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 185 (11.35%) TypeScript
2 165 (10.12%) JavaScript
3 148 (9.08%) Python
4 139 (8.53%) C#
5 131 (8.04%) SQL
6 84 (5.15%) PowerShell
7 83 (5.09%) Java
8 33 (2.02%) R
9 29 (1.78%) PHP
10 21 (1.29%) Go
11 13 (0.80%) Bash
12 11 (0.67%) Bicep
13 9 (0.55%) Ruby
14 5 (0.31%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.18%) Swift
16 2 (0.12%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.12%) SOQL
16 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (5.03%) Degree
2 75 (4.60%) CISSP
3 69 (4.23%) CISM
4 55 (3.37%) ITIL Certification
5 42 (2.58%) ACCA
6 41 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (2.02%) CIMA
8 24 (1.47%) 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
1 125 (7.67%) QA
2 82 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (4.54%) NIST
4 69 (4.23%) GDPR
5 48 (2.94%) ISO 22301
6 28 (1.72%) Accessibility
6 28 (1.72%) PCI DSS
7 24 (1.47%) SOC 2
8 23 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.29%) SLA
10 20 (1.23%) Data Quality
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 72 (4.42%) Active Directory
2 51 (3.13%) 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 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 53 (3.25%) Grafana
3 38 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (0.98%) Ansible
5 15 (0.92%) 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
1 223 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.09%) HubSpot
3 72 (4.42%) 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 (0.67%) Workday
12 9 (0.55%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.31%) Apple
13 5 (0.31%) Pardot
14 4 (0.25%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.25%) CheckPoint
14 4 (0.25%) Cisco
14 4 (0.25%) Facebook
14 4 (0.25%) Meraki