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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 45 50
Rank change year-on-year +17 +5 -4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,084 1,016 1,153
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.10% 5.75% 5.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.38% 12.54% 12.16%
Number of salaries quoted 837 691 990
10th Percentile £32,125 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £116,000 £91,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% -1.17%

All Cloud 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 5,592 8,104 9,483
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.65% 45.83% 47.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,096 5,336 8,126
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +1.56% -1.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% -3.85%

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 15 December 2025.

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 11 (1.01%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.83%) Confluence
2 9 (0.83%) WordPress
3 7 (0.65%) JBoss
3 7 (0.65%) WebSphere
4 5 (0.46%) IIS
4 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.37%) Apache
6 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.28%) CMS
7 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.18%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.092%) Drupal
8 1 (0.092%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.092%) nginx
8 1 (0.092%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 34 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.11%) InDesign
5 8 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.65%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.37%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.37%) Sketch
9 3 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.28%) Trello
10 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.092%) GIMP
11 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.092%) Revit
11 1 (0.092%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.29%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.11%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.74%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.092%) FastStats
8 1 (0.092%) Magento
8 1 (0.092%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.092%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.092%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 241 (22.23%) Azure
2 220 (20.30%) AWS
3 109 (10.06%) GCP
4 61 (5.63%) GitHub
5 55 (5.07%) PaaS
6 39 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (3.04%) Entra ID
8 32 (2.95%) IaaS
8 32 (2.95%) Serverless
9 31 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (2.77%) Power Platform
11 28 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
14 17 (1.57%) Figma
15 14 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (1.20%) Amazon S3
16 13 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
17 12 (1.11%) Azure App Service
18 11 (1.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.60%) Remote Desktop
2 12 (1.11%) Firewall
3 9 (0.83%) Unified Communications
3 9 (0.83%) VPN
4 7 (0.65%) Network Security
5 6 (0.55%) DNS
6 5 (0.46%) BGP
6 5 (0.46%) HTTP
6 5 (0.46%) LAN
6 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.46%) WAN
7 4 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (0.37%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.37%) SSL
8 3 (0.28%) DHCP
8 3 (0.28%) Internet
8 3 (0.28%) VLAN
9 2 (0.18%) Extranet
9 2 (0.18%) GPRS
9 2 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (7.75%) SQL Server
2 47 (4.34%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (2.77%) Data Lake
4 26 (2.40%) Power BI
5 24 (2.21%) NoSQL
6 23 (2.12%) MySQL
7 22 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (0.92%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 10 (0.92%) Tableau
11 9 (0.83%) Looker
11 9 (0.83%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.74%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.74%) Data Mining
12 8 (0.74%) Data Vault
12 8 (0.74%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.55%) Redis
13 6 (0.55%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 37 (3.41%) Git
2 34 (3.14%) JIRA
3 19 (1.75%) TeamCity
4 12 (1.11%) Selenium
5 10 (0.92%) Postman
6 5 (0.46%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.46%) GitBook
6 5 (0.46%) git-flow
6 5 (0.46%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.46%) SoapUI
7 4 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.37%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.28%) Storybook
8 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.092%) GitLab
9 1 (0.092%) MSTest
9 1 (0.092%) NUnit
9 1 (0.092%) Protractor
9 1 (0.092%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 360 (33.21%) Social Skills
2 256 (23.62%) Finance
3 168 (15.50%) Retail
4 162 (14.94%) Marketing
5 100 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
6 87 (8.03%) Law
7 69 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 65 (6.00%) Legal
9 63 (5.81%) Back Office
10 56 (5.17%) Banking
11 51 (4.70%) Financial Institution
12 47 (4.34%) Public Sector
13 27 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (1.75%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.66%) Automotive
17 16 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (1.38%) Games
19 13 (1.20%) Local Government
20 12 (1.11%) Billing
Job Titles
1 147 (13.56%) Senior
2 146 (13.47%) Developer
3 120 (11.07%) Lead
4 70 (6.46%) Architect
5 51 (4.70%) Software Engineer
6 49 (4.52%) .NET Developer
6 49 (4.52%) Software Developer
7 43 (3.97%) 2nd Line Support
7 43 (3.97%) Analyst
8 41 (3.78%) Account Manager
9 38 (3.51%) Account Executive
9 38 (3.51%) Consultant
9 38 (3.51%) Engineering Manager
10 35 (3.23%) Development Manager
11 34 (3.14%) Product Manager
12 31 (2.86%) .NET Software Developer
13 29 (2.68%) Data Engineer
14 28 (2.58%) Lead Developer
15 27 (2.49%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 27 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (13.47%) .NET
2 106 (9.78%) React
3 49 (4.52%) REST
4 48 (4.43%) Node.js
5 29 (2.68%) CSS
6 26 (2.40%) HTML
7 24 (2.21%) SOAP
8 23 (2.12%) .NET Framework
8 23 (2.12%) RESTful
9 21 (1.94%) XML
10 19 (1.75%) Entity Framework
10 19 (1.75%) Next.js
11 17 (1.57%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.57%) Kafka
11 17 (1.57%) SAML
12 16 (1.48%) ASP.NET Web API
13 15 (1.38%) Razor View Engine
14 13 (1.20%) ASP.NET Web Forms
14 13 (1.20%) Middleware
15 12 (1.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 156 (14.39%) Onboarding
2 77 (7.10%) Product Ownership
3 69 (6.37%) Cloud Native
4 31 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (2.86%) Social Media
5 27 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.21%) Management Information System
6 24 (2.21%) Web Conferencing
7 19 (1.75%) Educational Technology
7 19 (1.75%) Mobile App
8 18 (1.66%) NHS
9 15 (1.38%) Enterprise Cloud
10 14 (1.29%) Life Science
11 13 (1.20%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.20%) Driving Licence
11 13 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.01%) EPoS
13 9 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (0.74%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.94%) Windows
2 19 (1.75%) Android
2 19 (1.75%) Apple iOS
3 14 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.83%) Linux
5 1 (0.092%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (22.23%) Agile
2 225 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
3 195 (17.99%) Mentoring
4 193 (17.80%) AI
5 189 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 189 (17.44%) Software Engineering
6 177 (16.33%) Roadmaps
7 155 (14.30%) CRM
8 144 (13.28%) DevOps
9 120 (11.07%) B2B
10 114 (10.52%) CI/CD
11 101 (9.32%) Microservices
12 94 (8.67%) Analytics
13 92 (8.49%) Coaching
13 92 (8.49%) ERP
14 90 (8.30%) Data Privacy
15 89 (8.21%) Customer Service
16 87 (8.03%) Decision-Making
16 87 (8.03%) Full-Stack Development
17 80 (7.38%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 204 (18.82%) SQL
2 152 (14.02%) C#
3 105 (9.69%) TypeScript
4 88 (8.12%) JavaScript
5 75 (6.92%) Python
6 48 (4.43%) Java
7 22 (2.03%) PHP
8 20 (1.85%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.11%) C
10 11 (1.01%) Bash
10 11 (1.01%) Go
11 10 (0.92%) Kotlin
12 9 (0.83%) Bicep
13 5 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.28%) Swift
15 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.092%) ABAP
16 1 (0.092%) Ruby
16 1 (0.092%) VB
16 1 (0.092%) XAML
Qualifications
1 102 (9.41%) Degree
2 33 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (2.77%) ACCA
4 19 (1.75%) Master's Degree
5 15 (1.38%) Security Cleared
6 13 (1.20%) CISSP
7 11 (1.01%) CIMA
8 9 (0.83%) AWS Certification
9 8 (0.74%) CRISC
10 7 (0.65%) CISM
10 7 (0.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 6 (0.55%) SC Cleared
12 5 (0.46%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.37%) CISA
13 4 (0.37%) CISMP
13 4 (0.37%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.37%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.28%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (8.03%) QA
2 63 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.21%) ISO 9001
4 23 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 23 (2.12%) SOC 2
5 22 (2.03%) GDPR
6 17 (1.57%) NIST
7 15 (1.38%) GRC
8 14 (1.29%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.11%) SLA
10 11 (1.01%) GAAP
11 10 (0.92%) IFRS
12 7 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.46%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.37%) Data Quality
14 4 (0.37%) JSP 440
14 4 (0.37%) WCAG
15 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 2 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (2.77%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.49%) Docker
3 7 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.092%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.092%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 66 (6.09%) Terraform
2 59 (5.44%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.66%) Grafana
4 16 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.55%) Ansible
5 6 (0.55%) Argo
6 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.37%) Cilium
8 1 (0.092%) Istio
8 1 (0.092%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.092%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.092%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 111 (10.24%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.72%) Salesforce
3 48 (4.43%) HubSpot
4 37 (3.41%) Adobe
5 33 (3.04%) Databricks
6 27 (2.49%) Google
7 25 (2.31%) Oracle
8 16 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.29%) Cisco
9 14 (1.29%) Workday
10 13 (1.20%) Zoho
11 11 (1.01%) Alteryx
12 10 (0.92%) SAP
13 9 (0.83%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.46%) Pardot
15 4 (0.37%) BiZZdesign
15 4 (0.37%) Facebook
15 4 (0.37%) Instagram
15 4 (0.37%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.37%) Talend