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 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 51 51
Rank change year-on-year +16 0 -9
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,000 1,000 1,249
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.34% 5.08% 5.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.18% 11.52% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 775 646 1,057
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,900
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -1.52%
75th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £92,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

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 5,500 8,677 10,622
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.87% 44.09% 48.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,113 5,591 9,059
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,241 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 10 November 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 15 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.20%) Confluence
2 12 (1.20%) IIS
3 9 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.90%) WordPress
4 6 (0.60%) Apache
5 4 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.40%) JBoss
5 4 (0.40%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.30%) CMS
7 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.10%) Drupal
8 1 (0.10%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.10%) nginx
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 31 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.20%) InDesign
5 9 (0.90%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.70%) Adobe Premiere
8 5 (0.50%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.50%) Sketch
9 3 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.10%) GIMP
11 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.10%) Revit
11 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.10%) SPSS
11 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.50%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (1.00%) Shopify
4 8 (0.80%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.50%) Magento
6 4 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.10%) FastStats
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 234 (23.40%) Azure
2 201 (20.10%) AWS
3 101 (10.10%) GCP
4 63 (6.30%) PaaS
5 52 (5.20%) GitHub
6 42 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (4.20%) IaaS
7 41 (4.10%) Power Platform
8 35 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (3.00%) Entra ID
10 24 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (2.00%) Serverless
13 16 (1.60%) Amazon EKS
13 16 (1.60%) Figma
14 15 (1.50%) OCI
15 12 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (1.00%) Amazon S3
16 10 (1.00%) Snowflake
17 9 (0.90%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.90%) Remote Desktop
2 9 (0.90%) Firewall
2 9 (0.90%) Unified Communications
3 7 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.70%) VPN
4 6 (0.60%) Network Security
5 5 (0.50%) HTTP
6 4 (0.40%) DHCP
6 4 (0.40%) DNS
6 4 (0.40%) Internet
6 4 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.30%) BGP
7 3 (0.30%) LAN
7 3 (0.30%) VLAN
7 3 (0.30%) WAN
8 2 (0.20%) Extranet
8 2 (0.20%) GPRS
8 2 (0.20%) Intranet
8 2 (0.20%) LTE
8 2 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 43 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (3.10%) Power BI
4 27 (2.70%) Data Lake
5 21 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
5 21 (2.10%) MySQL
6 20 (2.00%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (1.10%) Tableau
8 10 (1.00%) Data Hub
8 10 (1.00%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.00%) SQL CLR
9 9 (0.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.90%) Looker
10 8 (0.80%) Data Mining
10 8 (0.80%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.70%) Metadata
11 7 (0.70%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.60%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 35 (3.50%) Git
1 35 (3.50%) JIRA
2 17 (1.70%) TeamCity
3 10 (1.00%) Selenium
4 8 (0.80%) Postman
5 6 (0.60%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.50%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.40%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.40%) GitBook
7 4 (0.40%) git-flow
7 4 (0.40%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.30%) Storybook
9 2 (0.20%) GitLab
9 2 (0.20%) Protractor
10 1 (0.10%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 362 (36.20%) Social Skills
2 248 (24.80%) Finance
3 144 (14.40%) Marketing
4 139 (13.90%) Retail
5 111 (11.10%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (6.70%) Law
7 63 (6.30%) Back Office
8 57 (5.70%) Legal
9 56 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 42 (4.20%) Banking
11 41 (4.10%) Public Sector
12 36 (3.60%) Financial Institution
13 27 (2.70%) Automotive
13 27 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (1.60%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.30%) Local Government
16 13 (1.30%) Telecoms
17 12 (1.20%) Games
Job Titles
1 139 (13.90%) Senior
2 135 (13.50%) Developer
3 111 (11.10%) Lead
4 73 (7.30%) Architect
5 50 (5.00%) Software Developer
6 49 (4.90%) Analyst
7 47 (4.70%) .NET Developer
8 42 (4.20%) 2nd Line Support
9 40 (4.00%) Engineering Manager
10 39 (3.90%) Consultant
11 38 (3.80%) Product Manager
11 38 (3.80%) Software Engineer
12 31 (3.10%) .NET Software Developer
13 29 (2.90%) Account Executive
14 27 (2.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 27 (2.70%) Account Manager
14 27 (2.70%) Data Engineer
15 26 (2.60%) Senior Developer
15 26 (2.60%) Support Engineer
16 25 (2.50%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (13.20%) .NET
2 91 (9.10%) React
3 48 (4.80%) REST
4 40 (4.00%) Node.js
5 27 (2.70%) CSS
6 25 (2.50%) .NET Framework
6 25 (2.50%) HTML
7 22 (2.20%) Next.js
8 21 (2.10%) Entity Framework
8 21 (2.10%) SOAP
8 21 (2.10%) XML
9 17 (1.70%) RESTful
10 16 (1.60%) SAML
11 15 (1.50%) .NET Core
11 15 (1.50%) AngularJS
12 14 (1.40%) Kafka
13 11 (1.10%) ASP.NET Web API
14 10 (1.00%) Razor View Engine
14 10 (1.00%) Vue
14 10 (1.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 158 (15.80%) Onboarding
2 79 (7.90%) Product Ownership
3 60 (6.00%) Cloud Native
4 40 (4.00%) Social Media
5 34 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
6 23 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.30%) Web Conferencing
7 22 (2.20%) Management Information System
8 21 (2.10%) Educational Technology
9 19 (1.90%) NHS
10 18 (1.80%) Private Cloud
11 15 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.40%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.40%) Life Science
13 12 (1.20%) Driving Licence
13 12 (1.20%) Mobile App
13 12 (1.20%) Public Cloud
14 11 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
15 10 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 31 (3.10%) Windows
2 19 (1.90%) Windows Server
3 12 (1.20%) Android
3 12 (1.20%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.20%) Linux
4 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.20%) Unix
5 1 (0.10%) CentOS
5 1 (0.10%) Debian
5 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (24.90%) Agile
2 221 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
3 187 (18.70%) Mentoring
4 173 (17.30%) Roadmaps
5 172 (17.20%) AI
6 165 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 163 (16.30%) Software Engineering
8 152 (15.20%) CRM
9 139 (13.90%) DevOps
10 121 (12.10%) B2B
11 100 (10.00%) Data Privacy
12 99 (9.90%) ERP
13 97 (9.70%) CI/CD
14 96 (9.60%) Analytics
15 94 (9.40%) Customer Service
16 89 (8.90%) Coaching
17 88 (8.80%) Decision-Making
18 87 (8.70%) Microservices
19 76 (7.60%) Full-Stack Development
20 74 (7.40%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 204 (20.40%) SQL
2 147 (14.70%) C#
3 97 (9.70%) TypeScript
4 86 (8.60%) JavaScript
5 64 (6.40%) Python
6 44 (4.40%) Java
7 25 (2.50%) PowerShell
8 19 (1.90%) PHP
9 13 (1.30%) Bash
10 12 (1.20%) C
11 10 (1.00%) Kotlin
12 8 (0.80%) Bicep
12 8 (0.80%) Go
13 5 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.50%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.30%) Swift
15 2 (0.20%) Delphi
16 1 (0.10%) C++
16 1 (0.10%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.10%) VB
Qualifications
1 104 (10.40%) Degree
2 30 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (2.90%) ACCA
4 20 (2.00%) Security Cleared
5 16 (1.60%) Master's Degree
6 10 (1.00%) CISSP
7 9 (0.90%) AWS Certification
7 9 (0.90%) Azure Certification
7 9 (0.90%) CIMA
7 9 (0.90%) SC Cleared
8 8 (0.80%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 6 (0.60%) CISM
10 6 (0.60%) CRISC
11 5 (0.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.40%) CISMP
12 4 (0.40%) City & Guilds
12 4 (0.40%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.30%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (7.70%) QA
2 59 (5.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.40%) ISO 9001
4 23 (2.30%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.00%) GDPR
6 17 (1.70%) SOC 2
7 14 (1.40%) NIST
7 14 (1.40%) SLA
8 13 (1.30%) GRC
9 12 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.10%) GAAP
11 10 (1.00%) IFRS
12 9 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.60%) PMO
14 5 (0.50%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.40%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.30%) Data Quality
16 3 (0.30%) WCAG
17 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 27 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.80%) Docker
3 12 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.10%) KVM
5 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.10%) Xen
Systems Management
1 61 (6.10%) Terraform
2 49 (4.90%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.60%) Grafana
4 15 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.00%) Ansible
6 4 (0.40%) Cilium
6 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.20%) Argo
8 2 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.20%) Puppet
9 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.10%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.10%) Istio
9 1 (0.10%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.10%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.10%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 122 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.60%) Salesforce
3 45 (4.50%) HubSpot
4 40 (4.00%) Adobe
5 31 (3.10%) Databricks
6 28 (2.80%) Oracle
7 25 (2.50%) Google
8 16 (1.60%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.40%) VMware
10 13 (1.30%) Cisco
10 13 (1.30%) Workday
10 13 (1.30%) Zoho
11 11 (1.10%) Alteryx
12 10 (1.00%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.90%) SAP
14 7 (0.70%) Pardot
15 6 (0.60%) Facebook
15 6 (0.60%) Instagram
15 6 (0.60%) TikTok
16 5 (0.50%) Guidewire