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 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 72 48
Rank change year-on-year +44 -24 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,451 770 1,540
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.93% 4.75% 4.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.96% 12.65% 11.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,136 592 1,301
10th Percentile £35,500 £33,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,063 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,063 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
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 8,080 6,086 13,949
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.59% 37.56% 42.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,763 4,484 11,551
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,599 £36,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.35%

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 5 July 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 53 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 51 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.03%) CMS
3 15 (1.03%) WordPress
4 12 (0.83%) Confluence
5 6 (0.41%) SAS
6 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.34%) Moodle
6 5 (0.34%) Totara
7 3 (0.21%) IIS
7 3 (0.21%) JBoss
7 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.069%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.069%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 23 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (0.55%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
10 1 (0.069%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 21 (1.45%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.21%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.21%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.21%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.21%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.14%) Shopify
4 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.069%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.069%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 270 (18.61%) Azure
2 257 (17.71%) AWS
3 101 (6.96%) Microsoft 365
4 94 (6.48%) Entra ID
5 91 (6.27%) GCP
6 57 (3.93%) PaaS
6 57 (3.93%) Power Platform
7 52 (3.58%) Amazon EKS
8 49 (3.38%) Serverless
9 33 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (1.93%) IaaS
11 25 (1.72%) Mimecast
12 24 (1.65%) Snowflake
13 20 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (1.38%) GitHub
14 18 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (1.24%) Figma
15 17 (1.17%) Azure Functions
16 16 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
17 15 (1.03%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.65%) Firewall
2 19 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (1.10%) VPN
4 14 (0.96%) DNS
5 10 (0.69%) Broadband
5 10 (0.69%) LAN
5 10 (0.69%) WAN
6 9 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
6 9 (0.62%) DHCP
6 9 (0.62%) IPsec
6 9 (0.62%) MPLS
6 9 (0.62%) NetScaler
6 9 (0.62%) NX-OS
6 9 (0.62%) SD-WAN
6 9 (0.62%) VXLAN
6 9 (0.62%) WLAN
7 8 (0.55%) BGP
8 7 (0.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 40 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.34%) Power BI
4 27 (1.86%) Redis
5 26 (1.79%) MySQL
6 14 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.34%) Big Data
8 5 (0.34%) Delta Lake
8 5 (0.34%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.34%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.34%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.28%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.28%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.21%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 73 (5.03%) JIRA
2 40 (2.76%) TeamCity
3 33 (2.27%) Git
4 10 (0.69%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.41%) JMeter
5 6 (0.41%) Selenium
6 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.34%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.34%) Locust
6 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.28%) GitLab
7 4 (0.28%) Postman
8 3 (0.21%) JUnit
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.14%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 370 (25.50%) Social Skills
2 345 (23.78%) Finance
3 227 (15.64%) Retail
4 202 (13.92%) Marketing
5 189 (13.03%) Law
6 156 (10.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 135 (9.30%) Banking
8 127 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
9 125 (8.61%) Back Office
10 117 (8.06%) Legal
11 104 (7.17%) Financial Institution
12 57 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
13 43 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.00%) Manufacturing
15 28 (1.93%) Advertising
16 24 (1.65%) Public Sector
17 21 (1.45%) German Language
17 21 (1.45%) Health Technology
18 20 (1.38%) Polish Language
19 18 (1.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 187 (12.89%) Senior
2 184 (12.68%) Lead
3 159 (10.96%) Developer
4 113 (7.79%) Software Engineer
5 92 (6.34%) Account Executive
6 81 (5.58%) Architect
7 78 (5.38%) Account Manager
7 78 (5.38%) Full-Stack Developer
8 68 (4.69%) Lead Developer
9 67 (4.62%) Consultant
10 58 (4.00%) Support Engineer
11 52 (3.58%) Analyst
12 44 (3.03%) Software Developer
13 43 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
14 39 (2.69%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 39 (2.69%) Lead Software Developer
14 39 (2.69%) Marketing Manager
15 37 (2.55%) C# Developer
15 37 (2.55%) Senior Manager
16 36 (2.48%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (6.20%) Node.js
2 85 (5.86%) .NET
3 62 (4.27%) React
4 53 (3.65%) Vue
5 36 (2.48%) CSS
5 36 (2.48%) REST
5 36 (2.48%) RESTful
6 35 (2.41%) HTML
7 25 (1.72%) JSON
8 22 (1.52%) Middleware
9 19 (1.31%) XML
10 16 (1.10%) AngularJS
11 14 (0.96%) Next.js
11 14 (0.96%) OAuth
12 13 (0.90%) .NET Core
12 13 (0.90%) Spring
13 12 (0.83%) GraphQL
14 11 (0.76%) ASP.NET
14 11 (0.76%) NestJS
14 11 (0.76%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 121 (8.34%) Cloud Native
2 104 (7.17%) Onboarding
3 83 (5.72%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
5 39 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 32 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
7 31 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (1.79%) Blog
9 23 (1.59%) PropTech
10 22 (1.52%) Data Structures
10 22 (1.52%) Social Media
10 22 (1.52%) Web Conferencing
11 21 (1.45%) Virtual Team
12 17 (1.17%) Client/Server
13 16 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (1.10%) Data Centre
14 15 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
14 15 (1.03%) Driving Licence
14 15 (1.03%) EPoS
14 15 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 45 (3.10%) Windows
2 19 (1.31%) Linux
3 16 (1.10%) Apple iOS
4 15 (1.03%) Android
5 14 (0.96%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.62%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.21%) Debian
8 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.21%) Unix
9 2 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (17.02%) AI
2 205 (14.13%) B2B
2 205 (14.13%) Software Engineering
3 204 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
4 201 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 184 (12.68%) Agile
6 169 (11.65%) CRM
7 165 (11.37%) DevOps
8 155 (10.68%) CI/CD
9 148 (10.20%) Full-Stack Development
10 145 (9.99%) Roadmaps
11 141 (9.72%) Microservices
12 121 (8.34%) Decision-Making
13 120 (8.27%) Mentoring
14 118 (8.13%) Business Development
15 109 (7.51%) Fintech
16 100 (6.89%) Stakeholder Management
17 99 (6.82%) Analytics
18 95 (6.55%) Test Automation
19 87 (6.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 131 (9.03%) SQL
2 130 (8.96%) Python
3 113 (7.79%) TypeScript
4 96 (6.62%) JavaScript
5 88 (6.06%) Java
6 84 (5.79%) C#
7 53 (3.65%) PowerShell
8 30 (2.07%) PHP
9 26 (1.79%) R
10 23 (1.59%) Go
11 14 (0.96%) Bash
12 10 (0.69%) Bicep
12 10 (0.69%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.48%) Ruby
14 5 (0.34%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.21%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.21%) Swift
16 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.069%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.069%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 103 (7.10%) Degree
2 49 (3.38%) CISSP
3 45 (3.10%) ACCA
4 36 (2.48%) CISM
5 35 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (2.27%) Security Cleared
7 32 (2.21%) CIMA
8 23 (1.59%) CRISC
9 22 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.52%) SC Cleared
10 19 (1.31%) CISA
11 15 (1.03%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
12 14 (0.96%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.55%) ISACA
14 7 (0.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 7 (0.48%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.41%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (0.41%) MBA
16 5 (0.34%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (4.34%) QA
3 62 (4.27%) GDPR
4 44 (3.03%) NIST
5 41 (2.83%) PCI DSS
6 34 (2.34%) SOC 2
7 27 (1.86%) Accessibility
8 26 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (1.65%) Data Quality
10 22 (1.52%) IFRS
11 20 (1.38%) GRC
12 15 (1.03%) ISO 22301
13 13 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (0.83%) SLA
15 11 (0.76%) PMO
16 10 (0.69%) COBIT
17 9 (0.62%) SOC 1
17 9 (0.62%) WCAG
18 8 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
19 7 (0.48%) GAAP
System Software
1 82 (5.65%) Active Directory
2 43 (2.96%) Docker
3 5 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.21%) Firmware
5 1 (0.069%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.069%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.069%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 97 (6.69%) Terraform
2 77 (5.31%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.45%) Grafana
4 36 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.76%) Ansible
7 5 (0.34%) Argo
7 5 (0.34%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.21%) Packer
9 2 (0.14%) CASB
9 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.14%) Puppet
10 1 (0.069%) Graylog
10 1 (0.069%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.069%) QRadar
Vendors
1 181 (12.47%) Microsoft
2 51 (3.51%) HubSpot
3 49 (3.38%) Salesforce
4 33 (2.27%) Google
5 26 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (1.38%) Sage
7 19 (1.31%) Adobe
8 17 (1.17%) Databricks
8 17 (1.17%) Oracle
9 16 (1.10%) Pardot
9 16 (1.10%) Xero
10 14 (0.96%) SAP
10 14 (0.96%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.69%) Cisco
12 9 (0.62%) CheckPoint
12 9 (0.62%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.62%) Meraki
12 9 (0.62%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.41%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.41%) Workday