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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 52 50
Rank change year-on-year +26 -2 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,309 782 1,611
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.20% 5.62% 4.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.11% 13.03% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,023 629 1,375
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £49,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

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 6,851 6,003 13,955
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.69% 43.17% 42.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,637 4,633 11,960
10th Percentile £33,900 £32,500 £35,639
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.09% -11.54%

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 May 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 38 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.99%) WordPress
4 10 (0.76%) CMS
4 10 (0.76%) Confluence
5 8 (0.61%) JBoss
5 8 (0.61%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.38%) Moodle
6 5 (0.38%) Totara
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) IIS
7 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.076%) Apache
Applications
1 24 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (0.53%) Photoshop
4 6 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.076%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.076%) InDesign
6 1 (0.076%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (1.45%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.076%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 221 (16.88%) AWS
2 219 (16.73%) Azure
3 78 (5.96%) GCP
4 65 (4.97%) Entra ID
5 61 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
6 45 (3.44%) Serverless
7 43 (3.28%) GitHub
8 38 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
9 36 (2.75%) Power Platform
10 35 (2.67%) PaaS
11 29 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (1.53%) IaaS
14 19 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 17 (1.30%) Figma
16 16 (1.22%) AWS Direct Connect
16 16 (1.22%) Mimecast
17 15 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
18 14 (1.07%) Amazon S3
19 13 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.44%) Firewall
2 18 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (1.30%) VPN
4 14 (1.07%) LAN
4 14 (1.07%) WAN
5 13 (0.99%) BGP
5 13 (0.99%) MPLS
5 13 (0.99%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.92%) Cisco ASA
6 12 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
6 12 (0.92%) Cisco ISE
6 12 (0.92%) DNS
6 12 (0.92%) IPsec
6 12 (0.92%) NetScaler
6 12 (0.92%) NX-OS
6 12 (0.92%) VXLAN
6 12 (0.92%) WLAN
7 10 (0.76%) SSL
8 9 (0.69%) OSPF
9 6 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.42%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (1.91%) Power BI
4 21 (1.60%) MySQL
5 20 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.30%) Redis
7 16 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.76%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.76%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.69%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.46%) Big Data
11 6 (0.46%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.31%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
14 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
14 2 (0.15%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (3.36%) JIRA
2 33 (2.52%) Git
3 32 (2.44%) TeamCity
4 8 (0.61%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.46%) CircleCI
5 6 (0.46%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.46%) JMeter
5 6 (0.46%) Postman
5 6 (0.46%) Selenium
6 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.38%) Locust
7 4 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.15%) GitBook
10 1 (0.076%) GCC
10 1 (0.076%) MSTest
General
1 321 (24.52%) Social Skills
2 290 (22.15%) Finance
3 226 (17.27%) Retail
4 215 (16.42%) Marketing
5 153 (11.69%) Law
6 145 (11.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 128 (9.78%) Banking
8 117 (8.94%) Back Office
9 105 (8.02%) Financial Institution
10 99 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
11 76 (5.81%) Legal
12 51 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (2.52%) Public Sector
15 29 (2.22%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.83%) German Language
17 18 (1.38%) Advertising
18 16 (1.22%) Polish Language
19 15 (1.15%) Tech for Good
20 14 (1.07%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 179 (13.67%) Senior
2 171 (13.06%) Developer
3 145 (11.08%) Lead
4 95 (7.26%) Software Engineer
5 83 (6.34%) Account Manager
6 68 (5.19%) Account Executive
7 67 (5.12%) Architect
8 64 (4.89%) Full-Stack Developer
8 64 (4.89%) Lead Developer
9 57 (4.35%) Support Engineer
10 47 (3.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 42 (3.21%) Analyst
11 42 (3.21%) Development Manager
12 39 (2.98%) Consultant
12 39 (2.98%) Sales Manager
13 38 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
14 34 (2.60%) Marketing Manager
15 32 (2.44%) Senior Software Engineer
16 31 (2.37%) C# Developer
17 30 (2.29%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (8.17%) .NET
2 74 (5.65%) Node.js
3 72 (5.50%) React
4 38 (2.90%) RESTful
5 37 (2.83%) REST
6 31 (2.37%) CSS
6 31 (2.37%) HTML
7 30 (2.29%) Vue
8 24 (1.83%) JSON
9 20 (1.53%) Spring
10 19 (1.45%) React Native
11 18 (1.38%) GraphQL
11 18 (1.38%) XML
12 15 (1.15%) SOAP
13 14 (1.07%) NestJS
14 13 (0.99%) .NET Core
14 13 (0.99%) AngularJS
14 13 (0.99%) Kafka
14 13 (0.99%) Next.js
15 12 (0.92%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 109 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 99 (7.56%) Cloud Native
3 70 (5.35%) Product Ownership
4 32 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
5 31 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 30 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.99%) Blog
7 26 (1.99%) EPoS
8 23 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.60%) Data Centre
9 21 (1.60%) PropTech
10 20 (1.53%) Mobile App
11 15 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
11 15 (1.15%) Social Media
11 15 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
12 14 (1.07%) Data Structures
13 13 (0.99%) Client/Server
14 12 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.84%) Security Posture
16 10 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.75%) Windows
2 26 (1.99%) Apple iOS
3 25 (1.91%) Android
4 19 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.69%) Linux
6 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.15%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (16.04%) AI
2 195 (14.90%) Software Engineering
3 187 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 183 (13.98%) B2B
5 170 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 146 (11.15%) Agile
7 145 (11.08%) CRM
8 143 (10.92%) Full-Stack Development
9 139 (10.62%) CI/CD
10 130 (9.93%) DevOps
11 113 (8.63%) Microservices
12 111 (8.48%) Roadmaps
13 107 (8.17%) Business Development
14 106 (8.10%) Fintech
15 97 (7.41%) Mentoring
16 88 (6.72%) Decision-Making
17 87 (6.65%) Analytics
18 79 (6.04%) SDLC
19 77 (5.88%) Project Management
20 70 (5.35%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 128 (9.78%) SQL
2 112 (8.56%) Python
3 85 (6.49%) C#
3 85 (6.49%) Java
4 80 (6.11%) TypeScript
5 61 (4.66%) JavaScript
6 32 (2.44%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.99%) PHP
8 25 (1.91%) Go
9 16 (1.22%) R
10 12 (0.92%) Bash
11 8 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.46%) Bicep
13 4 (0.31%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.23%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.23%) Swift
15 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.076%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.076%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 87 (6.65%) Degree
2 45 (3.44%) ACCA
3 33 (2.52%) CIMA
4 23 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (1.45%) CISSP
5 19 (1.45%) Master's Degree
5 19 (1.45%) Security Cleared
6 14 (1.07%) SC Cleared
7 11 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (0.76%) Azure Certification
8 10 (0.76%) CISA
9 9 (0.69%) CRISC
10 7 (0.53%) CISM
10 7 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (0.53%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.46%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.46%) MBA
12 4 (0.31%) CEH
13 3 (0.23%) ISACA
13 3 (0.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (3.82%) QA
3 34 (2.60%) PCI DSS
3 34 (2.60%) SOC 2
4 28 (2.14%) Accessibility
5 27 (2.06%) GDPR
6 20 (1.53%) IFRS
7 19 (1.45%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (0.99%) GRC
9 13 (0.99%) SLA
9 13 (0.99%) WCAG
10 12 (0.92%) NIST
11 11 (0.84%) PMO
12 10 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.38%) GAAP
15 4 (0.31%) COBIT
15 4 (0.31%) SOC 1
16 3 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 66 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 51 (3.90%) Docker
3 4 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.23%) Firmware
5 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.076%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.076%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 91 (6.95%) Terraform
2 74 (5.65%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.83%) Grafana
4 27 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.84%) Ansible
7 7 (0.53%) Argo
8 2 (0.15%) CASB
8 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.15%) Packer
8 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.076%) Cilium
9 1 (0.076%) Graylog
9 1 (0.076%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.076%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 109 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 55 (4.20%) Salesforce
3 39 (2.98%) HubSpot
4 35 (2.67%) Google
5 19 (1.45%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
6 17 (1.30%) Pardot
6 17 (1.30%) Sage
6 17 (1.30%) Xero
7 14 (1.07%) Databricks
7 14 (1.07%) SAP
8 13 (0.99%) Adobe
8 13 (0.99%) Cisco
8 13 (0.99%) Oracle
9 12 (0.92%) CheckPoint
9 12 (0.92%) Dynatrace
9 12 (0.92%) Meraki
9 12 (0.92%) SolarWinds
10 9 (0.69%) Fortinet
11 6 (0.46%) Atlassian