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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 48 50
Rank change year-on-year +20 +2 -4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,097 1,003 1,169
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.14% 5.83% 5.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.54% 12.67% 12.20%
Number of salaries quoted 844 681 984
10th Percentile £32,238 £36,250 £41,075
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,750 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.58% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £91,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% -3.57%

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 5,614 7,915 9,582
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.56% 45.97% 46.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,045 5,142 8,211
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year -4.00% +3.74% -7.31%

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 26 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 (1.00%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.82%) Confluence
2 9 (0.82%) WordPress
3 8 (0.73%) JBoss
3 8 (0.73%) WebSphere
4 6 (0.55%) IIS
4 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.36%) Apache
6 3 (0.27%) CMS
7 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.091%) Drupal
8 1 (0.091%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.091%) nginx
8 1 (0.091%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 33 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.09%) InDesign
5 8 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.64%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.36%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.36%) Sketch
9 3 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.27%) Trello
10 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.091%) GIMP
11 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.091%) Revit
11 1 (0.091%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.28%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.73%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.091%) Magento
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.091%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.091%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.091%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 233 (21.24%) Azure
2 214 (19.51%) AWS
3 105 (9.57%) GCP
4 60 (5.47%) GitHub
5 49 (4.47%) PaaS
6 37 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (2.92%) Entra ID
8 31 (2.83%) Serverless
9 29 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (2.46%) IaaS
10 27 (2.46%) Power Platform
11 19 (1.73%) Figma
12 18 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
13 17 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
15 12 (1.09%) Azure App Service
16 11 (1.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 10 (0.91%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.56%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (1.28%) Firewall
3 10 (0.91%) VPN
4 9 (0.82%) Unified Communications
5 7 (0.64%) DNS
5 7 (0.64%) Network Security
6 6 (0.55%) BGP
6 6 (0.55%) LAN
6 6 (0.55%) WAN
7 5 (0.46%) HTTP
7 5 (0.46%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.46%) SSL
7 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.36%) MPLS
9 3 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.27%) DHCP
9 3 (0.27%) OSPF
9 3 (0.27%) VLAN
9 3 (0.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (7.57%) SQL Server
2 46 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (2.73%) Data Lake
4 23 (2.10%) MySQL
4 23 (2.10%) Power BI
5 22 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
5 22 (2.01%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (0.91%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 10 (0.91%) Tableau
8 9 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.82%) Looker
9 8 (0.73%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.73%) Data Mining
9 8 (0.73%) Data Vault
9 8 (0.73%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.55%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.55%) Redis
10 6 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 37 (3.37%) Git
2 34 (3.10%) JIRA
3 19 (1.73%) TeamCity
4 10 (0.91%) Selenium
5 9 (0.82%) Postman
6 5 (0.46%) GitBook
6 5 (0.46%) git-flow
6 5 (0.46%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.46%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.36%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.36%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.36%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.36%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.27%) Storybook
9 1 (0.091%) GitLab
9 1 (0.091%) MSTest
9 1 (0.091%) NUnit
9 1 (0.091%) Protractor
9 1 (0.091%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 360 (32.82%) Social Skills
2 255 (23.25%) Finance
3 178 (16.23%) Retail
4 176 (16.04%) Marketing
5 95 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
6 90 (8.20%) Law
7 71 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 66 (6.02%) Legal
9 62 (5.65%) Back Office
10 58 (5.29%) Banking
11 55 (5.01%) Financial Institution
12 50 (4.56%) Public Sector
13 28 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.82%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.46%) Automotive
17 15 (1.37%) Games
18 14 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (1.28%) French Language
19 13 (1.19%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 155 (14.13%) Senior
2 147 (13.40%) Developer
3 118 (10.76%) Lead
4 65 (5.93%) Architect
5 50 (4.56%) Account Manager
5 50 (4.56%) Software Engineer
6 48 (4.38%) .NET Developer
7 47 (4.28%) Software Developer
8 43 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support
8 43 (3.92%) Analyst
9 41 (3.74%) Account Executive
10 36 (3.28%) Consultant
10 36 (3.28%) Development Manager
10 36 (3.28%) Engineering Manager
11 34 (3.10%) Product Manager
12 31 (2.83%) .NET Software Developer
12 31 (2.83%) Lead Developer
13 29 (2.64%) Data Engineer
14 27 (2.46%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 27 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (13.04%) .NET
2 102 (9.30%) React
3 49 (4.47%) Node.js
4 47 (4.28%) REST
5 29 (2.64%) CSS
6 26 (2.37%) HTML
7 25 (2.28%) RESTful
7 25 (2.28%) SOAP
8 21 (1.91%) .NET Framework
9 19 (1.73%) Next.js
10 18 (1.64%) Entity Framework
10 18 (1.64%) XML
11 17 (1.55%) SAML
12 16 (1.46%) ASP.NET Web API
12 16 (1.46%) Kafka
13 15 (1.37%) AngularJS
13 15 (1.37%) Razor View Engine
14 14 (1.28%) Middleware
14 14 (1.28%) Spring
15 13 (1.19%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 159 (14.49%) Onboarding
2 76 (6.93%) Product Ownership
3 70 (6.38%) Cloud Native
4 31 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (2.83%) Social Media
5 29 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 24 (2.19%) Web Conferencing
8 22 (2.01%) Mobile App
9 20 (1.82%) Educational Technology
10 16 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
10 16 (1.46%) NHS
11 15 (1.37%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.28%) EPoS
12 14 (1.28%) Life Science
13 13 (1.19%) Driving Licence
14 12 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
16 8 (0.73%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.19%) Windows
2 22 (2.01%) Android
2 22 (2.01%) Apple iOS
3 16 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.00%) Linux
5 1 (0.091%) Unix
5 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (20.33%) Agile
2 220 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
3 195 (17.78%) AI
4 193 (17.59%) Mentoring
5 184 (16.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 182 (16.59%) Software Engineering
7 177 (16.13%) Roadmaps
8 162 (14.77%) CRM
9 139 (12.67%) DevOps
10 121 (11.03%) B2B
11 117 (10.67%) CI/CD
12 101 (9.21%) Microservices
13 94 (8.57%) Analytics
14 91 (8.30%) Customer Service
14 91 (8.30%) Full-Stack Development
15 90 (8.20%) Coaching
16 89 (8.11%) ERP
17 88 (8.02%) Data Privacy
18 86 (7.84%) Decision-Making
19 83 (7.57%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 199 (18.14%) SQL
2 144 (13.13%) C#
3 102 (9.30%) TypeScript
4 88 (8.02%) JavaScript
5 73 (6.65%) Python
6 50 (4.56%) Java
7 24 (2.19%) PHP
8 19 (1.73%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.09%) Bash
10 11 (1.00%) Go
11 10 (0.91%) C
11 10 (0.91%) Kotlin
12 8 (0.73%) Bicep
13 4 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.27%) Swift
15 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.091%) ABAP
16 1 (0.091%) Ruby
16 1 (0.091%) VB
16 1 (0.091%) XAML
Qualifications
1 99 (9.02%) Degree
2 30 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (2.64%) ACCA
4 18 (1.64%) Master's Degree
5 15 (1.37%) CISSP
6 12 (1.09%) Security Cleared
7 10 (0.91%) CIMA
8 9 (0.82%) AWS Certification
8 9 (0.82%) CRISC
9 8 (0.73%) CISM
10 7 (0.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 6 (0.55%) SC Cleared
12 5 (0.46%) CISA
12 5 (0.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.36%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.36%) CEH
13 4 (0.36%) CISMP
13 4 (0.36%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.27%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (7.93%) QA
2 59 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (2.37%) SOC 2
4 25 (2.28%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.10%) GDPR
6 22 (2.01%) ISO 9001
7 18 (1.64%) NIST
8 17 (1.55%) GRC
9 16 (1.46%) PCI DSS
10 13 (1.19%) SLA
11 10 (0.91%) GAAP
12 9 (0.82%) IFRS
13 6 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.55%) WCAG
14 5 (0.46%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.36%) Data Quality
15 4 (0.36%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.27%) PMO
17 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 30 (2.73%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.64%) Docker
3 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 67 (6.11%) Terraform
2 58 (5.29%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.64%) Grafana
4 17 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.73%) Ansible
6 6 (0.55%) Argo
7 4 (0.36%) Cilium
7 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.091%) CASB
8 1 (0.091%) Istio
8 1 (0.091%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.091%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.091%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 105 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 63 (5.74%) Salesforce
3 50 (4.56%) HubSpot
4 37 (3.37%) Adobe
5 33 (3.01%) Databricks
6 28 (2.55%) Google
7 24 (2.19%) Oracle
8 16 (1.46%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.37%) Cisco
9 15 (1.37%) Workday
10 13 (1.19%) Zoho
11 10 (0.91%) SAP
12 9 (0.82%) Alteryx
12 9 (0.82%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.46%) Pardot
14 4 (0.36%) BiZZdesign
14 4 (0.36%) Facebook
14 4 (0.36%) Instagram
14 4 (0.36%) OpenAI
14 4 (0.36%) Talend