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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 50 50
Rank change year-on-year +20 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,685 906 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.78% 5.43% 4.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.55% 15.79% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,239 702 699
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -11.11%

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 8,617 5,738 9,171
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.67% 34.41% 42.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6,317 4,064 6,015
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,738
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £59,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +5.93% -7.81% +2.40%

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 October 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 69 (4.09%) SharePoint
2 44 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.01%) Confluence
4 13 (0.77%) CMS
5 12 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.59%) Apache
7 8 (0.47%) WordPress
8 7 (0.42%) IIS
9 6 (0.36%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.059%) Jupyter
Applications
1 26 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.42%) Moqups
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
4 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
4 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.18%) OPENHousing
4 3 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
4 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.12%) Maximo
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.059%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.059%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 347 (20.59%) AWS
2 324 (19.23%) Azure
3 135 (8.01%) GCP
4 104 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
5 82 (4.87%) Amazon EKS
6 80 (4.75%) Entra ID
7 77 (4.57%) Power Platform
8 58 (3.44%) PaaS
9 47 (2.79%) Serverless
10 45 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
11 42 (2.49%) GitHub
12 35 (2.08%) Snowflake
13 34 (2.02%) IaaS
14 27 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
14 27 (1.60%) Mimecast
14 27 (1.60%) Power Automate
15 26 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (1.36%) Figma
16 23 (1.36%) Google Workspace
17 21 (1.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.48%) VPN
2 19 (1.13%) TCP/IP
3 18 (1.07%) Network Security
4 15 (0.89%) BGP
5 13 (0.77%) DNS
6 12 (0.71%) AMQP
6 12 (0.71%) Firewall
6 12 (0.71%) SMS
7 10 (0.59%) Broadband
8 9 (0.53%) DHCP
8 9 (0.53%) VLAN
8 9 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.36%) 5G
9 6 (0.36%) Internet
10 5 (0.30%) VoIP
10 5 (0.30%) WAN
11 4 (0.24%) IPsec
11 4 (0.24%) LAN
11 4 (0.24%) MPLS
11 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (3.56%) SQL Server
3 43 (2.55%) Power BI
4 36 (2.14%) Redis
5 22 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (0.83%) Big Data
8 13 (0.77%) MySQL
9 12 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.59%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.47%) BigQuery
11 8 (0.47%) Looker
12 7 (0.42%) Metadata
13 6 (0.36%) Tableau
14 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
14 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
15 4 (0.24%) Flink
15 4 (0.24%) Metabase
15 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 98 (5.82%) JIRA
2 76 (4.51%) TeamCity
3 44 (2.61%) Git
4 15 (0.89%) Cypress.io
4 15 (0.89%) Selenium
5 11 (0.65%) GitLab
6 10 (0.59%) Claude Code
7 8 (0.47%) JUnit
8 7 (0.42%) Postman
8 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (0.30%) Poetry
9 5 (0.30%) Storybook
10 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.12%) MSI
12 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 471 (27.95%) Social Skills
2 409 (24.27%) Finance
3 253 (15.01%) Retail
4 246 (14.60%) Law
5 233 (13.83%) Marketing
6 204 (12.11%) Legal
7 178 (10.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 152 (9.02%) Banking
9 148 (8.78%) Back Office
10 135 (8.01%) Financial Institution
11 126 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
12 62 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (3.68%) Public Sector
13 59 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (2.20%) Manufacturing
15 32 (1.90%) German Language
16 31 (1.84%) French Language
17 29 (1.72%) Health Technology
18 27 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
19 22 (1.31%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 242 (14.36%) Senior
2 225 (13.35%) Lead
3 158 (9.38%) Developer
4 116 (6.88%) Account Executive
5 110 (6.53%) Architect
5 110 (6.53%) Software Engineer
6 84 (4.99%) Full-Stack Developer
7 80 (4.75%) Analyst
7 80 (4.75%) Consultant
8 69 (4.09%) Software Developer
9 66 (3.92%) Account Manager
9 66 (3.92%) Lead Developer
10 63 (3.74%) IT Manager
10 63 (3.74%) Senior Manager
11 62 (3.68%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
12 61 (3.62%) Lead Software Developer
13 60 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
14 49 (2.91%) Testing Manager
15 48 (2.85%) Resilience Manager
15 48 (2.85%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (8.66%) Terraform
2 122 (7.24%) Node.js
3 95 (5.64%) .NET
4 62 (3.68%) React
5 60 (3.56%) Middleware
6 57 (3.38%) REST
7 52 (3.09%) Vue
8 50 (2.97%) RESTful
9 24 (1.42%) OAuth
10 22 (1.31%) CSS
10 22 (1.31%) NestJS
10 22 (1.31%) Next.js
10 22 (1.31%) OpenAPI
10 22 (1.31%) OpenID
10 22 (1.31%) Swagger
11 20 (1.19%) OAuth2
12 18 (1.07%) Spring
12 18 (1.07%) Spring Boot
13 17 (1.01%) HTML
14 16 (0.95%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 141 (8.37%) Cloud Native
2 124 (7.36%) Product Ownership
3 105 (6.23%) Onboarding
4 73 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.68%) Virtual Team
6 57 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
6 57 (3.38%) Management Information System
7 48 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
8 44 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
9 42 (2.49%) Web Conferencing
10 25 (1.48%) Social Media
11 24 (1.42%) Blog
12 19 (1.13%) AI Agents
12 19 (1.13%) Driving Licence
12 19 (1.13%) Security Posture
13 18 (1.07%) Data Structures
14 14 (0.83%) Clustering
14 14 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.77%) PropTech
16 12 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.43%) Windows
2 26 (1.54%) Linux
3 17 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.71%) Android
6 6 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.059%) Unix
9 1 (0.059%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (18.64%) AI
2 269 (15.96%) B2B
2 269 (15.96%) DevOps
3 266 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 263 (15.61%) Software Engineering
5 253 (15.01%) Agile
6 234 (13.89%) CRM
7 213 (12.64%) CI/CD
7 213 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
8 206 (12.23%) Test Automation
9 198 (11.75%) Mentoring
10 196 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
11 170 (10.09%) Roadmaps
12 167 (9.91%) Decision-Making
13 164 (9.73%) Business Development
14 162 (9.61%) Microservices
15 157 (9.32%) Fintech
16 156 (9.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 145 (8.61%) Full-Stack Development
18 139 (8.25%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 190 (11.28%) TypeScript
2 177 (10.50%) JavaScript
2 177 (10.50%) Python
3 159 (9.44%) C#
3 159 (9.44%) SQL
4 122 (7.24%) Java
5 86 (5.10%) PowerShell
6 33 (1.96%) Go
7 30 (1.78%) R
8 27 (1.60%) PHP
9 24 (1.42%) Bash
10 16 (0.95%) Bicep
11 9 (0.53%) Ruby
12 7 (0.42%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.36%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.36%) SOQL
14 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.24%) Scala
15 4 (0.24%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 89 (5.28%) Degree
2 82 (4.87%) CISSP
3 76 (4.51%) CISM
4 56 (3.32%) ITIL Certification
5 43 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (1.96%) Security Cleared
7 24 (1.42%) Azure Certification
8 19 (1.13%) CRISC
9 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (1.07%) SC Cleared
10 16 (0.95%) ACCA
11 14 (0.83%) CIMA
12 13 (0.77%) CISA
13 9 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.42%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.42%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.42%) ISACA
14 7 (0.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (7.95%) QA
2 95 (5.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 81 (4.81%) NIST
4 73 (4.33%) GDPR
5 48 (2.85%) ISO 22301
6 39 (2.31%) PCI DSS
7 37 (2.20%) SOC 2
8 34 (2.02%) Data Quality
9 27 (1.60%) Accessibility
10 24 (1.42%) GRC
11 22 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (1.07%) SLA
13 12 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.47%) COBIT
15 7 (0.42%) IFRS
15 7 (0.42%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.36%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 4 (0.24%) GAAP
18 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 65 (3.86%) Docker
2 61 (3.62%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.059%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.059%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 118 (7.00%) Kubernetes
2 89 (5.28%) Grafana
3 33 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.31%) Ansible
4 22 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.36%) Cilium
7 5 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.059%) CASB
10 1 (0.059%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.059%) Kibana
10 1 (0.059%) Packer
10 1 (0.059%) QRadar
Vendors
1 246 (14.60%) Microsoft
2 94 (5.58%) HubSpot
3 79 (4.69%) Salesforce
4 64 (3.80%) Google
5 32 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
6 24 (1.42%) Sage
7 22 (1.31%) Databricks
8 17 (1.01%) Adobe
9 15 (0.89%) SAP
10 14 (0.83%) Workday
11 12 (0.71%) Oracle
12 11 (0.65%) Dynatrace
12 11 (0.65%) Splunk
13 9 (0.53%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.42%) Facebook
14 7 (0.42%) Instagram
14 7 (0.42%) TikTok
14 7 (0.42%) YouTube
15 6 (0.36%) Cisco
15 6 (0.36%) Freshdesk