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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 76 51
Rank change year-on-year +48 -25 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,360 711 1,590
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.87% 4.65% 4.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.17% 12.12% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,079 546 1,330
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £98,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 7,484 5,867 14,584
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.82% 38.35% 42.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,215 4,261 12,142
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +2.08% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

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 14 June 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 42 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (3.01%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.10%) WordPress
4 12 (0.88%) CMS
5 11 (0.81%) Confluence
6 6 (0.44%) SAS
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.37%) Moodle
7 5 (0.37%) Totara
8 4 (0.29%) JBoss
8 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.074%) Apache
10 1 (0.074%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.074%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.074%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 19 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (0.59%) Photoshop
4 7 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.074%) InDesign
8 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.074%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.074%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.18%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.22%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.22%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.22%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.22%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.074%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.074%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 229 (16.84%) AWS
1 229 (16.84%) Azure
2 82 (6.03%) GCP
2 82 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (5.66%) Entra ID
4 52 (3.82%) PaaS
5 50 (3.68%) Power Platform
6 47 (3.46%) Serverless
7 44 (3.24%) Amazon EKS
8 31 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (1.91%) GitHub
9 26 (1.91%) IaaS
10 22 (1.62%) Figma
11 19 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
12 18 (1.32%) Mimecast
12 18 (1.32%) Snowflake
13 16 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 14 (1.03%) AWS Direct Connect
14 14 (1.03%) Azure Functions
15 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.99%) Firewall
2 21 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.32%) VPN
4 15 (1.10%) DNS
5 12 (0.88%) LAN
5 12 (0.88%) MPLS
5 12 (0.88%) WAN
6 11 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (0.81%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (0.81%) Cisco ISE
6 11 (0.81%) IPsec
6 11 (0.81%) NetScaler
6 11 (0.81%) NX-OS
6 11 (0.81%) SD-WAN
6 11 (0.81%) VXLAN
6 11 (0.81%) WLAN
7 10 (0.74%) BGP
8 9 (0.66%) DHCP
9 7 (0.51%) Broadband
9 7 (0.51%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (2.13%) Power BI
4 21 (1.54%) MySQL
4 21 (1.54%) Redis
5 16 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.37%) Big Data
10 5 (0.37%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.29%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.29%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.29%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.22%) Tableau
13 2 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 55 (4.04%) JIRA
2 36 (2.65%) TeamCity
3 29 (2.13%) Git
4 9 (0.66%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.44%) JMeter
5 6 (0.44%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.37%) Locust
6 5 (0.37%) Selenium
7 4 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.29%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.29%) Postman
7 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.22%) JUnit
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.15%) MSI
General
1 322 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 313 (23.01%) Finance
3 226 (16.62%) Retail
4 206 (15.15%) Marketing
5 160 (11.76%) Law
6 152 (11.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 131 (9.63%) Banking
8 119 (8.75%) Back Office
9 115 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
10 105 (7.72%) Financial Institution
11 91 (6.69%) Legal
12 45 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (2.21%) Manufacturing
15 28 (2.06%) Advertising
16 25 (1.84%) Public Sector
17 22 (1.62%) German Language
17 22 (1.62%) Health Technology
18 20 (1.47%) Polish Language
19 16 (1.18%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 178 (13.09%) Senior
2 164 (12.06%) Lead
3 162 (11.91%) Developer
4 102 (7.50%) Software Engineer
5 91 (6.69%) Account Executive
6 78 (5.74%) Account Manager
7 77 (5.66%) Architect
8 72 (5.29%) Full-Stack Developer
9 63 (4.63%) Lead Developer
10 51 (3.75%) Support Engineer
11 50 (3.68%) Consultant
12 46 (3.38%) Analyst
13 42 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
14 41 (3.01%) Sales Manager
15 37 (2.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 37 (2.72%) Marketing Manager
16 36 (2.65%) .NET Software Engineer
16 36 (2.65%) C# Developer
17 34 (2.50%) Software Developer
18 33 (2.43%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (6.40%) .NET
2 81 (5.96%) Node.js
3 59 (4.34%) React
4 45 (3.31%) Vue
5 35 (2.57%) HTML
5 35 (2.57%) RESTful
6 34 (2.50%) CSS
6 34 (2.50%) REST
7 25 (1.84%) JSON
8 20 (1.47%) XML
9 16 (1.18%) Spring
10 14 (1.03%) AngularJS
10 14 (1.03%) Next.js
10 14 (1.03%) React Native
11 13 (0.96%) GraphQL
11 13 (0.96%) NestJS
11 13 (0.96%) OAuth
12 12 (0.88%) .NET Core
12 12 (0.88%) Kafka
12 12 (0.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 110 (8.09%) Cloud Native
2 95 (6.99%) Onboarding
3 81 (5.96%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (2.57%) Management Information System
6 27 (1.99%) Blog
7 26 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.76%) EPoS
9 23 (1.69%) PropTech
10 20 (1.47%) Social Media
11 18 (1.32%) Data Centre
12 17 (1.25%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.10%) Client/Server
13 15 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
13 15 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
14 14 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.96%) Mobile App
16 11 (0.81%) Driving Licence
16 11 (0.81%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.16%) Windows
2 20 (1.47%) Apple iOS
3 19 (1.40%) Android
4 16 (1.18%) Linux
5 13 (0.96%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.66%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.22%) Unix
10 2 (0.15%) Debian
10 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (17.06%) AI
2 188 (13.82%) B2B
3 187 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
4 183 (13.46%) Software Engineering
5 167 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 158 (11.62%) Agile
7 151 (11.10%) CRM
8 145 (10.66%) CI/CD
9 141 (10.37%) Full-Stack Development
10 135 (9.93%) Roadmaps
11 132 (9.71%) DevOps
12 128 (9.41%) Microservices
13 113 (8.31%) Business Development
14 106 (7.79%) Decision-Making
14 106 (7.79%) Fintech
15 99 (7.28%) Mentoring
16 95 (6.99%) Analytics
17 79 (5.81%) Stakeholder Management
18 74 (5.44%) Lead Generation
19 72 (5.29%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 121 (8.90%) SQL
2 119 (8.75%) Python
3 88 (6.47%) Java
4 87 (6.40%) TypeScript
5 73 (5.37%) C#
6 69 (5.07%) JavaScript
7 43 (3.16%) PowerShell
8 29 (2.13%) PHP
9 23 (1.69%) Go
10 19 (1.40%) R
11 16 (1.18%) Bash
12 9 (0.66%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.59%) Bicep
14 5 (0.37%) Ruby
15 4 (0.29%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.22%) Swift
17 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
18 1 (0.074%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 92 (6.76%) Degree
2 41 (3.01%) ACCA
3 29 (2.13%) CIMA
4 28 (2.06%) CISSP
4 28 (2.06%) Security Cleared
5 27 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (1.47%) SC Cleared
7 16 (1.18%) CRISC
8 15 (1.10%) CISM
8 15 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.03%) Master's Degree
10 13 (0.96%) CISA
11 7 (0.51%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (0.44%) MBA
13 5 (0.37%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.37%) ISACA
13 5 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 4 (0.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (3.68%) GDPR
3 45 (3.31%) QA
4 36 (2.65%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.28%) Accessibility
6 29 (2.13%) SOC 2
7 22 (1.62%) Data Quality
8 21 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 21 (1.54%) NIST
9 19 (1.40%) IFRS
10 16 (1.18%) GRC
11 13 (0.96%) WCAG
12 12 (0.88%) PMO
12 12 (0.88%) SLA
13 11 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.51%) COBIT
16 6 (0.44%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.37%) GAAP
18 4 (0.29%) JSP 440
System Software
1 71 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.31%) Docker
3 3 (0.22%) Firmware
3 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.074%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.074%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 97 (7.13%) Terraform
2 73 (5.37%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.38%) Grafana
4 28 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.96%) Ansible
7 5 (0.37%) Argo
7 5 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.22%) CASB
8 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.22%) Packer
9 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.074%) Graylog
10 1 (0.074%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.074%) QRadar
Vendors
1 143 (10.51%) Microsoft
2 46 (3.38%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.16%) HubSpot
4 34 (2.50%) Google
5 19 (1.40%) Adobe
5 19 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
5 19 (1.40%) Sage
6 16 (1.18%) Pardot
6 16 (1.18%) ServiceNow
6 16 (1.18%) Xero
7 14 (1.03%) SAP
8 13 (0.96%) Databricks
9 12 (0.88%) Cisco
9 12 (0.88%) Oracle
10 11 (0.81%) CheckPoint
10 11 (0.81%) Dynatrace
10 11 (0.81%) Meraki
10 11 (0.81%) SolarWinds
11 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
12 6 (0.44%) Atlassian