SaaS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SaaS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 42 41
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,705 2,800 5,176
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.05% 6.49% 7.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.67% 13.61% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,383 1,975 3,531
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,210 £38,000
25th Percentile £49,750 £51,475 £49,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - +10.66%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +8.33%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

SaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,616 20,567 35,076
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.31% 47.67% 52.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11,971 15,067 21,832
10th Percentile £35,500 £37,847 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +1.96% +10.87%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

SaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SaaS trend for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SaaS.

SaaS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SaaS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

SaaS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 20 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.88%) IIS
6 9 (0.53%) Confluence
7 8 (0.47%) WordPress
8 7 (0.41%) CMS
9 5 (0.29%) Apache
10 4 (0.23%) nginx
10 4 (0.23%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.12%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.12%) Hyperledger
12 2 (0.12%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.12%) SAS
13 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.059%) Moodle
13 1 (0.059%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.059%) Totara
Applications
1 27 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.23%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.23%) Notion
6 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.059%) 1Password
7 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.059%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 12 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
5 8 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.23%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.23%) Sage 200
8 4 (0.23%) Sage 50
8 4 (0.23%) Sage X3
9 3 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
10 2 (0.12%) R3 Corda
10 2 (0.12%) SAP FI-GL
10 2 (0.12%) Workfront
11 1 (0.059%) Cognos Controller
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle ERP
11 1 (0.059%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 576 (33.78%) AWS
2 521 (30.56%) Azure
3 232 (13.61%) GCP
4 167 (9.79%) PaaS
5 156 (9.15%) Microsoft 365
6 142 (8.33%) IaaS
7 71 (4.16%) Azure DevOps
8 66 (3.87%) Serverless
9 62 (3.64%) GitHub
10 61 (3.58%) Amazon S3
11 45 (2.64%) Amazon SQS
12 42 (2.46%) Entra ID
13 28 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
14 27 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
15 26 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
15 26 (1.52%) Lucidchart
15 26 (1.52%) Miro
15 26 (1.52%) Power Platform
16 25 (1.47%) Azure AKS
16 25 (1.47%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.23%) Firewall
2 37 (2.17%) VPN
3 25 (1.47%) LAN
3 25 (1.47%) WAN
4 23 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.29%) Network Security
6 18 (1.06%) SSL
7 17 (1.00%) Internet
8 13 (0.76%) SAN
9 12 (0.70%) VLAN
10 11 (0.65%) VoIP
11 8 (0.47%) DNS
11 8 (0.47%) HTTPS
11 8 (0.47%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.41%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.35%) NAS
13 6 (0.35%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.29%) MPLS
15 4 (0.23%) BGP
15 4 (0.23%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (6.10%) SQL Server
2 83 (4.87%) MySQL
3 56 (3.28%) Big Data
4 42 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
5 41 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
6 37 (2.17%) Redis
7 31 (1.82%) Relational Database
8 30 (1.76%) Hadoop
9 26 (1.52%) NoSQL
10 23 (1.35%) MongoDB
10 23 (1.35%) Scylla
11 22 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 21 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
13 16 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
13 16 (0.94%) Tableau
14 15 (0.88%) BigQuery
14 15 (0.88%) Power BI
15 14 (0.82%) MariaDB
16 13 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
16 13 (0.76%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 139 (8.15%) Git
2 83 (4.87%) Jenkins
3 60 (3.52%) Postman
4 59 (3.46%) Selenium
5 55 (3.23%) JIRA
6 45 (2.64%) Cucumber
7 30 (1.76%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.94%) JUnit
9 14 (0.82%) JMeter
10 13 (0.76%) SoapUI
11 12 (0.70%) REST Assured
11 12 (0.70%) webpack
12 10 (0.59%) TeamCity
12 10 (0.59%) Visual Studio
13 9 (0.53%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.53%) GitLab
13 9 (0.53%) Vagrant
14 8 (0.47%) Maven
14 8 (0.47%) SonarQube
15 7 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 527 (30.91%) Social Skills
2 190 (11.14%) Finance
3 129 (7.57%) Marketing
4 120 (7.04%) Presentation Skills
5 112 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
6 73 (4.28%) Retail
7 70 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (3.46%) Legal
9 48 (2.82%) Automotive
10 41 (2.40%) Law
11 40 (2.35%) Banking
12 31 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 31 (1.82%) Public Sector
13 28 (1.64%) Games
14 21 (1.23%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
16 16 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
17 14 (0.82%) Advertising
17 14 (0.82%) Financial Institution
17 14 (0.82%) Military
Job Titles
1 331 (19.41%) Senior
2 329 (19.30%) Developer
3 245 (14.37%) Architect
4 169 (9.91%) Lead
5 128 (7.51%) Software Engineer
6 124 (7.27%) Senior Developer
7 99 (5.81%) Cloud Architect
8 95 (5.57%) Analyst
9 85 (4.99%) Solutions Architect
10 83 (4.87%) PHP Developer
11 61 (3.58%) Consultant
12 58 (3.40%) Full Stack Developer
13 57 (3.34%) DevOps Engineer
14 45 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
14 45 (2.64%) Software Developer
15 43 (2.52%) Senior Software Engineer
16 41 (2.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 41 (2.40%) Principal Engineer
17 39 (2.29%) Business Manager
18 37 (2.17%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (8.68%) .NET
2 142 (8.33%) Laravel
3 126 (7.39%) React
4 113 (6.63%) CSS
5 109 (6.39%) HTML
6 107 (6.28%) REST
7 93 (5.45%) Vue
8 82 (4.81%) RESTful
9 79 (4.63%) AngularJS
10 76 (4.46%) Web Services
11 73 (4.28%) Node.js
12 57 (3.34%) .NET Core
13 53 (3.11%) GraphQL
14 47 (2.76%) Kafka
15 45 (2.64%) SOAP
16 43 (2.52%) jQuery
17 42 (2.46%) JSON
17 42 (2.46%) Symfony
18 36 (2.11%) Spring
19 27 (1.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 112 (6.57%) Public Cloud
2 99 (5.81%) Greenfield Project
3 83 (4.87%) PKI
4 72 (4.22%) Enterprise Software
5 71 (4.16%) Product Ownership
6 68 (3.99%) Data Structures
7 62 (3.64%) Cloud Native
8 61 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
9 58 (3.40%) Mobile App
10 45 (2.64%) Client/Server
11 40 (2.35%) Management Information System
12 39 (2.29%) Algorithms
13 38 (2.23%) Onboarding
14 26 (1.52%) Virtual Team
15 24 (1.41%) Data Centre
16 21 (1.23%) Satnav
17 16 (0.94%) Online Games
18 15 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
19 13 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
19 13 (0.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 141 (8.27%) Windows
2 82 (4.81%) Linux
3 55 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.64%) Unix
5 25 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.35%) Android
7 21 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 18 (1.06%) Mac OS
9 16 (0.94%) Windows 10
10 14 (0.82%) Mac OS X
11 11 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
12 10 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (0.53%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.47%) CentOS
15 4 (0.23%) VMS
16 3 (0.18%) Windows Vista
17 1 (0.059%) Windows 7
17 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (25.92%) Agile
2 332 (19.47%) DevOps
3 277 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
4 258 (15.13%) Software Engineering
5 214 (12.55%) CI/CD
6 188 (11.03%) Project Management
7 174 (10.21%) Roadmaps
8 173 (10.15%) Microservices
9 154 (9.03%) Test Automation
10 146 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
11 142 (8.33%) User Experience
12 138 (8.09%) Migration
13 125 (7.33%) Presales
14 124 (7.27%) Full Stack Development
14 124 (7.27%) Scrum
15 123 (7.21%) Actionable Insight
16 120 (7.04%) Mentoring
17 116 (6.80%) TOGAF
18 99 (5.81%) Configuration Management
19 95 (5.57%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 306 (17.95%) JavaScript
2 196 (11.50%) SQL
3 176 (10.32%) Python
4 173 (10.15%) PHP
5 172 (10.09%) Java
6 161 (9.44%) C#
7 101 (5.92%) TypeScript
8 60 (3.52%) PowerShell
9 41 (2.40%) Go
10 38 (2.23%) C++
11 34 (1.99%) Bash
12 26 (1.52%) C
12 26 (1.52%) Ruby
13 24 (1.41%) Scala
14 18 (1.06%) Kotlin
15 14 (0.82%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.70%) Swift
17 9 (0.53%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.53%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.47%) Ada
Qualifications
1 227 (13.31%) Degree
2 77 (4.52%) Security Cleared
3 62 (3.64%) SC Cleared
4 48 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (1.64%) Master's Degree
6 26 (1.52%) CISSP
7 25 (1.47%) CISM
8 23 (1.35%) Azure Certification
9 18 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
10 14 (0.82%) AWS Certification
10 14 (0.82%) GCIA
10 14 (0.82%) GCIH
10 14 (0.82%) GREM
11 13 (0.76%) MBA
12 10 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.59%) ISTQB
12 10 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.35%) HNC
13 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (9.33%) QA
2 29 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (1.47%) SLA
4 21 (1.23%) Software Quality Assurance
5 19 (1.11%) NIST
6 15 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 14 (0.82%) GDPR
8 13 (0.76%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.53%) WCAG
11 8 (0.47%) COBIT
11 8 (0.47%) NCSC
12 7 (0.41%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.41%) SEPA
12 7 (0.41%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.35%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.35%) Web Application Security Consortium
14 5 (0.29%) PMO
15 4 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 188 (11.03%) Docker
2 54 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 36 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
4 29 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.29%) vSphere
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.059%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.059%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 171 (10.03%) Kubernetes
2 81 (4.75%) Terraform
3 38 (2.23%) Ansible
4 14 (0.82%) vCenter Server
5 12 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.53%) CASB
7 8 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 8 (0.47%) HP UCMDB
8 6 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.29%) Puppet
10 4 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.18%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.12%) Consul
12 2 (0.12%) Grafana
12 2 (0.12%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.12%) Podman
13 1 (0.059%) Rancher
13 1 (0.059%) Salt
13 1 (0.059%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 331 (19.41%) Microsoft
2 186 (10.91%) Google
3 70 (4.11%) Dell
4 45 (2.64%) Oracle
5 39 (2.29%) SAP
6 38 (2.23%) VMware
7 35 (2.05%) Salesforce
8 27 (1.58%) Adobe
9 24 (1.41%) Cisco
10 21 (1.23%) Apple
10 21 (1.23%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.00%) HP
12 16 (0.94%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.88%) Sitecore
14 14 (0.82%) ForgeRock
15 12 (0.70%) Sony
16 10 (0.59%) Palo Alto
16 10 (0.59%) Remedy
17 9 (0.53%) Snow
18 8 (0.47%) Xero