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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 45 50
Rank change year-on-year +16 +5 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,156 944 1,401
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.33% 5.78% 5.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.91% 12.36% 11.82%
Number of salaries quoted 879 633 1,202
10th Percentile £32,425 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,465 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -10.42% -1.48%
75th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £92,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 5,805 7,636 11,853
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.82% 46.77% 46.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,028 4,850 10,324
10th Percentile £32,125 £35,725 £36,030
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 29 January 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 15 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (1.21%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.04%) WordPress
4 11 (0.95%) JBoss
4 11 (0.95%) WebSphere
5 7 (0.61%) Confluence
6 6 (0.52%) CMS
6 6 (0.52%) IIS
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.17%) Apache
8 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.087%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.087%) Drupal
9 1 (0.087%) Moodle
9 1 (0.087%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.087%) Totara
Applications
1 33 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.04%) InDesign
5 11 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.69%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.35%) Sketch
9 3 (0.26%) Trello
10 1 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.087%) GIMP
10 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.087%) Revit
10 1 (0.087%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.12%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.69%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.087%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 247 (21.37%) AWS
2 245 (21.19%) Azure
3 121 (10.47%) GCP
4 58 (5.02%) GitHub
5 45 (3.89%) PaaS
6 42 (3.63%) Entra ID
7 41 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
8 39 (3.37%) Serverless
9 35 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
10 31 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
11 26 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
11 26 (2.25%) IaaS
12 25 (2.16%) Figma
13 21 (1.82%) Power Platform
14 19 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (1.47%) Amazon S3
16 15 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 13 (1.12%) Amazon SQS
17 13 (1.12%) Azure App Service
17 13 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
2 21 (1.82%) Firewall
3 16 (1.38%) VPN
4 12 (1.04%) BGP
5 10 (0.87%) DNS
6 9 (0.78%) LAN
6 9 (0.78%) Unified Communications
6 9 (0.78%) WAN
6 9 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.69%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.69%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.61%) MPLS
8 7 (0.61%) Network Security
9 6 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.52%) DHCP
9 6 (0.52%) IPsec
9 6 (0.52%) NetScaler
9 6 (0.52%) OSPF
9 6 (0.52%) VLAN
9 6 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (7.09%) SQL Server
2 42 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (2.77%) Data Lake
4 26 (2.25%) MySQL
5 24 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (1.90%) NoSQL
7 21 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.30%) Power BI
10 10 (0.87%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.78%) Redis
12 8 (0.69%) Data Mining
12 8 (0.69%) Data Vault
13 7 (0.61%) Relational Database
14 6 (0.52%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.52%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.52%) Tableau
15 4 (0.35%) Looker
15 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (2.94%) JIRA
2 31 (2.68%) Git
3 29 (2.51%) TeamCity
4 9 (0.78%) Selenium
4 9 (0.78%) Visual Studio
5 8 (0.69%) Postman
6 6 (0.52%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.43%) GitBook
7 5 (0.43%) git-flow
8 4 (0.35%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.35%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.26%) Storybook
10 1 (0.087%) GitLab
10 1 (0.087%) MSTest
10 1 (0.087%) NUnit
10 1 (0.087%) Protractor
General
1 354 (30.62%) Social Skills
2 274 (23.70%) Finance
3 198 (17.13%) Retail
4 181 (15.66%) Marketing
5 117 (10.12%) Law
6 99 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 94 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
8 89 (7.70%) Banking
9 87 (7.53%) Financial Institution
10 83 (7.18%) Back Office
11 60 (5.19%) Legal
12 41 (3.55%) Public Sector
13 35 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
15 23 (1.99%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.38%) Health Technology
17 15 (1.30%) Polish Language
18 14 (1.21%) French Language
19 13 (1.12%) Billing
19 13 (1.12%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 190 (16.44%) Senior
2 154 (13.32%) Developer
3 134 (11.59%) Lead
4 67 (5.80%) Architect
5 65 (5.62%) Software Engineer
6 54 (4.67%) Account Manager
7 47 (4.07%) .NET Developer
8 45 (3.89%) Lead Developer
9 44 (3.81%) Analyst
10 42 (3.63%) Account Executive
10 42 (3.63%) Software Developer
11 39 (3.37%) 2nd Line Support
11 39 (3.37%) Development Manager
12 35 (3.03%) Engineering Manager
12 35 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 35 (3.03%) Support Engineer
13 32 (2.77%) Consultant
14 31 (2.68%) .NET Software Developer
14 31 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
15 30 (2.60%) Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (13.06%) .NET
2 108 (9.34%) React
3 57 (4.93%) Node.js
4 50 (4.33%) REST
5 32 (2.77%) RESTful
6 30 (2.60%) CSS
7 28 (2.42%) SOAP
8 27 (2.34%) HTML
9 25 (2.16%) Spring
10 23 (1.99%) .NET Framework
11 21 (1.82%) React Native
12 19 (1.64%) Entity Framework
13 18 (1.56%) Next.js
14 17 (1.47%) ASP.NET Web API
14 17 (1.47%) Kafka
15 16 (1.38%) Middleware
15 16 (1.38%) Razor View Engine
16 15 (1.30%) AngularJS
16 15 (1.30%) Hibernate
17 14 (1.21%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 158 (13.67%) Onboarding
2 90 (7.79%) Cloud Native
3 79 (6.83%) Product Ownership
4 37 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (2.60%) Social Media
7 28 (2.42%) Management Information System
8 23 (1.99%) Mobile App
8 23 (1.99%) Web Conferencing
9 22 (1.90%) EPoS
10 21 (1.82%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.64%) Educational Technology
12 17 (1.47%) Blog
13 16 (1.38%) Enterprise Cloud
14 12 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (0.95%) DataPower
15 11 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (0.87%) Security Posture
17 9 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
18 8 (0.69%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.42%) Android
1 28 (2.42%) Apple iOS
1 28 (2.42%) Windows
2 20 (1.73%) Windows Server
3 9 (0.78%) Linux
4 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.17%) Unix
7 1 (0.087%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
2 213 (18.43%) AI
3 211 (18.25%) Agile
4 205 (17.73%) Software Engineering
5 192 (16.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 182 (15.74%) Mentoring
7 165 (14.27%) Roadmaps
8 162 (14.01%) CRM
9 145 (12.54%) CI/CD
10 136 (11.76%) DevOps
11 131 (11.33%) B2B
12 120 (10.38%) Microservices
13 107 (9.26%) Full-Stack Development
14 87 (7.53%) Analytics
15 85 (7.35%) Coaching
15 85 (7.35%) Customer Service
16 83 (7.18%) Fintech
17 81 (7.01%) Decision-Making
18 77 (6.66%) Business Development
19 76 (6.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 193 (16.70%) SQL
2 127 (10.99%) C#
3 109 (9.43%) TypeScript
4 88 (7.61%) JavaScript
5 87 (7.53%) Python
6 71 (6.14%) Java
7 25 (2.16%) PHP
7 25 (2.16%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.21%) Bash
8 14 (1.21%) Go
9 10 (0.87%) Kotlin
10 9 (0.78%) Bicep
11 5 (0.43%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.26%) R
12 3 (0.26%) Swift
13 1 (0.087%) ABAP
13 1 (0.087%) C
13 1 (0.087%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.087%) Ruby
13 1 (0.087%) VB
Qualifications
1 97 (8.39%) Degree
2 23 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (1.82%) Master's Degree
4 18 (1.56%) Security Cleared
5 16 (1.38%) CISSP
6 13 (1.12%) ACCA
7 12 (1.04%) SC Cleared
8 11 (0.95%) CRISC
9 9 (0.78%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.69%) CIMA
10 8 (0.69%) CISA
10 8 (0.69%) CISM
11 6 (0.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (0.43%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.35%) CEH
13 4 (0.35%) CISMP
13 4 (0.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 3 (0.26%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (7.44%) QA
2 57 (4.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.20%) SOC 2
4 24 (2.08%) PCI DSS
5 22 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.73%) GDPR
6 20 (1.73%) GRC
7 18 (1.56%) NIST
8 13 (1.12%) ISO 9001
8 13 (1.12%) SLA
9 10 (0.87%) WCAG
10 9 (0.78%) IFRS
11 8 (0.69%) Data Quality
12 7 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.43%) PMO
14 4 (0.35%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.26%) GAAP
15 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (3.63%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.11%) Docker
3 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.087%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 88 (7.61%) Terraform
2 67 (5.80%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.42%) Grafana
4 14 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.87%) Ansible
5 10 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.69%) Argo
7 4 (0.35%) Cilium
8 2 (0.17%) Packer
9 1 (0.087%) CASB
9 1 (0.087%) Istio
9 1 (0.087%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.087%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.087%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 99 (8.56%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.36%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.72%) HubSpot
4 38 (3.29%) Adobe
5 34 (2.94%) Databricks
6 28 (2.42%) Google
7 24 (2.08%) Oracle
8 20 (1.73%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.56%) Cisco
10 15 (1.30%) Workday
11 11 (0.95%) SAP
12 10 (0.87%) Pardot
13 9 (0.78%) Zoho
14 8 (0.69%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.52%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.52%) Dynatrace
15 6 (0.52%) Fortinet
15 6 (0.52%) Meraki
15 6 (0.52%) Sage
15 6 (0.52%) SolarWinds