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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 56 60
Rank change year-on-year +26 +4 -10
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,679 857 1,007
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.86% 5.27% 4.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.21% 14.76% 10.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,277 664 695
10th Percentile £35,300 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,938 £48,750
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 £95,000
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 8,738 5,805 9,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.71% 35.68% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6,410 4,185 6,564
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,659 £37,500
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 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

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 20 September 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 74 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.83%) Confluence
4 12 (0.71%) CMS
5 8 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.48%) WordPress
6 7 (0.42%) Apache
6 7 (0.42%) IIS
7 6 (0.36%) SAS
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.060%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.060%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.060%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.060%) Moodle
10 1 (0.060%) Totara
Applications
1 26 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.36%) Moqups
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) Trello
7 1 (0.060%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (1.01%) NetSuite
2 11 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.18%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.060%) Maximo
5 1 (0.060%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 325 (19.36%) AWS
2 310 (18.46%) Azure
3 110 (6.55%) GCP
4 104 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
5 82 (4.88%) Entra ID
6 67 (3.99%) Power Platform
7 64 (3.81%) Amazon EKS
8 60 (3.57%) PaaS
9 46 (2.74%) Serverless
10 38 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (2.08%) IaaS
12 32 (1.91%) Snowflake
13 31 (1.85%) GitHub
14 30 (1.79%) Mimecast
15 27 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
16 25 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
17 22 (1.31%) Figma
17 22 (1.31%) Power Automate
18 21 (1.25%) PowerApps
19 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.77%) DNS
2 11 (0.66%) VPN
3 10 (0.60%) AMQP
3 10 (0.60%) Broadband
3 10 (0.60%) SMS
4 9 (0.54%) Network Security
4 9 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.48%) DHCP
6 7 (0.42%) Firewall
7 6 (0.36%) 5G
8 5 (0.30%) Internet
8 5 (0.30%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.30%) VoIP
8 5 (0.30%) WAN
9 4 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.24%) IPsec
9 4 (0.24%) LAN
9 4 (0.24%) MPLS
9 4 (0.24%) NetScaler
9 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.10%) SQL Server
2 47 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (2.14%) Power BI
4 34 (2.03%) Redis
5 20 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.01%) MySQL
7 13 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (0.66%) Big Data
9 7 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.42%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.36%) Tableau
11 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
11 5 (0.30%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
11 5 (0.30%) Looker
11 5 (0.30%) Metadata
12 4 (0.24%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.24%) Metabase
12 4 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 96 (5.72%) JIRA
2 56 (3.34%) TeamCity
3 41 (2.44%) Git
4 13 (0.77%) Cypress.io
5 12 (0.71%) Selenium
6 11 (0.66%) GitLab
7 7 (0.42%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
8 6 (0.36%) Postman
9 5 (0.30%) Poetry
9 5 (0.30%) Storybook
10 4 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
10 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.18%) JUnit
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.12%) JMeter
12 2 (0.12%) MSI
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.060%) Cucumber
General
1 448 (26.68%) Social Skills
2 393 (23.41%) Finance
3 240 (14.29%) Marketing
3 240 (14.29%) Retail
4 224 (13.34%) Law
5 205 (12.21%) Legal
6 159 (9.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 127 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
7 127 (7.56%) Banking
8 123 (7.33%) Back Office
9 107 (6.37%) Financial Institution
10 69 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
11 58 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
11 58 (3.45%) Public Sector
12 36 (2.14%) Manufacturing
13 30 (1.79%) German Language
14 27 (1.61%) Health Technology
15 25 (1.49%) French Language
16 24 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
17 23 (1.37%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 229 (13.64%) Lead
2 219 (13.04%) Senior
3 168 (10.01%) Developer
4 117 (6.97%) Account Executive
5 111 (6.61%) Software Engineer
6 104 (6.19%) Architect
7 93 (5.54%) Full-Stack Developer
8 81 (4.82%) Consultant
9 78 (4.65%) Analyst
10 75 (4.47%) Software Developer
11 74 (4.41%) Lead Developer
12 68 (4.05%) Account Manager
12 68 (4.05%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 67 (3.99%) Senior Manager
14 66 (3.93%) Lead Software Developer
15 62 (3.69%) IT Manager
16 54 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
17 49 (2.92%) Service Manager
17 49 (2.92%) Testing Manager
18 48 (2.86%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (7.39%) Node.js
2 118 (7.03%) Terraform
3 87 (5.18%) .NET
4 64 (3.81%) React
5 60 (3.57%) Middleware
6 56 (3.34%) Vue
7 50 (2.98%) REST
8 35 (2.08%) RESTful
9 30 (1.79%) CSS
10 25 (1.49%) HTML
11 21 (1.25%) Next.js
12 20 (1.19%) OAuth
13 18 (1.07%) NestJS
14 17 (1.01%) OpenID
15 16 (0.95%) Spring
15 16 (0.95%) Spring Boot
16 15 (0.89%) Kafka
16 15 (0.89%) OpenAPI
16 15 (0.89%) Swagger
17 14 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 125 (7.44%) Cloud Native
2 113 (6.73%) Product Ownership
3 102 (6.08%) Onboarding
4 64 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.69%) Virtual Team
6 48 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
6 48 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
7 44 (2.62%) Management Information System
8 37 (2.20%) Web Conferencing
9 32 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
10 23 (1.37%) Social Media
11 20 (1.19%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.07%) Driving Licence
12 18 (1.07%) PropTech
13 16 (0.95%) Data Structures
13 16 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
14 14 (0.83%) Client/Server
14 14 (0.83%) Clustering
14 14 (0.83%) Educational Technology
15 13 (0.77%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.44%) Windows
2 23 (1.37%) Linux
3 14 (0.83%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.71%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.66%) Android
6 6 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.060%) Unix
9 1 (0.060%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (18.46%) AI
2 268 (15.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 264 (15.72%) B2B
4 261 (15.54%) DevOps
5 248 (14.77%) Software Engineering
6 239 (14.23%) Agile
7 220 (13.10%) CRM
8 205 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
9 194 (11.55%) Mentoring
10 193 (11.49%) Test Automation
11 182 (10.84%) CI/CD
12 169 (10.07%) Decision-Making
13 168 (10.01%) Stakeholder Management
14 166 (9.89%) Roadmaps
15 158 (9.41%) Business Development
16 157 (9.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 155 (9.23%) Full-Stack Development
18 153 (9.11%) Microservices
19 142 (8.46%) Project Delivery
20 136 (8.10%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 193 (11.49%) TypeScript
2 174 (10.36%) JavaScript
3 150 (8.93%) C#
4 149 (8.87%) Python
5 140 (8.34%) SQL
6 100 (5.96%) Java
7 84 (5.00%) PowerShell
8 33 (1.97%) R
9 26 (1.55%) PHP
10 22 (1.31%) Go
11 14 (0.83%) Bash
12 12 (0.71%) Bicep
13 9 (0.54%) Ruby
14 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.24%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.24%) SOQL
16 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
16 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.18%) Swift
16 3 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (5.18%) Degree
2 76 (4.53%) CISSP
3 70 (4.17%) CISM
4 56 (3.34%) ITIL Certification
5 43 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (2.32%) ACCA
7 32 (1.91%) CIMA
8 25 (1.49%) Security Cleared
9 19 (1.13%) CRISC
10 17 (1.01%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.83%) CISA
12 10 (0.60%) SC Cleared
13 8 (0.48%) ISACA
14 7 (0.42%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.30%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 4 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (7.50%) QA
2 82 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (4.41%) GDPR
3 74 (4.41%) NIST
4 48 (2.86%) ISO 22301
5 29 (1.73%) Data Quality
6 28 (1.67%) PCI DSS
7 26 (1.55%) Accessibility
8 25 (1.49%) SOC 2
9 24 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 19 (1.13%) GRC
11 18 (1.07%) SLA
12 15 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 14 (0.83%) IFRS
14 9 (0.54%) COBIT
15 8 (0.48%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
17 5 (0.30%) GAAP
17 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
System Software
1 67 (3.99%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.28%) Docker
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 89 (5.30%) Kubernetes
2 65 (3.87%) Grafana
3 36 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (1.13%) Ansible
5 14 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.060%) CASB
10 1 (0.060%) Kibana
10 1 (0.060%) Packer
10 1 (0.060%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.060%) Puppet
10 1 (0.060%) QRadar
Vendors
1 233 (13.88%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.54%) HubSpot
3 82 (4.88%) Salesforce
4 50 (2.98%) Google
5 34 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
6 26 (1.55%) Sage
7 17 (1.01%) Databricks
8 16 (0.95%) Adobe
9 15 (0.89%) SAP
10 12 (0.71%) Workday
10 12 (0.71%) Xero
11 11 (0.66%) Oracle
12 9 (0.54%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.42%) Facebook
13 7 (0.42%) Instagram
13 7 (0.42%) TikTok
13 7 (0.42%) YouTube
14 6 (0.36%) Splunk
15 5 (0.30%) Apple
15 5 (0.30%) Dynatrace