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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 47 50
Rank change year-on-year +22 +3 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,322 737 1,611
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.46% 5.58% 4.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.54% 12.41% 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,006 602 1,377
10th Percentile £35,875 £36,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £94,688 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

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 6,765 5,937 14,025
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.18% 44.92% 43.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,549 4,667 12,073
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,230 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,700 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 18 April 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 35 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.98%) WordPress
4 10 (0.76%) CMS
4 10 (0.76%) JBoss
4 10 (0.76%) WebSphere
5 9 (0.68%) Confluence
6 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.38%) Moodle
6 5 (0.38%) Totara
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) IIS
7 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.076%) Apache
Applications
1 26 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 7 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (0.53%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.23%) InDesign
6 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.15%) Sketch
7 2 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (1.66%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.076%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 242 (18.31%) AWS
2 221 (16.72%) Azure
3 95 (7.19%) GCP
4 63 (4.77%) Entra ID
5 59 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (3.86%) GitHub
7 49 (3.71%) Amazon EKS
8 41 (3.10%) Serverless
9 35 (2.65%) PaaS
10 32 (2.42%) Power Platform
11 31 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (1.82%) IaaS
13 22 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
14 21 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (1.36%) Figma
15 18 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 17 (1.29%) Amazon S3
17 16 (1.21%) Mimecast
18 15 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
18 15 (1.13%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.50%) Firewall
2 17 (1.29%) VPN
3 15 (1.13%) BGP
3 15 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (0.98%) LAN
4 13 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
4 13 (0.98%) WAN
5 12 (0.91%) DNS
6 11 (0.83%) SD-WAN
7 10 (0.76%) MPLS
7 10 (0.76%) SSL
8 9 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
8 9 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
8 9 (0.68%) IPsec
8 9 (0.68%) NetScaler
8 9 (0.68%) NX-OS
8 9 (0.68%) OSPF
8 9 (0.68%) VXLAN
8 9 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (5.67%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (1.89%) MySQL
3 25 (1.89%) Power BI
4 22 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 17 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (1.21%) Redis
8 12 (0.91%) Data Lake
8 12 (0.91%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.76%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.45%) Big Data
11 6 (0.45%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.30%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.30%) Tableau
13 3 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.23%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 44 (3.33%) TeamCity
2 41 (3.10%) JIRA
3 32 (2.42%) Git
4 8 (0.61%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.45%) CircleCI
5 6 (0.45%) JMeter
5 6 (0.45%) Postman
5 6 (0.45%) Selenium
6 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.38%) Locust
7 4 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.30%) Claude Code
7 4 (0.30%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.23%) GitBook
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.15%) git-flow
10 1 (0.076%) MSTest
10 1 (0.076%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 343 (25.95%) Social Skills
2 327 (24.74%) Finance
3 252 (19.06%) Retail
4 213 (16.11%) Marketing
5 170 (12.86%) Law
6 162 (12.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 148 (11.20%) Banking
8 136 (10.29%) Back Office
9 125 (9.46%) Financial Institution
10 106 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
11 81 (6.13%) Legal
12 57 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
13 37 (2.80%) Public Sector
14 33 (2.50%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.51%) German Language
16 18 (1.36%) Polish Language
17 17 (1.29%) Automotive
18 16 (1.21%) Advertising
18 16 (1.21%) French Language
Job Titles
1 185 (13.99%) Senior
2 163 (12.33%) Developer
3 149 (11.27%) Lead
4 103 (7.79%) Software Engineer
5 80 (6.05%) Account Manager
6 70 (5.30%) Architect
7 62 (4.69%) Support Engineer
8 60 (4.54%) Account Executive
8 60 (4.54%) Lead Developer
9 54 (4.08%) Full-Stack Developer
10 52 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 51 (3.86%) Analyst
12 41 (3.10%) Development Manager
13 40 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
14 37 (2.80%) Consultant
15 35 (2.65%) Senior Software Engineer
16 33 (2.50%) C# Developer
16 33 (2.50%) Sales Manager
17 32 (2.42%) Marketing Manager
18 30 (2.27%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (8.70%) .NET
2 83 (6.28%) React
3 72 (5.45%) Node.js
4 41 (3.10%) REST
4 41 (3.10%) RESTful
5 37 (2.80%) CSS
6 35 (2.65%) HTML
7 29 (2.19%) Vue
8 24 (1.82%) JSON
9 22 (1.66%) Spring
10 21 (1.59%) React Native
11 20 (1.51%) GraphQL
12 18 (1.36%) XML
13 17 (1.29%) Next.js
13 17 (1.29%) SOAP
14 14 (1.06%) Kafka
14 14 (1.06%) Middleware
14 14 (1.06%) NestJS
15 13 (0.98%) .NET Core
15 13 (0.98%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 125 (9.46%) Onboarding
2 114 (8.62%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.67%) Product Ownership
4 39 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
5 33 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 33 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (2.34%) Blog
7 25 (1.89%) EPoS
8 23 (1.74%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.66%) Mobile App
10 20 (1.51%) PropTech
11 19 (1.44%) Social Media
12 18 (1.36%) Web Conferencing
13 16 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.13%) Enterprise Cloud
14 15 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
15 14 (1.06%) Client/Server
15 14 (1.06%) Security Posture
16 13 (0.98%) Educational Technology
17 12 (0.91%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.03%) Windows
2 28 (2.12%) Apple iOS
3 27 (2.04%) Android
4 23 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.53%) Linux
6 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.15%) Unix
8 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (15.81%) AI
1 209 (15.81%) Software Engineering
2 196 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
3 183 (13.84%) B2B
4 182 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 164 (12.41%) CI/CD
6 154 (11.65%) CRM
7 147 (11.12%) Agile
8 138 (10.44%) DevOps
8 138 (10.44%) Full-Stack Development
9 126 (9.53%) Microservices
10 116 (8.77%) Roadmaps
11 112 (8.47%) Fintech
11 112 (8.47%) Mentoring
12 99 (7.49%) Business Development
13 90 (6.81%) Analytics
14 85 (6.43%) Decision-Making
15 79 (5.98%) SDLC
16 77 (5.82%) Project Management
17 74 (5.60%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 143 (10.82%) SQL
2 114 (8.62%) Python
3 98 (7.41%) Java
4 94 (7.11%) C#
5 76 (5.75%) TypeScript
6 55 (4.16%) JavaScript
7 29 (2.19%) PowerShell
8 26 (1.97%) Go
9 25 (1.89%) PHP
10 16 (1.21%) R
11 15 (1.13%) Bash
12 8 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.45%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.38%) Bicep
15 3 (0.23%) Swift
16 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.15%) Ruby
17 1 (0.076%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 91 (6.88%) Degree
2 44 (3.33%) ACCA
3 32 (2.42%) CIMA
4 23 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 17 (1.29%) CISSP
7 15 (1.13%) Security Cleared
8 14 (1.06%) SC Cleared
9 9 (0.68%) CISA
10 8 (0.61%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.61%) CRISC
10 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (0.45%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.45%) CISM
12 6 (0.45%) MBA
12 6 (0.45%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.30%) CEH
14 3 (0.23%) CREST Certified
14 3 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (4.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (4.39%) QA
3 40 (3.03%) SOC 2
4 39 (2.95%) PCI DSS
5 30 (2.27%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.66%) GDPR
7 21 (1.59%) IFRS
8 17 (1.29%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.29%) SLA
9 16 (1.21%) GRC
10 15 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (1.06%) NIST
12 13 (0.98%) WCAG
13 10 (0.76%) PMO
14 8 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.38%) GAAP
15 5 (0.38%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.23%) COBIT
16 3 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 65 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 47 (3.56%) Docker
3 4 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.23%) Firmware
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 106 (8.02%) Terraform
2 86 (6.51%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.48%) Grafana
4 26 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.83%) Ansible
5 11 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.53%) Argo
7 4 (0.30%) Cilium
8 2 (0.15%) CASB
8 2 (0.15%) Packer
8 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.076%) Graylog
9 1 (0.076%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.076%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 108 (8.17%) Microsoft
2 53 (4.01%) Salesforce
3 35 (2.65%) Google
4 34 (2.57%) HubSpot
5 21 (1.59%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.29%) Pardot
6 17 (1.29%) Xero
7 16 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (1.21%) Databricks
7 16 (1.21%) Sage
8 15 (1.13%) Adobe
9 14 (1.06%) Oracle
10 12 (0.91%) Cisco
11 10 (0.76%) SAP
12 9 (0.68%) CheckPoint
12 9 (0.68%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.68%) Fortinet
12 9 (0.68%) Meraki
12 9 (0.68%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.45%) Dell