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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 49 48
Rank change year-on-year +24 -1 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,328 730 1,615
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.73% 5.66% 5.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.96% 12.11% 11.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,011 602 1,382
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £90,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £63,749
% change year-on-year - +1.96% -5.56%

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 6,654 6,027 13,904
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.75% 46.71% 44.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,515 4,710 12,006
10th Percentile £33,300 £33,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £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 7 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 34 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.05%) WordPress
4 11 (0.83%) JBoss
4 11 (0.83%) WebSphere
5 10 (0.75%) CMS
6 9 (0.68%) Confluence
7 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.38%) Moodle
7 5 (0.38%) Totara
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.075%) Apache
9 1 (0.075%) IIS
Applications
1 30 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (0.68%) InDesign
4 9 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (0.53%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.15%) Sketch
7 2 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.075%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (1.66%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.53%) 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%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.075%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.075%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 250 (18.83%) AWS
2 235 (17.70%) Azure
3 99 (7.45%) GCP
4 65 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
5 62 (4.67%) Entra ID
6 55 (4.14%) GitHub
7 45 (3.39%) Amazon EKS
8 43 (3.24%) Serverless
9 38 (2.86%) PaaS
10 33 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
11 30 (2.26%) Power Platform
12 26 (1.96%) IaaS
13 23 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (1.43%) Amazon S3
15 19 (1.43%) Figma
16 18 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 16 (1.20%) Mimecast
18 15 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
18 15 (1.13%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.41%) Firewall
2 18 (1.36%) Remote Desktop
3 17 (1.28%) VPN
4 15 (1.13%) BGP
4 15 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (0.98%) LAN
6 12 (0.90%) DNS
6 12 (0.90%) Unified Communications
6 12 (0.90%) WAN
7 11 (0.83%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.75%) MPLS
8 10 (0.75%) SSL
9 9 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (0.68%) IPsec
9 9 (0.68%) NetScaler
9 9 (0.68%) NX-OS
9 9 (0.68%) OSPF
9 9 (0.68%) VXLAN
9 9 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (6.02%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (2.18%) MySQL
4 23 (1.73%) Power BI
5 22 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
5 22 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (1.20%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.13%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.05%) Redis
10 10 (0.75%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.45%) Big Data
12 6 (0.45%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.38%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.38%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.23%) Data Vault
15 3 (0.23%) MariaDB
15 3 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (3.24%) JIRA
2 41 (3.09%) TeamCity
3 32 (2.41%) Git
4 8 (0.60%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.53%) Postman
6 6 (0.45%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.45%) Selenium
7 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.38%) GitBook
7 5 (0.38%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.38%) JMeter
7 5 (0.38%) Locust
8 4 (0.30%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.30%) git-flow
8 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.23%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.15%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.075%) MSTest
General
1 360 (27.11%) Social Skills
2 314 (23.64%) Finance
3 246 (18.52%) Retail
4 221 (16.64%) Marketing
5 165 (12.42%) Law
6 151 (11.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 141 (10.62%) Banking
8 129 (9.71%) Back Office
9 119 (8.96%) Financial Institution
10 109 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
11 80 (6.02%) Legal
12 58 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
13 39 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
14 36 (2.71%) Public Sector
15 33 (2.48%) Manufacturing
16 20 (1.51%) Polish Language
17 18 (1.36%) Automotive
18 17 (1.28%) French Language
18 17 (1.28%) German Language
19 16 (1.20%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 199 (14.98%) Senior
2 159 (11.97%) Developer
3 148 (11.14%) Lead
4 98 (7.38%) Software Engineer
5 76 (5.72%) Account Manager
6 74 (5.57%) Architect
7 62 (4.67%) Support Engineer
8 58 (4.37%) Account Executive
8 58 (4.37%) Lead Developer
9 53 (3.99%) Analyst
10 52 (3.92%) Full-Stack Developer
10 52 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 42 (3.16%) Development Manager
12 40 (3.01%) Consultant
13 38 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
14 35 (2.64%) Senior Software Engineer
15 30 (2.26%) Marketing Manager
15 30 (2.26%) Sales Manager
16 29 (2.18%) C# Developer
17 27 (2.03%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (9.11%) .NET
2 92 (6.93%) React
3 73 (5.50%) Node.js
4 44 (3.31%) REST
5 40 (3.01%) CSS
6 38 (2.86%) HTML
6 38 (2.86%) RESTful
7 25 (1.88%) Vue
8 23 (1.73%) React Native
9 22 (1.66%) JSON
9 22 (1.66%) Spring
10 19 (1.43%) Next.js
11 18 (1.36%) GraphQL
11 18 (1.36%) SOAP
12 17 (1.28%) Kafka
12 17 (1.28%) XML
13 15 (1.13%) AngularJS
13 15 (1.13%) Middleware
14 14 (1.05%) .NET Core
14 14 (1.05%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 139 (10.47%) Onboarding
2 112 (8.43%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.65%) Product Ownership
4 40 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
5 32 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (2.26%) Blog
7 29 (2.18%) Management Information System
7 29 (2.18%) Social Media
8 26 (1.96%) Web Conferencing
9 25 (1.88%) Mobile App
10 23 (1.73%) Data Centre
10 23 (1.73%) EPoS
11 19 (1.43%) PropTech
12 16 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.13%) Enterprise Cloud
13 15 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
14 13 (0.98%) Client/Server
14 13 (0.98%) Security Posture
15 12 (0.90%) Data Structures
15 12 (0.90%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 41 (3.09%) Windows
2 27 (2.03%) Apple iOS
3 26 (1.96%) Android
4 24 (1.81%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.45%) Linux
5 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.15%) Unix
7 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (16.19%) AI
2 206 (15.51%) Software Engineering
3 205 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
4 186 (14.01%) B2B
5 182 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 165 (12.42%) CI/CD
6 165 (12.42%) CRM
7 152 (11.45%) Agile
8 140 (10.54%) DevOps
9 136 (10.24%) Full-Stack Development
10 129 (9.71%) Microservices
11 120 (9.04%) Mentoring
12 117 (8.81%) Roadmaps
13 115 (8.66%) Fintech
14 100 (7.53%) Analytics
15 98 (7.38%) Business Development
16 86 (6.48%) Decision-Making
17 81 (6.10%) SDLC
18 80 (6.02%) Project Management
19 76 (5.72%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 149 (11.22%) SQL
2 109 (8.21%) Python
3 101 (7.61%) C#
4 92 (6.93%) Java
5 82 (6.17%) TypeScript
6 59 (4.44%) JavaScript
7 28 (2.11%) PHP
7 28 (2.11%) PowerShell
8 21 (1.58%) Go
9 16 (1.20%) R
10 15 (1.13%) Bash
11 8 (0.60%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.38%) Bicep
12 5 (0.38%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.15%) Ruby
14 1 (0.075%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.075%) Swift
Qualifications
1 100 (7.53%) Degree
2 40 (3.01%) ACCA
3 29 (2.18%) CIMA
4 23 (1.73%) Master's Degree
5 22 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.20%) CISSP
6 16 (1.20%) Security Cleared
7 14 (1.05%) SC Cleared
8 8 (0.60%) Azure Certification
8 8 (0.60%) CISA
9 7 (0.53%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (0.53%) CRISC
9 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.45%) MBA
10 6 (0.45%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.38%) CISM
12 4 (0.30%) CEH
13 3 (0.23%) CIPD
13 3 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (5.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (4.89%) QA
3 40 (3.01%) SOC 2
4 37 (2.79%) PCI DSS
5 33 (2.48%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.51%) GDPR
7 17 (1.28%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.28%) GRC
7 17 (1.28%) IFRS
7 17 (1.28%) SLA
8 14 (1.05%) NIST
9 13 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (0.98%) WCAG
10 11 (0.83%) ISO 9001
11 10 (0.75%) PMO
12 8 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.38%) GAAP
15 3 (0.23%) PSD2
16 2 (0.15%) SOC 1
System Software
1 64 (4.82%) Active Directory
2 49 (3.69%) Docker
3 4 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.23%) Firmware
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.075%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 103 (7.76%) Terraform
2 85 (6.40%) Kubernetes
3 43 (3.24%) Grafana
4 26 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.90%) Ansible
6 11 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.53%) Argo
8 4 (0.30%) Cilium
9 2 (0.15%) CASB
9 2 (0.15%) Packer
9 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.075%) Graylog
10 1 (0.075%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.075%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.075%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.075%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 114 (8.58%) Microsoft
2 53 (3.99%) Salesforce
3 36 (2.71%) HubSpot
4 34 (2.56%) Google
5 22 (1.66%) Adobe
5 22 (1.66%) ServiceNow
6 20 (1.51%) Databricks
7 18 (1.36%) Cisco
8 17 (1.28%) Oracle
9 16 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
9 16 (1.20%) Pardot
10 14 (1.05%) Sage
11 13 (0.98%) Xero
12 9 (0.68%) CheckPoint
12 9 (0.68%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.68%) Fortinet
12 9 (0.68%) Meraki
12 9 (0.68%) SAP
12 9 (0.68%) SolarWinds
13 8 (0.60%) Zoho