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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 56 57
Rank change year-on-year +25 +1 -7
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,673 851 998
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.83% 5.27% 4.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.18% 14.84% 10.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,270 659 688
10th Percentile £35,450 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £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 8,722 5,736 9,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.62% 35.54% 41.07%
Number of salaries quoted 6,410 4,118 6,406
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,569 £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 22 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 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.84%) Confluence
4 12 (0.72%) 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 (1.26%) 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 16 (0.96%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.72%) 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 (19.43%) AWS
2 317 (18.95%) Azure
3 112 (6.69%) GCP
4 105 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
5 86 (5.14%) Entra ID
6 69 (4.12%) Power Platform
7 65 (3.89%) Amazon EKS
8 59 (3.53%) PaaS
9 48 (2.87%) Serverless
10 43 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
11 37 (2.21%) GitHub
12 34 (2.03%) IaaS
13 32 (1.91%) Snowflake
14 30 (1.79%) Mimecast
15 27 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
16 26 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
17 24 (1.43%) Power Automate
18 22 (1.32%) Figma
19 21 (1.26%) PowerApps
20 18 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.78%) DNS
2 11 (0.66%) VPN
3 10 (0.60%) AMQP
3 10 (0.60%) Broadband
3 10 (0.60%) Network Security
3 10 (0.60%) SMS
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%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (0.24%) IPsec
9 4 (0.24%) LAN
9 4 (0.24%) MPLS
9 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.11%) SQL Server
2 46 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (2.21%) Power BI
4 35 (2.09%) Redis
5 20 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (0.96%) MySQL
7 14 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (0.72%) Big Data
9 8 (0.48%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.36%) Metadata
11 6 (0.36%) Tableau
12 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
12 5 (0.30%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.30%) Looker
13 4 (0.24%) Metabase
13 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 96 (5.74%) JIRA
2 57 (3.41%) TeamCity
3 42 (2.51%) Git
4 13 (0.78%) Cypress.io
5 12 (0.72%) 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%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.24%) JUnit
11 3 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
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
1 452 (27.02%) Social Skills
2 393 (23.49%) Finance
3 239 (14.29%) Retail
4 235 (14.05%) Marketing
5 224 (13.39%) Law
6 206 (12.31%) Legal
7 160 (9.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 127 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
8 127 (7.59%) Banking
9 121 (7.23%) Back Office
10 108 (6.46%) Financial Institution
11 66 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
12 63 (3.77%) Public Sector
13 58 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (2.15%) Manufacturing
15 30 (1.79%) German Language
16 27 (1.61%) Health Technology
17 25 (1.49%) French Language
17 25 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
18 22 (1.32%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 230 (13.75%) Lead
2 221 (13.21%) Senior
3 164 (9.80%) Developer
4 115 (6.87%) Account Executive
5 108 (6.46%) Architect
5 108 (6.46%) Software Engineer
6 90 (5.38%) Full-Stack Developer
7 80 (4.78%) Consultant
8 79 (4.72%) Analyst
9 75 (4.48%) Software Developer
10 73 (4.36%) Lead Developer
11 67 (4.00%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 67 (4.00%) Senior Manager
12 66 (3.95%) Account Manager
12 66 (3.95%) Lead Software Developer
13 62 (3.71%) IT Manager
14 56 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
15 49 (2.93%) Testing Manager
16 48 (2.87%) Resilience Manager
16 48 (2.87%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (7.41%) Node.js
2 122 (7.29%) Terraform
3 85 (5.08%) .NET
4 65 (3.89%) React
5 60 (3.59%) Middleware
6 53 (3.17%) REST
6 53 (3.17%) Vue
7 36 (2.15%) RESTful
8 27 (1.61%) CSS
9 23 (1.37%) OAuth
10 22 (1.32%) HTML
10 22 (1.32%) Next.js
11 20 (1.20%) OpenID
12 18 (1.08%) NestJS
13 17 (1.02%) OAuth2
14 16 (0.96%) OpenAPI
14 16 (0.96%) Spring
14 16 (0.96%) Spring Boot
14 16 (0.96%) Swagger
15 15 (0.90%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.35%) Cloud Native
2 115 (6.87%) Product Ownership
3 104 (6.22%) Onboarding
4 64 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.71%) Virtual Team
6 52 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
7 48 (2.87%) Cyber Threat
7 48 (2.87%) Management Information System
8 37 (2.21%) Web Conferencing
9 31 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
10 23 (1.37%) Social Media
11 20 (1.20%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.08%) Driving Licence
13 17 (1.02%) PropTech
14 16 (0.96%) Data Structures
14 16 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
15 14 (0.84%) Client/Server
15 14 (0.84%) Clustering
15 14 (0.84%) Educational Technology
16 13 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.39%) Windows
2 24 (1.43%) Linux
3 16 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.78%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.72%) Android
6 5 (0.30%) 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 (18.53%) AI
2 269 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 267 (15.96%) DevOps
4 263 (15.72%) B2B
5 250 (14.94%) Software Engineering
6 240 (14.35%) Agile
7 221 (13.21%) CRM
8 204 (12.19%) Problem-Solving
9 195 (11.66%) Mentoring
9 195 (11.66%) Test Automation
10 187 (11.18%) CI/CD
11 175 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
12 169 (10.10%) Decision-Making
12 169 (10.10%) Roadmaps
13 157 (9.38%) Business Development
13 157 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 153 (9.15%) Microservices
15 151 (9.03%) Full-Stack Development
16 142 (8.49%) Project Delivery
17 135 (8.07%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 194 (11.60%) TypeScript
2 174 (10.40%) JavaScript
3 152 (9.09%) Python
4 148 (8.85%) C#
5 140 (8.37%) SQL
6 100 (5.98%) Java
7 84 (5.02%) PowerShell
8 33 (1.97%) R
9 25 (1.49%) PHP
10 22 (1.32%) Go
11 15 (0.90%) Bash
11 15 (0.90%) Bicep
12 9 (0.54%) Ruby
13 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.24%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.24%) SOQL
15 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.18%) Swift
15 3 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (5.14%) Degree
2 76 (4.54%) CISSP
3 70 (4.18%) CISM
4 56 (3.35%) ITIL Certification
5 43 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 38 (2.27%) ACCA
7 32 (1.91%) CIMA
8 30 (1.79%) Security Cleared
9 19 (1.14%) Azure Certification
9 19 (1.14%) CRISC
10 17 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.90%) SC Cleared
12 14 (0.84%) CISA
13 8 (0.48%) ISACA
14 7 (0.42%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 5 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (7.53%) QA
2 82 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (4.42%) GDPR
3 74 (4.42%) NIST
4 48 (2.87%) ISO 22301
5 30 (1.79%) Data Quality
6 27 (1.61%) PCI DSS
7 26 (1.55%) Accessibility
8 25 (1.49%) SOC 2
9 23 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 19 (1.14%) GRC
11 18 (1.08%) SLA
12 14 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 13 (0.78%) 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 66 (3.95%) Active Directory
2 57 (3.41%) Docker
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 92 (5.50%) Kubernetes
2 70 (4.18%) Grafana
3 36 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (1.14%) Ansible
5 14 (0.84%) 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
1 238 (14.23%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.56%) HubSpot
3 82 (4.90%) Salesforce
4 51 (3.05%) Google
5 35 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
6 27 (1.61%) Sage
7 18 (1.08%) Databricks
8 17 (1.02%) Adobe
9 15 (0.90%) SAP
10 12 (0.72%) Workday
10 12 (0.72%) Xero
11 11 (0.66%) Oracle
12 9 (0.54%) Dynatrace
13 8 (0.48%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.42%) Facebook
14 7 (0.42%) Instagram
14 7 (0.42%) Splunk
14 7 (0.42%) TikTok
14 7 (0.42%) YouTube
15 5 (0.30%) Freshdesk