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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 56 54
Rank change year-on-year +25 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,687 867 1,047
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.81% 5.25% 4.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.25% 15.01% 11.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 674 697
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £84,688 £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 8,763 5,777 9,500
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.36% 34.97% 41.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,432 4,127 6,358
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £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 26 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 73 (4.33%) SharePoint
2 46 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.89%) Confluence
4 13 (0.77%) CMS
5 11 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.53%) Apache
7 8 (0.47%) WordPress
8 7 (0.41%) IIS
9 6 (0.36%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.059%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.059%) Moodle
12 1 (0.059%) Totara
Applications
1 26 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.41%) 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 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (0.89%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
4 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
4 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.18%) OPENHousing
4 3 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
4 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.12%) Maximo
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.059%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 335 (19.86%) AWS
2 323 (19.15%) Azure
3 122 (7.23%) GCP
4 104 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
5 85 (5.04%) Entra ID
6 71 (4.21%) Power Platform
7 70 (4.15%) Amazon EKS
8 59 (3.50%) PaaS
9 48 (2.85%) Serverless
10 44 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
11 37 (2.19%) GitHub
12 33 (1.96%) IaaS
12 33 (1.96%) Snowflake
13 29 (1.72%) Mimecast
14 27 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
15 26 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
16 25 (1.48%) Power Automate
17 23 (1.36%) Figma
18 21 (1.24%) PowerApps
19 19 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.83%) VPN
2 12 (0.71%) DNS
2 12 (0.71%) Network Security
3 10 (0.59%) AMQP
3 10 (0.59%) Broadband
3 10 (0.59%) SMS
4 9 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.47%) DHCP
5 8 (0.47%) Firewall
5 8 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.36%) 5G
6 6 (0.36%) Internet
7 5 (0.30%) VoIP
7 5 (0.30%) WAN
8 4 (0.24%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (0.24%) LAN
8 4 (0.24%) NX-OS
8 4 (0.24%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.24%) VXLAN
8 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 52 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
3 38 (2.25%) Power BI
4 36 (2.13%) Redis
5 21 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (0.95%) MySQL
7 14 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (0.71%) Big Data
9 10 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.53%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.41%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.41%) Looker
12 6 (0.36%) Metadata
12 6 (0.36%) Tableau
13 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
13 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
14 4 (0.24%) Metabase
14 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 97 (5.75%) JIRA
2 62 (3.68%) TeamCity
3 43 (2.55%) Git
4 14 (0.83%) Cypress.io
5 13 (0.77%) Selenium
6 11 (0.65%) GitLab
7 7 (0.41%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.41%) Postman
7 7 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.30%) JUnit
8 5 (0.30%) Poetry
8 5 (0.30%) Storybook
9 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) JMeter
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.059%) Cucumber
General
1 456 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 399 (23.65%) Finance
3 242 (14.34%) Retail
4 240 (14.23%) Marketing
5 231 (13.69%) Law
6 208 (12.33%) Legal
7 166 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 134 (7.94%) Banking
9 127 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
9 127 (7.53%) Back Office
10 115 (6.82%) Financial Institution
11 66 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
12 65 (3.85%) Public Sector
13 57 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (2.07%) Manufacturing
15 30 (1.78%) German Language
16 27 (1.60%) Health Technology
17 25 (1.48%) French Language
18 24 (1.42%) Advertising
18 24 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 232 (13.75%) Lead
2 228 (13.52%) Senior
3 162 (9.60%) Developer
4 116 (6.88%) Account Executive
5 111 (6.58%) Software Engineer
6 110 (6.52%) Architect
7 89 (5.28%) Full-Stack Developer
8 80 (4.74%) Consultant
9 78 (4.62%) Analyst
10 73 (4.33%) Software Developer
11 71 (4.21%) Lead Developer
12 68 (4.03%) Account Manager
13 67 (3.97%) Senior Manager
14 66 (3.91%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 64 (3.79%) Lead Software Developer
16 62 (3.68%) IT Manager
17 57 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
18 49 (2.90%) Testing Manager
19 48 (2.85%) IT Services Manager
19 48 (2.85%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (7.71%) Terraform
2 123 (7.29%) Node.js
3 87 (5.16%) .NET
4 66 (3.91%) React
5 60 (3.56%) Middleware
6 56 (3.32%) REST
7 52 (3.08%) Vue
8 38 (2.25%) RESTful
9 25 (1.48%) CSS
10 23 (1.36%) OAuth
11 22 (1.30%) Next.js
12 20 (1.19%) HTML
12 20 (1.19%) OpenID
13 18 (1.07%) NestJS
14 17 (1.01%) OAuth2
15 16 (0.95%) OpenAPI
15 16 (0.95%) Spring
15 16 (0.95%) Spring Boot
15 16 (0.95%) Swagger
16 15 (0.89%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 128 (7.59%) Cloud Native
2 116 (6.88%) Product Ownership
3 104 (6.16%) Onboarding
4 67 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.68%) Virtual Team
6 51 (3.02%) Management Information System
7 50 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
8 48 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
9 41 (2.43%) Web Conferencing
10 34 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.48%) Social Media
12 20 (1.19%) AI Agents
13 18 (1.07%) Data Structures
13 18 (1.07%) Driving Licence
14 16 (0.95%) PropTech
15 15 (0.89%) Blog
16 14 (0.83%) Client/Server
16 14 (0.83%) Clustering
16 14 (0.83%) Security Posture
17 13 (0.77%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.31%) Windows
2 24 (1.42%) Linux
3 17 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.77%) Android
4 13 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.30%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.18%) Debian
8 1 (0.059%) Unix
8 1 (0.059%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (18.49%) AI
2 270 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 270 (16.00%) DevOps
3 269 (15.95%) B2B
4 255 (15.12%) Software Engineering
5 246 (14.58%) Agile
6 222 (13.16%) CRM
7 208 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
8 198 (11.74%) Mentoring
9 197 (11.68%) Test Automation
10 196 (11.62%) CI/CD
11 179 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 166 (9.84%) Roadmaps
13 162 (9.60%) Decision-Making
14 157 (9.31%) Business Development
14 157 (9.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 156 (9.25%) Microservices
16 151 (8.95%) Full-Stack Development
17 143 (8.48%) Project Delivery
18 137 (8.12%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 194 (11.50%) TypeScript
2 174 (10.31%) JavaScript
3 162 (9.60%) Python
4 149 (8.83%) C#
5 146 (8.65%) SQL
6 108 (6.40%) Java
7 84 (4.98%) PowerShell
8 32 (1.90%) R
9 26 (1.54%) PHP
10 25 (1.48%) Go
11 17 (1.01%) Bash
12 15 (0.89%) Bicep
13 9 (0.53%) Ruby
14 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.30%) T-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
Qualifications
1 88 (5.22%) Degree
2 77 (4.56%) CISSP
3 71 (4.21%) CISM
4 56 (3.32%) ITIL Certification
5 44 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (1.84%) Security Cleared
7 30 (1.78%) ACCA
8 24 (1.42%) CIMA
9 20 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.13%) CRISC
11 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (0.95%) SC Cleared
13 14 (0.83%) CISA
14 8 (0.47%) ISACA
15 7 (0.41%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
16 6 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (7.59%) QA
2 84 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 75 (4.45%) NIST
4 73 (4.33%) GDPR
5 48 (2.85%) ISO 22301
6 32 (1.90%) Data Quality
7 30 (1.78%) PCI DSS
8 27 (1.60%) Accessibility
8 27 (1.60%) SOC 2
9 23 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 20 (1.19%) GRC
11 19 (1.13%) SLA
12 14 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.71%) IFRS
14 9 (0.53%) COBIT
15 8 (0.47%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
17 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 4 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 65 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 60 (3.56%) Docker
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 101 (5.99%) Kubernetes
2 75 (4.45%) Grafana
3 35 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.19%) Ansible
5 16 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.59%) 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 (0.059%) CASB
10 1 (0.059%) Cilium
10 1 (0.059%) Kibana
10 1 (0.059%) Packer
10 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.059%) Puppet
10 1 (0.059%) QRadar
10 1 (0.059%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 242 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 94 (5.57%) HubSpot
3 80 (4.74%) Salesforce
4 54 (3.20%) Google
5 34 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
6 26 (1.54%) Sage
7 21 (1.24%) Databricks
8 17 (1.01%) Adobe
9 16 (0.95%) SAP
10 14 (0.83%) Workday
11 13 (0.77%) Oracle
12 10 (0.59%) Dynatrace
12 10 (0.59%) Splunk
13 9 (0.53%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.53%) Xero
14 7 (0.41%) Facebook
14 7 (0.41%) Instagram
14 7 (0.41%) TikTok
14 7 (0.41%) YouTube
15 6 (0.36%) Freshdesk