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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 69 52
Rank change year-on-year +42 -17 -8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,362 726 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.11% 4.98% 4.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.58% 12.63% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,073 554 1,355
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,063 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
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 7,329 5,747 14,104
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.24% 39.41% 42.83%
Number of salaries quoted 5,031 4,134 12,000
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 28 May 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 39 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (2.57%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.10%) WordPress
4 13 (0.95%) CMS
5 11 (0.81%) Confluence
6 6 (0.44%) SAS
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.37%) Moodle
7 5 (0.37%) Totara
8 4 (0.29%) JBoss
8 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.073%) Apache
10 1 (0.073%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.073%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 23 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (0.59%) Photoshop
4 7 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.073%) InDesign
8 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.17%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.22%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.22%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.22%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.22%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 232 (17.03%) AWS
2 226 (16.59%) Azure
3 87 (6.39%) GCP
4 74 (5.43%) Entra ID
5 73 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (3.60%) Serverless
7 48 (3.52%) Power Platform
8 47 (3.45%) PaaS
9 44 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
10 30 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (2.13%) GitHub
12 23 (1.69%) IaaS
13 21 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (1.47%) Figma
15 18 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 16 (1.17%) AWS Direct Connect
16 16 (1.17%) Mimecast
17 13 (0.95%) Amazon S3
17 13 (0.95%) Snowflake
18 12 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.13%) Firewall
2 22 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (1.47%) VPN
4 16 (1.17%) DNS
5 14 (1.03%) LAN
5 14 (1.03%) MPLS
5 14 (1.03%) WAN
6 13 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (0.95%) Cisco Firepower
6 13 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
6 13 (0.95%) IPsec
6 13 (0.95%) NetScaler
6 13 (0.95%) NX-OS
6 13 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 13 (0.95%) VXLAN
6 13 (0.95%) WLAN
7 12 (0.88%) BGP
8 9 (0.66%) OSPF
8 9 (0.66%) SSL
9 8 (0.59%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.19%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (2.06%) Power BI
4 19 (1.40%) MySQL
5 18 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.25%) Redis
7 12 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.44%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.37%) Big Data
11 5 (0.37%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.29%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.29%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.29%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
13 3 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
14 2 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 50 (3.67%) JIRA
2 37 (2.72%) TeamCity
3 31 (2.28%) Git
4 9 (0.66%) Claude Code
5 8 (0.59%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.44%) JMeter
7 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.37%) Locust
7 5 (0.37%) Postman
8 4 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.29%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.29%) Selenium
9 3 (0.22%) JUnit
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.15%) Eclipse
General
1 317 (23.27%) Social Skills
2 312 (22.91%) Finance
3 237 (17.40%) Retail
4 221 (16.23%) Marketing
5 172 (12.63%) Law
6 154 (11.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 136 (9.99%) Banking
8 124 (9.10%) Back Office
9 112 (8.22%) Financial Institution
10 109 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
11 89 (6.53%) Legal
12 47 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (2.35%) Public Sector
15 30 (2.20%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.76%) Advertising
16 24 (1.76%) German Language
17 19 (1.40%) Polish Language
18 18 (1.32%) Health Technology
19 16 (1.17%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 176 (12.92%) Senior
2 167 (12.26%) Developer
3 147 (10.79%) Lead
4 114 (8.37%) Software Engineer
5 92 (6.75%) Account Executive
6 85 (6.24%) Account Manager
7 71 (5.21%) Architect
8 70 (5.14%) Full-Stack Developer
9 60 (4.41%) Lead Developer
10 50 (3.67%) Support Engineer
11 44 (3.23%) Consultant
12 43 (3.16%) Analyst
13 40 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 40 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
14 38 (2.79%) Sales Manager
15 37 (2.72%) .NET Software Engineer
16 35 (2.57%) C# Developer
17 34 (2.50%) .NET Developer
18 33 (2.42%) Marketing Manager
18 33 (2.42%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (7.05%) .NET
2 77 (5.65%) Node.js
3 66 (4.85%) React
4 41 (3.01%) Vue
5 38 (2.79%) RESTful
6 37 (2.72%) HTML
7 35 (2.57%) CSS
8 33 (2.42%) REST
9 26 (1.91%) JSON
10 21 (1.54%) XML
11 16 (1.17%) React Native
11 16 (1.17%) Spring
12 14 (1.03%) .NET Core
12 14 (1.03%) AngularJS
12 14 (1.03%) Next.js
12 14 (1.03%) OAuth
13 13 (0.95%) GraphQL
13 13 (0.95%) Kafka
13 13 (0.95%) NestJS
14 12 (0.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 107 (7.86%) Cloud Native
2 99 (7.27%) Onboarding
3 81 (5.95%) Product Ownership
4 34 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 28 (2.06%) Blog
5 28 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (1.84%) EPoS
7 22 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (1.62%) PropTech
8 21 (1.54%) Data Centre
9 18 (1.32%) Mobile App
9 18 (1.32%) Social Media
10 17 (1.25%) Data Structures
11 16 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
12 15 (1.10%) Client/Server
12 15 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
13 11 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (0.81%) Learning Management System
14 10 (0.73%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 41 (3.01%) Windows
2 24 (1.76%) Apple iOS
3 23 (1.69%) Android
4 13 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.88%) Linux
6 8 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.15%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (16.08%) AI
2 191 (14.02%) Software Engineering
3 187 (13.73%) B2B
4 184 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
5 171 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 161 (11.82%) CRM
7 153 (11.23%) Agile
8 141 (10.35%) Full-Stack Development
9 140 (10.28%) CI/CD
10 132 (9.69%) DevOps
11 126 (9.25%) Roadmaps
12 124 (9.10%) Microservices
13 116 (8.52%) Business Development
14 112 (8.22%) Fintech
15 99 (7.27%) Analytics
15 99 (7.27%) Decision-Making
16 97 (7.12%) Mentoring
17 79 (5.80%) Stakeholder Management
18 76 (5.58%) SDLC
19 72 (5.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 117 (8.59%) SQL
2 115 (8.44%) Python
3 89 (6.53%) Java
4 83 (6.09%) TypeScript
5 78 (5.73%) C#
6 66 (4.85%) JavaScript
7 39 (2.86%) PowerShell
8 25 (1.84%) Go
8 25 (1.84%) PHP
9 17 (1.25%) R
10 14 (1.03%) Bash
11 8 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.44%) Bicep
13 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.22%) Ruby
13 3 (0.22%) Swift
14 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.073%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 89 (6.53%) Degree
2 41 (3.01%) ACCA
3 29 (2.13%) CIMA
4 25 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (1.84%) Security Cleared
5 24 (1.76%) CISSP
6 17 (1.25%) SC Cleared
7 16 (1.17%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.81%) CISM
10 11 (0.81%) CRISC
11 10 (0.73%) CISA
12 7 (0.51%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.44%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.44%) MBA
14 4 (0.29%) ISACA
15 3 (0.22%) CREST Certified
15 3 (0.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (3.30%) QA
3 40 (2.94%) GDPR
4 33 (2.42%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.28%) Accessibility
6 30 (2.20%) SOC 2
7 21 (1.54%) Data Quality
8 20 (1.47%) IFRS
9 18 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.17%) NIST
11 15 (1.10%) WCAG
12 12 (0.88%) GRC
12 12 (0.88%) SLA
13 11 (0.81%) PMO
14 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.44%) GAAP
17 5 (0.37%) COBIT
17 5 (0.37%) SOC 1
18 3 (0.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 69 (5.07%) Active Directory
2 48 (3.52%) Docker
3 3 (0.22%) Firmware
3 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.073%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 96 (7.05%) Terraform
2 79 (5.80%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.38%) Grafana
4 26 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.73%) Ansible
7 7 (0.51%) Argo
8 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.15%) CASB
9 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.15%) Packer
9 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.073%) Graylog
10 1 (0.073%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.073%) QRadar
Vendors
1 131 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 52 (3.82%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.16%) HubSpot
4 38 (2.79%) Google
5 19 (1.40%) Sage
6 18 (1.32%) Adobe
6 18 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
8 16 (1.17%) Pardot
8 16 (1.17%) Xero
9 15 (1.10%) SAP
10 14 (1.03%) Cisco
11 13 (0.95%) CheckPoint
11 13 (0.95%) Dynatrace
11 13 (0.95%) Meraki
11 13 (0.95%) SolarWinds
12 12 (0.88%) Databricks
13 10 (0.73%) Oracle
14 9 (0.66%) Fortinet
15 6 (0.44%) Atlassian