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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 70 48
Rank change year-on-year +42 -22 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,487 777 1,534
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.04% 4.78% 4.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.04% 12.72% 11.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,143 598 1,296
10th Percentile £35,500 £33,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,688 £49,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,188 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 8,243 6,108 13,844
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.01% 37.57% 42.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,866 4,498 11,452
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 8 July 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 54 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.01%) CMS
3 15 (1.01%) WordPress
4 12 (0.81%) Confluence
5 6 (0.40%) SAS
6 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.34%) Moodle
6 5 (0.34%) Totara
7 4 (0.27%) IIS
8 3 (0.20%) JBoss
8 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.067%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.067%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 25 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (0.54%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.13%) Trello
10 1 (0.067%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 21 (1.41%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.20%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.20%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.20%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.20%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.20%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
4 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 284 (19.10%) Azure
2 271 (18.22%) AWS
3 103 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
4 95 (6.39%) Entra ID
5 90 (6.05%) GCP
6 58 (3.90%) Power Platform
7 57 (3.83%) PaaS
8 52 (3.50%) Amazon EKS
9 49 (3.30%) Serverless
10 33 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (1.88%) IaaS
12 25 (1.68%) Mimecast
13 24 (1.61%) Snowflake
14 20 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
14 20 (1.34%) GitHub
15 18 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (1.21%) Figma
16 17 (1.14%) Azure Functions
16 17 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
17 15 (1.01%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.61%) Firewall
2 19 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (1.08%) VPN
4 14 (0.94%) DNS
5 10 (0.67%) Broadband
5 10 (0.67%) LAN
5 10 (0.67%) WAN
6 9 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (0.61%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
6 9 (0.61%) DHCP
6 9 (0.61%) IPsec
6 9 (0.61%) MPLS
6 9 (0.61%) NetScaler
6 9 (0.61%) NX-OS
6 9 (0.61%) SD-WAN
6 9 (0.61%) VXLAN
6 9 (0.61%) WLAN
7 8 (0.54%) BGP
8 7 (0.47%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (4.03%) SQL Server
2 40 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.29%) Power BI
4 28 (1.88%) Redis
5 26 (1.75%) MySQL
6 14 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.34%) Big Data
8 5 (0.34%) Delta Lake
8 5 (0.34%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.34%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.34%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.27%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.27%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.20%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 76 (5.11%) JIRA
2 40 (2.69%) TeamCity
3 33 (2.22%) Git
4 10 (0.67%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.40%) JMeter
5 6 (0.40%) Selenium
6 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.34%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.34%) Locust
6 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.27%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.27%) GitLab
7 4 (0.27%) Postman
8 3 (0.20%) JUnit
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 389 (26.16%) Social Skills
2 347 (23.34%) Finance
3 228 (15.33%) Retail
4 219 (14.73%) Law
5 202 (13.58%) Marketing
6 157 (10.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 135 (9.08%) Banking
8 133 (8.94%) Legal
9 128 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
10 125 (8.41%) Back Office
11 104 (6.99%) Financial Institution
12 60 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
13 43 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (1.95%) Advertising
14 29 (1.95%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.61%) Public Sector
16 21 (1.41%) German Language
16 21 (1.41%) Health Technology
17 20 (1.34%) Polish Language
18 19 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 204 (13.72%) Senior
2 188 (12.64%) Lead
3 158 (10.63%) Developer
4 111 (7.46%) Software Engineer
5 93 (6.25%) Account Executive
6 81 (5.45%) Architect
7 78 (5.25%) Account Manager
7 78 (5.25%) Full-Stack Developer
8 67 (4.51%) Consultant
8 67 (4.51%) Lead Developer
9 59 (3.97%) Support Engineer
10 54 (3.63%) Analyst
11 51 (3.43%) Senior Manager
12 44 (2.96%) Software Developer
13 43 (2.89%) Service Manager
13 43 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
14 41 (2.76%) IT Manager
15 39 (2.62%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 39 (2.62%) Lead Software Developer
15 39 (2.62%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (6.12%) Node.js
2 84 (5.65%) .NET
3 62 (4.17%) React
4 53 (3.56%) Vue
5 36 (2.42%) CSS
5 36 (2.42%) Middleware
5 36 (2.42%) REST
5 36 (2.42%) RESTful
6 35 (2.35%) HTML
7 25 (1.68%) JSON
8 19 (1.28%) XML
9 16 (1.08%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.94%) Next.js
10 14 (0.94%) OAuth
11 13 (0.87%) .NET Core
11 13 (0.87%) Spring
12 12 (0.81%) GraphQL
13 11 (0.74%) ASP.NET
13 11 (0.74%) NestJS
13 11 (0.74%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.27%) Cloud Native
2 107 (7.20%) Onboarding
3 84 (5.65%) Product Ownership
4 46 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
5 40 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 36 (2.42%) Virtual Team
7 32 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
7 32 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
9 26 (1.75%) Blog
10 22 (1.48%) Data Structures
10 22 (1.48%) PropTech
10 22 (1.48%) Social Media
10 22 (1.48%) Web Conferencing
11 17 (1.14%) Client/Server
12 16 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
12 16 (1.08%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
13 15 (1.01%) Driving Licence
13 15 (1.01%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.16%) Windows
2 19 (1.28%) Linux
3 16 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 15 (1.01%) Android
4 15 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.61%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.20%) Debian
7 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.20%) Unix
8 2 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (16.48%) AI
2 219 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 218 (14.66%) Software Engineering
4 207 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
5 206 (13.85%) B2B
6 199 (13.38%) Agile
7 195 (13.11%) DevOps
8 172 (11.57%) CRM
9 158 (10.63%) CI/CD
10 150 (10.09%) Full-Stack Development
11 146 (9.82%) Roadmaps
12 144 (9.68%) Microservices
13 138 (9.28%) Mentoring
14 124 (8.34%) Test Automation
15 123 (8.27%) Decision-Making
16 118 (7.94%) Business Development
17 106 (7.13%) Fintech
18 105 (7.06%) Stakeholder Management
19 100 (6.72%) Analytics
20 96 (6.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 142 (9.55%) Python
2 132 (8.88%) SQL
3 128 (8.61%) TypeScript
4 114 (7.67%) JavaScript
5 101 (6.79%) C#
6 88 (5.92%) Java
7 68 (4.57%) PowerShell
8 30 (2.02%) PHP
9 26 (1.75%) R
10 24 (1.61%) Go
11 14 (0.94%) Bash
12 10 (0.67%) Bicep
12 10 (0.67%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.47%) Ruby
14 5 (0.34%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.20%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.20%) Swift
16 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.067%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.067%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 103 (6.93%) Degree
2 63 (4.24%) CISSP
3 50 (3.36%) CISM
4 45 (3.03%) ACCA
5 35 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (2.22%) Security Cleared
7 32 (2.15%) CIMA
8 29 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
9 23 (1.55%) CRISC
10 22 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.48%) SC Cleared
11 19 (1.28%) CISA
12 15 (1.01%) Azure Certification
13 14 (0.94%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.54%) ISACA
15 7 (0.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 7 (0.47%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.40%) MBA
17 5 (0.34%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (5.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 79 (5.31%) QA
3 64 (4.30%) GDPR
4 58 (3.90%) NIST
5 41 (2.76%) PCI DSS
6 34 (2.29%) SOC 2
7 29 (1.95%) ISO 22301
8 27 (1.82%) Accessibility
9 26 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
10 24 (1.61%) Data Quality
11 22 (1.48%) IFRS
12 21 (1.41%) GRC
13 13 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (0.81%) SLA
15 11 (0.74%) PMO
16 10 (0.67%) COBIT
17 9 (0.61%) SOC 1
17 9 (0.61%) WCAG
18 8 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
19 7 (0.47%) GAAP
System Software
1 82 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 43 (2.89%) Docker
3 5 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.20%) Firmware
5 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.067%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 97 (6.52%) Terraform
2 77 (5.18%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.36%) Grafana
4 36 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.74%) Ansible
7 5 (0.34%) Argo
7 5 (0.34%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.20%) Packer
9 2 (0.13%) CASB
9 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.067%) Graylog
10 1 (0.067%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.067%) QRadar
Vendors
1 187 (12.58%) Microsoft
2 52 (3.50%) HubSpot
3 50 (3.36%) Salesforce
4 35 (2.35%) Google
5 26 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (1.34%) Sage
7 19 (1.28%) Adobe
8 17 (1.14%) Databricks
8 17 (1.14%) Oracle
9 16 (1.08%) Pardot
9 16 (1.08%) Xero
10 14 (0.94%) SAP
10 14 (0.94%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.67%) Cisco
12 9 (0.61%) CheckPoint
12 9 (0.61%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.61%) Meraki
12 9 (0.61%) SolarWinds
13 7 (0.47%) Workday
14 6 (0.40%) Atlassian