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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 74 48
Rank change year-on-year +46 -26 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,486 786 1,511
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.00% 4.77% 4.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.98% 12.76% 11.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,139 604 1,277
10th Percentile £35,400 £33,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,563 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £96,750
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 8,263 6,159 13,553
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.94% 37.40% 41.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5,885 4,536 11,176
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £35,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,353 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% +3.92% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,750 £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 10 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 56 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 54 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.01%) CMS
4 14 (0.94%) WordPress
5 12 (0.81%) Confluence
6 6 (0.40%) SAS
7 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.34%) Moodle
7 5 (0.34%) Totara
8 4 (0.27%) IIS
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.13%) JBoss
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.067%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.067%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 25 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.14%) 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
1 288 (19.38%) Azure
2 270 (18.17%) AWS
3 105 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
4 97 (6.53%) Entra ID
5 92 (6.19%) GCP
6 58 (3.90%) Power Platform
7 57 (3.84%) PaaS
8 54 (3.63%) Amazon EKS
9 48 (3.23%) Serverless
10 35 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (1.88%) IaaS
12 27 (1.82%) Mimecast
13 24 (1.62%) Snowflake
14 20 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
14 20 (1.35%) GitHub
15 18 (1.21%) Figma
16 17 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (1.14%) Azure Functions
16 17 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
17 16 (1.08%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.62%) 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%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (3.97%) 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%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.34%) Big Data
10 5 (0.34%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.34%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.34%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.34%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.27%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.20%) Metadata
12 3 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 80 (5.38%) JIRA
2 42 (2.83%) TeamCity
3 32 (2.15%) 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
7 4 (0.27%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.27%) GitLab
7 4 (0.27%) Postman
7 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.13%) MSI
General
1 385 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 348 (23.42%) Finance
3 232 (15.61%) Retail
4 223 (15.01%) Law
5 198 (13.32%) Marketing
6 161 (10.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 138 (9.29%) Banking
8 136 (9.15%) Legal
9 129 (8.68%) Back Office
10 127 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
11 107 (7.20%) Financial Institution
12 59 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
13 43 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.09%) Advertising
15 28 (1.88%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.62%) Public Sector
17 22 (1.48%) German Language
18 21 (1.41%) Polish Language
19 20 (1.35%) Health Technology
19 20 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 198 (13.32%) Senior
2 192 (12.92%) Lead
3 156 (10.50%) Developer
4 113 (7.60%) Software Engineer
5 93 (6.26%) Account Executive
6 82 (5.52%) Architect
7 79 (5.32%) Full-Stack Developer
8 76 (5.11%) Account Manager
9 69 (4.64%) Consultant
10 66 (4.44%) Lead Developer
11 60 (4.04%) Support Engineer
12 53 (3.57%) Analyst
13 51 (3.43%) Senior Manager
14 45 (3.03%) Software Developer
15 44 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
16 43 (2.89%) Service Manager
17 41 (2.76%) IT Manager
18 40 (2.69%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
18 40 (2.69%) Lead Software Developer
19 39 (2.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (6.33%) Node.js
2 84 (5.65%) .NET
3 60 (4.04%) React
4 53 (3.57%) Vue
5 36 (2.42%) CSS
5 36 (2.42%) REST
5 36 (2.42%) RESTful
6 35 (2.36%) HTML
6 35 (2.36%) Middleware
7 25 (1.68%) JSON
8 19 (1.28%) XML
9 16 (1.08%) AngularJS
10 15 (1.01%) OAuth
11 14 (0.94%) Next.js
12 13 (0.87%) .NET Core
12 13 (0.87%) NestJS
13 11 (0.74%) ASP.NET
13 11 (0.74%) GraphQL
13 11 (0.74%) Spring
14 10 (0.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 126 (8.48%) Cloud Native
2 107 (7.20%) Onboarding
3 87 (5.85%) Product Ownership
4 47 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
5 41 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 36 (2.42%) Virtual Team
7 33 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
8 31 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
10 26 (1.75%) Blog
11 22 (1.48%) Data Structures
11 22 (1.48%) PropTech
11 22 (1.48%) Social Media
11 22 (1.48%) Web Conferencing
12 17 (1.14%) Client/Server
13 16 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (1.08%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
14 15 (1.01%) Driving Licence
15 14 (0.94%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 49 (3.30%) Windows
2 19 (1.28%) Linux
3 15 (1.01%) Apple iOS
3 15 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.94%) Android
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
1 244 (16.42%) AI
2 221 (14.87%) Software Engineering
3 220 (14.80%) Continuous Improvement
4 205 (13.80%) B2B
4 205 (13.80%) Problem-Solving
5 199 (13.39%) DevOps
6 198 (13.32%) Agile
7 174 (11.71%) CRM
8 160 (10.77%) CI/CD
9 150 (10.09%) Full-Stack Development
10 147 (9.89%) Roadmaps
11 145 (9.76%) Microservices
12 137 (9.22%) Mentoring
13 126 (8.48%) Test Automation
14 121 (8.14%) Decision-Making
15 120 (8.08%) Business Development
16 107 (7.20%) Stakeholder Management
17 106 (7.13%) Fintech
18 98 (6.59%) Analytics
19 97 (6.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 141 (9.49%) Python
2 130 (8.75%) TypeScript
3 129 (8.68%) SQL
4 114 (7.67%) JavaScript
5 103 (6.93%) C#
6 89 (5.99%) Java
7 68 (4.58%) PowerShell
8 30 (2.02%) PHP
9 28 (1.88%) R
10 25 (1.68%) 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
1 102 (6.86%) Degree
2 63 (4.24%) CISSP
3 50 (3.36%) CISM
4 45 (3.03%) ACCA
5 35 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (2.29%) 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 89 (5.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (5.45%) QA
3 64 (4.31%) 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 23 (1.55%) Data Quality
11 22 (1.48%) IFRS
12 20 (1.35%) 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 84 (5.65%) Active Directory
2 42 (2.83%) 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 98 (6.59%) Terraform
2 79 (5.32%) Kubernetes
3 52 (3.50%) Grafana
4 38 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.67%) 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
1 190 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 54 (3.63%) HubSpot
3 52 (3.50%) Salesforce
4 37 (2.49%) Google
5 28 (1.88%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (1.35%) Sage
7 19 (1.28%) Adobe
8 17 (1.14%) Oracle
9 16 (1.08%) Xero
10 15 (1.01%) Databricks
10 15 (1.01%) Pardot
11 14 (0.94%) SAP
11 14 (0.94%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.67%) Cisco
13 9 (0.61%) CheckPoint
13 9 (0.61%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.61%) Meraki
13 9 (0.61%) SolarWinds
14 7 (0.47%) Workday
15 6 (0.40%) Atlassian