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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 52 50
Rank change year-on-year +29 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,250 906 1,473
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.62% 5.84% 5.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.21% 12.50% 11.60%
Number of salaries quoted 947 626 1,269
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -7.41% -1.17%
75th Percentile £85,625 £79,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,625 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 6,185 7,250 12,702
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.70% 46.76% 45.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,234 4,740 11,116
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,135 £35,260
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,786
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.34% +12.61% -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 20 February 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 24 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (1.44%) WordPress
3 15 (1.20%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.88%) Confluence
4 11 (0.88%) JBoss
4 11 (0.88%) WebSphere
5 7 (0.56%) CMS
6 6 (0.48%) IIS
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.32%) Moodle
8 4 (0.32%) Totara
9 2 (0.16%) Apache
10 1 (0.080%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.080%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 37 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 14 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.96%) InDesign
6 9 (0.72%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.24%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.24%) Sketch
10 2 (0.16%) Trello
11 1 (0.080%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.080%) GIMP
11 1 (0.080%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.12%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.56%) Workday HCM
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.080%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 266 (21.28%) Azure
2 255 (20.40%) AWS
3 125 (10.00%) GCP
4 58 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (4.56%) GitHub
6 56 (4.48%) Entra ID
7 48 (3.84%) PaaS
8 41 (3.28%) Serverless
9 40 (3.20%) Amazon EKS
10 36 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (2.24%) IaaS
12 25 (2.00%) Figma
12 25 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
12 25 (2.00%) Power Platform
13 19 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 17 (1.36%) Amazon S3
16 16 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
17 15 (1.20%) AWS Direct Connect
18 13 (1.04%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.64%) Remote Desktop
2 30 (2.40%) Firewall
3 17 (1.36%) VPN
4 15 (1.20%) BGP
5 14 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (1.04%) DNS
7 12 (0.96%) LAN
7 12 (0.96%) WAN
8 11 (0.88%) SD-WAN
9 10 (0.80%) MPLS
9 10 (0.80%) Unified Communications
10 9 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (0.72%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (0.72%) IPsec
10 9 (0.72%) NetScaler
10 9 (0.72%) NX-OS
10 9 (0.72%) OSPF
10 9 (0.72%) VXLAN
10 9 (0.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 38 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (2.40%) MySQL
4 29 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.16%) Data Lake
6 22 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (1.76%) NoSQL
7 18 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.36%) Power BI
9 12 (0.96%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.80%) Redis
11 9 (0.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.64%) Data Mining
12 8 (0.64%) Data Vault
13 6 (0.48%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.48%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.48%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.32%) Big Data
15 3 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (3.04%) JIRA
2 37 (2.96%) TeamCity
3 31 (2.48%) Git
4 9 (0.72%) Postman
5 8 (0.64%) Selenium
5 8 (0.64%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.48%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.40%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.40%) GitBook
7 5 (0.40%) git-flow
8 4 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.32%) SoapUI
8 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.24%) Storybook
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.080%) GitLab
11 1 (0.080%) MSTest
11 1 (0.080%) Protractor
11 1 (0.080%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 381 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 299 (23.92%) Finance
3 237 (18.96%) Retail
4 196 (15.68%) Marketing
5 144 (11.52%) Law
6 126 (10.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 120 (9.60%) Banking
8 109 (8.72%) Back Office
9 106 (8.48%) Financial Institution
10 103 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
11 66 (5.28%) Legal
12 46 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (3.20%) Public Sector
14 30 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
15 26 (2.08%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.52%) Polish Language
17 16 (1.28%) Health Technology
18 15 (1.20%) Automotive
18 15 (1.20%) French Language
19 14 (1.12%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 202 (16.16%) Senior
2 153 (12.24%) Developer
3 145 (11.60%) Lead
4 79 (6.32%) Software Engineer
5 69 (5.52%) Architect
6 56 (4.48%) Account Manager
7 51 (4.08%) Analyst
8 49 (3.92%) Lead Developer
9 48 (3.84%) Support Engineer
10 46 (3.68%) Account Executive
10 46 (3.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 43 (3.44%) .NET Developer
12 42 (3.36%) Development Manager
13 38 (3.04%) Consultant
14 37 (2.96%) 2nd Line Support
14 37 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
15 33 (2.64%) Software Developer
16 32 (2.56%) Full-Stack Developer
16 32 (2.56%) Marketing Executive
17 29 (2.32%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (12.08%) .NET
2 105 (8.40%) React
3 60 (4.80%) Node.js
4 48 (3.84%) REST
5 35 (2.80%) RESTful
6 34 (2.72%) CSS
7 31 (2.48%) HTML
8 26 (2.08%) SOAP
9 24 (1.92%) Spring
10 22 (1.76%) .NET Framework
10 22 (1.76%) React Native
11 19 (1.52%) AngularJS
12 17 (1.36%) Entity Framework
12 17 (1.36%) Kafka
12 17 (1.36%) Next.js
13 16 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web API
13 16 (1.28%) Middleware
14 15 (1.20%) Razor View Engine
15 14 (1.12%) GraphQL
15 14 (1.12%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 166 (13.28%) Onboarding
2 105 (8.40%) Cloud Native
3 82 (6.56%) Product Ownership
4 39 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (2.72%) Social Media
7 29 (2.32%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.16%) Web Conferencing
9 24 (1.92%) Data Centre
9 24 (1.92%) Mobile App
10 23 (1.84%) Blog
11 21 (1.68%) EPoS
12 16 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
13 14 (1.12%) Educational Technology
14 13 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (0.96%) Security Posture
16 11 (0.88%) Data Structures
16 11 (0.88%) DataPower
16 11 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 35 (2.80%) Windows
2 30 (2.40%) Android
2 30 (2.40%) Apple iOS
3 23 (1.84%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.80%) Linux
5 6 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.16%) Unix
7 2 (0.16%) VMS
8 1 (0.080%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (17.76%) AI
2 218 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
3 215 (17.20%) Software Engineering
4 201 (16.08%) Agile
5 197 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 176 (14.08%) CRM
7 169 (13.52%) Mentoring
8 163 (13.04%) B2B
9 159 (12.72%) CI/CD
10 156 (12.48%) Roadmaps
11 142 (11.36%) DevOps
12 129 (10.32%) Microservices
13 119 (9.52%) Full-Stack Development
14 100 (8.00%) Fintech
15 97 (7.76%) Analytics
16 92 (7.36%) Business Development
17 91 (7.28%) Customer Service
18 84 (6.72%) Coaching
19 83 (6.64%) Decision-Making
20 79 (6.32%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 187 (14.96%) SQL
2 124 (9.92%) C#
3 105 (8.40%) TypeScript
4 98 (7.84%) Python
5 87 (6.96%) JavaScript
6 79 (6.32%) Java
7 36 (2.88%) PowerShell
8 24 (1.92%) PHP
9 15 (1.20%) Bash
9 15 (1.20%) Go
10 10 (0.80%) Kotlin
10 10 (0.80%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.56%) Bicep
12 6 (0.48%) R
13 3 (0.24%) Swift
14 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.080%) ABAP
15 1 (0.080%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 107 (8.56%) Degree
2 24 (1.92%) Master's Degree
3 22 (1.76%) CISSP
4 21 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (1.68%) Security Cleared
5 17 (1.36%) SC Cleared
6 13 (1.04%) CRISC
7 11 (0.88%) ACCA
8 10 (0.80%) CISA
9 9 (0.72%) AWS Certification
9 9 (0.72%) Azure Certification
9 9 (0.72%) CISM
10 8 (0.64%) CIMA
11 7 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.32%) CEH
13 4 (0.32%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (6.64%) QA
2 68 (5.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (3.28%) SOC 2
4 32 (2.56%) PCI DSS
5 24 (1.92%) GDPR
6 23 (1.84%) Accessibility
7 22 (1.76%) GRC
8 20 (1.60%) NIST
9 16 (1.28%) Data Quality
10 13 (1.04%) SLA
11 12 (0.96%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.72%) IFRS
13 9 (0.72%) WCAG
14 8 (0.64%) PMO
15 5 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.40%) NIST 800
16 4 (0.32%) JSP 440
17 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.24%) PSD2
System Software
1 56 (4.48%) Active Directory
2 38 (3.04%) Docker
3 4 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.080%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 98 (7.84%) Terraform
2 76 (6.08%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.88%) Grafana
4 17 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.80%) Ansible
7 8 (0.64%) Argo
8 4 (0.32%) Cilium
9 2 (0.16%) CASB
9 2 (0.16%) Packer
10 1 (0.080%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.080%) Istio
10 1 (0.080%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.080%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.080%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 109 (8.72%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.36%) Salesforce
3 48 (3.84%) HubSpot
4 38 (3.04%) Adobe
5 31 (2.48%) Databricks
6 29 (2.32%) Google
7 26 (2.08%) Oracle
8 25 (2.00%) ServiceNow
9 22 (1.76%) Cisco
10 14 (1.12%) Pardot
10 14 (1.12%) Workday
11 12 (0.96%) SAP
12 9 (0.72%) CheckPoint
12 9 (0.72%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.72%) Fortinet
12 9 (0.72%) Meraki
12 9 (0.72%) Sage
12 9 (0.72%) SolarWinds
12 9 (0.72%) Zoho
13 8 (0.64%) MuleSoft