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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 61 50
Rank change year-on-year +4 -11 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 854 994 1,431
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.24% 4.24% 5.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.70% 10.40% 12.11%
Number of salaries quoted 661 690 1,175
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £42,210
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,347 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £118,750 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% -

All Cloud 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 5,811 9,559 11,818
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.65% 40.78% 48.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,183 6,605 10,227
10th Percentile £31,629 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £83,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -

SaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SaaS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SaaS
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SaaS

SaaS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SaaS over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

SaaS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (2.34%) IIS
3 13 (1.52%) Confluence
4 9 (1.05%) Apache
5 7 (0.82%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.47%) CMS
7 4 (0.47%) WordPress
8 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) Drupal
9 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.12%) Moodle
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
9 1 (0.12%) Totara
Applications
1 23 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.29%) Photoshop
4 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.82%) Adobe Premiere
6 6 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.35%) InDesign
7 3 (0.35%) Sketch
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.12%) Revit
8 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.12%) SPSS
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (2.22%) Shopify
2 13 (1.52%) Magento
3 12 (1.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 12 (1.41%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.70%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.23%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.12%) FastStats
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 244 (28.57%) Azure
2 186 (21.78%) AWS
3 90 (10.54%) PaaS
4 70 (8.20%) Power Platform
5 66 (7.73%) GCP
6 60 (7.03%) IaaS
7 54 (6.32%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (4.80%) GitHub
8 41 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (4.68%) Entra ID
10 29 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (2.58%) Azure Key Vault
12 18 (2.11%) Power Automate
13 17 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (1.87%) Azure AI
14 16 (1.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 16 (1.87%) Azure Service Bus
15 14 (1.64%) OCI
16 13 (1.52%) BigCommerce
17 12 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.51%) DNS
2 26 (3.04%) Firewall
2 26 (3.04%) VPN
3 17 (1.99%) WAN
4 16 (1.87%) SD-WAN
5 15 (1.76%) Remote Desktop
6 12 (1.41%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.59%) HTTP
8 4 (0.47%) Internet
9 3 (0.35%) DHCP
9 3 (0.35%) SAN
10 2 (0.23%) GPRS
10 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.23%) Intranet
10 2 (0.23%) LTE
10 2 (0.23%) Modbus
10 2 (0.23%) SSL
10 2 (0.23%) Wireless
11 1 (0.12%) Extranet
11 1 (0.12%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (9.37%) SQL Server
2 59 (6.91%) Power BI
3 34 (3.98%) MySQL
4 31 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (3.51%) Data Lake
6 26 (3.04%) Data Hub
6 26 (3.04%) SQL CLR
7 16 (1.87%) Metadata
8 15 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 11 (1.29%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.17%) NoSQL
12 9 (1.05%) Looker
13 8 (0.94%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (0.94%) Tableau
14 7 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.70%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.70%) Redis
Development Applications
1 52 (6.09%) Git
2 34 (3.98%) JIRA
3 9 (1.05%) Selenium
4 8 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.82%) Postman
6 4 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.47%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.47%) PHPUnit
6 4 (0.47%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.35%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.23%) GitLab
9 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.12%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.12%) Protractor
9 1 (0.12%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.12%) WiX
General
1 302 (35.36%) Social Skills
2 226 (26.46%) Finance
3 111 (13.00%) Marketing
4 83 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (7.26%) Retail
6 49 (5.74%) Back Office
7 35 (4.10%) Legal
8 34 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (3.63%) Law
9 31 (3.63%) Public Sector
10 27 (3.16%) Automotive
11 20 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (1.87%) Advertising
14 14 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.64%) Local Government
15 13 (1.52%) Health Technology
15 13 (1.52%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.29%) Billing
17 10 (1.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 140 (16.39%) Developer
2 114 (13.35%) Senior
3 91 (10.66%) Lead
4 70 (8.20%) Architect
5 53 (6.21%) Software Developer
6 45 (5.27%) .NET Developer
7 44 (5.15%) Engineering Manager
8 43 (5.04%) Product Manager
9 40 (4.68%) SaaS Developer
10 38 (4.45%) Analyst
10 38 (4.45%) Consultant
11 37 (4.33%) Senior Developer
12 32 (3.75%) Cloud Architect
13 31 (3.63%) .NET Software Developer
14 29 (3.40%) Software Engineer
15 26 (3.04%) C# Developer
16 24 (2.81%) Account Manager
17 23 (2.69%) Development Manager
18 22 (2.58%) Data Engineer
18 22 (2.58%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (12.18%) .NET
2 55 (6.44%) React
3 46 (5.39%) REST
4 29 (3.40%) HTML
5 25 (2.93%) .NET Framework
5 25 (2.93%) CSS
5 25 (2.93%) XML
6 24 (2.81%) .NET Core
7 22 (2.58%) Entity Framework
8 19 (2.22%) Node.js
8 19 (2.22%) SOAP
9 17 (1.99%) SAML
10 15 (1.76%) Next.js
11 14 (1.64%) RESTful
12 13 (1.52%) AngularJS
12 13 (1.52%) ASP.NET
12 13 (1.52%) Dapper ORM
13 11 (1.29%) Kafka
13 11 (1.29%) LAMP
13 11 (1.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 102 (11.94%) Onboarding
2 77 (9.02%) Product Ownership
3 36 (4.22%) Data Centre
4 33 (3.86%) Private Cloud
5 30 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (3.51%) NHS
6 29 (3.40%) Social Media
7 27 (3.16%) Cloud Native
8 26 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
9 21 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (2.22%) Driving Licence
11 18 (2.11%) Management Information System
12 16 (1.87%) EPoS
13 14 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 13 (1.52%) Public Cloud
15 12 (1.41%) Educational Technology
15 12 (1.41%) IoT
16 9 (1.05%) Operational Technology
17 8 (0.94%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 67 (7.85%) Windows
2 40 (4.68%) Windows Server
3 33 (3.86%) Linux
4 7 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (0.70%) Android
5 6 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.59%) Unix
7 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) Debian
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (30.09%) Agile
2 184 (21.55%) Problem-Solving
3 169 (19.79%) Roadmaps
4 144 (16.86%) Mentoring
5 138 (16.16%) Artificial Intelligence
6 135 (15.81%) DevOps
7 130 (15.22%) Software Engineering
8 121 (14.17%) B2B
9 116 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 100 (11.71%) CRM
11 94 (11.01%) Analytics
12 88 (10.30%) Data Privacy
13 76 (8.90%) Decision-Making
14 73 (8.55%) CI/CD
15 68 (7.96%) Fintech
16 67 (7.85%) ERP
16 67 (7.85%) Full-Stack Development
17 65 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
18 64 (7.49%) Coaching
19 63 (7.38%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 197 (23.07%) SQL
2 123 (14.40%) C#
3 96 (11.24%) JavaScript
4 69 (8.08%) Python
4 69 (8.08%) TypeScript
5 50 (5.85%) PowerShell
6 27 (3.16%) Java
7 25 (2.93%) Bicep
8 21 (2.46%) T-SQL
9 19 (2.22%) PHP
10 15 (1.76%) C
11 9 (1.05%) Bash
12 6 (0.70%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.59%) Delphi
14 3 (0.35%) Swift
15 2 (0.23%) C++
15 2 (0.23%) Perl
16 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.12%) XAML
Qualifications
1 92 (10.77%) Degree
2 35 (4.10%) Azure Certification
3 32 (3.75%) DBS Check
4 27 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (3.04%) ACCA
6 22 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (2.22%) Security Cleared
8 17 (1.99%) MCSA
9 16 (1.87%) MCSE
10 12 (1.41%) CISSP
11 11 (1.29%) SC Cleared
12 9 (1.05%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.05%) MCP
13 8 (0.94%) CCNA
13 8 (0.94%) CCNP
13 8 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.94%) CISM
13 8 (0.94%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.82%) City & Guilds
14 7 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (4.68%) QA
3 19 (2.22%) GDPR
4 17 (1.99%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.99%) SLA
5 15 (1.76%) ISO 9001
6 13 (1.52%) NIST
7 10 (1.17%) GAAP
8 9 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.94%) GRC
10 7 (0.82%) PMO
10 7 (0.82%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.47%) IFRS
12 4 (0.47%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.47%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.35%) PMBOK
13 3 (0.35%) WCAG
14 2 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 36 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 28 (3.28%) Docker
4 23 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.12%) KVM
7 1 (0.12%) vSphere
7 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 46 (5.39%) Terraform
2 37 (4.33%) Kubernetes
3 32 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (2.22%) Ansible
5 13 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
6 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.35%) SCCM
7 3 (0.35%) SmoothWall
8 2 (0.23%) Grafana
8 2 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.23%) Puppet
9 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.12%) Argo
9 1 (0.12%) CASB
9 1 (0.12%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.12%) HP UCMDB
9 1 (0.12%) Istio
9 1 (0.12%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.12%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 127 (14.87%) Microsoft
2 46 (5.39%) VMware
3 37 (4.33%) Oracle
4 36 (4.22%) Salesforce
5 32 (3.75%) Databricks
6 31 (3.63%) Google
7 29 (3.40%) HubSpot
8 24 (2.81%) Adobe
9 16 (1.87%) Meraki
10 13 (1.52%) ServiceNow
11 11 (1.29%) Alteryx
11 11 (1.29%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.17%) Workday
13 9 (1.05%) SAP
14 7 (0.82%) EMC
15 6 (0.70%) Cisco
15 6 (0.70%) Instagram
15 6 (0.70%) Pardot
15 6 (0.70%) TikTok
15 6 (0.70%) Zoho