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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 71 54
Rank change year-on-year +44 -17 -12
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,569 789 1,245
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.22% 4.80% 4.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.54% 13.05% 10.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,189 600 1,032
10th Percentile £35,500 £33,000 £39,550
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £49,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +6.20% -5.84%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
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 8,462 6,048 11,414
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.92% 36.77% 41.17%
Number of salaries quoted 6,050 4,461 9,241
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

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 25 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 59 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 53 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.02%) Confluence
4 13 (0.83%) WordPress
5 12 (0.76%) CMS
6 6 (0.38%) SAS
7 5 (0.32%) IIS
7 5 (0.32%) Moodle
7 5 (0.32%) Totara
8 3 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.064%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.064%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.064%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 25 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (0.51%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.13%) Moqups
10 2 (0.13%) Trello
11 1 (0.064%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 23 (1.47%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.19%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.19%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.19%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.19%) 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 (0.064%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.064%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 307 (19.57%) Azure
2 288 (18.36%) AWS
3 103 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
4 97 (6.18%) Entra ID
5 80 (5.10%) GCP
6 60 (3.82%) Power Platform
7 58 (3.70%) PaaS
8 52 (3.31%) Serverless
9 48 (3.06%) Amazon EKS
10 38 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (1.85%) Mimecast
12 28 (1.78%) IaaS
13 27 (1.72%) Snowflake
14 25 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
15 21 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (1.27%) GitHub
16 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
17 19 (1.21%) Figma
18 18 (1.15%) Azure Functions
18 18 (1.15%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.21%) Firewall
2 16 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (0.89%) VPN
4 13 (0.83%) DNS
5 10 (0.64%) Broadband
6 9 (0.57%) LAN
6 9 (0.57%) WAN
7 8 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (0.51%) DHCP
7 8 (0.51%) IPsec
7 8 (0.51%) MPLS
7 8 (0.51%) NetScaler
7 8 (0.51%) NX-OS
7 8 (0.51%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.51%) VXLAN
7 8 (0.51%) WLAN
8 7 (0.45%) Internet
8 7 (0.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 42 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.17%) Power BI
4 32 (2.04%) Redis
5 24 (1.53%) MySQL
6 14 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.38%) Big Data
8 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.32%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.32%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.32%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.25%) Metadata
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.25%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.25%) Tableau
11 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 94 (5.99%) JIRA
2 41 (2.61%) Git
3 38 (2.42%) TeamCity
4 11 (0.70%) Claude Code
5 8 (0.51%) Cypress.io
5 8 (0.51%) GitLab
6 7 (0.45%) Selenium
7 6 (0.38%) JMeter
8 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.32%) Locust
8 5 (0.32%) Postman
8 5 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.19%) JUnit
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
11 2 (0.13%) MSI
General
1 428 (27.28%) Social Skills
2 343 (21.86%) Finance
3 222 (14.15%) Retail
4 214 (13.64%) Marketing
5 203 (12.94%) Law
6 171 (10.90%) Legal
7 148 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 131 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
9 117 (7.46%) Banking
10 108 (6.88%) Back Office
11 87 (5.54%) Financial Institution
12 63 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
13 53 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (2.10%) Advertising
15 29 (1.85%) Public Sector
16 28 (1.78%) Manufacturing
17 23 (1.47%) Telecoms
18 22 (1.40%) German Language
19 20 (1.27%) Health Technology
20 18 (1.15%) Billing
Job Titles
1 217 (13.83%) Senior
2 198 (12.62%) Lead
3 159 (10.13%) Developer
4 106 (6.76%) Software Engineer
5 97 (6.18%) Account Executive
6 83 (5.29%) Full-Stack Developer
7 80 (5.10%) Architect
8 79 (5.04%) Consultant
9 77 (4.91%) Account Manager
10 76 (4.84%) Senior Manager
11 62 (3.95%) Lead Developer
11 62 (3.95%) Service Manager
12 59 (3.76%) IT Manager
13 56 (3.57%) Support Engineer
14 52 (3.31%) Analyst
15 49 (3.12%) Software Developer
15 49 (3.12%) Testing Manager
16 48 (3.06%) IT Services Manager
16 48 (3.06%) Resilience Manager
17 44 (2.80%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (6.44%) Node.js
2 78 (4.97%) .NET
3 68 (4.33%) React
4 55 (3.51%) Vue
5 51 (3.25%) Middleware
6 45 (2.87%) REST
7 39 (2.49%) RESTful
8 38 (2.42%) CSS
9 35 (2.23%) HTML
10 22 (1.40%) JSON
11 20 (1.27%) Next.js
12 17 (1.08%) OAuth
12 17 (1.08%) XML
13 16 (1.02%) AngularJS
14 14 (0.89%) Laravel
14 14 (0.89%) NestJS
15 12 (0.76%) Kafka
16 11 (0.70%) .NET Core
16 11 (0.70%) OpenID
17 10 (0.64%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 119 (7.58%) Cloud Native
2 110 (7.01%) Onboarding
3 87 (5.54%) Product Ownership
4 60 (3.82%) Virtual Team
5 48 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
6 42 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
6 42 (2.68%) Management Information System
7 36 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (1.66%) Web Conferencing
10 25 (1.59%) Social Media
11 21 (1.34%) PropTech
12 20 (1.27%) Data Structures
13 19 (1.21%) Blog
14 18 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
15 17 (1.08%) Client/Server
15 17 (1.08%) Driving Licence
16 16 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
17 14 (0.89%) Clustering
17 14 (0.89%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 48 (3.06%) Windows
2 21 (1.34%) Linux
3 12 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.64%) Android
5 10 (0.64%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.19%) Debian
6 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.064%) Unix
7 1 (0.064%) VMS
7 1 (0.064%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (16.70%) AI
2 255 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 246 (15.68%) DevOps
4 239 (15.23%) Software Engineering
5 227 (14.47%) Agile
6 226 (14.40%) B2B
7 212 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
8 192 (12.24%) CRM
9 168 (10.71%) Test Automation
10 163 (10.39%) CI/CD
10 163 (10.39%) Mentoring
11 152 (9.69%) Roadmaps
12 151 (9.62%) Full-Stack Development
13 144 (9.18%) Microservices
14 142 (9.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 134 (8.54%) Decision-Making
16 133 (8.48%) Business Development
17 125 (7.97%) Stakeholder Management
18 115 (7.33%) Enterprise Architecture
19 113 (7.20%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 166 (10.58%) TypeScript
2 164 (10.45%) Python
3 147 (9.37%) JavaScript
4 130 (8.29%) C#
5 126 (8.03%) SQL
6 94 (5.99%) PowerShell
7 74 (4.72%) Java
8 34 (2.17%) PHP
9 30 (1.91%) R
10 25 (1.59%) Go
11 14 (0.89%) Bash
12 10 (0.64%) Bicep
13 8 (0.51%) Ruby
13 8 (0.51%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.32%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.19%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.19%) Swift
16 1 (0.064%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.064%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.064%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 100 (6.37%) Degree
2 80 (5.10%) CISSP
3 69 (4.40%) CISM
4 49 (3.12%) ITIL Certification
5 47 (3.00%) ACCA
6 37 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.17%) CIMA
8 32 (2.04%) Security Cleared
9 21 (1.34%) CRISC
10 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (1.27%) SC Cleared
11 16 (1.02%) CISA
12 15 (0.96%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.70%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.57%) PMI Certification
15 8 (0.51%) ISACA
16 7 (0.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 6 (0.38%) MBA
18 5 (0.32%) DV Cleared
18 5 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (7.27%) QA
2 87 (5.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 75 (4.78%) NIST
4 68 (4.33%) GDPR
5 48 (3.06%) ISO 22301
6 35 (2.23%) PCI DSS
7 29 (1.85%) Accessibility
8 27 (1.72%) SOC 2
9 25 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (1.40%) IFRS
11 21 (1.34%) Data Quality
12 19 (1.21%) GRC
13 14 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.83%) SLA
15 9 (0.57%) PMO
16 8 (0.51%) COBIT
17 7 (0.45%) GAAP
17 7 (0.45%) SOC 1
17 7 (0.45%) WCAG
18 6 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 83 (5.29%) Active Directory
2 47 (3.00%) Docker
3 6 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.19%) Firmware
5 2 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.064%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 91 (5.80%) Terraform
2 74 (4.72%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.19%) Grafana
4 38 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.57%) Ansible
7 7 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.19%) Argo
9 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.13%) CASB
10 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.13%) Puppet
11 1 (0.064%) Graylog
11 1 (0.064%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.064%) Packer
11 1 (0.064%) QRadar
11 1 (0.064%) SCCM
Vendors
1 207 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.14%) HubSpot
3 56 (3.57%) Salesforce
4 42 (2.68%) Google
5 30 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
6 18 (1.15%) Sage
7 17 (1.08%) Adobe
8 15 (0.96%) Databricks
8 15 (0.96%) Oracle
9 13 (0.83%) ServiceNow
9 13 (0.83%) Xero
10 12 (0.76%) Pardot
10 12 (0.76%) SAP
11 9 (0.57%) Cisco
11 9 (0.57%) Workday
12 8 (0.51%) CheckPoint
12 8 (0.51%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.51%) Meraki
12 8 (0.51%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.38%) Atlassian