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 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 59 60
Rank change year-on-year +29 +1 -13
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,643 825 1,015
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.97% 5.09% 4.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.86% 14.26% 10.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,268 624 749
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,475 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,375 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -9.09%

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 8,712 5,787 9,624
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.93% 35.74% 40.69%
Number of salaries quoted 6,380 4,194 6,997
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,325 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £113,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -2.44% -1.60%

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 6 September 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 76 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.79%) Confluence
4 9 (0.55%) CMS
5 7 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.43%) IIS
6 6 (0.37%) Apache
6 6 (0.37%) SAS
7 5 (0.30%) WordPress
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.061%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.061%) Moodle
9 1 (0.061%) Totara
Applications
1 27 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.30%) Moqups
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) Trello
7 1 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (1.22%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.18%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.061%) Shopify
5 1 (0.061%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 318 (19.35%) AWS
2 307 (18.69%) Azure
3 103 (6.27%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (5.96%) GCP
5 86 (5.23%) Entra ID
6 64 (3.90%) Power Platform
7 59 (3.59%) PaaS
8 53 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
9 45 (2.74%) Serverless
10 35 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (2.07%) IaaS
12 32 (1.95%) Mimecast
13 29 (1.77%) Snowflake
14 28 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
14 28 (1.70%) GitHub
15 27 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
16 21 (1.28%) Figma
16 21 (1.28%) PowerApps
17 18 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
17 18 (1.10%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.79%) DNS
2 11 (0.67%) VPN
3 10 (0.61%) Broadband
4 9 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.49%) AMQP
5 8 (0.49%) DHCP
5 8 (0.49%) SMS
6 7 (0.43%) Firewall
6 7 (0.43%) Network Security
7 6 (0.37%) 5G
8 5 (0.30%) SSL
8 5 (0.30%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.30%) WAN
9 4 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.24%) Internet
9 4 (0.24%) IPsec
9 4 (0.24%) LAN
9 4 (0.24%) MPLS
9 4 (0.24%) VoIP
9 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.04%) SQL Server
2 45 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.07%) Power BI
4 33 (2.01%) Redis
5 19 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.16%) MySQL
6 14 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
8 5 (0.30%) Big Data
8 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
8 5 (0.30%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.30%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.24%) Metadata
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.24%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.24%) Tableau
10 2 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 97 (5.90%) JIRA
2 45 (2.74%) TeamCity
3 41 (2.50%) Git
4 12 (0.73%) Cypress.io
5 11 (0.67%) GitLab
5 11 (0.67%) Selenium
6 9 (0.55%) Claude Code
7 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.30%) Poetry
8 5 (0.30%) Postman
8 5 (0.30%) Storybook
9 4 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.18%) JMeter
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.12%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.12%) JUnit
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 441 (26.84%) Social Skills
2 362 (22.03%) Finance
3 228 (13.88%) Marketing
4 220 (13.39%) Retail
5 208 (12.66%) Law
6 202 (12.29%) Legal
7 148 (9.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 127 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
9 115 (7.00%) Banking
10 110 (6.70%) Back Office
11 92 (5.60%) Financial Institution
12 70 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
13 61 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
14 55 (3.35%) Public Sector
15 36 (2.19%) Manufacturing
16 30 (1.83%) German Language
17 27 (1.64%) Health Technology
18 25 (1.52%) Advertising
19 21 (1.28%) Billing
19 21 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 222 (13.51%) Senior
2 220 (13.39%) Lead
3 160 (9.74%) Developer
4 109 (6.63%) Account Executive
5 104 (6.33%) Software Engineer
6 101 (6.15%) Architect
7 91 (5.54%) Full-Stack Developer
8 85 (5.17%) Consultant
9 72 (4.38%) Senior Manager
10 70 (4.26%) Lead Developer
11 68 (4.14%) Software Developer
12 66 (4.02%) Account Manager
12 66 (4.02%) Analyst
13 62 (3.77%) IT Manager
13 62 (3.77%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 61 (3.71%) Lead Software Developer
15 50 (3.04%) Service Manager
15 50 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
16 49 (2.98%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.92%) IT Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (7.43%) Node.js
2 106 (6.45%) Terraform
3 83 (5.05%) .NET
4 64 (3.90%) React
5 59 (3.59%) Middleware
6 56 (3.41%) Vue
7 51 (3.10%) REST
8 33 (2.01%) RESTful
9 31 (1.89%) CSS
10 26 (1.58%) HTML
11 22 (1.34%) NestJS
12 21 (1.28%) Next.js
13 20 (1.22%) OAuth
14 15 (0.91%) JSON
14 15 (0.91%) Kafka
14 15 (0.91%) OpenID
15 14 (0.85%) Laravel
15 14 (0.85%) Spring
15 14 (0.85%) Spring Boot
16 12 (0.73%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.49%) Cloud Native
2 105 (6.39%) Product Ownership
3 97 (5.90%) Onboarding
4 61 (3.71%) Virtual Team
5 55 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.92%) Cyber Threat
7 46 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
8 39 (2.37%) Management Information System
9 33 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (1.77%) Web Conferencing
11 20 (1.22%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.10%) Driving Licence
12 18 (1.10%) Social Media
13 16 (0.97%) Client/Server
13 16 (0.97%) PropTech
14 15 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
15 14 (0.85%) Clustering
15 14 (0.85%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (0.79%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.37%) Windows
2 21 (1.28%) Linux
3 10 (0.61%) Android
3 10 (0.61%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.61%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.37%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.18%) Debian
5 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.061%) Unix
6 1 (0.061%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (17.29%) AI
2 262 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 257 (15.64%) DevOps
4 240 (14.61%) Agile
4 240 (14.61%) B2B
4 240 (14.61%) Software Engineering
5 208 (12.66%) CRM
6 197 (11.99%) Problem-Solving
7 184 (11.20%) Test Automation
8 182 (11.08%) Mentoring
9 169 (10.29%) CI/CD
10 165 (10.04%) Roadmaps
11 161 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 157 (9.56%) Decision-Making
12 157 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
13 156 (9.49%) Business Development
14 153 (9.31%) Full-Stack Development
15 142 (8.64%) Microservices
16 135 (8.22%) Project Delivery
17 130 (7.91%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 187 (11.38%) TypeScript
2 165 (10.04%) JavaScript
3 148 (9.01%) Python
4 141 (8.58%) C#
5 136 (8.28%) SQL
6 86 (5.23%) Java
7 84 (5.11%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.01%) R
9 28 (1.70%) PHP
10 21 (1.28%) Go
11 12 (0.73%) Bash
12 11 (0.67%) Bicep
13 9 (0.55%) Ruby
14 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.18%) Swift
16 2 (0.12%) ABAP
16 2 (0.12%) SOQL
16 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (5.05%) Degree
2 75 (4.56%) CISSP
3 69 (4.20%) CISM
4 55 (3.35%) ITIL Certification
5 42 (2.56%) ACCA
5 42 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (2.01%) CIMA
7 24 (1.46%) Security Cleared
8 19 (1.16%) CRISC
9 16 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (0.91%) Azure Certification
11 14 (0.85%) CISA
12 9 (0.55%) SC Cleared
13 8 (0.49%) ISACA
14 7 (0.43%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.37%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.30%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.30%) PMP
16 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (7.67%) QA
2 82 (4.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (4.50%) NIST
4 69 (4.20%) GDPR
5 48 (2.92%) ISO 22301
6 28 (1.70%) Accessibility
6 28 (1.70%) PCI DSS
7 24 (1.46%) SOC 2
8 23 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (1.34%) Data Quality
10 20 (1.22%) SLA
11 17 (1.03%) GRC
11 17 (1.03%) IFRS
12 15 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.55%) COBIT
14 7 (0.43%) SOC 1
15 6 (0.37%) GAAP
16 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.30%) PMO
16 5 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 53 (3.23%) Docker
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.061%) Firmware
5 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 77 (4.69%) Kubernetes
2 55 (3.35%) Grafana
3 38 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (1.03%) Ansible
5 14 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Argo
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.061%) CASB
10 1 (0.061%) Graylog
10 1 (0.061%) Packer
10 1 (0.061%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.061%) Puppet
10 1 (0.061%) QRadar
Vendors
1 224 (13.63%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.17%) HubSpot
3 74 (4.50%) Salesforce
4 49 (2.98%) Google
5 34 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
6 24 (1.46%) Sage
7 16 (0.97%) Adobe
8 15 (0.91%) Databricks
8 15 (0.91%) SAP
9 13 (0.79%) Xero
10 12 (0.73%) Oracle
11 11 (0.67%) Workday
12 8 (0.49%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.30%) Apple
13 5 (0.30%) Facebook
13 5 (0.30%) Instagram
13 5 (0.30%) Pardot
13 5 (0.30%) TikTok
13 5 (0.30%) YouTube
14 4 (0.24%) CheckPoint