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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 75 53
Rank change year-on-year +50 -22 -11
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,572 792 1,317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.25% 4.80% 4.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.61% 13.01% 10.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,176 604 1,100
10th Percentile £35,500 £33,075 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £49,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,063 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £96,250
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 8,446 6,086 12,000
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.98% 36.92% 41.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6,030 4,483 9,784
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,599 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -2.44% -5.38%
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 22 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 60 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 54 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.89%) Confluence
4 13 (0.83%) CMS
4 13 (0.83%) WordPress
5 6 (0.38%) SAS
6 5 (0.32%) Moodle
6 5 (0.32%) Totara
7 4 (0.25%) IIS
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%) JBoss
10 1 (0.064%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.064%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.46%) 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 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.13%) Trello
10 1 (0.064%) InDesign
10 1 (0.064%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 23 (1.46%) 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
Cloud Services
1 303 (19.27%) Azure
2 296 (18.83%) AWS
3 105 (6.68%) Microsoft 365
4 97 (6.17%) Entra ID
5 88 (5.60%) GCP
6 64 (4.07%) Power Platform
7 56 (3.56%) PaaS
8 55 (3.50%) Amazon EKS
9 54 (3.44%) Serverless
10 37 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (1.84%) Mimecast
12 27 (1.72%) IaaS
13 26 (1.65%) Snowflake
14 22 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
15 20 (1.27%) Figma
16 19 (1.21%) Azure Functions
16 19 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
17 18 (1.15%) PowerApps
18 17 (1.08%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.21%) Firewall
2 16 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (0.95%) VPN
4 12 (0.76%) 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%) 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%) BGP
8 7 (0.45%) Internet
8 7 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.56%) SQL Server
2 43 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (2.35%) Power BI
4 31 (1.97%) Redis
5 26 (1.65%) MySQL
6 15 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.38%) Big Data
10 6 (0.38%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.32%) Delta Lake
11 5 (0.32%) MariaDB
11 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.25%) Metadata
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.25%) SAP HANA
12 4 (0.25%) Tableau
13 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
14 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 91 (5.79%) JIRA
2 43 (2.74%) TeamCity
3 39 (2.48%) Git
4 10 (0.64%) Claude Code
5 7 (0.45%) Cypress.io
6 6 (0.38%) GitLab
6 6 (0.38%) JMeter
6 6 (0.38%) Selenium
7 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.32%) Locust
7 5 (0.32%) Postman
7 5 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.19%) JUnit
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.13%) MSI
General
1 431 (27.42%) Social Skills
2 357 (22.71%) Finance
3 237 (15.08%) Retail
4 222 (14.12%) Law
5 210 (13.36%) Marketing
6 168 (10.69%) Legal
7 165 (10.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 136 (8.65%) Banking
9 132 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
10 127 (8.08%) Back Office
11 105 (6.68%) Financial Institution
12 63 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
13 51 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (2.04%) Advertising
15 27 (1.72%) Manufacturing
15 27 (1.72%) Public Sector
16 22 (1.40%) German Language
17 21 (1.34%) Health Technology
17 21 (1.34%) Telecoms
18 19 (1.21%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 221 (14.06%) Senior
2 198 (12.60%) Lead
3 160 (10.18%) Developer
4 111 (7.06%) Software Engineer
5 97 (6.17%) Account Executive
6 83 (5.28%) Architect
7 80 (5.09%) Full-Stack Developer
8 76 (4.83%) Consultant
9 75 (4.77%) Account Manager
9 75 (4.77%) Senior Manager
10 63 (4.01%) Lead Developer
11 62 (3.94%) Service Manager
12 60 (3.82%) IT Manager
13 57 (3.63%) Analyst
13 57 (3.63%) Support Engineer
14 49 (3.12%) Software Developer
14 49 (3.12%) Testing Manager
15 48 (3.05%) IT Services Manager
15 48 (3.05%) Resilience Manager
16 45 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (6.36%) Node.js
2 81 (5.15%) .NET
3 66 (4.20%) React
4 54 (3.44%) Vue
5 52 (3.31%) Middleware
6 43 (2.74%) REST
7 42 (2.67%) RESTful
8 36 (2.29%) CSS
9 35 (2.23%) HTML
10 25 (1.59%) JSON
11 19 (1.21%) XML
12 17 (1.08%) Next.js
12 17 (1.08%) OAuth
13 16 (1.02%) AngularJS
14 14 (0.89%) NestJS
15 13 (0.83%) Laravel
16 12 (0.76%) .NET Core
16 12 (0.76%) Kafka
17 11 (0.70%) GraphQL
17 11 (0.70%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 128 (8.14%) Cloud Native
2 112 (7.12%) Onboarding
3 93 (5.92%) Product Ownership
4 60 (3.82%) Virtual Team
5 48 (3.05%) Cyber Threat
6 46 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
7 43 (2.74%) Management Information System
8 36 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
9 33 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.59%) Blog
10 25 (1.59%) Web Conferencing
11 24 (1.53%) Social Media
12 22 (1.40%) Data Structures
13 20 (1.27%) PropTech
14 17 (1.08%) Client/Server
14 17 (1.08%) Driving Licence
14 17 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
15 16 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (0.89%) Data Centre
17 13 (0.83%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.86%) Windows
2 17 (1.08%) Linux
3 12 (0.76%) Apple iOS
3 12 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.70%) Android
5 9 (0.57%) 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 2 (0.13%) VMS
8 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (16.22%) AI
2 252 (16.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 248 (15.78%) DevOps
4 243 (15.46%) Software Engineering
5 222 (14.12%) B2B
6 220 (13.99%) Agile
7 214 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
8 187 (11.90%) CRM
9 169 (10.75%) Test Automation
10 168 (10.69%) CI/CD
11 166 (10.56%) Mentoring
12 154 (9.80%) Roadmaps
13 150 (9.54%) Microservices
14 149 (9.48%) Full-Stack Development
15 142 (9.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 131 (8.33%) Business Development
16 131 (8.33%) Decision-Making
17 120 (7.63%) Stakeholder Management
18 115 (7.32%) Enterprise Architecture
19 112 (7.12%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 167 (10.62%) Python
2 162 (10.31%) TypeScript
3 145 (9.22%) JavaScript
4 132 (8.40%) C#
5 126 (8.02%) SQL
6 92 (5.85%) PowerShell
7 88 (5.60%) Java
8 33 (2.10%) PHP
9 30 (1.91%) R
10 26 (1.65%) Go
11 14 (0.89%) Bash
12 10 (0.64%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.57%) Bicep
14 8 (0.51%) Ruby
15 5 (0.32%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.19%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.19%) Swift
17 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
18 1 (0.064%) Apex Code
18 1 (0.064%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 102 (6.49%) Degree
2 82 (5.22%) CISSP
3 69 (4.39%) CISM
4 48 (3.05%) ITIL Certification
5 47 (2.99%) ACCA
6 36 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.16%) CIMA
8 32 (2.04%) Security Cleared
9 23 (1.46%) CRISC
10 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (1.27%) SC Cleared
11 19 (1.21%) CISA
12 13 (0.83%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.70%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.51%) ISACA
14 8 (0.51%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 6 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.38%) MBA
17 5 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (7.19%) QA
2 93 (5.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (4.83%) NIST
4 68 (4.33%) GDPR
5 48 (3.05%) ISO 22301
6 41 (2.61%) PCI DSS
7 34 (2.16%) SOC 2
8 28 (1.78%) Accessibility
9 25 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
10 23 (1.46%) Data Quality
11 22 (1.40%) IFRS
12 21 (1.34%) GRC
13 14 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 14 (0.89%) SLA
14 10 (0.64%) PMO
15 9 (0.57%) COBIT
16 8 (0.51%) SOC 1
16 8 (0.51%) WCAG
17 7 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
17 7 (0.45%) GAAP
System Software
1 82 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 46 (2.93%) Docker
3 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.19%) Firmware
5 1 (0.064%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.064%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 101 (6.42%) Terraform
2 79 (5.03%) Kubernetes
3 55 (3.50%) Grafana
4 37 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.57%) Ansible
7 7 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.19%) Argo
8 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.13%) CASB
9 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.064%) Graylog
10 1 (0.064%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.064%) Packer
10 1 (0.064%) QRadar
Vendors
1 199 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.01%) HubSpot
3 53 (3.37%) Salesforce
4 41 (2.61%) Google
5 30 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
6 18 (1.15%) Sage
7 17 (1.08%) Adobe
8 16 (1.02%) Oracle
9 15 (0.95%) Databricks
9 15 (0.95%) Xero
10 13 (0.83%) SAP
11 12 (0.76%) Pardot
11 12 (0.76%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.57%) Cisco
13 8 (0.51%) CheckPoint
13 8 (0.51%) Dynatrace
13 8 (0.51%) Meraki
13 8 (0.51%) SolarWinds
13 8 (0.51%) Workday
14 6 (0.38%) Atlassian