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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 59 61
Rank change year-on-year +29 +2 -12
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,663 834 987
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.95% 5.14% 4.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.91% 14.37% 10.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,285 642 706
10th Percentile £36,125 £33,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year - +6.20% -5.84%
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,438 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £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 8,792 5,805 9,525
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.72% 35.78% 40.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,442 4,209 6,748
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £48,000
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 £86,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 10 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 77 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.78%) Confluence
4 11 (0.66%) CMS
5 7 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.42%) IIS
5 7 (0.42%) WordPress
6 6 (0.36%) Apache
6 6 (0.36%) SAS
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.060%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.060%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.060%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.060%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.060%) Moodle
8 1 (0.060%) Totara
Applications
1 27 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.60%) 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 (0.060%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (1.08%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.78%) 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 (0.060%) Shopify
5 1 (0.060%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 319 (19.18%) AWS
2 310 (18.64%) Azure
3 104 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (5.89%) GCP
5 87 (5.23%) Entra ID
6 64 (3.85%) Power Platform
7 59 (3.55%) PaaS
8 53 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
9 45 (2.71%) Serverless
10 35 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (2.04%) IaaS
12 33 (1.98%) Mimecast
13 31 (1.86%) Snowflake
14 28 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
14 28 (1.68%) GitHub
15 27 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
16 21 (1.26%) Figma
16 21 (1.26%) PowerApps
17 18 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
17 18 (1.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.78%) DNS
2 11 (0.66%) VPN
3 10 (0.60%) Broadband
4 9 (0.54%) AMQP
4 9 (0.54%) SMS
4 9 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.48%) DHCP
6 7 (0.42%) Firewall
6 7 (0.42%) Network Security
7 6 (0.36%) 5G
8 5 (0.30%) SSL
8 5 (0.30%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.30%) WAN
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%) VXLAN
9 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.01%) SQL Server
2 47 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.04%) Power BI
3 34 (2.04%) Redis
4 19 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.14%) MySQL
5 14 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (0.36%) Big Data
7 6 (0.36%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
8 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
8 5 (0.30%) MariaDB
9 4 (0.24%) Metadata
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.24%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.24%) Tableau
10 3 (0.18%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.18%) Looker
Development Applications
1 100 (6.01%) JIRA
2 45 (2.71%) TeamCity
3 41 (2.47%) Git
4 12 (0.72%) Cypress.io
5 11 (0.66%) GitLab
5 11 (0.66%) Selenium
6 9 (0.54%) Claude Code
7 6 (0.36%) 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%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.18%) JMeter
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.12%) JUnit
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 444 (26.70%) Social Skills
2 372 (22.37%) Finance
3 244 (14.67%) Marketing
4 227 (13.65%) Retail
5 212 (12.75%) Law
6 205 (12.33%) Legal
7 152 (9.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 125 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
9 118 (7.10%) Banking
10 115 (6.92%) Back Office
11 94 (5.65%) Financial Institution
12 74 (4.45%) Presentation Skills
13 60 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
14 56 (3.37%) Public Sector
15 37 (2.22%) Manufacturing
16 32 (1.92%) German Language
17 26 (1.56%) Health Technology
18 25 (1.50%) Advertising
19 22 (1.32%) French Language
20 21 (1.26%) Billing
Job Titles
1 221 (13.29%) Lead
1 221 (13.29%) Senior
2 161 (9.68%) Developer
3 112 (6.73%) Account Executive
4 104 (6.25%) Software Engineer
5 100 (6.01%) Architect
6 89 (5.35%) Full-Stack Developer
7 86 (5.17%) Consultant
8 72 (4.33%) Senior Manager
9 71 (4.27%) Account Manager
10 69 (4.15%) Lead Developer
10 69 (4.15%) Software Developer
11 66 (3.97%) Analyst
12 62 (3.73%) IT Manager
12 62 (3.73%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 61 (3.67%) Lead Software Developer
14 52 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
15 50 (3.01%) Service Manager
16 49 (2.95%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.89%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (7.10%) Node.js
2 106 (6.37%) Terraform
3 82 (4.93%) .NET
4 64 (3.85%) React
5 60 (3.61%) Middleware
6 55 (3.31%) Vue
7 51 (3.07%) REST
8 33 (1.98%) RESTful
9 31 (1.86%) CSS
10 26 (1.56%) HTML
11 21 (1.26%) OAuth
12 20 (1.20%) Next.js
13 19 (1.14%) NestJS
14 16 (0.96%) OpenID
15 15 (0.90%) Kafka
15 15 (0.90%) Laravel
15 15 (0.90%) Spring
15 15 (0.90%) Spring Boot
16 14 (0.84%) JSON
17 13 (0.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 125 (7.52%) Cloud Native
2 107 (6.43%) Product Ownership
3 104 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 62 (3.73%) Virtual Team
5 59 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.89%) Cyber Threat
7 46 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
8 39 (2.35%) Management Information System
9 35 (2.10%) Web Conferencing
10 33 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (1.32%) Social Media
12 20 (1.20%) AI Agents
13 18 (1.08%) Driving Licence
14 17 (1.02%) PropTech
15 16 (0.96%) Client/Server
16 15 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
17 14 (0.84%) Clustering
17 14 (0.84%) Data Structures
17 14 (0.84%) Educational Technology
18 13 (0.78%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.35%) Windows
2 21 (1.26%) Linux
3 10 (0.60%) Android
3 10 (0.60%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.18%) Debian
7 1 (0.060%) Unix
7 1 (0.060%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (17.62%) AI
2 260 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 257 (15.45%) DevOps
4 254 (15.27%) B2B
5 245 (14.73%) Agile
6 240 (14.43%) Software Engineering
7 220 (13.23%) CRM
8 198 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
9 184 (11.06%) Test Automation
10 183 (11.00%) Mentoring
11 170 (10.22%) CI/CD
12 169 (10.16%) Roadmaps
13 163 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 161 (9.68%) Decision-Making
15 160 (9.62%) Business Development
15 160 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 150 (9.02%) Full-Stack Development
17 142 (8.54%) Microservices
18 137 (8.24%) Project Delivery
19 132 (7.94%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 186 (11.18%) TypeScript
2 166 (9.98%) JavaScript
3 147 (8.84%) Python
4 144 (8.66%) C#
5 139 (8.36%) SQL
6 88 (5.29%) Java
7 84 (5.05%) PowerShell
8 34 (2.04%) R
9 29 (1.74%) PHP
10 21 (1.26%) Go
11 12 (0.72%) Bash
12 11 (0.66%) Bicep
13 8 (0.48%) Ruby
14 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.18%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.18%) SOQL
15 3 (0.18%) Swift
16 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (5.05%) Degree
2 75 (4.51%) CISSP
3 69 (4.15%) CISM
4 56 (3.37%) ITIL Certification
5 41 (2.47%) ACCA
5 41 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (1.98%) CIMA
7 24 (1.44%) Security Cleared
8 19 (1.14%) CRISC
9 16 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 16 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (0.84%) CISA
11 9 (0.54%) SC Cleared
12 8 (0.48%) ISACA
13 6 (0.36%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 6 (0.36%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.30%) PMP
14 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (7.64%) QA
2 83 (4.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (4.45%) NIST
4 70 (4.21%) GDPR
5 48 (2.89%) ISO 22301
6 28 (1.68%) PCI DSS
7 27 (1.62%) Accessibility
8 24 (1.44%) SOC 2
9 23 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (1.38%) Data Quality
10 21 (1.26%) SLA
11 17 (1.02%) GRC
12 16 (0.96%) IFRS
13 15 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.54%) COBIT
15 7 (0.42%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.36%) GAAP
17 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.30%) PMO
17 5 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 72 (4.33%) Active Directory
2 54 (3.25%) Docker
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.060%) Firmware
5 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 76 (4.57%) Kubernetes
2 55 (3.31%) Grafana
3 39 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.08%) Ansible
5 14 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.060%) CASB
10 1 (0.060%) Kibana
10 1 (0.060%) Packer
10 1 (0.060%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.060%) Puppet
10 1 (0.060%) QRadar
Vendors
1 228 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.35%) HubSpot
3 78 (4.69%) Salesforce
4 49 (2.95%) Google
5 35 (2.10%) CrowdStrike
6 26 (1.56%) Sage
7 16 (0.96%) Adobe
8 15 (0.90%) Databricks
8 15 (0.90%) SAP
9 13 (0.78%) Xero
10 11 (0.66%) Oracle
10 11 (0.66%) Workday
11 9 (0.54%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.42%) Facebook
12 7 (0.42%) Instagram
12 7 (0.42%) TikTok
12 7 (0.42%) YouTube
13 5 (0.30%) Apple
14 4 (0.24%) CheckPoint
14 4 (0.24%) Cisco