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 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 47 53
Rank change year-on-year +22 +6 -8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,190 921 1,471
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.43% 5.80% 5.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.12% 12.39% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 916 624 1,263
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,599 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% -1.48%
75th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £92,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 5,915 7,433 12,716
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.94% 46.80% 45.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4,094 4,773 11,111
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 8 February 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 20 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (1.34%) WordPress
3 15 (1.26%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.92%) JBoss
4 11 (0.92%) WebSphere
5 8 (0.67%) Confluence
6 7 (0.59%) CMS
7 6 (0.50%) IIS
8 4 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.17%) Apache
9 2 (0.17%) Moodle
9 2 (0.17%) Totara
10 1 (0.084%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.084%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.084%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 34 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 12 (1.01%) InDesign
6 8 (0.67%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.34%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.34%) Sketch
9 2 (0.17%) Trello
10 1 (0.084%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.084%) GIMP
10 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.084%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.01%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.67%) Workday HCM
3 7 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.084%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 256 (21.51%) Azure
2 248 (20.84%) AWS
3 121 (10.17%) GCP
4 57 (4.79%) GitHub
5 51 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
6 48 (4.03%) Entra ID
7 43 (3.61%) PaaS
8 39 (3.28%) Serverless
9 34 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
10 31 (2.61%) Amazon EKS
11 27 (2.27%) Power Platform
12 25 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
12 25 (2.10%) IaaS
13 24 (2.02%) Figma
14 19 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (1.43%) Amazon S3
16 16 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 15 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
18 13 (1.09%) Amazon SQS
18 13 (1.09%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.77%) Remote Desktop
2 25 (2.10%) Firewall
3 17 (1.43%) VPN
4 13 (1.09%) BGP
5 11 (0.92%) DNS
5 11 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.84%) LAN
6 10 (0.84%) Unified Communications
6 10 (0.84%) WAN
7 9 (0.76%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.67%) MPLS
8 8 (0.67%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (0.59%) DHCP
9 7 (0.59%) IPsec
9 7 (0.59%) NetScaler
9 7 (0.59%) Network Security
9 7 (0.59%) OSPF
9 7 (0.59%) VXLAN
9 7 (0.59%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 41 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (2.61%) Data Lake
4 29 (2.44%) MySQL
5 26 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 21 (1.76%) NoSQL
8 19 (1.60%) Power BI
9 18 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (0.92%) MongoDB
11 10 (0.84%) Redis
12 9 (0.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.67%) Data Mining
13 8 (0.67%) Data Vault
14 7 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.50%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.50%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.50%) Relational Database
15 6 (0.50%) Tableau
16 4 (0.34%) Looker
Development Applications
1 35 (2.94%) JIRA
2 30 (2.52%) Git
3 29 (2.44%) TeamCity
4 9 (0.76%) Postman
4 9 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 8 (0.67%) Selenium
6 6 (0.50%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.42%) GitBook
7 5 (0.42%) git-flow
8 4 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.34%) SoapUI
8 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.25%) Storybook
10 1 (0.084%) GitLab
10 1 (0.084%) MSTest
10 1 (0.084%) NUnit
10 1 (0.084%) Protractor
General
1 361 (30.34%) Social Skills
2 276 (23.19%) Finance
3 197 (16.55%) Retail
4 192 (16.13%) Marketing
5 116 (9.75%) Law
6 98 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 97 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
8 90 (7.56%) Banking
9 86 (7.23%) Financial Institution
10 82 (6.89%) Back Office
11 61 (5.13%) Legal
12 40 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
12 40 (3.36%) Public Sector
13 25 (2.10%) Manufacturing
14 24 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.34%) Health Technology
16 15 (1.26%) Polish Language
17 14 (1.18%) Brand Awareness
17 14 (1.18%) French Language
17 14 (1.18%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 194 (16.30%) Senior
2 159 (13.36%) Developer
3 138 (11.60%) Lead
4 69 (5.80%) Architect
5 67 (5.63%) Software Engineer
6 53 (4.45%) Account Manager
7 49 (4.12%) .NET Developer
7 49 (4.12%) Lead Developer
8 47 (3.95%) Analyst
9 45 (3.78%) Account Executive
10 41 (3.45%) Software Developer
10 41 (3.45%) Support Engineer
11 40 (3.36%) Development Manager
12 39 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 37 (3.11%) 2nd Line Support
14 35 (2.94%) Engineering Manager
15 34 (2.86%) .NET Software Developer
15 34 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
16 32 (2.69%) Marketing Executive
17 31 (2.61%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (12.94%) .NET
2 107 (8.99%) React
3 57 (4.79%) Node.js
4 48 (4.03%) REST
5 31 (2.61%) CSS
5 31 (2.61%) RESTful
6 28 (2.35%) HTML
7 27 (2.27%) SOAP
8 24 (2.02%) Spring
9 22 (1.85%) .NET Framework
10 21 (1.76%) React Native
11 18 (1.51%) Entity Framework
11 18 (1.51%) Next.js
12 17 (1.43%) Kafka
13 16 (1.34%) ASP.NET Web API
13 16 (1.34%) Middleware
14 15 (1.26%) AngularJS
14 15 (1.26%) Razor View Engine
15 14 (1.18%) GraphQL
15 14 (1.18%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 160 (13.45%) Onboarding
2 90 (7.56%) Cloud Native
3 79 (6.64%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (2.86%) Social Media
7 28 (2.35%) Web Conferencing
8 27 (2.27%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.93%) Mobile App
10 22 (1.85%) Data Centre
11 21 (1.76%) Blog
11 21 (1.76%) EPoS
12 16 (1.34%) Educational Technology
12 16 (1.34%) Enterprise Cloud
13 12 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (0.92%) DataPower
14 11 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (0.84%) Security Posture
16 9 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
16 9 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.69%) Windows
2 28 (2.35%) Android
2 28 (2.35%) Apple iOS
3 22 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.76%) Linux
5 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.17%) Unix
7 2 (0.17%) VMS
8 1 (0.084%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (19.16%) AI
2 213 (17.90%) Problem-Solving
3 210 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 209 (17.56%) Agile
5 192 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 175 (14.71%) Mentoring
7 163 (13.70%) CRM
8 161 (13.53%) Roadmaps
9 150 (12.61%) B2B
10 146 (12.27%) CI/CD
11 135 (11.34%) DevOps
12 123 (10.34%) Microservices
13 115 (9.66%) Full-Stack Development
14 94 (7.90%) Analytics
15 87 (7.31%) Fintech
16 86 (7.23%) Customer Service
17 85 (7.14%) Coaching
18 84 (7.06%) Business Development
19 82 (6.89%) Decision-Making
20 78 (6.55%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 190 (15.97%) SQL
2 127 (10.67%) C#
3 108 (9.08%) TypeScript
4 94 (7.90%) Python
5 89 (7.48%) JavaScript
6 69 (5.80%) Java
7 30 (2.52%) PowerShell
8 26 (2.18%) PHP
9 14 (1.18%) Bash
9 14 (1.18%) Go
10 10 (0.84%) Kotlin
11 9 (0.76%) Bicep
12 8 (0.67%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.34%) R
14 3 (0.25%) Swift
15 2 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.084%) ABAP
16 1 (0.084%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 96 (8.07%) Degree
2 22 (1.85%) Master's Degree
3 20 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (1.60%) Security Cleared
5 16 (1.34%) CISSP
6 14 (1.18%) SC Cleared
7 11 (0.92%) CRISC
8 10 (0.84%) ACCA
9 9 (0.76%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.67%) CIMA
10 8 (0.67%) CISA
10 8 (0.67%) CISM
11 7 (0.59%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.34%) CEH
14 4 (0.34%) CISMP
14 4 (0.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (6.97%) QA
2 60 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.11%) SOC 2
4 24 (2.02%) PCI DSS
5 23 (1.93%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.68%) GDPR
6 20 (1.68%) GRC
7 18 (1.51%) NIST
8 13 (1.09%) SLA
9 12 (1.01%) ISO 9001
10 11 (0.92%) Data Quality
11 10 (0.84%) WCAG
12 9 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.67%) IFRS
14 7 (0.59%) PMO
15 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
16 4 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.34%) JSP 440
17 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.25%) PSD2
System Software
1 48 (4.03%) Active Directory
2 35 (2.94%) Docker
3 3 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 86 (7.23%) Terraform
2 66 (5.55%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.35%) Grafana
4 13 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.84%) Ansible
6 8 (0.67%) Argo
7 4 (0.34%) Cilium
8 2 (0.17%) Packer
9 1 (0.084%) CASB
9 1 (0.084%) Istio
9 1 (0.084%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.084%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.084%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 105 (8.82%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.63%) Salesforce
3 44 (3.70%) HubSpot
4 38 (3.19%) Adobe
5 33 (2.77%) Databricks
5 33 (2.77%) Google
6 24 (2.02%) Oracle
7 22 (1.85%) ServiceNow
8 19 (1.60%) Cisco
9 15 (1.26%) Pardot
9 15 (1.26%) Workday
10 11 (0.92%) SAP
11 9 (0.76%) Zoho
12 8 (0.67%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.67%) Sage
13 7 (0.59%) CheckPoint
13 7 (0.59%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.59%) Fortinet
13 7 (0.59%) Meraki
13 7 (0.59%) SolarWinds