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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 60 58
Rank change year-on-year +31 -2 -12
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,641 835 1,070
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.04% 5.06% 4.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.91% 14.01% 10.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,264 634 818
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £116,750 £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 8,680 5,959 9,899
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.24% 36.10% 40.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,354 4,355 7,365
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £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 £81,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.37%

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 29 August 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 74 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.79%) Confluence
4 8 (0.49%) CMS
5 7 (0.43%) IIS
6 6 (0.37%) SAS
7 5 (0.30%) WordPress
8 4 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.18%) Apache
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.061%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.061%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.061%) Moodle
11 1 (0.061%) Totara
Applications
1 28 (1.71%) 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 3 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.061%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.061%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 20 (1.22%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
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%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.061%) Shopify
5 1 (0.061%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 316 (19.26%) AWS
2 308 (18.77%) Azure
3 101 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
4 96 (5.85%) GCP
5 86 (5.24%) Entra ID
6 65 (3.96%) Power Platform
7 59 (3.60%) PaaS
8 51 (3.11%) Amazon EKS
9 48 (2.93%) Serverless
10 37 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (2.13%) IaaS
12 30 (1.83%) Mimecast
12 30 (1.83%) Snowflake
13 29 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
14 27 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
15 25 (1.52%) GitHub
16 21 (1.28%) Figma
16 21 (1.28%) PowerApps
17 20 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
18 17 (1.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.79%) DNS
2 11 (0.67%) VPN
3 10 (0.61%) Broadband
4 9 (0.55%) Firewall
4 9 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.49%) DHCP
5 8 (0.49%) Network Security
6 7 (0.43%) AMQP
6 7 (0.43%) SMS
7 6 (0.37%) 5G
7 6 (0.37%) 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 53 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 44 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (2.13%) Power BI
4 34 (2.07%) Redis
5 19 (1.16%) MySQL
6 16 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.30%) Big Data
9 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.30%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.30%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.24%) Metadata
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.24%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.24%) Tableau
11 2 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 96 (5.85%) JIRA
2 44 (2.68%) Git
3 43 (2.62%) TeamCity
4 12 (0.73%) Cypress.io
5 11 (0.67%) GitLab
5 11 (0.67%) Selenium
6 10 (0.61%) Claude Code
7 6 (0.37%) Postman
7 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
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%) Jenkins
11 2 (0.12%) JUnit
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 443 (27.00%) Social Skills
2 349 (21.27%) Finance
3 224 (13.65%) Marketing
4 215 (13.10%) Retail
5 204 (12.43%) Law
6 200 (12.19%) Legal
7 146 (8.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 128 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
9 113 (6.89%) Banking
10 108 (6.58%) Back Office
11 90 (5.48%) Financial Institution
12 67 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
13 63 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
14 54 (3.29%) Public Sector
15 32 (1.95%) Manufacturing
16 28 (1.71%) German Language
17 27 (1.65%) Advertising
18 26 (1.58%) Health Technology
19 21 (1.28%) Billing
20 20 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 222 (13.53%) Senior
2 219 (13.35%) Lead
3 165 (10.05%) Developer
4 105 (6.40%) Account Executive
5 104 (6.34%) Software Engineer
6 103 (6.28%) Architect
7 92 (5.61%) Full-Stack Developer
8 84 (5.12%) Consultant
9 73 (4.45%) Senior Manager
10 71 (4.33%) Lead Developer
11 68 (4.14%) Software Developer
12 65 (3.96%) Account Manager
13 62 (3.78%) Analyst
13 62 (3.78%) IT Manager
14 61 (3.72%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 61 (3.72%) Lead Software Developer
15 51 (3.11%) Service Manager
16 49 (2.99%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.93%) Resilience Manager
17 48 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (7.56%) Node.js
2 102 (6.22%) Terraform
3 85 (5.18%) .NET
4 67 (4.08%) React
5 59 (3.60%) Middleware
6 58 (3.53%) Vue
7 52 (3.17%) REST
8 35 (2.13%) RESTful
9 31 (1.89%) CSS
10 26 (1.58%) HTML
11 23 (1.40%) NestJS
11 23 (1.40%) Next.js
12 19 (1.16%) OAuth
13 15 (0.91%) JSON
14 14 (0.85%) Laravel
14 14 (0.85%) OpenID
15 13 (0.79%) Kafka
15 13 (0.79%) Spring
15 13 (0.79%) Spring Boot
16 12 (0.73%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.50%) Cloud Native
2 104 (6.34%) Product Ownership
3 96 (5.85%) Onboarding
4 61 (3.72%) Virtual Team
5 53 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.93%) Cyber Threat
6 48 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
7 38 (2.32%) Management Information System
8 35 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
9 27 (1.65%) Web Conferencing
10 19 (1.16%) AI Agents
10 19 (1.16%) Social Media
11 18 (1.10%) Driving Licence
11 18 (1.10%) PropTech
12 17 (1.04%) Client/Server
13 16 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
14 14 (0.85%) Clustering
14 14 (0.85%) Data Structures
15 13 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.79%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.44%) Windows
2 21 (1.28%) Linux
3 10 (0.61%) Android
3 10 (0.61%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.61%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.43%) 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
1 283 (17.25%) AI
2 263 (16.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 261 (15.90%) DevOps
4 243 (14.81%) Software Engineering
5 242 (14.75%) Agile
6 235 (14.32%) B2B
7 206 (12.55%) CRM
8 197 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
9 183 (11.15%) Mentoring
10 182 (11.09%) Test Automation
11 170 (10.36%) CI/CD
12 164 (9.99%) Roadmaps
13 162 (9.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 159 (9.69%) Decision-Making
15 156 (9.51%) Business Development
16 155 (9.45%) Full-Stack Development
17 154 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
18 143 (8.71%) Microservices
19 134 (8.17%) Project Delivery
20 124 (7.56%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 189 (11.52%) TypeScript
2 165 (10.05%) JavaScript
3 152 (9.26%) Python
4 142 (8.65%) C#
5 131 (7.98%) SQL
6 84 (5.12%) Java
6 84 (5.12%) PowerShell
7 33 (2.01%) PHP
8 31 (1.89%) R
9 23 (1.40%) Go
10 13 (0.79%) Bash
11 11 (0.67%) Bicep
12 9 (0.55%) Ruby
13 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.18%) Swift
15 2 (0.12%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.12%) SOQL
15 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (5.12%) Degree
2 75 (4.57%) CISSP
3 69 (4.20%) CISM
4 54 (3.29%) ITIL Certification
5 43 (2.62%) ACCA
6 42 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.07%) CIMA
8 24 (1.46%) Security Cleared
9 19 (1.16%) CRISC
10 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.85%) Azure Certification
11 14 (0.85%) CISA
12 9 (0.55%) SC Cleared
13 8 (0.49%) ISACA
14 6 (0.37%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (0.37%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.30%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (7.80%) QA
2 83 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (4.51%) NIST
4 68 (4.14%) GDPR
5 48 (2.93%) ISO 22301
6 28 (1.71%) Accessibility
7 27 (1.65%) PCI DSS
8 25 (1.52%) SOC 2
9 22 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 20 (1.22%) SLA
11 18 (1.10%) Data Quality
11 18 (1.10%) GRC
11 18 (1.10%) IFRS
12 14 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.55%) COBIT
14 7 (0.43%) GAAP
14 7 (0.43%) SOC 1
15 6 (0.37%) PMO
16 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 5 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (4.33%) Active Directory
2 53 (3.23%) Docker
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.18%) Firmware
5 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 79 (4.81%) Kubernetes
2 53 (3.23%) Grafana
3 36 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (1.04%) Ansible
5 15 (0.91%) 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%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.12%) Puppet
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.061%) CASB
10 1 (0.061%) Graylog
10 1 (0.061%) Packer
10 1 (0.061%) QRadar
Vendors
1 225 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.00%) HubSpot
3 70 (4.27%) Salesforce
4 49 (2.99%) Google
5 32 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
6 23 (1.40%) Sage
7 18 (1.10%) 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%) Pardot
14 4 (0.24%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.24%) CheckPoint
14 4 (0.24%) Cisco
14 4 (0.24%) Hyperion