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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 50 45
Rank change year-on-year +26 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,261 817 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.62% 5.81% 5.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.46% 12.24% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 954 615 1,395
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,465 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -6.98% -5.13%
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -5.55%

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 6,162 6,673 13,566
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.22% 47.48% 45.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,183 4,785 11,796
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.54% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 9 March 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 25 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.35%) WordPress
3 15 (1.19%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.87%) Confluence
4 11 (0.87%) JBoss
4 11 (0.87%) WebSphere
5 9 (0.71%) CMS
6 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.32%) Moodle
7 4 (0.32%) Totara
8 2 (0.16%) IIS
8 2 (0.16%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.079%) Apache
9 1 (0.079%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 34 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.79%) InDesign
4 10 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (0.56%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.24%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.24%) Sketch
8 2 (0.16%) Trello
9 1 (0.079%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.079%) GIMP
Business Applications
1 15 (1.19%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.32%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.079%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 249 (19.75%) Azure
2 247 (19.59%) AWS
3 108 (8.56%) GCP
4 57 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (4.44%) Entra ID
5 56 (4.44%) GitHub
6 44 (3.49%) Serverless
7 43 (3.41%) PaaS
8 40 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
9 37 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
10 31 (2.46%) IaaS
11 25 (1.98%) Power Platform
12 23 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (1.74%) Figma
14 19 (1.51%) Amazon S3
15 18 (1.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 15 (1.19%) AWS Direct Connect
17 14 (1.11%) Amazon EC2
17 14 (1.11%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.54%) Firewall
2 30 (2.38%) Remote Desktop
3 18 (1.43%) VPN
4 15 (1.19%) BGP
4 15 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (1.03%) DNS
5 13 (1.03%) LAN
6 12 (0.95%) WAN
7 11 (0.87%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.79%) MPLS
8 10 (0.79%) Unified Communications
9 9 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
9 9 (0.71%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (0.71%) IPsec
9 9 (0.71%) NetScaler
9 9 (0.71%) NX-OS
9 9 (0.71%) OSPF
9 9 (0.71%) VXLAN
9 9 (0.71%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (7.06%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (2.30%) MySQL
4 26 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.74%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
7 20 (1.59%) NoSQL
8 19 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
9 18 (1.43%) Power BI
10 12 (0.95%) MongoDB
11 11 (0.87%) Redis
12 9 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.48%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.48%) Data Mining
14 6 (0.48%) Data Vault
14 6 (0.48%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.48%) Relational Database
15 5 (0.40%) Big Data
16 3 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (3.17%) JIRA
2 37 (2.93%) TeamCity
3 35 (2.78%) Git
4 8 (0.63%) Postman
4 8 (0.63%) Selenium
4 8 (0.63%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.48%) CircleCI
6 5 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.40%) GitBook
6 5 (0.40%) git-flow
7 4 (0.32%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.24%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.24%) JMeter
8 3 (0.24%) Locust
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.24%) Storybook
9 2 (0.16%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.16%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.079%) GitLab
General
1 364 (28.87%) Social Skills
2 276 (21.89%) Finance
3 227 (18.00%) Retail
4 191 (15.15%) Marketing
5 142 (11.26%) Law
6 125 (9.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 120 (9.52%) Banking
8 109 (8.64%) Back Office
9 106 (8.41%) Financial Institution
10 103 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
11 72 (5.71%) Legal
12 51 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.93%) Public Sector
14 29 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
15 27 (2.14%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.43%) Automotive
16 18 (1.43%) Polish Language
17 16 (1.27%) Health Technology
18 15 (1.19%) Tech for Good
19 14 (1.11%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 205 (16.26%) Senior
2 145 (11.50%) Developer
3 140 (11.10%) Lead
4 86 (6.82%) Software Engineer
5 72 (5.71%) Architect
6 63 (5.00%) Account Manager
7 51 (4.04%) Analyst
7 51 (4.04%) Lead Developer
7 51 (4.04%) Support Engineer
8 48 (3.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 47 (3.73%) Development Manager
10 46 (3.65%) Account Executive
11 40 (3.17%) Full-Stack Developer
12 38 (3.01%) Consultant
13 36 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (2.54%) 2nd Line Support
14 32 (2.54%) Marketing Executive
15 30 (2.38%) Senior Software Engineer
16 29 (2.30%) Sales Manager
17 27 (2.14%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (11.02%) .NET
2 106 (8.41%) React
3 68 (5.39%) Node.js
4 42 (3.33%) REST
5 39 (3.09%) RESTful
6 37 (2.93%) CSS
7 34 (2.70%) HTML
8 24 (1.90%) Spring
9 22 (1.74%) React Native
10 21 (1.67%) Next.js
11 19 (1.51%) SOAP
12 18 (1.43%) .NET Framework
12 18 (1.43%) AngularJS
12 18 (1.43%) Kafka
13 17 (1.35%) GraphQL
14 16 (1.27%) Vue
15 15 (1.19%) .NET Core
15 15 (1.19%) Entity Framework
15 15 (1.19%) Middleware
16 14 (1.11%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 168 (13.32%) Onboarding
2 102 (8.09%) Cloud Native
3 79 (6.26%) Product Ownership
4 42 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (2.54%) Social Media
7 30 (2.38%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.14%) Blog
8 27 (2.14%) Web Conferencing
9 24 (1.90%) Data Centre
9 24 (1.90%) Mobile App
10 19 (1.51%) EPoS
11 15 (1.19%) Enterprise Cloud
12 13 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (1.03%) PropTech
13 12 (0.95%) Driving Licence
13 12 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (0.95%) Life Science
13 12 (0.95%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 39 (3.09%) Windows
2 28 (2.22%) Apple iOS
3 27 (2.14%) Android
4 25 (1.98%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.56%) Linux
6 6 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.16%) Unix
8 2 (0.16%) VMS
9 1 (0.079%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
2 210 (16.65%) AI
3 209 (16.57%) Software Engineering
4 195 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 181 (14.35%) CRM
6 173 (13.72%) B2B
7 169 (13.40%) CI/CD
8 167 (13.24%) Agile
9 152 (12.05%) Mentoring
10 139 (11.02%) DevOps
11 132 (10.47%) Microservices
12 127 (10.07%) Full-Stack Development
13 122 (9.67%) Roadmaps
14 102 (8.09%) Fintech
15 92 (7.30%) Analytics
16 91 (7.22%) Customer Service
17 89 (7.06%) Business Development
18 81 (6.42%) Decision-Making
19 77 (6.11%) SDLC
20 76 (6.03%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 164 (13.01%) SQL
2 124 (9.83%) C#
3 110 (8.72%) Python
4 91 (7.22%) TypeScript
5 84 (6.66%) Java
6 67 (5.31%) JavaScript
7 34 (2.70%) PowerShell
8 23 (1.82%) PHP
9 17 (1.35%) Bash
10 16 (1.27%) Go
11 9 (0.71%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.63%) R
13 7 (0.56%) Bicep
13 7 (0.56%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.24%) Swift
15 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.16%) Ruby
16 1 (0.079%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 109 (8.64%) Degree
2 25 (1.98%) Master's Degree
3 23 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (1.51%) CISSP
4 19 (1.51%) Security Cleared
5 15 (1.19%) SC Cleared
6 14 (1.11%) ACCA
7 10 (0.79%) CISA
7 10 (0.79%) CRISC
8 9 (0.71%) AWS Certification
8 9 (0.71%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.71%) CIMA
9 7 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.48%) CISM
10 6 (0.48%) MBA
11 4 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.32%) CEH
11 4 (0.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (0.32%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (6.03%) QA
2 66 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (3.25%) SOC 2
4 32 (2.54%) PCI DSS
5 28 (2.22%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.67%) GDPR
7 20 (1.59%) GRC
8 17 (1.35%) NIST
9 16 (1.27%) Data Quality
10 15 (1.19%) SLA
11 12 (0.95%) IFRS
11 12 (0.95%) WCAG
12 11 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.87%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.71%) PMO
14 5 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.24%) GAAP
15 3 (0.24%) PSD2
16 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 58 (4.60%) Active Directory
2 47 (3.73%) Docker
3 4 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.16%) Firmware
4 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.079%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.079%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 101 (8.01%) Terraform
2 80 (6.34%) Kubernetes
3 39 (3.09%) Grafana
4 19 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.87%) Ansible
7 9 (0.71%) Argo
8 4 (0.32%) Cilium
9 2 (0.16%) CASB
9 2 (0.16%) Packer
9 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.079%) Graylog
10 1 (0.079%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.079%) Istio
10 1 (0.079%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.079%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.079%) Puppet
10 1 (0.079%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 109 (8.64%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.44%) Salesforce
3 42 (3.33%) HubSpot
4 30 (2.38%) Google
5 29 (2.30%) Adobe
6 25 (1.98%) Databricks
7 24 (1.90%) ServiceNow
8 22 (1.74%) Oracle
9 19 (1.51%) Cisco
10 13 (1.03%) Pardot
11 12 (0.95%) SAP
12 11 (0.87%) Workday
13 9 (0.71%) CheckPoint
13 9 (0.71%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.71%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.71%) Meraki
13 9 (0.71%) Sage
13 9 (0.71%) SolarWinds
13 9 (0.71%) Zoho
14 8 (0.63%) CrowdStrike