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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 52 50
Rank change year-on-year +22 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,672 912 1,054
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.75% 5.43% 4.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.51% 15.86% 11.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,231 707 698
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £93,825
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -11.11%

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 8,572 5,750 9,196
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.59% 34.24% 42.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,289 4,073 6,052
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
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 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £59,186 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.60% -8.94% +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 9 October 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 69 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 44 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.02%) Confluence
4 13 (0.78%) CMS
5 12 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.60%) Apache
7 8 (0.48%) WordPress
8 7 (0.42%) IIS
9 6 (0.36%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.060%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.060%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.060%) Jupyter
Applications
1 26 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.42%) Moqups
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.60%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
4 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
4 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.18%) OPENHousing
4 3 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
4 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.12%) Maximo
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.060%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.060%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 340 (20.33%) AWS
2 323 (19.32%) Azure
3 131 (7.83%) GCP
4 103 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
5 80 (4.78%) Amazon EKS
5 80 (4.78%) Entra ID
6 77 (4.61%) Power Platform
7 58 (3.47%) PaaS
8 47 (2.81%) Serverless
9 45 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
10 40 (2.39%) GitHub
11 34 (2.03%) IaaS
11 34 (2.03%) Snowflake
12 27 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
12 27 (1.61%) Mimecast
12 27 (1.61%) Power Automate
13 26 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
14 23 (1.38%) Figma
15 21 (1.26%) PowerApps
16 20 (1.20%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.38%) VPN
2 17 (1.02%) Network Security
2 17 (1.02%) TCP/IP
3 13 (0.78%) BGP
3 13 (0.78%) DNS
4 12 (0.72%) AMQP
4 12 (0.72%) Firewall
4 12 (0.72%) SMS
5 10 (0.60%) Broadband
6 9 (0.54%) DHCP
6 9 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.42%) VLAN
8 6 (0.36%) 5G
8 6 (0.36%) Internet
9 5 (0.30%) VoIP
9 5 (0.30%) WAN
10 4 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.24%) LAN
10 4 (0.24%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (3.53%) SQL Server
3 43 (2.57%) Power BI
4 34 (2.03%) Redis
5 22 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (0.84%) Big Data
8 12 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (0.72%) MySQL
9 10 (0.60%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.48%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.48%) Looker
11 7 (0.42%) Metadata
12 6 (0.36%) Tableau
13 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
13 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
14 4 (0.24%) Flink
14 4 (0.24%) Metabase
14 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 98 (5.86%) JIRA
2 73 (4.37%) TeamCity
3 43 (2.57%) Git
4 15 (0.90%) Cypress.io
4 15 (0.90%) Selenium
5 11 (0.66%) GitLab
6 9 (0.54%) Claude Code
7 8 (0.48%) JUnit
8 7 (0.42%) Postman
8 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (0.30%) Poetry
9 5 (0.30%) Storybook
10 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.12%) MSI
12 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 466 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 409 (24.46%) Finance
3 252 (15.07%) Retail
4 244 (14.59%) Law
5 232 (13.88%) Marketing
6 203 (12.14%) Legal
7 175 (10.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 150 (8.97%) Banking
9 148 (8.85%) Back Office
10 133 (7.95%) Financial Institution
11 126 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
12 63 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
12 63 (3.77%) Public Sector
13 59 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (2.21%) Manufacturing
15 33 (1.97%) German Language
16 31 (1.85%) French Language
17 29 (1.73%) Health Technology
18 27 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
19 22 (1.32%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 239 (14.29%) Senior
2 224 (13.40%) Lead
3 153 (9.15%) Developer
4 115 (6.88%) Account Executive
5 110 (6.58%) Architect
6 109 (6.52%) Software Engineer
7 82 (4.90%) Full-Stack Developer
8 79 (4.72%) Analyst
8 79 (4.72%) Consultant
9 68 (4.07%) Software Developer
10 67 (4.01%) Account Manager
11 65 (3.89%) Lead Developer
12 64 (3.83%) Senior Manager
13 63 (3.77%) IT Manager
14 61 (3.65%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 60 (3.59%) Lead Software Developer
15 60 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
16 49 (2.93%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.87%) IT Services Manager
17 48 (2.87%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (8.61%) Terraform
2 121 (7.24%) Node.js
3 93 (5.56%) .NET
4 61 (3.65%) React
5 60 (3.59%) Middleware
6 55 (3.29%) REST
7 50 (2.99%) Vue
8 47 (2.81%) RESTful
9 24 (1.44%) OAuth
10 22 (1.32%) NestJS
10 22 (1.32%) OpenAPI
10 22 (1.32%) OpenID
10 22 (1.32%) Swagger
11 21 (1.26%) CSS
11 21 (1.26%) Next.js
12 20 (1.20%) OAuth2
13 18 (1.08%) Spring
13 18 (1.08%) Spring Boot
14 16 (0.96%) AngularJS
14 16 (0.96%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 140 (8.37%) Cloud Native
2 124 (7.42%) Product Ownership
3 105 (6.28%) Onboarding
4 74 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.71%) Virtual Team
6 57 (3.41%) Management Information System
7 55 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
8 48 (2.87%) Cyber Threat
9 42 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
10 41 (2.45%) Web Conferencing
11 25 (1.50%) Social Media
12 22 (1.32%) Blog
13 19 (1.14%) AI Agents
13 19 (1.14%) Driving Licence
13 19 (1.14%) Security Posture
14 18 (1.08%) Data Structures
15 14 (0.84%) Clustering
16 13 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
16 13 (0.78%) PropTech
17 12 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.33%) Windows
2 24 (1.44%) Linux
3 17 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.78%) Android
5 12 (0.72%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.060%) Unix
9 1 (0.060%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (18.78%) AI
2 267 (15.97%) B2B
2 267 (15.97%) DevOps
3 264 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 259 (15.49%) Software Engineering
5 253 (15.13%) Agile
6 233 (13.94%) CRM
7 214 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
8 207 (12.38%) CI/CD
9 202 (12.08%) Test Automation
10 198 (11.84%) Mentoring
11 193 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
12 170 (10.17%) Roadmaps
13 163 (9.75%) Business Development
13 163 (9.75%) Decision-Making
14 159 (9.51%) Microservices
15 156 (9.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 153 (9.15%) Fintech
17 142 (8.49%) Full-Stack Development
18 139 (8.31%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 187 (11.18%) TypeScript
2 175 (10.47%) JavaScript
3 172 (10.29%) Python
4 157 (9.39%) C#
5 156 (9.33%) SQL
6 120 (7.18%) Java
7 86 (5.14%) PowerShell
8 31 (1.85%) Go
9 30 (1.79%) R
10 25 (1.50%) PHP
11 21 (1.26%) Bash
12 16 (0.96%) Bicep
13 9 (0.54%) Ruby
14 7 (0.42%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.36%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.36%) SOQL
16 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.24%) Scala
17 4 (0.24%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 87 (5.20%) Degree
2 82 (4.90%) CISSP
3 76 (4.55%) CISM
4 56 (3.35%) ITIL Certification
5 42 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (1.91%) Security Cleared
7 24 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 19 (1.14%) CRISC
9 18 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (1.02%) SC Cleared
11 16 (0.96%) ACCA
12 14 (0.84%) CIMA
12 14 (0.84%) CISA
13 9 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.48%) ISACA
15 7 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.42%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.36%) CCSP
16 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (7.89%) QA
2 92 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 80 (4.78%) NIST
4 74 (4.43%) GDPR
5 48 (2.87%) ISO 22301
6 38 (2.27%) PCI DSS
7 36 (2.15%) SOC 2
8 34 (2.03%) Data Quality
9 26 (1.56%) Accessibility
10 23 (1.38%) GRC
11 22 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (1.08%) SLA
13 12 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.54%) COBIT
15 8 (0.48%) SOC 1
16 7 (0.42%) IFRS
17 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
18 4 (0.24%) GAAP
18 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 62 (3.71%) Docker
2 61 (3.65%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.060%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 113 (6.76%) Kubernetes
2 86 (5.14%) Grafana
3 33 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.32%) Ansible
5 20 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.84%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Cilium
8 5 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.12%) Argo
10 2 (0.12%) SCCM
11 1 (0.060%) CASB
11 1 (0.060%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.060%) Kibana
11 1 (0.060%) Packer
11 1 (0.060%) QRadar
Vendors
1 245 (14.65%) Microsoft
2 94 (5.62%) HubSpot
3 79 (4.72%) Salesforce
4 59 (3.53%) Google
5 31 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
6 24 (1.44%) Sage
7 22 (1.32%) Databricks
8 17 (1.02%) Adobe
9 15 (0.90%) SAP
10 14 (0.84%) Workday
11 12 (0.72%) Oracle
12 11 (0.66%) Dynatrace
13 10 (0.60%) Splunk
14 9 (0.54%) ServiceNow
15 7 (0.42%) Facebook
15 7 (0.42%) Instagram
15 7 (0.42%) TikTok
15 7 (0.42%) YouTube
16 6 (0.36%) Cisco
16 6 (0.36%) Freshdesk