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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 60 57
Rank change year-on-year +31 -3 -10
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,646 833 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.06% 5.07% 4.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.98% 14.08% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,268 629 815
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 £117,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.40%

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 8,673 5,915 9,935
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.18% 35.97% 40.89%
Number of salaries quoted 6,344 4,319 7,335
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% - -4.00%

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 1 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 76 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.79%) Confluence
4 8 (0.49%) CMS
5 7 (0.43%) IIS
6 6 (0.36%) SAS
7 5 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.30%) WordPress
8 4 (0.24%) Apache
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.061%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.061%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.061%) Moodle
10 1 (0.061%) Totara
Applications
1 27 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.09%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
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%) Shopify
5 1 (0.061%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 319 (19.38%) AWS
2 310 (18.83%) Azure
3 103 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
4 96 (5.83%) GCP
5 88 (5.35%) Entra ID
6 64 (3.89%) Power Platform
7 59 (3.58%) PaaS
8 51 (3.10%) Amazon EKS
9 48 (2.92%) Serverless
10 36 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (2.13%) IaaS
12 32 (1.94%) Mimecast
13 29 (1.76%) Snowflake
14 28 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
15 27 (1.64%) GitHub
15 27 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
16 21 (1.28%) Figma
16 21 (1.28%) PowerApps
17 20 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
18 18 (1.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.79%) DNS
2 11 (0.67%) VPN
3 10 (0.61%) Broadband
4 9 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.49%) DHCP
5 8 (0.49%) Firewall
6 7 (0.43%) AMQP
6 7 (0.43%) Network Security
6 7 (0.43%) SMS
7 6 (0.36%) 5G
7 6 (0.36%) 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 52 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 44 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.07%) Power BI
3 34 (2.07%) Redis
4 19 (1.15%) MySQL
5 17 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.36%) 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 3 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.18%) Apache Iceberg
12 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.12%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 99 (6.01%) JIRA
2 43 (2.61%) Git
2 43 (2.61%) TeamCity
3 12 (0.73%) Cypress.io
4 11 (0.67%) GitLab
4 11 (0.67%) Selenium
5 10 (0.61%) Claude Code
6 6 (0.36%) Postman
6 6 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.30%) Storybook
8 4 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.18%) JMeter
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.18%) Poetry
10 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.12%) Locust
10 2 (0.12%) MSI
10 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 440 (26.73%) Social Skills
2 352 (21.39%) Finance
3 223 (13.55%) Marketing
4 217 (13.18%) Retail
5 205 (12.45%) Law
6 202 (12.27%) Legal
7 146 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 127 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
9 113 (6.87%) Banking
10 108 (6.56%) Back Office
11 90 (5.47%) Financial Institution
12 69 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
13 62 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
14 55 (3.34%) Public Sector
15 32 (1.94%) Manufacturing
16 29 (1.76%) German Language
17 26 (1.58%) Advertising
17 26 (1.58%) Health Technology
18 21 (1.28%) Billing
18 21 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 223 (13.55%) Senior
2 218 (13.24%) Lead
3 163 (9.90%) Developer
4 106 (6.44%) Account Executive
5 104 (6.32%) Architect
5 104 (6.32%) Software Engineer
6 90 (5.47%) Full-Stack Developer
7 86 (5.22%) Consultant
8 73 (4.43%) Senior Manager
9 70 (4.25%) Lead Developer
10 67 (4.07%) Account Manager
10 67 (4.07%) Software Developer
11 64 (3.89%) Analyst
12 62 (3.77%) IT Manager
13 60 (3.65%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 60 (3.65%) Lead Software Developer
14 51 (3.10%) Service Manager
15 49 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
15 49 (2.98%) Testing Manager
16 48 (2.92%) IT Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (7.41%) Node.js
2 102 (6.20%) Terraform
3 84 (5.10%) .NET
4 66 (4.01%) React
5 59 (3.58%) Middleware
6 57 (3.46%) Vue
7 51 (3.10%) REST
8 34 (2.07%) RESTful
9 31 (1.88%) CSS
10 26 (1.58%) HTML
11 23 (1.40%) NestJS
12 22 (1.34%) Next.js
13 19 (1.15%) OAuth
14 15 (0.91%) JSON
15 14 (0.85%) Kafka
15 14 (0.85%) Laravel
15 14 (0.85%) OpenID
16 13 (0.79%) Spring
16 13 (0.79%) Spring Boot
17 12 (0.73%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.47%) Cloud Native
2 104 (6.32%) Product Ownership
3 96 (5.83%) Onboarding
4 61 (3.71%) Virtual Team
5 53 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.92%) Cyber Threat
7 47 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 38 (2.31%) Management Information System
9 35 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
10 27 (1.64%) Web Conferencing
11 19 (1.15%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.09%) Driving Licence
12 18 (1.09%) PropTech
12 18 (1.09%) Social Media
13 17 (1.03%) Client/Server
14 16 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
15 14 (0.85%) Clustering
15 14 (0.85%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (0.79%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.43%) 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
1 284 (17.25%) AI
2 262 (15.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 260 (15.80%) DevOps
4 244 (14.82%) Software Engineering
5 243 (14.76%) Agile
6 236 (14.34%) B2B
7 206 (12.52%) CRM
8 195 (11.85%) Problem-Solving
9 183 (11.12%) Mentoring
9 183 (11.12%) Test Automation
10 169 (10.27%) CI/CD
11 164 (9.96%) Roadmaps
12 161 (9.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 158 (9.60%) Decision-Making
14 157 (9.54%) Business Development
15 156 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
16 153 (9.30%) Full-Stack Development
17 143 (8.69%) Microservices
18 135 (8.20%) Project Delivery
19 128 (7.78%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 187 (11.36%) TypeScript
2 164 (9.96%) JavaScript
3 153 (9.30%) Python
4 141 (8.57%) C#
5 133 (8.08%) SQL
6 84 (5.10%) Java
6 84 (5.10%) PowerShell
7 33 (2.00%) R
8 32 (1.94%) PHP
9 22 (1.34%) 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 (5.10%) Degree
2 75 (4.56%) CISSP
3 69 (4.19%) CISM
4 55 (3.34%) ITIL Certification
5 42 (2.55%) ACCA
5 42 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (2.00%) CIMA
7 24 (1.46%) Security Cleared
8 19 (1.15%) CRISC
9 16 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (0.91%) Azure Certification
11 14 (0.85%) CISA
12 9 (0.55%) SC Cleared
13 8 (0.49%) ISACA
14 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (0.36%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.30%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (7.72%) QA
2 84 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (4.50%) NIST
4 68 (4.13%) GDPR
5 48 (2.92%) ISO 22301
6 28 (1.70%) Accessibility
7 27 (1.64%) PCI DSS
8 24 (1.46%) SOC 2
9 22 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.28%) SLA
11 20 (1.22%) Data Quality
12 17 (1.03%) GRC
12 17 (1.03%) IFRS
13 14 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.55%) COBIT
15 7 (0.43%) 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 73 (4.43%) Active Directory
2 54 (3.28%) 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 (4.80%) Kubernetes
2 53 (3.22%) Grafana
3 38 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (1.03%) Ansible
5 15 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) 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
1 226 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.04%) HubSpot
3 71 (4.31%) Salesforce
4 49 (2.98%) Google
5 34 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
6 23 (1.40%) Sage
7 18 (1.09%) 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 9 (0.55%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.30%) Apple
13 5 (0.30%) Facebook
13 5 (0.30%) Pardot
14 4 (0.24%) CheckPoint
14 4 (0.24%) Meraki
14 4 (0.24%) SolarWinds
14 4 (0.24%) Splunk