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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 69 57
Rank change year-on-year +41 -12 -12
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,606 803 1,124
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.10% 4.87% 4.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.41% 13.38% 10.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,219 609 914
10th Percentile £35,900 £33,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year - +6.20% -5.84%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £80,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -8.05%

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 8,723 6,002 10,325
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.59% 36.41% 41.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,302 4,421 8,145
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,000 £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 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%

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 7 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 62 (3.86%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.93%) Confluence
4 9 (0.56%) CMS
5 8 (0.50%) WordPress
6 6 (0.37%) IIS
6 6 (0.37%) SAS
7 3 (0.19%) Moodle
7 3 (0.19%) Totara
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.062%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.062%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.062%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.062%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.062%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.062%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 28 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (0.37%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.19%) Moqups
9 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.062%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 24 (1.49%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.19%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.19%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.19%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.19%) 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%) Shopify
4 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.062%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.062%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 306 (19.05%) Azure
2 303 (18.87%) AWS
3 96 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (5.67%) Entra ID
5 83 (5.17%) GCP
6 59 (3.67%) PaaS
7 56 (3.49%) Power Platform
8 52 (3.24%) Serverless
9 49 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
10 40 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
11 30 (1.87%) Mimecast
12 29 (1.81%) IaaS
12 29 (1.81%) Snowflake
13 27 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (1.31%) Figma
15 20 (1.25%) GitHub
15 20 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.18%) PowerApps
17 18 (1.12%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.87%) Firewall
2 13 (0.81%) DNS
3 12 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (0.68%) VPN
5 10 (0.62%) Broadband
6 8 (0.50%) Network Security
7 7 (0.44%) DHCP
7 7 (0.44%) Internet
7 7 (0.44%) LAN
7 7 (0.44%) WAN
8 6 (0.37%) 5G
8 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (0.37%) MPLS
8 6 (0.37%) NetScaler
8 6 (0.37%) NX-OS
8 6 (0.37%) SSL
8 6 (0.37%) VXLAN
8 6 (0.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.36%) SQL Server
2 40 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.12%) Redis
4 30 (1.87%) Power BI
5 20 (1.25%) MySQL
6 13 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.37%) Big Data
10 5 (0.31%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.31%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.31%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.25%) Metadata
11 4 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.25%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.25%) Tableau
12 3 (0.19%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.12%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 98 (6.10%) JIRA
2 44 (2.74%) Git
3 40 (2.49%) TeamCity
4 11 (0.68%) Claude Code
5 10 (0.62%) Cypress.io
5 10 (0.62%) Selenium
6 9 (0.56%) GitLab
7 6 (0.37%) JMeter
7 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.31%) Locust
8 5 (0.31%) Postman
9 4 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.19%) JUnit
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) Storybook
General
1 437 (27.21%) Social Skills
2 358 (22.29%) Finance
3 228 (14.20%) Retail
4 223 (13.89%) Marketing
5 204 (12.70%) Law
6 172 (10.71%) Legal
7 154 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 125 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
9 118 (7.35%) Banking
10 110 (6.85%) Back Office
11 88 (5.48%) Financial Institution
12 66 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
13 59 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
14 40 (2.49%) Public Sector
15 32 (1.99%) Advertising
15 32 (1.99%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.56%) German Language
17 23 (1.43%) Health Technology
18 21 (1.31%) Billing
19 19 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 221 (13.76%) Senior
2 208 (12.95%) Lead
3 158 (9.84%) Developer
4 108 (6.72%) Software Engineer
5 101 (6.29%) Account Executive
6 86 (5.35%) Full-Stack Developer
7 85 (5.29%) Consultant
8 83 (5.17%) Architect
9 77 (4.79%) Senior Manager
10 75 (4.67%) Account Manager
11 62 (3.86%) Lead Developer
12 59 (3.67%) IT Manager
12 59 (3.67%) Service Manager
13 56 (3.49%) Software Developer
14 50 (3.11%) Analyst
14 50 (3.11%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 50 (3.11%) Lead Software Developer
15 49 (3.05%) Support Engineer
15 49 (3.05%) Testing Manager
16 48 (2.99%) IT Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (6.85%) Node.js
2 82 (5.11%) .NET
3 69 (4.30%) React
4 57 (3.55%) Vue
5 51 (3.18%) Middleware
5 51 (3.18%) REST
6 37 (2.30%) RESTful
7 35 (2.18%) CSS
8 32 (1.99%) HTML
9 22 (1.37%) Next.js
10 19 (1.18%) OAuth
11 18 (1.12%) JSON
12 17 (1.06%) AngularJS
13 16 (1.00%) NestJS
14 14 (0.87%) Laravel
14 14 (0.87%) OpenID
14 14 (0.87%) XML
15 12 (0.75%) Kafka
16 11 (0.68%) Django
17 10 (0.62%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 124 (7.72%) Cloud Native
2 104 (6.48%) Onboarding
3 90 (5.60%) Product Ownership
4 61 (3.80%) Virtual Team
5 48 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
5 48 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
7 41 (2.55%) Management Information System
8 38 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
9 25 (1.56%) Web Conferencing
10 23 (1.43%) Social Media
11 21 (1.31%) PropTech
12 20 (1.25%) Driving Licence
13 18 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
14 17 (1.06%) Client/Server
15 15 (0.93%) AI Agents
15 15 (0.93%) Data Structures
15 15 (0.93%) Life Science
16 14 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (0.87%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.80%) Windows
2 22 (1.37%) Linux
3 11 (0.68%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.62%) Android
4 10 (0.62%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.56%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.19%) Debian
6 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.062%) Unix
7 1 (0.062%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (16.56%) AI
2 264 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 258 (16.06%) DevOps
4 240 (14.94%) Software Engineering
5 236 (14.69%) B2B
6 231 (14.38%) Agile
7 210 (13.08%) CRM
8 207 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
9 173 (10.77%) Test Automation
10 170 (10.59%) CI/CD
11 168 (10.46%) Mentoring
12 154 (9.59%) Roadmaps
13 153 (9.53%) Full-Stack Development
14 152 (9.46%) Decision-Making
15 150 (9.34%) Business Development
16 145 (9.03%) Microservices
17 142 (8.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 129 (8.03%) Stakeholder Management
19 117 (7.29%) Enterprise Architecture
19 117 (7.29%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 175 (10.90%) TypeScript
2 158 (9.84%) Python
3 157 (9.78%) JavaScript
4 136 (8.47%) C#
5 122 (7.60%) SQL
6 90 (5.60%) PowerShell
7 79 (4.92%) Java
8 33 (2.05%) PHP
9 31 (1.93%) R
10 24 (1.49%) Go
11 15 (0.93%) Bash
12 11 (0.68%) Bicep
13 9 (0.56%) Ruby
14 5 (0.31%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.19%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.19%) Swift
17 2 (0.12%) Apex Code
17 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
17 2 (0.12%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 95 (5.92%) Degree
2 81 (5.04%) CISSP
3 70 (4.36%) CISM
4 51 (3.18%) ITIL Certification
5 47 (2.93%) ACCA
6 39 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.12%) CIMA
8 28 (1.74%) Security Cleared
9 21 (1.31%) CRISC
10 19 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.00%) CISA
12 15 (0.93%) Azure Certification
13 14 (0.87%) SC Cleared
14 9 (0.56%) PMI Certification
15 8 (0.50%) ISACA
16 7 (0.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 7 (0.44%) Master's Degree
17 6 (0.37%) DV Cleared
18 5 (0.31%) AWS Certification
18 5 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (7.60%) QA
2 85 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 75 (4.67%) NIST
4 69 (4.30%) GDPR
5 48 (2.99%) ISO 22301
6 35 (2.18%) PCI DSS
7 30 (1.87%) Accessibility
8 27 (1.68%) SOC 2
9 24 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (1.37%) IFRS
11 19 (1.18%) GRC
12 17 (1.06%) Data Quality
13 15 (0.93%) SLA
14 14 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (0.56%) COBIT
16 7 (0.44%) GAAP
16 7 (0.44%) PMO
16 7 (0.44%) SOC 1
16 7 (0.44%) WCAG
17 5 (0.31%) JSP 440
System Software
1 78 (4.86%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.49%) Docker
3 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.19%) Firmware
5 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.062%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 101 (6.29%) Terraform
2 81 (5.04%) Kubernetes
3 53 (3.30%) Grafana
4 38 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.81%) Ansible
7 9 (0.56%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.19%) Argo
9 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.12%) CASB
10 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.12%) Puppet
11 1 (0.062%) Graylog
11 1 (0.062%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.062%) Packer
11 1 (0.062%) QRadar
11 1 (0.062%) SCCM
Vendors
1 212 (13.20%) Microsoft
2 77 (4.79%) HubSpot
3 61 (3.80%) Salesforce
4 40 (2.49%) Google
5 31 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
6 19 (1.18%) Sage
7 15 (0.93%) Databricks
7 15 (0.93%) Oracle
8 13 (0.81%) Adobe
8 13 (0.81%) SAP
8 13 (0.81%) Xero
9 11 (0.68%) Workday
10 10 (0.62%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.44%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.44%) Cisco
12 6 (0.37%) Apple
12 6 (0.37%) CheckPoint
12 6 (0.37%) Meraki
12 6 (0.37%) Pardot
12 6 (0.37%) SolarWinds