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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 51 51
Rank change year-on-year +22 0 0
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,704 909 1,040
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.80% 5.50% 4.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.60% 15.88% 11.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,244 706 684
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,125 £36,325
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,350
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 8,696 5,724 9,018
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.69% 34.63% 42.96%
Number of salaries quoted 6,359 4,055 5,895
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,350
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 £87,348
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £58,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.84% -10.00% +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 14 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 70 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.00%) Confluence
4 13 (0.76%) CMS
5 12 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.59%) Apache
7 8 (0.47%) WordPress
8 7 (0.41%) IIS
9 6 (0.35%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.059%) Jupyter
Applications
1 26 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.41%) Moqups
5 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.23%) 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 (0.059%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.059%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 353 (20.72%) AWS
2 326 (19.13%) Azure
3 139 (8.16%) GCP
4 107 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
5 86 (5.05%) Amazon EKS
6 83 (4.87%) Power Platform
7 79 (4.64%) Entra ID
8 59 (3.46%) PaaS
9 46 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
9 46 (2.70%) Serverless
10 42 (2.46%) GitHub
11 37 (2.17%) Snowflake
12 36 (2.11%) IaaS
13 29 (1.70%) Power Automate
14 28 (1.64%) Mimecast
15 27 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
16 26 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
17 24 (1.41%) Google Workspace
18 23 (1.35%) Figma
19 21 (1.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.64%) VPN
2 22 (1.29%) TCP/IP
3 20 (1.17%) Network Security
4 18 (1.06%) BGP
5 14 (0.82%) DNS
5 14 (0.82%) Firewall
6 12 (0.70%) AMQP
6 12 (0.70%) SMS
7 10 (0.59%) Broadband
7 10 (0.59%) DHCP
7 10 (0.59%) VLAN
8 9 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.35%) 5G
9 6 (0.35%) Internet
10 5 (0.29%) VoIP
10 5 (0.29%) WAN
11 4 (0.23%) IPsec
11 4 (0.23%) LAN
11 4 (0.23%) MPLS
11 4 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.82%) Power BI
4 37 (2.17%) Redis
5 24 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (0.88%) Big Data
8 13 (0.76%) MySQL
9 10 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.59%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.53%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.53%) Looker
11 7 (0.41%) Metadata
12 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.35%) Tableau
13 5 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.29%) Apache Iceberg
13 5 (0.29%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.29%) Metabase
14 4 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 100 (5.87%) JIRA
2 80 (4.69%) TeamCity
3 46 (2.70%) Git
4 15 (0.88%) Cypress.io
4 15 (0.88%) Selenium
5 11 (0.65%) Claude Code
5 11 (0.65%) GitLab
6 8 (0.47%) JUnit
6 8 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
7 7 (0.41%) Postman
8 6 (0.35%) IntelliJ
9 5 (0.29%) Poetry
9 5 (0.29%) Storybook
10 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
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
1 478 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 417 (24.47%) Finance
3 256 (15.02%) Retail
4 248 (14.55%) Law
5 237 (13.91%) Marketing
6 203 (11.91%) Legal
7 180 (10.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 155 (9.10%) Banking
9 153 (8.98%) Back Office
10 139 (8.16%) Financial Institution
11 129 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
12 64 (3.76%) Public Sector
13 63 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
13 63 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
14 39 (2.29%) Manufacturing
15 32 (1.88%) German Language
16 31 (1.82%) French Language
17 29 (1.70%) Health Technology
18 27 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
19 22 (1.29%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 253 (14.85%) Senior
2 228 (13.38%) Lead
3 163 (9.57%) Developer
4 117 (6.87%) Account Executive
5 111 (6.51%) Software Engineer
6 110 (6.46%) Architect
7 84 (4.93%) Full-Stack Developer
8 82 (4.81%) Analyst
8 82 (4.81%) Consultant
9 71 (4.17%) Software Developer
10 68 (3.99%) Lead Developer
11 66 (3.87%) Account Manager
12 64 (3.76%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 63 (3.70%) IT Manager
13 63 (3.70%) Lead Software Developer
13 63 (3.70%) Senior Manager
14 60 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
15 49 (2.88%) Service Manager
15 49 (2.88%) Testing Manager
16 48 (2.82%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (8.86%) Terraform
2 123 (7.22%) Node.js
3 95 (5.58%) .NET
4 60 (3.52%) Middleware
4 60 (3.52%) React
4 60 (3.52%) REST
5 51 (2.99%) Vue
6 50 (2.93%) RESTful
7 24 (1.41%) OAuth
8 23 (1.35%) NestJS
9 22 (1.29%) OpenAPI
9 22 (1.29%) OpenID
9 22 (1.29%) Swagger
10 21 (1.23%) CSS
10 21 (1.23%) Next.js
11 20 (1.17%) OAuth2
12 18 (1.06%) AngularJS
12 18 (1.06%) Spring
12 18 (1.06%) Spring Boot
13 17 (1.00%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 146 (8.57%) Cloud Native
2 125 (7.34%) Product Ownership
3 105 (6.16%) Onboarding
4 74 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.64%) Virtual Team
6 60 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
7 59 (3.46%) Management Information System
8 48 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
9 47 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (2.46%) Web Conferencing
11 27 (1.58%) Blog
12 25 (1.47%) Social Media
13 21 (1.23%) Security Posture
14 20 (1.17%) AI Agents
15 19 (1.12%) Driving Licence
16 18 (1.06%) Data Structures
17 14 (0.82%) Clustering
17 14 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
17 14 (0.82%) PropTech
18 12 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 42 (2.46%) Windows
2 27 (1.58%) Linux
3 17 (1.00%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.76%) macOS
5 12 (0.70%) Android
6 7 (0.41%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.23%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.059%) Unix
10 1 (0.059%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (19.01%) AI
2 272 (15.96%) DevOps
3 269 (15.79%) B2B
4 266 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 264 (15.49%) Software Engineering
6 255 (14.96%) Agile
7 240 (14.08%) CRM
8 223 (13.09%) CI/CD
9 218 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
10 209 (12.27%) Test Automation
11 205 (12.03%) Mentoring
12 200 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
13 175 (10.27%) Roadmaps
14 168 (9.86%) Decision-Making
15 167 (9.80%) Microservices
16 163 (9.57%) Business Development
17 160 (9.39%) Fintech
18 155 (9.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 144 (8.45%) Full-Stack Development
20 140 (8.22%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 192 (11.27%) TypeScript
2 181 (10.62%) Python
3 180 (10.56%) JavaScript
4 164 (9.62%) SQL
5 161 (9.45%) C#
6 127 (7.45%) Java
7 88 (5.16%) PowerShell
8 35 (2.05%) Go
9 30 (1.76%) R
10 26 (1.53%) PHP
11 25 (1.47%) Bash
12 17 (1.00%) Bicep
13 9 (0.53%) Ruby
14 8 (0.47%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.47%) SOQL
15 7 (0.41%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.29%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.23%) Scala
17 4 (0.23%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 89 (5.22%) Degree
2 84 (4.93%) CISSP
3 78 (4.58%) CISM
4 56 (3.29%) ITIL Certification
5 42 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (2.00%) Security Cleared
7 25 (1.47%) Azure Certification
8 20 (1.17%) CRISC
9 19 (1.12%) SC Cleared
10 18 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (0.94%) ACCA
12 14 (0.82%) CIMA
12 14 (0.82%) CISA
13 9 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 8 (0.47%) CCSP
15 7 (0.41%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.41%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.41%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (7.86%) QA
2 98 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 83 (4.87%) NIST
4 76 (4.46%) GDPR
5 48 (2.82%) ISO 22301
6 42 (2.46%) PCI DSS
7 40 (2.35%) SOC 2
8 36 (2.11%) Data Quality
9 28 (1.64%) Accessibility
10 24 (1.41%) GRC
11 22 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (1.06%) SLA
13 12 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.47%) COBIT
15 7 (0.41%) IFRS
15 7 (0.41%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.35%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 4 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 67 (3.93%) Docker
2 60 (3.52%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 125 (7.34%) Kubernetes
2 93 (5.46%) Grafana
3 34 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
5 23 (1.35%) Ansible
6 17 (1.00%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.47%) Cilium
8 5 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.12%) Argo
10 2 (0.12%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.12%) SCCM
11 1 (0.059%) CASB
11 1 (0.059%) Kibana
11 1 (0.059%) Packer
11 1 (0.059%) QRadar
Vendors
1 252 (14.79%) Microsoft
2 96 (5.63%) HubSpot
3 83 (4.87%) Salesforce
4 67 (3.93%) Google
5 32 (1.88%) CrowdStrike
6 26 (1.53%) Sage
7 22 (1.29%) Databricks
8 17 (1.00%) Adobe
9 15 (0.88%) SAP
10 14 (0.82%) Workday
11 12 (0.70%) Oracle
12 11 (0.65%) Dynatrace
12 11 (0.65%) Splunk
13 10 (0.59%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.41%) Facebook
14 7 (0.41%) Instagram
14 7 (0.41%) TikTok
14 7 (0.41%) YouTube
15 6 (0.35%) Freshdesk
15 6 (0.35%) SolarWinds