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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 48 50
Rank change year-on-year +18 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,028 1,068 1,176
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.74% 5.37% 5.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.41% 12.03% 11.73%
Number of salaries quoted 797 701 1,014
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £92,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

All Cloud 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 5,583 8,876 10,028
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.61% 44.66% 47.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4,165 5,795 8,593
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £59,000 £64,775 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.91% +3.64% -0.33%

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 26 November 2025.

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 12 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.88%) Confluence
3 9 (0.88%) IIS
3 9 (0.88%) WordPress
4 6 (0.58%) JBoss
4 6 (0.58%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.39%) Apache
6 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.29%) CMS
7 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.097%) Drupal
8 1 (0.097%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.097%) nginx
8 1 (0.097%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.097%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 34 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.17%) InDesign
5 9 (0.88%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.68%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.39%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.39%) Sketch
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.19%) Trello
11 1 (0.097%) GIMP
11 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.097%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.097%) Revit
11 1 (0.097%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.78%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.58%) Shopify
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.29%) Magento
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.097%) FastStats
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.097%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 239 (23.25%) Azure
2 212 (20.62%) AWS
3 104 (10.12%) GCP
4 61 (5.93%) PaaS
5 60 (5.84%) GitHub
6 42 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (3.89%) Power Platform
8 38 (3.70%) IaaS
9 34 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (3.11%) Entra ID
11 26 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
12 25 (2.43%) Serverless
13 22 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (1.46%) Figma
15 15 (1.46%) OCI
16 12 (1.17%) Amazon S3
16 12 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
17 11 (1.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 10 (0.97%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.79%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (0.97%) Firewall
3 9 (0.88%) Unified Communications
4 7 (0.68%) Network Security
4 7 (0.68%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.68%) VPN
5 6 (0.58%) HTTP
6 4 (0.39%) DHCP
6 4 (0.39%) DNS
6 4 (0.39%) Internet
6 4 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.29%) BGP
7 3 (0.29%) LAN
7 3 (0.29%) VLAN
7 3 (0.29%) WAN
8 2 (0.19%) Extranet
8 2 (0.19%) LTE
8 2 (0.19%) Modbus
8 2 (0.19%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (7.88%) SQL Server
2 47 (4.57%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (3.11%) Power BI
4 30 (2.92%) Data Lake
5 24 (2.33%) MySQL
6 22 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (2.14%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.07%) Tableau
9 10 (0.97%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.97%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.88%) Looker
10 9 (0.88%) MongoDB
11 8 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.78%) Data Mining
11 8 (0.78%) Data Vault
11 8 (0.78%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.78%) Redis
12 6 (0.58%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.58%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 37 (3.60%) Git
2 33 (3.21%) JIRA
3 18 (1.75%) TeamCity
4 12 (1.17%) Selenium
5 9 (0.88%) Postman
6 6 (0.58%) Cypress.io
6 6 (0.58%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.49%) GitBook
7 5 (0.49%) git-flow
7 5 (0.49%) SoapUI
8 4 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.29%) Storybook
10 2 (0.19%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.19%) Protractor
11 1 (0.097%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.097%) GitLab
11 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.097%) Visual Studio
General
1 362 (35.21%) Social Skills
2 251 (24.42%) Finance
3 145 (14.11%) Marketing
4 144 (14.01%) Retail
5 107 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
6 71 (6.91%) Law
7 59 (5.74%) Back Office
7 59 (5.74%) Legal
8 58 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 44 (4.28%) Banking
10 39 (3.79%) Public Sector
11 38 (3.70%) Financial Institution
12 26 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (2.14%) Automotive
15 16 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (1.56%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.36%) Games
17 13 (1.26%) Telecoms
18 12 (1.17%) Billing
Job Titles
1 148 (14.40%) Developer
2 146 (14.20%) Senior
3 117 (11.38%) Lead
4 75 (7.30%) Architect
5 50 (4.86%) Software Developer
6 48 (4.67%) .NET Developer
7 46 (4.47%) Analyst
8 43 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support
9 38 (3.70%) Engineering Manager
10 37 (3.60%) Consultant
10 37 (3.60%) Software Engineer
11 34 (3.31%) Product Manager
12 32 (3.11%) Account Executive
13 31 (3.02%) .NET Software Developer
14 29 (2.82%) Data Engineer
15 28 (2.72%) Account Manager
15 28 (2.72%) Development Manager
16 27 (2.63%) Lead Developer
16 27 (2.63%) Senior Developer
16 27 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (13.72%) .NET
2 100 (9.73%) React
3 51 (4.96%) REST
4 46 (4.47%) Node.js
5 31 (3.02%) CSS
6 29 (2.82%) HTML
7 24 (2.33%) .NET Framework
8 23 (2.24%) SOAP
9 21 (2.04%) Next.js
9 21 (2.04%) XML
10 20 (1.95%) Entity Framework
11 19 (1.85%) RESTful
12 17 (1.65%) AngularJS
12 17 (1.65%) SAML
13 15 (1.46%) Kafka
14 13 (1.26%) ASP.NET Web API
15 12 (1.17%) .NET Core
15 12 (1.17%) Middleware
15 12 (1.17%) Razor View Engine
15 12 (1.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 149 (14.49%) Onboarding
2 76 (7.39%) Product Ownership
3 66 (6.42%) Cloud Native
4 35 (3.40%) Social Media
5 31 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
6 23 (2.24%) Web Conferencing
7 22 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (2.04%) Educational Technology
9 18 (1.75%) NHS
10 14 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.36%) Life Science
10 14 (1.36%) Mobile App
10 14 (1.36%) Private Cloud
11 12 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.17%) Driving Licence
12 11 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.07%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
13 10 (0.97%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.72%) Windows
2 18 (1.75%) Windows Server
3 15 (1.46%) Android
3 15 (1.46%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.97%) Linux
5 1 (0.097%) Unix
5 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (24.22%) Agile
2 226 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
3 193 (18.77%) Mentoring
4 187 (18.19%) AI
5 176 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 174 (16.93%) Software Engineering
7 170 (16.54%) Roadmaps
8 144 (14.01%) DevOps
9 143 (13.91%) CRM
10 117 (11.38%) B2B
11 109 (10.60%) CI/CD
12 100 (9.73%) Microservices
13 97 (9.44%) ERP
14 95 (9.24%) Coaching
15 94 (9.14%) Data Privacy
16 93 (9.05%) Analytics
17 89 (8.66%) Customer Service
18 86 (8.37%) Full-Stack Development
19 85 (8.27%) Decision-Making
20 76 (7.39%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 211 (20.53%) SQL
2 154 (14.98%) C#
3 104 (10.12%) TypeScript
4 92 (8.95%) JavaScript
5 72 (7.00%) Python
6 47 (4.57%) Java
7 25 (2.43%) PowerShell
8 22 (2.14%) PHP
9 12 (1.17%) Bash
9 12 (1.17%) C
10 10 (0.97%) Kotlin
11 9 (0.88%) Bicep
12 8 (0.78%) Go
13 5 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.39%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.29%) Swift
16 2 (0.19%) Delphi
17 1 (0.097%) ABAP
17 1 (0.097%) C++
17 1 (0.097%) VB
Qualifications
1 107 (10.41%) Degree
2 32 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (3.02%) ACCA
4 20 (1.95%) Security Cleared
5 18 (1.75%) Master's Degree
6 11 (1.07%) CIMA
7 10 (0.97%) AWS Certification
7 10 (0.97%) CISSP
8 9 (0.88%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.78%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.68%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 6 (0.58%) CISM
11 6 (0.58%) CRISC
12 5 (0.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.39%) CISMP
13 4 (0.39%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.29%) CIPD
15 2 (0.19%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (8.17%) QA
2 60 (5.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.33%) ISO 9001
4 22 (2.14%) GDPR
5 21 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 18 (1.75%) SOC 2
7 15 (1.46%) NIST
8 14 (1.36%) GRC
8 14 (1.36%) SLA
9 12 (1.17%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.07%) GAAP
11 10 (0.97%) IFRS
12 9 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.49%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.39%) JSP 440
15 4 (0.39%) PMO
16 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
17 2 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (2.92%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.14%) Docker
3 9 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 66 (6.42%) Terraform
2 52 (5.06%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.65%) Grafana
4 16 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.88%) Ansible
6 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.39%) Argo
7 4 (0.39%) Cilium
8 2 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.097%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.097%) Istio
9 1 (0.097%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.097%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.097%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.097%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 120 (11.67%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.64%) Salesforce
3 45 (4.38%) HubSpot
4 39 (3.79%) Adobe
5 33 (3.21%) Databricks
6 28 (2.72%) Oracle
7 23 (2.24%) Google
8 15 (1.46%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.36%) Workday
10 13 (1.26%) Cisco
10 13 (1.26%) Zoho
11 11 (1.07%) Alteryx
12 10 (0.97%) MuleSoft
12 10 (0.97%) SAP
13 9 (0.88%) VMware
14 7 (0.68%) Pardot
15 6 (0.58%) Facebook
15 6 (0.58%) Instagram
15 6 (0.58%) TikTok
16 5 (0.49%) Guidewire