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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 65 50
Rank change year-on-year +40 -15 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,326 785 1,593
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.10% 5.18% 4.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.75% 12.79% 11.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,042 609 1,357
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,159 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

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 7,072 6,139 13,963
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.88% 40.55% 42.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,846 4,490 11,916
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 18 May 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 37 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.06%) WordPress
4 12 (0.90%) CMS
5 10 (0.75%) Confluence
6 6 (0.45%) SAS
7 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.38%) JBoss
7 5 (0.38%) Moodle
7 5 (0.38%) Totara
7 5 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.075%) Apache
9 1 (0.075%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 23 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (0.53%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.15%) Trello
7 1 (0.075%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.075%) InDesign
7 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.21%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.15%) Aareon QL
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) MIS ActiveH
4 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.15%) OPENHousing
4 2 (0.15%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.075%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 226 (17.04%) AWS
2 215 (16.21%) Azure
3 83 (6.26%) GCP
4 66 (4.98%) Entra ID
5 63 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
6 47 (3.54%) Serverless
7 43 (3.24%) Power Platform
8 41 (3.09%) Amazon EKS
9 40 (3.02%) PaaS
10 33 (2.49%) GitHub
11 27 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (1.43%) IaaS
13 19 (1.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 18 (1.36%) Figma
15 16 (1.21%) AWS Direct Connect
15 16 (1.21%) Mimecast
16 12 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (0.90%) Amazon S3
17 11 (0.83%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.19%) Firewall
2 20 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.36%) VPN
4 14 (1.06%) DNS
4 14 (1.06%) LAN
4 14 (1.06%) MPLS
4 14 (1.06%) WAN
5 13 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (0.98%) Cisco Firepower
5 13 (0.98%) Cisco ISE
5 13 (0.98%) IPsec
5 13 (0.98%) NetScaler
5 13 (0.98%) NX-OS
5 13 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 13 (0.98%) VXLAN
5 13 (0.98%) WLAN
6 12 (0.90%) BGP
7 10 (0.75%) SSL
8 9 (0.68%) OSPF
9 7 (0.53%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (2.04%) Power BI
4 18 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (1.36%) MySQL
4 18 (1.36%) Redis
5 13 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.60%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.53%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.53%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.38%) Big Data
11 4 (0.30%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.30%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.23%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.15%) Electronic Patient Records
13 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (3.47%) JIRA
2 35 (2.64%) TeamCity
3 32 (2.41%) Git
4 8 (0.60%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.60%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.45%) JMeter
6 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.38%) Locust
6 5 (0.38%) Postman
7 4 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.30%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.30%) Selenium
7 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.23%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.23%) JUnit
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.15%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 303 (22.85%) Social Skills
2 297 (22.40%) Finance
3 235 (17.72%) Retail
4 218 (16.44%) Marketing
5 169 (12.75%) Law
6 153 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 136 (10.26%) Banking
8 125 (9.43%) Back Office
9 114 (8.60%) Financial Institution
10 101 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
11 84 (6.33%) Legal
12 45 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (2.26%) Public Sector
15 28 (2.11%) Manufacturing
16 23 (1.73%) German Language
17 21 (1.58%) Advertising
18 19 (1.43%) Polish Language
19 17 (1.28%) Health Technology
20 15 (1.13%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 174 (13.12%) Senior
2 170 (12.82%) Developer
3 145 (10.94%) Lead
4 105 (7.92%) Software Engineer
5 87 (6.56%) Account Executive
5 87 (6.56%) Account Manager
6 70 (5.28%) Architect
7 69 (5.20%) Full-Stack Developer
8 63 (4.75%) Lead Developer
9 52 (3.92%) Support Engineer
10 43 (3.24%) Analyst
10 43 (3.24%) Sales Manager
11 42 (3.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 41 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
13 40 (3.02%) Consultant
14 35 (2.64%) Senior Software Engineer
15 34 (2.56%) C# Developer
15 34 (2.56%) Development Manager
16 33 (2.49%) .NET Software Engineer
17 32 (2.41%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (7.39%) .NET
2 76 (5.73%) Node.js
3 65 (4.90%) React
4 38 (2.87%) Vue
5 37 (2.79%) RESTful
6 35 (2.64%) REST
7 33 (2.49%) HTML
8 32 (2.41%) CSS
9 25 (1.89%) JSON
10 21 (1.58%) XML
11 17 (1.28%) React Native
11 17 (1.28%) Spring
12 15 (1.13%) GraphQL
13 14 (1.06%) .NET Core
14 13 (0.98%) AngularJS
14 13 (0.98%) NestJS
14 13 (0.98%) Next.js
14 13 (0.98%) OAuth
15 12 (0.90%) Kafka
15 12 (0.90%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 102 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 98 (7.39%) Cloud Native
3 74 (5.58%) Product Ownership
4 32 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (2.41%) Management Information System
5 30 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (2.11%) EPoS
7 27 (2.04%) Blog
8 21 (1.58%) Data Centre
8 21 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (1.58%) PropTech
9 19 (1.43%) Mobile App
10 16 (1.21%) Social Media
11 15 (1.13%) Client/Server
11 15 (1.13%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
11 15 (1.13%) Web Conferencing
12 11 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (0.75%) Life Science
13 10 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 37 (2.79%) Windows
2 25 (1.89%) Apple iOS
3 24 (1.81%) Android
4 15 (1.13%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.83%) Linux
6 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.15%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (15.61%) AI
2 191 (14.40%) Software Engineering
3 180 (13.57%) B2B
4 177 (13.35%) Problem-Solving
5 168 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 153 (11.54%) CRM
7 146 (11.01%) Agile
8 140 (10.56%) Full-Stack Development
9 133 (10.03%) CI/CD
10 124 (9.35%) DevOps
11 115 (8.67%) Microservices
12 113 (8.52%) Business Development
13 111 (8.37%) Fintech
13 111 (8.37%) Roadmaps
14 96 (7.24%) Analytics
15 93 (7.01%) Decision-Making
16 90 (6.79%) Mentoring
17 77 (5.81%) SDLC
18 76 (5.73%) Project Management
19 70 (5.28%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 122 (9.20%) SQL
2 113 (8.52%) Python
3 86 (6.49%) Java
4 81 (6.11%) TypeScript
5 76 (5.73%) C#
6 60 (4.52%) JavaScript
7 36 (2.71%) PowerShell
8 26 (1.96%) PHP
9 25 (1.89%) Go
10 16 (1.21%) R
11 12 (0.90%) Bash
12 8 (0.60%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.23%) Bicep
13 3 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.23%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.23%) Swift
14 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.075%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.075%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 88 (6.64%) Degree
2 41 (3.09%) ACCA
3 29 (2.19%) CIMA
4 24 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.73%) CISSP
6 22 (1.66%) Security Cleared
7 17 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.06%) SC Cleared
9 12 (0.90%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.83%) CISA
11 10 (0.75%) CRISC
12 9 (0.68%) CISM
13 7 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.53%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.45%) MBA
15 5 (0.38%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.30%) CEH
16 4 (0.30%) ISACA
17 3 (0.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (3.17%) QA
3 34 (2.56%) GDPR
4 33 (2.49%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.34%) SOC 2
6 29 (2.19%) Accessibility
7 20 (1.51%) IFRS
8 19 (1.43%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (1.06%) WCAG
11 12 (0.90%) NIST
11 12 (0.90%) SLA
12 11 (0.83%) PMO
13 10 (0.75%) GRC
14 8 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.45%) GAAP
16 5 (0.38%) COBIT
16 5 (0.38%) SOC 1
17 3 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 64 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 47 (3.54%) Docker
3 3 (0.23%) Firmware
3 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.075%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.075%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 89 (6.71%) Terraform
2 73 (5.51%) Kubernetes
3 42 (3.17%) Grafana
4 26 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.75%) Ansible
7 6 (0.45%) Argo
8 2 (0.15%) CASB
8 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.15%) Packer
8 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.075%) Graylog
9 1 (0.075%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.075%) QRadar
Vendors
1 113 (8.52%) Microsoft
2 49 (3.70%) Salesforce
3 42 (3.17%) HubSpot
4 37 (2.79%) Google
5 18 (1.36%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (1.21%) Pardot
7 16 (1.21%) Sage
7 16 (1.21%) Xero
8 15 (1.13%) Adobe
8 15 (1.13%) SAP
9 14 (1.06%) Cisco
10 13 (0.98%) CheckPoint
10 13 (0.98%) Dynatrace
10 13 (0.98%) Meraki
10 13 (0.98%) SolarWinds
11 11 (0.83%) Databricks
11 11 (0.83%) Oracle
12 9 (0.68%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.45%) Atlassian