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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 57 49
Rank change year-on-year +31 -8 -4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,308 781 1,617
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.12% 5.48% 4.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.86% 12.62% 11.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,024 627 1,381
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,584 £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 6,936 6,188 14,006
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.78% 43.43% 43.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,709 4,627 12,010
10th Percentile £34,460 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,717 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,375 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,875 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% +5.87% -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 7 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 38 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.99%) WordPress
4 10 (0.76%) CMS
4 10 (0.76%) Confluence
5 7 (0.54%) JBoss
5 7 (0.54%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.38%) Moodle
6 5 (0.38%) Totara
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) IIS
7 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.076%) Apache
8 1 (0.076%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (0.54%) Photoshop
4 6 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.076%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.076%) InDesign
6 1 (0.076%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.30%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.076%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 225 (17.20%) AWS
2 220 (16.82%) Azure
3 80 (6.12%) GCP
4 64 (4.89%) Entra ID
5 61 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (3.36%) Serverless
7 42 (3.21%) GitHub
8 39 (2.98%) Power Platform
9 38 (2.91%) Amazon EKS
10 36 (2.75%) PaaS
11 28 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (1.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 19 (1.45%) IaaS
15 17 (1.30%) AWS Direct Connect
15 17 (1.30%) Figma
16 16 (1.22%) Mimecast
17 14 (1.07%) Amazon S3
17 14 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
18 13 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.45%) Firewall
2 19 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.38%) VPN
4 14 (1.07%) LAN
4 14 (1.07%) MPLS
4 14 (1.07%) WAN
5 13 (0.99%) BGP
5 13 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (0.99%) Cisco Firepower
5 13 (0.99%) Cisco ISE
5 13 (0.99%) IPsec
5 13 (0.99%) NetScaler
5 13 (0.99%) NX-OS
5 13 (0.99%) SD-WAN
5 13 (0.99%) VXLAN
5 13 (0.99%) WLAN
6 12 (0.92%) DNS
7 10 (0.76%) SSL
8 9 (0.69%) OSPF
9 5 (0.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.43%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (1.99%) Power BI
4 21 (1.61%) MySQL
5 20 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (1.38%) Redis
7 16 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.76%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.69%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.69%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.46%) Big Data
10 6 (0.46%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.31%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.23%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (3.36%) JIRA
2 32 (2.45%) Git
2 32 (2.45%) TeamCity
3 8 (0.61%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.54%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.46%) CircleCI
5 6 (0.46%) JMeter
5 6 (0.46%) Postman
5 6 (0.46%) Selenium
6 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.38%) Locust
7 4 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.15%) GitBook
10 1 (0.076%) git-flow
10 1 (0.076%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 316 (24.16%) Social Skills
2 288 (22.02%) Finance
3 219 (16.74%) Retail
4 213 (16.28%) Marketing
5 150 (11.47%) Law
6 143 (10.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 128 (9.79%) Banking
8 117 (8.94%) Back Office
9 106 (8.10%) Financial Institution
10 99 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
11 74 (5.66%) Legal
12 50 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.22%) Public Sector
15 27 (2.06%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.83%) German Language
17 20 (1.53%) Advertising
18 16 (1.22%) Polish Language
19 15 (1.15%) Health Technology
19 15 (1.15%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 177 (13.53%) Senior
2 172 (13.15%) Developer
3 144 (11.01%) Lead
4 96 (7.34%) Software Engineer
5 85 (6.50%) Account Manager
6 71 (5.43%) Account Executive
7 69 (5.28%) Architect
8 66 (5.05%) Full-Stack Developer
9 63 (4.82%) Lead Developer
10 57 (4.36%) Support Engineer
11 47 (3.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 43 (3.29%) Development Manager
13 41 (3.13%) Consultant
14 40 (3.06%) Analyst
14 40 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
15 39 (2.98%) Sales Manager
16 33 (2.52%) Senior Software Engineer
17 31 (2.37%) C# Developer
17 31 (2.37%) Marketing Manager
18 30 (2.29%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (8.10%) .NET
2 75 (5.73%) Node.js
3 70 (5.35%) React
4 37 (2.83%) RESTful
5 35 (2.68%) REST
6 32 (2.45%) Vue
7 31 (2.37%) CSS
7 31 (2.37%) HTML
8 24 (1.83%) JSON
9 19 (1.45%) React Native
9 19 (1.45%) Spring
10 18 (1.38%) XML
11 17 (1.30%) GraphQL
12 14 (1.07%) NestJS
12 14 (1.07%) SOAP
13 13 (0.99%) .NET Core
13 13 (0.99%) AngularJS
13 13 (0.99%) Kafka
13 13 (0.99%) Next.js
14 12 (0.92%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 106 (8.10%) Onboarding
2 98 (7.49%) Cloud Native
3 72 (5.50%) Product Ownership
4 32 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (2.45%) Management Information System
5 30 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (1.99%) Blog
6 26 (1.99%) EPoS
7 23 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (1.68%) Data Centre
9 21 (1.61%) PropTech
10 20 (1.53%) Mobile App
11 15 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
11 15 (1.15%) Social Media
11 15 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
12 14 (1.07%) Data Structures
13 13 (0.99%) Client/Server
14 12 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.84%) Security Posture
16 9 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 37 (2.83%) Windows
2 25 (1.91%) Apple iOS
3 24 (1.83%) Android
4 18 (1.38%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.69%) Linux
6 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.15%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (15.83%) AI
2 193 (14.76%) Software Engineering
3 185 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
4 179 (13.69%) B2B
5 169 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 148 (11.31%) Agile
7 145 (11.09%) CRM
8 144 (11.01%) Full-Stack Development
9 138 (10.55%) CI/CD
10 128 (9.79%) DevOps
11 114 (8.72%) Microservices
12 110 (8.41%) Business Development
12 110 (8.41%) Roadmaps
13 106 (8.10%) Fintech
14 96 (7.34%) Mentoring
15 91 (6.96%) Analytics
16 87 (6.65%) Decision-Making
17 81 (6.19%) SDLC
18 78 (5.96%) Project Management
19 69 (5.28%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 129 (9.86%) SQL
2 113 (8.64%) Python
3 85 (6.50%) Java
4 83 (6.35%) C#
5 81 (6.19%) TypeScript
6 61 (4.66%) JavaScript
7 32 (2.45%) PowerShell
8 26 (1.99%) Go
8 26 (1.99%) PHP
9 16 (1.22%) R
10 12 (0.92%) Bash
11 8 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.46%) 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 (0.076%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.076%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 86 (6.57%) Degree
2 44 (3.36%) ACCA
3 32 (2.45%) CIMA
4 23 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.53%) Security Cleared
6 19 (1.45%) CISSP
7 18 (1.38%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.07%) SC Cleared
9 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (0.76%) Azure Certification
10 10 (0.76%) CISA
11 9 (0.69%) CRISC
12 7 (0.54%) CISM
12 7 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.54%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.46%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.46%) MBA
14 4 (0.31%) CEH
15 3 (0.23%) CREST Certified
15 3 (0.23%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (3.59%) QA
3 34 (2.60%) PCI DSS
3 34 (2.60%) SOC 2
4 28 (2.14%) GDPR
5 27 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.61%) IFRS
7 19 (1.45%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (0.99%) GRC
9 13 (0.99%) SLA
9 13 (0.99%) WCAG
10 12 (0.92%) NIST
11 11 (0.84%) PMO
12 10 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.46%) GAAP
15 4 (0.31%) COBIT
15 4 (0.31%) SOC 1
16 3 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 64 (4.89%) Active Directory
2 51 (3.90%) Docker
3 3 (0.23%) Firmware
3 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.076%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.076%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 91 (6.96%) Terraform
2 74 (5.66%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.83%) Grafana
4 27 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.84%) Ansible
7 7 (0.54%) 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%) Puppet
9 1 (0.076%) Cilium
9 1 (0.076%) Graylog
9 1 (0.076%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.076%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 113 (8.64%) Microsoft
2 53 (4.05%) Salesforce
3 41 (3.13%) HubSpot
4 37 (2.83%) Google
5 19 (1.45%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
6 17 (1.30%) Pardot
7 16 (1.22%) Sage
7 16 (1.22%) Xero
8 15 (1.15%) Databricks
8 15 (1.15%) SAP
9 14 (1.07%) Cisco
10 13 (0.99%) Adobe
10 13 (0.99%) CheckPoint
10 13 (0.99%) Dynatrace
10 13 (0.99%) Meraki
10 13 (0.99%) SolarWinds
11 12 (0.92%) Oracle
12 9 (0.69%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.46%) Atlassian