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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 50 51
Rank change year-on-year +27 +1 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,242 897 1,469
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.58% 5.84% 5.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.14% 12.49% 11.53%
Number of salaries quoted 940 623 1,272
10th Percentile £32,038 £36,250 £41,025
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -7.41% -1.17%
75th Percentile £85,313 £79,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,300 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 6,168 7,179 12,740
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.63% 46.71% 45.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4,226 4,733 11,154
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,219
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 21 February 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 25 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.37%) WordPress
3 16 (1.29%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.89%) Confluence
4 11 (0.89%) JBoss
4 11 (0.89%) WebSphere
5 7 (0.56%) CMS
6 6 (0.48%) IIS
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.32%) Moodle
8 4 (0.32%) Totara
9 2 (0.16%) Apache
9 2 (0.16%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.081%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 36 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 12 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.89%) InDesign
6 8 (0.64%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.24%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.24%) Sketch
9 2 (0.16%) Trello
10 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.081%) GIMP
10 1 (0.081%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.13%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.48%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 266 (21.42%) Azure
2 254 (20.45%) AWS
3 125 (10.06%) GCP
4 58 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (4.59%) Entra ID
5 57 (4.59%) GitHub
6 48 (3.86%) PaaS
7 41 (3.30%) Serverless
8 40 (3.22%) Amazon EKS
9 36 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (2.25%) IaaS
11 25 (2.01%) Figma
11 25 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
11 25 (2.01%) Power Platform
12 19 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 17 (1.37%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.21%) AWS Direct Connect
15 15 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (1.05%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.58%) Remote Desktop
2 30 (2.42%) Firewall
3 17 (1.37%) VPN
4 15 (1.21%) BGP
5 14 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (1.05%) DNS
7 12 (0.97%) LAN
7 12 (0.97%) WAN
8 11 (0.89%) SD-WAN
9 10 (0.81%) MPLS
9 10 (0.81%) Unified Communications
10 9 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (0.72%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (0.72%) IPsec
10 9 (0.72%) NetScaler
10 9 (0.72%) NX-OS
10 9 (0.72%) OSPF
10 9 (0.72%) VXLAN
10 9 (0.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (7.17%) SQL Server
2 38 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (2.42%) MySQL
4 28 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.17%) Data Lake
6 22 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (1.77%) NoSQL
7 18 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.37%) Power BI
9 12 (0.97%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.72%) Redis
10 9 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.64%) Data Mining
11 8 (0.64%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.48%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.48%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.48%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.32%) Big Data
14 3 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (2.98%) JIRA
1 37 (2.98%) TeamCity
2 31 (2.50%) Git
3 8 (0.64%) Postman
3 8 (0.64%) Selenium
3 8 (0.64%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.48%) CircleCI
5 5 (0.40%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.40%) GitBook
5 5 (0.40%) git-flow
6 4 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.32%) SoapUI
6 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.24%) Storybook
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.081%) GitLab
9 1 (0.081%) JUnit
9 1 (0.081%) MSTest
9 1 (0.081%) NUnit
General
1 372 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 297 (23.91%) Finance
3 235 (18.92%) Retail
4 193 (15.54%) Marketing
5 144 (11.59%) Law
6 126 (10.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 120 (9.66%) Banking
8 109 (8.78%) Back Office
9 106 (8.53%) Financial Institution
10 101 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
11 66 (5.31%) Legal
12 45 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (3.22%) Public Sector
14 30 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
15 25 (2.01%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.53%) Polish Language
17 16 (1.29%) Health Technology
18 15 (1.21%) Automotive
18 15 (1.21%) French Language
19 14 (1.13%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 199 (16.02%) Senior
2 153 (12.32%) Developer
3 144 (11.59%) Lead
4 80 (6.44%) Software Engineer
5 69 (5.56%) Architect
6 57 (4.59%) Account Manager
7 50 (4.03%) Analyst
8 49 (3.95%) Lead Developer
8 49 (3.95%) Support Engineer
9 47 (3.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 46 (3.70%) Account Executive
11 44 (3.54%) .NET Developer
12 42 (3.38%) Development Manager
13 38 (3.06%) Consultant
14 37 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
15 36 (2.90%) 2nd Line Support
16 33 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
16 33 (2.66%) Software Developer
17 32 (2.58%) Marketing Executive
18 28 (2.25%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (12.16%) .NET
2 105 (8.45%) React
3 60 (4.83%) Node.js
4 48 (3.86%) REST
5 35 (2.82%) CSS
5 35 (2.82%) RESTful
6 32 (2.58%) HTML
7 25 (2.01%) SOAP
8 24 (1.93%) Spring
9 22 (1.77%) .NET Framework
9 22 (1.77%) React Native
10 19 (1.53%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.37%) Entity Framework
11 17 (1.37%) Kafka
11 17 (1.37%) Next.js
12 16 (1.29%) ASP.NET Web API
12 16 (1.29%) Middleware
13 15 (1.21%) Razor View Engine
14 14 (1.13%) GraphQL
14 14 (1.13%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 163 (13.12%) Onboarding
2 106 (8.53%) Cloud Native
3 81 (6.52%) Product Ownership
4 39 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.66%) Social Media
7 29 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.17%) Web Conferencing
9 24 (1.93%) Blog
9 24 (1.93%) Data Centre
9 24 (1.93%) Mobile App
10 21 (1.69%) EPoS
11 16 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
12 14 (1.13%) Educational Technology
13 13 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.97%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.89%) Data Structures
15 11 (0.89%) DataPower
16 10 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 35 (2.82%) Windows
2 29 (2.33%) Android
2 29 (2.33%) Apple iOS
3 23 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.81%) Linux
5 6 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.16%) Unix
7 2 (0.16%) VMS
8 1 (0.081%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (17.79%) AI
2 215 (17.31%) Software Engineering
3 212 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
4 198 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 196 (15.78%) Agile
6 175 (14.09%) CRM
7 164 (13.20%) Mentoring
8 163 (13.12%) B2B
9 159 (12.80%) CI/CD
10 153 (12.32%) Roadmaps
11 141 (11.35%) DevOps
12 130 (10.47%) Microservices
13 120 (9.66%) Full-Stack Development
14 100 (8.05%) Fintech
15 96 (7.73%) Analytics
16 90 (7.25%) Business Development
17 88 (7.09%) Customer Service
18 82 (6.60%) Coaching
19 81 (6.52%) Decision-Making
20 77 (6.20%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 185 (14.90%) SQL
2 123 (9.90%) C#
3 106 (8.53%) TypeScript
4 96 (7.73%) Python
5 87 (7.00%) JavaScript
6 79 (6.36%) Java
7 35 (2.82%) PowerShell
8 23 (1.85%) PHP
9 15 (1.21%) Bash
9 15 (1.21%) Go
10 10 (0.81%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.72%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.56%) Bicep
12 7 (0.56%) R
13 3 (0.24%) Swift
14 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.081%) ABAP
15 1 (0.081%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 105 (8.45%) Degree
2 24 (1.93%) Master's Degree
3 22 (1.77%) CISSP
4 21 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (1.69%) Security Cleared
5 17 (1.37%) SC Cleared
6 13 (1.05%) CRISC
7 12 (0.97%) ACCA
8 10 (0.81%) CISA
9 9 (0.72%) AWS Certification
9 9 (0.72%) Azure Certification
9 9 (0.72%) CISM
10 8 (0.64%) CIMA
11 7 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.32%) CEH
13 4 (0.32%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (6.44%) QA
2 68 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (3.30%) SOC 2
4 32 (2.58%) PCI DSS
5 23 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 23 (1.85%) GDPR
6 22 (1.77%) GRC
7 20 (1.61%) NIST
8 16 (1.29%) Data Quality
9 13 (1.05%) SLA
10 11 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.89%) ISO 9001
11 10 (0.81%) IFRS
12 9 (0.72%) WCAG
13 8 (0.64%) PMO
14 5 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.40%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.32%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.24%) PSD2
System Software
1 57 (4.59%) Active Directory
2 39 (3.14%) Docker
3 4 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 97 (7.81%) Terraform
2 75 (6.04%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.90%) Grafana
4 18 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.81%) Ansible
7 8 (0.64%) Argo
8 4 (0.32%) Cilium
9 2 (0.16%) CASB
9 2 (0.16%) Packer
10 1 (0.081%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.081%) Istio
10 1 (0.081%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.081%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.081%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 109 (8.78%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.23%) Salesforce
3 48 (3.86%) HubSpot
4 36 (2.90%) Adobe
5 30 (2.42%) Databricks
5 30 (2.42%) Google
6 26 (2.09%) Oracle
7 24 (1.93%) ServiceNow
8 21 (1.69%) Cisco
9 14 (1.13%) Pardot
10 13 (1.05%) Workday
11 12 (0.97%) SAP
12 9 (0.72%) CheckPoint
12 9 (0.72%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.72%) Fortinet
12 9 (0.72%) Meraki
12 9 (0.72%) Sage
12 9 (0.72%) SolarWinds
12 9 (0.72%) Zoho
13 7 (0.56%) MuleSoft