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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 58 62
Rank change year-on-year +30 +4 -13
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,641 833 987
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.87% 5.12% 4.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.02% 14.42% 10.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 642 698
10th Percentile £35,900 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £49,831
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,603
Median % change year-on-year - +7.26% -6.76%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 8,628 5,777 9,496
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.10% 35.50% 40.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6,329 4,169 6,677
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
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 £86,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -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 September 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 75 (4.57%) SharePoint
2 46 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.79%) Confluence
4 10 (0.61%) CMS
5 7 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.43%) IIS
5 7 (0.43%) WordPress
6 6 (0.37%) Apache
6 6 (0.37%) SAS
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.061%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.061%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.061%) Moodle
8 1 (0.061%) Totara
Applications
1 25 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.30%) Moqups
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) Trello
7 1 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (1.10%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.18%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.061%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 317 (19.32%) AWS
2 307 (18.71%) Azure
3 103 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
4 101 (6.15%) GCP
5 85 (5.18%) Entra ID
6 64 (3.90%) Power Platform
7 59 (3.60%) PaaS
8 57 (3.47%) Amazon EKS
9 45 (2.74%) Serverless
10 36 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (2.13%) IaaS
12 31 (1.89%) Mimecast
13 30 (1.83%) Snowflake
14 28 (1.71%) GitHub
15 27 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
16 26 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
17 21 (1.28%) Figma
17 21 (1.28%) PowerApps
18 19 (1.16%) Power Automate
19 17 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.79%) DNS
2 11 (0.67%) VPN
3 10 (0.61%) Broadband
4 9 (0.55%) AMQP
4 9 (0.55%) SMS
4 9 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.49%) DHCP
5 8 (0.49%) Network Security
6 7 (0.43%) Firewall
7 6 (0.37%) 5G
8 5 (0.30%) Internet
8 5 (0.30%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.30%) VoIP
8 5 (0.30%) WAN
9 4 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.24%) IPsec
9 4 (0.24%) LAN
9 4 (0.24%) MPLS
9 4 (0.24%) SSL
9 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 45 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.07%) Power BI
4 33 (2.01%) Redis
5 19 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.04%) MySQL
7 14 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.43%) Big Data
9 6 (0.37%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
10 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.24%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.24%) Metadata
11 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.24%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.24%) Tableau
12 3 (0.18%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.18%) Metabase
Development Applications
1 96 (5.85%) JIRA
2 49 (2.99%) TeamCity
3 41 (2.50%) Git
4 12 (0.73%) Cypress.io
5 11 (0.67%) GitLab
5 11 (0.67%) Selenium
6 8 (0.49%) Claude Code
7 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.30%) Poetry
8 5 (0.30%) Postman
8 5 (0.30%) Storybook
9 4 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) JMeter
11 2 (0.12%) JUnit
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.061%) Vite
General
1 431 (26.26%) Social Skills
2 370 (22.55%) Finance
3 227 (13.83%) Marketing
4 223 (13.59%) Retail
5 209 (12.74%) Law
6 202 (12.31%) Legal
7 146 (8.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 119 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
9 115 (7.01%) Banking
10 111 (6.76%) Back Office
11 97 (5.91%) Financial Institution
12 66 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
13 57 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
14 56 (3.41%) Public Sector
15 35 (2.13%) Manufacturing
16 29 (1.77%) German Language
17 26 (1.58%) Health Technology
18 23 (1.40%) Advertising
19 22 (1.34%) French Language
19 22 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 226 (13.77%) Lead
2 215 (13.10%) Senior
3 165 (10.05%) Developer
4 113 (6.89%) Account Executive
5 105 (6.40%) Software Engineer
6 102 (6.22%) Architect
7 93 (5.67%) Full-Stack Developer
8 80 (4.88%) Consultant
9 74 (4.51%) Lead Developer
9 74 (4.51%) Software Developer
10 70 (4.27%) Analyst
11 68 (4.14%) Senior Manager
12 67 (4.08%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 66 (4.02%) Account Manager
13 66 (4.02%) Lead Software Developer
14 62 (3.78%) IT Manager
15 52 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
16 49 (2.99%) Service Manager
16 49 (2.99%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.93%) IT Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (7.43%) Node.js
2 109 (6.64%) Terraform
3 83 (5.06%) .NET
4 64 (3.90%) React
5 60 (3.66%) Middleware
6 55 (3.35%) Vue
7 50 (3.05%) REST
8 34 (2.07%) RESTful
9 30 (1.83%) CSS
10 25 (1.52%) HTML
11 20 (1.22%) Next.js
11 20 (1.22%) OAuth
12 18 (1.10%) NestJS
13 16 (0.98%) OpenID
14 15 (0.91%) Kafka
14 15 (0.91%) Spring
14 15 (0.91%) Spring Boot
15 14 (0.85%) Laravel
15 14 (0.85%) OpenAPI
15 14 (0.85%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.19%) Cloud Native
2 109 (6.64%) Product Ownership
3 102 (6.22%) Onboarding
4 62 (3.78%) Virtual Team
5 60 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.93%) Cyber Threat
7 46 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
8 40 (2.44%) Management Information System
9 33 (2.01%) Web Conferencing
10 32 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (1.22%) AI Agents
11 20 (1.22%) Social Media
12 18 (1.10%) Driving Licence
13 16 (0.98%) Client/Server
13 16 (0.98%) PropTech
14 15 (0.91%) Data Structures
15 14 (0.85%) Clustering
15 14 (0.85%) Educational Technology
15 14 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
16 13 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.44%) Windows
2 22 (1.34%) Linux
3 12 (0.73%) Apple iOS
4 11 (0.67%) Mac OS
5 10 (0.61%) Android
6 6 (0.37%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.061%) Unix
9 1 (0.061%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (17.92%) AI
2 258 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 257 (15.66%) DevOps
4 246 (14.99%) B2B
5 239 (14.56%) Software Engineering
6 233 (14.20%) Agile
7 213 (12.98%) CRM
8 192 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
9 187 (11.40%) Mentoring
10 186 (11.33%) Test Automation
11 172 (10.48%) CI/CD
12 163 (9.93%) Roadmaps
13 162 (9.87%) Stakeholder Management
14 158 (9.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 156 (9.51%) Decision-Making
16 154 (9.38%) Business Development
17 153 (9.32%) Full-Stack Development
18 145 (8.84%) Microservices
19 139 (8.47%) Project Delivery
20 133 (8.10%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 191 (11.64%) TypeScript
2 170 (10.36%) JavaScript
3 146 (8.90%) C#
4 143 (8.71%) Python
5 137 (8.35%) SQL
6 91 (5.55%) Java
7 84 (5.12%) PowerShell
8 32 (1.95%) R
9 26 (1.58%) PHP
10 21 (1.28%) Go
11 13 (0.79%) Bash
12 12 (0.73%) Bicep
13 9 (0.55%) Ruby
14 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.24%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.24%) SOQL
16 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
16 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.18%) Swift
17 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (5.00%) Degree
2 75 (4.57%) CISSP
3 69 (4.20%) CISM
4 56 (3.41%) ITIL Certification
5 41 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (2.38%) ACCA
7 31 (1.89%) CIMA
8 25 (1.52%) Security Cleared
9 19 (1.16%) CRISC
10 16 (0.98%) Azure Certification
10 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.85%) CISA
12 10 (0.61%) SC Cleared
13 8 (0.49%) ISACA
14 7 (0.43%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.37%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.30%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.30%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (7.50%) QA
2 81 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (4.51%) NIST
4 70 (4.27%) GDPR
5 48 (2.93%) ISO 22301
6 27 (1.65%) PCI DSS
7 25 (1.52%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.52%) SOC 2
8 24 (1.46%) Data Quality
9 22 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 19 (1.16%) SLA
11 18 (1.10%) GRC
12 15 (0.91%) IFRS
13 14 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.55%) COBIT
15 8 (0.49%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.30%) GAAP
16 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
17 4 (0.24%) GxP
System Software
1 70 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 52 (3.17%) Docker
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 79 (4.81%) Kubernetes
2 58 (3.53%) Grafana
3 37 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.10%) Ansible
5 14 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.061%) CASB
10 1 (0.061%) Kibana
10 1 (0.061%) Packer
10 1 (0.061%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.061%) Puppet
10 1 (0.061%) QRadar
Vendors
1 226 (13.77%) Microsoft
2 88 (5.36%) HubSpot
3 79 (4.81%) Salesforce
4 49 (2.99%) Google
5 34 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
6 27 (1.65%) Sage
7 16 (0.98%) Adobe
8 15 (0.91%) Databricks
9 14 (0.85%) SAP
10 12 (0.73%) Xero
11 11 (0.67%) Oracle
11 11 (0.67%) Workday
12 9 (0.55%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.43%) Facebook
13 7 (0.43%) Instagram
13 7 (0.43%) TikTok
13 7 (0.43%) YouTube
14 5 (0.30%) Apple
15 4 (0.24%) CheckPoint
15 4 (0.24%) SolarWinds