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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 50 50
Rank change year-on-year +25 0 -9
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,310 730 1,611
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.85% 5.69% 5.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.21% 12.12% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 993 604 1,378
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% -5.19%

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 6,483 6,024 13,843
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.85% 46.95% 44.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,375 4,689 11,989
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 31 March 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 33 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.76%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.15%) WordPress
4 11 (0.84%) JBoss
4 11 (0.84%) WebSphere
5 10 (0.76%) CMS
5 10 (0.76%) Confluence
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%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.076%) Apache
8 1 (0.076%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.76%) InDesign
4 10 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (0.53%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.15%) Sketch
7 2 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 20 (1.53%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.076%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 253 (19.31%) AWS
2 237 (18.09%) Azure
3 101 (7.71%) GCP
4 65 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
5 61 (4.66%) Entra ID
6 53 (4.05%) GitHub
7 43 (3.28%) Amazon EKS
8 41 (3.13%) Serverless
9 39 (2.98%) PaaS
10 32 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (2.21%) Power Platform
12 27 (2.06%) IaaS
13 22 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (1.45%) Amazon S3
15 19 (1.45%) Figma
16 18 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 16 (1.22%) Mimecast
18 15 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
18 15 (1.15%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.37%) Firewall
2 23 (1.76%) Remote Desktop
3 17 (1.30%) VPN
4 15 (1.15%) BGP
4 15 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (0.99%) LAN
5 13 (0.99%) Unified Communications
6 12 (0.92%) DNS
6 12 (0.92%) WAN
7 11 (0.84%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.76%) MPLS
9 9 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (0.69%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (0.69%) IPsec
9 9 (0.69%) NetScaler
9 9 (0.69%) NX-OS
9 9 (0.69%) OSPF
9 9 (0.69%) SSL
9 9 (0.69%) VXLAN
9 9 (0.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (6.49%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (2.06%) MySQL
4 23 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
5 22 (1.68%) Power BI
6 18 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (1.30%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.22%) NoSQL
9 13 (0.99%) Redis
10 10 (0.76%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.46%) Big Data
12 6 (0.46%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.46%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.38%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.23%) Data Vault
15 3 (0.23%) MariaDB
15 3 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (3.51%) JIRA
2 40 (3.05%) TeamCity
3 30 (2.29%) Git
4 8 (0.61%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.53%) Postman
6 6 (0.46%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.46%) Selenium
7 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.38%) GitBook
7 5 (0.38%) JMeter
7 5 (0.38%) Locust
8 4 (0.31%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.31%) git-flow
8 4 (0.31%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.15%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.076%) Storybook
General
1 367 (28.02%) Social Skills
2 304 (23.21%) Finance
3 242 (18.47%) Retail
4 214 (16.34%) Marketing
5 162 (12.37%) Law
6 146 (11.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 139 (10.61%) Banking
8 126 (9.62%) Back Office
9 116 (8.85%) Financial Institution
10 112 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
11 80 (6.11%) Legal
12 59 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
13 39 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (2.52%) Manufacturing
15 32 (2.44%) Public Sector
16 20 (1.53%) Polish Language
17 19 (1.45%) Automotive
18 17 (1.30%) French Language
19 16 (1.22%) German Language
19 16 (1.22%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 202 (15.42%) Senior
2 151 (11.53%) Developer
3 142 (10.84%) Lead
4 96 (7.33%) Software Engineer
5 74 (5.65%) Architect
6 72 (5.50%) Account Manager
7 61 (4.66%) Support Engineer
8 58 (4.43%) Account Executive
9 53 (4.05%) Analyst
9 53 (4.05%) Lead Developer
10 52 (3.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 48 (3.66%) Full-Stack Developer
12 43 (3.28%) Development Manager
13 39 (2.98%) Consultant
14 38 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
15 35 (2.67%) Senior Software Engineer
16 30 (2.29%) Marketing Executive
16 30 (2.29%) Marketing Manager
16 30 (2.29%) Sales Manager
17 27 (2.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (9.54%) .NET
2 93 (7.10%) React
3 69 (5.27%) Node.js
4 44 (3.36%) REST
5 41 (3.13%) CSS
6 39 (2.98%) HTML
7 38 (2.90%) RESTful
8 24 (1.83%) Vue
9 23 (1.76%) React Native
10 22 (1.68%) Spring
11 20 (1.53%) JSON
12 19 (1.45%) Next.js
12 19 (1.45%) SOAP
13 18 (1.37%) GraphQL
14 16 (1.22%) XML
15 15 (1.15%) AngularJS
15 15 (1.15%) Middleware
16 14 (1.07%) Hibernate
16 14 (1.07%) Kafka
16 14 (1.07%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 147 (11.22%) Onboarding
2 109 (8.32%) Cloud Native
3 77 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 41 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
5 33 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (2.37%) Social Media
7 30 (2.29%) Management Information System
8 29 (2.21%) Blog
9 26 (1.98%) Web Conferencing
10 24 (1.83%) Mobile App
11 23 (1.76%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.53%) EPoS
13 18 (1.37%) PropTech
14 17 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
15 15 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
16 13 (0.99%) Life Science
17 12 (0.92%) Client/Server
17 12 (0.92%) Data Structures
17 12 (0.92%) Educational Technology
17 12 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.05%) Windows
2 26 (1.98%) Apple iOS
3 25 (1.91%) Android
4 24 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.46%) Linux
5 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.15%) Unix
7 2 (0.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.076%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
2 210 (16.03%) AI
3 207 (15.80%) Software Engineering
4 188 (14.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 180 (13.74%) B2B
6 177 (13.51%) CRM
7 160 (12.21%) CI/CD
8 154 (11.76%) Agile
9 136 (10.38%) DevOps
10 133 (10.15%) Microservices
11 132 (10.08%) Full-Stack Development
12 128 (9.77%) Mentoring
13 122 (9.31%) Roadmaps
14 114 (8.70%) Fintech
15 99 (7.56%) Business Development
16 95 (7.25%) Analytics
17 82 (6.26%) Decision-Making
18 80 (6.11%) Project Management
18 80 (6.11%) SDLC
19 78 (5.95%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 156 (11.91%) SQL
2 110 (8.40%) Python
3 108 (8.24%) C#
4 90 (6.87%) Java
5 77 (5.88%) TypeScript
6 56 (4.27%) JavaScript
7 28 (2.14%) PowerShell
8 27 (2.06%) PHP
9 19 (1.45%) Go
10 16 (1.22%) Bash
10 16 (1.22%) R
11 8 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.46%) Bicep
13 5 (0.38%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.15%) Ruby
15 1 (0.076%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.076%) Swift
Qualifications
1 106 (8.09%) Degree
2 31 (2.37%) ACCA
3 24 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (1.76%) Master's Degree
5 22 (1.68%) CIMA
6 17 (1.30%) Security Cleared
7 16 (1.22%) CISSP
8 14 (1.07%) SC Cleared
9 9 (0.69%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.61%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.61%) CISA
11 7 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.53%) CRISC
11 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.46%) MBA
12 6 (0.46%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.38%) CISM
14 4 (0.31%) CEH
15 3 (0.23%) CIPD
15 3 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (5.27%) QA
3 40 (3.05%) SOC 2
4 36 (2.75%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.37%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.53%) GDPR
7 17 (1.30%) GRC
7 17 (1.30%) IFRS
7 17 (1.30%) SLA
8 16 (1.22%) Data Quality
9 14 (1.07%) NIST
10 13 (0.99%) WCAG
11 12 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.92%) ISO 9001
12 10 (0.76%) PMO
13 7 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.38%) GAAP
16 3 (0.23%) PSD2
17 2 (0.15%) SOC 1
System Software
1 64 (4.89%) Active Directory
2 48 (3.66%) Docker
3 4 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.23%) Firmware
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.076%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 101 (7.71%) Terraform
2 82 (6.26%) Kubernetes
3 42 (3.21%) Grafana
4 26 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.84%) Ansible
5 11 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.53%) Argo
7 4 (0.31%) Cilium
8 2 (0.15%) CASB
8 2 (0.15%) Packer
9 1 (0.076%) Graylog
9 1 (0.076%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.076%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.076%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.076%) Puppet
9 1 (0.076%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 113 (8.63%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.27%) Salesforce
3 37 (2.82%) HubSpot
4 32 (2.44%) Google
5 23 (1.76%) Adobe
5 23 (1.76%) ServiceNow
6 21 (1.60%) Databricks
7 19 (1.45%) Cisco
8 17 (1.30%) Oracle
9 16 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
9 16 (1.22%) Pardot
10 13 (0.99%) Sage
11 11 (0.84%) Xero
12 9 (0.69%) CheckPoint
12 9 (0.69%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.69%) Fortinet
12 9 (0.69%) Meraki
12 9 (0.69%) SAP
12 9 (0.69%) SolarWinds
12 9 (0.69%) Zoho