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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 46 52
Rank change year-on-year +20 +6 -8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,093 952 1,173
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.28% 5.71% 5.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.88% 12.38% 11.97%
Number of salaries quoted 843 637 984
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,465 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -13.62% +2.99%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £92,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £61,500 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -1.60% -7.41% -3.57%

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 5,498 7,691 9,803
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.59% 46.11% 46.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,931 4,925 8,428
10th Percentile £31,375 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,350 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.69%

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 4 January 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 10 (0.91%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.82%) Confluence
2 9 (0.82%) WordPress
3 8 (0.73%) JBoss
3 8 (0.73%) WebSphere
4 6 (0.55%) IIS
4 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.37%) Apache
6 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.091%) Drupal
7 1 (0.091%) nginx
7 1 (0.091%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 33 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.10%) InDesign
5 8 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.64%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.37%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.37%) Sketch
9 3 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.27%) Trello
10 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.091%) GIMP
11 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.091%) Revit
11 1 (0.091%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.28%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.73%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.091%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 228 (20.86%) Azure
2 217 (19.85%) AWS
3 105 (9.61%) GCP
4 61 (5.58%) GitHub
5 48 (4.39%) PaaS
6 38 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (3.20%) Serverless
8 32 (2.93%) Entra ID
9 29 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
11 26 (2.38%) IaaS
12 23 (2.10%) Power Platform
13 20 (1.83%) Figma
14 18 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
15 17 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (1.19%) Amazon S3
17 12 (1.10%) Azure App Service
17 12 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
18 11 (1.01%) Amazon SQS
18 11 (1.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (1.28%) Firewall
3 11 (1.01%) VPN
4 9 (0.82%) Unified Communications
5 7 (0.64%) BGP
5 7 (0.64%) DNS
5 7 (0.64%) LAN
5 7 (0.64%) Network Security
5 7 (0.64%) WAN
6 6 (0.55%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.46%) HTTP
7 5 (0.46%) MPLS
7 5 (0.46%) SSL
7 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.37%) IPsec
8 4 (0.37%) OSPF
8 4 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (7.32%) SQL Server
2 46 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (2.84%) Data Lake
4 23 (2.10%) MySQL
5 22 (2.01%) NoSQL
6 21 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (1.74%) Power BI
8 15 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (0.91%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.91%) Tableau
11 9 (0.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.73%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.73%) Data Mining
12 8 (0.73%) Data Vault
12 8 (0.73%) Looker
12 8 (0.73%) Redis
13 6 (0.55%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.55%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 37 (3.39%) Git
2 34 (3.11%) JIRA
3 19 (1.74%) TeamCity
4 9 (0.82%) Postman
4 9 (0.82%) Selenium
5 7 (0.64%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.55%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.46%) GitBook
7 5 (0.46%) git-flow
7 5 (0.46%) SoapUI
8 4 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.37%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.37%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.27%) Storybook
10 1 (0.091%) GitLab
10 1 (0.091%) MSTest
10 1 (0.091%) NUnit
10 1 (0.091%) Protractor
10 1 (0.091%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 352 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 245 (22.42%) Finance
3 178 (16.29%) Marketing
4 176 (16.10%) Retail
5 93 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
6 90 (8.23%) Law
7 70 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 63 (5.76%) Legal
9 57 (5.22%) Banking
10 56 (5.12%) Back Office
11 55 (5.03%) Financial Institution
12 50 (4.57%) Public Sector
13 27 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.83%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.28%) Automotive
16 14 (1.28%) French Language
16 14 (1.28%) Games
17 13 (1.19%) Billing
17 13 (1.19%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 155 (14.18%) Senior
2 142 (12.99%) Developer
3 118 (10.80%) Lead
4 64 (5.86%) Architect
5 52 (4.76%) Account Manager
6 50 (4.57%) Software Engineer
7 47 (4.30%) .NET Developer
8 43 (3.93%) 2nd Line Support
8 43 (3.93%) Account Executive
9 42 (3.84%) Software Developer
10 41 (3.75%) Analyst
11 38 (3.48%) Development Manager
12 35 (3.20%) Engineering Manager
13 34 (3.11%) Consultant
13 34 (3.11%) Product Manager
14 32 (2.93%) Lead Developer
15 31 (2.84%) .NET Software Developer
16 28 (2.56%) Data Engineer
16 28 (2.56%) Marketing Executive
16 28 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (12.90%) .NET
2 102 (9.33%) React
3 53 (4.85%) Node.js
4 46 (4.21%) REST
5 29 (2.65%) CSS
6 26 (2.38%) HTML
6 26 (2.38%) SOAP
7 25 (2.29%) RESTful
8 21 (1.92%) .NET Framework
9 18 (1.65%) Entity Framework
10 17 (1.56%) Kafka
10 17 (1.56%) Next.js
10 17 (1.56%) SAML
11 16 (1.46%) ASP.NET Web API
11 16 (1.46%) Spring
12 15 (1.37%) Razor View Engine
13 14 (1.28%) AngularJS
13 14 (1.28%) React Native
14 13 (1.19%) ASP.NET Web Forms
14 13 (1.19%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 157 (14.36%) Onboarding
2 71 (6.50%) Product Ownership
3 70 (6.40%) Cloud Native
4 31 (2.84%) Social Media
5 28 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 28 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.20%) Web Conferencing
7 23 (2.10%) Mobile App
8 20 (1.83%) Educational Technology
8 20 (1.83%) EPoS
9 16 (1.46%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
10 13 (1.19%) Life Science
11 11 (1.01%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.01%) NHS
12 10 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (0.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.20%) Windows
2 23 (2.10%) Android
2 23 (2.10%) Apple iOS
3 16 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.01%) Linux
5 1 (0.091%) Unix
5 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
2 219 (20.04%) Agile
3 200 (18.30%) AI
4 185 (16.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 183 (16.74%) Mentoring
6 182 (16.65%) Software Engineering
7 174 (15.92%) Roadmaps
8 161 (14.73%) CRM
9 136 (12.44%) DevOps
10 124 (11.34%) CI/CD
11 121 (11.07%) B2B
12 102 (9.33%) Microservices
13 92 (8.42%) Full-Stack Development
14 91 (8.33%) Analytics
15 90 (8.23%) Customer Service
16 84 (7.69%) Coaching
16 84 (7.69%) Decision-Making
17 83 (7.59%) ERP
18 82 (7.50%) Business Development
19 81 (7.41%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 195 (17.84%) SQL
2 136 (12.44%) C#
3 101 (9.24%) TypeScript
4 86 (7.87%) JavaScript
5 78 (7.14%) Python
6 46 (4.21%) Java
7 25 (2.29%) PHP
8 20 (1.83%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.28%) Bash
10 11 (1.01%) Go
11 10 (0.91%) Kotlin
12 8 (0.73%) Bicep
13 5 (0.46%) C
14 4 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.27%) Swift
16 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.091%) ABAP
17 1 (0.091%) Ruby
17 1 (0.091%) VB
Qualifications
1 95 (8.69%) Degree
2 26 (2.38%) ACCA
3 25 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (1.56%) Master's Degree
5 15 (1.37%) CISSP
6 12 (1.10%) Security Cleared
7 9 (0.82%) AWS Certification
7 9 (0.82%) CIMA
7 9 (0.82%) CRISC
8 8 (0.73%) CISM
9 7 (0.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 6 (0.55%) SC Cleared
11 5 (0.46%) CISA
11 5 (0.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.37%) CEH
12 4 (0.37%) CISMP
13 3 (0.27%) CIPD
13 3 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (7.96%) QA
2 52 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 26 (2.38%) SOC 2
4 22 (2.01%) GDPR
5 18 (1.65%) NIST
6 17 (1.56%) GRC
6 17 (1.56%) ISO 9001
7 16 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 13 (1.19%) SLA
9 9 (0.82%) GAAP
9 9 (0.82%) IFRS
10 8 (0.73%) WCAG
11 6 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.46%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.37%) Data Quality
13 4 (0.37%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.27%) PMO
15 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 30 (2.74%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.65%) Docker
3 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 68 (6.22%) Terraform
2 57 (5.22%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.65%) Grafana
4 17 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.82%) Ansible
6 6 (0.55%) Argo
7 4 (0.37%) Cilium
7 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.091%) CASB
8 1 (0.091%) Istio
8 1 (0.091%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.091%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.091%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 95 (8.69%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.67%) Salesforce
3 48 (4.39%) HubSpot
4 36 (3.29%) Adobe
5 33 (3.02%) Databricks
6 28 (2.56%) Google
7 24 (2.20%) Oracle
8 17 (1.56%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.46%) Cisco
10 15 (1.37%) Workday
11 13 (1.19%) Zoho
12 10 (0.91%) SAP
13 8 (0.73%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.64%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.46%) Pardot
16 4 (0.37%) Dynatrace
16 4 (0.37%) Facebook
16 4 (0.37%) Meraki
16 4 (0.37%) SolarWinds
16 4 (0.37%) Talend