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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 57 57
Rank change year-on-year +27 0 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,687 858 992
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.86% 5.31% 4.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.26% 14.95% 10.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 664 682
10th Percentile £35,350 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
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 8,761 5,740 9,259
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.62% 35.52% 41.06%
Number of salaries quoted 6,440 4,121 6,329
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £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 £86,250
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 23 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 74 (4.39%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.83%) Confluence
4 12 (0.71%) CMS
5 9 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.47%) Apache
6 8 (0.47%) WordPress
7 7 (0.41%) IIS
8 6 (0.36%) SAS
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.059%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.059%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.059%) Moodle
11 1 (0.059%) Totara
Applications
1 26 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.36%) 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 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (0.95%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.71%) 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%) Maximo
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 (0.059%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 332 (19.68%) AWS
2 323 (19.15%) Azure
3 118 (6.99%) GCP
4 105 (6.22%) Microsoft 365
5 86 (5.10%) Entra ID
6 70 (4.15%) Power Platform
7 69 (4.09%) Amazon EKS
8 59 (3.50%) PaaS
9 48 (2.85%) Serverless
10 44 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
11 37 (2.19%) GitHub
12 34 (2.02%) IaaS
13 32 (1.90%) Snowflake
14 30 (1.78%) Mimecast
15 27 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
16 26 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
17 25 (1.48%) Power Automate
18 22 (1.30%) Figma
19 21 (1.24%) PowerApps
20 19 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.83%) VPN
2 12 (0.71%) DNS
3 11 (0.65%) Network Security
4 10 (0.59%) AMQP
4 10 (0.59%) Broadband
4 10 (0.59%) SMS
5 9 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (0.47%) DHCP
6 8 (0.47%) Firewall
6 8 (0.47%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.36%) 5G
8 5 (0.30%) Internet
8 5 (0.30%) VoIP
8 5 (0.30%) WAN
9 4 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (0.24%) IPsec
9 4 (0.24%) LAN
9 4 (0.24%) MPLS
9 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.20%) SQL Server
2 50 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (2.19%) Power BI
4 35 (2.07%) Redis
5 20 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (0.95%) MySQL
7 14 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (0.71%) Big Data
9 10 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.47%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.36%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.36%) Looker
11 6 (0.36%) Metadata
11 6 (0.36%) Tableau
12 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
12 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
13 4 (0.24%) Metabase
13 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 96 (5.69%) JIRA
2 61 (3.62%) TeamCity
3 42 (2.49%) Git
4 13 (0.77%) Cypress.io
5 12 (0.71%) Selenium
6 11 (0.65%) GitLab
7 7 (0.41%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
8 6 (0.36%) Postman
9 5 (0.30%) Poetry
9 5 (0.30%) Storybook
10 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.24%) JUnit
11 3 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.12%) JMeter
12 2 (0.12%) MSI
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.059%) Cucumber
General
1 454 (26.91%) Social Skills
2 400 (23.71%) Finance
3 242 (14.34%) Retail
4 238 (14.11%) Marketing
5 228 (13.52%) Law
6 207 (12.27%) Legal
7 163 (9.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 130 (7.71%) Banking
9 128 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
10 125 (7.41%) Back Office
11 112 (6.64%) Financial Institution
12 66 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
13 64 (3.79%) Public Sector
14 58 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
15 36 (2.13%) Manufacturing
16 30 (1.78%) German Language
17 27 (1.60%) Health Technology
18 25 (1.48%) French Language
18 25 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
19 24 (1.42%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 232 (13.75%) Lead
2 225 (13.34%) Senior
3 165 (9.78%) Developer
4 115 (6.82%) Account Executive
5 112 (6.64%) Software Engineer
6 109 (6.46%) Architect
7 90 (5.33%) Full-Stack Developer
8 80 (4.74%) Consultant
9 79 (4.68%) Analyst
10 75 (4.45%) Software Developer
11 73 (4.33%) Lead Developer
12 67 (3.97%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
12 67 (3.97%) Senior Manager
13 66 (3.91%) Account Manager
13 66 (3.91%) Lead Software Developer
14 62 (3.68%) IT Manager
15 57 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
16 49 (2.90%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.85%) Resilience Manager
17 48 (2.85%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (7.59%) Terraform
2 124 (7.35%) Node.js
3 87 (5.16%) .NET
4 66 (3.91%) React
5 60 (3.56%) Middleware
6 54 (3.20%) REST
6 54 (3.20%) Vue
7 38 (2.25%) RESTful
8 27 (1.60%) CSS
9 23 (1.36%) OAuth
10 22 (1.30%) HTML
10 22 (1.30%) Next.js
11 20 (1.19%) OpenID
12 18 (1.07%) NestJS
13 17 (1.01%) OAuth2
14 16 (0.95%) OpenAPI
14 16 (0.95%) Spring
14 16 (0.95%) Spring Boot
14 16 (0.95%) Swagger
15 15 (0.89%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 128 (7.59%) Cloud Native
2 117 (6.94%) Product Ownership
3 104 (6.16%) Onboarding
4 66 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.68%) Virtual Team
6 51 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
7 50 (2.96%) Management Information System
8 48 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
9 37 (2.19%) Web Conferencing
10 34 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.36%) Social Media
12 20 (1.19%) AI Agents
13 18 (1.07%) Data Structures
13 18 (1.07%) Driving Licence
14 17 (1.01%) PropTech
15 16 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
16 14 (0.83%) Client/Server
16 14 (0.83%) Clustering
16 14 (0.83%) Educational Technology
16 14 (0.83%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.31%) Windows
2 24 (1.42%) Linux
3 16 (0.95%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.71%) Android
6 5 (0.30%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.059%) Unix
9 1 (0.059%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (18.67%) AI
2 269 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
2 269 (15.95%) DevOps
3 265 (15.71%) B2B
4 256 (15.17%) Software Engineering
5 243 (14.40%) Agile
6 221 (13.10%) CRM
7 207 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
8 198 (11.74%) Mentoring
9 196 (11.62%) Test Automation
10 193 (11.44%) CI/CD
11 177 (10.49%) Stakeholder Management
12 169 (10.02%) Roadmaps
13 168 (9.96%) Decision-Making
14 158 (9.37%) Business Development
15 157 (9.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 156 (9.25%) Microservices
17 153 (9.07%) Full-Stack Development
18 142 (8.42%) Project Delivery
19 137 (8.12%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 195 (11.56%) TypeScript
2 175 (10.37%) JavaScript
3 158 (9.37%) Python
4 149 (8.83%) C#
5 146 (8.65%) SQL
6 105 (6.22%) Java
7 84 (4.98%) PowerShell
8 33 (1.96%) R
9 26 (1.54%) PHP
10 25 (1.48%) Go
11 17 (1.01%) Bash
12 15 (0.89%) Bicep
13 9 (0.53%) Ruby
14 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.24%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.24%) SOQL
15 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
16 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.18%) Swift
Qualifications
1 87 (5.16%) Degree
2 77 (4.56%) CISSP
3 71 (4.21%) CISM
4 56 (3.32%) ITIL Certification
5 43 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (2.19%) ACCA
7 31 (1.84%) CIMA
8 30 (1.78%) Security Cleared
9 20 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.13%) CRISC
11 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (0.89%) SC Cleared
13 14 (0.83%) CISA
14 8 (0.47%) ISACA
15 7 (0.41%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
16 6 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (7.53%) QA
2 85 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 75 (4.45%) NIST
4 73 (4.33%) GDPR
5 48 (2.85%) ISO 22301
6 31 (1.84%) Data Quality
7 30 (1.78%) PCI DSS
8 27 (1.60%) SOC 2
9 26 (1.54%) Accessibility
10 23 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 20 (1.19%) GRC
12 18 (1.07%) SLA
13 14 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.77%) IFRS
15 9 (0.53%) COBIT
16 8 (0.47%) SOC 1
17 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
18 5 (0.30%) GAAP
18 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
System Software
1 66 (3.91%) Active Directory
2 58 (3.44%) Docker
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 97 (5.75%) Kubernetes
2 74 (4.39%) Grafana
3 36 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (1.13%) Ansible
5 16 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.59%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.059%) CASB
10 1 (0.059%) Cilium
10 1 (0.059%) Kibana
10 1 (0.059%) Packer
10 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.059%) Puppet
10 1 (0.059%) QRadar
Vendors
1 240 (14.23%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.51%) HubSpot
3 82 (4.86%) Salesforce
4 54 (3.20%) Google
5 35 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
6 26 (1.54%) Sage
7 20 (1.19%) Databricks
8 17 (1.01%) Adobe
9 16 (0.95%) SAP
10 13 (0.77%) Workday
11 11 (0.65%) Oracle
11 11 (0.65%) Xero
12 10 (0.59%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.53%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.53%) Splunk
14 7 (0.41%) Facebook
14 7 (0.41%) Instagram
14 7 (0.41%) TikTok
14 7 (0.41%) YouTube
15 5 (0.30%) Freshdesk