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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 71 51
Rank change year-on-year +44 -20 -8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,532 791 1,467
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.18% 4.80% 4.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.37% 12.87% 11.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,156 607 1,239
10th Percentile £35,500 £33,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £49,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,125 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 8,338 6,144 13,285
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.06% 37.26% 41.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5,920 4,533 10,941
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 15 July 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 57 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 53 (3.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.91%) CMS
3 14 (0.91%) WordPress
4 13 (0.85%) Confluence
5 6 (0.39%) SAS
6 5 (0.33%) Moodle
6 5 (0.33%) Totara
7 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.26%) IIS
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.13%) JBoss
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.065%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.065%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 25 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (0.52%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.39%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
9 1 (0.065%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 22 (1.44%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.20%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.20%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.20%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.20%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.20%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
4 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.065%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.065%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 300 (19.58%) Azure
2 285 (18.60%) AWS
3 106 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
4 97 (6.33%) Entra ID
5 87 (5.68%) GCP
6 60 (3.92%) Power Platform
7 56 (3.66%) PaaS
8 54 (3.52%) Amazon EKS
9 51 (3.33%) Serverless
10 35 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (1.76%) IaaS
11 27 (1.76%) Mimecast
12 24 (1.57%) Snowflake
13 20 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (1.31%) Figma
14 19 (1.24%) GitHub
15 18 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
16 17 (1.11%) Azure Functions
17 16 (1.04%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.37%) Firewall
2 17 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (0.98%) VPN
4 13 (0.85%) DNS
5 10 (0.65%) Broadband
6 9 (0.59%) LAN
6 9 (0.59%) WAN
7 8 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (0.52%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (0.52%) DHCP
7 8 (0.52%) IPsec
7 8 (0.52%) MPLS
7 8 (0.52%) NetScaler
7 8 (0.52%) NX-OS
7 8 (0.52%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.52%) VXLAN
7 8 (0.52%) WLAN
8 7 (0.46%) BGP
8 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (3.79%) SQL Server
2 41 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (2.28%) Power BI
4 30 (1.96%) Redis
5 26 (1.70%) MySQL
6 14 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.39%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.33%) Big Data
10 5 (0.33%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.33%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.33%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.26%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.26%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.20%) Metadata
12 3 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 83 (5.42%) JIRA
2 42 (2.74%) TeamCity
3 35 (2.28%) Git
4 10 (0.65%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.39%) Cypress.io
5 6 (0.39%) JMeter
6 5 (0.33%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.33%) GitLab
6 5 (0.33%) Locust
6 5 (0.33%) Selenium
7 4 (0.26%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.26%) Postman
7 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.20%) JUnit
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 408 (26.63%) Social Skills
2 350 (22.85%) Finance
3 233 (15.21%) Retail
4 222 (14.49%) Law
5 200 (13.05%) Marketing
6 163 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 152 (9.92%) Legal
8 137 (8.94%) Banking
9 129 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
10 128 (8.36%) Back Office
11 106 (6.92%) Financial Institution
12 61 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
13 45 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.02%) Advertising
15 27 (1.76%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.63%) Public Sector
17 22 (1.44%) German Language
17 22 (1.44%) Health Technology
18 21 (1.37%) Polish Language
19 20 (1.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 211 (13.77%) Senior
2 197 (12.86%) Lead
3 160 (10.44%) Developer
4 111 (7.25%) Software Engineer
5 95 (6.20%) Account Executive
6 83 (5.42%) Architect
7 80 (5.22%) Full-Stack Developer
8 76 (4.96%) Account Manager
9 72 (4.70%) Consultant
10 66 (4.31%) Lead Developer
11 62 (4.05%) Senior Manager
12 58 (3.79%) Service Manager
12 58 (3.79%) Support Engineer
13 56 (3.66%) IT Manager
14 55 (3.59%) Analyst
15 48 (3.13%) Software Developer
16 45 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
17 44 (2.87%) IT Services Manager
17 44 (2.87%) Resilience Manager
18 42 (2.74%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (6.40%) Node.js
2 83 (5.42%) .NET
3 63 (4.11%) React
4 53 (3.46%) Vue
5 50 (3.26%) Middleware
6 40 (2.61%) RESTful
7 39 (2.55%) REST
8 36 (2.35%) CSS
9 35 (2.28%) HTML
10 25 (1.63%) JSON
11 19 (1.24%) XML
12 16 (1.04%) Next.js
12 16 (1.04%) OAuth
13 15 (0.98%) AngularJS
14 14 (0.91%) NestJS
15 13 (0.85%) Spring
16 12 (0.78%) .NET Core
16 12 (0.78%) GraphQL
16 12 (0.78%) Laravel
17 11 (0.72%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 126 (8.22%) Cloud Native
2 109 (7.11%) Onboarding
3 90 (5.87%) Product Ownership
4 48 (3.13%) Virtual Team
5 46 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
6 44 (2.87%) Cyber Threat
7 40 (2.61%) Management Information System
8 33 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.63%) Blog
11 23 (1.50%) Social Media
11 23 (1.50%) Web Conferencing
12 22 (1.44%) Data Structures
13 20 (1.31%) PropTech
14 17 (1.11%) Client/Server
15 16 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
15 16 (1.04%) Driving Licence
15 16 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
16 14 (0.91%) Data Centre
16 14 (0.91%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.07%) Windows
2 18 (1.17%) Linux
3 14 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.78%) Android
6 9 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.20%) Debian
8 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.13%) Unix
9 2 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (16.06%) AI
2 236 (15.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 229 (14.95%) Software Engineering
4 228 (14.88%) DevOps
5 216 (14.10%) Agile
6 212 (13.84%) B2B
7 211 (13.77%) Problem-Solving
8 178 (11.62%) CRM
9 164 (10.70%) CI/CD
10 152 (9.92%) Mentoring
10 152 (9.92%) Test Automation
11 151 (9.86%) Full-Stack Development
12 149 (9.73%) Roadmaps
13 146 (9.53%) Microservices
14 125 (8.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 123 (8.03%) Decision-Making
16 122 (7.96%) Business Development
17 115 (7.51%) Stakeholder Management
18 106 (6.92%) Fintech
19 102 (6.66%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 156 (10.18%) Python
2 147 (9.60%) TypeScript
3 130 (8.49%) JavaScript
4 129 (8.42%) SQL
5 115 (7.51%) C#
6 89 (5.81%) Java
7 80 (5.22%) PowerShell
8 32 (2.09%) PHP
9 28 (1.83%) R
10 25 (1.63%) Go
11 14 (0.91%) Bash
12 10 (0.65%) Bicep
12 10 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.46%) Ruby
14 5 (0.33%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.20%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.20%) Swift
16 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.065%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.065%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 103 (6.72%) Degree
2 78 (5.09%) CISSP
3 65 (4.24%) CISM
4 45 (2.94%) ACCA
5 44 (2.87%) ITIL Certification
6 36 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (2.15%) Security Cleared
8 32 (2.09%) CIMA
9 23 (1.50%) CRISC
10 21 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (1.37%) SC Cleared
11 19 (1.24%) CISA
12 14 (0.91%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.85%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.52%) ISACA
14 8 (0.52%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 6 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.39%) MBA
17 5 (0.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (6.33%) QA
2 90 (5.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (4.77%) NIST
4 66 (4.31%) GDPR
5 44 (2.87%) ISO 22301
6 41 (2.68%) PCI DSS
7 34 (2.22%) SOC 2
8 28 (1.83%) Accessibility
9 26 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 23 (1.50%) Data Quality
11 22 (1.44%) IFRS
12 20 (1.31%) GRC
13 14 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.85%) SLA
15 11 (0.72%) PMO
16 10 (0.65%) COBIT
17 9 (0.59%) SOC 1
17 9 (0.59%) WCAG
18 8 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
19 7 (0.46%) GAAP
System Software
1 82 (5.35%) Active Directory
2 42 (2.74%) Docker
3 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.20%) Firmware
5 1 (0.065%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.065%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 98 (6.40%) Terraform
2 76 (4.96%) Kubernetes
3 53 (3.46%) Grafana
4 37 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.65%) Ansible
7 6 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.20%) Argo
8 3 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.13%) CASB
9 2 (0.13%) Packer
9 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.065%) Graylog
10 1 (0.065%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.065%) QRadar
Vendors
1 194 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 57 (3.72%) HubSpot
3 52 (3.39%) Salesforce
4 38 (2.48%) Google
5 28 (1.83%) CrowdStrike
6 19 (1.24%) Sage
7 18 (1.17%) Adobe
8 17 (1.11%) Oracle
9 16 (1.04%) Xero
10 15 (0.98%) Databricks
11 14 (0.91%) Pardot
11 14 (0.91%) SAP
12 13 (0.85%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.59%) Cisco
14 8 (0.52%) CheckPoint
14 8 (0.52%) Dynatrace
14 8 (0.52%) Meraki
14 8 (0.52%) SolarWinds
14 8 (0.52%) Workday
15 6 (0.39%) Atlassian