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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 69 52
Rank change year-on-year +42 -17 -8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,368 721 1,580
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.18% 4.97% 4.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.79% 12.59% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,077 549 1,359
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,250
% change year-on-year - +7.88% -10.74%

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 7,282 5,726 14,080
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.21% 39.45% 42.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,004 4,116 11,977
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,272 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,085 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 27 May 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 39 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.10%) WordPress
4 13 (0.95%) CMS
5 10 (0.73%) Confluence
6 6 (0.44%) SAS
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.37%) JBoss
7 5 (0.37%) Moodle
7 5 (0.37%) Totara
7 5 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.073%) Apache
9 1 (0.073%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.073%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 24 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (0.58%) Photoshop
4 7 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.073%) InDesign
7 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.17%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.22%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.22%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.22%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.22%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 233 (17.03%) AWS
2 226 (16.52%) Azure
3 87 (6.36%) GCP
4 73 (5.34%) Entra ID
4 73 (5.34%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (3.51%) Power Platform
5 48 (3.51%) Serverless
6 45 (3.29%) PaaS
7 44 (3.22%) Amazon EKS
8 29 (2.12%) GitHub
9 28 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (1.61%) IaaS
11 21 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (1.46%) Figma
13 18 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 16 (1.17%) AWS Direct Connect
14 16 (1.17%) Mimecast
15 13 (0.95%) Amazon S3
16 12 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (0.88%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.12%) Firewall
2 22 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (1.46%) VPN
4 17 (1.24%) DNS
5 14 (1.02%) LAN
5 14 (1.02%) MPLS
5 14 (1.02%) WAN
6 13 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (0.95%) Cisco Firepower
6 13 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
6 13 (0.95%) IPsec
6 13 (0.95%) NetScaler
6 13 (0.95%) NX-OS
6 13 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 13 (0.95%) VXLAN
6 13 (0.95%) WLAN
7 12 (0.88%) BGP
8 10 (0.73%) SSL
9 9 (0.66%) OSPF
10 8 (0.58%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (2.05%) Power BI
4 18 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (1.32%) MySQL
5 16 (1.17%) Redis
6 12 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.44%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.37%) Big Data
10 5 (0.37%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.29%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.29%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.29%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 48 (3.51%) JIRA
2 37 (2.70%) TeamCity
3 31 (2.27%) Git
4 9 (0.66%) Claude Code
5 8 (0.58%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.44%) JMeter
7 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.37%) Locust
7 5 (0.37%) Postman
8 4 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.29%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.29%) Selenium
9 3 (0.22%) JUnit
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.15%) Eclipse
General
1 316 (23.10%) Social Skills
2 314 (22.95%) Finance
3 240 (17.54%) Retail
4 223 (16.30%) Marketing
5 175 (12.79%) Law
6 156 (11.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 139 (10.16%) Banking
8 127 (9.28%) Back Office
9 115 (8.41%) Financial Institution
10 108 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
11 89 (6.51%) Legal
12 46 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
13 39 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (2.41%) Public Sector
15 30 (2.19%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.75%) Advertising
16 24 (1.75%) German Language
17 19 (1.39%) Polish Language
18 18 (1.32%) Health Technology
19 16 (1.17%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 178 (13.01%) Senior
2 168 (12.28%) Developer
3 149 (10.89%) Lead
4 114 (8.33%) Software Engineer
5 91 (6.65%) Account Executive
6 87 (6.36%) Account Manager
7 72 (5.26%) Architect
8 70 (5.12%) Full-Stack Developer
9 61 (4.46%) Lead Developer
10 51 (3.73%) Support Engineer
11 45 (3.29%) Consultant
12 44 (3.22%) Analyst
13 41 (3.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 41 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
14 39 (2.85%) Sales Manager
15 37 (2.70%) .NET Software Engineer
16 36 (2.63%) C# Developer
17 34 (2.49%) .NET Developer
17 34 (2.49%) Senior Software Engineer
18 33 (2.41%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (7.09%) .NET
2 76 (5.56%) Node.js
3 64 (4.68%) React
4 40 (2.92%) Vue
5 38 (2.78%) RESTful
6 37 (2.70%) HTML
7 35 (2.56%) CSS
8 34 (2.49%) REST
9 26 (1.90%) JSON
10 21 (1.54%) XML
11 17 (1.24%) Spring
12 16 (1.17%) React Native
13 14 (1.02%) .NET Core
13 14 (1.02%) AngularJS
13 14 (1.02%) GraphQL
13 14 (1.02%) Next.js
13 14 (1.02%) OAuth
14 13 (0.95%) Kafka
14 13 (0.95%) NestJS
14 13 (0.95%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 106 (7.75%) Cloud Native
2 102 (7.46%) Onboarding
3 82 (5.99%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 33 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
6 32 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (2.05%) Blog
8 25 (1.83%) EPoS
9 23 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.61%) PropTech
11 21 (1.54%) Data Centre
12 18 (1.32%) Mobile App
12 18 (1.32%) Social Media
13 17 (1.24%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
15 15 (1.10%) Client/Server
15 15 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
16 11 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.80%) Learning Management System
17 10 (0.73%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 42 (3.07%) Windows
2 24 (1.75%) Apple iOS
3 23 (1.68%) Android
4 14 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.88%) Linux
6 8 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.15%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (15.94%) AI
2 192 (14.04%) Software Engineering
3 187 (13.67%) B2B
4 182 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 162 (11.84%) CRM
7 152 (11.11%) Agile
8 140 (10.23%) Full-Stack Development
9 137 (10.01%) CI/CD
10 132 (9.65%) DevOps
11 127 (9.28%) Roadmaps
12 123 (8.99%) Microservices
13 119 (8.70%) Business Development
14 113 (8.26%) Fintech
15 100 (7.31%) Decision-Making
16 98 (7.16%) Analytics
16 98 (7.16%) Mentoring
17 79 (5.77%) Stakeholder Management
18 76 (5.56%) SDLC
19 74 (5.41%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (8.55%) SQL
2 114 (8.33%) Python
3 89 (6.51%) Java
4 81 (5.92%) TypeScript
5 79 (5.77%) C#
6 65 (4.75%) JavaScript
7 39 (2.85%) PowerShell
8 25 (1.83%) Go
8 25 (1.83%) PHP
9 17 (1.24%) R
10 14 (1.02%) Bash
11 8 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.37%) Bicep
13 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.22%) Swift
14 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.15%) Ruby
15 1 (0.073%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 88 (6.43%) Degree
2 41 (3.00%) ACCA
3 29 (2.12%) CIMA
4 26 (1.90%) CISSP
5 25 (1.83%) Security Cleared
6 24 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (1.24%) SC Cleared
8 16 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 12 (0.88%) CISM
10 12 (0.88%) CRISC
10 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (0.80%) CISA
12 7 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.51%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.44%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.44%) MBA
14 4 (0.29%) CEH
14 4 (0.29%) ISACA
15 3 (0.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (3.14%) QA
3 41 (3.00%) GDPR
4 34 (2.49%) PCI DSS
5 32 (2.34%) SOC 2
6 31 (2.27%) Accessibility
7 21 (1.54%) Data Quality
8 20 (1.46%) IFRS
9 18 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (1.24%) NIST
11 15 (1.10%) WCAG
12 13 (0.95%) GRC
13 12 (0.88%) SLA
14 11 (0.80%) PMO
15 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 8 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.44%) GAAP
18 5 (0.37%) COBIT
18 5 (0.37%) SOC 1
19 3 (0.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 68 (4.97%) Active Directory
2 48 (3.51%) Docker
3 3 (0.22%) Firmware
3 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.073%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 95 (6.94%) Terraform
2 79 (5.77%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.36%) Grafana
4 26 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.73%) Ansible
7 7 (0.51%) Argo
8 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.15%) CASB
9 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.15%) Packer
9 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.073%) Graylog
10 1 (0.073%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.073%) QRadar
Vendors
1 130 (9.50%) Microsoft
2 52 (3.80%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.14%) HubSpot
4 39 (2.85%) Google
5 19 (1.39%) Sage
6 18 (1.32%) Adobe
6 18 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
8 16 (1.17%) Pardot
8 16 (1.17%) Xero
9 15 (1.10%) SAP
10 14 (1.02%) Cisco
11 13 (0.95%) CheckPoint
11 13 (0.95%) Dynatrace
11 13 (0.95%) Meraki
11 13 (0.95%) SolarWinds
12 12 (0.88%) Databricks
13 10 (0.73%) Oracle
14 9 (0.66%) Fortinet
15 6 (0.44%) Atlassian