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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 65 49
Rank change year-on-year +39 -16 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,325 778 1,600
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.12% 5.25% 4.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.75% 12.76% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,038 603 1,364
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,199 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

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 7,068 6,099 13,953
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.97% 41.17% 42.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,840 4,447 11,915
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £78,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,700 £97,500
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 16 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 37 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.06%) WordPress
4 12 (0.91%) CMS
5 10 (0.75%) Confluence
6 6 (0.45%) SAS
7 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.38%) JBoss
7 5 (0.38%) Moodle
7 5 (0.38%) Totara
7 5 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.075%) Apache
9 1 (0.075%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 23 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (0.53%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.15%) Trello
7 1 (0.075%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.075%) InDesign
7 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.21%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.075%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.075%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.075%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.075%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.075%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.075%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 226 (17.06%) AWS
2 215 (16.23%) Azure
3 83 (6.26%) GCP
4 66 (4.98%) Entra ID
5 63 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
6 47 (3.55%) Serverless
7 43 (3.25%) Power Platform
8 41 (3.09%) Amazon EKS
9 40 (3.02%) PaaS
10 35 (2.64%) GitHub
11 27 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (1.43%) IaaS
13 19 (1.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 18 (1.36%) Figma
15 16 (1.21%) AWS Direct Connect
15 16 (1.21%) Mimecast
16 12 (0.91%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (0.91%) Amazon S3
17 11 (0.83%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.19%) Firewall
2 20 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.36%) VPN
4 14 (1.06%) DNS
4 14 (1.06%) LAN
4 14 (1.06%) MPLS
4 14 (1.06%) WAN
5 13 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (0.98%) Cisco Firepower
5 13 (0.98%) Cisco ISE
5 13 (0.98%) IPsec
5 13 (0.98%) NetScaler
5 13 (0.98%) NX-OS
5 13 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 13 (0.98%) VXLAN
5 13 (0.98%) WLAN
6 12 (0.91%) BGP
7 10 (0.75%) SSL
8 9 (0.68%) OSPF
9 7 (0.53%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (4.68%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (2.04%) Power BI
4 19 (1.43%) Redis
5 18 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (1.36%) MySQL
6 13 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.68%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.53%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.53%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.38%) Big Data
11 4 (0.30%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.30%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.23%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.15%) Electronic Patient Records
13 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (3.47%) JIRA
2 35 (2.64%) TeamCity
3 32 (2.42%) Git
4 8 (0.60%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.60%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.45%) JMeter
6 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.38%) Locust
6 5 (0.38%) Postman
6 5 (0.38%) Selenium
7 4 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.30%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.23%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.23%) JUnit
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.15%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 305 (23.02%) Social Skills
2 297 (22.42%) Finance
3 233 (17.58%) Retail
4 216 (16.30%) Marketing
5 167 (12.60%) Law
6 153 (11.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 136 (10.26%) Banking
8 125 (9.43%) Back Office
9 114 (8.60%) Financial Institution
10 101 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
11 83 (6.26%) Legal
12 45 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (2.26%) Public Sector
15 28 (2.11%) Manufacturing
16 23 (1.74%) German Language
17 21 (1.58%) Advertising
18 19 (1.43%) Polish Language
19 17 (1.28%) Health Technology
20 15 (1.13%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 174 (13.13%) Senior
2 172 (12.98%) Developer
3 148 (11.17%) Lead
4 105 (7.92%) Software Engineer
5 87 (6.57%) Account Manager
6 86 (6.49%) Account Executive
7 70 (5.28%) Architect
8 69 (5.21%) Full-Stack Developer
9 63 (4.75%) Lead Developer
10 52 (3.92%) Support Engineer
11 43 (3.25%) Analyst
11 43 (3.25%) Sales Manager
12 42 (3.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 41 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
14 40 (3.02%) Consultant
15 35 (2.64%) Development Manager
15 35 (2.64%) Senior Software Engineer
16 34 (2.57%) C# Developer
17 33 (2.49%) .NET Software Engineer
18 32 (2.42%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (7.47%) .NET
2 77 (5.81%) Node.js
3 66 (4.98%) React
4 38 (2.87%) Vue
5 37 (2.79%) RESTful
6 35 (2.64%) REST
7 33 (2.49%) HTML
8 32 (2.42%) CSS
9 25 (1.89%) JSON
10 21 (1.58%) XML
11 17 (1.28%) React Native
11 17 (1.28%) Spring
12 15 (1.13%) GraphQL
13 14 (1.06%) .NET Core
13 14 (1.06%) NestJS
14 13 (0.98%) AngularJS
14 13 (0.98%) Kafka
14 13 (0.98%) Next.js
14 13 (0.98%) OAuth
15 12 (0.91%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 101 (7.62%) Onboarding
2 98 (7.40%) Cloud Native
3 76 (5.74%) Product Ownership
4 32 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (2.42%) Management Information System
5 30 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (2.11%) EPoS
7 27 (2.04%) Blog
8 22 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.58%) Data Centre
9 21 (1.58%) PropTech
10 19 (1.43%) Mobile App
11 16 (1.21%) Social Media
12 15 (1.13%) Client/Server
12 15 (1.13%) Data Structures
12 15 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
12 15 (1.13%) Web Conferencing
13 11 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (0.75%) Life Science
14 10 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 37 (2.79%) Windows
2 25 (1.89%) Apple iOS
3 24 (1.81%) Android
4 15 (1.13%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.83%) Linux
6 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.15%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (15.77%) AI
2 193 (14.57%) Software Engineering
3 180 (13.58%) B2B
4 178 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
5 170 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 153 (11.55%) CRM
7 148 (11.17%) Agile
8 142 (10.72%) Full-Stack Development
9 134 (10.11%) CI/CD
10 124 (9.36%) DevOps
11 116 (8.75%) Microservices
12 112 (8.45%) Business Development
12 112 (8.45%) Roadmaps
13 110 (8.30%) Fintech
14 96 (7.25%) Analytics
15 93 (7.02%) Mentoring
16 92 (6.94%) Decision-Making
17 78 (5.89%) SDLC
18 76 (5.74%) Project Management
19 70 (5.28%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 122 (9.21%) SQL
2 114 (8.60%) Python
3 87 (6.57%) Java
4 81 (6.11%) TypeScript
5 79 (5.96%) C#
6 60 (4.53%) JavaScript
7 36 (2.72%) PowerShell
8 26 (1.96%) PHP
9 25 (1.89%) Go
10 16 (1.21%) R
11 12 (0.91%) Bash
12 8 (0.60%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.23%) Bicep
13 3 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.23%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.23%) Swift
14 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.075%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.075%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 90 (6.79%) Degree
2 41 (3.09%) ACCA
3 29 (2.19%) CIMA
4 24 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.74%) CISSP
6 22 (1.66%) Security Cleared
7 17 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.06%) SC Cleared
9 12 (0.91%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.83%) CISA
11 10 (0.75%) CRISC
12 9 (0.68%) CISM
13 7 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.53%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.45%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.45%) MBA
15 4 (0.30%) CEH
15 4 (0.30%) ISACA
16 3 (0.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (3.32%) QA
3 33 (2.49%) GDPR
3 33 (2.49%) PCI DSS
4 31 (2.34%) SOC 2
5 29 (2.19%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.51%) IFRS
7 19 (1.43%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.06%) WCAG
10 12 (0.91%) NIST
10 12 (0.91%) SLA
11 11 (0.83%) PMO
12 10 (0.75%) GRC
13 8 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.45%) GAAP
15 5 (0.38%) COBIT
15 5 (0.38%) SOC 1
16 3 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 64 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 47 (3.55%) Docker
3 3 (0.23%) Firmware
3 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.075%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.075%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 89 (6.72%) Terraform
2 73 (5.51%) Kubernetes
3 42 (3.17%) Grafana
4 26 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.75%) Ansible
7 6 (0.45%) Argo
8 2 (0.15%) CASB
8 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.15%) Packer
8 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.075%) Graylog
9 1 (0.075%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.075%) QRadar
Vendors
1 113 (8.53%) Microsoft
2 49 (3.70%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.25%) HubSpot
4 37 (2.79%) Google
5 18 (1.36%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (1.21%) Pardot
7 16 (1.21%) Sage
7 16 (1.21%) Xero
8 15 (1.13%) Adobe
8 15 (1.13%) SAP
9 14 (1.06%) Cisco
10 13 (0.98%) CheckPoint
10 13 (0.98%) Dynatrace
10 13 (0.98%) Meraki
10 13 (0.98%) SolarWinds
11 11 (0.83%) Databricks
11 11 (0.83%) Oracle
12 9 (0.68%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.45%) Atlassian