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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 45 50
Rank change year-on-year +18 +5 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,165 934 1,459
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.38% 5.79% 5.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.02% 12.38% 11.72%
Number of salaries quoted 892 625 1,258
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% -8.89% -1.48%
75th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £92,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 5,818 7,543 12,447
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.86% 46.73% 46.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,037 4,795 10,878
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £36,206
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +10.17% -9.23%

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 1 February 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 17 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.29%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.20%) WordPress
4 11 (0.94%) JBoss
4 11 (0.94%) WebSphere
5 7 (0.60%) Confluence
6 6 (0.52%) CMS
6 6 (0.52%) IIS
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.17%) Apache
8 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.086%) Drupal
9 1 (0.086%) Moodle
9 1 (0.086%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.086%) Totara
Applications
1 33 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.03%) InDesign
5 11 (0.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.69%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.34%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.34%) Sketch
9 3 (0.26%) Trello
10 1 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.086%) GIMP
10 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.086%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.12%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.69%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.086%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.086%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 250 (21.46%) Azure
2 246 (21.12%) AWS
3 121 (10.39%) GCP
4 57 (4.89%) GitHub
5 46 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (3.78%) Entra ID
6 44 (3.78%) PaaS
7 39 (3.35%) Serverless
8 34 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (2.66%) Amazon EKS
10 26 (2.23%) IaaS
11 25 (2.15%) Figma
11 25 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
12 23 (1.97%) Power Platform
13 19 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (1.46%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 14 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
17 13 (1.12%) Amazon SQS
18 12 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.00%) Remote Desktop
2 22 (1.89%) Firewall
3 16 (1.37%) VPN
4 12 (1.03%) BGP
5 10 (0.86%) DNS
6 9 (0.77%) LAN
6 9 (0.77%) Unified Communications
6 9 (0.77%) WAN
6 9 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.69%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.69%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.60%) MPLS
8 7 (0.60%) Network Security
9 6 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.52%) DHCP
9 6 (0.52%) IPsec
9 6 (0.52%) NetScaler
9 6 (0.52%) OSPF
9 6 (0.52%) VLAN
9 6 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (7.21%) SQL Server
2 42 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (2.75%) Data Lake
4 27 (2.32%) MySQL
5 25 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (1.80%) NoSQL
7 18 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (1.37%) Power BI
9 10 (0.86%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.77%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.77%) Redis
11 8 (0.69%) Data Mining
11 8 (0.69%) Data Vault
12 7 (0.60%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.52%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.52%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.52%) Tableau
14 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (0.34%) Looker
Development Applications
1 35 (3.00%) JIRA
2 30 (2.58%) Git
3 29 (2.49%) TeamCity
4 9 (0.77%) Selenium
4 9 (0.77%) Visual Studio
5 8 (0.69%) Postman
6 6 (0.52%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.43%) GitBook
7 5 (0.43%) git-flow
8 4 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.34%) SoapUI
8 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.26%) Storybook
10 1 (0.086%) GitLab
10 1 (0.086%) MSTest
10 1 (0.086%) NUnit
10 1 (0.086%) Protractor
General
1 355 (30.47%) Social Skills
2 276 (23.69%) Finance
3 197 (16.91%) Retail
4 184 (15.79%) Marketing
5 116 (9.96%) Law
6 98 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 95 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
8 89 (7.64%) Banking
9 86 (7.38%) Financial Institution
10 83 (7.12%) Back Office
11 63 (5.41%) Legal
12 41 (3.52%) Public Sector
13 38 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
15 23 (1.97%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.37%) Health Technology
17 15 (1.29%) Polish Language
18 14 (1.20%) French Language
19 13 (1.12%) Billing
19 13 (1.12%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 192 (16.48%) Senior
2 153 (13.13%) Developer
3 133 (11.42%) Lead
4 68 (5.84%) Architect
5 64 (5.49%) Software Engineer
6 52 (4.46%) Account Manager
7 46 (3.95%) .NET Developer
8 45 (3.86%) Analyst
9 44 (3.78%) Account Executive
9 44 (3.78%) Lead Developer
10 41 (3.52%) Software Developer
11 39 (3.35%) 2nd Line Support
11 39 (3.35%) Development Manager
11 39 (3.35%) Support Engineer
12 37 (3.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 35 (3.00%) Engineering Manager
14 32 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
15 31 (2.66%) .NET Software Developer
15 31 (2.66%) Consultant
16 30 (2.58%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (12.96%) .NET
2 106 (9.10%) React
3 55 (4.72%) Node.js
4 48 (4.12%) REST
5 31 (2.66%) RESTful
6 30 (2.58%) CSS
7 27 (2.32%) HTML
7 27 (2.32%) SOAP
8 25 (2.15%) Spring
9 22 (1.89%) .NET Framework
10 21 (1.80%) React Native
11 18 (1.55%) Entity Framework
11 18 (1.55%) Next.js
12 17 (1.46%) Kafka
13 16 (1.37%) ASP.NET Web API
13 16 (1.37%) Middleware
14 15 (1.29%) AngularJS
14 15 (1.29%) Hibernate
14 15 (1.29%) Razor View Engine
15 14 (1.20%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 158 (13.56%) Onboarding
2 90 (7.73%) Cloud Native
3 79 (6.78%) Product Ownership
4 37 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (2.75%) Social Media
7 27 (2.32%) Management Information System
8 24 (2.06%) Web Conferencing
9 23 (1.97%) Mobile App
10 21 (1.80%) Data Centre
10 21 (1.80%) EPoS
11 18 (1.55%) Blog
11 18 (1.55%) Educational Technology
12 16 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
13 12 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (0.94%) DataPower
14 11 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (0.86%) Security Posture
16 8 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.69%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.66%) Windows
2 28 (2.40%) Android
2 28 (2.40%) Apple iOS
3 21 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.77%) Linux
5 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.17%) Unix
7 2 (0.17%) VMS
8 1 (0.086%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (18.71%) AI
2 216 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
3 207 (17.77%) Agile
4 203 (17.42%) Software Engineering
5 189 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 181 (15.54%) Mentoring
7 162 (13.91%) Roadmaps
8 161 (13.82%) CRM
9 145 (12.45%) CI/CD
10 136 (11.67%) DevOps
11 135 (11.59%) B2B
12 119 (10.21%) Microservices
13 106 (9.10%) Full-Stack Development
14 88 (7.55%) Analytics
15 87 (7.47%) Customer Service
16 84 (7.21%) Coaching
17 83 (7.12%) Fintech
18 81 (6.95%) Decision-Making
19 79 (6.78%) Business Development
20 76 (6.52%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 192 (16.48%) SQL
2 128 (10.99%) C#
3 106 (9.10%) TypeScript
4 88 (7.55%) JavaScript
4 88 (7.55%) Python
5 71 (6.09%) Java
6 27 (2.32%) PowerShell
7 26 (2.23%) PHP
8 14 (1.20%) Bash
8 14 (1.20%) Go
9 10 (0.86%) Kotlin
10 9 (0.77%) Bicep
11 6 (0.52%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.34%) R
13 3 (0.26%) Swift
14 2 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.086%) ABAP
15 1 (0.086%) C
15 1 (0.086%) Ruby
15 1 (0.086%) VB
Qualifications
1 96 (8.24%) Degree
2 22 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (1.72%) Master's Degree
4 18 (1.55%) Security Cleared
5 16 (1.37%) CISSP
6 13 (1.12%) ACCA
7 12 (1.03%) SC Cleared
8 11 (0.94%) CRISC
9 9 (0.77%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.69%) CIMA
10 8 (0.69%) CISA
10 8 (0.69%) CISM
11 6 (0.52%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.34%) CEH
13 4 (0.34%) CISMP
13 4 (0.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (7.30%) QA
2 59 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.18%) SOC 2
4 24 (2.06%) PCI DSS
5 23 (1.97%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.72%) GDPR
6 20 (1.72%) GRC
7 18 (1.55%) NIST
8 13 (1.12%) ISO 9001
8 13 (1.12%) SLA
9 10 (0.86%) WCAG
10 9 (0.77%) Data Quality
10 9 (0.77%) IFRS
11 8 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.52%) PMO
13 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.34%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.26%) GAAP
15 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (3.78%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.09%) Docker
3 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.086%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 88 (7.55%) Terraform
2 67 (5.75%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.40%) Grafana
4 13 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (0.86%) Ansible
7 8 (0.69%) Argo
8 4 (0.34%) Cilium
9 2 (0.17%) Packer
10 1 (0.086%) CASB
10 1 (0.086%) Istio
10 1 (0.086%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.086%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.086%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 102 (8.76%) Microsoft
2 63 (5.41%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.69%) HubSpot
4 37 (3.18%) Adobe
5 34 (2.92%) Databricks
6 30 (2.58%) Google
7 24 (2.06%) Oracle
8 21 (1.80%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.55%) Cisco
10 15 (1.29%) Workday
11 12 (1.03%) Pardot
12 11 (0.94%) SAP
13 9 (0.77%) Zoho
14 8 (0.69%) MuleSoft
15 7 (0.60%) Sage
16 6 (0.52%) CheckPoint
16 6 (0.52%) Dynatrace
16 6 (0.52%) Fortinet
16 6 (0.52%) Meraki
16 6 (0.52%) SolarWinds