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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 72 50
Rank change year-on-year +44 -22 -8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,502 789 1,470
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.04% 4.77% 4.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.05% 12.76% 11.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,153 605 1,240
10th Percentile £35,500 £32,700 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,250 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,000 £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 8,320 6,185 13,293
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.97% 37.40% 41.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5,942 4,559 10,942
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £35,775
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 £84,500 £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 13 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 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 54 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.93%) CMS
3 14 (0.93%) WordPress
4 12 (0.80%) Confluence
5 6 (0.40%) SAS
6 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.33%) Moodle
6 5 (0.33%) Totara
7 4 (0.27%) 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 (0.067%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.067%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 26 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (0.53%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.27%) 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 (0.067%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 22 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.93%) 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 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 288 (19.17%) Azure
2 270 (17.98%) AWS
3 108 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
4 99 (6.59%) Entra ID
5 88 (5.86%) GCP
6 60 (3.99%) Power Platform
7 57 (3.79%) PaaS
8 54 (3.60%) Amazon EKS
9 49 (3.26%) Serverless
10 35 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (1.86%) IaaS
12 27 (1.80%) Mimecast
13 24 (1.60%) Snowflake
14 20 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
14 20 (1.33%) GitHub
15 18 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (1.20%) Figma
15 18 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
16 17 (1.13%) Azure Functions
17 16 (1.07%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.60%) Firewall
2 19 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (1.07%) VPN
4 14 (0.93%) DNS
5 10 (0.67%) Broadband
5 10 (0.67%) LAN
5 10 (0.67%) WAN
6 9 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (0.60%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
6 9 (0.60%) DHCP
6 9 (0.60%) IPsec
6 9 (0.60%) MPLS
6 9 (0.60%) NetScaler
6 9 (0.60%) NX-OS
6 9 (0.60%) SD-WAN
6 9 (0.60%) VXLAN
6 9 (0.60%) WLAN
7 8 (0.53%) BGP
8 7 (0.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (3.99%) SQL Server
2 39 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (2.33%) Power BI
4 30 (2.00%) Redis
5 26 (1.73%) MySQL
6 14 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.40%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.33%) Big Data
11 5 (0.33%) Delta Lake
11 5 (0.33%) MariaDB
11 5 (0.33%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.27%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
13 3 (0.20%) Metadata
13 3 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 81 (5.39%) JIRA
2 42 (2.80%) TeamCity
3 33 (2.20%) Git
4 10 (0.67%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.40%) JMeter
5 6 (0.40%) Selenium
6 5 (0.33%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.33%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.33%) Locust
7 4 (0.27%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.27%) GitLab
7 4 (0.27%) Postman
7 4 (0.27%) 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%) MSI
9 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 392 (26.10%) Social Skills
2 353 (23.50%) Finance
3 234 (15.58%) Retail
4 224 (14.91%) Law
5 199 (13.25%) Marketing
6 162 (10.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 139 (9.25%) Banking
7 139 (9.25%) Legal
8 130 (8.66%) Back Office
9 129 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
10 108 (7.19%) Financial Institution
11 61 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
12 45 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (2.06%) Advertising
14 27 (1.80%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.60%) Public Sector
16 22 (1.46%) German Language
17 21 (1.40%) Health Technology
17 21 (1.40%) Polish Language
18 20 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 199 (13.25%) Lead
2 198 (13.18%) Senior
3 158 (10.52%) Developer
4 112 (7.46%) Software Engineer
5 94 (6.26%) Account Executive
6 82 (5.46%) Architect
7 80 (5.33%) Full-Stack Developer
8 76 (5.06%) Account Manager
9 71 (4.73%) Consultant
10 67 (4.46%) Lead Developer
11 60 (3.99%) Support Engineer
12 54 (3.60%) Analyst
13 51 (3.40%) Senior Manager
14 48 (3.20%) Software Developer
15 44 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
16 43 (2.86%) Service Manager
17 42 (2.80%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
17 42 (2.80%) Lead Software Developer
18 41 (2.73%) IT Manager
19 40 (2.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (6.46%) Node.js
2 85 (5.66%) .NET
3 58 (3.86%) React
4 53 (3.53%) Vue
5 38 (2.53%) RESTful
6 37 (2.46%) REST
7 36 (2.40%) CSS
8 35 (2.33%) HTML
8 35 (2.33%) Middleware
9 25 (1.66%) JSON
10 19 (1.26%) XML
11 16 (1.07%) AngularJS
12 15 (1.00%) OAuth
13 14 (0.93%) NestJS
13 14 (0.93%) Next.js
14 13 (0.87%) .NET Core
15 12 (0.80%) GraphQL
15 12 (0.80%) Spring
16 11 (0.73%) ASP.NET
16 11 (0.73%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.46%) Cloud Native
2 108 (7.19%) Onboarding
3 90 (5.99%) Product Ownership
4 47 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
5 41 (2.73%) Management Information System
6 36 (2.40%) Virtual Team
7 33 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
10 26 (1.73%) Blog
11 23 (1.53%) Social Media
11 23 (1.53%) Web Conferencing
12 22 (1.46%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.46%) PropTech
13 17 (1.13%) Client/Server
14 16 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.07%) Data Centre
14 16 (1.07%) Driving Licence
14 16 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
15 14 (0.93%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 49 (3.26%) Windows
2 19 (1.26%) Linux
3 15 (1.00%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.80%) Android
6 9 (0.60%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.20%) Debian
8 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.20%) Unix
9 2 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (16.31%) AI
2 226 (15.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 219 (14.58%) Software Engineering
4 209 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
5 208 (13.85%) B2B
6 201 (13.38%) Agile
6 201 (13.38%) DevOps
7 178 (11.85%) CRM
8 163 (10.85%) CI/CD
9 151 (10.05%) Full-Stack Development
10 149 (9.92%) Roadmaps
11 145 (9.65%) Microservices
12 139 (9.25%) Mentoring
13 124 (8.26%) Test Automation
14 122 (8.12%) Business Development
14 122 (8.12%) Decision-Making
15 112 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
16 106 (7.06%) Fintech
17 99 (6.59%) Analytics
18 97 (6.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 143 (9.52%) Python
2 132 (8.79%) TypeScript
3 130 (8.66%) SQL
4 115 (7.66%) JavaScript
5 104 (6.92%) C#
6 90 (5.99%) Java
7 68 (4.53%) PowerShell
8 31 (2.06%) PHP
9 28 (1.86%) R
10 25 (1.66%) Go
11 14 (0.93%) Bash
12 10 (0.67%) Bicep
12 10 (0.67%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.47%) 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 (0.067%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.067%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 103 (6.86%) Degree
2 63 (4.19%) CISSP
3 50 (3.33%) CISM
4 45 (3.00%) ACCA
5 36 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (2.26%) Security Cleared
7 32 (2.13%) CIMA
8 29 (1.93%) ITIL Certification
9 23 (1.53%) CRISC
10 22 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.46%) SC Cleared
11 19 (1.26%) CISA
12 15 (1.00%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.87%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.53%) ISACA
15 7 (0.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 7 (0.47%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.40%) MBA
17 5 (0.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (5.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (5.46%) QA
3 65 (4.33%) GDPR
4 58 (3.86%) NIST
5 41 (2.73%) PCI DSS
6 35 (2.33%) SOC 2
7 29 (1.93%) ISO 22301
8 27 (1.80%) Accessibility
9 26 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
10 23 (1.53%) Data Quality
11 22 (1.46%) IFRS
12 20 (1.33%) GRC
13 13 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 13 (0.87%) SLA
14 11 (0.73%) PMO
15 10 (0.67%) COBIT
16 9 (0.60%) SOC 1
16 9 (0.60%) WCAG
17 8 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
18 7 (0.47%) GAAP
System Software
1 84 (5.59%) Active Directory
2 41 (2.73%) Docker
3 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.20%) Firmware
5 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.067%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 97 (6.46%) Terraform
2 77 (5.13%) Kubernetes
3 52 (3.46%) Grafana
4 38 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.67%) Ansible
7 5 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.20%) Argo
8 3 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.20%) Packer
9 2 (0.13%) CASB
9 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.067%) Graylog
10 1 (0.067%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.067%) QRadar
Vendors
1 194 (12.92%) Microsoft
2 57 (3.79%) HubSpot
3 52 (3.46%) Salesforce
4 38 (2.53%) Google
5 28 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (1.33%) Sage
7 18 (1.20%) Adobe
8 17 (1.13%) Oracle
9 16 (1.07%) Xero
10 15 (1.00%) Databricks
11 14 (0.93%) Pardot
11 14 (0.93%) SAP
11 14 (0.93%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.67%) Cisco
13 9 (0.60%) CheckPoint
13 9 (0.60%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.60%) Meraki
13 9 (0.60%) SolarWinds
14 7 (0.47%) Workday
15 6 (0.40%) Atlassian