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 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 61 61
Rank change year-on-year +31 0 -13
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,643 819 974
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.97% 5.09% 4.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.85% 14.29% 10.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,267 622 712
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,325 £38,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £49,944
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year - +6.20% -5.84%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,625 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -10.45%

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 8,715 5,730 9,399
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.95% 35.61% 40.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6,383 4,143 6,796
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

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 8 September 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 76 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.79%) Confluence
4 9 (0.55%) CMS
5 7 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.43%) IIS
6 6 (0.37%) Apache
6 6 (0.37%) SAS
7 5 (0.30%) WordPress
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.061%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.061%) Moodle
9 1 (0.061%) Totara
Applications
1 27 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.30%) Moqups
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) Trello
7 1 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (1.22%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.18%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.061%) Shopify
5 1 (0.061%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 318 (19.35%) AWS
2 307 (18.69%) Azure
3 103 (6.27%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (5.96%) GCP
5 86 (5.23%) Entra ID
6 65 (3.96%) Power Platform
7 59 (3.59%) PaaS
8 53 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
9 45 (2.74%) Serverless
10 35 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (2.07%) IaaS
12 32 (1.95%) Mimecast
13 29 (1.77%) Snowflake
14 28 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
14 28 (1.70%) GitHub
15 27 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
16 21 (1.28%) Figma
16 21 (1.28%) PowerApps
17 19 (1.16%) Power Automate
18 18 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.79%) DNS
2 11 (0.67%) VPN
3 10 (0.61%) Broadband
4 9 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.49%) AMQP
5 8 (0.49%) DHCP
5 8 (0.49%) SMS
6 7 (0.43%) Firewall
6 7 (0.43%) Network Security
7 6 (0.37%) 5G
8 5 (0.30%) SSL
8 5 (0.30%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.30%) WAN
9 4 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (0.24%) IPsec
9 4 (0.24%) LAN
9 4 (0.24%) NetScaler
9 4 (0.24%) VoIP
9 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.04%) SQL Server
2 45 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (2.13%) Power BI
4 33 (2.01%) Redis
5 19 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.16%) MySQL
6 14 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.37%) Big Data
9 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
9 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.30%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.30%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.24%) Metadata
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.24%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.24%) Tableau
11 2 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 98 (5.96%) JIRA
2 45 (2.74%) TeamCity
3 41 (2.50%) Git
4 12 (0.73%) Cypress.io
5 11 (0.67%) GitLab
5 11 (0.67%) Selenium
6 9 (0.55%) Claude Code
7 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.30%) Poetry
8 5 (0.30%) Postman
8 5 (0.30%) Storybook
9 4 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.18%) JMeter
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.12%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.12%) JUnit
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 442 (26.90%) Social Skills
2 362 (22.03%) Finance
3 227 (13.82%) Marketing
4 220 (13.39%) Retail
5 209 (12.72%) Law
6 200 (12.17%) Legal
7 149 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 127 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
9 116 (7.06%) Banking
10 111 (6.76%) Back Office
11 93 (5.66%) Financial Institution
12 70 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
13 61 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
14 55 (3.35%) Public Sector
15 36 (2.19%) Manufacturing
16 30 (1.83%) German Language
17 27 (1.64%) Health Technology
18 25 (1.52%) Advertising
19 21 (1.28%) Billing
19 21 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 223 (13.57%) Senior
2 220 (13.39%) Lead
3 160 (9.74%) Developer
4 109 (6.63%) Account Executive
5 104 (6.33%) Software Engineer
6 101 (6.15%) Architect
7 91 (5.54%) Full-Stack Developer
8 85 (5.17%) Consultant
9 72 (4.38%) Senior Manager
10 70 (4.26%) Lead Developer
11 68 (4.14%) Software Developer
12 67 (4.08%) Analyst
13 66 (4.02%) Account Manager
14 62 (3.77%) IT Manager
14 62 (3.77%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 61 (3.71%) Lead Software Developer
16 51 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
17 50 (3.04%) Service Manager
18 49 (2.98%) Testing Manager
19 48 (2.92%) IT Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (7.36%) Node.js
2 106 (6.45%) Terraform
3 82 (4.99%) .NET
4 64 (3.90%) React
5 59 (3.59%) Middleware
6 56 (3.41%) Vue
7 51 (3.10%) REST
8 34 (2.07%) RESTful
9 31 (1.89%) CSS
10 26 (1.58%) HTML
11 21 (1.28%) NestJS
11 21 (1.28%) Next.js
12 20 (1.22%) OAuth
13 15 (0.91%) JSON
13 15 (0.91%) Kafka
13 15 (0.91%) OpenID
14 14 (0.85%) Laravel
14 14 (0.85%) Spring
14 14 (0.85%) Spring Boot
15 13 (0.79%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.49%) Cloud Native
2 106 (6.45%) Product Ownership
3 97 (5.90%) Onboarding
4 61 (3.71%) Virtual Team
5 55 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.92%) Cyber Threat
7 46 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
8 39 (2.37%) Management Information System
9 33 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (1.77%) Web Conferencing
11 20 (1.22%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.10%) Driving Licence
12 18 (1.10%) Social Media
13 16 (0.97%) Client/Server
13 16 (0.97%) PropTech
14 15 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
15 14 (0.85%) Clustering
15 14 (0.85%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (0.79%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.37%) Windows
2 21 (1.28%) Linux
3 10 (0.61%) Android
3 10 (0.61%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.61%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.37%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.18%) Debian
5 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.061%) Unix
6 1 (0.061%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (17.22%) AI
2 262 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 257 (15.64%) DevOps
4 241 (14.67%) Software Engineering
5 240 (14.61%) Agile
6 239 (14.55%) B2B
7 209 (12.72%) CRM
8 197 (11.99%) Problem-Solving
9 184 (11.20%) Test Automation
10 182 (11.08%) Mentoring
11 169 (10.29%) CI/CD
12 166 (10.10%) Roadmaps
13 161 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 157 (9.56%) Business Development
14 157 (9.56%) Decision-Making
14 157 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
15 152 (9.25%) Full-Stack Development
16 142 (8.64%) Microservices
17 136 (8.28%) Project Delivery
18 131 (7.97%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 187 (11.38%) TypeScript
2 165 (10.04%) JavaScript
3 148 (9.01%) Python
4 141 (8.58%) C#
5 136 (8.28%) SQL
6 86 (5.23%) Java
7 84 (5.11%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.01%) R
9 28 (1.70%) PHP
10 21 (1.28%) Go
11 12 (0.73%) Bash
12 11 (0.67%) Bicep
13 9 (0.55%) Ruby
14 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.18%) Swift
16 2 (0.12%) ABAP
16 2 (0.12%) SOQL
16 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (4.99%) Degree
2 75 (4.56%) CISSP
3 69 (4.20%) CISM
4 56 (3.41%) ITIL Certification
5 42 (2.56%) ACCA
5 42 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (2.01%) CIMA
7 24 (1.46%) Security Cleared
8 19 (1.16%) CRISC
9 16 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (0.91%) Azure Certification
11 14 (0.85%) CISA
12 9 (0.55%) SC Cleared
13 8 (0.49%) ISACA
14 7 (0.43%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.37%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.30%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.30%) PMP
16 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (7.67%) QA
2 82 (4.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (4.50%) NIST
4 70 (4.26%) GDPR
5 48 (2.92%) ISO 22301
6 28 (1.70%) PCI DSS
7 27 (1.64%) Accessibility
8 24 (1.46%) SOC 2
9 23 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (1.40%) Data Quality
10 21 (1.28%) SLA
11 17 (1.03%) GRC
11 17 (1.03%) IFRS
12 15 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.55%) COBIT
14 7 (0.43%) SOC 1
15 6 (0.37%) GAAP
16 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 71 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 53 (3.23%) Docker
3 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.061%) Firmware
5 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 77 (4.69%) Kubernetes
2 55 (3.35%) Grafana
3 38 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (1.03%) Ansible
5 14 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Argo
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.061%) CASB
10 1 (0.061%) Graylog
10 1 (0.061%) Packer
10 1 (0.061%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.061%) Puppet
10 1 (0.061%) QRadar
Vendors
1 224 (13.63%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.17%) HubSpot
3 74 (4.50%) Salesforce
4 49 (2.98%) Google
5 34 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
6 24 (1.46%) Sage
7 16 (0.97%) Adobe
8 15 (0.91%) Databricks
8 15 (0.91%) SAP
9 13 (0.79%) Xero
10 12 (0.73%) Oracle
11 11 (0.67%) Workday
12 9 (0.55%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.30%) Apple
13 5 (0.30%) Facebook
13 5 (0.30%) Instagram
13 5 (0.30%) Pardot
13 5 (0.30%) TikTok
13 5 (0.30%) YouTube
14 4 (0.24%) CheckPoint