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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 51 48
Rank change year-on-year +26 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,237 871 1,474
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.54% 5.80% 5.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.06% 12.42% 11.52%
Number of salaries quoted 934 612 1,275
10th Percentile £32,125 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -7.41% -1.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £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 6,166 7,015 12,793
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.60% 46.73% 46.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,215 4,648 11,199
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,284
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 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -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 24 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 24 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.37%) WordPress
3 15 (1.21%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.89%) Confluence
4 11 (0.89%) JBoss
4 11 (0.89%) WebSphere
5 7 (0.57%) CMS
6 6 (0.49%) IIS
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.32%) Moodle
8 4 (0.32%) Totara
9 2 (0.16%) Apache
9 2 (0.16%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.081%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 35 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 12 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.89%) InDesign
6 7 (0.57%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.24%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.24%) Sketch
10 2 (0.16%) Trello
11 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.081%) GIMP
11 1 (0.081%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.13%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.49%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 264 (21.34%) Azure
2 254 (20.53%) AWS
3 125 (10.11%) GCP
4 57 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (4.53%) GitHub
6 55 (4.45%) Entra ID
7 46 (3.72%) PaaS
8 40 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
8 40 (3.23%) Serverless
9 35 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (2.26%) IaaS
11 24 (1.94%) Figma
11 24 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
11 24 (1.94%) Power Platform
12 20 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 17 (1.37%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.21%) AWS Direct Connect
16 14 (1.13%) Amazon SQS
16 14 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.59%) Remote Desktop
2 30 (2.43%) Firewall
3 17 (1.37%) VPN
4 15 (1.21%) BGP
5 14 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (1.05%) DNS
7 12 (0.97%) LAN
7 12 (0.97%) WAN
8 11 (0.89%) SD-WAN
9 10 (0.81%) MPLS
9 10 (0.81%) Unified Communications
10 9 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (0.73%) IPsec
10 9 (0.73%) NetScaler
10 9 (0.73%) NX-OS
10 9 (0.73%) OSPF
10 9 (0.73%) VXLAN
10 9 (0.73%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 37 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (2.34%) MySQL
4 26 (2.10%) Data Lake
4 26 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (1.70%) NoSQL
7 19 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.37%) Power BI
9 12 (0.97%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.73%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.65%) Data Mining
11 8 (0.65%) Data Vault
11 8 (0.65%) Redis
12 6 (0.49%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.49%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.49%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.32%) Big Data
14 3 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (2.99%) JIRA
1 37 (2.99%) TeamCity
2 31 (2.51%) Git
3 8 (0.65%) Postman
3 8 (0.65%) Selenium
3 8 (0.65%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.49%) CircleCI
5 5 (0.40%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.40%) GitBook
5 5 (0.40%) git-flow
6 4 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.32%) SoapUI
6 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.24%) Storybook
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.081%) GitLab
9 1 (0.081%) JUnit
9 1 (0.081%) MSTest
9 1 (0.081%) NUnit
General
1 368 (29.75%) Social Skills
2 295 (23.85%) Finance
3 232 (18.76%) Retail
4 192 (15.52%) Marketing
5 143 (11.56%) Law
6 126 (10.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 120 (9.70%) Banking
8 109 (8.81%) Back Office
9 106 (8.57%) Financial Institution
10 101 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
11 65 (5.25%) Legal
12 46 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (3.23%) Public Sector
14 30 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
15 25 (2.02%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.54%) Polish Language
17 16 (1.29%) Health Technology
18 15 (1.21%) Automotive
18 15 (1.21%) French Language
19 14 (1.13%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 199 (16.09%) Senior
2 152 (12.29%) Developer
3 142 (11.48%) Lead
4 80 (6.47%) Software Engineer
5 68 (5.50%) Architect
6 60 (4.85%) Account Manager
7 50 (4.04%) Analyst
8 49 (3.96%) Support Engineer
9 48 (3.88%) Lead Developer
10 47 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 46 (3.72%) Account Executive
12 43 (3.48%) .NET Developer
13 42 (3.40%) Development Manager
14 38 (3.07%) Consultant
15 36 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
16 35 (2.83%) 2nd Line Support
17 32 (2.59%) Full-Stack Developer
17 32 (2.59%) Marketing Executive
17 32 (2.59%) Software Developer
18 28 (2.26%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (12.13%) .NET
2 104 (8.41%) React
3 60 (4.85%) Node.js
4 47 (3.80%) REST
5 35 (2.83%) CSS
5 35 (2.83%) RESTful
6 32 (2.59%) HTML
7 25 (2.02%) SOAP
8 24 (1.94%) Spring
9 22 (1.78%) React Native
10 21 (1.70%) .NET Framework
11 18 (1.46%) AngularJS
11 18 (1.46%) Kafka
12 17 (1.37%) Next.js
13 16 (1.29%) Entity Framework
13 16 (1.29%) Middleware
14 15 (1.21%) ASP.NET Web API
15 14 (1.13%) Hibernate
15 14 (1.13%) Razor View Engine
16 13 (1.05%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 163 (13.18%) Onboarding
2 105 (8.49%) Cloud Native
3 80 (6.47%) Product Ownership
4 39 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.67%) Social Media
7 29 (2.34%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.18%) Web Conferencing
9 24 (1.94%) Blog
9 24 (1.94%) Data Centre
9 24 (1.94%) Mobile App
10 20 (1.62%) EPoS
11 16 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
12 13 (1.05%) Educational Technology
12 13 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (0.97%) Security Posture
14 11 (0.89%) Data Structures
14 11 (0.89%) DataPower
15 10 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.91%) Windows
2 28 (2.26%) Android
2 28 (2.26%) Apple iOS
3 23 (1.86%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.81%) Linux
5 6 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.16%) Unix
7 2 (0.16%) VMS
8 1 (0.081%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (17.78%) AI
2 212 (17.14%) Software Engineering
3 209 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
4 196 (15.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 192 (15.52%) Agile
6 175 (14.15%) CRM
7 162 (13.10%) B2B
8 158 (12.77%) CI/CD
8 158 (12.77%) Mentoring
9 152 (12.29%) Roadmaps
10 139 (11.24%) DevOps
11 129 (10.43%) Microservices
12 118 (9.54%) Full-Stack Development
13 99 (8.00%) Fintech
14 96 (7.76%) Analytics
15 89 (7.19%) Business Development
16 87 (7.03%) Customer Service
17 82 (6.63%) Decision-Making
18 81 (6.55%) Coaching
19 76 (6.14%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 181 (14.63%) SQL
2 122 (9.86%) C#
3 104 (8.41%) TypeScript
4 96 (7.76%) Python
5 87 (7.03%) JavaScript
6 79 (6.39%) Java
7 35 (2.83%) PowerShell
8 22 (1.78%) PHP
9 15 (1.21%) Bash
10 14 (1.13%) Go
11 10 (0.81%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.65%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.57%) Bicep
13 7 (0.57%) R
14 3 (0.24%) Swift
15 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.081%) ABAP
16 1 (0.081%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 104 (8.41%) Degree
2 23 (1.86%) Master's Degree
3 22 (1.78%) CISSP
4 21 (1.70%) Security Cleared
5 20 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (1.37%) SC Cleared
7 13 (1.05%) CRISC
8 12 (0.97%) ACCA
9 10 (0.81%) CISA
10 9 (0.73%) AWS Certification
10 9 (0.73%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.73%) CISM
11 8 (0.65%) CIMA
12 7 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 4 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.32%) CEH
14 4 (0.32%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (6.22%) QA
2 68 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (3.31%) SOC 2
4 32 (2.59%) PCI DSS
5 23 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 23 (1.86%) GDPR
6 22 (1.78%) GRC
7 20 (1.62%) NIST
8 16 (1.29%) Data Quality
9 13 (1.05%) SLA
10 11 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.89%) ISO 9001
11 10 (0.81%) IFRS
12 9 (0.73%) WCAG
13 8 (0.65%) PMO
14 5 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.40%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.32%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.24%) PSD2
System Software
1 56 (4.53%) Active Directory
2 40 (3.23%) Docker
3 4 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 96 (7.76%) Terraform
2 73 (5.90%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.91%) Grafana
4 18 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.81%) Ansible
7 8 (0.65%) Argo
8 4 (0.32%) Cilium
9 2 (0.16%) CASB
9 2 (0.16%) Packer
10 1 (0.081%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.081%) Istio
10 1 (0.081%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.081%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.081%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 107 (8.65%) Microsoft
2 64 (5.17%) Salesforce
3 48 (3.88%) HubSpot
4 34 (2.75%) Adobe
5 29 (2.34%) Databricks
5 29 (2.34%) Google
6 26 (2.10%) Oracle
7 24 (1.94%) ServiceNow
8 21 (1.70%) Cisco
9 13 (1.05%) Pardot
9 13 (1.05%) Workday
10 12 (0.97%) SAP
11 9 (0.73%) CheckPoint
11 9 (0.73%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.73%) Fortinet
11 9 (0.73%) Meraki
11 9 (0.73%) Sage
11 9 (0.73%) SolarWinds
11 9 (0.73%) Zoho
12 7 (0.57%) MuleSoft