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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 48 49
Rank change year-on-year +18 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,714 923 1,047
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.81% 5.62% 5.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.61% 16.09% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,254 717 691
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,125 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £77,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -11.11%

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 8,739 5,737 9,004
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.71% 34.93% 43.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,378 4,063 5,897
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,738
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £48,750
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 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.76% -10.77% +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 16 October 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 70 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.05%) Confluence
4 13 (0.76%) CMS
5 12 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.58%) Apache
7 8 (0.47%) WordPress
8 6 (0.35%) IIS
8 6 (0.35%) SAS
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.058%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.058%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.058%) Jupyter
Applications
1 26 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.41%) Moqups
5 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.058%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
4 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
4 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.18%) OPENHousing
4 3 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
4 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.12%) Maximo
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.058%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.058%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 354 (20.65%) AWS
2 326 (19.02%) Azure
3 137 (7.99%) GCP
4 109 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
5 84 (4.90%) Amazon EKS
6 83 (4.84%) Power Platform
7 79 (4.61%) Entra ID
8 59 (3.44%) PaaS
9 46 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
10 45 (2.63%) Serverless
11 42 (2.45%) GitHub
12 37 (2.16%) Snowflake
13 36 (2.10%) IaaS
14 29 (1.69%) Power Automate
15 28 (1.63%) Mimecast
16 27 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
17 25 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
18 24 (1.40%) Google Workspace
19 23 (1.34%) Figma
20 21 (1.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.69%) VPN
2 23 (1.34%) TCP/IP
3 21 (1.23%) Network Security
4 18 (1.05%) BGP
5 15 (0.88%) DNS
6 14 (0.82%) Firewall
7 13 (0.76%) AMQP
7 13 (0.76%) SMS
8 11 (0.64%) DHCP
9 10 (0.58%) Broadband
9 10 (0.58%) VLAN
10 9 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.35%) 5G
11 6 (0.35%) Internet
12 5 (0.29%) VoIP
13 4 (0.23%) IPsec
13 4 (0.23%) LAN
13 4 (0.23%) MPLS
13 4 (0.23%) WAN
13 4 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (3.68%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.80%) Power BI
4 36 (2.10%) Redis
5 24 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (0.88%) Big Data
8 14 (0.82%) MySQL
9 10 (0.58%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (0.53%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.53%) Looker
11 6 (0.35%) Metadata
11 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.35%) Tableau
12 5 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (0.29%) Apache Iceberg
12 5 (0.29%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.29%) Metabase
13 4 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 101 (5.89%) JIRA
2 78 (4.55%) TeamCity
3 47 (2.74%) Git
4 15 (0.88%) Cypress.io
4 15 (0.88%) Selenium
5 11 (0.64%) Claude Code
5 11 (0.64%) GitLab
6 8 (0.47%) JUnit
6 8 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
7 7 (0.41%) Postman
8 6 (0.35%) IntelliJ
9 5 (0.29%) Poetry
9 5 (0.29%) Storybook
10 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.12%) MSI
12 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 482 (28.12%) Social Skills
2 417 (24.33%) Finance
3 253 (14.76%) Retail
4 246 (14.35%) Law
5 241 (14.06%) Marketing
6 202 (11.79%) Legal
7 177 (10.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 155 (9.04%) Banking
9 150 (8.75%) Back Office
10 137 (7.99%) Financial Institution
11 129 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
12 66 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
12 66 (3.85%) Public Sector
13 65 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
14 40 (2.33%) Manufacturing
15 33 (1.93%) German Language
16 31 (1.81%) French Language
17 30 (1.75%) Health Technology
18 27 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
19 23 (1.34%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 256 (14.94%) Senior
2 227 (13.24%) Lead
3 164 (9.57%) Developer
4 118 (6.88%) Account Executive
5 111 (6.48%) Architect
6 110 (6.42%) Software Engineer
7 85 (4.96%) Full-Stack Developer
8 83 (4.84%) Analyst
9 82 (4.78%) Consultant
10 72 (4.20%) Software Developer
11 68 (3.97%) Account Manager
11 68 (3.97%) Lead Developer
12 65 (3.79%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 64 (3.73%) Lead Software Developer
14 63 (3.68%) IT Manager
14 63 (3.68%) Senior Manager
15 60 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
16 49 (2.86%) Service Manager
16 49 (2.86%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.80%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (8.75%) Terraform
2 124 (7.23%) Node.js
3 96 (5.60%) .NET
4 60 (3.50%) Middleware
4 60 (3.50%) React
4 60 (3.50%) REST
5 51 (2.98%) Vue
6 49 (2.86%) RESTful
7 25 (1.46%) OAuth
8 23 (1.34%) NestJS
8 23 (1.34%) OpenID
9 22 (1.28%) CSS
10 21 (1.23%) Next.js
10 21 (1.23%) OAuth2
10 21 (1.23%) OpenAPI
10 21 (1.23%) Swagger
11 19 (1.11%) Spring
11 19 (1.11%) Spring Boot
12 18 (1.05%) AngularJS
13 17 (0.99%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 143 (8.34%) Cloud Native
2 123 (7.18%) Product Ownership
3 106 (6.18%) Onboarding
4 78 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.62%) Virtual Team
6 60 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
7 59 (3.44%) Management Information System
8 48 (2.80%) Cyber Threat
9 47 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (2.45%) Web Conferencing
11 27 (1.58%) Blog
12 25 (1.46%) Social Media
13 23 (1.34%) Driving Licence
14 22 (1.28%) Security Posture
15 20 (1.17%) AI Agents
16 18 (1.05%) Data Structures
17 14 (0.82%) PropTech
18 13 (0.76%) Clustering
18 13 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
19 12 (0.70%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 42 (2.45%) Windows
2 27 (1.58%) Linux
3 17 (0.99%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.76%) macOS
5 12 (0.70%) Android
6 7 (0.41%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.23%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.058%) Unix
10 1 (0.058%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (19.31%) AI
2 276 (16.10%) B2B
3 271 (15.81%) DevOps
4 266 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 263 (15.34%) Software Engineering
6 260 (15.17%) Agile
7 250 (14.59%) CRM
8 220 (12.84%) CI/CD
9 218 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
10 208 (12.14%) Test Automation
11 204 (11.90%) Mentoring
11 204 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
12 178 (10.39%) Decision-Making
13 177 (10.33%) Roadmaps
14 165 (9.63%) Microservices
15 164 (9.57%) Business Development
16 159 (9.28%) Fintech
17 155 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 145 (8.46%) Full-Stack Development
19 140 (8.17%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 194 (11.32%) TypeScript
2 182 (10.62%) JavaScript
3 180 (10.50%) Python
4 163 (9.51%) SQL
5 162 (9.45%) C#
6 126 (7.35%) Java
7 88 (5.13%) PowerShell
8 34 (1.98%) Go
9 30 (1.75%) R
10 27 (1.58%) PHP
11 25 (1.46%) Bash
12 17 (0.99%) Bicep
13 10 (0.58%) Ruby
14 8 (0.47%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.47%) SOQL
15 7 (0.41%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.29%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.23%) Scala
17 4 (0.23%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 90 (5.25%) Degree
2 86 (5.02%) CISSP
3 79 (4.61%) CISM
4 57 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
5 42 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (1.98%) Security Cleared
7 26 (1.52%) Azure Certification
8 21 (1.23%) CRISC
9 19 (1.11%) SC Cleared
10 18 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.88%) CISA
12 13 (0.76%) ACCA
13 12 (0.70%) CIMA
14 10 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (0.47%) CCSP
16 7 (0.41%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.41%) DV Cleared
16 7 (0.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (7.82%) QA
2 99 (5.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 85 (4.96%) NIST
4 75 (4.38%) GDPR
5 48 (2.80%) ISO 22301
6 41 (2.39%) PCI DSS
7 40 (2.33%) SOC 2
8 36 (2.10%) Data Quality
9 28 (1.63%) Accessibility
10 24 (1.40%) GRC
11 22 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
12 19 (1.11%) SLA
13 11 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.47%) COBIT
15 7 (0.41%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.35%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.29%) IFRS
17 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 4 (0.23%) GxP
18 4 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 68 (3.97%) Docker
2 59 (3.44%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 122 (7.12%) Kubernetes
2 91 (5.31%) Grafana
3 34 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (1.40%) Ansible
4 24 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (0.99%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.47%) Cilium
7 5 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.058%) CASB
10 1 (0.058%) Kibana
10 1 (0.058%) Packer
10 1 (0.058%) QRadar
Vendors
1 255 (14.88%) Microsoft
2 98 (5.72%) HubSpot
3 83 (4.84%) Salesforce
4 68 (3.97%) Google
5 32 (1.87%) CrowdStrike
6 25 (1.46%) Sage
7 22 (1.28%) Databricks
8 17 (0.99%) Adobe
9 15 (0.88%) SAP
10 14 (0.82%) Workday
11 12 (0.70%) Oracle
12 11 (0.64%) Dynatrace
12 11 (0.64%) Splunk
13 10 (0.58%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.41%) Facebook
14 7 (0.41%) Instagram
14 7 (0.41%) TikTok
14 7 (0.41%) YouTube
15 6 (0.35%) Freshdesk
15 6 (0.35%) SolarWinds