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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 50 51
Rank change year-on-year +20 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,688 909 1,047
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.77% 5.50% 4.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.53% 15.93% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,235 706 691
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,125 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +7.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £76,250
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 8,645 5,706 9,131
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.69% 34.53% 42.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,312 4,040 5,974
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,500
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 £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 12 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 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.01%) Confluence
4 13 (0.77%) CMS
5 12 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.59%) Apache
7 8 (0.47%) WordPress
8 7 (0.41%) IIS
9 6 (0.36%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.059%) Jupyter
Applications
1 26 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.41%) Moqups
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.24%) 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 (0.059%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.059%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 350 (20.73%) AWS
2 324 (19.19%) Azure
3 137 (8.12%) GCP
4 106 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
5 84 (4.98%) Amazon EKS
6 80 (4.74%) Entra ID
6 80 (4.74%) Power Platform
7 58 (3.44%) PaaS
8 46 (2.73%) Serverless
9 45 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
10 42 (2.49%) GitHub
11 37 (2.19%) Snowflake
12 35 (2.07%) IaaS
13 28 (1.66%) Mimecast
13 28 (1.66%) Power Automate
14 27 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
15 26 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (1.36%) Figma
16 23 (1.36%) Google Workspace
17 21 (1.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.54%) VPN
2 20 (1.18%) TCP/IP
3 19 (1.13%) Network Security
4 16 (0.95%) BGP
5 14 (0.83%) DNS
6 13 (0.77%) Firewall
7 12 (0.71%) AMQP
7 12 (0.71%) SMS
8 10 (0.59%) Broadband
8 10 (0.59%) DHCP
9 9 (0.53%) VLAN
9 9 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.36%) 5G
10 6 (0.36%) Internet
11 5 (0.30%) VoIP
11 5 (0.30%) WAN
12 4 (0.24%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (0.24%) LAN
12 4 (0.24%) NX-OS
12 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 45 (2.67%) Power BI
4 37 (2.19%) Redis
5 22 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (0.89%) Big Data
8 13 (0.77%) MySQL
9 11 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.59%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.53%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.53%) Looker
12 7 (0.41%) Metadata
13 6 (0.36%) Tableau
14 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
14 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.30%) Metabase
15 4 (0.24%) Flink
15 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 98 (5.81%) JIRA
2 78 (4.62%) TeamCity
3 44 (2.61%) Git
4 15 (0.89%) Cypress.io
4 15 (0.89%) Selenium
5 11 (0.65%) Claude Code
5 11 (0.65%) GitLab
6 8 (0.47%) JUnit
6 8 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
7 7 (0.41%) Postman
8 5 (0.30%) Poetry
8 5 (0.30%) Storybook
9 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 473 (28.02%) Social Skills
2 409 (24.23%) Finance
3 255 (15.11%) Retail
4 247 (14.63%) Law
5 235 (13.92%) Marketing
6 203 (12.03%) Legal
7 179 (10.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 153 (9.06%) Banking
9 151 (8.95%) Back Office
10 137 (8.12%) Financial Institution
11 128 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
12 62 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (3.67%) Public Sector
13 60 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
14 39 (2.31%) Manufacturing
15 32 (1.90%) German Language
16 31 (1.84%) French Language
17 29 (1.72%) Health Technology
18 27 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
19 22 (1.30%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 245 (14.51%) Senior
2 226 (13.39%) Lead
3 158 (9.36%) Developer
4 116 (6.87%) Account Executive
5 110 (6.52%) Software Engineer
6 109 (6.46%) Architect
7 83 (4.92%) Full-Stack Developer
8 82 (4.86%) Analyst
9 81 (4.80%) Consultant
10 70 (4.15%) Software Developer
11 67 (3.97%) Lead Developer
12 65 (3.85%) Account Manager
13 63 (3.73%) IT Manager
13 63 (3.73%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 63 (3.73%) Senior Manager
14 62 (3.67%) Lead Software Developer
15 59 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
16 49 (2.90%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.84%) IT Services Manager
17 48 (2.84%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (8.77%) Terraform
2 122 (7.23%) Node.js
3 94 (5.57%) .NET
4 60 (3.55%) Middleware
4 60 (3.55%) React
5 58 (3.44%) REST
6 51 (3.02%) Vue
7 49 (2.90%) RESTful
8 24 (1.42%) OAuth
9 23 (1.36%) NestJS
10 22 (1.30%) OpenAPI
10 22 (1.30%) OpenID
10 22 (1.30%) Swagger
11 21 (1.24%) CSS
11 21 (1.24%) Next.js
12 20 (1.18%) OAuth2
13 18 (1.07%) Spring
13 18 (1.07%) Spring Boot
14 17 (1.01%) RabbitMQ
15 16 (0.95%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 144 (8.53%) Cloud Native
2 124 (7.35%) Product Ownership
3 104 (6.16%) Onboarding
4 74 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.67%) Virtual Team
6 59 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
7 58 (3.44%) Management Information System
8 48 (2.84%) Cyber Threat
9 45 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (2.49%) Web Conferencing
11 25 (1.48%) Blog
11 25 (1.48%) Social Media
12 20 (1.18%) AI Agents
12 20 (1.18%) Security Posture
13 19 (1.13%) Driving Licence
14 18 (1.07%) Data Structures
15 14 (0.83%) Clustering
15 14 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.83%) PropTech
16 12 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 42 (2.49%) Windows
2 26 (1.54%) Linux
3 17 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.77%) macOS
5 12 (0.71%) Android
6 7 (0.41%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.059%) Unix
10 1 (0.059%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (18.78%) AI
2 270 (16.00%) DevOps
3 268 (15.88%) B2B
4 266 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 262 (15.52%) Software Engineering
6 251 (14.87%) Agile
7 237 (14.04%) CRM
8 217 (12.86%) CI/CD
9 216 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
10 208 (12.32%) Test Automation
11 201 (11.91%) Mentoring
12 197 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 170 (10.07%) Roadmaps
14 168 (9.95%) Decision-Making
15 165 (9.77%) Microservices
16 163 (9.66%) Business Development
17 156 (9.24%) Fintech
18 155 (9.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 143 (8.47%) Full-Stack Development
20 139 (8.23%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 191 (11.32%) TypeScript
2 179 (10.60%) Python
3 177 (10.49%) JavaScript
4 160 (9.48%) SQL
5 158 (9.36%) C#
6 123 (7.29%) Java
7 88 (5.21%) PowerShell
8 33 (1.95%) Go
9 30 (1.78%) R
10 26 (1.54%) PHP
11 24 (1.42%) Bash
12 16 (0.95%) Bicep
13 9 (0.53%) Ruby
14 7 (0.41%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.36%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.36%) SOQL
16 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.24%) Scala
17 4 (0.24%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 88 (5.21%) Degree
2 83 (4.92%) CISSP
3 77 (4.56%) CISM
4 56 (3.32%) ITIL Certification
5 42 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (2.01%) Security Cleared
7 25 (1.48%) Azure Certification
8 19 (1.13%) CRISC
8 19 (1.13%) SC Cleared
9 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (0.95%) ACCA
11 14 (0.83%) CIMA
12 13 (0.77%) CISA
13 9 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.41%) CCSP
15 7 (0.41%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.41%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.41%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (7.94%) QA
2 96 (5.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 82 (4.86%) NIST
4 75 (4.44%) GDPR
5 48 (2.84%) ISO 22301
6 40 (2.37%) PCI DSS
7 38 (2.25%) SOC 2
8 35 (2.07%) Data Quality
9 28 (1.66%) Accessibility
10 24 (1.42%) GRC
11 22 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (1.07%) SLA
13 12 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.47%) COBIT
15 7 (0.41%) IFRS
15 7 (0.41%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.36%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 4 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 67 (3.97%) Docker
2 61 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 121 (7.17%) Kubernetes
2 91 (5.39%) Grafana
3 34 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
5 22 (1.30%) Ansible
6 16 (0.95%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.41%) Cilium
8 5 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.12%) Argo
10 2 (0.12%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.12%) SCCM
11 1 (0.059%) CASB
11 1 (0.059%) Kibana
11 1 (0.059%) Packer
11 1 (0.059%) QRadar
Vendors
1 249 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.63%) HubSpot
3 80 (4.74%) Salesforce
4 65 (3.85%) Google
5 32 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
6 24 (1.42%) Sage
7 22 (1.30%) Databricks
8 17 (1.01%) Adobe
9 15 (0.89%) SAP
10 14 (0.83%) Workday
11 12 (0.71%) Oracle
12 11 (0.65%) Dynatrace
12 11 (0.65%) Splunk
13 10 (0.59%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.41%) Facebook
14 7 (0.41%) Instagram
14 7 (0.41%) TikTok
14 7 (0.41%) YouTube
15 6 (0.36%) Freshdesk
15 6 (0.36%) SolarWinds