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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 48 52
Rank change year-on-year +18 +4 -7
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,026 1,056 1,181
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.76% 5.42% 5.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.60% 12.11% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 788 695 1,028
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £90,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £61,500 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +2.50% -11.11% -

All Cloud 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 5,517 8,720 9,944
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.35% 44.79% 47.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,085 5,702 8,533
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £99,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +2.00% -0.79%

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 30 November 2025.

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 11 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.88%) Confluence
3 9 (0.88%) IIS
3 9 (0.88%) WordPress
4 7 (0.68%) JBoss
4 7 (0.68%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.39%) Apache
6 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.29%) CMS
7 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.097%) Drupal
8 1 (0.097%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.097%) nginx
8 1 (0.097%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.097%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 34 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.17%) InDesign
5 8 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.78%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.58%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.39%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.39%) Sketch
8 3 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.19%) Trello
10 1 (0.097%) GIMP
10 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.097%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.097%) Revit
10 1 (0.097%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.78%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.29%) Shopify
7 2 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.097%) FastStats
8 1 (0.097%) Magento
8 1 (0.097%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.097%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 239 (23.29%) Azure
2 210 (20.47%) AWS
3 105 (10.23%) GCP
4 60 (5.85%) GitHub
4 60 (5.85%) PaaS
5 39 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (3.61%) IaaS
7 34 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (3.31%) Power Platform
8 32 (3.12%) Entra ID
9 26 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
10 25 (2.44%) Serverless
11 20 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (1.46%) Figma
13 15 (1.46%) OCI
14 12 (1.17%) Amazon S3
14 12 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (1.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (0.97%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.80%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (0.97%) Firewall
3 9 (0.88%) Unified Communications
4 7 (0.68%) Network Security
4 7 (0.68%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.68%) VPN
5 6 (0.58%) HTTP
6 5 (0.49%) DNS
7 4 (0.39%) DHCP
7 4 (0.39%) Internet
7 4 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.29%) BGP
8 3 (0.29%) LAN
8 3 (0.29%) VLAN
8 3 (0.29%) WAN
9 2 (0.19%) Extranet
9 2 (0.19%) GPRS
9 2 (0.19%) Intranet
9 2 (0.19%) SSL
9 2 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (7.70%) SQL Server
2 47 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (2.92%) Data Lake
4 27 (2.63%) Power BI
5 23 (2.24%) MySQL
6 22 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (2.14%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.97%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.97%) Tableau
9 9 (0.88%) Looker
9 9 (0.88%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.78%) Data Mining
10 8 (0.78%) Data Vault
10 8 (0.78%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.68%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.58%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.58%) Redis
13 5 (0.49%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 33 (3.22%) Git
1 33 (3.22%) JIRA
2 18 (1.75%) TeamCity
3 12 (1.17%) Selenium
4 10 (0.97%) Postman
5 6 (0.58%) Cypress.io
5 6 (0.58%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.49%) GitBook
6 5 (0.49%) git-flow
6 5 (0.49%) SoapUI
7 4 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.29%) Storybook
9 2 (0.19%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.19%) Protractor
10 1 (0.097%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.097%) GitLab
10 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.097%) Visual Studio
General
1 359 (34.99%) Social Skills
2 253 (24.66%) Finance
3 149 (14.52%) Retail
4 148 (14.42%) Marketing
5 105 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
6 74 (7.21%) Law
7 62 (6.04%) Back Office
7 62 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (5.75%) Legal
9 48 (4.68%) Banking
10 43 (4.19%) Financial Institution
11 39 (3.80%) Public Sector
12 26 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (2.14%) Automotive
15 16 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (1.56%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.36%) Games
17 13 (1.27%) Telecoms
18 12 (1.17%) Billing
Job Titles
1 144 (14.04%) Senior
2 135 (13.16%) Developer
3 119 (11.60%) Lead
4 76 (7.41%) Architect
5 48 (4.68%) Software Developer
6 47 (4.58%) .NET Developer
7 45 (4.39%) Analyst
8 43 (4.19%) 2nd Line Support
9 39 (3.80%) Software Engineer
10 38 (3.70%) Consultant
10 38 (3.70%) Engineering Manager
11 33 (3.22%) Product Manager
12 32 (3.12%) Account Executive
13 31 (3.02%) .NET Software Developer
13 31 (3.02%) Account Manager
14 29 (2.83%) Data Engineer
14 29 (2.83%) Development Manager
15 27 (2.63%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 27 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
15 27 (2.63%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (13.65%) .NET
2 99 (9.65%) React
3 49 (4.78%) REST
4 44 (4.29%) Node.js
5 30 (2.92%) CSS
6 27 (2.63%) HTML
7 24 (2.34%) .NET Framework
7 24 (2.34%) SOAP
8 21 (2.05%) XML
9 20 (1.95%) Entity Framework
9 20 (1.95%) Next.js
10 19 (1.85%) RESTful
11 17 (1.66%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.66%) SAML
12 15 (1.46%) Kafka
13 13 (1.27%) ASP.NET Web API
13 13 (1.27%) Middleware
14 12 (1.17%) .NET Core
14 12 (1.17%) Razor View Engine
15 11 (1.07%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 149 (14.52%) Onboarding
2 76 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 66 (6.43%) Cloud Native
4 33 (3.22%) Social Media
5 31 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
6 25 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.24%) Web Conferencing
8 20 (1.95%) Educational Technology
9 18 (1.75%) NHS
10 16 (1.56%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.36%) Life Science
12 13 (1.27%) Driving Licence
12 13 (1.27%) Private Cloud
13 12 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.07%) Data Centre
14 11 (1.07%) Public Cloud
15 10 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
15 10 (0.97%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.63%) Windows
2 19 (1.85%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.56%) Android
3 16 (1.56%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.97%) Linux
5 1 (0.097%) Unix
5 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (23.78%) Agile
2 223 (21.73%) Problem-Solving
3 191 (18.62%) Mentoring
4 183 (17.84%) AI
5 178 (17.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 175 (17.06%) Software Engineering
7 172 (16.76%) Roadmaps
8 143 (13.94%) CRM
9 142 (13.84%) DevOps
10 115 (11.21%) B2B
11 109 (10.62%) CI/CD
12 97 (9.45%) Microservices
13 94 (9.16%) ERP
14 92 (8.97%) Coaching
15 91 (8.87%) Analytics
15 91 (8.87%) Data Privacy
16 88 (8.58%) Customer Service
17 86 (8.38%) Decision-Making
18 83 (8.09%) Full-Stack Development
19 76 (7.41%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 206 (20.08%) SQL
2 149 (14.52%) C#
3 100 (9.75%) TypeScript
4 87 (8.48%) JavaScript
5 69 (6.73%) Python
6 46 (4.48%) Java
7 25 (2.44%) PowerShell
8 21 (2.05%) PHP
9 12 (1.17%) Bash
9 12 (1.17%) C
10 10 (0.97%) Kotlin
11 9 (0.88%) Bicep
12 8 (0.78%) Go
13 5 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.29%) Swift
14 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.097%) ABAP
15 1 (0.097%) C++
15 1 (0.097%) VB
15 1 (0.097%) XAML
Qualifications
1 103 (10.04%) Degree
2 31 (3.02%) ACCA
2 31 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (1.85%) Security Cleared
4 18 (1.75%) Master's Degree
5 12 (1.17%) CISSP
6 11 (1.07%) CIMA
7 10 (0.97%) AWS Certification
8 9 (0.88%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.78%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.68%) CISM
10 7 (0.68%) CRISC
10 7 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 6 (0.58%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.39%) CISMP
13 4 (0.39%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.29%) CIPD
14 3 (0.29%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (8.19%) QA
2 64 (6.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.34%) ISO 9001
4 23 (2.24%) GDPR
5 21 (2.05%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.95%) SOC 2
7 16 (1.56%) NIST
8 15 (1.46%) GRC
9 14 (1.36%) SLA
10 13 (1.27%) PCI DSS
11 11 (1.07%) GAAP
12 10 (0.97%) IFRS
13 9 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.49%) NIST 800
16 4 (0.39%) JSP 440
17 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
17 3 (0.29%) PMO
18 2 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (2.92%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.14%) Docker
3 9 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 66 (6.43%) Terraform
2 53 (5.17%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.66%) Grafana
4 16 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.88%) Ansible
6 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.39%) Argo
7 4 (0.39%) Cilium
8 1 (0.097%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.097%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.097%) Istio
8 1 (0.097%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.097%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.097%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.097%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 118 (11.50%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.65%) Salesforce
3 46 (4.48%) HubSpot
4 38 (3.70%) Adobe
5 33 (3.22%) Databricks
6 27 (2.63%) Oracle
7 23 (2.24%) Google
8 15 (1.46%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.36%) Workday
10 13 (1.27%) Cisco
10 13 (1.27%) Zoho
11 11 (1.07%) Alteryx
12 10 (0.97%) MuleSoft
12 10 (0.97%) SAP
13 8 (0.78%) VMware
14 6 (0.58%) Pardot
15 5 (0.49%) Facebook
15 5 (0.49%) Guidewire
15 5 (0.49%) Instagram
15 5 (0.49%) TikTok