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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 64 59
Rank change year-on-year +34 -5 -13
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,603 812 1,088
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.00% 4.92% 4.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.51% 13.69% 10.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,230 611 868
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £80,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,313 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.50% +4.17% -7.69%

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 8,659 5,930 10,106
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.82% 35.96% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6,293 4,346 7,812
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £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 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 19 August 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 (4.37%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.87%) Confluence
4 9 (0.56%) CMS
5 7 (0.44%) IIS
6 6 (0.37%) SAS
7 5 (0.31%) WordPress
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.12%) Moodle
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.12%) Totara
9 1 (0.062%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.062%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.062%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 28 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (0.31%) Moqups
5 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.25%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.062%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 22 (1.37%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.19%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.19%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.19%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.19%) 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%) Shopify
4 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.062%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.062%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 311 (19.40%) AWS
2 306 (19.09%) Azure
3 97 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (5.61%) GCP
5 86 (5.36%) Entra ID
6 60 (3.74%) PaaS
7 59 (3.68%) Power Platform
8 51 (3.18%) Serverless
9 48 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
10 38 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
11 32 (2.00%) IaaS
12 30 (1.87%) Mimecast
12 30 (1.87%) Snowflake
13 28 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
14 24 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
15 21 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
15 21 (1.31%) Figma
15 21 (1.31%) GitHub
16 20 (1.25%) PowerApps
17 18 (1.12%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.81%) DNS
2 11 (0.69%) VPN
3 10 (0.62%) Broadband
3 10 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (0.56%) Firewall
5 8 (0.50%) DHCP
5 8 (0.50%) Network Security
6 6 (0.37%) 5G
6 6 (0.37%) Internet
6 6 (0.37%) SSL
7 5 (0.31%) AMQP
7 5 (0.31%) LAN
7 5 (0.31%) SMS
7 5 (0.31%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.31%) WAN
8 4 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.25%) IPsec
8 4 (0.25%) MPLS
8 4 (0.25%) VoIP
8 4 (0.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 41 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (2.25%) Redis
4 30 (1.87%) Power BI
5 18 (1.12%) MySQL
6 15 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.31%) Big Data
9 5 (0.31%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.31%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.31%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.25%) Metadata
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.25%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.25%) Tableau
11 2 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.12%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 97 (6.05%) JIRA
2 45 (2.81%) Git
3 40 (2.50%) TeamCity
4 13 (0.81%) Cypress.io
5 12 (0.75%) Selenium
6 11 (0.69%) Claude Code
6 11 (0.69%) GitLab
7 7 (0.44%) Postman
8 6 (0.37%) JMeter
8 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.31%) Locust
9 5 (0.31%) Storybook
10 4 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
10 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.12%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
12 2 (0.12%) JUnit
12 2 (0.12%) MSI
General
1 433 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 341 (21.27%) Finance
3 220 (13.72%) Marketing
4 209 (13.04%) Retail
5 192 (11.98%) Law
6 178 (11.10%) Legal
7 143 (8.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 120 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
9 105 (6.55%) Banking
10 100 (6.24%) Back Office
11 82 (5.12%) Financial Institution
12 64 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
13 58 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
14 50 (3.12%) Public Sector
15 32 (2.00%) Manufacturing
16 29 (1.81%) Advertising
17 25 (1.56%) German Language
18 24 (1.50%) Health Technology
19 21 (1.31%) Billing
20 17 (1.06%) Games
Job Titles
1 219 (13.66%) Senior
2 217 (13.54%) Lead
3 166 (10.36%) Developer
4 105 (6.55%) Software Engineer
5 104 (6.49%) Account Executive
6 95 (5.93%) Architect
7 93 (5.80%) Full-Stack Developer
8 83 (5.18%) Consultant
9 73 (4.55%) Senior Manager
10 68 (4.24%) Account Manager
10 68 (4.24%) Lead Developer
11 62 (3.87%) Software Developer
12 59 (3.68%) IT Manager
13 56 (3.49%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 56 (3.49%) Lead Software Developer
14 55 (3.43%) Analyst
15 54 (3.37%) Service Manager
16 49 (3.06%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.99%) IT Services Manager
17 48 (2.99%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (7.36%) Node.js
2 86 (5.36%) .NET
3 70 (4.37%) React
4 59 (3.68%) Vue
5 56 (3.49%) Middleware
6 53 (3.31%) REST
7 37 (2.31%) RESTful
8 34 (2.12%) CSS
9 29 (1.81%) HTML
10 24 (1.50%) Next.js
11 19 (1.19%) NestJS
12 18 (1.12%) OAuth
13 16 (1.00%) JSON
14 14 (0.87%) Laravel
15 13 (0.81%) AngularJS
15 13 (0.81%) OpenID
16 12 (0.75%) Kafka
16 12 (0.75%) XML
17 11 (0.69%) ASP.NET
17 11 (0.69%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.55%) Cloud Native
2 100 (6.24%) Onboarding
3 96 (5.99%) Product Ownership
4 61 (3.81%) Virtual Team
5 50 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
7 43 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
8 37 (2.31%) Management Information System
9 36 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
10 26 (1.62%) Web Conferencing
11 22 (1.37%) PropTech
12 20 (1.25%) Driving Licence
12 20 (1.25%) Social Media
13 19 (1.19%) AI Agents
14 18 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
15 17 (1.06%) Client/Server
16 14 (0.87%) Clustering
17 13 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
17 13 (0.81%) Data Structures
17 13 (0.81%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 42 (2.62%) Windows
2 21 (1.31%) Linux
3 10 (0.62%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.62%) Mac OS
4 9 (0.56%) Android
5 8 (0.50%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.19%) Debian
6 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.062%) Unix
7 1 (0.062%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (17.47%) AI
2 272 (16.97%) Continuous Improvement
3 261 (16.28%) DevOps
4 241 (15.03%) Software Engineering
5 239 (14.91%) Agile
6 230 (14.35%) B2B
7 204 (12.73%) CRM
8 198 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
9 180 (11.23%) Test Automation
10 175 (10.92%) Mentoring
11 171 (10.67%) CI/CD
12 158 (9.86%) Decision-Making
13 156 (9.73%) Full-Stack Development
14 155 (9.67%) Roadmaps
15 148 (9.23%) Business Development
16 146 (9.11%) Microservices
17 142 (8.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 140 (8.73%) Stakeholder Management
19 128 (7.99%) Project Delivery
20 121 (7.55%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 185 (11.54%) TypeScript
2 160 (9.98%) JavaScript
3 156 (9.73%) Python
4 142 (8.86%) C#
5 128 (7.99%) SQL
6 84 (5.24%) PowerShell
7 81 (5.05%) Java
8 33 (2.06%) PHP
9 31 (1.93%) R
10 23 (1.43%) Go
11 14 (0.87%) Bash
12 11 (0.69%) Bicep
13 9 (0.56%) Ruby
14 5 (0.31%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.19%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.19%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.19%) Swift
16 2 (0.12%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.12%) SOQL
16 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (5.49%) Degree
2 75 (4.68%) CISSP
3 69 (4.30%) CISM
4 53 (3.31%) ITIL Certification
5 45 (2.81%) ACCA
6 42 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.12%) CIMA
8 25 (1.56%) Security Cleared
9 19 (1.19%) CRISC
10 16 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.87%) Azure Certification
11 14 (0.87%) CISA
12 10 (0.62%) SC Cleared
13 8 (0.50%) ISACA
13 8 (0.50%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.37%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.31%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.31%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (7.92%) QA
2 83 (5.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (4.62%) NIST
4 66 (4.12%) GDPR
5 48 (2.99%) ISO 22301
6 31 (1.93%) Accessibility
7 27 (1.68%) PCI DSS
8 25 (1.56%) SOC 2
9 22 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 20 (1.25%) IFRS
11 19 (1.19%) SLA
12 17 (1.06%) GRC
13 14 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (0.75%) Data Quality
15 9 (0.56%) COBIT
16 8 (0.50%) WCAG
17 7 (0.44%) GAAP
17 7 (0.44%) SOC 1
18 6 (0.37%) PMO
19 5 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 73 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.49%) Docker
3 5 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.19%) Firmware
5 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 98 (6.11%) Terraform
2 80 (4.99%) Kubernetes
3 53 (3.31%) Grafana
4 36 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.94%) Ansible
7 9 (0.56%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.19%) Argo
9 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.12%) Puppet
10 2 (0.12%) SCCM
11 1 (0.062%) CASB
11 1 (0.062%) Graylog
11 1 (0.062%) Packer
11 1 (0.062%) QRadar
Vendors
1 218 (13.60%) Microsoft
2 78 (4.87%) HubSpot
3 66 (4.12%) Salesforce
4 47 (2.93%) Google
5 31 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
6 19 (1.19%) Sage
7 16 (1.00%) Adobe
8 15 (0.94%) Databricks
8 15 (0.94%) SAP
9 13 (0.81%) Oracle
9 13 (0.81%) Xero
10 11 (0.69%) Workday
11 7 (0.44%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.37%) Pardot
13 5 (0.31%) Apple
13 5 (0.31%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.31%) Facebook
14 4 (0.25%) CheckPoint
14 4 (0.25%) Cisco
14 4 (0.25%) Hyperion