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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 44 51
Rank change year-on-year +15 +7 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,060 1,062 1,185
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.93% 5.65% 5.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.11% 12.44% 12.09%
Number of salaries quoted 821 711 1,028
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £90,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £61,500 £60,465 £67,500
% change year-on-year +1.71% -10.42% -

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 5,547 8,539 9,798
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.27% 45.41% 47.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,083 5,605 8,403
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,100 £36,500
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 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £109,600 £99,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%

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 7 December 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 12 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.85%) Confluence
3 9 (0.85%) IIS
3 9 (0.85%) WordPress
4 7 (0.66%) JBoss
4 7 (0.66%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.38%) Apache
5 4 (0.38%) CMS
6 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.094%) Drupal
8 1 (0.094%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.094%) nginx
8 1 (0.094%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 34 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.13%) InDesign
5 8 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.66%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.38%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.38%) Sketch
9 3 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.28%) Trello
10 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.094%) GIMP
11 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.094%) Revit
11 1 (0.094%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.32%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.75%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
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
7 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.094%) FastStats
8 1 (0.094%) Magento
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.094%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.094%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 243 (22.92%) Azure
2 220 (20.75%) AWS
3 111 (10.47%) GCP
4 63 (5.94%) GitHub
5 60 (5.66%) PaaS
6 38 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (3.40%) IaaS
8 34 (3.21%) Entra ID
8 34 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (2.92%) Power Platform
10 29 (2.74%) Serverless
11 27 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.70%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (1.51%) Figma
15 15 (1.42%) OCI
16 13 (1.23%) Amazon S3
16 13 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
17 12 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
18 11 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.68%) Remote Desktop
2 11 (1.04%) Firewall
3 9 (0.85%) Unified Communications
4 8 (0.75%) VPN
5 7 (0.66%) Network Security
6 6 (0.57%) DNS
6 6 (0.57%) HTTP
6 6 (0.57%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.38%) BGP
7 4 (0.38%) DHCP
7 4 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (0.38%) LAN
7 4 (0.38%) WAN
8 3 (0.28%) Internet
8 3 (0.28%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.28%) SSL
8 3 (0.28%) VLAN
9 2 (0.19%) Extranet
9 2 (0.19%) GPRS
9 2 (0.19%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (8.30%) SQL Server
2 47 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (2.83%) Data Lake
4 27 (2.55%) Power BI
5 23 (2.17%) MySQL
5 23 (2.17%) NoSQL
6 22 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.94%) Tableau
9 9 (0.85%) Looker
9 9 (0.85%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.75%) Data Mining
10 8 (0.75%) Data Vault
10 8 (0.75%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.57%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.57%) Redis
11 6 (0.57%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.47%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 36 (3.40%) Git
2 33 (3.11%) JIRA
3 19 (1.79%) TeamCity
4 12 (1.13%) Selenium
5 10 (0.94%) Postman
6 6 (0.57%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.47%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.47%) GitBook
7 5 (0.47%) git-flow
7 5 (0.47%) SoapUI
8 4 (0.38%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.28%) Storybook
10 2 (0.19%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.094%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.094%) GitLab
11 1 (0.094%) MSTest
11 1 (0.094%) NUnit
11 1 (0.094%) Protractor
11 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 361 (34.06%) Social Skills
2 256 (24.15%) Finance
3 156 (14.72%) Retail
4 152 (14.34%) Marketing
5 103 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
6 76 (7.17%) Law
7 64 (6.04%) Back Office
7 64 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (5.57%) Legal
9 50 (4.72%) Banking
10 45 (4.25%) Financial Institution
11 41 (3.87%) Public Sector
12 26 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.89%) Automotive
15 19 (1.79%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (1.42%) Games
18 12 (1.13%) Billing
18 12 (1.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 147 (13.87%) Senior
2 143 (13.49%) Developer
3 120 (11.32%) Lead
4 74 (6.98%) Architect
5 49 (4.62%) Software Developer
6 48 (4.53%) .NET Developer
7 47 (4.43%) Software Engineer
8 43 (4.06%) 2nd Line Support
8 43 (4.06%) Analyst
9 38 (3.58%) Consultant
9 38 (3.58%) Engineering Manager
10 35 (3.30%) Account Executive
10 35 (3.30%) Development Manager
11 33 (3.11%) Account Manager
11 33 (3.11%) Product Manager
12 31 (2.92%) .NET Software Developer
13 29 (2.74%) Data Engineer
14 27 (2.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 27 (2.55%) Lead Developer
14 27 (2.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (13.77%) .NET
2 104 (9.81%) React
3 49 (4.62%) REST
4 46 (4.34%) Node.js
5 30 (2.83%) CSS
6 27 (2.55%) HTML
7 26 (2.45%) .NET Framework
8 24 (2.26%) SOAP
9 22 (2.08%) Entity Framework
10 21 (1.98%) Next.js
10 21 (1.98%) RESTful
10 21 (1.98%) XML
11 17 (1.60%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.60%) SAML
12 16 (1.51%) Kafka
13 15 (1.42%) ASP.NET Web API
14 14 (1.32%) .NET Core
14 14 (1.32%) Razor View Engine
15 13 (1.23%) Middleware
16 12 (1.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 154 (14.53%) Onboarding
2 76 (7.17%) Product Ownership
3 68 (6.42%) Cloud Native
4 31 (2.92%) Social Media
5 30 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
6 26 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
7 24 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 23 (2.17%) Web Conferencing
9 19 (1.79%) Educational Technology
10 18 (1.70%) NHS
11 17 (1.60%) Mobile App
12 14 (1.32%) Life Science
13 13 (1.23%) Driving Licence
13 13 (1.23%) Private Cloud
14 12 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (1.04%) Data Centre
15 11 (1.04%) Public Cloud
16 10 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
16 10 (0.94%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.55%) Windows
2 20 (1.89%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.51%) Android
3 16 (1.51%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.94%) Linux
5 1 (0.094%) Unix
5 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (23.30%) Agile
2 227 (21.42%) Problem-Solving
3 192 (18.11%) Mentoring
4 189 (17.83%) Software Engineering
5 186 (17.55%) AI
6 185 (17.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 173 (16.32%) Roadmaps
8 148 (13.96%) CRM
9 144 (13.58%) DevOps
10 119 (11.23%) B2B
11 113 (10.66%) CI/CD
12 99 (9.34%) Microservices
13 93 (8.77%) Analytics
13 93 (8.77%) Coaching
13 93 (8.77%) ERP
14 91 (8.58%) Data Privacy
15 89 (8.40%) Full-Stack Development
16 88 (8.30%) Customer Service
17 85 (8.02%) Decision-Making
18 79 (7.45%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 208 (19.62%) SQL
2 153 (14.43%) C#
3 103 (9.72%) TypeScript
4 87 (8.21%) JavaScript
5 75 (7.08%) Python
6 48 (4.53%) Java
7 23 (2.17%) PowerShell
8 22 (2.08%) PHP
9 12 (1.13%) C
10 11 (1.04%) Bash
10 11 (1.04%) Go
11 10 (0.94%) Kotlin
12 9 (0.85%) Bicep
13 5 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.28%) Swift
14 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.094%) ABAP
15 1 (0.094%) C++
15 1 (0.094%) VB
15 1 (0.094%) XAML
Qualifications
1 104 (9.81%) Degree
2 32 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (2.92%) ACCA
4 20 (1.89%) Security Cleared
5 19 (1.79%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.13%) CISSP
7 11 (1.04%) CIMA
8 10 (0.94%) AWS Certification
9 9 (0.85%) SC Cleared
10 8 (0.75%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.66%) CISM
11 7 (0.66%) CRISC
11 7 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 6 (0.57%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 4 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.38%) CISMP
14 4 (0.38%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.28%) CIPD
15 3 (0.28%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (8.02%) QA
2 64 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.26%) ISO 9001
4 23 (2.17%) GDPR
5 22 (2.08%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.89%) SOC 2
7 16 (1.51%) NIST
8 14 (1.32%) GRC
9 13 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.23%) SLA
10 12 (1.13%) GAAP
11 11 (1.04%) IFRS
12 9 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.47%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.38%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.28%) Data Quality
16 3 (0.28%) PMO
16 3 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (2.92%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.36%) Docker
3 9 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 67 (6.32%) Terraform
2 59 (5.57%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.70%) Grafana
4 16 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.85%) Ansible
6 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.38%) Argo
7 4 (0.38%) Cilium
8 1 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.094%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.094%) Istio
8 1 (0.094%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.094%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.094%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.094%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 117 (11.04%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.57%) Salesforce
3 46 (4.34%) HubSpot
4 37 (3.49%) Adobe
5 33 (3.11%) Databricks
6 26 (2.45%) Oracle
7 24 (2.26%) Google
8 15 (1.42%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.32%) Cisco
9 14 (1.32%) Workday
10 13 (1.23%) Zoho
11 11 (1.04%) Alteryx
11 11 (1.04%) SAP
12 10 (0.94%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.75%) VMware
14 5 (0.47%) Pardot
15 4 (0.38%) Facebook
15 4 (0.38%) Guidewire
15 4 (0.38%) Instagram
15 4 (0.38%) Talend