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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 75 50
Rank change year-on-year +47 -25 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,379 719 1,600
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.86% 4.66% 4.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.13% 12.21% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,099 551 1,341
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -2.34% -1.54%
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.40%

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 7,606 5,887 14,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.86% 38.15% 42.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,338 4,281 12,182
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.75%

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 June 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 44 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
1 44 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.09%) WordPress
3 12 (0.87%) CMS
4 11 (0.80%) Confluence
5 6 (0.44%) SAS
6 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.36%) Moodle
6 5 (0.36%) Totara
7 4 (0.29%) JBoss
7 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.073%) Apache
9 1 (0.073%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.073%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.58%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.15%) Trello
9 1 (0.073%) InDesign
9 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.16%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.22%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.22%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.22%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.22%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.073%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 234 (16.97%) Azure
2 225 (16.32%) AWS
3 87 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
4 83 (6.02%) GCP
5 82 (5.95%) Entra ID
6 55 (3.99%) PaaS
7 51 (3.70%) Power Platform
8 47 (3.41%) Serverless
9 46 (3.34%) Amazon EKS
10 33 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (2.03%) IaaS
12 26 (1.89%) GitHub
13 22 (1.60%) Figma
14 20 (1.45%) Mimecast
14 20 (1.45%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 15 (1.09%) Azure Functions
17 15 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
18 14 (1.02%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.96%) Firewall
2 21 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.31%) VPN
4 14 (1.02%) DNS
5 12 (0.87%) LAN
5 12 (0.87%) MPLS
5 12 (0.87%) WAN
6 11 (0.80%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (0.80%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (0.80%) Cisco ISE
6 11 (0.80%) IPsec
6 11 (0.80%) NetScaler
6 11 (0.80%) NX-OS
6 11 (0.80%) SD-WAN
6 11 (0.80%) VXLAN
6 11 (0.80%) WLAN
7 10 (0.73%) BGP
8 9 (0.65%) Broadband
8 9 (0.65%) DHCP
9 7 (0.51%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 34 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (2.18%) Power BI
4 24 (1.74%) MySQL
5 23 (1.67%) Redis
6 16 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.36%) Big Data
11 5 (0.36%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.29%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.29%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.29%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.22%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
13 3 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 62 (4.50%) JIRA
2 36 (2.61%) TeamCity
3 32 (2.32%) Git
4 9 (0.65%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.44%) JMeter
5 6 (0.44%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.36%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.36%) Locust
6 5 (0.36%) Selenium
7 4 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.29%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.29%) Postman
7 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.22%) GitLab
8 3 (0.22%) JUnit
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 330 (23.93%) Social Skills
2 315 (22.84%) Finance
3 221 (16.03%) Retail
4 204 (14.79%) Marketing
5 156 (11.31%) Law
6 149 (10.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 128 (9.28%) Banking
8 119 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
9 116 (8.41%) Back Office
10 100 (7.25%) Financial Institution
11 95 (6.89%) Legal
12 47 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.25%) Manufacturing
15 28 (2.03%) Advertising
16 23 (1.67%) Public Sector
17 22 (1.60%) Health Technology
18 21 (1.52%) German Language
19 20 (1.45%) Polish Language
20 16 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 176 (12.76%) Senior
2 163 (11.82%) Lead
3 160 (11.60%) Developer
4 105 (7.61%) Software Engineer
5 92 (6.67%) Account Executive
6 80 (5.80%) Account Manager
7 78 (5.66%) Architect
8 72 (5.22%) Full-Stack Developer
9 63 (4.57%) Lead Developer
10 54 (3.92%) Consultant
11 52 (3.77%) Support Engineer
12 47 (3.41%) Analyst
13 43 (3.12%) Sales Manager
14 42 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
15 37 (2.68%) Marketing Manager
16 36 (2.61%) .NET Software Engineer
16 36 (2.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 35 (2.54%) C# Developer
17 35 (2.54%) Software Developer
18 33 (2.39%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (6.31%) .NET
2 80 (5.80%) Node.js
3 60 (4.35%) React
4 47 (3.41%) Vue
5 36 (2.61%) RESTful
6 35 (2.54%) HTML
6 35 (2.54%) REST
7 34 (2.47%) CSS
8 25 (1.81%) JSON
9 20 (1.45%) XML
10 17 (1.23%) Spring
11 14 (1.02%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.02%) React Native
12 13 (0.94%) GraphQL
12 13 (0.94%) NestJS
12 13 (0.94%) Spring Boot
13 12 (0.87%) .NET Core
13 12 (0.87%) Next.js
13 12 (0.87%) OAuth
14 11 (0.80%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.19%) Cloud Native
2 94 (6.82%) Onboarding
3 80 (5.80%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
5 37 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.89%) Blog
8 25 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
8 25 (1.81%) EPoS
9 23 (1.67%) PropTech
10 20 (1.45%) Social Media
11 18 (1.31%) Data Centre
11 18 (1.31%) Data Structures
12 15 (1.09%) Client/Server
12 15 (1.09%) Marketing Technology
12 15 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
13 14 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (0.94%) Driving Licence
15 12 (0.87%) Mobile App
16 11 (0.80%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.19%) Windows
2 19 (1.38%) Apple iOS
3 18 (1.31%) Android
3 18 (1.31%) Linux
4 12 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.65%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.22%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) Debian
9 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (17.11%) AI
2 194 (14.07%) B2B
2 194 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
3 184 (13.34%) Software Engineering
4 170 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 161 (11.68%) Agile
6 155 (11.24%) CRM
7 148 (10.73%) CI/CD
8 139 (10.08%) Full-Stack Development
9 138 (10.01%) Roadmaps
10 132 (9.57%) DevOps
11 129 (9.35%) Microservices
12 113 (8.19%) Business Development
13 112 (8.12%) Decision-Making
14 107 (7.76%) Fintech
15 100 (7.25%) Mentoring
16 95 (6.89%) Analytics
17 80 (5.80%) Stakeholder Management
18 76 (5.51%) Cybersecurity
19 75 (5.44%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 124 (8.99%) SQL
2 122 (8.85%) Python
3 87 (6.31%) Java
4 86 (6.24%) TypeScript
5 72 (5.22%) C#
6 71 (5.15%) JavaScript
7 43 (3.12%) PowerShell
8 30 (2.18%) PHP
9 23 (1.67%) Go
10 21 (1.52%) R
11 15 (1.09%) Bash
12 9 (0.65%) Bicep
12 9 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.44%) Ruby
14 4 (0.29%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.22%) Swift
16 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.073%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 96 (6.96%) Degree
2 42 (3.05%) ACCA
3 30 (2.18%) CIMA
4 29 (2.10%) CISSP
4 29 (2.10%) Security Cleared
5 28 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (1.52%) SC Cleared
7 18 (1.31%) CRISC
8 17 (1.23%) CISM
8 17 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.02%) CISA
10 14 (1.02%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.51%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.44%) ISACA
12 6 (0.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (0.44%) MBA
13 5 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.36%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (3.77%) GDPR
3 46 (3.34%) QA
4 36 (2.61%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.25%) Accessibility
6 27 (1.96%) SOC 2
7 23 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (1.67%) NIST
8 22 (1.60%) Data Quality
9 20 (1.45%) IFRS
10 16 (1.16%) GRC
11 13 (0.94%) WCAG
12 12 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (0.87%) PMO
13 11 (0.80%) SLA
14 8 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.58%) COBIT
15 7 (0.51%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.44%) GAAP
17 5 (0.36%) JSP 440
System Software
1 76 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.26%) Docker
3 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.22%) Firmware
5 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 95 (6.89%) Terraform
2 73 (5.29%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.34%) Grafana
4 31 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.94%) Ansible
7 5 (0.36%) Argo
7 5 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.22%) CASB
8 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.22%) Packer
9 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.073%) Graylog
10 1 (0.073%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.073%) QRadar
Vendors
1 153 (11.09%) Microsoft
2 46 (3.34%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.12%) HubSpot
4 34 (2.47%) Google
5 21 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (1.45%) Sage
7 19 (1.38%) Adobe
8 16 (1.16%) Databricks
8 16 (1.16%) Pardot
8 16 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.16%) Xero
9 14 (1.02%) SAP
10 12 (0.87%) Cisco
10 12 (0.87%) Oracle
11 11 (0.80%) CheckPoint
11 11 (0.80%) Dynatrace
11 11 (0.80%) Meraki
11 11 (0.80%) SolarWinds
12 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.44%) Atlassian