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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 78 51
Rank change year-on-year +50 -27 -7
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,373 715 1,592
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.88% 4.66% 4.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.23% 12.17% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,093 548 1,333
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,850 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
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% -8.05%

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 7,530 5,874 14,578
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.72% 38.26% 42.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,265 4,270 12,120
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,103
25th Percentile £45,748 £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% -9.45%

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 17 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 42 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
1 42 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.09%) WordPress
3 12 (0.87%) CMS
4 10 (0.73%) 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 21 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.58%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.073%) InDesign
9 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.17%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.66%) 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
1 231 (16.82%) Azure
2 226 (16.46%) AWS
3 83 (6.05%) GCP
3 83 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
4 79 (5.75%) Entra ID
5 53 (3.86%) PaaS
6 50 (3.64%) Power Platform
7 48 (3.50%) Serverless
8 46 (3.35%) Amazon EKS
9 32 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (1.97%) IaaS
11 26 (1.89%) GitHub
12 22 (1.60%) Figma
13 20 (1.46%) Snowflake
14 19 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (1.31%) Mimecast
16 16 (1.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 15 (1.09%) Azure Functions
18 14 (1.02%) AWS Direct Connect
18 14 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.97%) Firewall
2 21 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.31%) VPN
4 15 (1.09%) 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 (0.66%) Broadband
8 9 (0.66%) DHCP
9 7 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.79%) SQL Server
2 34 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (2.11%) Power BI
4 23 (1.68%) MySQL
4 23 (1.68%) Redis
5 16 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.36%) Big Data
10 5 (0.36%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.29%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.29%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.29%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.22%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 58 (4.22%) JIRA
2 36 (2.62%) TeamCity
3 32 (2.33%) Git
4 9 (0.66%) 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
1 327 (23.82%) Social Skills
2 311 (22.65%) Finance
3 220 (16.02%) Retail
4 206 (15.00%) Marketing
5 156 (11.36%) Law
6 150 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 129 (9.40%) Banking
8 118 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
9 117 (8.52%) Back Office
10 101 (7.36%) Financial Institution
11 91 (6.63%) Legal
12 47 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.26%) Manufacturing
15 28 (2.04%) Advertising
16 24 (1.75%) Public Sector
17 21 (1.53%) German Language
17 21 (1.53%) Health Technology
18 20 (1.46%) Polish Language
19 16 (1.17%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 178 (12.96%) Senior
2 164 (11.94%) Lead
3 161 (11.73%) Developer
4 105 (7.65%) Software Engineer
5 92 (6.70%) Account Executive
6 80 (5.83%) Account Manager
7 78 (5.68%) Architect
8 72 (5.24%) Full-Stack Developer
9 64 (4.66%) Lead Developer
10 52 (3.79%) Consultant
11 51 (3.71%) Support Engineer
12 48 (3.50%) Analyst
13 42 (3.06%) Sales Manager
13 42 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
14 37 (2.69%) Marketing Manager
15 36 (2.62%) .NET Software Engineer
15 36 (2.62%) C# Developer
15 36 (2.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 35 (2.55%) Software Developer
17 33 (2.40%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.41%) .NET
2 80 (5.83%) Node.js
3 60 (4.37%) React
4 47 (3.42%) Vue
5 37 (2.69%) RESTful
6 35 (2.55%) HTML
6 35 (2.55%) REST
7 34 (2.48%) CSS
8 25 (1.82%) JSON
9 20 (1.46%) XML
10 17 (1.24%) Spring
11 14 (1.02%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.02%) React Native
12 13 (0.95%) GraphQL
12 13 (0.95%) NestJS
12 13 (0.95%) OAuth
12 13 (0.95%) Spring Boot
13 12 (0.87%) .NET Core
13 12 (0.87%) Next.js
14 11 (0.80%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.16%) Cloud Native
2 95 (6.92%) Onboarding
3 80 (5.83%) Product Ownership
4 39 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
5 37 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.89%) Blog
8 25 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (1.75%) EPoS
10 23 (1.68%) PropTech
11 20 (1.46%) Social Media
12 18 (1.31%) Data Structures
13 17 (1.24%) Data Centre
14 15 (1.09%) Client/Server
14 15 (1.09%) Marketing Technology
14 15 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
15 14 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.87%) Driving Licence
16 12 (0.87%) Mobile App
17 11 (0.80%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.20%) Windows
2 19 (1.38%) Apple iOS
3 18 (1.31%) Android
4 17 (1.24%) Linux
5 13 (0.95%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.66%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.22%) Unix
10 2 (0.15%) Debian
10 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (17.19%) AI
2 193 (14.06%) B2B
3 192 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
4 185 (13.47%) Software Engineering
5 171 (12.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 161 (11.73%) Agile
7 152 (11.07%) CRM
8 149 (10.85%) CI/CD
9 141 (10.27%) Full-Stack Development
10 137 (9.98%) Roadmaps
11 132 (9.61%) DevOps
12 130 (9.47%) Microservices
13 113 (8.23%) Business Development
14 110 (8.01%) Decision-Making
15 105 (7.65%) Fintech
16 100 (7.28%) Mentoring
17 95 (6.92%) Analytics
18 78 (5.68%) Stakeholder Management
19 74 (5.39%) Cybersecurity
19 74 (5.39%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 124 (9.03%) SQL
2 121 (8.81%) Python
3 87 (6.34%) Java
3 87 (6.34%) TypeScript
4 74 (5.39%) C#
5 70 (5.10%) JavaScript
6 43 (3.13%) PowerShell
7 30 (2.18%) PHP
8 23 (1.68%) Go
9 19 (1.38%) R
10 15 (1.09%) Bash
11 9 (0.66%) Bicep
11 9 (0.66%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.36%) Ruby
13 4 (0.29%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.22%) Swift
15 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.073%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 95 (6.92%) Degree
2 41 (2.99%) ACCA
3 29 (2.11%) CIMA
3 29 (2.11%) CISSP
4 28 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (2.04%) Security Cleared
5 20 (1.46%) SC Cleared
6 17 (1.24%) CRISC
6 17 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.17%) CISM
8 14 (1.02%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.02%) CISA
8 14 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.51%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (0.44%) ISACA
10 6 (0.44%) MBA
11 5 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.29%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (3.71%) GDPR
3 44 (3.20%) QA
4 36 (2.62%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.26%) Accessibility
6 29 (2.11%) SOC 2
7 22 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (1.60%) Data Quality
7 22 (1.60%) NIST
8 19 (1.38%) IFRS
9 16 (1.17%) GRC
10 13 (0.95%) WCAG
11 12 (0.87%) PMO
11 12 (0.87%) SLA
12 11 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.58%) COBIT
14 7 (0.51%) SOC 1
15 5 (0.36%) GAAP
16 4 (0.29%) JSP 440
System Software
1 73 (5.32%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.28%) Docker
3 4 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.073%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 95 (6.92%) Terraform
2 73 (5.32%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.35%) Grafana
4 29 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.95%) 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
1 149 (10.85%) Microsoft
2 45 (3.28%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.13%) HubSpot
4 34 (2.48%) Google
5 20 (1.46%) Sage
6 19 (1.38%) Adobe
6 19 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (1.17%) Databricks
7 16 (1.17%) Pardot
7 16 (1.17%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.17%) Xero
8 14 (1.02%) SAP
9 12 (0.87%) Cisco
9 12 (0.87%) Oracle
10 11 (0.80%) CheckPoint
10 11 (0.80%) Dynatrace
10 11 (0.80%) Meraki
10 11 (0.80%) SolarWinds
11 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
12 6 (0.44%) Atlassian