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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 72 49
Rank change year-on-year +44 -23 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,380 724 1,606
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.85% 4.68% 4.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.09% 12.24% 10.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,099 553 1,343
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,600 £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 £114,500 £98,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 7,630 5,915 14,640
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.88% 38.22% 42.16%
Number of salaries quoted 5,367 4,306 12,168
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,549 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -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% -8.95%

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 20 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 13 (0.94%) CMS
4 11 (0.80%) Confluence
5 6 (0.43%) 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 3 (0.22%) JBoss
7 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.072%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.072%) IIS
9 1 (0.072%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.58%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.14%) Trello
9 1 (0.072%) InDesign
9 1 (0.072%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.072%) 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 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.14%) Shopify
5 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.072%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.072%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.072%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.072%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.072%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 236 (17.10%) Azure
2 228 (16.52%) AWS
3 87 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
4 84 (6.09%) GCP
5 83 (6.01%) Entra ID
6 55 (3.99%) PaaS
7 52 (3.77%) Power Platform
8 48 (3.48%) Amazon EKS
8 48 (3.48%) Serverless
9 32 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (1.96%) GitHub
10 27 (1.96%) IaaS
11 22 (1.59%) Figma
12 20 (1.45%) Mimecast
12 20 (1.45%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 15 (1.09%) Azure Functions
15 15 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
16 14 (1.01%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.88%) Firewall
2 21 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.30%) VPN
4 14 (1.01%) DNS
5 12 (0.87%) LAN
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%) MPLS
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 (0.72%) BGP
7 10 (0.72%) Broadband
8 9 (0.65%) DHCP
9 7 (0.51%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 35 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (2.17%) Power BI
4 26 (1.88%) MySQL
5 23 (1.67%) Redis
6 17 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.36%) Big Data
11 5 (0.36%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.36%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.29%) Delta Lake
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%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 63 (4.57%) JIRA
2 37 (2.68%) TeamCity
3 35 (2.54%) Git
4 10 (0.72%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.43%) JMeter
5 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.36%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.36%) Locust
6 5 (0.36%) Selenium
6 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.29%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.29%) GitLab
7 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.29%) Postman
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 (23.70%) Social Skills
2 316 (22.90%) Finance
3 221 (16.01%) Retail
4 200 (14.49%) Marketing
5 157 (11.38%) Law
6 150 (10.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 129 (9.35%) Banking
8 120 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
9 117 (8.48%) Back Office
10 101 (7.32%) Financial Institution
11 96 (6.96%) Legal
12 46 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.25%) Manufacturing
15 28 (2.03%) Advertising
16 23 (1.67%) Public Sector
17 22 (1.59%) Health Technology
18 21 (1.52%) German Language
19 20 (1.45%) Polish Language
20 17 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 175 (12.68%) Senior
2 165 (11.96%) Lead
3 160 (11.59%) Developer
4 107 (7.75%) Software Engineer
5 94 (6.81%) Account Executive
6 79 (5.72%) Account Manager
7 77 (5.58%) Architect
8 72 (5.22%) Full-Stack Developer
9 63 (4.57%) Lead Developer
10 54 (3.91%) Consultant
11 53 (3.84%) Support Engineer
12 47 (3.41%) Analyst
13 42 (3.04%) Sales Manager
13 42 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
14 37 (2.68%) Marketing Manager
15 36 (2.61%) .NET Software Engineer
15 36 (2.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 35 (2.54%) C# Developer
16 35 (2.54%) Software Developer
17 34 (2.46%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (6.30%) .NET
2 80 (5.80%) Node.js
3 61 (4.42%) React
4 48 (3.48%) Vue
5 37 (2.68%) RESTful
6 36 (2.61%) REST
7 35 (2.54%) HTML
8 34 (2.46%) CSS
9 25 (1.81%) JSON
10 20 (1.45%) XML
11 16 (1.16%) Spring
12 15 (1.09%) AngularJS
13 14 (1.01%) OAuth
13 14 (1.01%) React Native
14 13 (0.94%) .NET Core
14 13 (0.94%) NestJS
14 13 (0.94%) Spring Boot
15 12 (0.87%) GraphQL
15 12 (0.87%) Kafka
15 12 (0.87%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.19%) Cloud Native
2 95 (6.88%) Onboarding
3 82 (5.94%) Product Ownership
4 41 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (2.61%) Management Information System
6 26 (1.88%) Blog
6 26 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
6 26 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (1.81%) EPoS
8 23 (1.67%) PropTech
9 20 (1.45%) Social Media
10 18 (1.30%) Data Centre
10 18 (1.30%) Data Structures
11 16 (1.16%) Web Conferencing
12 15 (1.09%) Client/Server
12 15 (1.09%) Marketing Technology
13 14 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (0.94%) Driving Licence
15 12 (0.87%) Mobile App
16 11 (0.80%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.12%) Windows
2 19 (1.38%) Apple iOS
2 19 (1.38%) Linux
3 18 (1.30%) Android
4 12 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.65%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.22%) Debian
7 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.22%) Unix
8 2 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (17.25%) AI
2 193 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
3 192 (13.91%) B2B
4 188 (13.62%) Software Engineering
5 172 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 165 (11.96%) Agile
7 153 (11.09%) CRM
8 151 (10.94%) CI/CD
9 140 (10.14%) Full-Stack Development
10 139 (10.07%) Roadmaps
11 136 (9.86%) DevOps
12 131 (9.49%) Microservices
13 112 (8.12%) Business Development
14 110 (7.97%) Decision-Making
15 107 (7.75%) Fintech
16 101 (7.32%) Mentoring
17 94 (6.81%) Analytics
18 79 (5.72%) Stakeholder Management
19 77 (5.58%) Cybersecurity
20 75 (5.43%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 125 (9.06%) SQL
2 124 (8.99%) Python
3 88 (6.38%) Java
4 87 (6.30%) TypeScript
5 74 (5.36%) C#
6 72 (5.22%) JavaScript
7 45 (3.26%) PowerShell
8 31 (2.25%) PHP
9 23 (1.67%) Go
10 21 (1.52%) R
11 16 (1.16%) Bash
12 10 (0.72%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.65%) Bicep
14 7 (0.51%) Ruby
15 4 (0.29%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.22%) Swift
17 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
18 1 (0.072%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 97 (7.03%) Degree
2 42 (3.04%) ACCA
3 30 (2.17%) CIMA
3 30 (2.17%) Security Cleared
4 29 (2.10%) CISSP
5 28 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (1.52%) SC Cleared
7 18 (1.30%) CRISC
7 18 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (1.23%) CISM
9 15 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.01%) CISA
10 14 (1.01%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.51%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.43%) ISACA
12 6 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (0.43%) 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 47 (3.41%) 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 (1.59%) Data Quality
9 20 (1.45%) IFRS
10 15 (1.09%) 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 (0.43%) GAAP
17 5 (0.36%) JSP 440
System Software
1 76 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 46 (3.33%) Docker
3 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.072%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 95 (6.88%) Terraform
2 75 (5.43%) Kubernetes
3 47 (3.41%) Grafana
4 31 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (1.01%) Ansible
7 5 (0.36%) Argo
7 5 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.22%) Packer
9 2 (0.14%) CASB
9 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.14%) Puppet
10 1 (0.072%) Graylog
10 1 (0.072%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.072%) QRadar
Vendors
1 154 (11.16%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.41%) Salesforce
3 42 (3.04%) HubSpot
4 34 (2.46%) Google
5 21 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (1.45%) Sage
7 19 (1.38%) Adobe
8 17 (1.23%) Databricks
9 16 (1.16%) Pardot
9 16 (1.16%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.16%) Xero
10 14 (1.01%) SAP
11 12 (0.87%) Cisco
11 12 (0.87%) Oracle
12 11 (0.80%) CheckPoint
12 11 (0.80%) Dynatrace
12 11 (0.80%) Meraki
12 11 (0.80%) SolarWinds
13 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.43%) Atlassian