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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 75 50
Rank change year-on-year +47 -25 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,444 758 1,546
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.93% 4.72% 4.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.02% 12.57% 10.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,129 585 1,306
10th Percentile £35,400 £33,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,250 £49,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
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 8,015 6,032 14,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.47% 37.57% 42.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5,703 4,443 11,789
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,520 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £101,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

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 3 July 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 53 (3.67%) SharePoint
2 51 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.04%) CMS
3 15 (1.04%) WordPress
4 12 (0.83%) Confluence
5 6 (0.42%) SAS
6 5 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.35%) Moodle
6 5 (0.35%) Totara
7 3 (0.21%) IIS
7 3 (0.21%) JBoss
7 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.069%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.069%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 24 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (0.55%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
10 1 (0.069%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 20 (1.39%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.21%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.21%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.21%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.21%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.14%) Shopify
4 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.069%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.069%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 271 (18.77%) Azure
2 257 (17.80%) AWS
3 101 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
4 94 (6.51%) Entra ID
5 90 (6.23%) GCP
6 57 (3.95%) PaaS
6 57 (3.95%) Power Platform
7 52 (3.60%) Amazon EKS
8 50 (3.46%) Serverless
9 34 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (1.94%) IaaS
11 25 (1.73%) Mimecast
12 24 (1.66%) Snowflake
13 22 (1.52%) GitHub
14 20 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
15 19 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (1.25%) Figma
17 17 (1.18%) Azure Functions
18 16 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
19 15 (1.04%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.66%) Firewall
2 19 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (1.11%) VPN
4 14 (0.97%) DNS
5 10 (0.69%) Broadband
5 10 (0.69%) LAN
5 10 (0.69%) WAN
6 9 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
6 9 (0.62%) DHCP
6 9 (0.62%) IPsec
6 9 (0.62%) MPLS
6 9 (0.62%) NetScaler
6 9 (0.62%) NX-OS
6 9 (0.62%) SD-WAN
6 9 (0.62%) VXLAN
6 9 (0.62%) WLAN
7 8 (0.55%) BGP
8 7 (0.48%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.02%) SQL Server
2 40 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.35%) Power BI
4 28 (1.94%) Redis
5 26 (1.80%) MySQL
6 15 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.42%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.35%) Big Data
10 5 (0.35%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.35%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.35%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.28%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.28%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.28%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.21%) Metadata
12 3 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 73 (5.06%) JIRA
2 40 (2.77%) TeamCity
3 33 (2.29%) Git
4 10 (0.69%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.42%) JMeter
5 6 (0.42%) Selenium
6 5 (0.35%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.35%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.35%) Locust
6 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.28%) GitLab
7 4 (0.28%) Postman
8 3 (0.21%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.21%) JUnit
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.14%) CircleCI
General
1 364 (25.21%) Social Skills
2 342 (23.68%) Finance
3 226 (15.65%) Retail
4 199 (13.78%) Marketing
5 188 (13.02%) Law
6 156 (10.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 135 (9.35%) Banking
8 124 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
8 124 (8.59%) Back Office
9 115 (7.96%) Legal
10 104 (7.20%) Financial Institution
11 54 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
12 41 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (2.01%) Manufacturing
14 28 (1.94%) Advertising
15 25 (1.73%) Public Sector
16 21 (1.45%) German Language
17 20 (1.39%) Health Technology
17 20 (1.39%) Polish Language
18 18 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 186 (12.88%) Senior
2 185 (12.81%) Lead
3 160 (11.08%) Developer
4 113 (7.83%) Software Engineer
5 91 (6.30%) Account Executive
6 81 (5.61%) Architect
7 78 (5.40%) Account Manager
7 78 (5.40%) Full-Stack Developer
8 69 (4.78%) Lead Developer
9 65 (4.50%) Consultant
10 58 (4.02%) Support Engineer
11 51 (3.53%) Analyst
12 43 (2.98%) Software Developer
12 43 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
13 39 (2.70%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 39 (2.70%) Lead Software Developer
14 38 (2.63%) Marketing Manager
15 37 (2.56%) C# Developer
15 37 (2.56%) Senior Manager
16 36 (2.49%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (6.30%) Node.js
2 86 (5.96%) .NET
3 61 (4.22%) React
4 53 (3.67%) Vue
5 36 (2.49%) CSS
5 36 (2.49%) REST
5 36 (2.49%) RESTful
6 35 (2.42%) HTML
7 25 (1.73%) JSON
8 22 (1.52%) Middleware
9 19 (1.32%) XML
10 16 (1.11%) AngularJS
11 14 (0.97%) Next.js
11 14 (0.97%) OAuth
12 13 (0.90%) .NET Core
13 12 (0.83%) GraphQL
13 12 (0.83%) NestJS
13 12 (0.83%) Spring
14 11 (0.76%) ASP.NET
14 11 (0.76%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 121 (8.38%) Cloud Native
2 102 (7.06%) Onboarding
3 83 (5.75%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
5 39 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 30 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.80%) Blog
8 23 (1.59%) PropTech
9 21 (1.45%) Data Structures
9 21 (1.45%) Social Media
9 21 (1.45%) Virtual Team
9 21 (1.45%) Web Conferencing
10 17 (1.18%) Client/Server
11 16 (1.11%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
12 15 (1.04%) EPoS
12 15 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
13 14 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (0.97%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 45 (3.12%) Windows
2 19 (1.32%) Linux
3 16 (1.11%) Apple iOS
4 15 (1.04%) Android
5 14 (0.97%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.62%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.21%) Debian
8 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.21%) Unix
9 2 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (17.24%) AI
2 208 (14.40%) Software Engineering
3 204 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
4 201 (13.92%) B2B
4 201 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 183 (12.67%) Agile
6 166 (11.50%) CRM
6 166 (11.50%) DevOps
7 156 (10.80%) CI/CD
8 149 (10.32%) Full-Stack Development
9 143 (9.90%) Roadmaps
10 142 (9.83%) Microservices
11 121 (8.38%) Decision-Making
12 120 (8.31%) Mentoring
13 116 (8.03%) Business Development
14 109 (7.55%) Fintech
15 98 (6.79%) Analytics
15 98 (6.79%) Stakeholder Management
16 95 (6.58%) Test Automation
17 87 (6.02%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 134 (9.28%) Python
2 130 (9.00%) SQL
3 113 (7.83%) TypeScript
4 95 (6.58%) JavaScript
5 87 (6.02%) Java
6 84 (5.82%) C#
7 54 (3.74%) PowerShell
8 30 (2.08%) PHP
9 26 (1.80%) R
10 23 (1.59%) Go
11 15 (1.04%) Bash
12 10 (0.69%) Bicep
12 10 (0.69%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.48%) Ruby
14 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.21%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.21%) Swift
16 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.069%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.069%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 102 (7.06%) Degree
2 49 (3.39%) CISSP
3 44 (3.05%) ACCA
4 36 (2.49%) CISM
5 34 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (2.29%) Security Cleared
7 31 (2.15%) CIMA
8 23 (1.59%) CRISC
9 22 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.52%) SC Cleared
10 19 (1.32%) CISA
11 15 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
12 14 (0.97%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.55%) ISACA
14 7 (0.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 7 (0.48%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (0.42%) MBA
16 5 (0.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (5.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (4.29%) GDPR
3 61 (4.22%) QA
4 44 (3.05%) NIST
5 41 (2.84%) PCI DSS
6 33 (2.29%) SOC 2
7 27 (1.87%) Accessibility
8 26 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (1.66%) Data Quality
10 21 (1.45%) IFRS
11 20 (1.39%) GRC
12 15 (1.04%) ISO 22301
13 13 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 13 (0.90%) SLA
14 11 (0.76%) PMO
15 10 (0.69%) COBIT
16 9 (0.62%) SOC 1
16 9 (0.62%) WCAG
17 8 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
18 7 (0.48%) GAAP
System Software
1 82 (5.68%) Active Directory
2 43 (2.98%) Docker
3 5 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.21%) Firmware
5 1 (0.069%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.069%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.069%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 98 (6.79%) Terraform
2 77 (5.33%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.46%) Grafana
4 36 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.76%) Ansible
7 5 (0.35%) Argo
7 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.21%) Packer
9 2 (0.14%) CASB
9 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.14%) Puppet
10 1 (0.069%) Graylog
10 1 (0.069%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.069%) QRadar
Vendors
1 182 (12.60%) Microsoft
2 49 (3.39%) HubSpot
3 48 (3.32%) Salesforce
4 32 (2.22%) Google
5 26 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (1.39%) Sage
7 19 (1.32%) Adobe
8 17 (1.18%) Databricks
8 17 (1.18%) Oracle
9 16 (1.11%) Pardot
9 16 (1.11%) Xero
10 14 (0.97%) SAP
10 14 (0.97%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.69%) Cisco
12 9 (0.62%) CheckPoint
12 9 (0.62%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.62%) Meraki
12 9 (0.62%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.42%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.42%) Workday