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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 53 51
Rank change year-on-year +22 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,666 893 1,051
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.71% 5.31% 4.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.23% 15.54% 11.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,240 691 694
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £84,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -11.11%

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 8,663 5,746 9,351
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.88% 34.19% 42.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,353 4,068 6,162
10th Percentile £34,689 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% +0.80%

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 5 October 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 69 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 42 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.02%) Confluence
4 13 (0.78%) CMS
5 11 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.54%) Apache
7 8 (0.48%) WordPress
8 7 (0.42%) IIS
9 6 (0.36%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.060%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.060%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.060%) Jupyter
Applications
1 26 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.42%) Moqups
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
4 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
4 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.18%) OPENHousing
4 3 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
4 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.12%) Maximo
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.060%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.060%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 331 (19.87%) AWS
2 320 (19.21%) Azure
3 122 (7.32%) GCP
4 101 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
5 79 (4.74%) Entra ID
6 74 (4.44%) Power Platform
7 72 (4.32%) Amazon EKS
8 58 (3.48%) PaaS
9 46 (2.76%) Serverless
10 44 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
11 39 (2.34%) GitHub
12 34 (2.04%) Snowflake
13 33 (1.98%) IaaS
14 27 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
15 26 (1.56%) Mimecast
15 26 (1.56%) Power Automate
16 25 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
17 23 (1.38%) Figma
18 21 (1.26%) PowerApps
19 19 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.02%) VPN
2 14 (0.84%) Network Security
3 12 (0.72%) DNS
4 11 (0.66%) AMQP
4 11 (0.66%) SMS
4 11 (0.66%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.60%) Broadband
6 9 (0.54%) Firewall
6 9 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.48%) DHCP
8 7 (0.42%) BGP
9 6 (0.36%) 5G
9 6 (0.36%) Internet
10 5 (0.30%) VoIP
10 5 (0.30%) WAN
11 4 (0.24%) IPsec
11 4 (0.24%) LAN
11 4 (0.24%) MPLS
11 4 (0.24%) VLAN
11 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (3.48%) SQL Server
2 55 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (2.46%) Power BI
4 35 (2.10%) Redis
5 22 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (0.84%) Big Data
7 13 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (0.78%) MySQL
8 10 (0.60%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.42%) Looker
9 7 (0.42%) Metadata
10 6 (0.36%) Tableau
11 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
11 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
12 4 (0.24%) Metabase
12 4 (0.24%) OLTP
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 97 (5.82%) JIRA
2 65 (3.90%) TeamCity
3 44 (2.64%) Git
4 14 (0.84%) Cypress.io
5 13 (0.78%) Selenium
6 11 (0.66%) GitLab
7 9 (0.54%) Claude Code
8 7 (0.42%) Postman
8 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
9 6 (0.36%) JUnit
10 5 (0.30%) Poetry
10 5 (0.30%) Storybook
11 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
13 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.12%) Browser DevTools
13 2 (0.12%) MSI
13 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 1 (0.060%) MLflow
General
1 459 (27.55%) Social Skills
2 399 (23.95%) Finance
3 244 (14.65%) Retail
4 237 (14.23%) Marketing
5 234 (14.05%) Law
6 204 (12.24%) Legal
7 168 (10.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 141 (8.46%) Banking
9 135 (8.10%) Back Office
10 127 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
11 121 (7.26%) Financial Institution
12 64 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
13 62 (3.72%) Public Sector
14 58 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
15 37 (2.22%) Manufacturing
16 33 (1.98%) German Language
17 29 (1.74%) French Language
18 28 (1.68%) Health Technology
19 27 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
20 23 (1.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 231 (13.87%) Senior
2 226 (13.57%) Lead
3 157 (9.42%) Developer
4 117 (7.02%) Account Executive
5 108 (6.48%) Software Engineer
6 106 (6.36%) Architect
7 85 (5.10%) Full-Stack Developer
8 79 (4.74%) Consultant
9 77 (4.62%) Analyst
10 69 (4.14%) Software Developer
11 67 (4.02%) Account Manager
11 67 (4.02%) Lead Developer
12 65 (3.90%) Senior Manager
13 63 (3.78%) IT Manager
13 63 (3.78%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 61 (3.66%) Lead Software Developer
15 56 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
16 49 (2.94%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.88%) Resilience Manager
17 48 (2.88%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (7.92%) Terraform
2 123 (7.38%) Node.js
3 91 (5.46%) .NET
4 61 (3.66%) React
5 60 (3.60%) Middleware
6 54 (3.24%) REST
7 51 (3.06%) Vue
8 42 (2.52%) RESTful
9 22 (1.32%) CSS
9 22 (1.32%) NestJS
9 22 (1.32%) Next.js
9 22 (1.32%) OAuth
10 20 (1.20%) OpenID
11 18 (1.08%) OAuth2
11 18 (1.08%) OpenAPI
11 18 (1.08%) Swagger
12 17 (1.02%) HTML
12 17 (1.02%) Spring
12 17 (1.02%) Spring Boot
13 15 (0.90%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 131 (7.86%) Cloud Native
2 119 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 101 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 74 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.72%) Virtual Team
6 53 (3.18%) Management Information System
7 52 (3.12%) Enterprise Software
8 48 (2.88%) Cyber Threat
9 41 (2.46%) Web Conferencing
10 36 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.50%) Social Media
12 20 (1.20%) AI Agents
13 18 (1.08%) Blog
13 18 (1.08%) Driving Licence
14 17 (1.02%) Data Structures
15 16 (0.96%) Security Posture
16 14 (0.84%) Clustering
16 14 (0.84%) PropTech
17 13 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
17 13 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 38 (2.28%) Windows
2 24 (1.44%) Linux
3 16 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.72%) Android
4 12 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.30%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.18%) Debian
8 1 (0.060%) Unix
8 1 (0.060%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (18.61%) AI
2 268 (16.09%) B2B
3 267 (16.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 267 (16.03%) DevOps
4 255 (15.31%) Software Engineering
5 250 (15.01%) Agile
6 228 (13.69%) CRM
7 210 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
8 198 (11.88%) Mentoring
9 197 (11.82%) CI/CD
9 197 (11.82%) Test Automation
10 188 (11.28%) Stakeholder Management
11 166 (9.96%) Roadmaps
12 163 (9.78%) Decision-Making
13 161 (9.66%) Business Development
14 156 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 155 (9.30%) Microservices
16 146 (8.76%) Full-Stack Development
17 140 (8.40%) Fintech
17 140 (8.40%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 186 (11.16%) TypeScript
2 174 (10.44%) JavaScript
3 167 (10.02%) Python
4 155 (9.30%) C#
5 148 (8.88%) SQL
6 110 (6.60%) Java
7 84 (5.04%) PowerShell
8 30 (1.80%) R
9 25 (1.50%) Go
10 24 (1.44%) PHP
11 18 (1.08%) Bash
12 15 (0.90%) Bicep
13 9 (0.54%) Ruby
14 7 (0.42%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.36%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.36%) SOQL
16 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
17 3 (0.18%) Scala
17 3 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (5.28%) Degree
2 79 (4.74%) CISSP
3 73 (4.38%) CISM
4 56 (3.36%) ITIL Certification
5 43 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (1.86%) Security Cleared
7 21 (1.26%) Azure Certification
8 20 (1.20%) ACCA
9 19 (1.14%) CRISC
10 18 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (0.96%) CIMA
11 16 (0.96%) SC Cleared
12 14 (0.84%) CISA
13 8 (0.48%) ISACA
14 7 (0.42%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (7.62%) QA
2 86 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 77 (4.62%) NIST
4 74 (4.44%) GDPR
5 48 (2.88%) ISO 22301
6 33 (1.98%) Data Quality
6 33 (1.98%) PCI DSS
7 30 (1.80%) SOC 2
8 26 (1.56%) Accessibility
9 23 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (1.32%) GRC
11 18 (1.08%) SLA
12 13 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.60%) IFRS
14 9 (0.54%) COBIT
15 8 (0.48%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
17 4 (0.24%) GAAP
17 4 (0.24%) GxP
System Software
1 61 (3.66%) Active Directory
1 61 (3.66%) Docker
2 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 104 (6.24%) Kubernetes
2 77 (4.62%) Grafana
3 32 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (1.26%) Ansible
5 16 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.66%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Cilium
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.060%) CASB
10 1 (0.060%) Kibana
10 1 (0.060%) Packer
10 1 (0.060%) QRadar
Vendors
1 240 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.70%) HubSpot
3 82 (4.92%) Salesforce
4 54 (3.24%) Google
5 31 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
6 25 (1.50%) Sage
7 22 (1.32%) Databricks
8 17 (1.02%) Adobe
9 15 (0.90%) SAP
10 14 (0.84%) Workday
11 12 (0.72%) Oracle
12 10 (0.60%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.54%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.54%) Splunk
14 7 (0.42%) Facebook
14 7 (0.42%) Instagram
14 7 (0.42%) TikTok
14 7 (0.42%) YouTube
15 6 (0.36%) Freshdesk
15 6 (0.36%) Xero