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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 78 52
Rank change year-on-year +51 -26 -8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,346 704 1,595
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.92% 4.66% 4.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.25% 12.07% 11.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 541 1,344
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 7,375 5,834 14,465
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.91% 38.59% 42.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,084 4,241 12,117
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.73% +3.33% -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% -10.16%

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 10 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 40 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.11%) WordPress
4 12 (0.89%) CMS
5 11 (0.82%) Confluence
6 6 (0.45%) SAS
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.37%) Moodle
7 5 (0.37%) Totara
8 4 (0.30%) JBoss
8 4 (0.30%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.074%) Apache
10 1 (0.074%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.074%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.074%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (0.59%) Photoshop
4 7 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.074%) InDesign
8 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.074%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.074%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.19%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.52%) 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 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.074%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.074%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 228 (16.94%) AWS
2 226 (16.79%) Azure
3 82 (6.09%) GCP
4 77 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
5 74 (5.50%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.79%) PaaS
7 50 (3.71%) Power Platform
8 46 (3.42%) Serverless
9 43 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
10 29 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (1.93%) GitHub
11 26 (1.93%) IaaS
12 22 (1.63%) Figma
13 18 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (1.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 16 (1.19%) Mimecast
15 16 (1.19%) Snowflake
16 15 (1.11%) AWS Direct Connect
17 14 (1.04%) Azure Functions
18 13 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.08%) Firewall
2 22 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (1.41%) VPN
4 16 (1.19%) DNS
5 13 (0.97%) LAN
5 13 (0.97%) MPLS
5 13 (0.97%) WAN
6 12 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
6 12 (0.89%) Cisco Firepower
6 12 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
6 12 (0.89%) IPsec
6 12 (0.89%) NetScaler
6 12 (0.89%) NX-OS
6 12 (0.89%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.89%) VXLAN
6 12 (0.89%) WLAN
7 11 (0.82%) BGP
8 9 (0.67%) DHCP
9 8 (0.59%) OSPF
9 8 (0.59%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.64%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (2.15%) Power BI
4 20 (1.49%) MySQL
5 19 (1.41%) Redis
6 15 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.52%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.37%) Big Data
10 5 (0.37%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.30%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.30%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.30%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.30%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.22%) Tableau
13 2 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 52 (3.86%) JIRA
2 36 (2.67%) TeamCity
3 27 (2.01%) Git
4 9 (0.67%) Claude Code
5 7 (0.52%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.45%) JMeter
7 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.37%) Locust
7 5 (0.37%) Selenium
8 4 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.30%) Postman
8 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.22%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.22%) JUnit
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.15%) MSI
General
1 323 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 308 (22.88%) Finance
3 226 (16.79%) Retail
4 208 (15.45%) Marketing
5 162 (12.04%) Law
6 154 (11.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 133 (9.88%) Banking
8 121 (8.99%) Back Office
9 113 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
10 108 (8.02%) Financial Institution
11 87 (6.46%) Legal
12 46 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.30%) Manufacturing
15 28 (2.08%) Advertising
16 24 (1.78%) Public Sector
17 22 (1.63%) German Language
18 21 (1.56%) Health Technology
19 19 (1.41%) Polish Language
20 16 (1.19%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 174 (12.93%) Senior
2 162 (12.04%) Developer
3 158 (11.74%) Lead
4 102 (7.58%) Software Engineer
5 90 (6.69%) Account Executive
6 80 (5.94%) Account Manager
7 75 (5.57%) Architect
8 70 (5.20%) Full-Stack Developer
9 61 (4.53%) Lead Developer
10 50 (3.71%) Support Engineer
11 47 (3.49%) Consultant
12 46 (3.42%) Analyst
13 42 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
14 40 (2.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 39 (2.90%) Sales Manager
16 36 (2.67%) .NET Software Engineer
16 36 (2.67%) C# Developer
16 36 (2.67%) Marketing Manager
17 33 (2.45%) .NET Developer
18 32 (2.38%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (6.46%) .NET
2 75 (5.57%) Node.js
3 58 (4.31%) React
4 43 (3.19%) Vue
5 35 (2.60%) HTML
6 34 (2.53%) REST
6 34 (2.53%) RESTful
7 33 (2.45%) CSS
8 25 (1.86%) JSON
9 20 (1.49%) XML
10 16 (1.19%) Spring
11 14 (1.04%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.04%) React Native
12 13 (0.97%) GraphQL
12 13 (0.97%) NestJS
12 13 (0.97%) Next.js
12 13 (0.97%) OAuth
13 12 (0.89%) .NET Core
13 12 (0.89%) Kafka
13 12 (0.89%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 109 (8.10%) Cloud Native
2 95 (7.06%) Onboarding
3 81 (6.02%) Product Ownership
4 37 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.08%) Blog
7 26 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (1.78%) EPoS
9 22 (1.63%) PropTech
10 20 (1.49%) Data Centre
10 20 (1.49%) Social Media
11 17 (1.26%) Data Structures
12 15 (1.11%) Client/Server
12 15 (1.11%) Marketing Technology
12 15 (1.11%) Web Conferencing
13 14 (1.04%) Mobile App
14 12 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (0.82%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.19%) Windows
2 21 (1.56%) Apple iOS
3 20 (1.49%) Android
4 13 (0.97%) Linux
4 13 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.67%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.22%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (16.86%) AI
2 187 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
3 186 (13.82%) B2B
4 181 (13.45%) Software Engineering
5 166 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 154 (11.44%) Agile
7 153 (11.37%) CRM
8 141 (10.48%) CI/CD
9 135 (10.03%) Full-Stack Development
10 134 (9.96%) Roadmaps
11 127 (9.44%) DevOps
12 121 (8.99%) Microservices
13 111 (8.25%) Business Development
14 107 (7.95%) Fintech
15 103 (7.65%) Decision-Making
16 98 (7.28%) Mentoring
17 95 (7.06%) Analytics
18 78 (5.79%) Stakeholder Management
19 73 (5.42%) Lead Generation
20 72 (5.35%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 118 (8.77%) SQL
2 117 (8.69%) Python
3 89 (6.61%) Java
4 81 (6.02%) TypeScript
5 73 (5.42%) C#
6 67 (4.98%) JavaScript
7 41 (3.05%) PowerShell
8 27 (2.01%) PHP
9 23 (1.71%) Go
10 17 (1.26%) R
11 14 (1.04%) Bash
12 9 (0.67%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.59%) Bicep
14 4 (0.30%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.22%) Ruby
15 3 (0.22%) Swift
16 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.074%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 89 (6.61%) Degree
2 41 (3.05%) ACCA
3 29 (2.15%) CIMA
4 26 (1.93%) Security Cleared
5 25 (1.86%) CISSP
5 25 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (1.41%) SC Cleared
7 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.04%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.04%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.97%) CRISC
10 12 (0.89%) CISM
11 11 (0.82%) CISA
12 7 (0.52%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.45%) MBA
14 5 (0.37%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.30%) ISACA
15 4 (0.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 3 (0.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (3.27%) GDPR
2 44 (3.27%) QA
3 34 (2.53%) PCI DSS
4 31 (2.30%) Accessibility
5 29 (2.15%) SOC 2
6 23 (1.71%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 19 (1.41%) IFRS
8 18 (1.34%) NIST
9 14 (1.04%) GRC
9 14 (1.04%) WCAG
10 12 (0.89%) SLA
11 11 (0.82%) PMO
12 10 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.37%) COBIT
14 5 (0.37%) GAAP
14 5 (0.37%) SOC 1
15 3 (0.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 69 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 44 (3.27%) Docker
3 3 (0.22%) Firmware
3 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.074%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.074%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 97 (7.21%) Terraform
2 72 (5.35%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.42%) Grafana
4 26 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.82%) Ansible
7 5 (0.37%) Argo
7 5 (0.37%) 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 (0.074%) Graylog
10 1 (0.074%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.074%) QRadar
Vendors
1 138 (10.25%) Microsoft
2 46 (3.42%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.19%) HubSpot
4 35 (2.60%) Google
5 19 (1.41%) Adobe
5 19 (1.41%) Sage
6 17 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
6 17 (1.26%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.19%) Pardot
7 16 (1.19%) Xero
8 14 (1.04%) SAP
9 13 (0.97%) Cisco
10 12 (0.89%) CheckPoint
10 12 (0.89%) Databricks
10 12 (0.89%) Dynatrace
10 12 (0.89%) Meraki
10 12 (0.89%) SolarWinds
11 11 (0.82%) Oracle
12 8 (0.59%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.45%) Atlassian