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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 72 52
Rank change year-on-year +46 -20 -7
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,366 734 1,585
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.12% 4.91% 4.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.60% 12.53% 11.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,078 562 1,355
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,375 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £93,750 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 7,345 5,859 14,213
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.28% 39.22% 42.69%
Number of salaries quoted 5,055 4,237 12,027
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,968
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 31 May 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 39 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.10%) WordPress
4 13 (0.95%) CMS
5 11 (0.81%) Confluence
6 6 (0.44%) 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 (0.29%) JBoss
8 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.073%) Apache
10 1 (0.073%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.073%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 23 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (0.59%) Photoshop
4 7 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.073%) InDesign
8 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.17%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.37%) 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
3 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 235 (17.20%) AWS
2 230 (16.84%) Azure
3 87 (6.37%) GCP
4 74 (5.42%) Entra ID
4 74 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
5 50 (3.66%) Serverless
6 49 (3.59%) PaaS
7 48 (3.51%) Power Platform
8 44 (3.22%) Amazon EKS
9 30 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (2.12%) GitHub
11 23 (1.68%) IaaS
12 21 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (1.46%) Figma
14 18 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 16 (1.17%) AWS Direct Connect
15 16 (1.17%) Mimecast
16 13 (0.95%) Amazon S3
16 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
16 13 (0.95%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.12%) Firewall
2 22 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (1.46%) VPN
4 16 (1.17%) DNS
5 14 (1.02%) LAN
5 14 (1.02%) MPLS
5 14 (1.02%) WAN
6 13 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (0.95%) Cisco Firepower
6 13 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
6 13 (0.95%) IPsec
6 13 (0.95%) NetScaler
6 13 (0.95%) NX-OS
6 13 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 13 (0.95%) VXLAN
6 13 (0.95%) WLAN
7 12 (0.88%) BGP
8 9 (0.66%) OSPF
8 9 (0.66%) SSL
9 8 (0.59%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (2.05%) Power BI
4 20 (1.46%) MySQL
5 18 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.24%) Redis
7 12 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.44%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.37%) Big Data
11 5 (0.37%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.29%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.29%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.29%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
13 3 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
14 2 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 50 (3.66%) JIRA
2 37 (2.71%) TeamCity
3 31 (2.27%) Git
4 9 (0.66%) Claude Code
5 8 (0.59%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.44%) JMeter
7 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.37%) Locust
8 4 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.29%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.29%) Postman
8 4 (0.29%) Selenium
9 3 (0.22%) JUnit
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.15%) Eclipse
General
1 319 (23.35%) Social Skills
2 313 (22.91%) Finance
3 234 (17.13%) Retail
4 220 (16.11%) Marketing
5 171 (12.52%) Law
6 154 (11.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 136 (9.96%) Banking
8 123 (9.00%) Back Office
9 111 (8.13%) Financial Institution
10 110 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
11 91 (6.66%) Legal
12 47 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (2.34%) Public Sector
15 29 (2.12%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.83%) Advertising
17 24 (1.76%) German Language
18 19 (1.39%) Polish Language
19 18 (1.32%) Health Technology
20 16 (1.17%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 179 (13.10%) Senior
2 171 (12.52%) Developer
3 149 (10.91%) Lead
4 114 (8.35%) Software Engineer
5 94 (6.88%) Account Executive
6 82 (6.00%) Account Manager
7 72 (5.27%) Architect
8 70 (5.12%) Full-Stack Developer
9 61 (4.47%) Lead Developer
10 50 (3.66%) Support Engineer
11 44 (3.22%) Consultant
12 43 (3.15%) Analyst
13 41 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
14 40 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 37 (2.71%) .NET Software Engineer
15 37 (2.71%) Sales Manager
16 36 (2.64%) C# Developer
17 35 (2.56%) .NET Developer
18 33 (2.42%) Marketing Manager
18 33 (2.42%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (7.10%) .NET
2 77 (5.64%) Node.js
3 65 (4.76%) React
4 42 (3.07%) Vue
5 38 (2.78%) RESTful
6 37 (2.71%) HTML
7 35 (2.56%) CSS
8 33 (2.42%) REST
9 26 (1.90%) JSON
10 21 (1.54%) XML
11 16 (1.17%) React Native
11 16 (1.17%) Spring
12 15 (1.10%) AngularJS
13 14 (1.02%) .NET Core
13 14 (1.02%) OAuth
14 13 (0.95%) GraphQL
14 13 (0.95%) Kafka
14 13 (0.95%) NestJS
14 13 (0.95%) Next.js
15 12 (0.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 106 (7.76%) Cloud Native
2 98 (7.17%) Onboarding
3 82 (6.00%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (2.49%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.05%) Blog
6 28 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 24 (1.76%) EPoS
8 22 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (1.61%) PropTech
9 21 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 18 (1.32%) Social Media
11 17 (1.24%) Data Structures
12 16 (1.17%) Mobile App
12 16 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
13 15 (1.10%) Client/Server
13 15 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
14 11 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.81%) Learning Management System
15 10 (0.73%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 41 (3.00%) Windows
2 23 (1.68%) Apple iOS
3 22 (1.61%) Android
4 13 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.88%) Linux
6 8 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.15%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (16.40%) AI
2 196 (14.35%) Software Engineering
3 189 (13.84%) B2B
4 186 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
5 172 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 161 (11.79%) CRM
7 158 (11.57%) Agile
8 141 (10.32%) CI/CD
9 140 (10.25%) Full-Stack Development
10 133 (9.74%) DevOps
11 129 (9.44%) Roadmaps
12 124 (9.08%) Microservices
13 117 (8.57%) Business Development
14 113 (8.27%) Fintech
15 102 (7.47%) Decision-Making
16 99 (7.25%) Analytics
16 99 (7.25%) Mentoring
17 82 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
18 77 (5.64%) SDLC
19 75 (5.49%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 117 (8.57%) Python
1 117 (8.57%) SQL
2 89 (6.52%) Java
3 82 (6.00%) TypeScript
4 80 (5.86%) C#
5 68 (4.98%) JavaScript
6 39 (2.86%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.90%) PHP
8 25 (1.83%) Go
9 17 (1.24%) R
10 14 (1.02%) Bash
11 8 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.44%) Bicep
13 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.22%) Ruby
13 3 (0.22%) Swift
14 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.073%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 90 (6.59%) Degree
2 41 (3.00%) ACCA
3 29 (2.12%) CIMA
4 25 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (1.83%) Security Cleared
5 24 (1.76%) CISSP
6 17 (1.24%) SC Cleared
7 16 (1.17%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.02%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.81%) CISM
10 11 (0.81%) CRISC
11 10 (0.73%) CISA
12 7 (0.51%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.44%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.44%) MBA
14 4 (0.29%) ISACA
15 3 (0.22%) CREST Certified
15 3 (0.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (3.22%) QA
3 41 (3.00%) GDPR
4 33 (2.42%) PCI DSS
5 32 (2.34%) Accessibility
6 30 (2.20%) SOC 2
7 21 (1.54%) Data Quality
8 20 (1.46%) IFRS
9 18 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.17%) NIST
11 15 (1.10%) WCAG
12 12 (0.88%) GRC
12 12 (0.88%) SLA
13 11 (0.81%) PMO
14 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.44%) GAAP
17 5 (0.37%) COBIT
17 5 (0.37%) SOC 1
18 3 (0.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 69 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 48 (3.51%) Docker
3 3 (0.22%) Firmware
3 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.073%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 96 (7.03%) Terraform
2 79 (5.78%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.37%) Grafana
4 26 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.73%) Ansible
7 7 (0.51%) Argo
8 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.22%) CASB
10 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.15%) Packer
10 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.15%) Puppet
11 1 (0.073%) Graylog
11 1 (0.073%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.073%) QRadar
Vendors
1 132 (9.66%) Microsoft
2 51 (3.73%) Salesforce
3 42 (3.07%) HubSpot
4 38 (2.78%) Google
5 19 (1.39%) Sage
6 18 (1.32%) Adobe
6 18 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
8 16 (1.17%) Pardot
8 16 (1.17%) Xero
9 15 (1.10%) SAP
10 14 (1.02%) Cisco
11 13 (0.95%) CheckPoint
11 13 (0.95%) Dynatrace
11 13 (0.95%) Meraki
11 13 (0.95%) SolarWinds
12 12 (0.88%) Databricks
13 10 (0.73%) Oracle
14 9 (0.66%) Fortinet
15 6 (0.44%) Atlassian