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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 50 52
Rank change year-on-year +19 +2 -9
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,014 1,023 1,236
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.69% 5.20% 5.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.38% 11.70% 11.83%
Number of salaries quoted 783 666 1,051
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £92,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

All Cloud 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 5,517 8,745 10,445
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.40% 44.43% 48.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,129 5,655 8,928
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -

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 17 November 2025.

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 16 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.18%) IIS
3 10 (0.99%) Confluence
4 9 (0.89%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.89%) WordPress
5 6 (0.59%) JBoss
5 6 (0.59%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.49%) Apache
7 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.30%) CMS
9 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.099%) Drupal
10 1 (0.099%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.099%) nginx
10 1 (0.099%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.099%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.18%) InDesign
5 9 (0.89%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.69%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.39%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.39%) Sketch
9 3 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.099%) GIMP
11 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.099%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.099%) Revit
11 1 (0.099%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.099%) SPSS
11 1 (0.099%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.48%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.89%) Shopify
5 8 (0.79%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.49%) Magento
7 4 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
10 1 (0.099%) FastStats
10 1 (0.099%) Oracle Financials
10 1 (0.099%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 240 (23.67%) Azure
2 211 (20.81%) AWS
3 105 (10.36%) GCP
4 62 (6.11%) PaaS
5 56 (5.52%) GitHub
6 42 (4.14%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (3.94%) IaaS
7 40 (3.94%) Power Platform
8 35 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (3.06%) Entra ID
10 23 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
10 23 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (2.17%) Serverless
12 17 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (1.48%) Figma
13 15 (1.48%) OCI
14 12 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (1.08%) Amazon S3
16 10 (0.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (0.99%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.85%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (0.99%) Firewall
3 9 (0.89%) Unified Communications
4 7 (0.69%) Network Security
4 7 (0.69%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.69%) VPN
5 5 (0.49%) HTTP
6 4 (0.39%) DHCP
6 4 (0.39%) DNS
6 4 (0.39%) Internet
6 4 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.30%) BGP
7 3 (0.30%) LAN
7 3 (0.30%) VLAN
7 3 (0.30%) WAN
8 2 (0.20%) Extranet
8 2 (0.20%) GPRS
8 2 (0.20%) Intranet
8 2 (0.20%) LTE
8 2 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (7.79%) SQL Server
2 46 (4.54%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (3.06%) Power BI
4 28 (2.76%) Data Lake
5 23 (2.27%) MySQL
6 22 (2.17%) NoSQL
7 21 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.08%) Tableau
10 10 (0.99%) Data Hub
10 10 (0.99%) Relational Database
10 10 (0.99%) SQL CLR
11 9 (0.89%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.89%) Looker
12 8 (0.79%) Data Mining
12 8 (0.79%) Data Vault
12 8 (0.79%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.79%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (0.69%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 35 (3.45%) Git
2 33 (3.25%) JIRA
3 18 (1.78%) TeamCity
4 11 (1.08%) Selenium
5 9 (0.89%) Postman
6 6 (0.59%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.49%) GitBook
7 5 (0.49%) git-flow
7 5 (0.49%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.49%) SoapUI
8 4 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.30%) Storybook
10 2 (0.20%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.20%) GitLab
10 2 (0.20%) Protractor
11 1 (0.099%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.099%) Visual Studio
General
1 365 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 252 (24.85%) Finance
3 145 (14.30%) Marketing
4 142 (14.00%) Retail
5 110 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
6 70 (6.90%) Law
7 64 (6.31%) Back Office
8 57 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (5.62%) Legal
9 44 (4.34%) Banking
10 40 (3.94%) Public Sector
11 37 (3.65%) Financial Institution
12 26 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (2.27%) Automotive
15 16 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (1.48%) Manufacturing
17 13 (1.28%) Games
17 13 (1.28%) Telecoms
18 12 (1.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 146 (14.40%) Senior
2 140 (13.81%) Developer
3 109 (10.75%) Lead
4 76 (7.50%) Architect
5 50 (4.93%) Software Developer
6 48 (4.73%) .NET Developer
6 48 (4.73%) Analyst
7 43 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support
8 39 (3.85%) Engineering Manager
8 39 (3.85%) Software Engineer
9 38 (3.75%) Consultant
10 35 (3.45%) Product Manager
11 31 (3.06%) .NET Software Developer
12 30 (2.96%) Account Executive
13 28 (2.76%) Data Engineer
13 28 (2.76%) Senior Developer
14 27 (2.66%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 27 (2.66%) Support Engineer
15 26 (2.56%) Account Manager
15 26 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (13.71%) .NET
2 95 (9.37%) React
3 51 (5.03%) REST
4 41 (4.04%) Node.js
5 30 (2.96%) CSS
6 28 (2.76%) HTML
7 26 (2.56%) .NET Framework
8 23 (2.27%) SOAP
9 22 (2.17%) Entity Framework
9 22 (2.17%) Next.js
10 21 (2.07%) XML
11 18 (1.78%) RESTful
12 16 (1.58%) AngularJS
12 16 (1.58%) SAML
13 15 (1.48%) .NET Core
13 15 (1.48%) Kafka
14 12 (1.18%) ASP.NET Web API
15 11 (1.08%) Middleware
15 11 (1.08%) Razor View Engine
16 10 (0.99%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 151 (14.89%) Onboarding
2 77 (7.59%) Product Ownership
3 66 (6.51%) Cloud Native
4 36 (3.55%) Social Media
5 32 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
6 23 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
7 22 (2.17%) Management Information System
8 21 (2.07%) Educational Technology
9 18 (1.78%) NHS
9 18 (1.78%) Private Cloud
10 14 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.38%) Life Science
11 13 (1.28%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.28%) Driving Licence
11 13 (1.28%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.08%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
13 10 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.16%) Windows
2 21 (2.07%) Windows Server
3 14 (1.38%) Android
3 14 (1.38%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.08%) Linux
5 1 (0.099%) CentOS
5 1 (0.099%) Debian
5 1 (0.099%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.099%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.099%) Unix
5 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (24.75%) Agile
2 225 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
3 188 (18.54%) Mentoring
4 180 (17.75%) AI
5 173 (17.06%) Roadmaps
6 172 (16.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 169 (16.67%) Software Engineering
8 147 (14.50%) CRM
9 144 (14.20%) DevOps
10 117 (11.54%) B2B
11 104 (10.26%) CI/CD
12 101 (9.96%) Data Privacy
13 99 (9.76%) ERP
14 97 (9.57%) Microservices
15 92 (9.07%) Analytics
15 92 (9.07%) Customer Service
16 90 (8.88%) Coaching
17 85 (8.38%) Decision-Making
18 83 (8.19%) Full-Stack Development
19 78 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 212 (20.91%) SQL
2 152 (14.99%) C#
3 100 (9.86%) TypeScript
4 90 (8.88%) JavaScript
5 66 (6.51%) Python
6 46 (4.54%) Java
7 24 (2.37%) PowerShell
8 20 (1.97%) PHP
9 12 (1.18%) Bash
9 12 (1.18%) C
10 10 (0.99%) Kotlin
11 9 (0.89%) Bicep
12 8 (0.79%) Go
13 5 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.49%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.30%) Swift
15 2 (0.20%) Delphi
16 1 (0.099%) C++
16 1 (0.099%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.099%) VB
Qualifications
1 103 (10.16%) Degree
2 31 (3.06%) ACCA
2 31 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (1.97%) Security Cleared
4 17 (1.68%) Master's Degree
5 11 (1.08%) CIMA
6 10 (0.99%) AWS Certification
6 10 (0.99%) CISSP
7 9 (0.89%) SC Cleared
8 8 (0.79%) Azure Certification
8 8 (0.79%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 6 (0.59%) CISM
10 6 (0.59%) CRISC
11 5 (0.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.39%) CISMP
12 4 (0.39%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.30%) CIPD
13 3 (0.30%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (7.99%) QA
2 60 (5.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.37%) ISO 9001
4 23 (2.27%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.07%) GDPR
6 18 (1.78%) SOC 2
7 15 (1.48%) NIST
8 14 (1.38%) GRC
8 14 (1.38%) SLA
9 12 (1.18%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.08%) GAAP
11 10 (0.99%) IFRS
12 9 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.49%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.49%) PMO
15 4 (0.39%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.30%) Data Quality
17 2 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.17%) Docker
3 12 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.099%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 65 (6.41%) Terraform
2 53 (5.23%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.68%) Grafana
4 15 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.99%) Ansible
6 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.39%) Argo
7 4 (0.39%) Cilium
8 3 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.099%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.099%) Istio
9 1 (0.099%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.099%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.099%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.099%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.099%) Puppet
9 1 (0.099%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.099%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 125 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 57 (5.62%) Salesforce
3 45 (4.44%) HubSpot
4 39 (3.85%) Adobe
5 32 (3.16%) Databricks
6 28 (2.76%) Oracle
7 24 (2.37%) Google
8 16 (1.58%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.38%) VMware
10 13 (1.28%) Cisco
10 13 (1.28%) Workday
10 13 (1.28%) Zoho
11 11 (1.08%) Alteryx
12 10 (0.99%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.89%) SAP
14 7 (0.69%) Pardot
15 6 (0.59%) Facebook
15 6 (0.59%) Instagram
15 6 (0.59%) TikTok
16 5 (0.49%) Guidewire