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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 47 52
Rank change year-on-year +22 +5 -8
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,321 738 1,609
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.49% 5.58% 4.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.56% 12.36% 11.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 603 1,377
10th Percentile £35,500 £36,250 £40,600
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £50,000
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 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £101,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

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 6,753 5,970 14,061
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.31% 45.14% 43.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,532 4,680 12,108
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £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 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,042 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 17 April 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 34 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.98%) WordPress
4 10 (0.76%) CMS
4 10 (0.76%) JBoss
4 10 (0.76%) WebSphere
5 9 (0.68%) Confluence
6 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.38%) Moodle
6 5 (0.38%) Totara
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) IIS
7 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.076%) Apache
Applications
1 27 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 7 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (0.53%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.30%) InDesign
6 4 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.15%) Sketch
7 2 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (1.67%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.076%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 243 (18.40%) AWS
2 222 (16.81%) Azure
3 95 (7.19%) GCP
4 63 (4.77%) Entra ID
5 60 (4.54%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (3.86%) GitHub
7 49 (3.71%) Amazon EKS
8 41 (3.10%) Serverless
9 35 (2.65%) PaaS
10 31 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
10 31 (2.35%) Power Platform
11 24 (1.82%) IaaS
12 22 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
13 21 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (1.36%) Figma
14 18 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 17 (1.29%) Amazon S3
16 16 (1.21%) Mimecast
17 15 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
17 15 (1.14%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.50%) Firewall
2 17 (1.29%) VPN
3 15 (1.14%) BGP
3 15 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (0.98%) LAN
4 13 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
4 13 (0.98%) WAN
5 12 (0.91%) DNS
6 11 (0.83%) SD-WAN
7 10 (0.76%) MPLS
7 10 (0.76%) SSL
8 9 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
8 9 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
8 9 (0.68%) IPsec
8 9 (0.68%) NetScaler
8 9 (0.68%) NX-OS
8 9 (0.68%) OSPF
8 9 (0.68%) VXLAN
8 9 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (5.75%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (1.97%) MySQL
4 24 (1.82%) Power BI
5 22 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (1.21%) Redis
9 12 (0.91%) Data Lake
9 12 (0.91%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.76%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.45%) Big Data
12 6 (0.45%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.30%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.30%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
14 3 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (0.23%) DynamoDB
14 3 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (3.33%) TeamCity
2 42 (3.18%) JIRA
3 33 (2.50%) Git
4 8 (0.61%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.45%) CircleCI
5 6 (0.45%) JMeter
5 6 (0.45%) Postman
5 6 (0.45%) Selenium
6 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.38%) Locust
7 4 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.30%) Claude Code
7 4 (0.30%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.23%) GitBook
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.15%) git-flow
10 1 (0.076%) MSTest
10 1 (0.076%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 342 (25.89%) Social Skills
2 327 (24.75%) Finance
3 250 (18.93%) Retail
4 216 (16.35%) Marketing
5 171 (12.94%) Law
6 161 (12.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 148 (11.20%) Banking
8 136 (10.30%) Back Office
9 125 (9.46%) Financial Institution
10 105 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
11 82 (6.21%) Legal
12 57 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
13 36 (2.73%) Public Sector
14 33 (2.50%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.51%) German Language
16 19 (1.44%) Polish Language
17 17 (1.29%) Automotive
17 17 (1.29%) French Language
18 16 (1.21%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 186 (14.08%) Senior
2 162 (12.26%) Developer
3 149 (11.28%) Lead
4 104 (7.87%) Software Engineer
5 78 (5.90%) Account Manager
6 70 (5.30%) Architect
7 63 (4.77%) Support Engineer
8 60 (4.54%) Lead Developer
9 59 (4.47%) Account Executive
10 54 (4.09%) Full-Stack Developer
11 53 (4.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 51 (3.86%) Analyst
13 42 (3.18%) Development Manager
14 40 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
15 37 (2.80%) Consultant
16 35 (2.65%) Senior Software Engineer
17 32 (2.42%) C# Developer
17 32 (2.42%) Sales Manager
18 31 (2.35%) Marketing Manager
19 29 (2.20%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (8.63%) .NET
2 84 (6.36%) React
3 73 (5.53%) Node.js
4 41 (3.10%) REST
4 41 (3.10%) RESTful
5 38 (2.88%) CSS
6 36 (2.73%) HTML
7 30 (2.27%) Vue
8 24 (1.82%) JSON
9 22 (1.67%) React Native
9 22 (1.67%) Spring
10 20 (1.51%) GraphQL
11 18 (1.36%) Next.js
11 18 (1.36%) XML
12 17 (1.29%) SOAP
13 14 (1.06%) Kafka
13 14 (1.06%) Middleware
13 14 (1.06%) NestJS
14 13 (0.98%) .NET Core
14 13 (0.98%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 126 (9.54%) Onboarding
2 114 (8.63%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.68%) Product Ownership
4 39 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
5 33 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 33 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (2.35%) Blog
7 24 (1.82%) EPoS
8 23 (1.74%) Data Centre
8 23 (1.74%) Mobile App
9 21 (1.59%) Social Media
10 20 (1.51%) PropTech
11 19 (1.44%) Web Conferencing
12 16 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
13 15 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
14 14 (1.06%) Client/Server
14 14 (1.06%) Security Posture
15 12 (0.91%) Educational Technology
16 11 (0.83%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 41 (3.10%) Windows
2 28 (2.12%) Apple iOS
3 27 (2.04%) Android
4 24 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.53%) Linux
6 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.15%) Unix
8 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (15.97%) AI
2 210 (15.90%) Software Engineering
3 197 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
4 184 (13.93%) B2B
5 181 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 165 (12.49%) CI/CD
7 154 (11.66%) CRM
8 146 (11.05%) Agile
9 139 (10.52%) Full-Stack Development
10 137 (10.37%) DevOps
11 126 (9.54%) Microservices
12 116 (8.78%) Roadmaps
13 113 (8.55%) Mentoring
14 112 (8.48%) Fintech
15 100 (7.57%) Business Development
16 91 (6.89%) Analytics
17 85 (6.43%) Decision-Making
18 79 (5.98%) SDLC
19 78 (5.90%) Project Management
20 75 (5.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 143 (10.83%) SQL
2 113 (8.55%) Python
3 98 (7.42%) Java
4 93 (7.04%) C#
5 76 (5.75%) TypeScript
6 56 (4.24%) JavaScript
7 28 (2.12%) PowerShell
8 26 (1.97%) Go
8 26 (1.97%) PHP
9 16 (1.21%) R
10 15 (1.14%) Bash
11 8 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.45%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.38%) Bicep
14 3 (0.23%) Swift
15 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.15%) Ruby
16 1 (0.076%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 93 (7.04%) Degree
2 44 (3.33%) ACCA
3 32 (2.42%) CIMA
4 24 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 17 (1.29%) CISSP
7 15 (1.14%) Security Cleared
8 14 (1.06%) SC Cleared
9 9 (0.68%) CISA
10 8 (0.61%) CRISC
11 7 (0.53%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.45%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.45%) CISM
12 6 (0.45%) MBA
12 6 (0.45%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.30%) CEH
14 3 (0.23%) CIPD
14 3 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (4.39%) QA
3 40 (3.03%) SOC 2
4 39 (2.95%) PCI DSS
5 30 (2.27%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.67%) GDPR
7 21 (1.59%) IFRS
8 17 (1.29%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.29%) SLA
9 16 (1.21%) GRC
10 15 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (1.06%) NIST
12 13 (0.98%) WCAG
13 10 (0.76%) PMO
14 8 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.45%) ISO 9001
16 5 (0.38%) GAAP
17 3 (0.23%) COBIT
17 3 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 65 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 47 (3.56%) Docker
3 4 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.23%) Firmware
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 106 (8.02%) Terraform
2 86 (6.51%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.48%) Grafana
4 26 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.83%) Ansible
5 11 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.53%) Argo
7 4 (0.30%) Cilium
8 2 (0.15%) CASB
8 2 (0.15%) Packer
8 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.076%) Graylog
9 1 (0.076%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.076%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 109 (8.25%) Microsoft
2 54 (4.09%) Salesforce
3 35 (2.65%) Google
3 35 (2.65%) HubSpot
4 21 (1.59%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.29%) Adobe
5 17 (1.29%) Pardot
5 17 (1.29%) Xero
6 16 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
6 16 (1.21%) Databricks
6 16 (1.21%) Sage
7 14 (1.06%) Oracle
8 13 (0.98%) Cisco
9 9 (0.68%) CheckPoint
9 9 (0.68%) Dynatrace
9 9 (0.68%) Fortinet
9 9 (0.68%) Meraki
9 9 (0.68%) SAP
9 9 (0.68%) SolarWinds
10 6 (0.45%) Dell