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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 75 48
Rank change year-on-year +47 -27 -3
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,404 739 1,559
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.83% 4.69% 4.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.83% 12.38% 10.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,114 570 1,316
10th Percentile £36,000 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £93,750 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 7,873 5,968 14,248
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.31% 37.91% 42.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,611 4,377 11,839
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,125 £45,000 £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 £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% -8.73%

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 28 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 51 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 49 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.07%) CMS
3 15 (1.07%) WordPress
4 12 (0.85%) Confluence
5 6 (0.43%) SAS
6 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.36%) Moodle
6 5 (0.36%) Totara
7 3 (0.21%) JBoss
7 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) IIS
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.071%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.071%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 21 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.57%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.14%) Trello
9 1 (0.071%) InDesign
9 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.21%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.21%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.21%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.21%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.21%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.14%) Shopify
4 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.071%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 251 (17.88%) Azure
2 237 (16.88%) AWS
3 96 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (6.48%) Entra ID
5 90 (6.41%) GCP
6 57 (4.06%) PaaS
7 55 (3.92%) Power Platform
8 52 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
9 50 (3.56%) Serverless
10 34 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (1.99%) IaaS
12 24 (1.71%) GitHub
12 24 (1.71%) Mimecast
13 22 (1.57%) Snowflake
14 20 (1.42%) Figma
15 19 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
17 17 (1.21%) Azure Functions
18 16 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
19 15 (1.07%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.78%) Firewall
2 20 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (1.21%) VPN
4 14 (1.00%) DNS
5 11 (0.78%) LAN
5 11 (0.78%) WAN
6 10 (0.71%) Broadband
6 10 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (0.71%) Cisco ISE
6 10 (0.71%) IPsec
6 10 (0.71%) MPLS
6 10 (0.71%) NetScaler
6 10 (0.71%) NX-OS
6 10 (0.71%) SD-WAN
6 10 (0.71%) VXLAN
6 10 (0.71%) WLAN
7 9 (0.64%) BGP
7 9 (0.64%) DHCP
8 7 (0.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.06%) SQL Server
2 39 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (2.28%) Power BI
4 26 (1.85%) MySQL
4 26 (1.85%) Redis
5 16 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.43%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.36%) Big Data
10 5 (0.36%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.36%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.36%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.36%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.28%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.28%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.21%) Metadata
12 3 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 69 (4.91%) JIRA
2 40 (2.85%) TeamCity
3 34 (2.42%) Git
4 10 (0.71%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.43%) JMeter
5 6 (0.43%) Selenium
6 5 (0.36%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.36%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.36%) Locust
6 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.28%) GitLab
7 4 (0.28%) Postman
7 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.21%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.21%) JUnit
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 344 (24.50%) Social Skills
2 336 (23.93%) Finance
3 226 (16.10%) Retail
4 198 (14.10%) Marketing
5 163 (11.61%) Law
6 156 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 135 (9.62%) Banking
8 124 (8.83%) Analytical Skills
8 124 (8.83%) Back Office
9 104 (7.41%) Financial Institution
10 103 (7.34%) Legal
11 49 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
12 39 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (2.14%) Manufacturing
14 28 (1.99%) Advertising
15 25 (1.78%) Public Sector
16 21 (1.50%) German Language
17 20 (1.42%) Health Technology
17 20 (1.42%) Polish Language
18 18 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 178 (12.68%) Lead
2 176 (12.54%) Senior
3 160 (11.40%) Developer
4 114 (8.12%) Software Engineer
5 90 (6.41%) Account Executive
6 80 (5.70%) Architect
7 78 (5.56%) Account Manager
8 77 (5.48%) Full-Stack Developer
9 66 (4.70%) Lead Developer
10 61 (4.34%) Consultant
11 56 (3.99%) Support Engineer
12 49 (3.49%) Analyst
13 43 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
14 41 (2.92%) Software Developer
15 37 (2.64%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 37 (2.64%) Lead Software Developer
15 37 (2.64%) Marketing Manager
15 37 (2.64%) Sales Manager
16 36 (2.56%) .NET Software Engineer
16 36 (2.56%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (6.34%) Node.js
2 86 (6.13%) .NET
3 61 (4.34%) React
4 51 (3.63%) Vue
5 37 (2.64%) REST
6 36 (2.56%) RESTful
7 35 (2.49%) CSS
7 35 (2.49%) HTML
8 26 (1.85%) JSON
9 20 (1.42%) XML
10 16 (1.14%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.00%) OAuth
11 14 (1.00%) Spring
12 13 (0.93%) .NET Core
12 13 (0.93%) Next.js
13 12 (0.85%) GraphQL
13 12 (0.85%) NestJS
13 12 (0.85%) React Native
14 11 (0.78%) Kafka
14 11 (0.78%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 120 (8.55%) Cloud Native
2 100 (7.12%) Onboarding
3 85 (6.05%) Product Ownership
4 44 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
5 38 (2.71%) Management Information System
6 29 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
6 29 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.85%) Blog
8 23 (1.64%) PropTech
9 21 (1.50%) Data Structures
10 20 (1.42%) Social Media
10 20 (1.42%) Web Conferencing
11 19 (1.35%) EPoS
12 17 (1.21%) Client/Server
12 17 (1.21%) Data Centre
13 15 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
14 14 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.93%) Driving Licence
16 12 (0.85%) Life Science
17 11 (0.78%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.13%) Windows
2 19 (1.35%) Linux
3 17 (1.21%) Apple iOS
4 16 (1.14%) Android
5 13 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.64%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.21%) Debian
8 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.21%) Unix
9 2 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (17.38%) AI
2 202 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
3 197 (14.03%) B2B
4 196 (13.96%) Software Engineering
5 184 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 170 (12.11%) Agile
7 162 (11.54%) CRM
8 157 (11.18%) CI/CD
9 148 (10.54%) Full-Stack Development
10 142 (10.11%) DevOps
10 142 (10.11%) Roadmaps
11 140 (9.97%) Microservices
12 119 (8.48%) Decision-Making
13 114 (8.12%) Business Development
14 109 (7.76%) Fintech
15 108 (7.69%) Mentoring
16 96 (6.84%) Analytics
17 92 (6.55%) Stakeholder Management
18 83 (5.91%) Cybersecurity
19 82 (5.84%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 130 (9.26%) SQL
2 123 (8.76%) Python
3 99 (7.05%) TypeScript
4 89 (6.34%) Java
5 81 (5.77%) JavaScript
6 73 (5.20%) C#
7 44 (3.13%) PowerShell
8 31 (2.21%) PHP
9 25 (1.78%) R
10 23 (1.64%) Go
11 15 (1.07%) Bash
12 10 (0.71%) Bicep
12 10 (0.71%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.50%) Ruby
14 5 (0.36%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.21%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.21%) Swift
16 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.071%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.071%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 100 (7.12%) Degree
2 42 (2.99%) ACCA
3 32 (2.28%) CISSP
3 32 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (2.28%) Security Cleared
4 30 (2.14%) CIMA
5 22 (1.57%) SC Cleared
6 21 (1.50%) CRISC
7 20 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (1.35%) CISM
9 17 (1.21%) CISA
10 15 (1.07%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.00%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.57%) ISACA
13 7 (0.50%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (0.43%) MBA
15 5 (0.36%) DV Cleared
16 4 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (4.06%) GDPR
3 49 (3.49%) QA
4 39 (2.78%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.21%) SOC 2
6 29 (2.07%) Accessibility
7 26 (1.85%) NIST
8 25 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (1.64%) Data Quality
10 20 (1.42%) IFRS
11 18 (1.28%) GRC
12 12 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (0.85%) SLA
13 11 (0.78%) PMO
13 11 (0.78%) WCAG
14 10 (0.71%) COBIT
15 9 (0.64%) SOC 1
16 8 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.43%) GAAP
18 5 (0.36%) JSP 440
System Software
1 81 (5.77%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.21%) Docker
3 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.21%) Firmware
5 1 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.071%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.071%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 97 (6.91%) Terraform
2 78 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.56%) Grafana
4 35 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.85%) Ansible
7 5 (0.36%) Argo
7 5 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.21%) Packer
9 2 (0.14%) CASB
9 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.14%) Puppet
10 1 (0.071%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.071%) Graylog
10 1 (0.071%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.071%) QRadar
Vendors
1 173 (12.32%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.42%) Salesforce
3 45 (3.21%) HubSpot
4 33 (2.35%) Google
5 25 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (1.42%) Sage
7 19 (1.35%) Adobe
8 18 (1.28%) Databricks
9 16 (1.14%) Oracle
9 16 (1.14%) Pardot
9 16 (1.14%) Xero
10 15 (1.07%) ServiceNow
11 14 (1.00%) SAP
12 11 (0.78%) Cisco
13 10 (0.71%) CheckPoint
13 10 (0.71%) Dynatrace
13 10 (0.71%) Meraki
13 10 (0.71%) SolarWinds
14 6 (0.43%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.43%) Fortinet