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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 71 52
Rank change year-on-year +45 -19 -7
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,344 728 1,585
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.15% 4.98% 4.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.84% 12.57% 11.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 561 1,352
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £49,500
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 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,250
% change year-on-year - +7.88% -10.74%

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 7,134 5,792 14,004
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.95% 39.64% 43.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,893 4,178 11,916
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,175 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,987
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 22 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 38 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.04%) WordPress
4 12 (0.89%) CMS
5 9 (0.67%) 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%) JBoss
7 5 (0.37%) Moodle
7 5 (0.37%) Totara
7 5 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.074%) Apache
9 1 (0.074%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 24 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (0.52%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.15%) Trello
7 1 (0.074%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.074%) InDesign
7 1 (0.074%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.19%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.15%) Aareon QL
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) MIS ActiveH
4 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.15%) OPENHousing
4 2 (0.15%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 228 (16.96%) AWS
2 220 (16.37%) Azure
3 85 (6.32%) GCP
4 70 (5.21%) Entra ID
5 67 (4.99%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (3.42%) Serverless
7 45 (3.35%) Power Platform
8 43 (3.20%) Amazon EKS
9 42 (3.13%) PaaS
10 28 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (2.08%) GitHub
11 20 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (1.49%) IaaS
12 19 (1.41%) Figma
13 18 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 16 (1.19%) AWS Direct Connect
14 16 (1.19%) Mimecast
15 12 (0.89%) Amazon S3
15 12 (0.89%) Amazon SQS
15 12 (0.89%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.16%) Firewall
2 22 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (1.49%) VPN
4 17 (1.26%) DNS
5 14 (1.04%) LAN
5 14 (1.04%) MPLS
5 14 (1.04%) WAN
6 13 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (0.97%) Cisco Firepower
6 13 (0.97%) Cisco ISE
6 13 (0.97%) IPsec
6 13 (0.97%) NetScaler
6 13 (0.97%) NX-OS
6 13 (0.97%) SD-WAN
6 13 (0.97%) VXLAN
6 13 (0.97%) WLAN
7 12 (0.89%) BGP
8 10 (0.74%) SSL
9 9 (0.67%) OSPF
10 8 (0.60%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.39%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (2.08%) Power BI
4 17 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (1.26%) MySQL
5 16 (1.19%) Redis
6 13 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.52%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.45%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.45%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.37%) Big Data
12 4 (0.30%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.30%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.30%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
13 3 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
14 2 (0.15%) Metadata
14 2 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 47 (3.50%) JIRA
2 37 (2.75%) TeamCity
3 31 (2.31%) Git
4 8 (0.60%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.60%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.45%) JMeter
6 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.37%) Locust
6 5 (0.37%) Postman
7 4 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.30%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.30%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.30%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.30%) Selenium
7 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.22%) JUnit
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.15%) Eclipse
General
1 307 (22.84%) Finance
2 306 (22.77%) Social Skills
3 239 (17.78%) Retail
4 222 (16.52%) Marketing
5 171 (12.72%) Law
6 156 (11.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 139 (10.34%) Banking
8 127 (9.45%) Back Office
9 116 (8.63%) Financial Institution
10 103 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
11 84 (6.25%) Legal
12 45 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.31%) Public Sector
15 28 (2.08%) Manufacturing
16 23 (1.71%) German Language
17 22 (1.64%) Advertising
18 19 (1.41%) Polish Language
19 18 (1.34%) Health Technology
20 16 (1.19%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 173 (12.87%) Senior
2 166 (12.35%) Developer
3 144 (10.71%) Lead
4 112 (8.33%) Software Engineer
5 89 (6.62%) Account Manager
6 88 (6.55%) Account Executive
7 71 (5.28%) Architect
8 70 (5.21%) Full-Stack Developer
9 60 (4.46%) Lead Developer
10 52 (3.87%) Support Engineer
11 44 (3.27%) Analyst
11 44 (3.27%) Consultant
12 42 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 41 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
14 39 (2.90%) Sales Manager
15 38 (2.83%) .NET Software Engineer
16 36 (2.68%) C# Developer
17 34 (2.53%) .NET Developer
17 34 (2.53%) Senior Software Engineer
18 33 (2.46%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (7.29%) .NET
2 74 (5.51%) Node.js
3 62 (4.61%) React
4 41 (3.05%) Vue
5 37 (2.75%) HTML
6 36 (2.68%) RESTful
7 35 (2.60%) CSS
8 34 (2.53%) REST
9 25 (1.86%) JSON
10 21 (1.56%) XML
11 17 (1.26%) Spring
12 16 (1.19%) React Native
13 15 (1.12%) .NET Core
14 14 (1.04%) AngularJS
14 14 (1.04%) GraphQL
15 13 (0.97%) NestJS
15 13 (0.97%) Next.js
15 13 (0.97%) OAuth
15 13 (0.97%) SOAP
16 12 (0.89%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 103 (7.66%) Cloud Native
2 101 (7.51%) Onboarding
3 79 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 33 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
6 31 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (2.01%) Blog
8 25 (1.86%) EPoS
9 23 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.64%) PropTech
11 21 (1.56%) Data Centre
12 18 (1.34%) Mobile App
13 17 (1.26%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.19%) Social Media
15 15 (1.12%) Client/Server
15 15 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
15 15 (1.12%) Web Conferencing
16 11 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
17 10 (0.74%) Learning Management System
17 10 (0.74%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 41 (3.05%) Windows
2 24 (1.79%) Apple iOS
3 23 (1.71%) Android
4 15 (1.12%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.82%) Linux
6 7 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.45%) 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
1 207 (15.40%) AI
2 193 (14.36%) Software Engineering
3 183 (13.62%) B2B
4 177 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
5 168 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 158 (11.76%) CRM
7 147 (10.94%) Agile
8 138 (10.27%) Full-Stack Development
9 133 (9.90%) CI/CD
10 128 (9.52%) DevOps
11 119 (8.85%) Microservices
12 118 (8.78%) Business Development
12 118 (8.78%) Roadmaps
13 112 (8.33%) Fintech
14 99 (7.37%) Analytics
15 97 (7.22%) Decision-Making
16 92 (6.85%) Mentoring
17 76 (5.65%) SDLC
18 73 (5.43%) Project Management
19 72 (5.36%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 121 (9.00%) SQL
2 110 (8.18%) Python
3 88 (6.55%) Java
4 78 (5.80%) C#
4 78 (5.80%) TypeScript
5 59 (4.39%) JavaScript
6 38 (2.83%) PowerShell
7 25 (1.86%) Go
7 25 (1.86%) PHP
8 16 (1.19%) R
9 12 (0.89%) Bash
10 8 (0.60%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.30%) Bicep
12 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.22%) Swift
13 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.074%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.074%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 87 (6.47%) Degree
2 41 (3.05%) ACCA
3 29 (2.16%) CIMA
4 24 (1.79%) CISSP
5 23 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.71%) Security Cleared
6 16 (1.19%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.12%) SC Cleared
8 13 (0.97%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.82%) CISA
10 11 (0.82%) CRISC
11 10 (0.74%) CISM
12 7 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.52%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.45%) MBA
14 5 (0.37%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.30%) CEH
15 4 (0.30%) ISACA
16 3 (0.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (3.13%) QA
3 36 (2.68%) GDPR
4 34 (2.53%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.31%) SOC 2
6 30 (2.23%) Accessibility
7 22 (1.64%) Data Quality
8 20 (1.49%) IFRS
9 18 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 15 (1.12%) WCAG
11 13 (0.97%) NIST
12 12 (0.89%) SLA
13 11 (0.82%) GRC
13 11 (0.82%) PMO
14 9 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.45%) GAAP
17 5 (0.37%) COBIT
17 5 (0.37%) SOC 1
18 3 (0.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 66 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 46 (3.42%) 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 91 (6.77%) Terraform
2 77 (5.73%) Kubernetes
3 45 (3.35%) Grafana
4 26 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.74%) Ansible
7 7 (0.52%) Argo
8 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.15%) CASB
9 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.15%) 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
1 121 (9.00%) Microsoft
2 53 (3.94%) Salesforce
3 42 (3.13%) HubSpot
4 38 (2.83%) Google
5 18 (1.34%) Sage
5 18 (1.34%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (1.19%) Adobe
7 16 (1.19%) Pardot
7 16 (1.19%) SAP
7 16 (1.19%) Xero
8 14 (1.04%) Cisco
9 13 (0.97%) CheckPoint
9 13 (0.97%) Databricks
9 13 (0.97%) Dynatrace
9 13 (0.97%) Meraki
9 13 (0.97%) SolarWinds
10 11 (0.82%) Oracle
11 9 (0.67%) Fortinet
12 6 (0.45%) Atlassian