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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 52 52
Rank change year-on-year +23 0 0
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,669 905 1,050
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.73% 5.39% 4.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.39% 15.77% 11.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,234 700 694
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £93,925
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 8,607 5,738 9,261
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.70% 34.16% 42.35%
Number of salaries quoted 6,307 4,055 6,096
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -5.51% +1.60%

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 8 October 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 69 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 44 (2.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.02%) Confluence
4 13 (0.78%) CMS
5 11 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.54%) Apache
7 8 (0.48%) WordPress
8 7 (0.42%) IIS
9 6 (0.36%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.060%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.060%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.060%) Jupyter
Applications
1 26 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.42%) Moqups
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.66%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.18%) Aareon QL
4 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
4 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.18%) OPENHousing
4 3 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
4 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.12%) Maximo
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.060%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.060%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 338 (20.25%) AWS
2 323 (19.35%) Azure
3 128 (7.67%) GCP
4 103 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
5 80 (4.79%) Entra ID
6 78 (4.67%) Amazon EKS
7 77 (4.61%) Power Platform
8 58 (3.48%) PaaS
9 47 (2.82%) Serverless
10 45 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (2.40%) GitHub
12 34 (2.04%) IaaS
12 34 (2.04%) Snowflake
13 27 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
13 27 (1.62%) Mimecast
13 27 (1.62%) Power Automate
14 25 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
15 23 (1.38%) Figma
16 21 (1.26%) PowerApps
17 19 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.26%) VPN
2 16 (0.96%) Network Security
3 15 (0.90%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.78%) DNS
5 12 (0.72%) AMQP
5 12 (0.72%) SMS
6 11 (0.66%) BGP
6 11 (0.66%) Firewall
7 10 (0.60%) Broadband
8 9 (0.54%) DHCP
8 9 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.36%) 5G
9 6 (0.36%) Internet
9 6 (0.36%) VLAN
10 5 (0.30%) VoIP
10 5 (0.30%) WAN
11 4 (0.24%) IPsec
11 4 (0.24%) LAN
11 4 (0.24%) MPLS
11 4 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
1 59 (3.54%) SQL Server
2 43 (2.58%) Power BI
3 35 (2.10%) Redis
4 22 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (0.84%) Big Data
7 12 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.72%) MySQL
8 10 (0.60%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.42%) Looker
9 7 (0.42%) Metadata
10 6 (0.36%) Tableau
11 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
11 5 (0.30%) Delta Lake
12 4 (0.24%) Metabase
12 4 (0.24%) OLTP
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 97 (5.81%) JIRA
2 71 (4.25%) TeamCity
3 43 (2.58%) Git
4 15 (0.90%) Cypress.io
4 15 (0.90%) Selenium
5 11 (0.66%) GitLab
6 9 (0.54%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.42%) JUnit
7 7 (0.42%) Postman
7 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.30%) Poetry
8 5 (0.30%) Storybook
9 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 464 (27.80%) Social Skills
2 407 (24.39%) Finance
3 249 (14.92%) Retail
4 240 (14.38%) Law
5 234 (14.02%) Marketing
6 203 (12.16%) Legal
7 174 (10.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 147 (8.81%) Banking
9 143 (8.57%) Back Office
10 129 (7.73%) Financial Institution
11 126 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
12 64 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
13 63 (3.77%) Public Sector
14 59 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
15 37 (2.22%) Manufacturing
16 34 (2.04%) German Language
17 29 (1.74%) French Language
17 29 (1.74%) Health Technology
18 27 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
19 22 (1.32%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 239 (14.32%) Senior
2 225 (13.48%) Lead
3 154 (9.23%) Developer
4 115 (6.89%) Account Executive
5 109 (6.53%) Software Engineer
6 108 (6.47%) Architect
7 82 (4.91%) Full-Stack Developer
8 79 (4.73%) Analyst
8 79 (4.73%) Consultant
9 68 (4.07%) Software Developer
10 67 (4.01%) Account Manager
11 65 (3.89%) Lead Developer
11 65 (3.89%) Senior Manager
12 63 (3.77%) IT Manager
13 61 (3.65%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 60 (3.59%) Lead Software Developer
15 58 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
16 49 (2.94%) Testing Manager
17 48 (2.88%) Resilience Manager
17 48 (2.88%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (8.45%) Terraform
2 121 (7.25%) Node.js
3 93 (5.57%) .NET
4 61 (3.65%) React
5 60 (3.59%) Middleware
6 55 (3.30%) REST
7 50 (3.00%) Vue
8 44 (2.64%) RESTful
9 24 (1.44%) OAuth
10 22 (1.32%) NestJS
10 22 (1.32%) OpenID
11 21 (1.26%) CSS
11 21 (1.26%) Next.js
12 20 (1.20%) OAuth2
12 20 (1.20%) OpenAPI
12 20 (1.20%) Swagger
13 18 (1.08%) Spring
13 18 (1.08%) Spring Boot
14 16 (0.96%) AngularJS
14 16 (0.96%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 138 (8.27%) Cloud Native
2 121 (7.25%) Product Ownership
3 104 (6.23%) Onboarding
4 74 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (3.71%) Virtual Team
6 56 (3.36%) Management Information System
7 53 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
8 48 (2.88%) Cyber Threat
9 41 (2.46%) Web Conferencing
10 40 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.50%) Social Media
12 20 (1.20%) AI Agents
12 20 (1.20%) Blog
13 18 (1.08%) Data Structures
13 18 (1.08%) Driving Licence
13 18 (1.08%) Security Posture
14 14 (0.84%) Clustering
15 13 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.78%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.34%) Windows
2 24 (1.44%) Linux
3 17 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.78%) Android
5 12 (0.72%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.060%) Unix
9 1 (0.060%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (18.69%) AI
2 268 (16.06%) DevOps
3 267 (16.00%) B2B
4 265 (15.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 257 (15.40%) Software Engineering
6 252 (15.10%) Agile
7 231 (13.84%) CRM
8 212 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
9 205 (12.28%) CI/CD
10 202 (12.10%) Test Automation
11 198 (11.86%) Mentoring
12 191 (11.44%) Stakeholder Management
13 169 (10.13%) Roadmaps
14 167 (10.01%) Decision-Making
15 162 (9.71%) Business Development
16 158 (9.47%) Microservices
17 156 (9.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 148 (8.87%) Fintech
19 142 (8.51%) Full-Stack Development
20 139 (8.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 187 (11.20%) TypeScript
2 175 (10.49%) JavaScript
3 170 (10.19%) Python
4 157 (9.41%) C#
5 152 (9.11%) SQL
6 117 (7.01%) Java
7 85 (5.09%) PowerShell
8 30 (1.80%) R
9 29 (1.74%) Go
10 25 (1.50%) PHP
11 20 (1.20%) Bash
12 16 (0.96%) Bicep
13 9 (0.54%) Ruby
14 7 (0.42%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.36%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.36%) SOQL
16 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
17 3 (0.18%) Scala
17 3 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 87 (5.21%) Degree
2 81 (4.85%) CISSP
3 75 (4.49%) CISM
4 56 (3.36%) ITIL Certification
5 42 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (1.92%) Security Cleared
7 24 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 19 (1.14%) CRISC
9 18 (1.08%) ACCA
9 18 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (1.02%) SC Cleared
11 15 (0.90%) CIMA
12 14 (0.84%) CISA
13 9 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.48%) ISACA
15 7 (0.42%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
16 6 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (7.85%) QA
2 90 (5.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 79 (4.73%) NIST
4 74 (4.43%) GDPR
5 48 (2.88%) ISO 22301
6 36 (2.16%) PCI DSS
7 34 (2.04%) Data Quality
7 34 (2.04%) SOC 2
8 25 (1.50%) Accessibility
9 23 (1.38%) GRC
10 22 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
11 18 (1.08%) SLA
12 12 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.54%) COBIT
14 8 (0.48%) IFRS
14 8 (0.48%) SOC 1
15 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
16 4 (0.24%) GAAP
16 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 62 (3.71%) Docker
2 61 (3.65%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.060%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 110 (6.59%) Kubernetes
2 84 (5.03%) Grafana
3 33 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.32%) Ansible
5 19 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.78%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.30%) Cilium
7 5 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.060%) CASB
10 1 (0.060%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.060%) Kibana
10 1 (0.060%) Packer
10 1 (0.060%) QRadar
Vendors
1 243 (14.56%) Microsoft
2 94 (5.63%) HubSpot
3 79 (4.73%) Salesforce
4 57 (3.42%) Google
5 31 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
6 25 (1.50%) Sage
7 22 (1.32%) Databricks
8 17 (1.02%) Adobe
9 15 (0.90%) SAP
10 14 (0.84%) Workday
11 12 (0.72%) Oracle
12 11 (0.66%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.54%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.54%) Splunk
14 7 (0.42%) Facebook
14 7 (0.42%) Instagram
14 7 (0.42%) TikTok
14 7 (0.42%) YouTube
15 6 (0.36%) Cisco
15 6 (0.36%) Freshdesk