SaaS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Software as a Service (SaaS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring SaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SaaS over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 50 42
Rank change year-on-year -28 -8 0
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 778 1,687 2,638
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.25% 5.00% 6.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.91% 11.55% 13.49%
Number of salaries quoted 603 1,364 1,860
10th Percentile £33,199 £40,000 £42,210
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,750 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £86,563
90th Percentile £105,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -7.41% +3.85%

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 6,531 14,610 19,552
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.67% 43.31% 48.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,453 11,911 14,275
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £38,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,900 £97,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

SaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SaaS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SaaS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SaaS.

SaaS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SaaS over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

SaaS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 30 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (2.96%) IIS
3 20 (2.57%) SharePoint
4 17 (2.19%) Confluence
5 5 (0.64%) Apache
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.26%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Moodle
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.13%) Totara
Applications
1 21 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.64%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.39%) InDesign
6 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) Sketch
7 1 (0.13%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 22 (2.83%) NetSuite
2 15 (1.93%) Shopify
3 14 (1.80%) Magento
4 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 257 (33.03%) Azure
2 201 (25.84%) AWS
3 97 (12.47%) PaaS
4 75 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (8.23%) GCP
5 64 (8.23%) IaaS
6 55 (7.07%) Entra ID
7 54 (6.94%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (6.17%) Power Platform
9 27 (3.47%) GitHub
10 24 (3.08%) Azure Key Vault
11 21 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (2.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 19 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
14 18 (2.31%) Power Automate
15 17 (2.19%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (2.19%) Serverless
16 16 (2.06%) Azure AI
17 14 (1.80%) BigCommerce
18 13 (1.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 42 (5.40%) Firewall
2 35 (4.50%) DNS
3 31 (3.98%) VPN
4 18 (2.31%) WAN
5 17 (2.19%) Internet
5 17 (2.19%) SD-WAN
6 16 (2.06%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.90%) DHCP
8 7 (0.90%) HTTP
9 6 (0.77%) DKIM
9 6 (0.77%) DMARC
9 6 (0.77%) DNSSEC
9 6 (0.77%) SMTP
9 6 (0.77%) VoIP
10 5 (0.64%) SSL
11 4 (0.51%) BGP
11 4 (0.51%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.51%) OSPF
11 4 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (9.00%) SQL Server
2 46 (5.91%) Power BI
3 36 (4.63%) NoSQL
4 34 (4.37%) MySQL
5 17 (2.19%) Data Lake
6 16 (2.06%) Data Hub
6 16 (2.06%) SQL CLR
7 13 (1.67%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (1.29%) Metadata
8 10 (1.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 9 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.77%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.64%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.51%) Oracle ODI
14 4 (0.51%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 59 (7.58%) Git
2 28 (3.60%) JIRA
3 25 (3.21%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.57%) Eclipse
4 20 (2.57%) IntelliJ
5 19 (2.44%) Jasmine
5 19 (2.44%) JUnit
5 19 (2.44%) Karma Test Runner
5 19 (2.44%) Mockito
5 19 (2.44%) Protractor
6 13 (1.67%) Selenium
7 11 (1.41%) Visual Studio
8 10 (1.29%) Oracle Forms
9 9 (1.16%) Postman
10 7 (0.90%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.64%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.51%) MSTest
12 4 (0.51%) PHPUnit
12 4 (0.51%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.51%) WiX
General
1 278 (35.73%) Social Skills
2 165 (21.21%) Finance
3 92 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (7.46%) Marketing
5 56 (7.20%) Presentation Skills
6 43 (5.53%) Law
7 36 (4.63%) Public Sector
8 30 (3.86%) Retail
9 23 (2.96%) Back Office
9 23 (2.96%) Telecoms
10 22 (2.83%) Banking
11 20 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (2.06%) Local Government
14 14 (1.80%) Automotive
15 13 (1.67%) Legal
16 12 (1.54%) Billing
16 12 (1.54%) Manufacturing
17 11 (1.41%) Advertising
18 9 (1.16%) Games
Job Titles
1 174 (22.37%) Senior
2 109 (14.01%) Developer
3 78 (10.03%) Lead
4 52 (6.68%) Architect
5 43 (5.53%) Senior Developer
6 42 (5.40%) SaaS Developer
7 39 (5.01%) Cloud Engineer
7 39 (5.01%) Consultant
8 34 (4.37%) Software Engineer
9 30 (3.86%) IT Manager
10 29 (3.73%) Analyst
10 29 (3.73%) IT Support
10 29 (3.73%) Product Manager
11 28 (3.60%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 27 (3.47%) Cloud Architect
13 25 (3.21%) Business Development Manager
13 25 (3.21%) Business Manager
13 25 (3.21%) Development Manager
14 22 (2.83%) Java Developer
15 21 (2.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (11.05%) .NET
2 78 (10.03%) React
3 44 (5.66%) HTML
4 41 (5.27%) AngularJS
5 40 (5.14%) CSS
5 40 (5.14%) REST
6 33 (4.24%) Node.js
7 26 (3.34%) .NET Core
8 25 (3.21%) RabbitMQ
9 23 (2.96%) .NET Framework
10 22 (2.83%) Kafka
10 22 (2.83%) Next.js
11 19 (2.44%) Hibernate
11 19 (2.44%) JPA
12 16 (2.06%) Entity Framework
13 14 (1.80%) Flask
13 14 (1.80%) JSON
13 14 (1.80%) RESTful
13 14 (1.80%) Web Services
14 13 (1.67%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 58 (7.46%) Onboarding
2 52 (6.68%) Product Ownership
3 50 (6.43%) Management Information System
4 45 (5.78%) Cloud Native
5 36 (4.63%) Data Centre
6 29 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
6 29 (3.73%) Private Cloud
6 29 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (3.21%) NHS
8 23 (2.96%) Driving Licence
8 23 (2.96%) Public Cloud
9 22 (2.83%) Algorithms
9 22 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
10 21 (2.70%) Virtual Team
11 16 (2.06%) Client/Server
11 16 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.93%) Social Media
13 14 (1.80%) EPoS
14 12 (1.54%) IoT
15 9 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 96 (12.34%) Windows
2 82 (10.54%) Linux
3 37 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.29%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.77%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.51%) Unix
8 4 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.39%) VMS
10 2 (0.26%) SUSE
11 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (27.25%) Agile
2 194 (24.94%) Problem-Solving
3 151 (19.41%) DevOps
4 109 (14.01%) Roadmaps
5 100 (12.85%) B2B
6 97 (12.47%) CI/CD
6 97 (12.47%) Software Engineering
7 89 (11.44%) Mentoring
8 86 (11.05%) ITIL
9 83 (10.67%) Analytics
10 80 (10.28%) Project Management
11 70 (9.00%) CRM
12 69 (8.87%) Artificial Intelligence
13 67 (8.61%) Service Management
14 64 (8.23%) Computer Science
15 63 (8.10%) Microservices
16 62 (7.97%) Migration
17 60 (7.71%) Customer Service
18 59 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
19 58 (7.46%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 189 (24.29%) SQL
2 103 (13.24%) C#
3 90 (11.57%) JavaScript
4 82 (10.54%) Python
5 69 (8.87%) TypeScript
6 58 (7.46%) PowerShell
7 43 (5.53%) Java
8 21 (2.70%) Bicep
9 19 (2.44%) T-SQL
10 16 (2.06%) Bash
11 13 (1.67%) PHP
12 9 (1.16%) F#
13 7 (0.90%) C++
13 7 (0.90%) Haskell
14 6 (0.77%) C
14 6 (0.77%) Delphi
14 6 (0.77%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.64%) Go
16 3 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 118 (15.17%) Degree
2 43 (5.53%) DBS Check
3 39 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
4 34 (4.37%) Azure Certification
5 32 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (2.44%) Security Cleared
7 18 (2.31%) CISSP
8 17 (2.19%) MCSE
8 17 (2.19%) PMI Certification
9 16 (2.06%) MCSA
9 16 (2.06%) PMP
10 12 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (1.29%) CCNP
11 10 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.29%) MCP
12 8 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (1.03%) CCNA
12 8 (1.03%) SC Cleared
13 5 (0.64%) ACCA
13 5 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.14%) QA
2 27 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (2.96%) SLA
4 13 (1.67%) NIST
5 10 (1.29%) GDPR
6 9 (1.16%) NCSC
7 8 (1.03%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.90%) PMO
9 6 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.64%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.39%) GRC
12 3 (0.39%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.39%) PMBOK
13 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 69 (8.87%) Docker
2 38 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 37 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (2.57%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.03%) vSphere
6 6 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.13%) KVM
8 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (9.77%) Terraform
2 70 (9.00%) Kubernetes
3 36 (4.63%) Ansible
4 32 (4.11%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.29%) Failover Clustering
7 6 (0.77%) SCCM
8 3 (0.39%) Grafana
8 3 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.39%) SCOM
9 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.26%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.26%) SmoothWall
10 1 (0.13%) CASB
10 1 (0.13%) CFEngine
10 1 (0.13%) HP UCMDB
10 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 135 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.94%) Oracle
3 46 (5.91%) VMware
4 40 (5.14%) Google
5 32 (4.11%) Salesforce
6 24 (3.08%) Databricks
7 22 (2.83%) Cisco
8 19 (2.44%) IBM
8 19 (2.44%) Meraki
9 14 (1.80%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.16%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.03%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.77%) EMC
12 6 (0.77%) IronPort
12 6 (0.77%) SAP
12 6 (0.77%) Veritas
13 5 (0.64%) Adobe
14 4 (0.51%) TOWER Software
15 3 (0.39%) Juniper
15 3 (0.39%) Xamarin