SaaS Jobs with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SaaS over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 40 41
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,697 2,893 5,105
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.02% 6.55% 7.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.57% 13.80% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,376 2,032 3,550
10th Percentile £41,125 £42,239 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,475 £49,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £66,030
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +2.23% +7.37%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £100,000 £98,875
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +8.33%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

SaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,670 20,968 34,581
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.38% 47.51% 52.45%
Number of salaries quoted 12,063 15,392 21,950
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,734
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

SaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SaaS trend for jobs with a WFH option

SaaS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing SaaS over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

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 (1.77%) Apache Spark
1 30 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.88%) IIS
5 9 (0.53%) Confluence
6 8 (0.47%) WordPress
7 7 (0.41%) CMS
8 5 (0.29%) Apache
9 4 (0.24%) nginx
9 4 (0.24%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.12%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.12%) Hyperledger
11 2 (0.12%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.12%) SAS
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.059%) Moodle
12 1 (0.059%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.059%) Totara
Applications
1 25 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.24%) Notion
7 1 (0.059%) 1Password
7 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.059%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.059%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.77%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 12 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
5 9 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.24%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.24%) Sage 200
8 4 (0.24%) Sage 50
8 4 (0.24%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.12%) R3 Corda
9 2 (0.12%) SAP FI-GL
9 2 (0.12%) Workfront
10 1 (0.059%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 1 (0.059%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.059%) SAP HCM
10 1 (0.059%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 577 (34.00%) AWS
2 516 (30.41%) Azure
3 235 (13.85%) GCP
4 165 (9.72%) PaaS
5 155 (9.13%) Microsoft 365
6 142 (8.37%) IaaS
7 71 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
8 65 (3.83%) GitHub
9 63 (3.71%) Serverless
10 61 (3.59%) Amazon S3
11 45 (2.65%) Amazon SQS
12 40 (2.36%) Entra ID
13 28 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
14 26 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
14 26 (1.53%) Miro
14 26 (1.53%) Power Platform
15 25 (1.47%) Azure Functions
15 25 (1.47%) Slack
16 24 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
16 24 (1.41%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 58 (3.42%) Firewall
2 39 (2.30%) VPN
3 25 (1.47%) LAN
3 25 (1.47%) WAN
4 23 (1.36%) Network Security
5 22 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (1.12%) SSL
7 16 (0.94%) Internet
8 13 (0.77%) SAN
9 12 (0.71%) VLAN
10 11 (0.65%) VoIP
11 8 (0.47%) DNS
11 8 (0.47%) HTTPS
11 8 (0.47%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.41%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.35%) NAS
13 6 (0.35%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.29%) MPLS
15 4 (0.24%) BGP
15 4 (0.24%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (6.36%) SQL Server
2 85 (5.01%) MySQL
3 56 (3.30%) Big Data
4 41 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
4 41 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (2.12%) Redis
6 32 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 30 (1.77%) Hadoop
8 25 (1.47%) NoSQL
9 23 (1.36%) Scylla
10 22 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
11 20 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
11 20 (1.18%) MongoDB
12 16 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (0.94%) Tableau
13 15 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
13 15 (0.88%) BigQuery
13 15 (0.88%) Power BI
14 14 (0.82%) MariaDB
15 13 (0.77%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 143 (8.43%) Git
2 90 (5.30%) Jenkins
3 61 (3.59%) Postman
3 61 (3.59%) Selenium
4 57 (3.36%) JIRA
5 48 (2.83%) Cucumber
6 31 (1.83%) Cypress.io
7 16 (0.94%) JUnit
8 14 (0.82%) SoapUI
9 13 (0.77%) JMeter
9 13 (0.77%) webpack
10 11 (0.65%) REST Assured
10 11 (0.65%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.59%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.59%) Maven
12 9 (0.53%) GitLab
12 9 (0.53%) TeamCity
12 9 (0.53%) Vagrant
13 8 (0.47%) Bitbucket Server
13 8 (0.47%) Serenity BDD
General
1 532 (31.35%) Social Skills
2 188 (11.08%) Finance
3 128 (7.54%) Marketing
4 121 (7.13%) Presentation Skills
5 112 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
6 71 (4.18%) Retail
7 65 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (3.48%) Legal
9 49 (2.89%) Automotive
10 40 (2.36%) Banking
11 38 (2.24%) Law
12 32 (1.89%) Manufacturing
13 30 (1.77%) Public Sector
14 28 (1.65%) Games
15 21 (1.24%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
17 16 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (0.82%) Financial Institution
18 14 (0.82%) Military
18 14 (0.82%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 338 (19.92%) Senior
2 330 (19.45%) Developer
3 233 (13.73%) Architect
4 171 (10.08%) Lead
5 128 (7.54%) Software Engineer
6 127 (7.48%) Senior Developer
7 99 (5.83%) Cloud Architect
8 93 (5.48%) Analyst
9 86 (5.07%) Solutions Architect
10 81 (4.77%) PHP Developer
11 61 (3.59%) Consultant
12 57 (3.36%) DevOps Engineer
12 57 (3.36%) Full Stack Developer
13 45 (2.65%) Azure Engineer
14 44 (2.59%) Software Developer
15 42 (2.47%) Principal Engineer
15 42 (2.47%) Senior Software Engineer
16 41 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 39 (2.30%) Business Manager
18 37 (2.18%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (8.31%) Laravel
2 140 (8.25%) .NET
3 132 (7.78%) React
4 119 (7.01%) CSS
5 116 (6.84%) HTML
6 112 (6.60%) REST
7 92 (5.42%) Vue
8 83 (4.89%) AngularJS
9 82 (4.83%) RESTful
10 78 (4.60%) Web Services
11 72 (4.24%) Node.js
12 58 (3.42%) .NET Core
13 53 (3.12%) GraphQL
14 49 (2.89%) Kafka
15 47 (2.77%) SOAP
16 46 (2.71%) jQuery
17 44 (2.59%) JSON
18 42 (2.47%) Symfony
19 37 (2.18%) Spring
20 28 (1.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 113 (6.66%) Public Cloud
2 100 (5.89%) Greenfield Project
3 83 (4.89%) PKI
4 72 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
5 70 (4.12%) Product Ownership
6 67 (3.95%) Data Structures
7 63 (3.71%) Self-Motivation
8 59 (3.48%) Cloud Native
9 56 (3.30%) Mobile App
10 45 (2.65%) Client/Server
11 39 (2.30%) Algorithms
11 39 (2.30%) Management Information System
12 37 (2.18%) Onboarding
13 26 (1.53%) Virtual Team
14 24 (1.41%) Data Centre
15 21 (1.24%) Satnav
16 16 (0.94%) Online Games
17 13 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
17 13 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
18 12 (0.71%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 137 (8.07%) Windows
2 84 (4.95%) Linux
3 55 (3.24%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.65%) Unix
5 25 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.36%) Android
7 20 (1.18%) Mac OS
7 20 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (0.88%) Windows 10
9 14 (0.82%) Mac OS X
10 11 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 11 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.53%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.47%) CentOS
14 4 (0.24%) VMS
15 3 (0.18%) Windows Vista
16 1 (0.059%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (25.99%) Agile
2 321 (18.92%) DevOps
3 278 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
4 258 (15.20%) Software Engineering
5 218 (12.85%) CI/CD
6 189 (11.14%) Project Management
7 179 (10.55%) Roadmaps
8 174 (10.25%) Microservices
9 155 (9.13%) Test Automation
10 146 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
11 142 (8.37%) User Experience
12 138 (8.13%) Migration
13 127 (7.48%) Presales
14 126 (7.42%) Scrum
15 124 (7.31%) Full Stack Development
16 123 (7.25%) Actionable Insight
17 119 (7.01%) Mentoring
18 114 (6.72%) TOGAF
19 100 (5.89%) Configuration Management
20 98 (5.77%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 313 (18.44%) JavaScript
2 194 (11.43%) SQL
3 184 (10.84%) Python
4 180 (10.61%) Java
5 175 (10.31%) PHP
6 159 (9.37%) C#
7 104 (6.13%) TypeScript
8 61 (3.59%) PowerShell
9 42 (2.47%) Go
10 39 (2.30%) C++
11 38 (2.24%) Bash
12 26 (1.53%) C
12 26 (1.53%) Ruby
13 24 (1.41%) Scala
14 18 (1.06%) Kotlin
15 15 (0.88%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.71%) Swift
17 9 (0.53%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.53%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.47%) Ada
Qualifications
1 229 (13.49%) Degree
2 76 (4.48%) Security Cleared
3 63 (3.71%) SC Cleared
4 50 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 26 (1.53%) CISSP
7 25 (1.47%) CISM
8 21 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 18 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
10 14 (0.82%) GCIA
10 14 (0.82%) GCIH
10 14 (0.82%) GREM
11 13 (0.77%) AWS Certification
11 13 (0.77%) MBA
12 10 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.53%) ISTQB
14 6 (0.35%) GIAC
14 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (9.61%) QA
2 29 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (1.41%) SLA
4 21 (1.24%) Software Quality Assurance
5 19 (1.12%) NIST
6 15 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 14 (0.82%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.82%) GDPR
8 10 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (0.59%) WCAG
9 8 (0.47%) COBIT
9 8 (0.47%) NCSC
9 8 (0.47%) SEPA
10 7 (0.41%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.41%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.35%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.35%) Web Application Security Consortium
12 5 (0.29%) PMO
13 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 190 (11.20%) Docker
2 52 (3.06%) Active Directory
3 36 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
4 28 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (0.82%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.29%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.059%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.059%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 174 (10.25%) Kubernetes
2 81 (4.77%) Terraform
3 38 (2.24%) Ansible
4 14 (0.82%) vCenter Server
5 12 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.53%) CASB
6 9 (0.53%) HP UCMDB
7 7 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
8 6 (0.35%) Puppet
9 4 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (0.24%) Grafana
9 4 (0.24%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.12%) Consul
10 2 (0.12%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.12%) Podman
11 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.059%) NetCrunch
11 1 (0.059%) Salt
Vendors
1 332 (19.56%) Microsoft
2 189 (11.14%) Google
3 70 (4.12%) Dell
4 46 (2.71%) Oracle
5 38 (2.24%) VMware
6 35 (2.06%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.89%) SAP
8 27 (1.59%) Adobe
9 24 (1.41%) Cisco
10 22 (1.30%) ServiceNow
11 21 (1.24%) Apple
12 18 (1.06%) HP
13 16 (0.94%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.88%) Sitecore
15 14 (0.82%) ForgeRock
16 12 (0.71%) Sony
17 11 (0.65%) Remedy
18 10 (0.59%) Palo Alto
19 9 (0.53%) BMC
19 9 (0.53%) Snow