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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 42 42
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,687 2,638 5,361
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.00% 6.48% 7.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.55% 13.49% 14.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,364 1,860 3,477
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,210 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,750 £51,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,563 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
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 14,610 19,552 37,021
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.31% 48.05% 52.95%
Number of salaries quoted 11,911 14,275 21,740
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £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 15 May 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 32 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (1.78%) Apache Spark
3 21 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.83%) IIS
6 9 (0.53%) Confluence
7 8 (0.47%) WordPress
8 7 (0.41%) CMS
9 5 (0.30%) Apache
10 4 (0.24%) nginx
10 4 (0.24%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.12%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.12%) Hyperledger
12 2 (0.12%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.12%) SAS
13 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.059%) Moodle
13 1 (0.059%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.059%) Totara
Applications
1 27 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.24%) Notion
7 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.059%) 1Password
8 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.059%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.77%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 11 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.30%) 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 3 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
10 2 (0.12%) R3 Corda
10 2 (0.12%) SAP FI-GL
10 2 (0.12%) Workfront
11 1 (0.059%) Cognos Controller
11 1 (0.059%) SAP ERP
11 1 (0.059%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 576 (34.14%) AWS
2 524 (31.06%) Azure
3 229 (13.57%) GCP
4 163 (9.66%) PaaS
5 155 (9.19%) Microsoft 365
6 136 (8.06%) IaaS
7 71 (4.21%) Serverless
8 70 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
9 64 (3.79%) Amazon S3
10 58 (3.44%) GitHub
11 46 (2.73%) Amazon SQS
12 42 (2.49%) Entra ID
13 31 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
14 27 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
14 27 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
15 26 (1.54%) Azure AKS
15 26 (1.54%) Azure Functions
15 26 (1.54%) Lucidchart
15 26 (1.54%) Miro
16 24 (1.42%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.20%) Firewall
2 35 (2.07%) VPN
3 26 (1.54%) LAN
3 26 (1.54%) WAN
4 22 (1.30%) Network Security
4 22 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (0.89%) SSL
6 14 (0.83%) Internet
7 13 (0.77%) SAN
8 11 (0.65%) VLAN
9 10 (0.59%) VoIP
10 8 (0.47%) DNS
10 8 (0.47%) HTTPS
10 8 (0.47%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.36%) NAS
11 6 (0.36%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.30%) MPLS
12 5 (0.30%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.24%) HTTP
14 3 (0.18%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 79 (4.68%) MySQL
3 50 (2.96%) Big Data
4 41 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
5 37 (2.19%) Redis
6 36 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (1.78%) Hadoop
8 29 (1.72%) Relational Database
9 23 (1.36%) NoSQL
9 23 (1.36%) Scylla
10 22 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
11 21 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (1.24%) MongoDB
12 16 (0.95%) Tableau
13 15 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (0.89%) BigQuery
13 15 (0.89%) Power BI
14 13 (0.77%) Data Mining
15 12 (0.71%) Oracle Database
16 11 (0.65%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 140 (8.30%) Git
2 69 (4.09%) Jenkins
3 54 (3.20%) Postman
4 53 (3.14%) Selenium
5 49 (2.90%) JIRA
6 36 (2.13%) Cucumber
7 27 (1.60%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.95%) JUnit
9 11 (0.65%) JMeter
9 11 (0.65%) REST Assured
10 10 (0.59%) TeamCity
10 10 (0.59%) webpack
11 9 (0.53%) GitLab
11 9 (0.53%) SoapUI
11 9 (0.53%) Vagrant
11 9 (0.53%) Visual Studio
12 8 (0.47%) SonarQube
13 7 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
13 7 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
14 6 (0.36%) Newman
General
1 509 (30.17%) Social Skills
2 188 (11.14%) Finance
3 127 (7.53%) Marketing
4 117 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
5 110 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 77 (4.56%) Retail
7 73 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (3.32%) Legal
9 51 (3.02%) Automotive
10 43 (2.55%) Law
11 36 (2.13%) Banking
12 32 (1.90%) Public Sector
13 31 (1.84%) Manufacturing
14 29 (1.72%) Games
15 20 (1.19%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
17 17 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
18 15 (0.89%) Advertising
18 15 (0.89%) Aviation
19 14 (0.83%) Military
Job Titles
1 328 (19.44%) Developer
2 322 (19.09%) Senior
3 241 (14.29%) Architect
4 173 (10.25%) Lead
5 127 (7.53%) Software Engineer
6 124 (7.35%) Senior Developer
7 100 (5.93%) Cloud Architect
8 94 (5.57%) Analyst
9 81 (4.80%) PHP Developer
10 80 (4.74%) Solutions Architect
11 59 (3.50%) Full Stack Developer
12 55 (3.26%) Consultant
12 55 (3.26%) DevOps Engineer
13 49 (2.90%) Software Developer
14 44 (2.61%) Senior Software Engineer
15 43 (2.55%) Azure Engineer
16 41 (2.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 41 (2.43%) Principal Engineer
17 36 (2.13%) Business Development Manager
17 36 (2.13%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (9.19%) .NET
2 140 (8.30%) Laravel
3 126 (7.47%) React
4 107 (6.34%) CSS
5 106 (6.28%) HTML
6 93 (5.51%) REST
7 88 (5.22%) Vue
8 83 (4.92%) RESTful
9 77 (4.56%) AngularJS
10 72 (4.27%) Node.js
11 70 (4.15%) Web Services
12 58 (3.44%) .NET Core
13 54 (3.20%) GraphQL
14 40 (2.37%) Kafka
15 39 (2.31%) Symfony
16 38 (2.25%) JSON
17 37 (2.19%) jQuery
18 36 (2.13%) SOAP
19 34 (2.02%) Spring
20 24 (1.42%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.58%) Public Cloud
2 93 (5.51%) Greenfield Project
3 83 (4.92%) PKI
4 77 (4.56%) Product Ownership
5 75 (4.45%) Enterprise Software
6 67 (3.97%) Data Structures
7 64 (3.79%) Cloud Native
8 60 (3.56%) Mobile App
9 57 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
10 45 (2.67%) Client/Server
11 39 (2.31%) Algorithms
12 38 (2.25%) Management Information System
13 36 (2.13%) Onboarding
14 26 (1.54%) Virtual Team
15 24 (1.42%) Data Centre
16 21 (1.24%) Satnav
17 16 (0.95%) Online Games
18 15 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
18 15 (0.89%) Low-Code
19 13 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 143 (8.48%) Windows
2 85 (5.04%) Linux
3 56 (3.32%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.66%) Unix
5 25 (1.48%) Apple iOS
6 24 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (1.36%) Android
8 16 (0.95%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.95%) Windows 10
9 14 (0.83%) Mac OS X
10 12 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
12 10 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (0.53%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.47%) CentOS
15 4 (0.24%) VMS
16 3 (0.18%) Windows Vista
17 1 (0.059%) Windows 7
17 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (25.43%) Agile
2 338 (20.04%) DevOps
3 275 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
4 257 (15.23%) Software Engineering
5 203 (12.03%) CI/CD
6 186 (11.03%) Project Management
7 173 (10.25%) Roadmaps
8 171 (10.14%) Microservices
9 153 (9.07%) Test Automation
10 144 (8.54%) Cybersecurity
11 139 (8.24%) User Experience
12 135 (8.00%) Migration
13 123 (7.29%) Full Stack Development
14 122 (7.23%) Actionable Insight
14 122 (7.23%) Presales
15 121 (7.17%) Mentoring
16 120 (7.11%) Scrum
17 116 (6.88%) TOGAF
18 99 (5.87%) Configuration Management
18 99 (5.87%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 294 (17.43%) JavaScript
2 188 (11.14%) SQL
3 169 (10.02%) C#
3 169 (10.02%) Python
4 166 (9.84%) PHP
5 163 (9.66%) Java
6 100 (5.93%) TypeScript
7 60 (3.56%) PowerShell
8 40 (2.37%) Go
9 38 (2.25%) C++
10 29 (1.72%) Bash
11 27 (1.60%) Ruby
12 25 (1.48%) C
13 24 (1.42%) Scala
14 18 (1.07%) Kotlin
15 14 (0.83%) 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
1 221 (13.10%) Degree
2 75 (4.45%) Security Cleared
3 60 (3.56%) SC Cleared
4 45 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (1.60%) Master's Degree
6 25 (1.48%) CISSP
7 24 (1.42%) Azure Certification
7 24 (1.42%) CISM
8 18 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (0.83%) AWS Certification
9 14 (0.83%) GCIA
9 14 (0.83%) GCIH
9 14 (0.83%) GREM
10 13 (0.77%) MBA
11 11 (0.65%) ISTQB
12 10 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.36%) GIAC
14 6 (0.36%) SANS
15 5 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (9.19%) QA
2 31 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (1.42%) SLA
4 21 (1.24%) Software Quality Assurance
5 19 (1.13%) NIST
6 14 (0.83%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.83%) GDPR
7 11 (0.65%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.47%) COBIT
8 8 (0.47%) NCSC
9 7 (0.41%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.41%) SOC 2
9 7 (0.41%) WCAG
10 6 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.36%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.30%) GRC
11 5 (0.30%) PMO
12 4 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 186 (11.03%) Docker
2 54 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 37 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
4 28 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.89%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.30%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.059%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.059%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 171 (10.14%) Kubernetes
2 81 (4.80%) Terraform
3 36 (2.13%) Ansible
4 14 (0.83%) vCenter Server
5 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (0.47%) CASB
6 8 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
7 6 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (0.36%) HP UCMDB
8 5 (0.30%) Puppet
9 4 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.18%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.12%) Grafana
11 2 (0.12%) Podman
12 1 (0.059%) Consul
12 1 (0.059%) Packer
12 1 (0.059%) Rancher
12 1 (0.059%) Salt
12 1 (0.059%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 327 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 184 (10.91%) Google
3 70 (4.15%) Dell
4 44 (2.61%) Oracle
5 38 (2.25%) SAP
6 35 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 34 (2.02%) VMware
8 27 (1.60%) Adobe
9 22 (1.30%) Cisco
10 21 (1.24%) Apple
10 21 (1.24%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.01%) Sitecore
12 16 (0.95%) ForgeRock
13 15 (0.89%) HubSpot
14 14 (0.83%) HP
15 12 (0.71%) Sony
16 9 (0.53%) Palo Alto
16 9 (0.53%) Snow
17 8 (0.47%) IBM
17 8 (0.47%) Xero