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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 42 42
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 -5
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,679 2,637 5,402
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.96% 6.53% 7.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.47% 13.53% 14.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,357 1,856 3,489
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £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 £86,250 £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 14,638 19,484 37,235
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.23% 48.21% 52.95%
Number of salaries quoted 11,915 14,232 21,730
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +11.59%
75th Percentile £79,500 £85,000 £82,750
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 18 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 33 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (1.73%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.31%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.89%) IIS
6 8 (0.48%) Confluence
6 8 (0.48%) WordPress
7 7 (0.42%) CMS
8 5 (0.30%) 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 (0.060%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.060%) Moodle
12 1 (0.060%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.060%) Totara
Applications
1 28 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (0.60%) 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 (0.060%) 1Password
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.060%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.77%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 11 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.24%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.24%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.24%) Sage 50
7 4 (0.24%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
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 (0.060%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.060%) SAP HCM
10 1 (0.060%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 574 (34.19%) AWS
2 523 (31.15%) Azure
3 229 (13.64%) GCP
4 162 (9.65%) PaaS
5 155 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
6 136 (8.10%) IaaS
7 70 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
8 69 (4.11%) Serverless
9 64 (3.81%) Amazon S3
10 57 (3.39%) GitHub
11 46 (2.74%) Amazon SQS
12 42 (2.50%) Entra ID
13 30 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
14 27 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
15 26 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
15 26 (1.55%) Azure AKS
15 26 (1.55%) Azure Functions
15 26 (1.55%) Lucidchart
15 26 (1.55%) Miro
16 24 (1.43%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.22%) Firewall
2 34 (2.03%) VPN
3 26 (1.55%) LAN
3 26 (1.55%) WAN
4 23 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (1.19%) Network Security
6 14 (0.83%) Internet
6 14 (0.83%) SSL
7 13 (0.77%) SAN
8 11 (0.66%) VLAN
9 10 (0.60%) VoIP
10 9 (0.54%) DNS
11 8 (0.48%) HTTPS
11 8 (0.48%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.36%) NAS
12 6 (0.36%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.30%) MPLS
13 5 (0.30%) Unified Communications
14 4 (0.24%) HTTP
15 3 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (5.96%) SQL Server
2 78 (4.65%) MySQL
3 49 (2.92%) Big Data
4 41 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
5 37 (2.20%) Redis
6 36 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
7 29 (1.73%) Hadoop
7 29 (1.73%) Relational Database
8 23 (1.37%) Scylla
9 22 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 21 (1.25%) MongoDB
10 21 (1.25%) NoSQL
11 20 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
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 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 140 (8.34%) Git
2 68 (4.05%) Jenkins
3 53 (3.16%) Postman
4 52 (3.10%) Selenium
5 47 (2.80%) JIRA
6 35 (2.08%) Cucumber
7 27 (1.61%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.89%) JUnit
9 11 (0.66%) REST Assured
10 10 (0.60%) JMeter
10 10 (0.60%) TeamCity
10 10 (0.60%) webpack
11 9 (0.54%) GitLab
11 9 (0.54%) Vagrant
11 9 (0.54%) Visual Studio
12 8 (0.48%) SoapUI
12 8 (0.48%) SonarQube
13 7 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
13 7 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
14 6 (0.36%) Newman
General
1 508 (30.26%) Social Skills
2 188 (11.20%) Finance
3 127 (7.56%) Marketing
4 117 (6.97%) Presentation Skills
5 109 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
6 77 (4.59%) Retail
7 72 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (3.34%) Legal
9 51 (3.04%) Automotive
10 43 (2.56%) Law
11 36 (2.14%) Banking
12 32 (1.91%) Public Sector
13 31 (1.85%) Manufacturing
14 29 (1.73%) 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 (19.54%) Developer
2 322 (19.18%) Senior
3 241 (14.35%) Architect
4 173 (10.30%) Lead
5 125 (7.44%) Senior Developer
5 125 (7.44%) Software Engineer
6 100 (5.96%) Cloud Architect
7 94 (5.60%) Analyst
8 81 (4.82%) PHP Developer
9 80 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
10 60 (3.57%) Full Stack Developer
11 55 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
12 54 (3.22%) Consultant
13 49 (2.92%) Software Developer
14 43 (2.56%) Senior Software Engineer
15 42 (2.50%) Azure Engineer
16 41 (2.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 39 (2.32%) Principal Engineer
18 36 (2.14%) Business Manager
18 36 (2.14%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (9.11%) .NET
2 142 (8.46%) Laravel
3 126 (7.50%) React
4 106 (6.31%) CSS
5 105 (6.25%) HTML
6 93 (5.54%) REST
7 89 (5.30%) Vue
8 82 (4.88%) RESTful
9 76 (4.53%) AngularJS
10 71 (4.23%) Node.js
11 67 (3.99%) Web Services
12 58 (3.45%) .NET Core
13 54 (3.22%) GraphQL
14 40 (2.38%) Kafka
15 39 (2.32%) Symfony
16 38 (2.26%) JSON
17 37 (2.20%) jQuery
18 35 (2.08%) Spring
19 34 (2.03%) SOAP
20 23 (1.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.61%) Public Cloud
2 93 (5.54%) Greenfield Project
3 83 (4.94%) PKI
4 77 (4.59%) Product Ownership
5 75 (4.47%) Enterprise Software
6 67 (3.99%) Data Structures
7 63 (3.75%) Cloud Native
8 60 (3.57%) Mobile App
9 57 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
10 45 (2.68%) Client/Server
11 39 (2.32%) Algorithms
12 38 (2.26%) Management Information System
13 37 (2.20%) Onboarding
14 25 (1.49%) Virtual Team
15 24 (1.43%) Data Centre
16 21 (1.25%) 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
1 142 (8.46%) Windows
2 84 (5.00%) Linux
3 56 (3.34%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.67%) Unix
5 25 (1.49%) Apple iOS
6 24 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (1.37%) Android
8 16 (0.95%) Windows 10
9 15 (0.89%) Mac OS
9 15 (0.89%) Mac OS X
10 13 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
11 12 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
12 10 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (0.54%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.48%) CentOS
15 4 (0.24%) VMS
16 3 (0.18%) Windows Vista
17 1 (0.060%) Windows 7
17 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (25.13%) Agile
2 337 (20.07%) DevOps
3 271 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
4 256 (15.25%) Software Engineering
5 202 (12.03%) CI/CD
6 183 (10.90%) Project Management
7 172 (10.24%) Roadmaps
8 170 (10.13%) Microservices
9 151 (8.99%) Test Automation
10 141 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
11 139 (8.28%) User Experience
12 135 (8.04%) Migration
13 123 (7.33%) Full Stack Development
14 122 (7.27%) Actionable Insight
15 121 (7.21%) Presales
16 120 (7.15%) Mentoring
17 119 (7.09%) Scrum
18 116 (6.91%) TOGAF
19 100 (5.96%) Configuration Management
20 98 (5.84%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 293 (17.45%) JavaScript
2 187 (11.14%) SQL
3 169 (10.07%) Python
4 168 (10.01%) PHP
5 167 (9.95%) C#
6 162 (9.65%) Java
7 100 (5.96%) TypeScript
8 59 (3.51%) PowerShell
9 39 (2.32%) Go
10 38 (2.26%) C++
11 28 (1.67%) Bash
12 27 (1.61%) Ruby
13 25 (1.49%) C
14 23 (1.37%) Scala
15 18 (1.07%) Kotlin
16 14 (0.83%) T-SQL
17 12 (0.71%) Swift
18 9 (0.54%) PL/SQL
18 9 (0.54%) Shell Script
19 8 (0.48%) Ada
Qualifications
1 221 (13.16%) Degree
2 73 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 58 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 45 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 24 (1.43%) CISSP
7 23 (1.37%) Azure Certification
7 23 (1.37%) 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 10 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.60%) ISTQB
12 9 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.36%) GIAC
13 6 (0.36%) SANS
14 5 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (9.23%) QA
2 30 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (1.43%) SLA
4 21 (1.25%) Software Quality Assurance
5 18 (1.07%) NIST
6 14 (0.83%) Data Quality
7 13 (0.77%) GDPR
8 12 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (0.66%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.48%) COBIT
10 8 (0.48%) NCSC
11 7 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.42%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.42%) WCAG
12 6 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.36%) Web Application Security Consortium
13 5 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.30%) GRC
13 5 (0.30%) PMO
14 4 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 186 (11.08%) Docker
2 54 (3.22%) Active Directory
3 38 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
4 28 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.95%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.30%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.060%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.060%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.060%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 170 (10.13%) Kubernetes
2 81 (4.82%) Terraform
3 36 (2.14%) Ansible
4 14 (0.83%) vCenter Server
5 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (0.48%) CASB
6 8 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
7 6 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.30%) 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 (0.060%) Consul
12 1 (0.060%) Packer
12 1 (0.060%) PingFederate
12 1 (0.060%) Salt
12 1 (0.060%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 326 (19.42%) Microsoft
2 184 (10.96%) Google
3 68 (4.05%) Dell
4 44 (2.62%) Oracle
5 38 (2.26%) SAP
6 35 (2.08%) Salesforce
7 34 (2.03%) VMware
8 27 (1.61%) Adobe
9 22 (1.31%) Cisco
10 21 (1.25%) Apple
11 20 (1.19%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.01%) Sitecore
13 16 (0.95%) ForgeRock
14 15 (0.89%) HubSpot
15 13 (0.77%) HP
16 12 (0.71%) Sony
17 9 (0.54%) Palo Alto
17 9 (0.54%) Snow
18 8 (0.48%) IBM
18 8 (0.48%) Xero