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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 42 42
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 -6
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,678 2,660 5,456
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.96% 6.56% 7.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.45% 13.57% 14.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,358 1,859 3,507
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 £60,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +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 14,653 19,603 37,748
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.34% 48.31% 52.97%
Number of salaries quoted 11,910 14,302 21,927
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% - +11.12%
75th Percentile £79,500 £85,000 £83,000
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 20 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 34 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (1.67%) Apache Spark
3 23 (1.37%) 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%) Sitecore CMS
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
1 577 (34.39%) AWS
2 529 (31.53%) Azure
3 227 (13.53%) GCP
4 165 (9.83%) PaaS
5 158 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
6 138 (8.22%) IaaS
7 71 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
8 69 (4.11%) Serverless
9 64 (3.81%) Amazon S3
10 58 (3.46%) GitHub
11 46 (2.74%) Amazon SQS
12 43 (2.56%) Entra ID
13 31 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
14 27 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
14 27 (1.61%) Azure AKS
14 27 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
15 26 (1.55%) Azure Functions
16 25 (1.49%) Lucidchart
16 25 (1.49%) Miro
16 25 (1.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.28%) 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 48 (2.86%) Big Data
4 40 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
5 36 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (2.15%) Redis
6 29 (1.73%) Relational Database
7 28 (1.67%) Hadoop
8 22 (1.31%) MongoDB
8 22 (1.31%) NoSQL
8 22 (1.31%) Scylla
9 21 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
10 20 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (0.95%) Power BI
12 15 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (0.89%) Tableau
13 14 (0.83%) BigQuery
14 13 (0.77%) Data Mining
15 12 (0.72%) Oracle Database
16 11 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 142 (8.46%) Git
2 66 (3.93%) Jenkins
3 52 (3.10%) Postman
3 52 (3.10%) Selenium
4 47 (2.80%) JIRA
5 34 (2.03%) Cucumber
6 27 (1.61%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.89%) JUnit
8 11 (0.66%) REST Assured
9 10 (0.60%) JMeter
9 10 (0.60%) TeamCity
9 10 (0.60%) webpack
10 9 (0.54%) GitLab
10 9 (0.54%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.54%) Vagrant
10 9 (0.54%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.48%) SoapUI
12 7 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
13 6 (0.36%) Newman
General
1 505 (30.10%) Social Skills
2 188 (11.20%) Finance
3 127 (7.57%) Marketing
4 117 (6.97%) Presentation Skills
5 109 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
6 77 (4.59%) Retail
7 71 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (3.40%) Legal
9 51 (3.04%) Automotive
10 44 (2.62%) Law
11 36 (2.15%) Banking
12 33 (1.97%) Public Sector
13 31 (1.85%) Manufacturing
14 28 (1.67%) 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%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 327 (19.49%) Developer
2 320 (19.07%) Senior
3 241 (14.36%) Architect
4 172 (10.25%) Lead
5 126 (7.51%) Senior Developer
6 121 (7.21%) Software Engineer
7 100 (5.96%) Cloud Architect
8 95 (5.66%) Analyst
9 80 (4.77%) PHP Developer
9 80 (4.77%) Solutions Architect
10 60 (3.58%) Full Stack Developer
11 56 (3.34%) DevOps Engineer
12 54 (3.22%) Consultant
13 50 (2.98%) Software Developer
14 43 (2.56%) Azure Engineer
15 42 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 40 (2.38%) Senior Software Engineer
17 36 (2.15%) Business Development Manager
17 36 (2.15%) Development Manager
17 36 (2.15%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (9.18%) .NET
2 141 (8.40%) Laravel
3 124 (7.39%) React
4 106 (6.32%) CSS
5 105 (6.26%) HTML
6 91 (5.42%) REST
7 89 (5.30%) Vue
8 82 (4.89%) RESTful
9 75 (4.47%) AngularJS
10 71 (4.23%) Node.js
11 67 (3.99%) Web Services
12 59 (3.52%) .NET Core
13 54 (3.22%) GraphQL
14 39 (2.32%) Kafka
14 39 (2.32%) Symfony
15 37 (2.21%) JSON
16 36 (2.15%) jQuery
17 35 (2.09%) Spring
18 34 (2.03%) SOAP
19 23 (1.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.62%) Public Cloud
2 93 (5.54%) Greenfield Project
3 83 (4.95%) PKI
4 77 (4.59%) Product Ownership
5 76 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
6 66 (3.93%) Data Structures
7 61 (3.64%) Cloud Native
8 60 (3.58%) Mobile App
9 57 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
10 45 (2.68%) Client/Server
11 39 (2.32%) Management Information System
12 38 (2.26%) Algorithms
12 38 (2.26%) Onboarding
13 24 (1.43%) Data Centre
14 23 (1.37%) Virtual Team
15 21 (1.25%) Satnav
16 16 (0.95%) Online Games
17 15 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
17 15 (0.89%) Low-Code
18 13 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 141 (8.40%) Windows
2 83 (4.95%) Linux
3 57 (3.40%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.67%) Unix
5 25 (1.49%) Apple iOS
5 25 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
6 23 (1.37%) Android
7 16 (0.95%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.89%) Mac OS X
9 13 (0.77%) Mac OS
9 13 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
11 10 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.54%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.48%) CentOS
14 4 (0.24%) VMS
15 3 (0.18%) Windows Vista
16 1 (0.060%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (25.21%) Agile
2 340 (20.26%) DevOps
3 270 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
4 253 (15.08%) Software Engineering
5 202 (12.04%) CI/CD
6 184 (10.97%) Project Management
7 172 (10.25%) Roadmaps
8 169 (10.07%) Microservices
9 150 (8.94%) Test Automation
10 139 (8.28%) Cybersecurity
10 139 (8.28%) User Experience
11 135 (8.05%) Migration
12 122 (7.27%) Actionable Insight
12 122 (7.27%) Full Stack Development
13 121 (7.21%) Presales
14 120 (7.15%) Mentoring
14 120 (7.15%) Scrum
15 116 (6.91%) TOGAF
16 100 (5.96%) Configuration Management
17 97 (5.78%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 290 (17.28%) JavaScript
2 187 (11.14%) SQL
3 168 (10.01%) C#
3 168 (10.01%) Python
4 166 (9.89%) PHP
5 160 (9.54%) Java
6 100 (5.96%) TypeScript
7 59 (3.52%) PowerShell
8 38 (2.26%) C++
8 38 (2.26%) Go
9 27 (1.61%) Bash
9 27 (1.61%) Ruby
10 25 (1.49%) C
11 22 (1.31%) Scala
12 18 (1.07%) Kotlin
13 14 (0.83%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.72%) Swift
15 9 (0.54%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.54%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.48%) Ada
Qualifications
1 221 (13.17%) Degree
2 74 (4.41%) Security Cleared
3 58 (3.46%) 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 11 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.60%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.36%) GIAC
14 6 (0.36%) SANS
15 5 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (9.24%) 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 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (0.66%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.54%) NCSC
11 8 (0.48%) COBIT
12 7 (0.42%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.42%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.42%) WCAG
13 6 (0.36%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.36%) Web Application Security Consortium
14 5 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.30%) GRC
14 5 (0.30%) PMO
15 4 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 189 (11.26%) Docker
2 55 (3.28%) 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
1 172 (10.25%) Kubernetes
2 82 (4.89%) Terraform
3 38 (2.26%) Ansible
4 14 (0.83%) vCenter Server
5 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
7 8 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 8 (0.48%) CASB
8 6 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.30%) HP UCMDB
9 5 (0.30%) Puppet
10 4 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.18%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.12%) Grafana
12 2 (0.12%) Podman
13 1 (0.060%) Consul
13 1 (0.060%) Packer
13 1 (0.060%) PingFederate
13 1 (0.060%) Salt
13 1 (0.060%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 329 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 183 (10.91%) Google
3 65 (3.87%) Dell
4 44 (2.62%) Oracle
5 38 (2.26%) SAP
6 35 (2.09%) 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 (0.72%) Sony
17 9 (0.54%) Palo Alto
17 9 (0.54%) Snow
18 8 (0.48%) IBM
18 8 (0.48%) Xero