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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 43 41
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing SaaS 1,670 2,510 5,726
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.81% 6.53% 7.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.22% 13.70% 14.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,353 1,732 3,551
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +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 14,883 18,326 39,761
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 42.84% 47.65% 53.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12,042 13,805 21,987
10th Percentile £35,767 £38,220 £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% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £64,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.85% +3.20% +7.76%

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 1 June 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 35 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.20%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.78%) IIS
6 10 (0.60%) Confluence
7 8 (0.48%) WordPress
8 7 (0.42%) 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 (0.060%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.060%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 27 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.24%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.24%) Notion
6 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.060%) 1Password
7 1 (0.060%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.060%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.78%) 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%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.24%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
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%) Workfront
10 1 (0.060%) BambooHR
10 1 (0.060%) iTrent
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.060%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 582 (34.85%) AWS
2 537 (32.16%) Azure
3 209 (12.51%) GCP
4 159 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
5 158 (9.46%) PaaS
6 131 (7.84%) IaaS
7 71 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
8 69 (4.13%) Serverless
9 57 (3.41%) GitHub
10 56 (3.35%) Amazon S3
11 41 (2.46%) Entra ID
12 36 (2.16%) Amazon SQS
13 31 (1.86%) AWS Lambda
14 29 (1.74%) Azure AKS
15 28 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (1.56%) Azure Functions
17 25 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
18 24 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
19 23 (1.38%) Power Platform
20 22 (1.32%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.29%) Firewall
2 32 (1.92%) VPN
3 27 (1.62%) LAN
3 27 (1.62%) WAN
4 23 (1.38%) Network Security
5 17 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (0.90%) Internet
7 13 (0.78%) SAN
8 12 (0.72%) SSL
9 11 (0.66%) VLAN
10 10 (0.60%) VoIP
11 8 (0.48%) 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
14 4 (0.24%) Unified Communications
15 3 (0.18%) HTTP
15 3 (0.18%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 81 (4.85%) MySQL
3 39 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
4 37 (2.22%) Big Data
5 31 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
6 28 (1.68%) Redis
6 28 (1.68%) Relational Database
7 24 (1.44%) NoSQL
8 22 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
8 22 (1.32%) MongoDB
9 20 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
9 20 (1.20%) Hadoop
10 15 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (0.90%) Power BI
11 14 (0.84%) BigQuery
11 14 (0.84%) Scylla
12 13 (0.78%) Data Mining
13 11 (0.66%) DynamoDB
13 11 (0.66%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 133 (7.96%) Git
2 54 (3.23%) Jenkins
3 51 (3.05%) JIRA
3 51 (3.05%) Selenium
4 48 (2.87%) Postman
5 30 (1.80%) Cucumber
6 22 (1.32%) Cypress.io
7 16 (0.96%) JUnit
8 11 (0.66%) JMeter
8 11 (0.66%) REST Assured
8 11 (0.66%) TeamCity
9 10 (0.60%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.54%) Vagrant
10 9 (0.54%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.48%) GitLab
11 8 (0.48%) SoapUI
11 8 (0.48%) webpack
12 7 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
13 6 (0.36%) Newman
General
1 488 (29.22%) Social Skills
2 175 (10.48%) Finance
3 125 (7.49%) Marketing
4 117 (7.01%) Presentation Skills
5 102 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
6 83 (4.97%) Retail
7 63 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 55 (3.29%) Legal
9 50 (2.99%) Automotive
10 47 (2.81%) Law
11 32 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 32 (1.92%) Public Sector
12 28 (1.68%) Games
13 27 (1.62%) Banking
14 20 (1.20%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
16 17 (1.02%) Aviation
16 17 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
17 16 (0.96%) Advertising
18 15 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 334 (20.00%) Developer
2 303 (18.14%) Senior
3 259 (15.51%) Architect
4 176 (10.54%) Lead
5 122 (7.31%) Senior Developer
6 108 (6.47%) Cloud Architect
7 99 (5.93%) Software Engineer
8 88 (5.27%) Analyst
9 80 (4.79%) PHP Developer
10 74 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
11 63 (3.77%) Full Stack Developer
12 57 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
13 54 (3.23%) Consultant
13 54 (3.23%) Software Developer
14 45 (2.69%) Azure Engineer
15 43 (2.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 40 (2.40%) Business Development Manager
16 40 (2.40%) Business Manager
16 40 (2.40%) Development Manager
17 36 (2.16%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (10.60%) .NET
2 142 (8.50%) Laravel
3 118 (7.07%) React
4 100 (5.99%) HTML
5 99 (5.93%) CSS
6 90 (5.39%) Vue
7 79 (4.73%) REST
8 78 (4.67%) RESTful
9 71 (4.25%) Node.js
10 70 (4.19%) AngularJS
11 62 (3.71%) Web Services
12 61 (3.65%) .NET Core
13 44 (2.63%) GraphQL
14 38 (2.28%) Symfony
15 37 (2.22%) jQuery
16 33 (1.98%) Spring
17 32 (1.92%) JSON
17 32 (1.92%) SOAP
18 27 (1.62%) Kafka
19 26 (1.56%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.41%) Public Cloud
2 88 (5.27%) Greenfield Project
3 83 (4.97%) PKI
4 77 (4.61%) Enterprise Software
5 76 (4.55%) Product Ownership
6 63 (3.77%) Mobile App
7 58 (3.47%) Cloud Native
8 56 (3.35%) Data Structures
9 55 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
10 45 (2.69%) Client/Server
11 41 (2.46%) Onboarding
12 39 (2.34%) Management Information System
13 30 (1.80%) Algorithms
14 24 (1.44%) Data Centre
15 18 (1.08%) Satnav
15 18 (1.08%) Virtual Team
16 16 (0.96%) Online Games
17 15 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
18 14 (0.84%) Low-Code
19 13 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 128 (7.66%) Windows
2 83 (4.97%) Linux
3 55 (3.29%) Windows Server
4 29 (1.74%) Unix
5 25 (1.50%) Apple iOS
5 25 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 23 (1.38%) Android
7 16 (0.96%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.90%) Mac OS X
9 13 (0.78%) Ubuntu
9 13 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
11 10 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (0.48%) CentOS
13 4 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
13 4 (0.24%) VMS
14 3 (0.18%) Windows Vista
15 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.060%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (24.43%) Agile
2 342 (20.48%) DevOps
3 253 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
4 233 (13.95%) Software Engineering
5 197 (11.80%) CI/CD
6 184 (11.02%) Project Management
7 170 (10.18%) Roadmaps
8 160 (9.58%) Microservices
9 142 (8.50%) Test Automation
10 134 (8.02%) Migration
11 121 (7.25%) Full Stack Development
11 121 (7.25%) Presales
12 120 (7.19%) User Experience
13 118 (7.07%) Mentoring
14 116 (6.95%) Actionable Insight
15 115 (6.89%) TOGAF
16 111 (6.65%) Cybersecurity
16 111 (6.65%) Scrum
17 100 (5.99%) Configuration Management
18 90 (5.39%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 285 (17.07%) JavaScript
2 194 (11.62%) SQL
3 183 (10.96%) C#
4 165 (9.88%) PHP
5 162 (9.70%) Python
6 146 (8.74%) Java
7 96 (5.75%) TypeScript
8 59 (3.53%) PowerShell
9 36 (2.16%) C++
10 30 (1.80%) Go
11 28 (1.68%) Ruby
12 22 (1.32%) C
13 20 (1.20%) Bash
14 18 (1.08%) Kotlin
15 17 (1.02%) T-SQL
16 14 (0.84%) Scala
17 12 (0.72%) Swift
18 9 (0.54%) Shell Script
19 8 (0.48%) Ada
19 8 (0.48%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 223 (13.35%) Degree
2 69 (4.13%) Security Cleared
3 51 (3.05%) SC Cleared
4 48 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (1.62%) Master's Degree
6 22 (1.32%) Azure Certification
6 22 (1.32%) CISSP
7 21 (1.26%) CISM
8 18 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
9 15 (0.90%) AWS Certification
10 14 (0.84%) GCIA
10 14 (0.84%) GCIH
10 14 (0.84%) GREM
11 13 (0.78%) ISTQB
11 13 (0.78%) MBA
12 12 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.36%) GIAC
14 6 (0.36%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (8.98%) QA
2 29 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (1.44%) SLA
4 18 (1.08%) Software Quality Assurance
5 16 (0.96%) NIST
6 14 (0.84%) Data Quality
7 13 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (0.78%) GDPR
8 10 (0.60%) NCSC
9 9 (0.54%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.48%) COBIT
11 7 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.42%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.36%) Web Application Security Consortium
13 5 (0.30%) GRC
13 5 (0.30%) PMO
13 5 (0.30%) WCAG
14 2 (0.12%) IASME
System Software
1 174 (10.42%) Docker
2 53 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 37 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.90%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.60%) 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
1 160 (9.58%) Kubernetes
2 92 (5.51%) Terraform
3 40 (2.40%) Ansible
4 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.66%) vCenter Server
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%) Puppet
10 4 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.24%) HP UCMDB
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
1 320 (19.16%) Microsoft
2 162 (9.70%) Google
3 51 (3.05%) Dell
4 35 (2.10%) Oracle
4 35 (2.10%) Salesforce
5 34 (2.04%) SAP
6 31 (1.86%) VMware
7 22 (1.32%) Cisco
8 18 (1.08%) Adobe
8 18 (1.08%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.02%) Sitecore
10 16 (0.96%) ForgeRock
11 13 (0.78%) HubSpot
12 12 (0.72%) Apple
12 12 (0.72%) HP
12 12 (0.72%) Sony
13 11 (0.66%) BT
14 10 (0.60%) Palo Alto
15 9 (0.54%) Snow
16 8 (0.48%) EMC