Hybrid/Remote AI Job Trends

AI
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 72
Rank change year-on-year -1 +65 +10
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,596 2,672 1,125
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.12% 16.20% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.65% 17.37% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,643 736 698
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,100 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.90% -2.07% -5.26%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £114,750 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,295 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.59% -5.29% -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

AI falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,722 15,381 27,304
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 93.27% 88.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12,904 9,107 20,627
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,887 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.84%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

AI job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AI

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AI over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

AI salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 64 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.69%) Confluence
3 39 (1.50%) CMS
4 18 (0.69%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.62%) Apache
5 16 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.39%) WordPress
8 9 (0.35%) SAS
9 4 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.12%) Camunda
11 2 (0.077%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.077%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.077%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.039%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.039%) Moodle
12 1 (0.039%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.039%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (1.73%) UserZoom
2 30 (1.16%) Chatbot
3 24 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 21 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.50%) InDesign
7 13 (0.50%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.15%) CapCut
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.12%) Productboard
11 3 (0.12%) Sketch
11 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.12%) Trello
12 2 (0.077%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.039%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 24 (0.92%) Cloudability
1 24 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.54%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.15%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.077%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.039%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.039%) HFM
6 1 (0.039%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.039%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.039%) Shopify
6 1 (0.039%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 789 (30.39%) Azure
2 458 (17.64%) AWS
3 249 (9.59%) SaaS
4 245 (9.44%) Azure AI
5 212 (8.17%) GCP
6 190 (7.32%) Adobe Analytics
7 186 (7.16%) Power Platform
8 181 (6.97%) GitHub
9 163 (6.28%) Azure DevOps
10 116 (4.47%) GitHub Copilot
11 110 (4.24%) Figma
12 108 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
13 103 (3.97%) Snowflake
14 100 (3.85%) Serverless
15 87 (3.35%) Azure Machine Learning
16 85 (3.27%) Anthropic Claude
16 85 (3.27%) Entra ID
17 80 (3.08%) Microsoft Copilot
18 79 (3.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 70 (2.70%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 337 (12.98%) Broadband
2 32 (1.23%) Internet
3 30 (1.16%) VPN
4 29 (1.12%) Firewall
5 15 (0.58%) DNS
6 14 (0.54%) VoIP
7 12 (0.46%) HTTP
8 11 (0.42%) CTI
9 10 (0.39%) DHCP
9 10 (0.39%) Network Security
10 8 (0.31%) WPA
11 7 (0.27%) Wireless
12 6 (0.23%) 5G
12 6 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.19%) DMZ
13 5 (0.19%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.19%) TCP/IP
13 5 (0.19%) VLAN
13 5 (0.19%) VXLAN
14 4 (0.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (8.28%) MongoDB
2 172 (6.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 112 (4.31%) SQL Server
4 105 (4.04%) Power BI
5 88 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
6 77 (2.97%) Metadata
7 61 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
8 42 (1.62%) Tableau
9 40 (1.54%) Big Data
10 35 (1.35%) NoSQL
11 34 (1.31%) Data Lake
12 32 (1.23%) Semantic Layer
13 29 (1.12%) Redis
14 28 (1.08%) BigQuery
15 26 (1.00%) Delta Lake
16 24 (0.92%) Relational Database
17 22 (0.85%) MySQL
18 18 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
19 17 (0.65%) Pinecone
20 13 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 93 (3.58%) Git
2 54 (2.08%) Claude Code
3 48 (1.85%) JIRA
4 35 (1.35%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.96%) Snyk
6 22 (0.85%) GitLab
7 14 (0.54%) Selenium
8 12 (0.46%) MLflow
9 11 (0.42%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.35%) Postman
11 6 (0.23%) Maven
11 6 (0.23%) SpecFlow
11 6 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.19%) JUnit
12 5 (0.19%) Mockito
12 5 (0.19%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.19%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.15%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.15%) Metasploit
14 3 (0.12%) Appium
General
1 702 (27.04%) Social Skills
2 482 (18.57%) Finance
3 283 (10.90%) Marketing
4 280 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
5 279 (10.75%) Games
6 278 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 193 (7.43%) Legal
8 167 (6.43%) Law
9 150 (5.78%) Public Sector
10 89 (3.43%) Retail
11 82 (3.16%) Banking
12 67 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
13 56 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
14 54 (2.08%) Advertising
15 41 (1.58%) Legal Technology
16 40 (1.54%) Automotive
17 30 (1.16%) Manufacturing
18 29 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
19 21 (0.81%) Telecoms
20 14 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 513 (19.76%) Senior
2 381 (14.68%) Developer
3 379 (14.60%) Lead
4 253 (9.75%) Architect
5 179 (6.90%) Software Engineer
6 167 (6.43%) .NET Developer
7 113 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 107 (4.12%) Engineering Manager
9 105 (4.04%) Analyst
10 101 (3.89%) Consultant
11 84 (3.24%) Designer
12 80 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
13 79 (3.04%) Data Engineer
14 69 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
15 68 (2.62%) Python Engineer
16 67 (2.58%) Data Scientist
17 64 (2.47%) Senior Software Engineer
18 63 (2.43%) Senior Developer
18 63 (2.43%) Senior Manager
19 61 (2.35%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 239 (9.21%) .NET
2 238 (9.17%) React
3 164 (6.32%) ASP.NET
4 160 (6.16%) RESTful
5 159 (6.12%) .NET Core
6 157 (6.05%) ASP.NET Core
7 154 (5.93%) ML.NET
8 143 (5.51%) CSS
9 136 (5.24%) HTML
10 112 (4.31%) Blazor
11 109 (4.20%) Node.js
12 81 (3.12%) REST
13 74 (2.85%) LangChain
14 63 (2.43%) PyTorch
15 55 (2.12%) TensorFlow
16 51 (1.96%) Next.js
17 48 (1.85%) Vue
18 47 (1.81%) FastAPI
19 39 (1.50%) LangGraph
20 33 (1.27%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 235 (9.05%) Social Media
2 230 (8.86%) Cloud Native
3 167 (6.43%) AI Agents
4 134 (5.16%) Product Ownership
5 103 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
6 70 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 68 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
8 62 (2.39%) Low-Code
9 61 (2.35%) Algorithms
10 57 (2.20%) Video\Live Streaming
11 55 (2.12%) Virtual Team
12 53 (2.04%) Mobile App
13 52 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
14 43 (1.66%) Data Centre
15 39 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
15 39 (1.50%) Security Posture
16 36 (1.39%) Blog
17 33 (1.27%) Management Information System
18 32 (1.23%) Podcast
19 30 (1.16%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (2.31%) Windows
2 51 (1.96%) Android
3 46 (1.77%) Linux
4 25 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.54%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.46%) VMS
7 9 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.15%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.077%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 760 (29.28%) Agile
2 664 (25.58%) Machine Learning
3 650 (25.04%) Analytics
4 634 (24.42%) Roadmaps
5 549 (21.15%) CI/CD
6 422 (16.26%) Mentoring
7 407 (15.68%) Software Engineering
8 403 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 372 (14.33%) Decision-Making
10 363 (13.98%) Full-Stack Development
11 347 (13.37%) LLM
12 338 (13.02%) DevOps
13 333 (12.83%) Customer Experience
14 316 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
15 243 (9.36%) Technical Leadership
16 241 (9.28%) Product Roadmap
17 240 (9.24%) Generative AI
18 222 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
19 219 (8.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 219 (8.44%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 600 (23.11%) Python
2 462 (17.80%) SQL
3 267 (10.29%) C#
4 233 (8.98%) JavaScript
5 170 (6.55%) TypeScript
6 116 (4.47%) Java
7 60 (2.31%) Go
8 54 (2.08%) PowerShell
9 45 (1.73%) Bash
10 44 (1.69%) Bicep
11 41 (1.58%) C++
12 25 (0.96%) Scala
13 18 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (0.62%) R
15 15 (0.58%) PHP
16 13 (0.50%) C
17 11 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 11 (0.42%) Kotlin
18 7 (0.27%) Ruby
18 7 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 202 (7.78%) Degree
2 129 (4.97%) Security Cleared
3 87 (3.35%) SC Cleared
4 61 (2.35%) CISSP
5 54 (2.08%) CISM
6 53 (2.04%) ACCA
7 46 (1.77%) A+ Certification
7 46 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
8 44 (1.69%) Azure Certification
8 44 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (1.39%) AWS Certification
10 35 (1.35%) DV Cleared
11 33 (1.27%) CIMA
12 32 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 30 (1.16%) PhD
14 26 (1.00%) Master's Degree
15 25 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 22 (0.85%) DBS Check
17 10 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
17 10 (0.39%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 295 (11.36%) Accessibility
2 145 (5.59%) Data Quality
3 89 (3.43%) GDPR
4 85 (3.27%) QA
5 70 (2.70%) WCAG
6 58 (2.23%) GRC
7 39 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 34 (1.31%) NIST
9 23 (0.89%) SLA
10 21 (0.81%) IFRS
11 15 (0.58%) PCI DSS
11 15 (0.58%) PMO
12 14 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 13 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 12 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.23%) NCSC
17 5 (0.19%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.19%) SOC 2
18 4 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 189 (7.28%) Docker
2 91 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
3 85 (3.27%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.46%) vSphere
7 6 (0.23%) Firmware
7 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.077%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 178 (6.86%) Kubernetes
2 116 (4.47%) Terraform
3 64 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (0.73%) Ansible
5 18 (0.69%) Grafana
6 16 (0.62%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.31%) Kubeflow
8 7 (0.27%) Argo
9 6 (0.23%) Proxmox
9 6 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.15%) Nmap
10 4 (0.15%) Puppet
11 3 (0.12%) Istio
11 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.077%) linkerd
12 2 (0.077%) Podman
12 2 (0.077%) Salt
13 1 (0.039%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.039%) Nessus
13 1 (0.039%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 672 (25.89%) Microsoft
2 251 (9.67%) Adobe
3 147 (5.66%) Databricks
4 121 (4.66%) Google
5 85 (3.27%) OpenAI
6 78 (3.00%) Cisco
7 63 (2.43%) ServiceNow
8 50 (1.93%) Dell
9 46 (1.77%) Apple
9 46 (1.77%) CyberArk
10 42 (1.62%) Salesforce
11 37 (1.43%) Facebook
11 37 (1.43%) Foundry
12 31 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
13 30 (1.16%) HubSpot
14 27 (1.04%) Palo Alto
14 27 (1.04%) Tenable
15 22 (0.85%) Oracle
15 22 (0.85%) VMware
16 21 (0.81%) Yahoo!
1,382 hybrid/remote AI jobs