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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 59
Rank change year-on-year 0 +52 +20
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,004 2,901 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.89% 17.58% 4.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.71% 18.89% 5.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,908 695 601
10th Percentile £40,500 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -17.24% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -3.33%

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 19,119 15,355 21,215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.03% 93.03% 87.59%
Number of salaries quoted 13,815 8,958 14,299
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,106
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%

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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 29 August 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 96 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.66%) Confluence
3 38 (1.26%) CMS
4 24 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 23 (0.77%) Apache
6 21 (0.70%) Apache Spark
7 14 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.33%) WordPress
9 9 (0.30%) SAS
10 7 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.17%) Camunda
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.100%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.067%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.067%) Headless CMS
15 1 (0.033%) Apache Solr
15 1 (0.033%) Moodle
15 1 (0.033%) Palantir Foundry
15 1 (0.033%) Sitecore CMS
15 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 56 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (1.70%) Chatbot
3 34 (1.13%) UserZoom
4 32 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.47%) InDesign
7 14 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.23%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.17%) Moqups
10 4 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.13%) Trello
11 3 (0.100%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.100%) Productboard
11 3 (0.100%) Sketch
12 2 (0.067%) CapCut
Business Applications
1 36 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.93%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.80%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.13%) Sage 50
7 3 (0.100%) Shopify
8 1 (0.033%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.033%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.033%) HFM
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.033%) Primavera
8 1 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 879 (29.26%) Azure
2 581 (19.34%) AWS
3 283 (9.42%) SaaS
4 260 (8.66%) GCP
5 258 (8.59%) Azure AI
6 239 (7.96%) Power Platform
7 222 (7.39%) GitHub
8 172 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
9 152 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
10 139 (4.63%) GitHub Copilot
10 139 (4.63%) Snowflake
11 115 (3.83%) Adobe Analytics
12 114 (3.79%) Anthropic Claude
13 113 (3.76%) Microsoft Copilot
14 109 (3.63%) Serverless
15 108 (3.60%) Entra ID
16 96 (3.20%) Figma
17 90 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 77 (2.56%) Azure Machine Learning
19 69 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 227 (7.56%) Broadband
2 33 (1.10%) Internet
3 32 (1.07%) VPN
4 30 (1.00%) Firewall
5 26 (0.87%) Network Security
6 21 (0.70%) DNS
7 15 (0.50%) HTTP
8 12 (0.40%) DHCP
8 12 (0.40%) VoIP
9 11 (0.37%) CTI
10 8 (0.27%) TCP/IP
10 8 (0.27%) WPA
11 7 (0.23%) Wireless
12 6 (0.20%) 5G
12 6 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.17%) BGP
13 5 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.17%) OSPF
13 5 (0.17%) VXLAN
13 5 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (7.16%) MongoDB
2 177 (5.89%) Azure SQL Database
3 144 (4.79%) Power BI
4 123 (4.09%) SQL Server
5 103 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
6 86 (2.86%) Metadata
7 71 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
8 58 (1.93%) NoSQL
9 51 (1.70%) Tableau
10 42 (1.40%) Data Lake
11 41 (1.36%) Big Data
12 34 (1.13%) Semantic Layer
13 33 (1.10%) Delta Lake
13 33 (1.10%) Relational Database
14 32 (1.07%) Redis
15 30 (1.00%) BigQuery
16 22 (0.73%) MySQL
17 20 (0.67%) Data Vault
18 19 (0.63%) DynamoDB
19 17 (0.57%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 120 (3.99%) Git
2 73 (2.43%) JIRA
3 67 (2.23%) Claude Code
4 41 (1.36%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.90%) Snyk
6 25 (0.83%) GitLab
7 16 (0.53%) MLflow
8 15 (0.50%) Selenium
9 13 (0.43%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.37%) Postman
10 11 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.33%) JUnit
11 10 (0.33%) Maven
11 10 (0.33%) Mockito
12 7 (0.23%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
14 4 (0.13%) Appium
14 4 (0.13%) Bitbucket
14 4 (0.13%) Metasploit
14 4 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 873 (29.06%) Social Skills
2 666 (22.17%) Finance
3 382 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 349 (11.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 324 (10.79%) Marketing
6 234 (7.79%) Legal
7 197 (6.56%) Public Sector
8 191 (6.36%) Games
9 173 (5.76%) Law
10 121 (4.03%) Banking
11 100 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
12 99 (3.30%) Retail
13 93 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
14 56 (1.86%) Advertising
15 43 (1.43%) Manufacturing
16 42 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
17 38 (1.26%) Legal Technology
18 27 (0.90%) Automotive
18 27 (0.90%) Telecoms
19 24 (0.80%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 572 (19.04%) Senior
2 408 (13.58%) Developer
3 347 (11.55%) Lead
4 311 (10.35%) Architect
5 225 (7.49%) Software Engineer
6 170 (5.66%) .NET Developer
7 144 (4.79%) Analyst
8 127 (4.23%) Consultant
9 120 (3.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 110 (3.66%) Engineering Manager
11 90 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
12 82 (2.73%) Data Engineer
13 81 (2.70%) Full-Stack Developer
14 76 (2.53%) Python Engineer
15 75 (2.50%) Senior Developer
15 75 (2.50%) Senior Manager
16 74 (2.46%) Data Scientist
17 67 (2.23%) Data Architect
18 66 (2.20%) Product Manager
18 66 (2.20%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 283 (9.42%) React
2 259 (8.62%) .NET
3 168 (5.59%) ASP.NET
4 164 (5.46%) .NET Core
5 160 (5.33%) RESTful
6 159 (5.29%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.19%) ML.NET
8 150 (4.99%) Terraform
9 149 (4.96%) Node.js
10 142 (4.73%) CSS
11 132 (4.39%) HTML
12 116 (3.86%) Blazor
13 115 (3.83%) REST
14 97 (3.23%) LangChain
15 77 (2.56%) Next.js
16 59 (1.96%) PyTorch
17 54 (1.80%) LangGraph
18 52 (1.73%) Vue
19 48 (1.60%) PySpark
20 46 (1.53%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 270 (8.99%) Cloud Native
2 244 (8.12%) AI Agents
3 164 (5.46%) Social Media
4 140 (4.66%) Product Ownership
5 121 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
6 98 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
7 96 (3.20%) Blog
8 73 (2.43%) Algorithms
9 72 (2.40%) Low-Code
10 67 (2.23%) Onboarding
11 58 (1.93%) Data Centre
12 56 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
13 55 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
13 55 (1.83%) Virtual Team
14 52 (1.73%) Management Information System
14 52 (1.73%) Video\Live Streaming
15 48 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
15 48 (1.60%) Mobile App
16 47 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
17 41 (1.36%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 71 (2.36%) Windows
2 59 (1.96%) Linux
3 36 (1.20%) Android
4 19 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 15 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.40%) VMS
7 9 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.27%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.23%) Unix
10 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.100%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.067%) Debian
12 2 (0.067%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (26.10%) Machine Learning
2 776 (25.83%) Agile
3 687 (22.87%) Analytics
4 619 (20.61%) Roadmaps
5 599 (19.94%) CI/CD
6 551 (18.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 487 (16.21%) Software Engineering
8 472 (15.71%) Mentoring
9 440 (14.65%) Decision-Making
10 425 (14.15%) LLM
11 398 (13.25%) Full-Stack Development
12 384 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
13 382 (12.72%) DevOps
14 304 (10.12%) Cybersecurity
15 302 (10.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 298 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
17 286 (9.52%) Customer Experience
18 269 (8.95%) Data Science
19 257 (8.56%) Technical Leadership
20 242 (8.06%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 696 (23.17%) Python
2 558 (18.58%) SQL
3 296 (9.85%) C#
4 270 (8.99%) JavaScript
5 216 (7.19%) TypeScript
6 138 (4.59%) Java
7 63 (2.10%) PowerShell
8 57 (1.90%) C++
9 55 (1.83%) Go
10 51 (1.70%) Bicep
11 47 (1.56%) Bash
12 33 (1.10%) Scala
13 24 (0.80%) R
14 19 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
15 17 (0.57%) Kotlin
16 16 (0.53%) C
17 15 (0.50%) PHP
18 13 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 10 (0.33%) PL/SQL
19 10 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 250 (8.32%) Degree
2 201 (6.69%) Security Cleared
3 142 (4.73%) SC Cleared
4 75 (2.50%) CISSP
5 69 (2.30%) CISM
6 65 (2.16%) DV Cleared
7 59 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (1.80%) A+ Certification
8 54 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
9 51 (1.70%) Azure Certification
10 50 (1.66%) ACCA
11 45 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 37 (1.23%) CIMA
13 33 (1.10%) Master's Degree
14 31 (1.03%) AWS Certification
15 30 (1.00%) PhD
16 25 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 18 (0.60%) SnowPro
18 16 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
19 14 (0.47%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (7.49%) Accessibility
2 206 (6.86%) Data Quality
3 119 (3.96%) QA
4 112 (3.73%) GDPR
5 63 (2.10%) GRC
6 57 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 46 (1.53%) WCAG
8 42 (1.40%) NIST
9 30 (1.00%) SLA
10 17 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.53%) IFRS
12 15 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 14 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 13 (0.43%) PCI DSS
14 13 (0.43%) PMO
15 12 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
17 7 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 6 (0.20%) EU AI Act
18 6 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 230 (7.66%) Docker
2 97 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 92 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.43%) vSphere
6 12 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) Firmware
8 8 (0.27%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.100%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.100%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.033%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 213 (7.09%) Kubernetes
2 77 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (0.93%) Grafana
4 18 (0.60%) Prometheus
5 14 (0.47%) Ansible
6 7 (0.23%) Kubeflow
6 7 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.20%) Argo
8 5 (0.17%) Istio
8 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.17%) Puppet
9 4 (0.13%) Nmap
10 3 (0.100%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.100%) linkerd
11 2 (0.067%) Cilium
11 2 (0.067%) Podman
11 2 (0.067%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.067%) Salt
12 1 (0.033%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.033%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 764 (25.43%) Microsoft
2 179 (5.96%) Adobe
2 179 (5.96%) Databricks
3 146 (4.86%) Google
4 106 (3.53%) OpenAI
5 77 (2.56%) Cisco
6 61 (2.03%) ServiceNow
7 56 (1.86%) Apple
7 56 (1.86%) YouTube
8 55 (1.83%) CyberArk
9 50 (1.66%) Salesforce
10 44 (1.46%) Dell
11 38 (1.26%) Facebook
11 38 (1.26%) Foundry
12 36 (1.20%) HubSpot
13 30 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
13 30 (1.00%) Palo Alto
13 30 (1.00%) SAP
14 29 (0.97%) Oracle
15 27 (0.90%) Tenable