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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 61
Rank change year-on-year 0 +54 +18
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,967 2,791 1,041
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.96% 16.88% 4.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.72% 18.16% 4.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,876 647 609
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £50,000
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 £90,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £101,500
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 18,872 15,371 21,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.41% 92.94% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 13,617 8,911 15,260
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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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 18 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 91 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 55 (1.85%) Confluence
3 43 (1.45%) CMS
4 23 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.71%) Apache
5 21 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.30%) SAS
7 9 (0.30%) WordPress
8 7 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.17%) Camunda
10 4 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.067%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.067%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.034%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.034%) Moodle
12 1 (0.034%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.034%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.034%) Umbraco
Applications
1 49 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (1.45%) Chatbot
3 42 (1.42%) UserZoom
4 29 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.57%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 15 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 14 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.47%) InDesign
7 14 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
9 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.17%) Moqups
9 5 (0.17%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.13%) CapCut
10 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.13%) Trello
11 3 (0.10%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.10%) Productboard
11 3 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 36 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.94%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.81%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.13%) Sage 50
6 4 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.067%) Shopify
9 1 (0.034%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.034%) HFM
9 1 (0.034%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.034%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.034%) Primavera
9 1 (0.034%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 862 (29.05%) Azure
2 562 (18.94%) AWS
3 279 (9.40%) SaaS
4 255 (8.59%) Azure AI
5 251 (8.46%) GCP
6 229 (7.72%) Power Platform
7 214 (7.21%) GitHub
8 173 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
9 151 (5.09%) Adobe Analytics
10 138 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
11 135 (4.55%) GitHub Copilot
11 135 (4.55%) Snowflake
12 111 (3.74%) Serverless
13 110 (3.71%) Figma
14 109 (3.67%) Anthropic Claude
15 107 (3.61%) Microsoft Copilot
16 103 (3.47%) Entra ID
17 87 (2.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 80 (2.70%) Azure Machine Learning
19 68 (2.29%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 274 (9.23%) Broadband
2 33 (1.11%) Internet
3 28 (0.94%) VPN
4 27 (0.91%) Firewall
5 22 (0.74%) Network Security
6 18 (0.61%) DNS
7 15 (0.51%) HTTP
8 12 (0.40%) VoIP
9 11 (0.37%) CTI
10 10 (0.34%) DHCP
11 8 (0.27%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.27%) WPA
12 7 (0.24%) Wireless
13 6 (0.20%) 5G
13 6 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.17%) BGP
14 5 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.17%) OSPF
14 5 (0.17%) VXLAN
14 5 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (7.35%) MongoDB
2 177 (5.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 135 (4.55%) Power BI
4 124 (4.18%) SQL Server
5 103 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
6 82 (2.76%) Metadata
7 68 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
8 53 (1.79%) NoSQL
9 50 (1.69%) Tableau
10 44 (1.48%) Big Data
11 42 (1.42%) Data Lake
12 35 (1.18%) Redis
13 33 (1.11%) Semantic Layer
14 31 (1.04%) Delta Lake
14 31 (1.04%) Relational Database
15 30 (1.01%) BigQuery
16 23 (0.78%) MySQL
17 18 (0.61%) Data Vault
17 18 (0.61%) DynamoDB
18 17 (0.57%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 121 (4.08%) Git
2 72 (2.43%) JIRA
3 65 (2.19%) Claude Code
4 43 (1.45%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.91%) Snyk
6 26 (0.88%) GitLab
7 18 (0.61%) Selenium
8 15 (0.51%) MLflow
9 14 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.40%) Postman
11 11 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
12 10 (0.34%) JUnit
12 10 (0.34%) Maven
12 10 (0.34%) Mockito
13 6 (0.20%) TeamCity
14 5 (0.17%) Appium
14 5 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
15 4 (0.13%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.13%) Burp Suite
15 4 (0.13%) Metasploit
General
1 836 (28.18%) Social Skills
2 651 (21.94%) Finance
3 369 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
4 330 (11.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 324 (10.92%) Marketing
6 236 (7.95%) Games
7 234 (7.89%) Legal
8 188 (6.34%) Public Sector
9 168 (5.66%) Law
10 111 (3.74%) Banking
11 101 (3.40%) Retail
12 94 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
13 83 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
14 58 (1.95%) Advertising
15 41 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
16 40 (1.35%) Manufacturing
17 35 (1.18%) Legal Technology
18 30 (1.01%) Automotive
19 26 (0.88%) Telecoms
20 23 (0.78%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 562 (18.94%) Senior
2 410 (13.82%) Developer
3 360 (12.13%) Lead
4 296 (9.98%) Architect
5 221 (7.45%) Software Engineer
6 170 (5.73%) .NET Developer
7 136 (4.58%) Analyst
8 121 (4.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 121 (4.08%) Consultant
9 111 (3.74%) Engineering Manager
10 85 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
11 84 (2.83%) Full-Stack Developer
12 83 (2.80%) Data Engineer
13 79 (2.66%) Data Scientist
14 78 (2.63%) Python Engineer
15 75 (2.53%) Senior Developer
16 73 (2.46%) Senior Manager
17 69 (2.33%) Product Manager
18 65 (2.19%) Data Architect
19 64 (2.16%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 281 (9.47%) React
2 259 (8.73%) .NET
3 168 (5.66%) ASP.NET
4 165 (5.56%) .NET Core
5 163 (5.49%) RESTful
6 159 (5.36%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.26%) ML.NET
8 144 (4.85%) CSS
9 140 (4.72%) Node.js
10 135 (4.55%) HTML
11 116 (3.91%) Blazor
12 115 (3.88%) REST
13 95 (3.20%) LangChain
14 75 (2.53%) Next.js
15 56 (1.89%) PyTorch
16 52 (1.75%) LangGraph
16 52 (1.75%) Vue
17 48 (1.62%) FastAPI
18 43 (1.45%) PySpark
18 43 (1.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 264 (8.90%) Cloud Native
2 238 (8.02%) AI Agents
3 198 (6.67%) Social Media
4 142 (4.79%) Product Ownership
5 118 (3.98%) Distributed Systems
6 94 (3.17%) Blog
6 94 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
7 72 (2.43%) Algorithms
8 71 (2.39%) Onboarding
9 69 (2.33%) Low-Code
10 56 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
11 55 (1.85%) Virtual Team
12 54 (1.82%) Data Centre
12 54 (1.82%) Mobile App
13 52 (1.75%) Video\Live Streaming
14 51 (1.72%) Management Information System
15 50 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
16 47 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
16 47 (1.58%) Marketing Technology
17 41 (1.38%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 67 (2.26%) Windows
2 59 (1.99%) Linux
3 44 (1.48%) Android
4 20 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 17 (0.57%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.40%) VMS
7 9 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.24%) Unix
9 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.034%) Debian
11 1 (0.034%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (26.93%) Agile
2 778 (26.22%) Machine Learning
3 717 (24.17%) Analytics
4 657 (22.14%) Roadmaps
5 602 (20.29%) CI/CD
6 530 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 478 (16.11%) Software Engineering
8 464 (15.64%) Mentoring
9 431 (14.53%) Decision-Making
10 428 (14.43%) LLM
11 401 (13.52%) Full-Stack Development
12 380 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
13 373 (12.57%) DevOps
14 317 (10.68%) Customer Experience
15 292 (9.84%) Cybersecurity
16 286 (9.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 273 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
18 267 (9.00%) Data Science
19 256 (8.63%) Technical Leadership
20 238 (8.02%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 686 (23.12%) Python
2 547 (18.44%) SQL
3 296 (9.98%) C#
4 269 (9.07%) JavaScript
5 214 (7.21%) TypeScript
6 144 (4.85%) Java
7 61 (2.06%) PowerShell
8 56 (1.89%) C++
9 53 (1.79%) Go
10 48 (1.62%) Bicep
11 46 (1.55%) Bash
12 32 (1.08%) Scala
13 22 (0.74%) R
14 18 (0.61%) Kotlin
14 18 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
15 16 (0.54%) C
15 16 (0.54%) PHP
16 12 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 10 (0.34%) PL/SQL
17 10 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 244 (8.22%) Degree
2 197 (6.64%) Security Cleared
3 140 (4.72%) SC Cleared
4 75 (2.53%) CISSP
5 69 (2.33%) CISM
6 63 (2.12%) DV Cleared
7 60 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (1.82%) A+ Certification
8 54 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
9 51 (1.72%) ACCA
10 48 (1.62%) Azure Certification
11 42 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 36 (1.21%) CIMA
13 34 (1.15%) Master's Degree
14 31 (1.04%) AWS Certification
14 31 (1.04%) PhD
15 25 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 16 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
16 16 (0.54%) DBS Check
16 16 (0.54%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 269 (9.07%) Accessibility
2 196 (6.61%) Data Quality
3 116 (3.91%) QA
4 110 (3.71%) GDPR
5 67 (2.26%) WCAG
6 60 (2.02%) GRC
7 53 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 40 (1.35%) NIST
9 29 (0.98%) SLA
10 18 (0.61%) IFRS
11 15 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 12 (0.40%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 10 (0.34%) PMO
15 8 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 6 (0.20%) EU AI Act
18 5 (0.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 227 (7.65%) Docker
2 92 (3.10%) Active Directory
2 92 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.44%) vSphere
5 12 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.30%) Firmware
7 6 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.10%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 209 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 143 (4.82%) Terraform
3 75 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (0.88%) Grafana
5 17 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.54%) Ansible
7 7 (0.24%) Kubeflow
8 6 (0.20%) Argo
8 6 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.17%) Istio
9 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.17%) Puppet
10 4 (0.13%) Nmap
11 3 (0.10%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.10%) linkerd
12 2 (0.067%) Cilium
12 2 (0.067%) Podman
12 2 (0.067%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.067%) Salt
13 1 (0.034%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 738 (24.87%) Microsoft
2 216 (7.28%) Adobe
3 176 (5.93%) Databricks
4 144 (4.85%) Google
5 101 (3.40%) OpenAI
6 74 (2.49%) Cisco
7 68 (2.29%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.85%) CyberArk
9 53 (1.79%) Apple
10 48 (1.62%) Salesforce
11 42 (1.42%) Dell
12 38 (1.28%) Facebook
12 38 (1.28%) Foundry
13 37 (1.25%) HubSpot
14 30 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
14 30 (1.01%) Palo Alto
15 29 (0.98%) Oracle
16 28 (0.94%) SAP
17 27 (0.91%) Tenable
17 27 (0.91%) YouTube