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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 43 74
Rank change year-on-year +37 +31 +27
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,521 956 1,128
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.37% 6.17% 4.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.87% 6.50% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 935 569 741
10th Percentile £24,570 £41,200 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £56,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,295 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +1.99% -10.34%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

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 14,111 14,711 25,659
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.01% 94.87% 92.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9,178 8,824 21,297
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,904
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,675 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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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 20 February 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 41 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.07%) Confluence
3 24 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
4 22 (0.87%) CMS
5 21 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 13 (0.52%) JBoss
7 13 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.52%) WebSphere
8 9 (0.36%) WordPress
9 7 (0.28%) Apache
10 6 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
11 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
12 4 (0.16%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.12%) SAS
14 2 (0.079%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.079%) Mendix
14 2 (0.079%) Umbraco
15 1 (0.040%) Camunda
15 1 (0.040%) Kinematics
Applications
1 895 (35.50%) Chatbot
2 73 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.20%) UserZoom
6 3 (0.12%) Simulink
6 3 (0.12%) Sketch
6 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.079%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.079%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.079%) Weka
8 1 (0.040%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.040%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.040%) Notion
Business Applications
1 18 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (0.60%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.079%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.079%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.079%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.079%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.079%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.079%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.040%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.040%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.040%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 491 (19.48%) Azure
2 304 (12.06%) AWS
3 222 (8.81%) SaaS
4 188 (7.46%) Power Platform
5 156 (6.19%) GCP
6 149 (5.91%) GitHub
7 117 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
8 98 (3.89%) GitHub Copilot
9 75 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
10 62 (2.46%) Snowflake
11 54 (2.14%) Serverless
12 52 (2.06%) Adobe Analytics
13 44 (1.75%) Entra ID
14 43 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
15 38 (1.51%) Microsoft Copilot
16 34 (1.35%) Figma
17 31 (1.23%) Azure Machine Learning
17 31 (1.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 29 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
18 29 (1.15%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 85 (3.37%) Broadband
2 16 (0.63%) Firewall
3 13 (0.52%) HTTP
4 11 (0.44%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.32%) Network Security
6 7 (0.28%) DMZ
6 7 (0.28%) Internet
7 6 (0.24%) DHCP
7 6 (0.24%) RTP
7 6 (0.24%) VoIP
7 6 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.20%) VPN
9 4 (0.16%) DNS
10 3 (0.12%) DOCSIS
10 3 (0.12%) DSL
10 3 (0.12%) IPv4
10 3 (0.12%) IPv6
10 3 (0.12%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.12%) PPP
10 3 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (3.97%) Power BI
2 77 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (2.18%) Tableau
4 48 (1.90%) Metadata
5 41 (1.63%) Big Data
6 36 (1.43%) SQL Server
7 35 (1.39%) MongoDB
8 33 (1.31%) NoSQL
9 26 (1.03%) BigQuery
10 25 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (0.91%) Data Lake
12 22 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
13 19 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (0.71%) Looker
15 15 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
15 15 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 13 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
16 13 (0.52%) Redis
17 12 (0.48%) MySQL
17 12 (0.48%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 68 (2.70%) JIRA
2 49 (1.94%) Git
3 21 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 18 (0.71%) MLflow
5 17 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
6 14 (0.56%) GitLab
7 10 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.36%) Selenium
9 8 (0.32%) Subversion
9 8 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.28%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.24%) ERwin
12 5 (0.20%) GitBook
12 5 (0.20%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.20%) Storybook
12 5 (0.20%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.16%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
14 3 (0.12%) JMeter
General
1 587 (23.28%) Analytical Skills
2 518 (20.55%) Social Skills
3 473 (18.76%) Finance
4 301 (11.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 181 (7.18%) Marketing
6 163 (6.47%) Public Sector
7 119 (4.72%) Legal
8 117 (4.64%) Retail
9 104 (4.13%) Law
10 77 (3.05%) Games
11 53 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
12 51 (2.02%) Telecoms
13 43 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
14 34 (1.35%) Banking
15 29 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
16 28 (1.11%) Manufacturing
17 23 (0.91%) Aerospace
18 17 (0.67%) Advertising
19 16 (0.63%) Automotive
19 16 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 877 (34.79%) Trainer
2 291 (11.54%) Senior
3 209 (8.29%) Developer
4 183 (7.26%) Lead
5 116 (4.60%) Architect
6 102 (4.05%) Content Editor
7 85 (3.37%) Analyst
8 82 (3.25%) Consultant
9 77 (3.05%) Research Scientist
10 75 (2.98%) Customer Support Specialist
10 75 (2.98%) Support Specialist
11 70 (2.78%) Software Engineer
12 60 (2.38%) Data Engineer
13 55 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
14 50 (1.98%) Sales Executive
15 48 (1.90%) Corporate Sales Executive
16 45 (1.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 40 (1.59%) Microsoft Specialist
18 38 (1.51%) Engineering Manager
19 36 (1.43%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (3.81%) React
2 87 (3.45%) .NET
3 83 (3.29%) REST
4 62 (2.46%) RESTful
5 60 (2.38%) Node.js
6 45 (1.79%) PyTorch
7 43 (1.71%) TensorFlow
8 39 (1.55%) Kafka
8 39 (1.55%) SOAP
9 36 (1.43%) OAuth
10 34 (1.35%) OAuth2
10 34 (1.35%) Spring
11 31 (1.23%) CSS
12 29 (1.15%) HTML
13 25 (0.99%) AngularJS
14 24 (0.95%) LangChain
15 23 (0.91%) Middleware
15 23 (0.91%) Vue
16 22 (0.87%) Lightning Web Components
17 21 (0.83%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 138 (5.47%) Cloud Native
2 110 (4.36%) Blog
3 108 (4.28%) Product Ownership
4 91 (3.61%) Molecular Biology
5 72 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 63 (2.50%) Social Media
7 52 (2.06%) AI Agents
8 50 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
8 50 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
9 42 (1.67%) Algorithms
9 42 (1.67%) Public Cloud
10 36 (1.43%) Mobile App
11 35 (1.39%) Low-Code
11 35 (1.39%) Virtual Team
12 34 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
13 33 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
14 31 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
15 26 (1.03%) Social Network
16 24 (0.95%) Management Information System
17 20 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (1.79%) Android
2 29 (1.15%) Apple iOS
2 29 (1.15%) Linux
3 27 (1.07%) Windows
4 8 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.28%) Unix
6 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
7 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.040%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 907 (35.98%) Conversational UI
2 418 (16.58%) Agile
3 378 (14.99%) Analytics
4 344 (13.65%) Chemistry
5 343 (13.61%) Roadmaps
6 309 (12.26%) Machine Learning
7 295 (11.70%) CI/CD
8 275 (10.91%) DevOps
9 268 (10.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 232 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
11 207 (8.21%) Customer Experience
12 205 (8.13%) Software Engineering
13 186 (7.38%) Mentoring
14 179 (7.10%) Decision-Making
15 172 (6.82%) Coaching
16 147 (5.83%) Customer Service
17 142 (5.63%) Generative AI
18 134 (5.32%) Project Management
19 132 (5.24%) Business Intelligence
20 131 (5.20%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 354 (14.04%) Python
2 254 (10.08%) SQL
3 116 (4.60%) Java
4 104 (4.13%) TypeScript
5 91 (3.61%) JavaScript
6 56 (2.22%) C#
7 46 (1.82%) Go
8 38 (1.51%) C++
9 37 (1.47%) Bash
10 34 (1.35%) PowerShell
11 24 (0.95%) R
12 23 (0.91%) Kotlin
13 22 (0.87%) Apex Code
14 18 (0.71%) C
14 18 (0.71%) PL/SQL
15 17 (0.67%) PHP
16 16 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 16 (0.63%) Shell Script
17 13 (0.52%) Scala
18 10 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,159 (45.97%) Degree
2 527 (20.90%) Master's Degree
3 513 (20.35%) PhD
4 84 (3.33%) Security Cleared
5 65 (2.58%) SC Cleared
6 53 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (1.47%) DBS Check
8 31 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 27 (1.07%) Azure Certification
10 24 (0.95%) ACCA
10 24 (0.95%) PMP
11 23 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (0.63%) DV Cleared
14 14 (0.56%) CISA
14 14 (0.56%) CISSP
15 12 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 10 (0.40%) CISM
17 6 (0.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 6 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (4.60%) Accessibility
2 44 (1.75%) GDPR
3 43 (1.71%) Data Quality
4 35 (1.39%) QA
5 31 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.07%) IFRS
7 19 (0.75%) WCAG
8 18 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (0.67%) GRC
10 16 (0.63%) GAAP
11 15 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.52%) NIST
13 9 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 9 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.28%) EU AI Act
14 7 (0.28%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.28%) NCSC
14 7 (0.28%) PMO
15 5 (0.20%) SOC 2
16 3 (0.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 96 (3.81%) Docker
2 32 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 20 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.16%) Firmware
6 3 (0.12%) Kamailio
6 3 (0.12%) Lustre
6 3 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.079%) Ceph
7 2 (0.079%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.040%) GPFS
8 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.040%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 90 (3.57%) Terraform
2 85 (3.37%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (0.75%) Ansible
4 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.56%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.48%) Grafana
7 7 (0.28%) SCCM
8 5 (0.20%) Argo
8 5 (0.20%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.12%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.079%) Control-M
10 2 (0.079%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.040%) Cilium
11 1 (0.040%) Karpenter
11 1 (0.040%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 875 (34.71%) PayPal
2 411 (16.30%) Microsoft
3 97 (3.85%) Adobe
4 71 (2.82%) Google
5 64 (2.54%) Databricks
6 58 (2.30%) Salesforce
7 57 (2.26%) Cisco
8 55 (2.18%) Dell
9 51 (2.02%) Oracle
10 45 (1.79%) Blue Prism
11 28 (1.11%) Apple
12 27 (1.07%) OpenAI
13 20 (0.79%) HubSpot
13 20 (0.79%) SAP
14 19 (0.75%) Foundry
15 15 (0.60%) Palantir
16 13 (0.52%) Atlassian
17 11 (0.44%) Informatica
18 10 (0.40%) IBM
18 10 (0.40%) Pardot
1,238 hybrid/remote AI jobs