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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 51
Rank change year-on-year -1 +45 +33
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,128 2,984 1,088
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.07% 18.32% 4.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.02% 19.68% 5.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,954 677 563
10th Percentile £40,000 £24,900 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,752 £62,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.20% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £86,875
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £74,915 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.02% -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 19,520 15,159 20,523
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.55% 93.09% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 14,031 8,684 12,914
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,867 £35,341
25th Percentile £44,852 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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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 13 September 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
1 102 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.60%) Confluence
3 36 (1.15%) CMS
4 28 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 24 (0.77%) Apache
6 20 (0.64%) Apache Spark
7 16 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.32%) SAS
8 10 (0.32%) WordPress
9 7 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.13%) Camunda
12 3 (0.096%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
13 2 (0.064%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.032%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.032%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.032%) Moodle
14 1 (0.032%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.032%) Umbraco
Applications
1 67 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (1.69%) Chatbot
3 32 (1.02%) UserZoom
4 31 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
5 21 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 15 (0.48%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.45%) InDesign
8 13 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
9 8 (0.26%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
10 5 (0.16%) Moqups
10 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.13%) Trello
12 3 (0.096%) Adobe XD
12 3 (0.096%) Productboard
12 3 (0.096%) Sketch
13 2 (0.064%) Adobe Premiere
13 2 (0.064%) Weka
Business Applications
1 37 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.90%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.77%) Cloudability
4 9 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.13%) Primavera
7 4 (0.13%) Sage 50
8 3 (0.096%) Shopify
9 2 (0.064%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.032%) Adobe Campaign
10 1 (0.032%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 1 (0.032%) Sage X3
10 1 (0.032%) SAP PSCD
10 1 (0.032%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 888 (28.39%) Azure
2 599 (19.15%) AWS
3 296 (9.46%) SaaS
4 263 (8.41%) GCP
5 258 (8.25%) Power Platform
6 252 (8.06%) Azure AI
7 225 (7.19%) GitHub
8 175 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
9 165 (5.27%) Azure DevOps
10 149 (4.76%) Snowflake
11 136 (4.35%) GitHub Copilot
12 122 (3.90%) Anthropic Claude
13 117 (3.74%) Microsoft Copilot
14 112 (3.58%) Serverless
15 111 (3.55%) Entra ID
16 92 (2.94%) Adobe Analytics
17 91 (2.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 79 (2.53%) Figma
19 76 (2.43%) Azure Machine Learning
20 73 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 203 (6.49%) Broadband
2 37 (1.18%) Internet
3 33 (1.05%) Firewall
3 33 (1.05%) VPN
4 30 (0.96%) Network Security
5 23 (0.74%) 5G
5 23 (0.74%) DNS
6 16 (0.51%) HTTP
7 14 (0.45%) DHCP
8 13 (0.42%) VoIP
9 11 (0.35%) CTI
10 8 (0.26%) Wireless
10 8 (0.26%) WPA
11 7 (0.22%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.19%) WAN
12 6 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.16%) BGP
13 5 (0.16%) DMZ
13 5 (0.16%) OSPF
13 5 (0.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (6.59%) MongoDB
2 171 (5.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 165 (5.27%) Power BI
4 123 (3.93%) SQL Server
5 100 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
6 92 (2.94%) Metadata
7 73 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
8 56 (1.79%) NoSQL
9 52 (1.66%) Tableau
10 45 (1.44%) Big Data
11 40 (1.28%) Data Lake
12 36 (1.15%) Relational Database
13 34 (1.09%) Semantic Layer
14 33 (1.05%) Delta Lake
14 33 (1.05%) Redis
15 31 (0.99%) BigQuery
16 22 (0.70%) MySQL
17 20 (0.64%) Data Vault
17 20 (0.64%) DynamoDB
18 17 (0.54%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 119 (3.80%) Git
2 79 (2.53%) JIRA
3 74 (2.37%) Claude Code
4 42 (1.34%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.86%) GitLab
5 27 (0.86%) Snyk
6 16 (0.51%) MLflow
7 15 (0.48%) Selenium
8 13 (0.42%) Cypress.io
9 12 (0.38%) Postman
9 12 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
10 10 (0.32%) JUnit
10 10 (0.32%) Maven
10 10 (0.32%) Mockito
10 10 (0.32%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.16%) Burp Suite
11 5 (0.16%) Metasploit
11 5 (0.16%) Poetry
11 5 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (0.13%) Storybook
General
1 930 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 759 (24.26%) Finance
3 421 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 364 (11.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 353 (11.29%) Marketing
6 233 (7.45%) Legal
7 214 (6.84%) Public Sector
8 169 (5.40%) Games
9 168 (5.37%) Law
10 135 (4.32%) Banking
11 109 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
11 109 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
12 108 (3.45%) Retail
13 57 (1.82%) Advertising
14 49 (1.57%) Manufacturing
15 42 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
16 40 (1.28%) Telecoms
17 34 (1.09%) Legal Technology
18 28 (0.90%) Automotive
19 26 (0.83%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 581 (18.57%) Senior
2 405 (12.95%) Developer
3 345 (11.03%) Lead
4 336 (10.74%) Architect
5 240 (7.67%) Software Engineer
6 163 (5.21%) .NET Developer
7 153 (4.89%) Analyst
8 131 (4.19%) Consultant
9 125 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 104 (3.32%) Engineering Manager
11 95 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
12 85 (2.72%) Data Engineer
13 79 (2.53%) Python Engineer
13 79 (2.53%) Senior Manager
14 77 (2.46%) Full-Stack Developer
15 72 (2.30%) Data Scientist
16 69 (2.21%) Data Architect
16 69 (2.21%) Senior Developer
17 68 (2.17%) Senior Analyst
18 65 (2.08%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (8.92%) React
2 249 (7.96%) .NET
3 161 (5.15%) ASP.NET
4 158 (5.05%) RESTful
5 156 (4.99%) Terraform
6 154 (4.92%) .NET Core
7 152 (4.86%) ASP.NET Core
7 152 (4.86%) Node.js
8 149 (4.76%) ML.NET
9 136 (4.35%) CSS
10 126 (4.03%) HTML
11 118 (3.77%) REST
12 111 (3.55%) Blazor
13 103 (3.29%) LangChain
14 73 (2.33%) Next.js
15 60 (1.92%) LangGraph
15 60 (1.92%) PyTorch
16 52 (1.66%) PySpark
17 49 (1.57%) Vue
18 47 (1.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 273 (8.73%) Cloud Native
2 265 (8.47%) AI Agents
3 146 (4.67%) Social Media
4 139 (4.44%) Product Ownership
5 124 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
6 111 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
7 98 (3.13%) Blog
8 76 (2.43%) Onboarding
9 75 (2.40%) Low-Code
10 73 (2.33%) Management Information System
11 70 (2.24%) Algorithms
12 62 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
12 62 (1.98%) Data Centre
13 56 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
14 52 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
14 52 (1.66%) Virtual Team
15 50 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
15 50 (1.60%) Video\Live Streaming
16 49 (1.57%) Mobile App
17 42 (1.34%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 79 (2.53%) Windows
2 67 (2.14%) Linux
3 37 (1.18%) Android
4 21 (0.67%) Windows Server
5 18 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.38%) VMS
7 11 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.22%) Unix
10 5 (0.16%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.096%) Debian
11 3 (0.096%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.096%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.032%) AIX
12 1 (0.032%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 777 (24.84%) Machine Learning
2 767 (24.52%) Agile
3 686 (21.93%) Analytics
4 631 (20.17%) Roadmaps
5 609 (19.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 596 (19.05%) CI/CD
7 504 (16.11%) Software Engineering
8 496 (15.86%) Mentoring
9 471 (15.06%) Decision-Making
10 428 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
11 423 (13.52%) LLM
12 379 (12.12%) DevOps
13 377 (12.05%) Full-Stack Development
14 352 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
15 325 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
16 320 (10.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 281 (8.98%) Customer Experience
18 272 (8.70%) Data Science
19 271 (8.66%) Coaching
20 265 (8.47%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 713 (22.79%) Python
2 562 (17.97%) SQL
3 290 (9.27%) C#
4 276 (8.82%) JavaScript
5 224 (7.16%) TypeScript
6 143 (4.57%) Java
7 69 (2.21%) PowerShell
8 66 (2.11%) C++
9 54 (1.73%) Go
10 48 (1.53%) Bash
11 47 (1.50%) Bicep
12 31 (0.99%) Scala
13 26 (0.83%) R
14 19 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
15 17 (0.54%) C
16 16 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 16 (0.51%) Kotlin
17 15 (0.48%) PHP
18 11 (0.35%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 257 (8.22%) Degree
2 230 (7.35%) Security Cleared
3 167 (5.34%) SC Cleared
4 82 (2.62%) CISSP
5 74 (2.37%) CISM
6 64 (2.05%) DV Cleared
7 62 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 57 (1.82%) ACCA
9 54 (1.73%) A+ Certification
9 54 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
10 53 (1.69%) Azure Certification
11 47 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 46 (1.47%) CIMA
13 37 (1.18%) DBS Check
14 31 (0.99%) AWS Certification
15 29 (0.93%) Master's Degree
16 25 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 25 (0.80%) PhD
17 18 (0.58%) SnowPro
18 16 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 229 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 222 (7.10%) Accessibility
3 130 (4.16%) GDPR
4 122 (3.90%) QA
5 66 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 65 (2.08%) GRC
7 49 (1.57%) NIST
8 42 (1.34%) WCAG
9 32 (1.02%) SLA
10 19 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 16 (0.51%) PMO
12 15 (0.48%) IFRS
13 14 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 14 (0.45%) PCI DSS
14 12 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.32%) EU AI Act
16 8 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
17 7 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 6 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 231 (7.38%) Docker
2 101 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 93 (2.97%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.42%) vSphere
6 12 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.32%) Firmware
7 10 (0.32%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.096%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.096%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 208 (6.65%) Kubernetes
2 79 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (0.99%) Grafana
4 18 (0.58%) Prometheus
5 16 (0.51%) Ansible
6 7 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.19%) Argo
7 6 (0.19%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.19%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.16%) Istio
8 5 (0.16%) Nmap
8 5 (0.16%) Puppet
9 3 (0.096%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.096%) linkerd
9 3 (0.096%) Podman
10 2 (0.064%) Cilium
10 2 (0.064%) Salt
11 1 (0.032%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.032%) Kibana
11 1 (0.032%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 790 (25.26%) Microsoft
2 187 (5.98%) Databricks
3 161 (5.15%) Google
4 156 (4.99%) Adobe
5 107 (3.42%) OpenAI
6 93 (2.97%) YouTube
7 78 (2.49%) Cisco
8 60 (1.92%) Apple
8 60 (1.92%) ServiceNow
9 55 (1.76%) CyberArk
10 54 (1.73%) Salesforce
11 44 (1.41%) Dell
12 40 (1.28%) Foundry
12 40 (1.28%) HubSpot
13 37 (1.18%) SAP
14 36 (1.15%) Facebook
15 33 (1.05%) Oracle
16 30 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
16 30 (0.96%) Palo Alto
17 28 (0.90%) VMware