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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 7 70
Rank change year-on-year -2 +63 +17
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,560 2,674 1,193
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.99% 16.22% 3.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.51% 17.38% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,625 735 759
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £39,950
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,100 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.90% +1.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £114,500 £115,000 £102,500
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 17,646 15,385 28,336
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.65% 93.30% 88.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,860 9,109 21,557
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 15 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 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.64%) Confluence
3 39 (1.52%) CMS
4 18 (0.70%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.59%) Apache
6 15 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (0.43%) WordPress
8 9 (0.35%) SAS
9 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.12%) Camunda
11 2 (0.078%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.078%) JBoss
11 2 (0.078%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.078%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.078%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.039%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.039%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (1.76%) UserZoom
2 31 (1.21%) Chatbot
3 23 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 21 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.66%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.51%) InDesign
7 13 (0.51%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.16%) 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 (0.078%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.94%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.16%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.078%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.039%) Dynamics GP
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%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.039%) Shopify
6 1 (0.039%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 780 (30.47%) Azure
2 455 (17.77%) AWS
3 246 (9.61%) SaaS
4 245 (9.57%) Azure AI
5 211 (8.24%) GCP
6 190 (7.42%) Adobe Analytics
7 181 (7.07%) GitHub
7 181 (7.07%) Power Platform
8 159 (6.21%) Azure DevOps
9 116 (4.53%) GitHub Copilot
10 109 (4.26%) Figma
11 108 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
12 104 (4.06%) Snowflake
13 100 (3.91%) Serverless
14 88 (3.44%) Azure Machine Learning
15 85 (3.32%) Anthropic Claude
15 85 (3.32%) Entra ID
16 79 (3.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 76 (2.97%) Microsoft Copilot
18 70 (2.73%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 337 (13.16%) Broadband
2 32 (1.25%) Internet
3 31 (1.21%) VPN
4 29 (1.13%) Firewall
5 15 (0.59%) DNS
5 15 (0.59%) VoIP
6 13 (0.51%) HTTP
7 11 (0.43%) CTI
8 10 (0.39%) DHCP
8 10 (0.39%) Network Security
9 8 (0.31%) WPA
10 6 (0.23%) 5G
10 6 (0.23%) Unified Communications
10 6 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.23%) Wireless
11 5 (0.20%) DMZ
11 5 (0.20%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (0.20%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.20%) VLAN
11 5 (0.20%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (8.40%) MongoDB
2 172 (6.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 110 (4.30%) SQL Server
4 101 (3.95%) Power BI
5 87 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
6 79 (3.09%) Metadata
7 61 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
8 43 (1.68%) Tableau
9 39 (1.52%) Big Data
10 34 (1.33%) Data Lake
10 34 (1.33%) NoSQL
11 31 (1.21%) Semantic Layer
12 29 (1.13%) BigQuery
13 28 (1.09%) Redis
14 25 (0.98%) Delta Lake
15 24 (0.94%) Relational Database
16 23 (0.90%) MySQL
17 19 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
18 18 (0.70%) Pinecone
19 13 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 89 (3.48%) Git
2 53 (2.07%) Claude Code
3 45 (1.76%) JIRA
4 34 (1.33%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.98%) Snyk
6 20 (0.78%) GitLab
7 13 (0.51%) Selenium
8 12 (0.47%) MLflow
9 10 (0.39%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.31%) Postman
11 6 (0.23%) Maven
11 6 (0.23%) SpecFlow
11 6 (0.23%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.20%) JUnit
12 5 (0.20%) Mockito
12 5 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.20%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.12%) Appium
13 3 (0.12%) Burp Suite
13 3 (0.12%) Metasploit
General
1 689 (26.91%) Social Skills
2 468 (18.28%) Finance
3 278 (10.86%) Games
4 273 (10.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 267 (10.43%) Marketing
6 262 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
7 181 (7.07%) Legal
8 168 (6.56%) Law
9 147 (5.74%) Public Sector
10 88 (3.44%) Retail
11 80 (3.13%) Banking
12 68 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
13 55 (2.15%) Advertising
13 55 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
14 41 (1.60%) Legal Technology
15 40 (1.56%) Automotive
16 29 (1.13%) Manufacturing
17 28 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
18 20 (0.78%) Telecoms
19 13 (0.51%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 510 (19.92%) Senior
2 378 (14.77%) Developer
3 374 (14.61%) Lead
4 253 (9.88%) Architect
5 178 (6.95%) Software Engineer
6 165 (6.45%) .NET Developer
7 113 (4.41%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 107 (4.18%) Engineering Manager
9 103 (4.02%) Analyst
10 101 (3.95%) Consultant
11 85 (3.32%) Designer
12 79 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
13 77 (3.01%) Data Engineer
14 68 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
15 66 (2.58%) Python Engineer
16 64 (2.50%) Data Scientist
16 64 (2.50%) Senior Manager
16 64 (2.50%) Senior Software Engineer
17 61 (2.38%) Senior Developer
18 60 (2.34%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 238 (9.30%) .NET
2 234 (9.14%) React
3 164 (6.41%) ASP.NET
4 159 (6.21%) RESTful
5 158 (6.17%) .NET Core
6 157 (6.13%) ASP.NET Core
7 154 (6.02%) ML.NET
8 142 (5.55%) CSS
9 135 (5.27%) HTML
10 112 (4.38%) Blazor
11 105 (4.10%) Node.js
12 80 (3.13%) REST
13 72 (2.81%) LangChain
14 63 (2.46%) PyTorch
15 55 (2.15%) TensorFlow
16 49 (1.91%) Next.js
17 47 (1.84%) FastAPI
17 47 (1.84%) Vue
18 37 (1.45%) LangGraph
19 32 (1.25%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 236 (9.22%) Social Media
2 228 (8.91%) Cloud Native
3 166 (6.48%) AI Agents
4 136 (5.31%) Product Ownership
5 101 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
6 72 (2.81%) Onboarding
7 67 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
8 64 (2.50%) Low-Code
9 59 (2.30%) Algorithms
10 57 (2.23%) Video\Live Streaming
11 55 (2.15%) Virtual Team
12 54 (2.11%) Mobile App
13 51 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
14 41 (1.60%) Data Centre
15 38 (1.48%) Security Posture
16 37 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
17 35 (1.37%) Management Information System
18 32 (1.25%) Podcast
19 30 (1.17%) Public Cloud
20 28 (1.09%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 58 (2.27%) Windows
2 52 (2.03%) Android
3 46 (1.80%) Linux
4 26 (1.02%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.55%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.47%) VMS
7 9 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.23%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.12%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.078%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 751 (29.34%) Agile
2 658 (25.70%) Machine Learning
3 631 (24.65%) Roadmaps
4 629 (24.57%) Analytics
5 543 (21.21%) CI/CD
6 419 (16.37%) Mentoring
7 405 (15.82%) Software Engineering
8 385 (15.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 360 (14.06%) Full-Stack Development
10 356 (13.91%) Decision-Making
11 345 (13.48%) LLM
12 335 (13.09%) Customer Experience
13 333 (13.01%) DevOps
14 309 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
15 241 (9.41%) Technical Leadership
16 240 (9.38%) Product Roadmap
17 237 (9.26%) Generative AI
18 219 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
19 218 (8.52%) Storytelling
20 217 (8.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 592 (23.13%) Python
2 457 (17.85%) SQL
3 263 (10.27%) C#
4 229 (8.95%) JavaScript
5 166 (6.48%) TypeScript
6 115 (4.49%) Java
7 62 (2.42%) Go
8 53 (2.07%) PowerShell
9 47 (1.84%) Bash
10 44 (1.72%) Bicep
11 42 (1.64%) C++
12 25 (0.98%) Scala
13 18 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (0.63%) PHP
14 16 (0.63%) R
15 14 (0.55%) C
16 11 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 11 (0.43%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.27%) Ruby
17 7 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 199 (7.77%) Degree
2 127 (4.96%) Security Cleared
3 85 (3.32%) SC Cleared
4 60 (2.34%) CISSP
5 53 (2.07%) CISM
6 51 (1.99%) ACCA
7 46 (1.80%) A+ Certification
7 46 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
8 44 (1.72%) Azure Certification
9 42 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 37 (1.45%) AWS Certification
11 34 (1.33%) DV Cleared
12 32 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 31 (1.21%) CIMA
14 30 (1.17%) PhD
15 26 (1.02%) Master's Degree
16 25 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 22 (0.86%) DBS Check
18 10 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
18 10 (0.39%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 295 (11.52%) Accessibility
2 146 (5.70%) Data Quality
3 86 (3.36%) GDPR
4 84 (3.28%) QA
5 71 (2.77%) WCAG
6 57 (2.23%) GRC
7 37 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 33 (1.29%) NIST
9 23 (0.90%) SLA
10 21 (0.82%) IFRS
11 15 (0.59%) PMO
12 14 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (0.55%) PCI DSS
13 13 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 12 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.23%) NCSC
17 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
18 4 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
18 4 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 191 (7.46%) Docker
2 91 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
3 85 (3.32%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.47%) vSphere
7 6 (0.23%) Firmware
7 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.12%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 180 (7.03%) Kubernetes
2 116 (4.53%) Terraform
3 64 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (0.74%) Ansible
4 19 (0.74%) Grafana
5 17 (0.66%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.31%) Argo
6 8 (0.31%) Kubeflow
7 7 (0.27%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.16%) Puppet
10 3 (0.12%) Istio
10 3 (0.12%) Nmap
11 2 (0.078%) linkerd
11 2 (0.078%) Podman
11 2 (0.078%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.078%) Salt
12 1 (0.039%) CASB
12 1 (0.039%) Cilium
12 1 (0.039%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 666 (26.02%) Microsoft
2 251 (9.80%) Adobe
3 146 (5.70%) Databricks
4 122 (4.77%) Google
5 85 (3.32%) OpenAI
6 77 (3.01%) Cisco
7 64 (2.50%) ServiceNow
8 49 (1.91%) Dell
9 46 (1.80%) Apple
9 46 (1.80%) CyberArk
10 43 (1.68%) Salesforce
11 37 (1.45%) Facebook
11 37 (1.45%) Foundry
12 31 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
13 29 (1.13%) HubSpot
14 27 (1.05%) Palo Alto
14 27 (1.05%) Tenable
15 23 (0.90%) VMware
16 22 (0.86%) Oracle
17 21 (0.82%) Yahoo!
3,922 hybrid/remote AI jobs