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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 36 77
Rank change year-on-year +30 +41 +15
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,431 998 1,185
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 14.23% 7.42% 3.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.79% 7.80% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 942 643 786
10th Percentile £24,570 £25,313 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,230 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +5.97% -13.79%
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,822 £82,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

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 14,479 12,794 28,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.74% 95.11% 91.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9,552 8,840 23,088
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,805
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
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 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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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 23 March 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 38 (1.56%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.28%) CMS
3 27 (1.11%) Confluence
4 25 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 24 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.53%) JBoss
6 13 (0.53%) WebSphere
7 10 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.37%) Apache
8 9 (0.37%) WordPress
9 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.16%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.16%) SAS
12 2 (0.082%) Camunda
12 2 (0.082%) Mendix
12 2 (0.082%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.041%) Kinematics
Applications
1 759 (31.22%) Chatbot
2 58 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (0.90%) UserZoom
4 12 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
5 4 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (0.16%) CapCut
6 3 (0.12%) Sketch
6 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.082%) Camtasia
7 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.082%) Weka
8 1 (0.041%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (0.58%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.082%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.082%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.082%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.082%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.082%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.082%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.041%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.041%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 456 (18.76%) Azure
2 310 (12.75%) AWS
3 207 (8.52%) SaaS
4 150 (6.17%) GCP
5 148 (6.09%) Power Platform
6 146 (6.01%) Adobe Analytics
7 141 (5.80%) GitHub
8 101 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (3.74%) GitHub Copilot
10 72 (2.96%) Figma
11 62 (2.55%) Snowflake
12 60 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
13 53 (2.18%) Serverless
14 51 (2.10%) Azure Machine Learning
15 48 (1.97%) Azure AI
16 46 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
17 42 (1.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 41 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
19 34 (1.40%) Entra ID
20 32 (1.32%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 214 (8.80%) Broadband
2 16 (0.66%) Firewall
3 13 (0.53%) HTTP
4 11 (0.45%) Unified Communications
5 7 (0.29%) Network Security
6 6 (0.25%) DMZ
6 6 (0.25%) RTP
6 6 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.25%) VoIP
6 6 (0.25%) VPN
6 6 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.21%) DHCP
8 4 (0.16%) Modbus
9 3 (0.12%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.12%) DSL
9 3 (0.12%) GPON
9 3 (0.12%) Internet
9 3 (0.12%) IPv4
9 3 (0.12%) IPv6
9 3 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (3.58%) Power BI
2 64 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 50 (2.06%) SQL Server
4 48 (1.97%) Metadata
4 48 (1.97%) MongoDB
5 42 (1.73%) Tableau
6 36 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
7 35 (1.44%) Big Data
8 32 (1.32%) NoSQL
9 29 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
10 27 (1.11%) Data Lake
11 24 (0.99%) BigQuery
12 21 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
13 18 (0.74%) Looker
14 17 (0.70%) Redis
15 15 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 13 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (0.49%) MySQL
18 11 (0.45%) Delta Lake
19 10 (0.41%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 50 (2.06%) Git
2 47 (1.93%) JIRA
3 23 (0.95%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.78%) MLflow
5 16 (0.66%) Claude Code
5 16 (0.66%) GitLab
6 12 (0.49%) Selenium
7 11 (0.45%) Cypress.io
7 11 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (0.37%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.33%) Subversion
9 8 (0.33%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.29%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.29%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.25%) ERwin
12 5 (0.21%) GitBook
12 5 (0.21%) Storybook
13 4 (0.16%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.16%) Postman
13 4 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
General
1 490 (20.16%) Social Skills
2 466 (19.17%) Analytical Skills
3 414 (17.03%) Finance
4 265 (10.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 183 (7.53%) Games
6 174 (7.16%) Marketing
7 162 (6.66%) Public Sector
8 145 (5.96%) Legal
9 123 (5.06%) Law
10 119 (4.90%) Retail
11 59 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
12 46 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
12 46 (1.89%) Telecoms
13 39 (1.60%) Banking
14 33 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (1.32%) Manufacturing
16 22 (0.90%) Automotive
17 15 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (0.58%) Back Office
19 12 (0.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 744 (30.60%) Trainer
2 314 (12.92%) Senior
3 258 (10.61%) Lead
4 184 (7.57%) Developer
5 130 (5.35%) Architect
6 102 (4.20%) Content Editor
7 82 (3.37%) Consultant
8 75 (3.09%) Customer Support Specialist
8 75 (3.09%) Support Specialist
9 71 (2.92%) Software Engineer
10 69 (2.84%) Research Scientist
11 62 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
12 61 (2.51%) Analyst
13 57 (2.34%) Designer
14 53 (2.18%) Data Engineer
15 45 (1.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 43 (1.77%) Engineering Manager
16 43 (1.77%) Sales Executive
17 42 (1.73%) Corporate Sales Executive
18 41 (1.69%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (4.57%) React
2 88 (3.62%) REST
3 74 (3.04%) .NET
4 70 (2.88%) Node.js
5 68 (2.80%) RESTful
6 48 (1.97%) PyTorch
7 43 (1.77%) CSS
8 41 (1.69%) HTML
8 41 (1.69%) Kafka
8 41 (1.69%) TensorFlow
9 36 (1.48%) OAuth
9 36 (1.48%) SOAP
10 34 (1.40%) Spring
11 29 (1.19%) OAuth2
11 29 (1.19%) Vue
12 26 (1.07%) LangChain
13 23 (0.95%) AngularJS
14 22 (0.90%) GraphQL
14 22 (0.90%) Middleware
14 22 (0.90%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 150 (6.17%) Social Media
2 137 (5.64%) Cloud Native
3 114 (4.69%) Blog
4 101 (4.15%) Product Ownership
5 84 (3.46%) Onboarding
6 73 (3.00%) Molecular Biology
7 53 (2.18%) AI Agents
8 48 (1.97%) Mobile App
9 47 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
10 44 (1.81%) Public Cloud
11 40 (1.65%) Virtual Team
12 37 (1.52%) Low-Code
13 36 (1.48%) Algorithms
14 35 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
15 27 (1.11%) Social Network
16 26 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
16 26 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
17 21 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
18 20 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
19 19 (0.78%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.18%) Android
2 35 (1.44%) Apple iOS
3 33 (1.36%) Linux
4 24 (0.99%) Windows
5 7 (0.29%) Unix
5 7 (0.29%) Windows Server
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 (0.041%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 776 (31.92%) Conversational UI
2 482 (19.83%) Agile
3 458 (18.84%) Analytics
4 416 (17.11%) Roadmaps
5 346 (14.23%) Machine Learning
6 318 (13.08%) CI/CD
7 302 (12.42%) Customer Experience
8 293 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 249 (10.24%) DevOps
10 238 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
11 226 (9.30%) Chemistry
12 214 (8.80%) Decision-Making
13 210 (8.64%) Mentoring
14 206 (8.47%) Software Engineering
15 176 (7.24%) Storytelling
16 174 (7.16%) Generative AI
16 174 (7.16%) Product Roadmap
17 152 (6.25%) LLM
18 145 (5.96%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 143 (5.88%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 341 (14.03%) Python
2 243 (10.00%) SQL
3 117 (4.81%) Java
4 87 (3.58%) TypeScript
5 78 (3.21%) JavaScript
6 68 (2.80%) C#
7 54 (2.22%) Go
8 28 (1.15%) Bash
9 27 (1.11%) C++
10 22 (0.90%) Kotlin
11 20 (0.82%) Apex Code
12 18 (0.74%) PHP
12 18 (0.74%) R
13 16 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 16 (0.66%) PowerShell
14 15 (0.62%) Scala
15 12 (0.49%) Bicep
16 11 (0.45%) PL/SQL
17 10 (0.41%) Shell Script
18 9 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 987 (40.60%) Degree
2 398 (16.37%) Master's Degree
3 387 (15.92%) PhD
4 52 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (2.10%) Security Cleared
6 38 (1.56%) DBS Check
7 32 (1.32%) SC Cleared
8 29 (1.19%) AWS Certification
9 28 (1.15%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.11%) ACCA
11 25 (1.03%) PMP
12 17 (0.70%) DV Cleared
12 17 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 11 (0.45%) CISSP
15 9 (0.37%) CISA
16 7 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
17 6 (0.25%) CISM
18 5 (0.21%) PMI Certification
19 4 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (9.17%) Accessibility
2 56 (2.30%) WCAG
3 47 (1.93%) Data Quality
4 42 (1.73%) QA
5 39 (1.60%) GDPR
6 26 (1.07%) IFRS
6 26 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (0.90%) GRC
8 17 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.45%) GAAP
10 11 (0.45%) NIST
11 8 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 8 (0.33%) PMO
11 8 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.29%) EU AI Act
13 6 (0.25%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.25%) NCSC
14 4 (0.16%) ISO 26262
15 3 (0.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 104 (4.28%) Docker
2 26 (1.07%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.12%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.082%) Ceph
6 2 (0.082%) Lustre
6 2 (0.082%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.082%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 84 (3.46%) Kubernetes
2 75 (3.09%) Terraform
3 23 (0.95%) Ansible
3 23 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.53%) Grafana
4 13 (0.53%) Prometheus
5 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.25%) Proxmox
7 4 (0.16%) Argo
7 4 (0.16%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.082%) Control-M
8 2 (0.082%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.082%) SCCM
9 1 (0.041%) Puppet
9 1 (0.041%) Salt
Vendors
1 738 (30.36%) PayPal
2 342 (14.07%) Microsoft
3 190 (7.82%) Adobe
4 81 (3.33%) Databricks
5 67 (2.76%) Google
6 51 (2.10%) Dell
7 48 (1.97%) Cisco
7 48 (1.97%) Salesforce
8 38 (1.56%) Oracle
9 27 (1.11%) Apple
10 24 (0.99%) OpenAI
11 20 (0.82%) Foundry
12 17 (0.70%) Blue Prism
12 17 (0.70%) SAP
13 14 (0.58%) Palantir
13 14 (0.58%) ServiceNow
14 13 (0.53%) Atlassian
15 12 (0.49%) Informatica
16 11 (0.45%) HubSpot
16 11 (0.45%) Instagram