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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 62
Rank change year-on-year 0 +55 +20
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,842 2,644 1,023
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.76% 16.02% 4.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.40% 17.24% 4.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,796 689 598
10th Percentile £40,663 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £28,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £68,500 £71,991
% change year-on-year +5.84% -4.85% -4.01%

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 18,460 15,337 22,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.88% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,367 9,043 15,990
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,917 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.19% -6.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
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 4 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 75 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.79%) Confluence
3 40 (1.41%) CMS
4 24 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.74%) Apache
6 19 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.32%) SAS
8 9 (0.32%) WordPress
9 6 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.18%) Camunda
11 4 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.070%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.070%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.035%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.035%) Moodle
13 1 (0.035%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.035%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.035%) Umbraco
Applications
1 43 (1.51%) UserZoom
2 34 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 33 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 26 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.46%) InDesign
7 13 (0.46%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.14%) CapCut
10 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.11%) Moqups
11 3 (0.11%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.11%) Productboard
11 3 (0.11%) Sketch
11 3 (0.11%) Trello
12 2 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 37 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.99%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.84%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
5 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.14%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.070%) Shopify
8 1 (0.035%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.035%) HFM
8 1 (0.035%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.035%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.035%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 835 (29.38%) Azure
2 523 (18.40%) AWS
3 266 (9.36%) SaaS
4 252 (8.87%) Azure AI
5 230 (8.09%) GCP
6 217 (7.64%) Power Platform
7 203 (7.14%) GitHub
8 174 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
9 170 (5.98%) Adobe Analytics
10 128 (4.50%) GitHub Copilot
11 124 (4.36%) Snowflake
12 118 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
13 111 (3.91%) Figma
14 110 (3.87%) Serverless
15 102 (3.59%) Anthropic Claude
16 97 (3.41%) Entra ID
17 94 (3.31%) Microsoft Copilot
18 85 (2.99%) Azure Machine Learning
19 83 (2.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 69 (2.43%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 305 (10.73%) Broadband
2 32 (1.13%) Internet
3 28 (0.99%) VPN
4 27 (0.95%) Firewall
5 18 (0.63%) Network Security
6 16 (0.56%) DNS
7 13 (0.46%) HTTP
8 12 (0.42%) VoIP
9 11 (0.39%) CTI
10 9 (0.32%) DHCP
11 8 (0.28%) WPA
12 7 (0.25%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.25%) Wireless
13 6 (0.21%) 5G
14 5 (0.18%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.18%) VLAN
14 5 (0.18%) VXLAN
14 5 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (0.14%) BGP
15 4 (0.14%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (7.71%) MongoDB
2 175 (6.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 125 (4.40%) Power BI
4 122 (4.29%) SQL Server
5 97 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
6 78 (2.74%) Metadata
7 66 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
8 49 (1.72%) Tableau
9 45 (1.58%) NoSQL
10 44 (1.55%) Big Data
11 40 (1.41%) Data Lake
12 32 (1.13%) Redis
13 31 (1.09%) BigQuery
14 30 (1.06%) Delta Lake
15 29 (1.02%) Semantic Layer
16 26 (0.91%) Relational Database
17 21 (0.74%) MySQL
18 18 (0.63%) Pinecone
19 15 (0.53%) Data Vault
19 15 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 115 (4.05%) Git
2 63 (2.22%) JIRA
3 61 (2.15%) Claude Code
4 44 (1.55%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.95%) Snyk
6 25 (0.88%) GitLab
7 19 (0.67%) Selenium
8 17 (0.60%) MLflow
9 12 (0.42%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.35%) Postman
12 9 (0.32%) JUnit
12 9 (0.32%) Maven
12 9 (0.32%) Mockito
13 5 (0.18%) Appium
13 5 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
14 4 (0.14%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.14%) Metasploit
14 4 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 788 (27.73%) Social Skills
2 594 (20.90%) Finance
3 336 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
4 323 (11.37%) Marketing
5 318 (11.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 259 (9.11%) Games
7 229 (8.06%) Legal
8 170 (5.98%) Law
9 163 (5.74%) Public Sector
10 102 (3.59%) Retail
11 101 (3.55%) Banking
12 81 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
13 68 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
14 57 (2.01%) Advertising
15 38 (1.34%) Legal Technology
16 37 (1.30%) Automotive
17 36 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
18 34 (1.20%) Manufacturing
19 23 (0.81%) Telecoms
20 19 (0.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 555 (19.53%) Senior
2 404 (14.22%) Developer
3 366 (12.88%) Lead
4 271 (9.54%) Architect
5 203 (7.14%) Software Engineer
6 169 (5.95%) .NET Developer
7 121 (4.26%) Analyst
8 116 (4.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 112 (3.94%) Engineering Manager
10 111 (3.91%) Consultant
11 83 (2.92%) Data Engineer
12 82 (2.89%) Data Scientist
13 80 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
14 79 (2.78%) Full-Stack Developer
15 77 (2.71%) Python Engineer
16 75 (2.64%) Senior Developer
16 75 (2.64%) Senior Manager
17 72 (2.53%) Designer
18 66 (2.32%) Product Manager
19 63 (2.22%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (9.54%) React
2 254 (8.94%) .NET
3 168 (5.91%) ASP.NET
4 165 (5.81%) .NET Core
5 163 (5.74%) RESTful
6 159 (5.59%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.49%) ML.NET
8 145 (5.10%) CSS
9 137 (4.82%) HTML
10 126 (4.43%) Node.js
11 116 (4.08%) Blazor
12 111 (3.91%) REST
13 87 (3.06%) LangChain
14 68 (2.39%) Next.js
15 58 (2.04%) PyTorch
16 49 (1.72%) FastAPI
16 49 (1.72%) Vue
17 48 (1.69%) LangGraph
18 46 (1.62%) TensorFlow
19 40 (1.41%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 252 (8.87%) Cloud Native
2 215 (7.57%) AI Agents
3 214 (7.53%) Social Media
4 136 (4.79%) Product Ownership
5 110 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
6 86 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 75 (2.64%) Blog
8 70 (2.46%) Algorithms
8 70 (2.46%) Onboarding
9 66 (2.32%) Low-Code
10 57 (2.01%) Virtual Team
11 54 (1.90%) Mobile App
11 54 (1.90%) Video\Live Streaming
12 53 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
13 51 (1.79%) Data Centre
14 49 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
15 46 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
16 45 (1.58%) Management Information System
17 43 (1.51%) Marketing Technology
18 39 (1.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 61 (2.15%) Windows
2 53 (1.86%) Linux
3 49 (1.72%) Android
4 22 (0.77%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.42%) VMS
7 9 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.11%) Unix
11 2 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 794 (27.94%) Agile
2 743 (26.14%) Machine Learning
3 706 (24.84%) Analytics
4 657 (23.12%) Roadmaps
5 598 (21.04%) CI/CD
6 490 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 453 (15.94%) Mentoring
8 451 (15.87%) Software Engineering
9 418 (14.71%) Decision-Making
10 396 (13.93%) LLM
11 386 (13.58%) Full-Stack Development
12 371 (13.05%) DevOps
13 358 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
14 328 (11.54%) Customer Experience
15 267 (9.39%) Cybersecurity
16 258 (9.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 257 (9.04%) Data Science
18 253 (8.90%) Technical Leadership
19 231 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
20 230 (8.09%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 657 (23.12%) Python
2 517 (18.19%) SQL
3 289 (10.17%) C#
4 259 (9.11%) JavaScript
5 196 (6.90%) TypeScript
6 132 (4.64%) Java
7 57 (2.01%) PowerShell
8 56 (1.97%) Go
9 47 (1.65%) C++
10 46 (1.62%) Bash
10 46 (1.62%) Bicep
11 29 (1.02%) Scala
12 21 (0.74%) R
13 18 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (0.56%) Kotlin
15 15 (0.53%) PHP
16 13 (0.46%) C
17 12 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 9 (0.32%) PL/SQL
18 9 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 229 (8.06%) Degree
2 172 (6.05%) Security Cleared
3 119 (4.19%) SC Cleared
4 68 (2.39%) CISSP
5 64 (2.25%) CISM
6 56 (1.97%) DV Cleared
7 54 (1.90%) A+ Certification
7 54 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
8 52 (1.83%) ACCA
9 49 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 47 (1.65%) Azure Certification
11 38 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
12 35 (1.23%) CIMA
13 33 (1.16%) AWS Certification
14 30 (1.06%) PhD
15 29 (1.02%) Master's Degree
16 25 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 18 (0.63%) DBS Check
18 14 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
19 13 (0.46%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (10.20%) Accessibility
2 169 (5.95%) Data Quality
3 104 (3.66%) QA
4 98 (3.45%) GDPR
5 67 (2.36%) WCAG
6 57 (2.01%) GRC
7 45 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 35 (1.23%) NIST
9 26 (0.91%) SLA
10 19 (0.67%) IFRS
11 14 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 13 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 13 (0.46%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.42%) PMO
13 12 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 6 (0.21%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 220 (7.74%) Docker
2 93 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
3 91 (3.20%) Active Directory
4 19 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.46%) vSphere
6 12 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.25%) Firmware
8 6 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.070%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 199 (7.00%) Kubernetes
2 136 (4.79%) Terraform
3 74 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (0.81%) Grafana
5 20 (0.70%) Ansible
6 18 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.25%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.18%) Argo
8 5 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.18%) Puppet
9 4 (0.14%) Istio
9 4 (0.14%) Nmap
9 4 (0.14%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.11%) linkerd
11 2 (0.070%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.070%) Podman
11 2 (0.070%) Salt
12 1 (0.035%) Nessus
12 1 (0.035%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 713 (25.09%) Microsoft
2 229 (8.06%) Adobe
3 170 (5.98%) Databricks
4 132 (4.64%) Google
5 88 (3.10%) OpenAI
6 78 (2.74%) Cisco
7 67 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.94%) CyberArk
9 50 (1.76%) Apple
10 49 (1.72%) Dell
11 48 (1.69%) Salesforce
12 38 (1.34%) Facebook
12 38 (1.34%) Foundry
13 36 (1.27%) HubSpot
14 30 (1.06%) CrowdStrike
15 29 (1.02%) Palo Alto
16 28 (0.99%) Oracle
17 27 (0.95%) Tenable
18 23 (0.81%) SAP
18 23 (0.81%) VMware