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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 59
Rank change year-on-year 0 +52 +23
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,019 2,870 1,062
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.04% 17.34% 4.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.86% 18.66% 4.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,900 664 607
10th Percentile £40,983 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £34,188 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -17.24% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £94,063 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £101,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -3.33%

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 19,038 15,384 21,698
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.21% 92.95% 87.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,740 8,914 14,935
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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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 25 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 94 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.66%) Confluence
3 38 (1.26%) CMS
4 22 (0.73%) Apache
4 22 (0.73%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.33%) WordPress
8 9 (0.30%) SAS
9 7 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.17%) Camunda
11 4 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.099%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.066%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.033%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.033%) Apache Superset
14 1 (0.033%) Moodle
14 1 (0.033%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 56 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (1.56%) Chatbot
3 42 (1.39%) UserZoom
4 32 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
7 15 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 14 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 14 (0.46%) InDesign
8 14 (0.46%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.23%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
10 5 (0.17%) Moqups
11 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.13%) Trello
12 3 (0.099%) Adobe XD
12 3 (0.099%) CapCut
12 3 (0.099%) Productboard
12 3 (0.099%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 36 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.93%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.79%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.13%) Sage 50
7 3 (0.099%) Shopify
8 1 (0.033%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.033%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.033%) HFM
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.033%) Primavera
8 1 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 870 (28.82%) Azure
2 574 (19.01%) AWS
3 286 (9.47%) SaaS
4 258 (8.55%) Azure AI
5 256 (8.48%) GCP
6 236 (7.82%) Power Platform
7 218 (7.22%) GitHub
8 173 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
9 146 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
10 139 (4.60%) Snowflake
11 138 (4.57%) Adobe Analytics
12 136 (4.50%) GitHub Copilot
13 113 (3.74%) Anthropic Claude
14 111 (3.68%) Microsoft Copilot
15 109 (3.61%) Serverless
16 104 (3.44%) Entra ID
17 97 (3.21%) Figma
18 89 (2.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 78 (2.58%) Azure Machine Learning
20 66 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 258 (8.55%) Broadband
2 33 (1.09%) Internet
3 31 (1.03%) VPN
4 29 (0.96%) Firewall
5 26 (0.86%) Network Security
6 20 (0.66%) DNS
7 15 (0.50%) HTTP
8 12 (0.40%) VoIP
9 11 (0.36%) CTI
9 11 (0.36%) DHCP
10 8 (0.26%) TCP/IP
10 8 (0.26%) WPA
11 7 (0.23%) Wireless
12 6 (0.20%) 5G
12 6 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.17%) BGP
13 5 (0.17%) DMZ
13 5 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.17%) OSPF
13 5 (0.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (7.12%) MongoDB
2 177 (5.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 143 (4.74%) Power BI
4 124 (4.11%) SQL Server
5 102 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
6 84 (2.78%) Metadata
7 71 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
8 54 (1.79%) NoSQL
9 50 (1.66%) Tableau
10 42 (1.39%) Data Lake
11 41 (1.36%) Big Data
12 35 (1.16%) Redis
13 34 (1.13%) Semantic Layer
14 33 (1.09%) Relational Database
15 32 (1.06%) Delta Lake
16 30 (0.99%) BigQuery
17 22 (0.73%) MySQL
18 19 (0.63%) Data Vault
19 18 (0.60%) DynamoDB
20 17 (0.56%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 122 (4.04%) Git
2 74 (2.45%) JIRA
3 67 (2.22%) Claude Code
4 40 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.89%) Snyk
6 26 (0.86%) GitLab
7 17 (0.56%) Selenium
8 16 (0.53%) MLflow
9 14 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.40%) Postman
11 11 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
12 10 (0.33%) JUnit
12 10 (0.33%) Maven
12 10 (0.33%) Mockito
13 7 (0.23%) TeamCity
14 5 (0.17%) Appium
14 5 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
15 4 (0.13%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.13%) Burp Suite
15 4 (0.13%) Metasploit
General
1 864 (28.62%) Social Skills
2 666 (22.06%) Finance
3 381 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
4 351 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 325 (10.77%) Marketing
6 233 (7.72%) Legal
7 222 (7.35%) Games
8 197 (6.53%) Public Sector
9 170 (5.63%) Law
10 117 (3.88%) Banking
11 99 (3.28%) Retail
12 98 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
13 94 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
14 56 (1.85%) Advertising
15 41 (1.36%) Manufacturing
15 41 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
16 37 (1.23%) Legal Technology
17 28 (0.93%) Automotive
18 27 (0.89%) Telecoms
19 24 (0.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 566 (18.75%) Senior
2 408 (13.51%) Developer
3 361 (11.96%) Lead
4 309 (10.24%) Architect
5 225 (7.45%) Software Engineer
6 170 (5.63%) .NET Developer
7 139 (4.60%) Analyst
8 126 (4.17%) Consultant
9 121 (4.01%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 111 (3.68%) Engineering Manager
11 89 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
12 82 (2.72%) Data Engineer
12 82 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
13 78 (2.58%) Python Engineer
14 76 (2.52%) Data Scientist
15 75 (2.48%) Senior Developer
16 74 (2.45%) Senior Manager
17 68 (2.25%) Product Manager
18 65 (2.15%) Data Architect
18 65 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 280 (9.27%) React
2 261 (8.65%) .NET
3 168 (5.56%) ASP.NET
4 165 (5.47%) .NET Core
5 162 (5.37%) RESTful
6 159 (5.27%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.17%) ML.NET
8 147 (4.87%) Terraform
9 146 (4.84%) Node.js
10 142 (4.70%) CSS
11 132 (4.37%) HTML
12 116 (3.84%) Blazor
12 116 (3.84%) REST
13 96 (3.18%) LangChain
14 77 (2.55%) Next.js
15 58 (1.92%) PyTorch
16 54 (1.79%) LangGraph
17 53 (1.76%) Vue
18 47 (1.56%) FastAPI
19 46 (1.52%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 265 (8.78%) Cloud Native
2 244 (8.08%) AI Agents
3 188 (6.23%) Social Media
4 140 (4.64%) Product Ownership
5 120 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
6 97 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
7 96 (3.18%) Blog
8 73 (2.42%) Algorithms
9 72 (2.38%) Low-Code
10 71 (2.35%) Onboarding
11 58 (1.92%) Data Centre
12 56 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
13 55 (1.82%) Virtual Team
14 54 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
14 54 (1.79%) Mobile App
15 52 (1.72%) Management Information System
15 52 (1.72%) Video\Live Streaming
16 47 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
16 47 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
17 41 (1.36%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 68 (2.25%) Windows
2 59 (1.95%) Linux
3 43 (1.42%) Android
4 20 (0.66%) Apple iOS
5 18 (0.60%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.40%) VMS
7 9 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.23%) Unix
10 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.099%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.066%) Debian
12 2 (0.066%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 800 (26.50%) Agile
2 781 (25.87%) Machine Learning
3 709 (23.48%) Analytics
4 647 (21.43%) Roadmaps
5 603 (19.97%) CI/CD
6 547 (18.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 486 (16.10%) Software Engineering
8 473 (15.67%) Mentoring
9 443 (14.67%) Decision-Making
10 425 (14.08%) LLM
11 400 (13.25%) Full-Stack Development
12 381 (12.62%) Problem-Solving
13 378 (12.52%) DevOps
14 310 (10.27%) Customer Experience
15 300 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 299 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
17 294 (9.74%) Stakeholder Management
18 270 (8.94%) Data Science
19 260 (8.61%) Technical Leadership
20 241 (7.98%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 693 (22.95%) Python
2 553 (18.32%) SQL
3 297 (9.84%) C#
4 267 (8.84%) JavaScript
5 212 (7.02%) TypeScript
6 140 (4.64%) Java
7 61 (2.02%) PowerShell
8 57 (1.89%) C++
9 55 (1.82%) Go
10 50 (1.66%) Bicep
11 47 (1.56%) Bash
12 33 (1.09%) Scala
13 24 (0.79%) R
14 18 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
15 17 (0.56%) Kotlin
16 16 (0.53%) C
17 15 (0.50%) PHP
18 13 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 10 (0.33%) PL/SQL
19 10 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 251 (8.31%) Degree
2 199 (6.59%) Security Cleared
3 140 (4.64%) SC Cleared
4 75 (2.48%) CISSP
5 69 (2.29%) CISM
6 63 (2.09%) DV Cleared
7 61 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (1.79%) A+ Certification
8 54 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
9 50 (1.66%) ACCA
9 50 (1.66%) Azure Certification
10 44 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 37 (1.23%) CIMA
12 34 (1.13%) Master's Degree
13 31 (1.03%) AWS Certification
13 31 (1.03%) PhD
14 25 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 17 (0.56%) SnowPro
16 16 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
17 14 (0.46%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (8.51%) Accessibility
2 204 (6.76%) Data Quality
3 120 (3.97%) QA
4 111 (3.68%) GDPR
5 62 (2.05%) GRC
6 61 (2.02%) WCAG
7 56 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 41 (1.36%) NIST
9 30 (0.99%) SLA
10 16 (0.53%) IFRS
11 15 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 14 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 13 (0.43%) PCI DSS
14 12 (0.40%) PMO
14 12 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 6 (0.20%) EU AI Act
17 6 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 229 (7.59%) Docker
2 93 (3.08%) Active Directory
3 92 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.43%) vSphere
6 12 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) Firmware
8 7 (0.23%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.099%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.099%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.033%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 212 (7.02%) Kubernetes
2 75 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (0.89%) Grafana
4 17 (0.56%) Prometheus
5 14 (0.46%) Ansible
6 7 (0.23%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.20%) Argo
7 6 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.17%) Istio
8 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.17%) Puppet
9 4 (0.13%) Nmap
10 3 (0.099%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.099%) linkerd
11 2 (0.066%) Cilium
11 2 (0.066%) Podman
11 2 (0.066%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.066%) Salt
12 1 (0.033%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.033%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 760 (25.17%) Microsoft
2 203 (6.72%) Adobe
3 181 (6.00%) Databricks
4 144 (4.77%) Google
5 104 (3.44%) OpenAI
6 78 (2.58%) Cisco
7 63 (2.09%) ServiceNow
8 56 (1.85%) Apple
9 55 (1.82%) CyberArk
10 52 (1.72%) YouTube
11 49 (1.62%) Salesforce
12 45 (1.49%) Dell
13 38 (1.26%) Facebook
14 37 (1.23%) Foundry
15 36 (1.19%) HubSpot
16 30 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
16 30 (0.99%) Palo Alto
16 30 (0.99%) SAP
17 29 (0.96%) Oracle
18 27 (0.89%) Tenable