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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 61
Rank change year-on-year 0 +54 +18
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,951 2,832 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.99% 17.05% 4.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.73% 18.34% 4.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,849 653 610
10th Percentile £41,200 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £29,000 £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 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,000 £102,500
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 18,760 15,439 21,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.60% 92.96% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 13,517 8,929 15,511
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,852 £40,600 £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 £78,005
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 14 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 85 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.83%) Confluence
3 43 (1.46%) CMS
4 23 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.71%) Apache
6 20 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.30%) SAS
8 9 (0.30%) WordPress
9 7 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.17%) Camunda
11 4 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.068%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.068%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.034%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.034%) Moodle
13 1 (0.034%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.034%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.034%) Umbraco
Applications
1 47 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (1.46%) UserZoom
3 40 (1.36%) Chatbot
4 29 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.58%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 15 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 14 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.47%) InDesign
7 14 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.14%) CapCut
9 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.14%) Moqups
9 4 (0.14%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.14%) Trello
10 3 (0.10%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.10%) Productboard
10 3 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 36 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.95%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.81%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.14%) Sage 50
6 4 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.068%) Shopify
8 1 (0.034%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.034%) HFM
8 1 (0.034%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.034%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.034%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 858 (29.07%) Azure
2 553 (18.74%) AWS
3 273 (9.25%) SaaS
4 254 (8.61%) Azure AI
5 248 (8.40%) GCP
6 224 (7.59%) Power Platform
7 211 (7.15%) GitHub
8 175 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
9 160 (5.42%) Adobe Analytics
10 134 (4.54%) GitHub Copilot
11 131 (4.44%) Snowflake
12 130 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
13 115 (3.90%) Figma
14 113 (3.83%) Serverless
15 107 (3.63%) Microsoft Copilot
16 106 (3.59%) Anthropic Claude
17 101 (3.42%) Entra ID
18 87 (2.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 82 (2.78%) Azure Machine Learning
20 69 (2.34%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 294 (9.96%) Broadband
2 33 (1.12%) Internet
3 28 (0.95%) VPN
4 27 (0.91%) Firewall
5 20 (0.68%) Network Security
6 18 (0.61%) DNS
7 15 (0.51%) HTTP
8 12 (0.41%) VoIP
9 11 (0.37%) CTI
10 10 (0.34%) DHCP
11 8 (0.27%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.27%) WPA
12 7 (0.24%) Wireless
13 6 (0.20%) 5G
13 6 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.17%) BGP
14 5 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.17%) OSPF
14 5 (0.17%) VXLAN
14 5 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (7.42%) MongoDB
2 176 (5.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 131 (4.44%) Power BI
4 123 (4.17%) SQL Server
5 104 (3.52%) PostgreSQL
6 89 (3.02%) Metadata
7 66 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
8 49 (1.66%) NoSQL
8 49 (1.66%) Tableau
9 43 (1.46%) Big Data
10 41 (1.39%) Data Lake
11 34 (1.15%) Redis
12 33 (1.12%) Semantic Layer
13 31 (1.05%) BigQuery
13 31 (1.05%) Delta Lake
14 30 (1.02%) Relational Database
15 23 (0.78%) MySQL
16 18 (0.61%) Data Vault
16 18 (0.61%) DynamoDB
17 17 (0.58%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 121 (4.10%) Git
2 69 (2.34%) JIRA
3 62 (2.10%) Claude Code
4 44 (1.49%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.91%) Snyk
6 25 (0.85%) GitLab
7 17 (0.58%) Selenium
8 15 (0.51%) MLflow
9 13 (0.44%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.34%) JUnit
11 10 (0.34%) Maven
11 10 (0.34%) Mockito
11 10 (0.34%) Postman
12 5 (0.17%) Appium
12 5 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
12 5 (0.17%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.14%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.14%) Metasploit
General
1 824 (27.92%) Social Skills
2 643 (21.79%) Finance
3 370 (12.54%) Analytical Skills
4 333 (11.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 332 (11.25%) Marketing
6 249 (8.44%) Games
7 233 (7.90%) Legal
8 181 (6.13%) Public Sector
9 167 (5.66%) Law
10 107 (3.63%) Banking
11 103 (3.49%) Retail
12 94 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
13 79 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
14 58 (1.97%) Advertising
15 39 (1.32%) Manufacturing
15 39 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
16 35 (1.19%) Legal Technology
17 32 (1.08%) Automotive
18 26 (0.88%) Telecoms
19 22 (0.75%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 561 (19.01%) Senior
2 408 (13.83%) Developer
3 366 (12.40%) Lead
4 288 (9.76%) Architect
5 217 (7.35%) Software Engineer
6 170 (5.76%) .NET Developer
7 135 (4.57%) Analyst
8 123 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 120 (4.07%) Consultant
10 114 (3.86%) Engineering Manager
11 84 (2.85%) Full-Stack Developer
12 82 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
13 81 (2.74%) Data Engineer
14 80 (2.71%) Data Scientist
15 78 (2.64%) Python Engineer
16 75 (2.54%) Senior Developer
17 73 (2.47%) Senior Manager
18 69 (2.34%) Product Manager
19 67 (2.27%) Designer
20 65 (2.20%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (9.45%) React
2 258 (8.74%) .NET
3 168 (5.69%) ASP.NET
4 165 (5.59%) .NET Core
5 163 (5.52%) RESTful
6 159 (5.39%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.29%) ML.NET
8 144 (4.88%) CSS
9 135 (4.57%) HTML
10 134 (4.54%) Node.js
11 116 (3.93%) Blazor
12 113 (3.83%) REST
13 95 (3.22%) LangChain
14 73 (2.47%) Next.js
15 60 (2.03%) PyTorch
16 53 (1.80%) Vue
17 51 (1.73%) LangGraph
18 49 (1.66%) FastAPI
19 47 (1.59%) TensorFlow
20 43 (1.46%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 261 (8.84%) Cloud Native
2 230 (7.79%) AI Agents
3 207 (7.01%) Social Media
4 141 (4.78%) Product Ownership
5 113 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
6 94 (3.19%) Blog
6 94 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
7 73 (2.47%) Onboarding
8 72 (2.44%) Algorithms
9 67 (2.27%) Low-Code
10 58 (1.97%) Mobile App
11 56 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
11 56 (1.90%) Video\Live Streaming
11 56 (1.90%) Virtual Team
12 54 (1.83%) Data Centre
13 51 (1.73%) Management Information System
14 50 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
15 47 (1.59%) Marketing Technology
16 45 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
17 40 (1.36%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 66 (2.24%) Windows
2 57 (1.93%) Linux
3 49 (1.66%) Android
4 24 (0.81%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.54%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.41%) VMS
7 9 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.24%) Unix
9 6 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 807 (27.35%) Agile
2 782 (26.50%) Machine Learning
3 730 (24.74%) Analytics
4 670 (22.70%) Roadmaps
5 610 (20.67%) CI/CD
6 513 (17.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 471 (15.96%) Mentoring
8 470 (15.93%) Software Engineering
9 432 (14.64%) Decision-Making
10 427 (14.47%) LLM
11 396 (13.42%) Full-Stack Development
12 375 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
13 370 (12.54%) DevOps
14 326 (11.05%) Customer Experience
15 286 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
16 277 (9.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 268 (9.08%) Data Science
18 265 (8.98%) Stakeholder Management
19 262 (8.88%) Technical Leadership
20 245 (8.30%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 680 (23.04%) Python
2 539 (18.26%) SQL
3 296 (10.03%) C#
4 266 (9.01%) JavaScript
5 208 (7.05%) TypeScript
6 140 (4.74%) Java
7 60 (2.03%) PowerShell
8 54 (1.83%) C++
9 53 (1.80%) Go
10 48 (1.63%) Bicep
11 45 (1.52%) Bash
12 32 (1.08%) Scala
13 21 (0.71%) R
14 18 (0.61%) Kotlin
14 18 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
15 16 (0.54%) C
15 16 (0.54%) PHP
16 12 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 10 (0.34%) PL/SQL
17 10 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 241 (8.17%) Degree
2 195 (6.61%) Security Cleared
3 139 (4.71%) SC Cleared
4 72 (2.44%) CISSP
5 66 (2.24%) CISM
6 63 (2.13%) DV Cleared
7 58 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (1.83%) A+ Certification
8 54 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
9 51 (1.73%) ACCA
10 48 (1.63%) Azure Certification
11 42 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 36 (1.22%) CIMA
13 34 (1.15%) Master's Degree
14 32 (1.08%) PhD
15 31 (1.05%) AWS Certification
16 25 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 17 (0.58%) DBS Check
18 16 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
18 16 (0.54%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 283 (9.59%) Accessibility
2 192 (6.51%) Data Quality
3 111 (3.76%) QA
4 106 (3.59%) GDPR
5 68 (2.30%) WCAG
6 59 (2.00%) GRC
7 50 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 37 (1.25%) NIST
9 28 (0.95%) SLA
10 18 (0.61%) IFRS
11 14 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 13 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.37%) PCI DSS
15 10 (0.34%) PMO
16 8 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
17 7 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 5 (0.17%) NCSC
18 5 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 224 (7.59%) Docker
2 92 (3.12%) Active Directory
2 92 (3.12%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.44%) vSphere
5 12 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.30%) Firmware
7 6 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.10%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 206 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 142 (4.81%) Terraform
3 75 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (0.85%) Grafana
5 17 (0.58%) Ansible
5 17 (0.58%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.24%) 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 (0.14%) Nmap
10 3 (0.10%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.10%) linkerd
11 2 (0.068%) Cilium
11 2 (0.068%) Podman
11 2 (0.068%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.068%) Salt
12 1 (0.034%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 733 (24.84%) Microsoft
2 225 (7.62%) Adobe
3 172 (5.83%) Databricks
4 146 (4.95%) Google
5 96 (3.25%) OpenAI
6 79 (2.68%) Cisco
7 68 (2.30%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.86%) CyberArk
9 53 (1.80%) Apple
10 48 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 47 (1.59%) Dell
12 40 (1.36%) Foundry
13 38 (1.29%) Facebook
14 37 (1.25%) HubSpot
15 30 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
15 30 (1.02%) Palo Alto
16 29 (0.98%) Oracle
17 28 (0.95%) SAP
18 27 (0.91%) Tenable
19 23 (0.78%) VMware