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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 35 77
Rank change year-on-year +24 +42 +15
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,778 974 1,178
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.62% 7.60% 3.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.69% 8.02% 4.14%
Number of salaries quoted 990 643 786
10th Percentile £24,570 £25,063 £36,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,225 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% +5.96% -13.79%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,911 £82,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,752 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.41% +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 14,015 12,148 28,480
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.70% 94.82% 91.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,753 8,786 23,233
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,754
25th Percentile £42,750 £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 £75,000
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% -10.57%

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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 1 April 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 37 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.02%) CMS
3 30 (1.69%) Confluence
4 24 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 23 (1.29%) Apache Spark
6 13 (0.73%) JBoss
6 13 (0.73%) WebSphere
7 10 (0.56%) Apache
8 9 (0.51%) WordPress
9 8 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.28%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.22%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.22%) SAS
12 2 (0.11%) Camunda
12 2 (0.11%) Mendix
12 2 (0.11%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.056%) Kinematics
Applications
1 60 (3.37%) Chatbot
2 57 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.69%) UserZoom
4 22 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.22%) CapCut
7 3 (0.17%) Sketch
7 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.11%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 15 (0.84%) NetSuite
2 11 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.11%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.056%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.056%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.056%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 469 (26.38%) Azure
2 320 (18.00%) AWS
3 216 (12.15%) SaaS
4 160 (9.00%) Adobe Analytics
5 153 (8.61%) GCP
6 139 (7.82%) GitHub
7 135 (7.59%) Power Platform
8 93 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
9 88 (4.95%) GitHub Copilot
10 78 (4.39%) Snowflake
11 77 (4.33%) Figma
12 72 (4.05%) Azure Machine Learning
13 66 (3.71%) Azure AI
14 62 (3.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 55 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
15 55 (3.09%) Serverless
16 47 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
17 45 (2.53%) Contentsquare
18 39 (2.19%) Microsoft Copilot
19 29 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 229 (12.88%) Broadband
2 16 (0.90%) Firewall
2 16 (0.90%) HTTP
3 11 (0.62%) Unified Communications
4 7 (0.39%) Network Security
5 6 (0.34%) DMZ
5 6 (0.34%) RTP
5 6 (0.34%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.34%) VoIP
5 6 (0.34%) VPN
5 6 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.28%) DHCP
7 4 (0.22%) Modbus
8 3 (0.17%) DNS
8 3 (0.17%) DSL
8 3 (0.17%) GPON
8 3 (0.17%) IPv4
8 3 (0.17%) IPv6
8 3 (0.17%) PPP
8 3 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (4.78%) Power BI
2 69 (3.88%) SQL Server
3 60 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (2.87%) Metadata
5 49 (2.76%) MongoDB
6 39 (2.19%) Tableau
7 38 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
8 33 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
9 32 (1.80%) NoSQL
10 31 (1.74%) Big Data
11 29 (1.63%) Data Lake
12 24 (1.35%) BigQuery
13 21 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (1.01%) Looker
14 18 (1.01%) Redis
15 15 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 13 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (0.67%) Delta Lake
17 12 (0.67%) MySQL
18 11 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 48 (2.70%) Git
2 41 (2.31%) JIRA
3 21 (1.18%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.07%) MLflow
5 16 (0.90%) Claude Code
5 16 (0.90%) GitLab
6 12 (0.67%) Cypress.io
7 11 (0.62%) Selenium
8 9 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (0.45%) Subversion
9 8 (0.45%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.39%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.39%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.34%) ERwin
11 6 (0.34%) Storybook
12 5 (0.28%) GitBook
13 4 (0.22%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.22%) Postman
13 4 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
General
1 490 (27.56%) Social Skills
2 435 (24.47%) Finance
3 275 (15.47%) Analytical Skills
4 267 (15.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 197 (11.08%) Games
6 180 (10.12%) Marketing
7 164 (9.22%) Public Sector
8 151 (8.49%) Legal
9 126 (7.09%) Law
10 82 (4.61%) Retail
11 59 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
12 50 (2.81%) Banking
12 50 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
13 45 (2.53%) Telecoms
14 33 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
15 31 (1.74%) Manufacturing
16 22 (1.24%) Automotive
17 14 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
18 13 (0.73%) Back Office
19 12 (0.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 313 (17.60%) Senior
2 273 (15.35%) Lead
3 174 (9.79%) Developer
4 139 (7.82%) Architect
5 85 (4.78%) Consultant
6 78 (4.39%) Software Engineer
7 64 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
8 58 (3.26%) Designer
8 58 (3.26%) Engineering Manager
9 56 (3.15%) Analyst
10 50 (2.81%) Data Engineer
11 45 (2.53%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 44 (2.47%) Trainer
13 42 (2.36%) Sales Executive
14 41 (2.31%) Corporate Sales Executive
14 41 (2.31%) Lead Designer
14 41 (2.31%) Senior Software Engineer
15 39 (2.19%) Product Manager
16 37 (2.08%) Lead Developer
17 36 (2.02%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (6.69%) React
2 89 (5.01%) REST
3 76 (4.27%) .NET
4 72 (4.05%) Node.js
5 67 (3.77%) RESTful
6 49 (2.76%) PyTorch
7 46 (2.59%) CSS
8 43 (2.42%) HTML
9 42 (2.36%) Kafka
9 42 (2.36%) TensorFlow
10 35 (1.97%) Spring
11 34 (1.91%) OAuth
11 34 (1.91%) SOAP
12 30 (1.69%) Vue
13 26 (1.46%) LangChain
13 26 (1.46%) OAuth2
14 24 (1.35%) AngularJS
14 24 (1.35%) FastAPI
14 24 (1.35%) React Native
15 23 (1.29%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 159 (8.94%) Social Media
2 134 (7.54%) Cloud Native
3 114 (6.41%) Blog
4 96 (5.40%) Product Ownership
5 89 (5.01%) Onboarding
6 54 (3.04%) AI Agents
7 48 (2.70%) Mobile App
7 48 (2.70%) Public Cloud
8 46 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (2.31%) Virtual Team
10 40 (2.25%) Low-Code
11 38 (2.14%) Algorithms
12 34 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
13 26 (1.46%) Social Network
14 24 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
15 21 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
15 21 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
16 20 (1.12%) Video\Live Streaming
17 19 (1.07%) Podcast
18 18 (1.01%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.98%) Android
2 33 (1.86%) Apple iOS
3 31 (1.74%) Linux
4 23 (1.29%) Windows
5 7 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.28%) Unix
7 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) OpenWrt
8 3 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (28.23%) Agile
2 479 (26.94%) Analytics
3 441 (24.80%) Roadmaps
4 366 (20.58%) Machine Learning
5 318 (17.89%) Customer Experience
6 315 (17.72%) CI/CD
7 291 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 244 (13.72%) DevOps
9 241 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
10 236 (13.27%) Decision-Making
11 219 (12.32%) Mentoring
12 217 (12.20%) Software Engineering
13 191 (10.74%) Product Roadmap
14 189 (10.63%) Storytelling
15 182 (10.24%) Generative AI
16 160 (9.00%) LLM
17 159 (8.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 154 (8.66%) Digital Customer Experience
19 152 (8.55%) User Experience
20 144 (8.10%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 343 (19.29%) Python
2 249 (14.00%) SQL
3 119 (6.69%) Java
4 92 (5.17%) TypeScript
5 83 (4.67%) JavaScript
6 71 (3.99%) C#
7 55 (3.09%) Go
8 27 (1.52%) C++
9 23 (1.29%) Bash
9 23 (1.29%) Kotlin
10 18 (1.01%) Apex Code
10 18 (1.01%) PHP
10 18 (1.01%) R
11 17 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 15 (0.84%) Scala
13 13 (0.73%) Bicep
14 9 (0.51%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.51%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.45%) Rust
15 8 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 284 (15.97%) Degree
2 54 (3.04%) Security Cleared
3 53 (2.98%) Master's Degree
4 50 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (2.47%) ACCA
6 42 (2.36%) PhD
7 37 (2.08%) DBS Check
8 34 (1.91%) SC Cleared
9 29 (1.63%) AWS Certification
9 29 (1.63%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.41%) PMP
11 22 (1.24%) CIMA
12 19 (1.07%) DV Cleared
13 17 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.62%) CISSP
16 8 (0.45%) CISA
16 8 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.28%) CISM
17 5 (0.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 61 (3.43%) WCAG
3 52 (2.92%) Data Quality
4 42 (2.36%) QA
5 40 (2.25%) GDPR
6 27 (1.52%) IFRS
7 26 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 23 (1.29%) GRC
9 20 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 12 (0.67%) GAAP
10 12 (0.67%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.62%) NIST
12 9 (0.51%) PMO
13 8 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.39%) EU AI Act
14 7 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.34%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.34%) NCSC
16 4 (0.22%) ISO 26262
17 3 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 105 (5.91%) Docker
2 42 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (1.24%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.17%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.11%) Ceph
6 2 (0.11%) Lustre
6 2 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.056%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 83 (4.67%) Kubernetes
2 66 (3.71%) Terraform
3 22 (1.24%) Ansible
3 22 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.73%) Grafana
5 12 (0.67%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.34%) Proxmox
7 5 (0.28%) Argo
7 5 (0.28%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.11%) Puppet
8 2 (0.11%) Salt
9 1 (0.056%) Control-M
9 1 (0.056%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 342 (19.24%) Microsoft
2 201 (11.30%) Adobe
3 104 (5.85%) Databricks
4 71 (3.99%) Google
5 48 (2.70%) Dell
6 47 (2.64%) Cisco
7 44 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 39 (2.19%) PayPal
9 35 (1.97%) Oracle
10 27 (1.52%) Apple
11 26 (1.46%) OpenAI
12 19 (1.07%) Foundry
13 18 (1.01%) SAP
14 16 (0.90%) ServiceNow
15 14 (0.79%) Palantir
16 13 (0.73%) Atlassian
16 13 (0.73%) Informatica
17 11 (0.62%) Hootsuite
17 11 (0.62%) Instagram
17 11 (0.62%) Wrike