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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 66
Rank change year-on-year -1 +59 +20
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,629 2,673 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.17% 16.23% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.71% 17.40% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,650 734 674
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,100 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.90% -5.57% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,125
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £104,625
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,295 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.59% -5.29% -6.67%

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 17,875 15,362 25,786
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 93.25% 88.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,022 9,082 19,277
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%

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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 21 July 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 64 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.67%) Confluence
3 39 (1.48%) CMS
4 18 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.61%) Apache
5 16 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.38%) WordPress
7 9 (0.34%) SAS
8 4 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.11%) Camunda
9 3 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.076%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.076%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.038%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.038%) JBoss
11 1 (0.038%) Moodle
11 1 (0.038%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 44 (1.67%) UserZoom
2 30 (1.14%) Chatbot
3 24 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.49%) InDesign
7 13 (0.49%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.15%) CapCut
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.11%) Productboard
11 3 (0.11%) Sketch
11 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.11%) Trello
12 2 (0.076%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.038%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 37 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.03%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.91%) Cloudability
4 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.15%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.038%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.038%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.038%) HFM
7 1 (0.038%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.038%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.038%) Shopify
7 1 (0.038%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 794 (30.20%) Azure
2 465 (17.69%) AWS
3 250 (9.51%) SaaS
4 245 (9.32%) Azure AI
5 214 (8.14%) GCP
6 188 (7.15%) Adobe Analytics
7 187 (7.11%) Power Platform
8 182 (6.92%) GitHub
9 163 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
10 116 (4.41%) GitHub Copilot
11 111 (4.22%) Figma
12 108 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
13 107 (4.07%) Snowflake
14 101 (3.84%) Serverless
15 91 (3.46%) Anthropic Claude
16 90 (3.42%) Entra ID
17 87 (3.31%) Azure Machine Learning
18 82 (3.12%) Microsoft Copilot
19 79 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 69 (2.62%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 334 (12.70%) Broadband
2 32 (1.22%) Internet
3 30 (1.14%) VPN
4 28 (1.07%) Firewall
5 15 (0.57%) DNS
6 14 (0.53%) VoIP
7 12 (0.46%) HTTP
8 11 (0.42%) CTI
9 10 (0.38%) DHCP
10 9 (0.34%) Network Security
11 8 (0.30%) WPA
12 7 (0.27%) Wireless
13 6 (0.23%) 5G
13 6 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.19%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.19%) TCP/IP
14 5 (0.19%) VLAN
14 5 (0.19%) VXLAN
15 4 (0.15%) DMZ
16 3 (0.11%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (8.18%) MongoDB
2 172 (6.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 113 (4.30%) SQL Server
4 106 (4.03%) Power BI
5 87 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
6 78 (2.97%) Metadata
7 61 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
8 42 (1.60%) Tableau
9 39 (1.48%) Big Data
10 34 (1.29%) Data Lake
10 34 (1.29%) NoSQL
11 32 (1.22%) Semantic Layer
12 30 (1.14%) Redis
13 29 (1.10%) BigQuery
14 26 (0.99%) Delta Lake
15 24 (0.91%) Relational Database
16 23 (0.87%) MySQL
17 19 (0.72%) Pinecone
18 18 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
19 13 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 97 (3.69%) Git
2 55 (2.09%) Claude Code
3 48 (1.83%) JIRA
4 36 (1.37%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.95%) Snyk
6 22 (0.84%) GitLab
7 16 (0.61%) Selenium
8 14 (0.53%) MLflow
9 10 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.30%) Postman
11 7 (0.27%) Maven
11 7 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.23%) JUnit
12 6 (0.23%) Mockito
12 6 (0.23%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.19%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.19%) WebDriver
14 4 (0.15%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.15%) Metasploit
15 3 (0.11%) Appium
General
1 725 (27.58%) Social Skills
2 493 (18.75%) Finance
3 299 (11.37%) Marketing
4 298 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
5 285 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 277 (10.54%) Games
7 211 (8.03%) Legal
8 164 (6.24%) Law
9 150 (5.71%) Public Sector
10 92 (3.50%) Retail
11 86 (3.27%) Banking
12 67 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
13 61 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
14 55 (2.09%) Advertising
15 40 (1.52%) Automotive
16 39 (1.48%) Legal Technology
17 31 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
18 29 (1.10%) Manufacturing
19 23 (0.87%) Telecoms
20 14 (0.53%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 520 (19.78%) Senior
2 385 (14.64%) Developer
3 374 (14.23%) Lead
4 255 (9.70%) Architect
5 182 (6.92%) Software Engineer
6 168 (6.39%) .NET Developer
7 113 (4.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 109 (4.15%) Engineering Manager
9 107 (4.07%) Analyst
10 104 (3.96%) Consultant
11 83 (3.16%) Designer
12 79 (3.00%) Data Engineer
12 79 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
13 71 (2.70%) Full-Stack Developer
14 68 (2.59%) Senior Manager
15 67 (2.55%) Data Scientist
15 67 (2.55%) Python Engineer
16 65 (2.47%) Senior Developer
17 62 (2.36%) Product Manager
17 62 (2.36%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 241 (9.17%) .NET
2 239 (9.09%) React
3 164 (6.24%) ASP.NET
4 159 (6.05%) .NET Core
4 159 (6.05%) RESTful
5 157 (5.97%) ASP.NET Core
6 154 (5.86%) ML.NET
7 144 (5.48%) CSS
8 137 (5.21%) HTML
9 114 (4.34%) Blazor
10 110 (4.18%) Node.js
11 85 (3.23%) REST
12 78 (2.97%) LangChain
13 60 (2.28%) PyTorch
14 53 (2.02%) Next.js
14 53 (2.02%) TensorFlow
15 47 (1.79%) Vue
16 46 (1.75%) FastAPI
17 42 (1.60%) LangGraph
18 33 (1.26%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 233 (8.86%) Social Media
2 231 (8.79%) Cloud Native
3 174 (6.62%) AI Agents
4 137 (5.21%) Product Ownership
5 103 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
6 72 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
7 71 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 63 (2.40%) Low-Code
9 60 (2.28%) Algorithms
10 56 (2.13%) Video\Live Streaming
11 55 (2.09%) Virtual Team
12 53 (2.02%) Mobile App
13 52 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
14 50 (1.90%) Blog
15 43 (1.64%) Data Centre
16 39 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
16 39 (1.48%) Marketing Technology
16 39 (1.48%) Security Posture
17 37 (1.41%) Management Information System
18 32 (1.22%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 59 (2.24%) Windows
2 51 (1.94%) Android
3 47 (1.79%) Linux
4 25 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.46%) VMS
7 9 (0.34%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.15%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.038%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 764 (29.06%) Agile
2 666 (25.33%) Machine Learning
3 663 (25.22%) Analytics
4 643 (24.46%) Roadmaps
5 553 (21.03%) CI/CD
6 429 (16.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 429 (16.32%) Mentoring
7 408 (15.52%) Software Engineering
8 391 (14.87%) Decision-Making
9 364 (13.85%) Full-Stack Development
10 352 (13.39%) LLM
11 340 (12.93%) DevOps
12 331 (12.59%) Customer Experience
13 323 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
14 242 (9.21%) Technical Leadership
15 240 (9.13%) Product Roadmap
16 235 (8.94%) Generative AI
17 227 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
17 227 (8.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 222 (8.44%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 600 (22.82%) Python
2 463 (17.61%) SQL
3 269 (10.23%) C#
4 235 (8.94%) JavaScript
5 171 (6.50%) TypeScript
6 117 (4.45%) Java
7 60 (2.28%) Go
8 54 (2.05%) PowerShell
9 46 (1.75%) Bash
10 44 (1.67%) Bicep
11 43 (1.64%) C++
12 25 (0.95%) Scala
13 18 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (0.61%) R
15 15 (0.57%) PHP
16 13 (0.49%) C
17 11 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 11 (0.42%) Kotlin
18 7 (0.27%) Ruby
18 7 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 201 (7.65%) Degree
2 130 (4.94%) Security Cleared
3 89 (3.39%) SC Cleared
4 65 (2.47%) CISSP
5 59 (2.24%) CISM
6 52 (1.98%) ACCA
7 51 (1.94%) A+ Certification
7 51 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
8 44 (1.67%) Azure Certification
9 43 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 36 (1.37%) AWS Certification
11 34 (1.29%) DV Cleared
12 33 (1.26%) CIMA
13 32 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
14 29 (1.10%) PhD
15 25 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 25 (0.95%) Master's Degree
16 21 (0.80%) DBS Check
17 10 (0.38%) SnowPro
18 9 (0.34%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 298 (11.34%) Accessibility
2 146 (5.55%) Data Quality
3 90 (3.42%) GDPR
4 89 (3.39%) QA
5 69 (2.62%) WCAG
6 57 (2.17%) GRC
7 39 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 33 (1.26%) NIST
9 24 (0.91%) SLA
10 20 (0.76%) IFRS
11 14 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.53%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.53%) PMO
12 12 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 12 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.19%) NCSC
14 5 (0.19%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 194 (7.38%) Docker
2 91 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
3 89 (3.39%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.46%) vSphere
7 6 (0.23%) Firmware
7 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.076%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 181 (6.88%) Kubernetes
2 118 (4.49%) Terraform
3 70 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (0.72%) Ansible
5 18 (0.68%) Grafana
6 16 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.27%) Argo
7 7 (0.27%) Kubeflow
8 6 (0.23%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.15%) Nmap
10 4 (0.15%) Puppet
11 3 (0.11%) Istio
11 3 (0.11%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.076%) linkerd
12 2 (0.076%) Podman
12 2 (0.076%) Salt
13 1 (0.038%) CASB
13 1 (0.038%) OpenVAS
13 1 (0.038%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 678 (25.79%) Microsoft
2 249 (9.47%) Adobe
3 151 (5.74%) Databricks
4 124 (4.72%) Google
5 85 (3.23%) OpenAI
6 77 (2.93%) Cisco
7 63 (2.40%) ServiceNow
8 51 (1.94%) CyberArk
9 49 (1.86%) Dell
10 46 (1.75%) Apple
11 44 (1.67%) Salesforce
12 37 (1.41%) Facebook
12 37 (1.41%) Foundry
13 32 (1.22%) HubSpot
14 31 (1.18%) CrowdStrike
15 27 (1.03%) Palo Alto
15 27 (1.03%) Tenable
16 24 (0.91%) Oracle
17 22 (0.84%) VMware
18 21 (0.80%) Yahoo!