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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 7 66
Rank change year-on-year -2 +59 +25
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,358 2,490 1,315
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.55% 16.00% 3.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.08% 16.95% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 694 863
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £50,734 £29,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £66,200 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.70% +1.85% -13.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,938 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £117,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,285 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.61% -5.31% -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 16,750 14,693 30,457
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.05% 94.39% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 12,187 8,560 23,487
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,969 £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 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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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 24 June 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 56 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.61%) Confluence
3 37 (1.57%) CMS
4 21 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
4 21 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.55%) Apache
7 12 (0.51%) WordPress
8 10 (0.42%) SAS
9 3 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.13%) JBoss
9 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.085%) Camunda
10 2 (0.085%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.085%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.085%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.042%) Moodle
11 1 (0.042%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 45 (1.91%) UserZoom
2 22 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (0.72%) Chatbot
5 14 (0.59%) Adobe After Effects
6 12 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 10 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.42%) InDesign
7 10 (0.42%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.17%) CapCut
11 3 (0.13%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.13%) Productboard
11 3 (0.13%) Sketch
11 3 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.13%) Trello
12 2 (0.085%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.042%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (1.02%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.17%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.085%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.042%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.042%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.042%) HFM
6 1 (0.042%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.042%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.042%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.042%) Shopify
6 1 (0.042%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 671 (28.46%) Azure
2 431 (18.28%) AWS
3 242 (10.26%) SaaS
4 205 (8.69%) GCP
5 204 (8.65%) Azure AI
6 194 (8.23%) Adobe Analytics
7 167 (7.08%) Power Platform
8 156 (6.62%) GitHub
9 134 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
10 111 (4.71%) Figma
11 97 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
11 97 (4.11%) Serverless
12 96 (4.07%) GitHub Copilot
13 92 (3.90%) Snowflake
14 90 (3.82%) Azure Machine Learning
15 75 (3.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 72 (3.05%) Anthropic Claude
17 70 (2.97%) Contentsquare
18 67 (2.84%) Microsoft Copilot
19 39 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 339 (14.38%) Broadband
2 29 (1.23%) VPN
3 27 (1.15%) Firewall
4 22 (0.93%) Internet
5 14 (0.59%) DNS
5 14 (0.59%) HTTP
6 10 (0.42%) Unified Communications
7 9 (0.38%) DHCP
7 9 (0.38%) Network Security
8 6 (0.25%) 5G
9 5 (0.21%) DMZ
9 5 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.21%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.21%) VoIP
9 5 (0.21%) VXLAN
9 5 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.21%) WPA
10 4 (0.17%) RTP
10 4 (0.17%) VLAN
10 4 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (7.59%) MongoDB
2 139 (5.89%) Azure SQL Database
3 104 (4.41%) SQL Server
4 95 (4.03%) Power BI
5 81 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
6 72 (3.05%) Metadata
7 55 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
8 45 (1.91%) Tableau
9 43 (1.82%) Big Data
10 34 (1.44%) BigQuery
11 32 (1.36%) NoSQL
12 30 (1.27%) Semantic Layer
13 26 (1.10%) Redis
14 25 (1.06%) Data Lake
15 24 (1.02%) Delta Lake
16 23 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
17 22 (0.93%) MySQL
17 22 (0.93%) Relational Database
18 18 (0.76%) Pinecone
19 16 (0.68%) Looker
Development Applications
1 77 (3.27%) Git
2 45 (1.91%) Claude Code
3 37 (1.57%) JIRA
4 33 (1.40%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.06%) Snyk
6 19 (0.81%) GitLab
6 19 (0.81%) MLflow
7 13 (0.55%) Selenium
8 11 (0.47%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.34%) Postman
10 7 (0.30%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.25%) Maven
11 6 (0.25%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.21%) JUnit
12 5 (0.21%) Mockito
12 5 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.21%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.13%) Appium
14 2 (0.085%) Metasploit
14 2 (0.085%) Mocha
General
1 582 (24.68%) Social Skills
2 445 (18.87%) Finance
3 277 (11.75%) Games
4 259 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
4 259 (10.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 246 (10.43%) Marketing
6 136 (5.77%) Legal
7 135 (5.73%) Public Sector
8 128 (5.43%) Law
9 81 (3.44%) Retail
10 69 (2.93%) Banking
11 63 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
12 45 (1.91%) Advertising
12 45 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
13 39 (1.65%) Automotive
14 38 (1.61%) Legal Technology
15 28 (1.19%) Manufacturing
15 28 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (0.76%) Telecoms
17 11 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 449 (19.04%) Senior
2 370 (15.69%) Lead
3 330 (13.99%) Developer
4 212 (8.99%) Architect
5 149 (6.32%) Software Engineer
6 126 (5.34%) .NET Developer
7 104 (4.41%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 103 (4.37%) Analyst
9 100 (4.24%) Engineering Manager
10 93 (3.94%) Consultant
11 84 (3.56%) Designer
12 80 (3.39%) Data Engineer
13 76 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
14 66 (2.80%) Python Engineer
15 65 (2.76%) Data Scientist
15 65 (2.76%) Full-Stack Developer
16 60 (2.54%) Product Manager
17 59 (2.50%) Data Manager
18 56 (2.37%) Senior Software Engineer
19 54 (2.29%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (8.52%) React
2 195 (8.27%) .NET
3 140 (5.94%) RESTful
4 127 (5.39%) .NET Core
5 125 (5.30%) ASP.NET
6 120 (5.09%) ASP.NET Core
7 117 (4.96%) CSS
7 117 (4.96%) ML.NET
8 110 (4.66%) HTML
9 94 (3.99%) Node.js
10 89 (3.77%) Blazor
11 78 (3.31%) REST
12 69 (2.93%) PyTorch
13 68 (2.88%) LangChain
14 59 (2.50%) TensorFlow
15 44 (1.87%) FastAPI
15 44 (1.87%) Vue
16 41 (1.74%) Next.js
17 33 (1.40%) Spring
18 30 (1.27%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 230 (9.75%) Social Media
2 214 (9.08%) Cloud Native
3 135 (5.73%) Product Ownership
4 134 (5.68%) AI Agents
5 84 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
6 72 (3.05%) Onboarding
7 61 (2.59%) Low-Code
8 58 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
8 58 (2.46%) Video\Live Streaming
9 56 (2.37%) Algorithms
10 52 (2.21%) Virtual Team
11 49 (2.08%) Mobile App
12 41 (1.74%) Data Centre
13 37 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
14 34 (1.44%) Security Posture
15 33 (1.40%) Social Network
16 32 (1.36%) Podcast
16 32 (1.36%) Public Cloud
17 30 (1.27%) Management Information System
18 24 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.08%) Windows
2 46 (1.95%) Android
3 39 (1.65%) Linux
4 27 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.51%) VMS
6 11 (0.47%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.34%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.085%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.085%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 690 (29.26%) Agile
2 606 (25.70%) Machine Learning
3 604 (25.61%) Roadmaps
4 597 (25.32%) Analytics
5 491 (20.82%) CI/CD
6 366 (15.52%) Software Engineering
7 336 (14.25%) Mentoring
8 331 (14.04%) Decision-Making
9 330 (13.99%) Customer Experience
10 318 (13.49%) Full-Stack Development
11 308 (13.06%) LLM
12 302 (12.81%) DevOps
13 298 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
14 283 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
15 252 (10.69%) Generative AI
16 241 (10.22%) Product Roadmap
17 221 (9.37%) Technical Leadership
18 219 (9.29%) Storytelling
19 205 (8.69%) Data Science
20 204 (8.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 563 (23.88%) Python
2 408 (17.30%) SQL
3 218 (9.25%) C#
4 190 (8.06%) JavaScript
5 148 (6.28%) TypeScript
6 111 (4.71%) Java
7 68 (2.88%) Go
8 51 (2.16%) PowerShell
9 49 (2.08%) Bash
10 41 (1.74%) Bicep
11 29 (1.23%) C++
12 25 (1.06%) Scala
13 21 (0.89%) R
14 18 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (0.64%) PHP
16 12 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (0.38%) C
18 7 (0.30%) Kotlin
18 7 (0.30%) Ruby
19 6 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 189 (8.02%) Degree
2 104 (4.41%) Security Cleared
3 66 (2.80%) SC Cleared
4 54 (2.29%) ACCA
5 46 (1.95%) Azure Certification
6 37 (1.57%) AWS Certification
6 37 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (1.31%) CIMA
7 31 (1.31%) DV Cleared
7 31 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (1.19%) PhD
9 27 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 25 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 25 (1.06%) DBS Check
11 12 (0.51%) CISSP
12 10 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.30%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (12.04%) Accessibility
2 128 (5.43%) Data Quality
3 77 (3.27%) GDPR
4 72 (3.05%) QA
5 71 (3.01%) WCAG
6 54 (2.29%) GRC
7 31 (1.31%) NIST
8 30 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 25 (1.06%) IFRS
10 22 (0.93%) SLA
11 14 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.59%) PMO
12 13 (0.55%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.25%) NCSC
16 5 (0.21%) JSP 440
17 4 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 176 (7.46%) Docker
2 91 (3.86%) Virtual Machines
3 36 (1.53%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.51%) vSphere
7 5 (0.21%) Firmware
7 5 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.13%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.085%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 156 (6.62%) Kubernetes
2 109 (4.62%) Terraform
3 19 (0.81%) Ansible
4 17 (0.72%) Grafana
5 16 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.38%) Kubeflow
7 8 (0.34%) Argo
8 7 (0.30%) Proxmox
9 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.17%) Puppet
11 3 (0.13%) Istio
12 2 (0.085%) linkerd
12 2 (0.085%) Nmap
12 2 (0.085%) Podman
12 2 (0.085%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.085%) Salt
13 1 (0.042%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.042%) Nessus
13 1 (0.042%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 545 (23.11%) Microsoft
2 252 (10.69%) Adobe
3 136 (5.77%) Databricks
4 106 (4.50%) Google
5 74 (3.14%) OpenAI
6 68 (2.88%) Cisco
7 58 (2.46%) ServiceNow
8 51 (2.16%) Dell
9 45 (1.91%) Salesforce
10 42 (1.78%) Apple
11 34 (1.44%) Foundry
12 31 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
13 27 (1.15%) Facebook
13 27 (1.15%) HubSpot
13 27 (1.15%) Palo Alto
13 27 (1.15%) Tenable
14 23 (0.98%) VMware
15 21 (0.89%) Oracle
16 17 (0.72%) SAP
17 13 (0.55%) Sony
1,248 hybrid/remote AI jobs