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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 73 69
Rank change year-on-year +70 -4 +42
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,468 770 960
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 21.72% 3.88% 4.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.51% 4.39% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 779 449 521
10th Percentile £24,570 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £40,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.90% +3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £110,000 £101,185
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +7.14%

All Process and 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 14,749 17,546 20,993
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.38% 88.33% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8,703 10,436 17,007
10th Percentile £29,300 £36,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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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 8 November 2025.

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 32 (0.92%) SharePoint
2 24 (0.69%) Confluence
3 22 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (0.55%) CMS
5 16 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.37%) Apache Solr
7 10 (0.29%) Apache
7 10 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.17%) WordPress
9 4 (0.12%) JBoss
9 4 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.087%) Luigi
11 2 (0.058%) Apache Pulsar
11 2 (0.058%) Mendix
12 1 (0.029%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.029%) IIS
Applications
1 1,730 (49.88%) Chatbot
2 75 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
4 11 (0.32%) Photoshop
5 8 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.087%) InDesign
8 3 (0.087%) Notion
8 3 (0.087%) Simulink
8 3 (0.087%) Sketch
9 2 (0.058%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.058%) Civil 3D
9 2 (0.058%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.058%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.058%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.058%) Revit
9 2 (0.058%) Weka
Business Applications
1 13 (0.37%) NetSuite
1 13 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.058%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.058%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.058%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.058%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.058%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.058%) SAP SCM
4 2 (0.058%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.058%) Shopify
5 1 (0.029%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.029%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.029%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.029%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.029%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.029%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.029%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 399 (11.51%) Azure
2 242 (6.98%) AWS
3 192 (5.54%) Power Platform
4 185 (5.33%) SaaS
5 114 (3.29%) GCP
6 110 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
7 81 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
8 78 (2.25%) GitHub
9 55 (1.59%) Entra ID
10 53 (1.53%) Snowflake
11 48 (1.38%) GitHub Copilot
12 41 (1.18%) Power Automate
13 36 (1.04%) Azure AI
14 35 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
15 34 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 32 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
17 31 (0.89%) PaaS
18 30 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
19 29 (0.84%) Serverless
20 28 (0.81%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 21 (0.61%) WAN
2 20 (0.58%) VPN
3 19 (0.55%) DNS
4 17 (0.49%) Broadband
4 17 (0.49%) Firewall
5 15 (0.43%) SD-WAN
6 13 (0.37%) Internet
7 6 (0.17%) InfiniBand
7 6 (0.17%) Network Security
7 6 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.12%) VoIP
8 4 (0.12%) Wireless
9 3 (0.087%) DHCP
9 3 (0.087%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.087%) LAN
9 3 (0.087%) SAN
9 3 (0.087%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.058%) HTTP
10 2 (0.058%) IPv4
10 2 (0.058%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (3.55%) Power BI
2 68 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (1.36%) MySQL
4 43 (1.24%) Tableau
5 41 (1.18%) NoSQL
5 41 (1.18%) SQL Server
6 39 (1.12%) Data Lake
7 35 (1.01%) MongoDB
8 29 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (0.81%) Big Data
9 28 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
10 23 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
11 16 (0.46%) Snowflake Schema
12 15 (0.43%) Metadata
12 15 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (0.40%) BigQuery
14 12 (0.35%) Redis
15 10 (0.29%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.29%) Looker
16 8 (0.23%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 68 (1.96%) Git
2 62 (1.79%) JIRA
3 15 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.17%) Cypress.io
5 6 (0.17%) ERwin
5 6 (0.17%) GitLab
6 4 (0.12%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.12%) Selenium
7 3 (0.087%) GitBook
7 3 (0.087%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.087%) Subversion
7 3 (0.087%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.058%) JMeter
8 2 (0.058%) JUnit
8 2 (0.058%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.058%) MLflow
8 2 (0.058%) Vite
General
1 851 (24.54%) Analytical Skills
2 490 (14.13%) Social Skills
3 462 (13.32%) Retail
4 394 (11.36%) Finance
5 363 (10.47%) Manufacturing
6 295 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 213 (6.14%) Marketing
8 105 (3.03%) Legal
9 104 (3.00%) Public Sector
10 98 (2.83%) Dutch Language
10 98 (2.83%) Finnish Language
11 87 (2.51%) Law
12 50 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
13 49 (1.41%) Catalan Language
14 34 (0.98%) Telecoms
15 33 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
16 31 (0.89%) Aerospace
17 28 (0.81%) Banking
18 26 (0.75%) Games
19 25 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2,055 (59.26%) Trainer
2 189 (5.45%) Content Editor
3 182 (5.25%) Senior
4 166 (4.79%) Developer
5 121 (3.49%) Architect
6 108 (3.11%) Customer Support Specialist
6 108 (3.11%) Support Specialist
7 99 (2.85%) Research Scientist
8 89 (2.57%) Analyst
9 86 (2.48%) Lead
10 71 (2.05%) Sales Executive
11 63 (1.82%) Microsoft Specialist
12 56 (1.61%) Corporate Sales Executive
13 53 (1.53%) Consultant
14 51 (1.47%) Biostatistician
15 49 (1.41%) Software Engineer
16 44 (1.27%) Data Engineer
17 43 (1.24%) Customer Service Representative
18 38 (1.10%) Software Developer
19 37 (1.07%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (2.36%) React
2 71 (2.05%) HTML
3 68 (1.96%) .NET
4 44 (1.27%) Node.js
5 40 (1.15%) REST
6 33 (0.95%) Kafka
7 32 (0.92%) RESTful
8 27 (0.78%) Next.js
9 26 (0.75%) GraphQL
10 22 (0.63%) FastAPI
11 20 (0.58%) OAuth
12 19 (0.55%) CSS
12 19 (0.55%) Django
12 19 (0.55%) OAuth2
12 19 (0.55%) PyTorch
12 19 (0.55%) Spring
13 18 (0.52%) TensorFlow
14 16 (0.46%) Flask
14 16 (0.46%) gRPC
14 16 (0.46%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 345 (9.95%) Robotics
2 125 (3.60%) Molecular Biology
3 106 (3.06%) Cloud Native
4 98 (2.83%) Product Ownership
5 59 (1.70%) Onboarding
6 58 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 49 (1.41%) Blog
9 46 (1.33%) Data Centre
10 40 (1.15%) AI Agents
11 35 (1.01%) Algorithms
11 35 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
12 27 (0.78%) Management Information System
13 26 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
13 26 (0.75%) Social Media
14 24 (0.69%) Low-Code
15 23 (0.66%) Reinsurance
16 20 (0.58%) NHS
17 19 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (0.95%) Windows
2 29 (0.84%) Linux
3 20 (0.58%) Android
4 19 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 17 (0.49%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.087%) Unix
8 2 (0.058%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.058%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.029%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.029%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.029%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,743 (50.26%) Conversational UI
2 678 (19.55%) Chemistry
3 654 (18.86%) Machine Learning
4 545 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
5 439 (12.66%) LLM
6 416 (12.00%) Data Privacy
7 413 (11.91%) Generative AI
8 348 (10.03%) Red Team
9 345 (9.95%) Agile
10 288 (8.30%) Analytics
11 286 (8.25%) Roadmaps
12 260 (7.50%) Mathematics
13 250 (7.21%) Content Writing
14 238 (6.86%) Computer Science
15 229 (6.60%) DevOps
16 208 (6.00%) CI/CD
17 194 (5.59%) Customer Service
18 185 (5.33%) Biology
19 182 (5.25%) Physics
20 176 (5.07%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 333 (9.60%) Python
2 301 (8.68%) SQL
3 149 (4.30%) TypeScript
4 144 (4.15%) JavaScript
5 122 (3.52%) Java
6 81 (2.34%) C#
7 72 (2.08%) C++
8 69 (1.99%) PHP
9 66 (1.90%) R
10 63 (1.82%) C
11 58 (1.67%) PowerShell
12 56 (1.61%) MATLAB
13 49 (1.41%) Dart
13 49 (1.41%) Ruby
13 49 (1.41%) Rust
14 27 (0.78%) Bash
15 22 (0.63%) Bicep
16 21 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 21 (0.61%) Kotlin
17 15 (0.43%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2,342 (67.53%) Degree
2 1,021 (29.44%) Master's Degree
3 1,001 (28.86%) PhD
4 86 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (1.82%) Security Cleared
6 54 (1.56%) SC Cleared
7 28 (0.81%) DBS Check
8 27 (0.78%) Azure Certification
9 26 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (0.66%) ACCA
11 17 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (0.40%) AWS Certification
12 14 (0.40%) PMP
13 13 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 8 (0.23%) CISA
14 8 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.14%) CIMA
15 5 (0.14%) CISM
15 5 (0.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (1.21%) Accessibility
2 35 (1.01%) GDPR
3 33 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 28 (0.81%) QA
5 19 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
6 16 (0.46%) GAAP
7 15 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (0.40%) IFRS
9 11 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.23%) EU AI Act
11 6 (0.17%) NIST
11 6 (0.17%) WCAG
12 5 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 4 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.12%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.087%) GRC
14 3 (0.087%) NCSC
14 3 (0.087%) PMO
14 3 (0.087%) SOC 2
System Software
1 67 (1.93%) Docker
2 26 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (0.49%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.14%) Lustre
6 4 (0.12%) Firmware
6 4 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.087%) GPFS
7 3 (0.087%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.058%) Ceph
9 1 (0.029%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 70 (2.02%) Terraform
2 68 (1.96%) Kubernetes
3 28 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.55%) Ansible
6 8 (0.23%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.23%) SCCM
7 4 (0.12%) Grafana
8 3 (0.087%) Argo
9 2 (0.058%) Control-M
9 2 (0.058%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.058%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.058%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.058%) Puppet
9 2 (0.058%) SmoothWall
10 1 (0.029%) AppManager
10 1 (0.029%) Cilium
10 1 (0.029%) Kibana
10 1 (0.029%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.029%) logstash
Vendors
1 1,713 (49.39%) PayPal
2 415 (11.97%) Microsoft
3 413 (11.91%) Google
4 401 (11.56%) Adobe
5 399 (11.51%) Databricks
6 106 (3.06%) Cisco
7 71 (2.05%) Dell
8 51 (1.47%) Salesforce
9 45 (1.30%) Blue Prism
10 39 (1.12%) Oracle
11 37 (1.07%) Apple
12 25 (0.72%) Palo Alto
13 22 (0.63%) HubSpot
14 17 (0.49%) OpenAI
14 17 (0.49%) SAP
15 16 (0.46%) Meraki
16 14 (0.40%) Foundry
16 14 (0.40%) ServiceNow
17 13 (0.37%) VMware
18 12 (0.35%) IBM