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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 58
Rank change year-on-year -3 +54 +20
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,247 3,754 986
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.07% 22.51% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.23% 23.99% 5.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,039 702 530
10th Percentile £39,850 £28,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,752 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.85% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £114,000 £120,000 £108,348
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -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 20,009 15,647 19,099
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.51% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,419 11,293
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,540
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
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 £78,312 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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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 10 October 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
1 104 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.66%) Confluence
3 33 (1.02%) CMS
4 31 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (0.83%) Apache
6 21 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 18 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
8 11 (0.34%) WordPress
9 10 (0.31%) SAS
10 7 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.12%) Camunda
12 4 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.092%) Headless CMS
14 2 (0.062%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.062%) IIS
14 2 (0.062%) nginx
15 1 (0.031%) Apache Solr
15 1 (0.031%) Moodle
Applications
1 81 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (1.69%) Chatbot
3 34 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.52%) UserZoom
6 15 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.43%) InDesign
8 13 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
9 12 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
10 11 (0.34%) MS Visio
11 7 (0.22%) Moqups
12 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
13 4 (0.12%) Notion
13 4 (0.12%) Revit
13 4 (0.12%) Trello
14 3 (0.092%) Adobe XD
14 3 (0.092%) Productboard
14 3 (0.092%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 42 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.86%) Dynamics GP
3 19 (0.59%) Cloudability
4 14 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.15%) SAP PSCD
7 4 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.12%) Primavera
7 4 (0.12%) Sage 50
7 4 (0.12%) Shopify
8 3 (0.092%) FastStats
8 3 (0.092%) FastStats PeopleStage
8 3 (0.092%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.062%) Maximo
10 1 (0.031%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
10 1 (0.031%) Actimize
10 1 (0.031%) HFM
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 886 (27.29%) Azure
2 638 (19.65%) AWS
3 314 (9.67%) SaaS
4 302 (9.30%) Power Platform
5 287 (8.84%) GCP
6 260 (8.01%) GitHub
7 199 (6.13%) Microsoft 365
8 198 (6.10%) Azure AI
9 165 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
10 153 (4.71%) GitHub Copilot
10 153 (4.71%) Microsoft Copilot
11 144 (4.43%) Anthropic Claude
12 118 (3.63%) Snowflake
13 112 (3.45%) Entra ID
14 110 (3.39%) Serverless
15 80 (2.46%) Microsoft Purview
15 80 (2.46%) Power Automate
16 69 (2.13%) Amazon Bedrock
17 61 (1.88%) Figma
18 57 (1.76%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 125 (3.85%) Broadband
2 38 (1.17%) Internet
3 34 (1.05%) VPN
4 33 (1.02%) Firewall
5 32 (0.99%) Network Security
6 25 (0.77%) 5G
7 23 (0.71%) DNS
8 13 (0.40%) DHCP
8 13 (0.40%) HTTP
8 13 (0.40%) VoIP
9 11 (0.34%) CTI
10 9 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.25%) WAN
11 8 (0.25%) WPA
12 7 (0.22%) Wireless
13 6 (0.18%) DMZ
13 6 (0.18%) TCP/IP
14 5 (0.15%) BGP
14 5 (0.15%) Ethernet
14 5 (0.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (6.16%) MongoDB
2 197 (6.07%) Power BI
3 162 (4.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 110 (3.39%) Metadata
5 109 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
6 83 (2.56%) SQL Server
7 82 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
8 56 (1.72%) NoSQL
9 54 (1.66%) Tableau
10 52 (1.60%) Big Data
11 44 (1.36%) Data Lake
12 42 (1.29%) BigQuery
13 41 (1.26%) Relational Database
14 36 (1.11%) Redis
14 36 (1.11%) Semantic Layer
15 34 (1.05%) Delta Lake
16 28 (0.86%) MySQL
17 23 (0.71%) DynamoDB
17 23 (0.71%) Looker
18 21 (0.65%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 126 (3.88%) Git
2 100 (3.08%) Claude Code
3 91 (2.80%) JIRA
4 41 (1.26%) GitLab
4 41 (1.26%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.62%) MLflow
5 20 (0.62%) Snyk
6 17 (0.52%) Selenium
7 16 (0.49%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.46%) Postman
9 14 (0.43%) TeamCity
10 12 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.31%) JUnit
11 10 (0.31%) Maven
11 10 (0.31%) Mockito
12 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
13 5 (0.15%) Burp Suite
13 5 (0.15%) Metasploit
13 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,039 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 789 (24.30%) Finance
3 456 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 388 (11.95%) Marketing
5 368 (11.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 235 (7.24%) Public Sector
7 231 (7.11%) Legal
8 166 (5.11%) Banking
9 155 (4.77%) Law
10 126 (3.88%) Retail
11 124 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
12 119 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
13 109 (3.36%) Games
14 74 (2.28%) Advertising
15 55 (1.69%) Manufacturing
16 47 (1.45%) Telecoms
17 37 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
18 31 (0.95%) Front Office
18 31 (0.95%) Legal Technology
19 30 (0.92%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 603 (18.57%) Senior
2 444 (13.67%) Developer
3 355 (10.93%) Lead
4 342 (10.53%) Architect
5 300 (9.24%) Software Engineer
6 166 (5.11%) Analyst
7 163 (5.02%) .NET Developer
8 159 (4.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 141 (4.34%) Consultant
10 105 (3.23%) Python Engineer
11 100 (3.08%) Data Engineer
11 100 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
12 87 (2.68%) Senior Manager
13 81 (2.49%) Full-Stack Developer
14 79 (2.43%) Data Scientist
15 72 (2.22%) Senior Developer
16 64 (1.97%) Senior Analyst
17 63 (1.94%) Enterprise Architect
18 62 (1.91%) Data Architect
19 61 (1.88%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 285 (8.78%) React
2 266 (8.19%) .NET
3 183 (5.64%) Terraform
4 164 (5.05%) Node.js
5 160 (4.93%) ASP.NET
5 160 (4.93%) RESTful
6 156 (4.80%) .NET Core
7 151 (4.65%) ASP.NET Core
8 148 (4.56%) ML.NET
9 136 (4.19%) CSS
10 128 (3.94%) REST
11 127 (3.91%) HTML
12 116 (3.57%) LangChain
13 110 (3.39%) Blazor
14 74 (2.28%) LangGraph
15 72 (2.22%) Next.js
16 56 (1.72%) PySpark
16 56 (1.72%) PyTorch
16 56 (1.72%) Vue
17 48 (1.48%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 300 (9.24%) AI Agents
2 274 (8.44%) Cloud Native
3 134 (4.13%) Distributed Systems
3 134 (4.13%) Product Ownership
4 116 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 104 (3.20%) Management Information System
6 102 (3.14%) Social Media
7 101 (3.11%) Blog
8 88 (2.71%) Onboarding
9 86 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
10 73 (2.25%) Low-Code
11 68 (2.09%) Algorithms
12 61 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
12 61 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
13 58 (1.79%) Hedge funds
14 52 (1.60%) Data Centre
15 50 (1.54%) Mobile App
15 50 (1.54%) Virtual Team
16 45 (1.39%) Marketing Technology
17 43 (1.32%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 85 (2.62%) Windows
2 75 (2.31%) Linux
3 39 (1.20%) Android
4 24 (0.74%) Windows Server
5 22 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 12 (0.37%) VMS
8 9 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.25%) Unix
10 5 (0.15%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.092%) Debian
11 3 (0.092%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.092%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.062%) AIX
12 2 (0.062%) Solaris
13 1 (0.031%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.031%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 727 (22.39%) Machine Learning
2 678 (20.88%) Agile
3 674 (20.76%) Analytics
4 652 (20.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 622 (19.16%) CI/CD
6 591 (18.20%) Software Engineering
7 528 (16.26%) Roadmaps
8 515 (15.86%) Mentoring
9 485 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
10 470 (14.47%) Decision-Making
11 439 (13.52%) LLM
12 431 (13.27%) Stakeholder Management
13 392 (12.07%) DevOps
14 369 (11.36%) Full-Stack Development
15 351 (10.81%) Coaching
16 348 (10.72%) Cybersecurity
17 346 (10.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 288 (8.87%) Data Science
19 273 (8.41%) Technical Leadership
20 256 (7.88%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 794 (24.45%) Python
2 561 (17.28%) SQL
3 320 (9.86%) C#
4 298 (9.18%) JavaScript
5 252 (7.76%) TypeScript
6 159 (4.90%) Java
7 82 (2.53%) PowerShell
8 77 (2.37%) C++
9 60 (1.85%) Go
10 52 (1.60%) Bash
11 46 (1.42%) R
12 44 (1.36%) Bicep
13 34 (1.05%) Scala
14 25 (0.77%) Rust
15 24 (0.74%) Kotlin
16 23 (0.71%) C
16 23 (0.71%) PHP
17 20 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
18 19 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 12 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 274 (8.44%) Security Cleared
2 271 (8.35%) Degree
3 205 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 83 (2.56%) CISSP
5 76 (2.34%) CISM
6 69 (2.13%) Azure Certification
6 69 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 64 (1.97%) DV Cleared
8 56 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 54 (1.66%) A+ Certification
9 54 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
10 43 (1.32%) ACCA
11 41 (1.26%) DBS Check
12 34 (1.05%) CIMA
13 29 (0.89%) AWS Certification
14 21 (0.65%) Master's Degree
14 21 (0.65%) PhD
15 20 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 18 (0.55%) SnowPro
17 17 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (7.95%) Data Quality
2 172 (5.30%) Accessibility
3 155 (4.77%) GDPR
4 130 (4.00%) QA
5 75 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 58 (1.79%) GRC
7 55 (1.69%) NIST
8 33 (1.02%) SLA
9 26 (0.80%) WCAG
10 22 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
11 18 (0.55%) PMO
12 16 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
12 16 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 15 (0.46%) PCI DSS
14 14 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 12 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 10 (0.31%) EU AI Act
16 10 (0.31%) IFRS
16 10 (0.31%) SOC 2
17 8 (0.25%) COPPA
System Software
1 259 (7.98%) Docker
2 102 (3.14%) Active Directory
3 30 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
3 30 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.40%) vSphere
6 11 (0.34%) Firmware
7 3 (0.092%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.092%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.062%) NFS
9 1 (0.031%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.031%) HDFS
9 1 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.031%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 224 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 82 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.23%) Grafana
4 18 (0.55%) Ansible
4 18 (0.55%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.25%) Progress Chef
6 7 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.15%) Istio
7 5 (0.15%) Kubeflow
7 5 (0.15%) Nmap
8 4 (0.12%) Argo
8 4 (0.12%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.092%) Kibana
9 3 (0.092%) linkerd
9 3 (0.092%) Podman
9 3 (0.092%) Puppet
10 2 (0.062%) Cilium
11 1 (0.031%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.031%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.031%) Nessus
Vendors
1 788 (24.27%) Microsoft
2 198 (6.10%) Google
3 140 (4.31%) Databricks
4 131 (4.03%) YouTube
5 113 (3.48%) OpenAI
6 100 (3.08%) Adobe
7 78 (2.40%) Cisco
8 60 (1.85%) Apple
9 58 (1.79%) Salesforce
10 57 (1.76%) ServiceNow
11 55 (1.69%) CyberArk
12 52 (1.60%) SAP
13 45 (1.39%) HubSpot
14 44 (1.36%) Dell
15 43 (1.32%) Foundry
16 39 (1.20%) Oracle
17 35 (1.08%) Facebook
18 32 (0.99%) VMware
19 24 (0.74%) Sage
20 23 (0.71%) Palo Alto