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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 61
Rank change year-on-year 0 +54 +20
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,997 2,879 1,060
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.99% 17.34% 4.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.80% 18.65% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,889 673 606
10th Percentile £40,965 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -17.24% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £101,875
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -3.33%

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 18,968 15,434 21,650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.20% 92.98% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,701 8,953 14,944
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 24 August 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 92 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.67%) Confluence
3 37 (1.23%) CMS
4 22 (0.73%) Apache
4 22 (0.73%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.30%) SAS
7 9 (0.30%) WordPress
8 7 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.17%) Camunda
10 4 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.10%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.067%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.033%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.033%) Apache Superset
13 1 (0.033%) Moodle
13 1 (0.033%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 54 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (1.57%) Chatbot
3 42 (1.40%) UserZoom
4 32 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
5 19 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
7 15 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 14 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
8 14 (0.47%) InDesign
8 14 (0.47%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.20%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
10 5 (0.17%) Moqups
11 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.13%) Trello
12 3 (0.10%) Adobe XD
12 3 (0.10%) CapCut
12 3 (0.10%) Productboard
12 3 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 36 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.93%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.80%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.17%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.13%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.067%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.067%) Shopify
8 1 (0.033%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.033%) HFM
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.033%) Primavera
8 1 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 866 (28.90%) Azure
2 565 (18.85%) AWS
3 283 (9.44%) SaaS
4 258 (8.61%) Azure AI
5 252 (8.41%) GCP
6 232 (7.74%) Power Platform
7 217 (7.24%) GitHub
8 173 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
9 143 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
10 139 (4.64%) Adobe Analytics
11 136 (4.54%) Snowflake
12 135 (4.50%) GitHub Copilot
13 110 (3.67%) Anthropic Claude
13 110 (3.67%) Microsoft Copilot
13 110 (3.67%) Serverless
14 104 (3.47%) Entra ID
15 97 (3.24%) Figma
16 88 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 78 (2.60%) Azure Machine Learning
18 64 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 259 (8.64%) Broadband
2 33 (1.10%) Internet
3 30 (1.00%) VPN
4 28 (0.93%) Firewall
5 25 (0.83%) Network Security
6 20 (0.67%) DNS
7 15 (0.50%) HTTP
8 12 (0.40%) VoIP
9 11 (0.37%) CTI
9 11 (0.37%) DHCP
10 8 (0.27%) TCP/IP
10 8 (0.27%) WPA
11 7 (0.23%) Wireless
12 6 (0.20%) 5G
12 6 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.17%) BGP
13 5 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.17%) OSPF
13 5 (0.17%) VLAN
13 5 (0.17%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (7.21%) MongoDB
2 177 (5.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 138 (4.60%) Power BI
4 124 (4.14%) SQL Server
5 103 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
6 83 (2.77%) Metadata
7 70 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
8 54 (1.80%) NoSQL
9 50 (1.67%) Tableau
10 42 (1.40%) Big Data
10 42 (1.40%) Data Lake
11 35 (1.17%) Redis
12 34 (1.13%) Semantic Layer
13 32 (1.07%) Delta Lake
13 32 (1.07%) Relational Database
14 30 (1.00%) BigQuery
15 22 (0.73%) MySQL
16 19 (0.63%) Data Vault
17 18 (0.60%) DynamoDB
18 17 (0.57%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 121 (4.04%) Git
2 74 (2.47%) JIRA
3 65 (2.17%) Claude Code
4 41 (1.37%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.90%) Snyk
6 26 (0.87%) GitLab
7 17 (0.57%) Selenium
8 15 (0.50%) MLflow
9 14 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.40%) Postman
11 11 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
12 10 (0.33%) JUnit
12 10 (0.33%) Maven
12 10 (0.33%) Mockito
13 6 (0.20%) TeamCity
14 5 (0.17%) Appium
14 5 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
15 4 (0.13%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.13%) Burp Suite
15 4 (0.13%) Metasploit
General
1 852 (28.43%) Social Skills
2 656 (21.89%) Finance
3 376 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
4 351 (11.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 326 (10.88%) Marketing
6 231 (7.71%) Legal
7 223 (7.44%) Games
8 191 (6.37%) Public Sector
9 169 (5.64%) Law
10 113 (3.77%) Banking
11 98 (3.27%) Retail
12 97 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
13 89 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
14 56 (1.87%) Advertising
15 42 (1.40%) Manufacturing
16 41 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
17 37 (1.23%) Legal Technology
18 28 (0.93%) Automotive
19 27 (0.90%) Telecoms
20 24 (0.80%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 564 (18.82%) Senior
2 407 (13.58%) Developer
3 355 (11.85%) Lead
4 302 (10.08%) Architect
5 223 (7.44%) Software Engineer
6 170 (5.67%) .NET Developer
7 137 (4.57%) Analyst
8 124 (4.14%) Consultant
9 120 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 110 (3.67%) Engineering Manager
11 88 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
12 82 (2.74%) Data Engineer
12 82 (2.74%) Full-Stack Developer
13 79 (2.64%) Python Engineer
14 76 (2.54%) Data Scientist
15 75 (2.50%) Senior Developer
16 74 (2.47%) Senior Manager
17 68 (2.27%) Product Manager
18 65 (2.17%) Data Architect
19 64 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 281 (9.38%) React
2 260 (8.68%) .NET
3 168 (5.61%) ASP.NET
4 165 (5.51%) .NET Core
5 162 (5.41%) RESTful
6 159 (5.31%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.21%) ML.NET
8 145 (4.84%) Node.js
8 145 (4.84%) Terraform
9 142 (4.74%) CSS
10 132 (4.40%) HTML
11 116 (3.87%) Blazor
12 115 (3.84%) REST
13 93 (3.10%) LangChain
14 77 (2.57%) Next.js
15 58 (1.94%) PyTorch
16 54 (1.80%) Vue
17 51 (1.70%) LangGraph
18 48 (1.60%) FastAPI
19 45 (1.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 264 (8.81%) Cloud Native
2 240 (8.01%) AI Agents
3 190 (6.34%) Social Media
4 139 (4.64%) Product Ownership
5 119 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
6 95 (3.17%) Blog
6 95 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
7 72 (2.40%) Algorithms
7 72 (2.40%) Onboarding
8 71 (2.37%) Low-Code
9 58 (1.94%) Data Centre
10 56 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
11 55 (1.84%) Virtual Team
12 54 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
12 54 (1.80%) Mobile App
13 52 (1.74%) Management Information System
13 52 (1.74%) Video\Live Streaming
14 47 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
14 47 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
15 41 (1.37%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 67 (2.24%) Windows
2 59 (1.97%) Linux
3 43 (1.43%) Android
4 20 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 18 (0.60%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.40%) VMS
7 9 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.27%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.23%) Unix
10 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.067%) Debian
12 2 (0.067%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 793 (26.46%) Agile
2 778 (25.96%) Machine Learning
3 704 (23.49%) Analytics
4 643 (21.45%) Roadmaps
5 601 (20.05%) CI/CD
6 540 (18.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 480 (16.02%) Software Engineering
8 465 (15.52%) Mentoring
9 433 (14.45%) Decision-Making
10 422 (14.08%) LLM
11 399 (13.31%) Full-Stack Development
12 379 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
13 376 (12.55%) DevOps
14 311 (10.38%) Customer Experience
15 298 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
16 295 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 291 (9.71%) Stakeholder Management
18 267 (8.91%) Data Science
19 256 (8.54%) Technical Leadership
20 241 (8.04%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 692 (23.09%) Python
2 552 (18.42%) SQL
3 296 (9.88%) C#
4 267 (8.91%) JavaScript
5 213 (7.11%) TypeScript
6 139 (4.64%) Java
7 61 (2.04%) PowerShell
8 57 (1.90%) C++
9 53 (1.77%) Go
10 50 (1.67%) Bicep
11 47 (1.57%) Bash
12 33 (1.10%) Scala
13 23 (0.77%) R
14 18 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
15 17 (0.57%) Kotlin
16 16 (0.53%) C
16 16 (0.53%) PHP
17 12 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 10 (0.33%) PL/SQL
18 10 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 246 (8.21%) Degree
2 196 (6.54%) Security Cleared
3 140 (4.67%) SC Cleared
4 75 (2.50%) CISSP
5 69 (2.30%) CISM
6 62 (2.07%) DV Cleared
7 61 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (1.80%) A+ Certification
8 54 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
9 50 (1.67%) ACCA
9 50 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 44 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 36 (1.20%) CIMA
12 34 (1.13%) Master's Degree
13 31 (1.03%) AWS Certification
13 31 (1.03%) PhD
14 25 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 17 (0.57%) SnowPro
16 16 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
17 14 (0.47%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (8.58%) Accessibility
2 202 (6.74%) Data Quality
3 118 (3.94%) QA
4 109 (3.64%) GDPR
5 62 (2.07%) WCAG
6 61 (2.04%) GRC
7 54 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 40 (1.33%) NIST
9 30 (1.00%) SLA
10 17 (0.57%) IFRS
11 15 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 12 (0.40%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.37%) PMO
15 8 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 6 (0.20%) EU AI Act
18 5 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 230 (7.67%) Docker
2 93 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 92 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.43%) vSphere
6 12 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.30%) Firmware
8 7 (0.23%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.10%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.033%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 212 (7.07%) Kubernetes
2 75 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (0.87%) Grafana
4 17 (0.57%) Prometheus
5 15 (0.50%) Ansible
6 7 (0.23%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.20%) Argo
7 6 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.17%) Istio
8 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.17%) Puppet
9 4 (0.13%) Nmap
10 3 (0.10%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.10%) linkerd
11 2 (0.067%) Cilium
11 2 (0.067%) Podman
11 2 (0.067%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.067%) Salt
12 1 (0.033%) CASB
12 1 (0.033%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 757 (25.26%) Microsoft
2 203 (6.77%) Adobe
3 176 (5.87%) Databricks
4 141 (4.70%) Google
5 104 (3.47%) OpenAI
6 78 (2.60%) Cisco
7 63 (2.10%) ServiceNow
8 56 (1.87%) Apple
9 55 (1.84%) CyberArk
10 49 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 45 (1.50%) Dell
12 41 (1.37%) YouTube
13 38 (1.27%) Facebook
14 37 (1.23%) Foundry
15 36 (1.20%) HubSpot
16 30 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
16 30 (1.00%) Palo Alto
17 29 (0.97%) Oracle
17 29 (0.97%) SAP
18 27 (0.90%) Tenable