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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 66
Rank change year-on-year 0 +59 +17
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,667 2,675 1,096
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.31% 16.23% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.86% 17.41% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,677 733 673
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 £86,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £104,750
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 17,944 15,366 25,740
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 93.22% 88.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,066 9,085 19,242
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,789 £34,089
25th Percentile £44,972 £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% -8.73%

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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 22 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 66 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 45 (1.69%) Confluence
3 39 (1.46%) CMS
4 21 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.64%) Apache
5 17 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.37%) WordPress
8 9 (0.34%) SAS
9 4 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.11%) Camunda
10 3 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.075%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.075%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.075%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.037%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.037%) Moodle
12 1 (0.037%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.037%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (1.65%) UserZoom
2 30 (1.12%) Chatbot
3 25 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 22 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.64%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.49%) InDesign
7 13 (0.49%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.26%) 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 (0.075%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.037%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 39 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.05%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.90%) 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 2 (0.075%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.037%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.037%) HFM
8 1 (0.037%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.037%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.037%) Shopify
8 1 (0.037%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 803 (30.11%) Azure
2 477 (17.89%) AWS
3 255 (9.56%) SaaS
4 246 (9.22%) Azure AI
5 218 (8.17%) GCP
6 193 (7.24%) Power Platform
7 188 (7.05%) Adobe Analytics
8 187 (7.01%) GitHub
9 165 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
10 118 (4.42%) GitHub Copilot
11 111 (4.16%) Figma
12 110 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
12 110 (4.12%) Snowflake
13 105 (3.94%) Serverless
14 93 (3.49%) Entra ID
15 92 (3.45%) Anthropic Claude
16 87 (3.26%) Azure Machine Learning
17 85 (3.19%) Microsoft Copilot
18 80 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 69 (2.59%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 334 (12.52%) Broadband
2 32 (1.20%) Internet
3 30 (1.12%) VPN
4 28 (1.05%) Firewall
5 15 (0.56%) DNS
6 14 (0.52%) VoIP
7 12 (0.45%) HTTP
8 11 (0.41%) CTI
9 10 (0.37%) DHCP
9 10 (0.37%) Network Security
10 8 (0.30%) WPA
11 7 (0.26%) Wireless
12 6 (0.22%) 5G
12 6 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.19%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.19%) TCP/IP
13 5 (0.19%) VLAN
13 5 (0.19%) VXLAN
14 4 (0.15%) DMZ
15 3 (0.11%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (8.10%) MongoDB
2 172 (6.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 113 (4.24%) SQL Server
4 108 (4.05%) Power BI
5 89 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
6 82 (3.07%) Metadata
7 63 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
8 44 (1.65%) Tableau
9 42 (1.57%) Big Data
10 37 (1.39%) Data Lake
11 36 (1.35%) NoSQL
12 32 (1.20%) Semantic Layer
13 30 (1.12%) BigQuery
13 30 (1.12%) Redis
14 27 (1.01%) Delta Lake
15 24 (0.90%) Relational Database
16 23 (0.86%) MySQL
17 19 (0.71%) Pinecone
18 18 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
19 14 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 101 (3.79%) Git
2 55 (2.06%) Claude Code
3 49 (1.84%) JIRA
4 38 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.94%) Snyk
6 24 (0.90%) GitLab
7 16 (0.60%) Selenium
8 14 (0.52%) MLflow
9 10 (0.37%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.30%) Postman
10 8 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (0.26%) Maven
12 6 (0.22%) JUnit
12 6 (0.22%) Mockito
12 6 (0.22%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.19%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.19%) WebDriver
14 4 (0.15%) Appium
14 4 (0.15%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.15%) Metasploit
General
1 736 (27.60%) Social Skills
2 505 (18.94%) Finance
3 302 (11.32%) Marketing
4 299 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
5 287 (10.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 278 (10.42%) Games
7 218 (8.17%) Legal
8 166 (6.22%) Law
9 151 (5.66%) Public Sector
10 94 (3.52%) Retail
11 87 (3.26%) Banking
12 67 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
13 61 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
14 55 (2.06%) Advertising
15 40 (1.50%) Automotive
15 40 (1.50%) Legal Technology
16 32 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
17 30 (1.12%) Manufacturing
18 24 (0.90%) Telecoms
19 15 (0.56%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 531 (19.91%) Senior
2 390 (14.62%) Developer
3 376 (14.10%) Lead
4 259 (9.71%) Architect
5 186 (6.97%) Software Engineer
6 168 (6.30%) .NET Developer
7 114 (4.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 109 (4.09%) Engineering Manager
9 108 (4.05%) Analyst
10 105 (3.94%) Consultant
11 83 (3.11%) Data Engineer
11 83 (3.11%) Designer
12 80 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
13 72 (2.70%) Senior Manager
14 71 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
15 68 (2.55%) Data Scientist
15 68 (2.55%) Python Engineer
16 66 (2.47%) Senior Developer
17 64 (2.40%) Senior Software Engineer
18 63 (2.36%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 243 (9.11%) React
2 242 (9.07%) .NET
3 164 (6.15%) ASP.NET
4 160 (6.00%) RESTful
5 159 (5.96%) .NET Core
6 157 (5.89%) ASP.NET Core
7 154 (5.77%) ML.NET
8 144 (5.40%) CSS
9 137 (5.14%) HTML
10 114 (4.27%) Blazor
11 113 (4.24%) Node.js
12 87 (3.26%) REST
13 78 (2.92%) LangChain
14 61 (2.29%) PyTorch
15 55 (2.06%) Next.js
16 53 (1.99%) TensorFlow
17 47 (1.76%) FastAPI
17 47 (1.76%) Vue
18 42 (1.57%) LangGraph
19 35 (1.31%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 237 (8.89%) Cloud Native
2 233 (8.74%) Social Media
3 179 (6.71%) AI Agents
4 137 (5.14%) Product Ownership
5 103 (3.86%) Distributed Systems
6 72 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 71 (2.66%) Onboarding
8 63 (2.36%) Low-Code
9 61 (2.29%) Algorithms
10 56 (2.10%) Video\Live Streaming
11 55 (2.06%) Mobile App
11 55 (2.06%) Virtual Team
12 53 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
13 52 (1.95%) Blog
14 43 (1.61%) Data Centre
15 40 (1.50%) Marketing Technology
16 39 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
16 39 (1.46%) Security Posture
17 37 (1.39%) Management Information System
18 32 (1.20%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 59 (2.21%) Windows
2 53 (1.99%) Android
3 47 (1.76%) Linux
4 26 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.45%) VMS
7 9 (0.34%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.15%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.037%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 771 (28.91%) Agile
2 678 (25.42%) Machine Learning
3 675 (25.31%) Analytics
4 650 (24.37%) Roadmaps
5 565 (21.18%) CI/CD
6 442 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 435 (16.31%) Mentoring
8 417 (15.64%) Software Engineering
9 402 (15.07%) Decision-Making
10 366 (13.72%) Full-Stack Development
11 361 (13.54%) LLM
12 345 (12.94%) DevOps
13 331 (12.41%) Customer Experience
14 327 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
15 246 (9.22%) Technical Leadership
16 240 (9.00%) Product Roadmap
17 238 (8.92%) Generative AI
18 236 (8.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 231 (8.66%) Cybersecurity
20 227 (8.51%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 613 (22.98%) Python
2 471 (17.66%) SQL
3 271 (10.16%) C#
4 239 (8.96%) JavaScript
5 176 (6.60%) TypeScript
6 119 (4.46%) Java
7 61 (2.29%) Go
8 54 (2.02%) PowerShell
9 47 (1.76%) Bash
10 45 (1.69%) Bicep
11 43 (1.61%) C++
12 26 (0.97%) Scala
13 18 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
14 17 (0.64%) R
15 16 (0.60%) PHP
16 14 (0.52%) Kotlin
17 13 (0.49%) C
18 11 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 7 (0.26%) Groovy
19 7 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 205 (7.69%) Degree
2 133 (4.99%) Security Cleared
3 91 (3.41%) SC Cleared
4 68 (2.55%) CISSP
5 63 (2.36%) CISM
6 55 (2.06%) A+ Certification
6 55 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
7 53 (1.99%) ACCA
8 45 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 43 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 36 (1.35%) AWS Certification
10 36 (1.35%) DV Cleared
11 34 (1.27%) CIMA
12 33 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
13 30 (1.12%) PhD
14 25 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 25 (0.94%) Master's Degree
15 20 (0.75%) DBS Check
16 11 (0.41%) SnowPro
17 9 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 300 (11.25%) Accessibility
2 152 (5.70%) Data Quality
3 90 (3.37%) GDPR
3 90 (3.37%) QA
4 69 (2.59%) WCAG
5 58 (2.17%) GRC
6 39 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 33 (1.24%) NIST
8 24 (0.90%) SLA
9 21 (0.79%) IFRS
10 14 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 14 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 14 (0.52%) PMO
11 12 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 12 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.19%) NCSC
13 5 (0.19%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.15%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 201 (7.54%) Docker
2 92 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 91 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.45%) vSphere
7 6 (0.22%) Firmware
7 6 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.075%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 185 (6.94%) Kubernetes
2 124 (4.65%) Terraform
3 74 (2.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (0.79%) Grafana
5 19 (0.71%) Ansible
6 18 (0.67%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.26%) Argo
7 7 (0.26%) Kubeflow
8 6 (0.22%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.19%) Puppet
9 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.15%) Istio
10 4 (0.15%) Nmap
10 4 (0.15%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.11%) linkerd
12 2 (0.075%) Podman
12 2 (0.075%) Salt
13 1 (0.037%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.037%) Nessus
13 1 (0.037%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 684 (25.65%) Microsoft
2 249 (9.34%) Adobe
3 155 (5.81%) Databricks
4 126 (4.72%) Google
5 87 (3.26%) OpenAI
6 76 (2.85%) Cisco
7 63 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 55 (2.06%) CyberArk
9 48 (1.80%) Dell
10 46 (1.72%) Apple
11 44 (1.65%) Salesforce
12 37 (1.39%) Facebook
12 37 (1.39%) Foundry
13 32 (1.20%) HubSpot
14 31 (1.16%) CrowdStrike
15 27 (1.01%) Palo Alto
15 27 (1.01%) Tenable
16 24 (0.90%) Oracle
17 22 (0.82%) VMware
18 21 (0.79%) Yahoo!