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

 6 months to
5 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 62
Rank change year-on-year 0 +55 +20
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,859 2,644 1,023
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.75% 16.02% 4.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.38% 17.24% 4.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 689 598
10th Percentile £40,500 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £28,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £68,500 £71,991
% change year-on-year +5.84% -4.85% -4.01%

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 18,587 15,337 22,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.86% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,454 9,043 15,990
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,917 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.19% -6.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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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 5 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 76 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.78%) Confluence
3 40 (1.40%) CMS
4 24 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.73%) Apache
6 19 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
7 15 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.31%) SAS
8 9 (0.31%) WordPress
9 7 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.17%) Camunda
11 4 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.070%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.070%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.035%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.035%) Moodle
13 1 (0.035%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.035%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.035%) Umbraco
Applications
1 43 (1.50%) UserZoom
2 34 (1.19%) Chatbot
3 33 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 26 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.59%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.49%) InDesign
7 14 (0.49%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.14%) CapCut
10 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.10%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.10%) Moqups
11 3 (0.10%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.10%) Productboard
11 3 (0.10%) Sketch
11 3 (0.10%) Trello
12 2 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 37 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.98%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.84%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
5 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.14%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.070%) Shopify
8 1 (0.035%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.035%) HFM
8 1 (0.035%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.035%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.035%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 840 (29.38%) Azure
2 528 (18.47%) AWS
3 267 (9.34%) SaaS
4 252 (8.81%) Azure AI
5 233 (8.15%) GCP
6 218 (7.63%) Power Platform
7 206 (7.21%) GitHub
8 174 (6.09%) Azure DevOps
9 170 (5.95%) Adobe Analytics
10 130 (4.55%) GitHub Copilot
11 126 (4.41%) Snowflake
12 120 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
13 112 (3.92%) Figma
14 111 (3.88%) Serverless
15 103 (3.60%) Anthropic Claude
16 97 (3.39%) Entra ID
17 94 (3.29%) Microsoft Copilot
18 85 (2.97%) Azure Machine Learning
19 84 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 69 (2.41%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 305 (10.67%) Broadband
2 33 (1.15%) Internet
3 28 (0.98%) VPN
4 27 (0.94%) Firewall
5 18 (0.63%) Network Security
6 16 (0.56%) DNS
7 13 (0.45%) HTTP
8 12 (0.42%) VoIP
9 11 (0.38%) CTI
10 9 (0.31%) DHCP
11 8 (0.28%) WPA
12 7 (0.24%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.24%) Wireless
13 6 (0.21%) 5G
14 5 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.17%) VLAN
14 5 (0.17%) VXLAN
14 5 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (0.14%) DMZ
15 4 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (7.66%) MongoDB
2 175 (6.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 125 (4.37%) Power BI
4 122 (4.27%) SQL Server
5 99 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
6 81 (2.83%) Metadata
7 67 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
8 49 (1.71%) Tableau
9 45 (1.57%) NoSQL
10 44 (1.54%) Big Data
11 41 (1.43%) Data Lake
12 32 (1.12%) BigQuery
12 32 (1.12%) Redis
13 31 (1.08%) Delta Lake
14 29 (1.01%) Semantic Layer
15 28 (0.98%) Relational Database
16 22 (0.77%) MySQL
17 18 (0.63%) Pinecone
18 16 (0.56%) Data Vault
19 15 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 116 (4.06%) Git
2 63 (2.20%) JIRA
3 62 (2.17%) Claude Code
4 44 (1.54%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.94%) Snyk
6 25 (0.87%) GitLab
7 19 (0.66%) Selenium
8 17 (0.59%) MLflow
9 12 (0.42%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.35%) JUnit
11 10 (0.35%) Maven
11 10 (0.35%) Mockito
11 10 (0.35%) Postman
12 5 (0.17%) Appium
12 5 (0.17%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.14%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.14%) Metasploit
13 4 (0.14%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 793 (27.74%) Social Skills
2 599 (20.95%) Finance
3 338 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
4 326 (11.40%) Marketing
5 320 (11.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 259 (9.06%) Games
7 230 (8.04%) Legal
8 170 (5.95%) Law
9 163 (5.70%) Public Sector
10 104 (3.64%) Retail
11 101 (3.53%) Banking
12 81 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
13 68 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
14 58 (2.03%) Advertising
15 38 (1.33%) Legal Technology
16 37 (1.29%) Automotive
17 36 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
18 34 (1.19%) Manufacturing
19 23 (0.80%) Telecoms
20 19 (0.66%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 559 (19.55%) Senior
2 405 (14.17%) Developer
3 367 (12.84%) Lead
4 273 (9.55%) Architect
5 207 (7.24%) Software Engineer
6 169 (5.91%) .NET Developer
7 122 (4.27%) Analyst
8 117 (4.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 113 (3.95%) Consultant
10 112 (3.92%) Engineering Manager
11 84 (2.94%) Data Engineer
12 82 (2.87%) Data Scientist
13 80 (2.80%) Full-Stack Developer
13 80 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
14 77 (2.69%) Python Engineer
15 76 (2.66%) Senior Developer
16 75 (2.62%) Senior Manager
17 72 (2.52%) Designer
18 66 (2.31%) Product Manager
19 65 (2.27%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (9.58%) React
2 256 (8.95%) .NET
3 168 (5.88%) ASP.NET
4 165 (5.77%) .NET Core
5 163 (5.70%) RESTful
6 159 (5.56%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.46%) ML.NET
8 145 (5.07%) CSS
9 137 (4.79%) HTML
10 127 (4.44%) Node.js
11 116 (4.06%) Blazor
12 112 (3.92%) REST
13 88 (3.08%) LangChain
14 68 (2.38%) Next.js
15 58 (2.03%) PyTorch
16 49 (1.71%) FastAPI
16 49 (1.71%) Vue
17 48 (1.68%) LangGraph
18 46 (1.61%) TensorFlow
19 41 (1.43%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 255 (8.92%) Cloud Native
2 217 (7.59%) AI Agents
3 214 (7.49%) Social Media
4 136 (4.76%) Product Ownership
5 111 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
6 88 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
7 76 (2.66%) Blog
8 70 (2.45%) Algorithms
8 70 (2.45%) Onboarding
9 66 (2.31%) Low-Code
10 57 (1.99%) Virtual Team
11 55 (1.92%) Mobile App
12 54 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
12 54 (1.89%) Video\Live Streaming
13 51 (1.78%) Data Centre
14 50 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
15 46 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
16 45 (1.57%) Management Information System
17 43 (1.50%) Marketing Technology
18 40 (1.40%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 62 (2.17%) Windows
2 55 (1.92%) Linux
3 49 (1.71%) Android
4 22 (0.77%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.56%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.42%) VMS
7 9 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.17%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.10%) Unix
11 2 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (27.95%) Agile
2 747 (26.13%) Machine Learning
3 710 (24.83%) Analytics
4 659 (23.05%) Roadmaps
5 605 (21.16%) CI/CD
6 494 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 457 (15.98%) Mentoring
8 455 (15.91%) Software Engineering
9 419 (14.66%) Decision-Making
10 400 (13.99%) LLM
11 388 (13.57%) Full-Stack Development
12 371 (12.98%) DevOps
13 360 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
14 329 (11.51%) Customer Experience
15 268 (9.37%) Cybersecurity
16 261 (9.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 258 (9.02%) Data Science
18 256 (8.95%) Technical Leadership
19 236 (8.25%) Stakeholder Management
20 232 (8.11%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 664 (23.22%) Python
2 521 (18.22%) SQL
3 292 (10.21%) C#
4 262 (9.16%) JavaScript
5 201 (7.03%) TypeScript
6 137 (4.79%) Java
7 58 (2.03%) PowerShell
8 56 (1.96%) Go
9 48 (1.68%) C++
10 47 (1.64%) Bash
10 47 (1.64%) Bicep
11 31 (1.08%) Scala
12 21 (0.73%) R
13 18 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (0.56%) Kotlin
15 15 (0.52%) PHP
16 13 (0.45%) C
17 12 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 10 (0.35%) PL/SQL
18 10 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 232 (8.11%) Degree
2 174 (6.09%) Security Cleared
3 121 (4.23%) SC Cleared
4 69 (2.41%) CISSP
5 65 (2.27%) CISM
6 56 (1.96%) DV Cleared
7 54 (1.89%) A+ Certification
7 54 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
8 52 (1.82%) ACCA
9 50 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 48 (1.68%) Azure Certification
11 39 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 35 (1.22%) CIMA
13 33 (1.15%) AWS Certification
14 30 (1.05%) PhD
15 29 (1.01%) Master's Degree
16 25 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 18 (0.63%) DBS Check
18 14 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
18 14 (0.49%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (10.14%) Accessibility
2 171 (5.98%) Data Quality
3 105 (3.67%) QA
4 98 (3.43%) GDPR
5 67 (2.34%) WCAG
6 57 (1.99%) GRC
7 46 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 36 (1.26%) NIST
9 26 (0.91%) SLA
10 19 (0.66%) IFRS
11 14 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 13 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 13 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.42%) PMO
13 12 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 6 (0.21%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.17%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 222 (7.76%) Docker
2 93 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
3 91 (3.18%) Active Directory
4 19 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.45%) vSphere
6 12 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.24%) Firmware
8 6 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.070%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 202 (7.07%) Kubernetes
2 138 (4.83%) Terraform
3 74 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (0.80%) Grafana
5 20 (0.70%) Ansible
6 18 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.24%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.17%) Argo
8 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.17%) Puppet
9 4 (0.14%) Istio
9 4 (0.14%) Nmap
9 4 (0.14%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.10%) linkerd
11 2 (0.070%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.070%) Podman
11 2 (0.070%) Salt
12 1 (0.035%) Nessus
12 1 (0.035%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 716 (25.04%) Microsoft
2 230 (8.04%) Adobe
3 171 (5.98%) Databricks
4 135 (4.72%) Google
5 89 (3.11%) OpenAI
6 78 (2.73%) Cisco
7 67 (2.34%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.92%) CyberArk
9 50 (1.75%) Apple
10 49 (1.71%) Dell
11 48 (1.68%) Salesforce
12 38 (1.33%) Facebook
12 38 (1.33%) Foundry
13 36 (1.26%) HubSpot
14 30 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
15 29 (1.01%) Oracle
15 29 (1.01%) Palo Alto
16 27 (0.94%) Tenable
17 23 (0.80%) SAP
17 23 (0.80%) VMware
3,639 hybrid/remote AI jobs