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

 6 months to
29 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 65
Rank change year-on-year 0 +58 +18
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,769 2,642 1,036
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.65% 16.05% 3.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.25% 17.25% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,749 690 621
10th Percentile £40,965 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £28,813 £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 £115,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,752 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.82% -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 18,155 15,315 23,472
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.94% 93.04% 88.02%
Number of salaries quoted 13,190 9,035 17,224
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
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 29 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 73 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.73%) Confluence
3 41 (1.48%) CMS
4 21 (0.76%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.72%) Apache
6 17 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.36%) WordPress
9 9 (0.33%) SAS
10 5 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.14%) Camunda
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.072%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.072%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.072%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.036%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.036%) Moodle
13 1 (0.036%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.036%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (1.59%) UserZoom
2 33 (1.19%) Chatbot
3 28 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 23 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.61%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.47%) InDesign
7 13 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.14%) 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 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.072%) Moqups
12 2 (0.072%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 37 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.01%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.87%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.22%) 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 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.036%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.036%) HFM
7 1 (0.036%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.036%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.036%) Shopify
7 1 (0.036%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 822 (29.69%) Azure
2 500 (18.06%) AWS
3 264 (9.53%) SaaS
4 248 (8.96%) Azure AI
5 227 (8.20%) GCP
6 207 (7.48%) Power Platform
7 196 (7.08%) GitHub
8 172 (6.21%) Adobe Analytics
9 169 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
10 123 (4.44%) GitHub Copilot
11 118 (4.26%) Snowflake
12 115 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
13 108 (3.90%) Figma
14 105 (3.79%) Serverless
15 99 (3.58%) Anthropic Claude
16 94 (3.39%) Entra ID
17 89 (3.21%) Microsoft Copilot
18 84 (3.03%) Azure Machine Learning
19 83 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 70 (2.53%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 306 (11.05%) Broadband
2 32 (1.16%) Internet
3 29 (1.05%) VPN
4 27 (0.98%) Firewall
5 15 (0.54%) DNS
6 14 (0.51%) HTTP
7 13 (0.47%) VoIP
8 11 (0.40%) CTI
8 11 (0.40%) Network Security
9 9 (0.33%) DHCP
10 8 (0.29%) WPA
11 7 (0.25%) Wireless
12 6 (0.22%) 5G
12 6 (0.22%) TCP/IP
13 5 (0.18%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.18%) VLAN
13 5 (0.18%) VXLAN
13 5 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.14%) DMZ
15 3 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (7.87%) MongoDB
2 173 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 119 (4.30%) SQL Server
4 116 (4.19%) Power BI
5 94 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
6 82 (2.96%) Metadata
7 64 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
8 46 (1.66%) Tableau
9 42 (1.52%) Big Data
9 42 (1.52%) NoSQL
10 38 (1.37%) Data Lake
11 31 (1.12%) BigQuery
11 31 (1.12%) Redis
11 31 (1.12%) Semantic Layer
12 28 (1.01%) Delta Lake
13 27 (0.98%) Relational Database
14 22 (0.79%) MySQL
15 18 (0.65%) Pinecone
16 15 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
17 14 (0.51%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 112 (4.04%) Git
2 58 (2.09%) Claude Code
3 57 (2.06%) JIRA
4 43 (1.55%) Jenkins
5 26 (0.94%) Snyk
6 24 (0.87%) GitLab
7 19 (0.69%) Selenium
8 15 (0.54%) MLflow
9 11 (0.40%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
11 9 (0.33%) Postman
12 8 (0.29%) JUnit
12 8 (0.29%) Maven
12 8 (0.29%) Mockito
13 6 (0.22%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.18%) WebDriver
15 4 (0.14%) Appium
15 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.14%) Burp Suite
15 4 (0.14%) Metasploit
General
1 763 (27.56%) Social Skills
2 561 (20.26%) Finance
3 320 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
4 317 (11.45%) Marketing
5 302 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 260 (9.39%) Games
7 225 (8.13%) Legal
8 168 (6.07%) Law
9 158 (5.71%) Public Sector
10 102 (3.68%) Retail
11 98 (3.54%) Banking
12 74 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
13 68 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
14 56 (2.02%) Advertising
15 40 (1.44%) Automotive
16 38 (1.37%) Legal Technology
17 34 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
18 31 (1.12%) Manufacturing
19 24 (0.87%) Telecoms
20 17 (0.61%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 543 (19.61%) Senior
2 394 (14.23%) Developer
3 364 (13.15%) Lead
4 264 (9.53%) Architect
5 199 (7.19%) Software Engineer
6 168 (6.07%) .NET Developer
7 117 (4.23%) Analyst
8 114 (4.12%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 110 (3.97%) Consultant
10 109 (3.94%) Engineering Manager
11 83 (3.00%) Data Engineer
12 80 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
13 78 (2.82%) Data Scientist
14 75 (2.71%) Python Engineer
14 75 (2.71%) Senior Manager
15 74 (2.67%) Full-Stack Developer
16 73 (2.64%) Designer
17 70 (2.53%) Senior Developer
18 65 (2.35%) Product Manager
18 65 (2.35%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 255 (9.21%) React
2 249 (8.99%) .NET
3 166 (5.99%) ASP.NET
4 161 (5.81%) .NET Core
4 161 (5.81%) RESTful
5 157 (5.67%) ASP.NET Core
6 154 (5.56%) ML.NET
7 145 (5.24%) CSS
8 137 (4.95%) HTML
9 122 (4.41%) Node.js
10 115 (4.15%) Blazor
11 102 (3.68%) REST
12 80 (2.89%) LangChain
13 62 (2.24%) Next.js
14 57 (2.06%) PyTorch
15 48 (1.73%) FastAPI
15 48 (1.73%) Vue
16 46 (1.66%) TensorFlow
17 44 (1.59%) LangGraph
18 38 (1.37%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 245 (8.85%) Cloud Native
2 214 (7.73%) Social Media
3 198 (7.15%) AI Agents
4 137 (4.95%) Product Ownership
5 108 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
6 84 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 69 (2.49%) Algorithms
8 68 (2.46%) Low-Code
8 68 (2.46%) Onboarding
9 66 (2.38%) Blog
10 57 (2.06%) Virtual Team
11 54 (1.95%) Video\Live Streaming
12 53 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
13 51 (1.84%) Mobile App
14 44 (1.59%) Data Centre
15 43 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
16 42 (1.52%) Management Information System
16 42 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
17 41 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
18 39 (1.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 61 (2.20%) Windows
2 52 (1.88%) Linux
3 47 (1.70%) Android
4 20 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.43%) VMS
7 9 (0.33%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.072%) Unix
11 1 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 775 (27.99%) Agile
2 715 (25.82%) Machine Learning
3 690 (24.92%) Analytics
4 646 (23.33%) Roadmaps
5 575 (20.77%) CI/CD
6 471 (17.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 439 (15.85%) Mentoring
8 436 (15.75%) Software Engineering
9 409 (14.77%) Decision-Making
10 383 (13.83%) LLM
11 376 (13.58%) Full-Stack Development
12 358 (12.93%) DevOps
13 344 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
14 323 (11.66%) Customer Experience
15 253 (9.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 249 (8.99%) Cybersecurity
17 243 (8.78%) Data Science
18 242 (8.74%) Technical Leadership
19 227 (8.20%) Generative AI
19 227 (8.20%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 641 (23.15%) Python
2 498 (17.98%) SQL
3 283 (10.22%) C#
4 248 (8.96%) JavaScript
5 185 (6.68%) TypeScript
6 128 (4.62%) Java
7 60 (2.17%) Go
8 56 (2.02%) PowerShell
9 47 (1.70%) Bicep
10 46 (1.66%) Bash
11 45 (1.63%) C++
12 28 (1.01%) Scala
13 19 (0.69%) R
14 18 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (0.54%) Kotlin
16 14 (0.51%) C
16 14 (0.51%) PHP
17 11 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 9 (0.33%) T-SQL
19 8 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 217 (7.84%) Degree
2 155 (5.60%) Security Cleared
3 109 (3.94%) SC Cleared
4 68 (2.46%) CISSP
5 64 (2.31%) CISM
6 54 (1.95%) A+ Certification
6 54 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
7 53 (1.91%) ACCA
8 47 (1.70%) Azure Certification
8 47 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (1.70%) DV Cleared
9 36 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (1.26%) CIMA
11 34 (1.23%) AWS Certification
12 29 (1.05%) PhD
13 27 (0.98%) Master's Degree
14 25 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 19 (0.69%) DBS Check
16 13 (0.47%) SnowPro
17 11 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 287 (10.36%) Accessibility
2 162 (5.85%) Data Quality
3 101 (3.65%) QA
4 97 (3.50%) GDPR
5 68 (2.46%) WCAG
6 58 (2.09%) GRC
7 42 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 35 (1.26%) NIST
9 26 (0.94%) SLA
10 20 (0.72%) IFRS
11 14 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.51%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 13 (0.47%) PMO
13 12 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.22%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 5 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 212 (7.66%) Docker
2 93 (3.36%) Virtual Machines
3 90 (3.25%) Active Directory
4 17 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.43%) vSphere
6 7 (0.25%) Firmware
7 6 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.036%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.036%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 196 (7.08%) Kubernetes
2 132 (4.77%) Terraform
3 73 (2.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (0.76%) Grafana
5 20 (0.72%) Ansible
6 17 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.22%) Argo
7 6 (0.22%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.18%) Proxmox
8 5 (0.18%) Puppet
9 4 (0.14%) Istio
9 4 (0.14%) Nmap
9 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.11%) linkerd
11 2 (0.072%) Podman
11 2 (0.072%) Salt
12 1 (0.036%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.036%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.036%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 700 (25.28%) Microsoft
2 229 (8.27%) Adobe
3 163 (5.89%) Databricks
4 133 (4.80%) Google
5 87 (3.14%) OpenAI
6 78 (2.82%) Cisco
7 65 (2.35%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.99%) CyberArk
9 49 (1.77%) Dell
10 48 (1.73%) Salesforce
11 47 (1.70%) Apple
12 37 (1.34%) Facebook
12 37 (1.34%) Foundry
13 34 (1.23%) HubSpot
14 30 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
15 28 (1.01%) Palo Alto
16 27 (0.98%) Oracle
16 27 (0.98%) Tenable
17 22 (0.79%) VMware
18 21 (0.76%) Yahoo!
1,860 hybrid/remote AI jobs