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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 68 74
Rank change year-on-year +64 +6 +28
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,617 806 977
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 22.21% 3.99% 4.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.71% 4.54% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 712 483 518
10th Percentile £27,600 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £110,000 £101,185
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +7.14%

All Process and 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 15,258 17,763 21,997
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.69% 87.97% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,350 10,724 17,808
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,613 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,754 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% -1.19% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £81,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.68% - -

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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 21 October 2025.

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 31 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 20 (0.55%) Confluence
3 19 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (0.50%) CMS
5 15 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 13 (0.36%) Apache Solr
7 9 (0.25%) Apache
7 9 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.11%) WordPress
9 3 (0.083%) Luigi
10 2 (0.055%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.028%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.028%) IIS
11 1 (0.028%) JBoss
11 1 (0.028%) Mendix
11 1 (0.028%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1,812 (50.10%) Chatbot
2 60 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
4 11 (0.30%) Photoshop
5 8 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.083%) InDesign
9 3 (0.083%) Notion
9 3 (0.083%) Simulink
10 2 (0.055%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.055%) Civil 3D
10 2 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.055%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.055%) Navisworks
10 2 (0.055%) Revit
10 2 (0.055%) Sketch
10 2 (0.055%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.055%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.055%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.055%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.055%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.055%) Shopify
7 1 (0.028%) Magento
7 1 (0.028%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.028%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.028%) SAP APO
7 1 (0.028%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.028%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.028%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.028%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.028%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.028%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 348 (9.62%) Azure
2 207 (5.72%) AWS
3 175 (4.84%) Power Platform
4 162 (4.48%) SaaS
5 99 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
6 91 (2.52%) GCP
7 82 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
8 53 (1.47%) Entra ID
9 49 (1.35%) GitHub
10 40 (1.11%) Snowflake
11 35 (0.97%) Power Automate
12 34 (0.94%) Azure AI
13 30 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
13 30 (0.83%) PaaS
14 29 (0.80%) Azure Monitor
15 27 (0.75%) IaaS
16 25 (0.69%) GitHub Copilot
17 22 (0.61%) Serverless
18 21 (0.58%) dbt
19 19 (0.53%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 24 (0.66%) DNS
2 22 (0.61%) VPN
3 21 (0.58%) WAN
4 20 (0.55%) Firewall
5 16 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 13 (0.36%) Broadband
7 10 (0.28%) Internet
8 6 (0.17%) DHCP
8 6 (0.17%) InfiniBand
8 6 (0.17%) Network Security
8 6 (0.17%) SAN
8 6 (0.17%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.11%) VoIP
10 4 (0.11%) Wireless
11 3 (0.083%) LAN
12 2 (0.055%) DMZ
12 2 (0.055%) Intranet
12 2 (0.055%) Kerberos
12 2 (0.055%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (2.93%) Power BI
2 59 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
3 50 (1.38%) MySQL
4 41 (1.13%) Tableau
5 36 (1.00%) NoSQL
6 35 (0.97%) Data Lake
6 35 (0.97%) SQL Server
7 33 (0.91%) MongoDB
8 28 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
9 26 (0.72%) Big Data
10 25 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 12 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
13 11 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (0.30%) Redis
14 10 (0.28%) Metadata
15 9 (0.25%) Looker
16 8 (0.22%) DynamoDB
17 7 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
17 7 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 68 (1.88%) Git
2 53 (1.47%) JIRA
3 14 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.17%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.14%) Selenium
7 4 (0.11%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.11%) ERwin
7 4 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.083%) GitLab
9 2 (0.055%) GitBook
9 2 (0.055%) JMeter
9 2 (0.055%) JUnit
9 2 (0.055%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.055%) MLflow
9 2 (0.055%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.055%) Vite
10 1 (0.028%) Babel
10 1 (0.028%) Postman
10 1 (0.028%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 885 (24.47%) Analytical Skills
2 647 (17.89%) Retail
3 556 (15.37%) Manufacturing
4 448 (12.39%) Social Skills
5 317 (8.76%) Finance
6 262 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 203 (5.61%) Marketing
8 196 (5.42%) Dutch Language
8 196 (5.42%) Finnish Language
9 76 (2.10%) Legal
10 64 (1.77%) Law
11 63 (1.74%) Public Sector
12 49 (1.35%) Catalan Language
13 30 (0.83%) Aerospace
14 29 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (0.66%) Banking
16 24 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
17 23 (0.64%) Agriculture
18 22 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2,333 (64.50%) Trainer
2 189 (5.23%) Content Editor
3 165 (4.56%) Developer
4 157 (4.34%) Senior
5 106 (2.93%) Customer Support Specialist
5 106 (2.93%) Support Specialist
6 102 (2.82%) Research Scientist
7 97 (2.68%) Architect
8 89 (2.46%) Analyst
9 76 (2.10%) Lead
9 76 (2.10%) Sales Executive
10 63 (1.74%) Microsoft Specialist
11 57 (1.58%) Corporate Sales Executive
12 54 (1.49%) Biostatistician
13 45 (1.24%) Software Engineer
14 43 (1.19%) Customer Service Representative
15 41 (1.13%) Data Engineer
16 38 (1.05%) Consultant
16 38 (1.05%) Software Developer
17 37 (1.02%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (2.02%) React
2 71 (1.96%) HTML
3 66 (1.82%) .NET
4 41 (1.13%) Node.js
5 27 (0.75%) Next.js
6 26 (0.72%) Kafka
7 25 (0.69%) REST
8 24 (0.66%) RESTful
9 21 (0.58%) GraphQL
10 20 (0.55%) FastAPI
11 19 (0.53%) CSS
12 18 (0.50%) PyTorch
13 17 (0.47%) Django
13 17 (0.47%) TensorFlow
14 15 (0.41%) scikit-learn
14 15 (0.41%) Spring
15 14 (0.39%) Flask
15 14 (0.39%) OAuth
16 13 (0.36%) OAuth2
17 12 (0.33%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 541 (14.96%) Robotics
2 129 (3.57%) Molecular Biology
3 90 (2.49%) Product Ownership
4 85 (2.35%) Cloud Native
5 59 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
6 58 (1.60%) Onboarding
7 51 (1.41%) Data Centre
8 40 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
9 34 (0.94%) AI Agents
9 34 (0.94%) Algorithms
10 32 (0.88%) Management Information System
11 26 (0.72%) Social Media
12 24 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (0.64%) Reinsurance
14 22 (0.61%) NHS
15 20 (0.55%) Low-Code
16 19 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
16 19 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
17 18 (0.50%) Blog
17 18 (0.50%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.05%) Windows
2 27 (0.75%) Linux
3 22 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.44%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.36%) Android
6 5 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.055%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.055%) Unix
8 2 (0.055%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.028%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.028%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.028%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,823 (50.40%) Conversational UI
2 836 (23.11%) Machine Learning
3 750 (20.74%) Chemistry
4 702 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
5 630 (17.42%) LLM
6 605 (16.73%) Data Privacy
7 598 (16.53%) Generative AI
8 542 (14.98%) Red Team
9 324 (8.96%) Agile
10 284 (7.85%) Mathematics
11 278 (7.69%) Roadmaps
12 249 (6.88%) Content Writing
13 246 (6.80%) Analytics
14 242 (6.69%) Computer Science
15 199 (5.50%) DevOps
16 190 (5.25%) Physics
17 188 (5.20%) Biology
18 178 (4.92%) Biochemistry
18 178 (4.92%) Customer Service
19 172 (4.76%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 311 (8.60%) Python
2 270 (7.46%) SQL
3 145 (4.01%) TypeScript
4 143 (3.95%) JavaScript
5 112 (3.10%) Java
6 79 (2.18%) C#
7 70 (1.94%) C++
8 67 (1.85%) R
9 66 (1.82%) PHP
10 62 (1.71%) C
11 60 (1.66%) PowerShell
12 56 (1.55%) MATLAB
13 49 (1.35%) Dart
13 49 (1.35%) Ruby
13 49 (1.35%) Rust
14 26 (0.72%) Bash
15 24 (0.66%) Bicep
16 15 (0.41%) Swift
17 14 (0.39%) Kotlin
18 10 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2,595 (71.74%) Degree
2 1,117 (30.88%) Master's Degree
3 1,101 (30.44%) PhD
4 75 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 65 (1.80%) Security Cleared
6 50 (1.38%) SC Cleared
7 30 (0.83%) DBS Check
8 26 (0.72%) Azure Certification
8 26 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (0.61%) ACCA
9 22 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (0.28%) AWS Certification
11 9 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.22%) CISA
12 8 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.19%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.14%) CIMA
14 5 (0.14%) CISM
14 5 (0.14%) CISSP
14 5 (0.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (1.19%) Accessibility
2 33 (0.91%) Data Quality
3 31 (0.86%) QA
4 29 (0.80%) GDPR
5 14 (0.39%) GAAP
5 14 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.33%) IFRS
7 10 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.17%) WCAG
9 5 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.14%) NIST
10 4 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.11%) EU AI Act
10 4 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.083%) GRC
11 3 (0.083%) PERC
11 3 (0.083%) PMO
11 3 (0.083%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (1.58%) Docker
2 25 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (0.47%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.14%) Lustre
7 4 (0.11%) Firmware
8 3 (0.083%) GPFS
8 3 (0.083%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.055%) Ceph
9 2 (0.055%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.028%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (1.71%) Terraform
2 57 (1.58%) Kubernetes
3 25 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (0.55%) Ansible
5 19 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (0.28%) SCCM
7 6 (0.17%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.11%) Puppet
8 4 (0.11%) SCOM
9 3 (0.083%) Argo
9 3 (0.083%) SmoothWall
10 2 (0.055%) Control-M
10 2 (0.055%) Grafana
10 2 (0.055%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.055%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.055%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.055%) SCSM
11 1 (0.028%) AppManager
11 1 (0.028%) logstash
Vendors
1 1,795 (49.63%) PayPal
2 608 (16.81%) Google
3 598 (16.53%) Adobe
4 587 (16.23%) Databricks
5 405 (11.20%) Microsoft
6 110 (3.04%) Cisco
7 72 (1.99%) Dell
8 46 (1.27%) Salesforce
9 45 (1.24%) Blue Prism
10 37 (1.02%) Apple
11 33 (0.91%) Oracle
12 26 (0.72%) Palo Alto
13 20 (0.55%) HubSpot
14 19 (0.53%) OpenAI
15 17 (0.47%) Meraki
15 17 (0.47%) VMware
16 16 (0.44%) ServiceNow
17 13 (0.36%) SAP
18 12 (0.33%) Foundry
19 11 (0.30%) IBM