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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 53
Rank change year-on-year -3 +49 +22
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,238 3,790 1,048
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.98% 22.60% 4.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.03% 24.10% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,040 681 541
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,203 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,451 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.39% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £74,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.43% -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 20,199 15,729 19,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.99% 93.79% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14,414 8,417 11,709
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,042
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
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 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,033
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.23% -3.28%

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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 30 September 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
1 104 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.64%) Confluence
3 36 (1.11%) CMS
4 29 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 25 (0.77%) Apache
6 22 (0.68%) Apache Spark
7 16 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 11 (0.34%) WordPress
9 10 (0.31%) SAS
10 7 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.12%) Camunda
12 4 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.093%) Headless CMS
13 3 (0.093%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.062%) IIS
14 2 (0.062%) nginx
15 1 (0.031%) ArcGIS
15 1 (0.031%) JBoss
15 1 (0.031%) WebLogic
Applications
1 82 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (1.64%) Chatbot
3 33 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (0.74%) UserZoom
5 15 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 15 (0.46%) Photoshop
6 14 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
6 14 (0.43%) InDesign
7 13 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
8 10 (0.31%) MS Visio
9 8 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
10 7 (0.22%) Moqups
11 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
11 5 (0.15%) Trello
12 3 (0.093%) Adobe XD
12 3 (0.093%) Productboard
12 3 (0.093%) Revit
12 3 (0.093%) Sketch
13 2 (0.062%) Weka
Business Applications
1 40 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.86%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.74%) Cloudability
4 14 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.15%) SAP PSCD
7 4 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.12%) Primavera
7 4 (0.12%) Sage 50
8 3 (0.093%) Shopify
9 2 (0.062%) Maximo
10 1 (0.031%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
10 1 (0.031%) Actimize
10 1 (0.031%) Adobe Campaign
10 1 (0.031%) HFM
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 897 (27.70%) Azure
2 640 (19.77%) AWS
3 313 (9.67%) SaaS
4 290 (8.96%) Power Platform
5 283 (8.74%) GCP
6 245 (7.57%) GitHub
7 220 (6.79%) Azure AI
8 190 (5.87%) Microsoft 365
9 165 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
10 146 (4.51%) GitHub Copilot
11 138 (4.26%) Microsoft Copilot
12 135 (4.17%) Anthropic Claude
13 131 (4.05%) Snowflake
14 115 (3.55%) Serverless
15 112 (3.46%) Entra ID
16 78 (2.41%) Power Automate
17 76 (2.35%) Microsoft Purview
18 69 (2.13%) Figma
19 64 (1.98%) Amazon Bedrock
20 58 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 138 (4.26%) Broadband
2 37 (1.14%) Internet
3 35 (1.08%) VPN
4 34 (1.05%) Firewall
5 33 (1.02%) Network Security
6 24 (0.74%) DNS
7 23 (0.71%) 5G
8 16 (0.49%) HTTP
9 14 (0.43%) DHCP
10 13 (0.40%) VoIP
11 11 (0.34%) CTI
12 9 (0.28%) Wireless
13 8 (0.25%) WAN
13 8 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (0.25%) WPA
14 6 (0.19%) DMZ
14 6 (0.19%) TCP/IP
15 5 (0.15%) BGP
15 5 (0.15%) Ethernet
15 5 (0.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (6.24%) MongoDB
2 188 (5.81%) Power BI
3 167 (5.16%) Azure SQL Database
4 110 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
5 102 (3.15%) Metadata
6 100 (3.09%) SQL Server
7 79 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
8 57 (1.76%) NoSQL
9 54 (1.67%) Tableau
10 49 (1.51%) Big Data
11 45 (1.39%) Data Lake
12 42 (1.30%) Relational Database
13 37 (1.14%) BigQuery
14 36 (1.11%) Redis
15 35 (1.08%) Semantic Layer
16 34 (1.05%) Delta Lake
17 26 (0.80%) MySQL
18 22 (0.68%) DynamoDB
19 21 (0.65%) Data Vault
20 20 (0.62%) Looker
Development Applications
1 127 (3.92%) Git
2 92 (2.84%) JIRA
3 91 (2.81%) Claude Code
4 41 (1.27%) Jenkins
5 34 (1.05%) GitLab
6 27 (0.83%) Snyk
7 20 (0.62%) MLflow
8 17 (0.53%) Selenium
9 15 (0.46%) Postman
10 14 (0.43%) Cypress.io
10 14 (0.43%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
12 10 (0.31%) JUnit
12 10 (0.31%) Maven
12 10 (0.31%) Mockito
13 5 (0.15%) Burp Suite
13 5 (0.15%) Metasploit
13 5 (0.15%) Poetry
13 5 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
13 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,006 (31.07%) Social Skills
2 793 (24.49%) Finance
3 444 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
4 385 (11.89%) Marketing
5 382 (11.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 232 (7.16%) Legal
6 232 (7.16%) Public Sector
7 165 (5.10%) Law
8 151 (4.66%) Banking
9 121 (3.74%) Games
9 121 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
9 121 (3.74%) Retail
10 119 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
11 66 (2.04%) Advertising
12 54 (1.67%) Manufacturing
13 46 (1.42%) Telecoms
14 38 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
15 35 (1.08%) Legal Technology
16 30 (0.93%) Financial Institution
17 26 (0.80%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 608 (18.78%) Senior
2 426 (13.16%) Developer
3 347 (10.72%) Lead
4 344 (10.62%) Architect
5 273 (8.43%) Software Engineer
6 166 (5.13%) Analyst
7 162 (5.00%) .NET Developer
8 147 (4.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 135 (4.17%) Consultant
10 99 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
11 98 (3.03%) Python Engineer
12 92 (2.84%) Data Engineer
13 87 (2.69%) Senior Manager
14 82 (2.53%) Full-Stack Developer
15 75 (2.32%) Data Scientist
16 71 (2.19%) Senior Analyst
17 70 (2.16%) Senior Developer
18 69 (2.13%) Engineering Manager
19 64 (1.98%) Data Architect
19 64 (1.98%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 286 (8.83%) React
2 263 (8.12%) .NET
3 175 (5.40%) Terraform
4 161 (4.97%) RESTful
5 160 (4.94%) ASP.NET
6 158 (4.88%) Node.js
7 155 (4.79%) .NET Core
8 151 (4.66%) ASP.NET Core
9 148 (4.57%) ML.NET
10 135 (4.17%) CSS
11 127 (3.92%) HTML
12 125 (3.86%) REST
13 110 (3.40%) Blazor
14 108 (3.34%) LangChain
15 73 (2.25%) Next.js
16 66 (2.04%) LangGraph
17 56 (1.73%) Vue
18 55 (1.70%) PySpark
18 55 (1.70%) PyTorch
19 47 (1.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 286 (8.83%) AI Agents
2 277 (8.55%) Cloud Native
3 139 (4.29%) Product Ownership
4 130 (4.01%) Distributed Systems
5 114 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
6 112 (3.46%) Social Media
7 100 (3.09%) Blog
7 100 (3.09%) Management Information System
8 77 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
9 74 (2.29%) Low-Code
9 74 (2.29%) Onboarding
10 66 (2.04%) Algorithms
11 65 (2.01%) Data Centre
12 61 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
13 59 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
14 50 (1.54%) Mobile App
14 50 (1.54%) Virtual Team
15 48 (1.48%) Hedge funds
16 47 (1.45%) Marketing Technology
17 43 (1.33%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 83 (2.56%) Windows
2 75 (2.32%) Linux
3 38 (1.17%) Android
4 21 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 19 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 12 (0.37%) VMS
8 9 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.25%) Unix
10 5 (0.15%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.093%) Debian
11 3 (0.093%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.093%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.062%) AIX
12 2 (0.062%) Solaris
13 1 (0.031%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 740 (22.85%) Machine Learning
2 699 (21.59%) Agile
3 683 (21.09%) Analytics
4 641 (19.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 624 (19.27%) CI/CD
6 566 (17.48%) Roadmaps
7 553 (17.08%) Software Engineering
8 510 (15.75%) Mentoring
9 473 (14.61%) Decision-Making
10 462 (14.27%) Problem-Solving
11 430 (13.28%) LLM
12 408 (12.60%) Stakeholder Management
13 395 (12.20%) DevOps
14 374 (11.55%) Full-Stack Development
15 347 (10.72%) Cybersecurity
16 340 (10.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 324 (10.01%) Coaching
18 277 (8.55%) Data Science
19 271 (8.37%) Technical Leadership
20 249 (7.69%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 755 (23.32%) Python
2 561 (17.33%) SQL
3 312 (9.64%) C#
4 287 (8.86%) JavaScript
5 235 (7.26%) TypeScript
6 147 (4.54%) Java
7 77 (2.38%) PowerShell
8 74 (2.29%) C++
9 53 (1.64%) Go
10 51 (1.58%) Bash
11 45 (1.39%) Bicep
12 37 (1.14%) R
13 32 (0.99%) Scala
14 22 (0.68%) C
15 21 (0.65%) PHP
16 20 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
17 18 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 16 (0.49%) Kotlin
19 15 (0.46%) Rust
20 12 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 267 (8.25%) Security Cleared
2 265 (8.18%) Degree
3 200 (6.18%) SC Cleared
4 82 (2.53%) CISSP
5 75 (2.32%) CISM
6 65 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 64 (1.98%) DV Cleared
8 56 (1.73%) Azure Certification
9 55 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 54 (1.67%) A+ Certification
10 54 (1.67%) Network+ Certification
11 52 (1.61%) ACCA
12 42 (1.30%) CIMA
13 38 (1.17%) DBS Check
14 34 (1.05%) AWS Certification
15 25 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 22 (0.68%) Master's Degree
17 20 (0.62%) PhD
18 18 (0.56%) SnowPro
19 16 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (7.54%) Data Quality
2 179 (5.53%) Accessibility
3 149 (4.60%) GDPR
4 127 (3.92%) QA
5 74 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 64 (1.98%) GRC
7 54 (1.67%) NIST
8 35 (1.08%) SLA
9 25 (0.77%) WCAG
10 20 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 16 (0.49%) PMO
13 15 (0.46%) PCI DSS
14 14 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 12 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 11 (0.34%) IFRS
17 10 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
17 10 (0.31%) EU AI Act
18 9 (0.28%) SOC 2
19 7 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 251 (7.75%) Docker
2 103 (3.18%) Active Directory
3 57 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
4 29 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.40%) vSphere
7 12 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 10 (0.31%) Firmware
9 3 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.093%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.062%) NFS
11 1 (0.031%) HDFS
11 1 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.031%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 221 (6.83%) Kubernetes
2 79 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 37 (1.14%) Grafana
4 19 (0.59%) Ansible
4 19 (0.59%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.25%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.15%) Istio
7 5 (0.15%) Kubeflow
7 5 (0.15%) Nmap
8 4 (0.12%) Argo
9 3 (0.093%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.093%) Kibana
9 3 (0.093%) linkerd
9 3 (0.093%) Podman
9 3 (0.093%) Puppet
10 2 (0.062%) Cilium
11 1 (0.031%) CASB
11 1 (0.031%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.031%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 803 (24.80%) Microsoft
2 175 (5.40%) Google
3 161 (4.97%) Databricks
4 122 (3.77%) YouTube
5 117 (3.61%) Adobe
6 111 (3.43%) OpenAI
7 81 (2.50%) Cisco
8 62 (1.91%) ServiceNow
9 60 (1.85%) Apple
10 59 (1.82%) Salesforce
11 55 (1.70%) CyberArk
12 48 (1.48%) SAP
13 47 (1.45%) Dell
14 44 (1.36%) HubSpot
15 42 (1.30%) Foundry
16 37 (1.14%) Oracle
17 35 (1.08%) Facebook
18 32 (0.99%) VMware
19 30 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
19 30 (0.93%) Palo Alto