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

 6 months to
22 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 66 64
Rank change year-on-year +62 -2 +44
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,729 768 1,108
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.63% 4.68% 4.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.28% 4.98% 4.97%
Number of salaries quoted 920 428 689
10th Percentile £21,600 £45,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -10.34%
75th Percentile £92,500 £91,563 £86,250
90th Percentile £120,250 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £71,000 £77,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.79% +10.00% -

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 13,454 15,421 22,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.93% 94.05% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,565 9,081 18,236
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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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 January 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 45 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.03%) Confluence
3 24 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (0.73%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.73%) CMS
5 17 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 14 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.44%) JBoss
7 12 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.26%) Apache
8 7 (0.26%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.18%) WordPress
10 3 (0.11%) Luigi
11 2 (0.073%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.073%) Mendix
11 2 (0.073%) SAS
11 2 (0.073%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.037%) Camunda
12 1 (0.037%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1,182 (43.31%) Chatbot
2 78 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (0.15%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.15%) Sketch
6 3 (0.11%) InDesign
6 3 (0.11%) Notion
6 3 (0.11%) Simulink
6 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.11%) UserZoom
7 2 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.073%) Weka
8 1 (0.037%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.037%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.037%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (0.55%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.073%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.073%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.073%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.073%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.073%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.073%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.073%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.073%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.037%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.037%) Raiser’s Edge
10 1 (0.037%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 491 (17.99%) Azure
2 297 (10.88%) AWS
3 212 (7.77%) SaaS
4 191 (7.00%) Power Platform
5 155 (5.68%) GCP
6 144 (5.28%) GitHub
7 127 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
8 99 (3.63%) GitHub Copilot
9 69 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
10 68 (2.49%) Snowflake
11 48 (1.76%) Entra ID
12 46 (1.69%) Serverless
13 40 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
14 36 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
15 35 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 35 (1.28%) dbt
16 31 (1.14%) Azure AI
17 28 (1.03%) Power Automate
18 26 (0.95%) Azure Machine Learning
18 26 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 24 (0.88%) Broadband
2 11 (0.40%) HTTP
2 11 (0.40%) Network Security
3 10 (0.37%) Firewall
4 8 (0.29%) Unified Communications
5 7 (0.26%) DMZ
5 7 (0.26%) Internet
5 7 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.22%) InfiniBand
7 5 (0.18%) DHCP
7 5 (0.18%) DNS
7 5 (0.18%) VPN
7 5 (0.18%) WAN
8 4 (0.15%) Intranet
8 4 (0.15%) RTP
8 4 (0.15%) VoIP
9 3 (0.11%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.11%) DSL
9 3 (0.11%) GPON
9 3 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (4.03%) Power BI
2 80 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
3 58 (2.13%) Tableau
4 42 (1.54%) NoSQL
4 42 (1.54%) SQL Server
5 36 (1.32%) Big Data
5 36 (1.32%) MongoDB
6 28 (1.03%) Metadata
6 28 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (0.99%) BigQuery
7 27 (0.99%) Data Lake
8 25 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (0.73%) Looker
11 17 (0.62%) Snowflake Schema
12 16 (0.59%) MySQL
13 15 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
15 11 (0.40%) Redis
16 10 (0.37%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 71 (2.60%) JIRA
2 55 (2.02%) Git
3 21 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 18 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
5 13 (0.48%) GitLab
5 13 (0.48%) MLflow
6 9 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 9 (0.33%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.29%) Subversion
8 7 (0.26%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.22%) ERwin
10 5 (0.18%) GitBook
10 5 (0.18%) Selenium
10 5 (0.18%) Storybook
11 4 (0.15%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
12 3 (0.11%) ESLint
12 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.073%) Postman
13 2 (0.073%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 623 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
2 496 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 465 (17.04%) Finance
4 330 (12.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 182 (6.67%) Marketing
6 157 (5.75%) Public Sector
7 118 (4.32%) Retail
8 107 (3.92%) Legal
9 91 (3.33%) Law
10 51 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (1.72%) Telecoms
12 34 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
14 31 (1.14%) Banking
15 28 (1.03%) Games
16 23 (0.84%) Aerospace
16 23 (0.84%) Manufacturing
17 17 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (0.59%) Advertising
19 14 (0.51%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,160 (42.51%) Trainer
2 260 (9.53%) Senior
3 200 (7.33%) Developer
4 155 (5.68%) Content Editor
5 125 (4.58%) Lead
6 114 (4.18%) Architect
7 98 (3.59%) Customer Support Specialist
7 98 (3.59%) Support Specialist
8 94 (3.44%) Analyst
9 80 (2.93%) Research Scientist
10 73 (2.67%) Consultant
11 68 (2.49%) Software Engineer
12 62 (2.27%) Data Engineer
13 56 (2.05%) Sales Executive
14 47 (1.72%) Corporate Sales Executive
15 46 (1.69%) Solutions Architect
16 45 (1.65%) Microsoft Specialist
17 41 (1.50%) .NET Developer
17 41 (1.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 41 (1.50%) Customer Service Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (3.33%) .NET
2 89 (3.26%) React
3 81 (2.97%) REST
4 64 (2.35%) Node.js
5 58 (2.13%) RESTful
6 42 (1.54%) Kafka
7 38 (1.39%) SOAP
8 34 (1.25%) OAuth
8 34 (1.25%) Spring
9 33 (1.21%) OAuth2
10 32 (1.17%) PyTorch
11 29 (1.06%) TensorFlow
12 25 (0.92%) AngularJS
13 24 (0.88%) gRPC
14 23 (0.84%) Middleware
15 22 (0.81%) CSS
15 22 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
15 22 (0.81%) Vue
16 21 (0.77%) Next.js
17 20 (0.73%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 139 (5.09%) Cloud Native
2 113 (4.14%) Product Ownership
3 106 (3.88%) Blog
4 97 (3.55%) Molecular Biology
5 62 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 53 (1.94%) AI Agents
7 49 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 46 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
9 41 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 38 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
10 38 (1.39%) Public Cloud
11 37 (1.36%) Low-Code
12 35 (1.28%) Algorithms
13 32 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
13 32 (1.17%) Virtual Team
14 25 (0.92%) Mobile App
15 23 (0.84%) Management Information System
15 23 (0.84%) Social Network
16 20 (0.73%) Data Centre
16 20 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.25%) Android
2 29 (1.06%) Windows
3 25 (0.92%) Linux
4 19 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.40%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.26%) Unix
7 4 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.11%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.073%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.037%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.037%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,196 (43.83%) Conversational UI
2 395 (14.47%) Chemistry
3 379 (13.89%) Agile
4 308 (11.29%) Analytics
5 295 (10.81%) Machine Learning
6 289 (10.59%) Roadmaps
7 282 (10.33%) DevOps
8 264 (9.67%) CI/CD
9 244 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 223 (8.17%) Problem-Solving
11 209 (7.66%) Content Writing
12 203 (7.44%) Software Engineering
13 193 (7.07%) Customer Service
14 163 (5.97%) Customer Experience
15 162 (5.94%) Coaching
16 158 (5.79%) Mentoring
17 149 (5.46%) Decision-Making
18 141 (5.17%) Business Intelligence
19 129 (4.73%) Data Modelling
20 128 (4.69%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 335 (12.28%) Python
2 273 (10.00%) SQL
3 108 (3.96%) Java
4 107 (3.92%) TypeScript
5 97 (3.55%) JavaScript
6 49 (1.80%) C#
7 38 (1.39%) PowerShell
8 36 (1.32%) Go
9 35 (1.28%) C++
10 34 (1.25%) Bash
11 25 (0.92%) Kotlin
11 25 (0.92%) R
12 22 (0.81%) Apex Code
13 20 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 19 (0.70%) PL/SQL
15 17 (0.62%) Scala
15 17 (0.62%) Shell Script
16 16 (0.59%) C
16 16 (0.59%) PHP
17 13 (0.48%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,444 (52.91%) Degree
2 589 (21.58%) Master's Degree
3 571 (20.92%) PhD
4 78 (2.86%) Security Cleared
5 66 (2.42%) SC Cleared
6 54 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 28 (1.03%) AWS Certification
9 25 (0.92%) Azure Certification
10 24 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (0.88%) PMP
11 22 (0.81%) ACCA
12 19 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (0.59%) CISA
14 12 (0.44%) CISSP
14 12 (0.44%) DV Cleared
14 12 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (0.37%) CISM
16 7 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
17 5 (0.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 46 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 41 (1.50%) GDPR
4 30 (1.10%) QA
5 27 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (0.88%) IFRS
7 18 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
7 18 (0.66%) GAAP
7 18 (0.66%) WCAG
8 13 (0.48%) GRC
8 13 (0.48%) NIST
9 11 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 10 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.29%) EU AI Act
11 8 (0.29%) NCSC
12 7 (0.26%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.11%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.11%) PMO
13 3 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 92 (3.37%) Docker
2 29 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.18%) Lustre
6 4 (0.15%) Firmware
7 3 (0.11%) GPFS
7 3 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.073%) Ceph
8 2 (0.073%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (0.037%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.037%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.037%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (3.33%) Terraform
2 80 (2.93%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.70%) Ansible
6 11 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.29%) Grafana
7 8 (0.29%) SCCM
8 4 (0.15%) Argo
9 2 (0.073%) Control-M
9 2 (0.073%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.073%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.073%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.073%) Puppet
10 1 (0.037%) Cilium
10 1 (0.037%) Karpenter
10 1 (0.037%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.037%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 1,161 (42.54%) PayPal
2 426 (15.61%) Microsoft
3 72 (2.64%) Adobe
4 65 (2.38%) Cisco
5 62 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 60 (2.20%) Google
7 57 (2.09%) Databricks
8 54 (1.98%) Dell
9 52 (1.91%) Oracle
10 45 (1.65%) Blue Prism
11 38 (1.39%) Apple
12 26 (0.95%) OpenAI
13 25 (0.92%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.77%) SAP
15 16 (0.59%) Foundry
16 13 (0.48%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.37%) IBM
17 10 (0.37%) Palantir
17 10 (0.37%) Palo Alto
18 9 (0.33%) Informatica
2,106 hybrid/remote AI jobs