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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 11 68
Rank change year-on-year +1 +57 +20
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,111 2,186 1,330
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.02% 14.99% 4.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.29% 15.81% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,230 663 884
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £34,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,750 £66,206 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +5.45% -10.31%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,425 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.38% -5.11% -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 15,889 13,827 29,727
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.91% 94.82% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11,338 8,083 23,433
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,300 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,100 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -9.84%

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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 28 May 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 50 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.85%) Confluence
3 38 (1.80%) CMS
4 21 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.47%) Apache
6 10 (0.47%) SAS
6 10 (0.47%) WordPress
7 7 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.19%) JBoss
8 4 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.14%) Camunda
10 2 (0.095%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.047%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.047%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.047%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.047%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.047%) Umbraco
Applications
1 37 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 37 (1.75%) UserZoom
2 25 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.90%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.43%) Adobe After Effects
6 7 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.24%) InDesign
7 5 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.24%) Sketch
8 4 (0.19%) CapCut
9 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.14%) Productboard
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
10 2 (0.095%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.047%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.047%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (1.14%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.19%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.095%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.095%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.047%) HFM
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.047%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 577 (27.33%) Azure
2 400 (18.95%) AWS
3 219 (10.37%) SaaS
4 190 (9.00%) Adobe Analytics
5 185 (8.76%) GCP
6 147 (6.96%) Power Platform
7 140 (6.63%) Azure AI
8 135 (6.40%) GitHub
9 116 (5.50%) Figma
10 100 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
11 91 (4.31%) Azure Machine Learning
12 89 (4.22%) GitHub Copilot
13 88 (4.17%) Snowflake
14 83 (3.93%) Serverless
15 75 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
16 70 (3.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 62 (2.94%) Contentsquare
18 50 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
19 49 (2.32%) Anthropic Claude
20 36 (1.71%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 308 (14.59%) Broadband
2 25 (1.18%) Firewall
3 17 (0.81%) HTTP
4 13 (0.62%) VPN
5 12 (0.57%) DNS
6 10 (0.47%) Unified Communications
7 9 (0.43%) Network Security
8 8 (0.38%) DHCP
8 8 (0.38%) Internet
9 6 (0.28%) 5G
9 6 (0.28%) DMZ
9 6 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.19%) Modbus
10 4 (0.19%) RTP
10 4 (0.19%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.19%) VoIP
11 3 (0.14%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.14%) Wireless
11 3 (0.14%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.14%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (5.07%) MongoDB
2 91 (4.31%) SQL Server
3 85 (4.03%) Power BI
4 71 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 64 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
6 58 (2.75%) Metadata
7 47 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
8 45 (2.13%) Tableau
9 43 (2.04%) Big Data
10 28 (1.33%) BigQuery
11 27 (1.28%) NoSQL
12 24 (1.14%) Data Lake
13 23 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
14 22 (1.04%) Semantic Layer
15 20 (0.95%) Redis
16 18 (0.85%) Looker
17 17 (0.81%) Relational Database
18 14 (0.66%) Delta Lake
18 14 (0.66%) MySQL
18 14 (0.66%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 61 (2.89%) Git
2 37 (1.75%) JIRA
3 33 (1.56%) Claude Code
4 30 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.18%) Snyk
6 23 (1.09%) MLflow
7 14 (0.66%) GitLab
8 10 (0.47%) Selenium
8 10 (0.47%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.43%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.28%) Maven
10 6 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
10 6 (0.28%) SpecFlow
10 6 (0.28%) Storybook
10 6 (0.28%) WebDriver
11 5 (0.24%) JUnit
11 5 (0.24%) Mockito
11 5 (0.24%) Postman
11 5 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.14%) Appium
General
1 499 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 431 (20.42%) Finance
3 267 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
4 266 (12.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 255 (12.08%) Games
6 215 (10.18%) Marketing
7 141 (6.68%) Public Sector
8 140 (6.63%) Legal
9 123 (5.83%) Law
10 76 (3.60%) Retail
11 58 (2.75%) Banking
12 51 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
13 49 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
14 39 (1.85%) Automotive
15 27 (1.28%) Advertising
16 26 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
17 25 (1.18%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.04%) Telecoms
19 11 (0.52%) Back Office
20 8 (0.38%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 422 (19.99%) Senior
2 322 (15.25%) Lead
3 238 (11.27%) Developer
4 187 (8.86%) Architect
5 127 (6.02%) Software Engineer
6 96 (4.55%) Analyst
7 87 (4.12%) Consultant
7 87 (4.12%) Engineering Manager
8 81 (3.84%) Designer
9 75 (3.55%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 73 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
11 71 (3.36%) Data Engineer
12 65 (3.08%) .NET Developer
13 61 (2.89%) Data Scientist
14 60 (2.84%) Product Manager
15 56 (2.65%) Data Manager
16 53 (2.51%) Senior Software Engineer
17 51 (2.42%) Python Engineer
17 51 (2.42%) Senior Architect
18 49 (2.32%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (7.63%) React
2 119 (5.64%) .NET
3 106 (5.02%) RESTful
4 90 (4.26%) REST
5 89 (4.22%) Node.js
6 77 (3.65%) CSS
7 70 (3.32%) HTML
8 68 (3.22%) .NET Core
9 60 (2.84%) ASP.NET
9 60 (2.84%) ASP.NET Core
10 59 (2.79%) ML.NET
11 58 (2.75%) PyTorch
12 51 (2.42%) TensorFlow
13 50 (2.37%) Blazor
14 45 (2.13%) LangChain
15 36 (1.71%) FastAPI
16 35 (1.66%) Next.js
17 33 (1.56%) Spring
18 31 (1.47%) Kafka
18 31 (1.47%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 209 (9.90%) Social Media
2 166 (7.86%) Cloud Native
3 127 (6.02%) Product Ownership
4 93 (4.41%) AI Agents
5 88 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 52 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
6 52 (2.46%) Low-Code
7 49 (2.32%) Mobile App
8 48 (2.27%) Algorithms
8 48 (2.27%) Public Cloud
9 47 (2.23%) Video\Live Streaming
10 45 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
11 43 (2.04%) Virtual Team
12 40 (1.89%) Data Centre
13 32 (1.52%) Blog
14 29 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
15 28 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
15 28 (1.33%) Social Network
16 26 (1.23%) Management Information System
17 20 (0.95%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 44 (2.08%) Android
2 30 (1.42%) Linux
3 27 (1.28%) Apple iOS
3 27 (1.28%) Windows
4 6 (0.28%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.28%) Ubuntu
4 6 (0.28%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.19%) Unix
6 3 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 604 (28.61%) Agile
2 556 (26.34%) Analytics
3 551 (26.10%) Roadmaps
4 504 (23.87%) Machine Learning
5 406 (19.23%) CI/CD
6 317 (15.02%) Customer Experience
7 292 (13.83%) Software Engineering
8 285 (13.50%) Mentoring
9 279 (13.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 263 (12.46%) Decision-Making
11 262 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
12 254 (12.03%) DevOps
13 243 (11.51%) LLM
14 239 (11.32%) Product Roadmap
15 221 (10.47%) Full-Stack Development
16 219 (10.37%) Storytelling
17 217 (10.28%) Generative AI
18 197 (9.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 184 (8.72%) Digital Customer Experience
20 180 (8.53%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 468 (22.17%) Python
2 317 (15.02%) SQL
3 136 (6.44%) C#
4 126 (5.97%) JavaScript
5 120 (5.68%) TypeScript
6 115 (5.45%) Java
7 61 (2.89%) Go
8 35 (1.66%) Bash
9 32 (1.52%) PowerShell
10 28 (1.33%) C++
11 22 (1.04%) R
12 20 (0.95%) Bicep
13 18 (0.85%) Scala
14 14 (0.66%) PHP
15 11 (0.52%) PL/SQL
16 10 (0.47%) Apex Code
16 10 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (0.43%) C
17 9 (0.43%) Kotlin
17 9 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 179 (8.48%) Degree
2 93 (4.41%) Security Cleared
3 58 (2.75%) SC Cleared
4 52 (2.46%) AWS Certification
5 51 (2.42%) ACCA
6 33 (1.56%) Azure Certification
6 33 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (1.47%) DV Cleared
8 30 (1.42%) CIMA
8 30 (1.42%) DBS Check
8 30 (1.42%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (1.09%) PhD
11 19 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.62%) CISSP
13 8 (0.38%) CISA
13 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 8 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.28%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (13.45%) Accessibility
2 90 (4.26%) Data Quality
3 74 (3.51%) WCAG
4 62 (2.94%) QA
5 57 (2.70%) GDPR
6 54 (2.56%) GRC
7 25 (1.18%) IFRS
8 24 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 22 (1.04%) NIST
10 14 (0.66%) PMO
11 13 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 12 (0.57%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.57%) SLA
13 9 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.33%) NCSC
15 6 (0.28%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.19%) Solvency II
18 3 (0.14%) GAAP
System Software
1 143 (6.77%) Docker
2 89 (4.22%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (1.09%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.19%) Firmware
5 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.14%) Kamailio
5 3 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.095%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.047%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 118 (5.59%) Kubernetes
2 78 (3.69%) Terraform
3 19 (0.90%) Ansible
4 14 (0.66%) Grafana
4 14 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.62%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.33%) Kubeflow
7 7 (0.33%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.28%) Argo
9 3 (0.14%) Puppet
10 2 (0.095%) Podman
10 2 (0.095%) Salt
11 1 (0.047%) Istio
11 1 (0.047%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.047%) linkerd
11 1 (0.047%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 473 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 267 (12.65%) Adobe
3 124 (5.87%) Databricks
4 91 (4.31%) Google
5 59 (2.79%) Apple
6 58 (2.75%) OpenAI
7 54 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 53 (2.51%) Cisco
9 51 (2.42%) Salesforce
10 49 (2.32%) Dell
11 31 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
12 27 (1.28%) Oracle
12 27 (1.28%) Palo Alto
13 26 (1.23%) HubSpot
13 26 (1.23%) Tenable
14 22 (1.04%) Foundry
15 18 (0.85%) SAP
16 13 (0.62%) Palantir
17 12 (0.57%) Facebook
18 11 (0.52%) VMware