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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 73 66
Rank change year-on-year +69 -7 +49
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,022 761 944
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.78% 3.88% 4.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.61% 4.37% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 821 443 500
10th Percentile £24,570 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £39,377 £51,750 £55,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £91,250 £88,125 £92,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.67% +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 13,987 17,399 20,381
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.56% 88.82% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,773 10,336 16,477
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 19 November 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 33 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 26 (0.86%) Confluence
3 22 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (0.73%) CMS
4 17 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.43%) Apache Solr
7 11 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 10 (0.33%) Apache
9 6 (0.20%) JBoss
9 6 (0.20%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.20%) WordPress
10 4 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
11 3 (0.099%) Luigi
12 2 (0.066%) Mendix
13 1 (0.033%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.033%) IIS
Applications
1 1,635 (54.10%) Chatbot
2 79 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
4 11 (0.36%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.099%) InDesign
7 3 (0.099%) Notion
7 3 (0.099%) Simulink
7 3 (0.099%) Sketch
8 2 (0.066%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.066%) Civil 3D
8 2 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.066%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.066%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.066%) Revit
8 2 (0.066%) Weka
Business Applications
1 14 (0.46%) NetSuite
1 14 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.099%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.066%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.066%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.066%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.066%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.066%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.066%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.066%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.066%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.066%) Shopify
7 1 (0.033%) Magento
7 1 (0.033%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.033%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 407 (13.47%) Azure
2 247 (8.17%) AWS
3 183 (6.06%) SaaS
4 176 (5.82%) Power Platform
5 126 (4.17%) GCP
6 101 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
7 96 (3.18%) GitHub
8 82 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
9 57 (1.89%) GitHub Copilot
10 55 (1.82%) Snowflake
11 41 (1.36%) Entra ID
12 35 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 35 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
13 34 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
14 30 (0.99%) dbt
14 30 (0.99%) Serverless
15 27 (0.89%) Power Automate
16 23 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
16 23 (0.76%) Copilot Studio
17 21 (0.69%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.53%) Broadband
2 13 (0.43%) Internet
3 8 (0.26%) Network Security
4 7 (0.23%) WAN
4 7 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.20%) InfiniBand
6 5 (0.17%) VoIP
6 5 (0.17%) VPN
7 4 (0.13%) DHCP
7 4 (0.13%) DMZ
7 4 (0.13%) DNS
7 4 (0.13%) Firewall
7 4 (0.13%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.13%) Wireless
8 3 (0.099%) DOCSIS
8 3 (0.099%) DSL
8 3 (0.099%) HTTP
8 3 (0.099%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.099%) PPP
8 3 (0.099%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (3.57%) Power BI
2 72 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (1.46%) NoSQL
3 44 (1.46%) Tableau
4 39 (1.29%) SQL Server
5 38 (1.26%) MongoDB
6 34 (1.13%) Big Data
7 31 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
8 29 (0.96%) MySQL
9 28 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
10 26 (0.86%) Data Lake
11 25 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
12 17 (0.56%) Snowflake Schema
13 15 (0.50%) Metadata
13 15 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (0.46%) BigQuery
14 14 (0.46%) Redis
15 10 (0.33%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.33%) Looker
15 10 (0.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 64 (2.12%) JIRA
2 56 (1.85%) Git
3 17 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.26%) GitLab
6 7 (0.23%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.20%) ERwin
8 5 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.17%) GitBook
9 4 (0.13%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.13%) Selenium
9 4 (0.13%) Subversion
10 3 (0.099%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.099%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.066%) JMeter
11 2 (0.066%) JUnit
11 2 (0.066%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.066%) MLflow
11 2 (0.066%) Vite
General
1 820 (27.13%) Analytical Skills
2 504 (16.68%) Social Skills
3 422 (13.96%) Finance
4 303 (10.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 215 (7.11%) Marketing
6 127 (4.20%) Public Sector
7 121 (4.00%) Retail
8 103 (3.41%) Legal
9 86 (2.85%) Law
10 58 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
11 40 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 33 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
13 31 (1.03%) Banking
14 28 (0.93%) Aerospace
15 24 (0.79%) Games
15 24 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
16 22 (0.73%) Advertising
16 22 (0.73%) Manufacturing
17 20 (0.66%) Agriculture
18 18 (0.60%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,616 (53.47%) Trainer
2 189 (6.25%) Senior
3 177 (5.86%) Content Editor
4 172 (5.69%) Developer
5 121 (4.00%) Architect
6 106 (3.51%) Customer Support Specialist
6 106 (3.51%) Support Specialist
7 100 (3.31%) Research Scientist
8 90 (2.98%) Lead
9 88 (2.91%) Analyst
10 65 (2.15%) Sales Executive
11 63 (2.08%) Microsoft Specialist
12 62 (2.05%) Consultant
13 52 (1.72%) Corporate Sales Executive
14 49 (1.62%) Software Engineer
15 47 (1.56%) Biostatistician
15 47 (1.56%) Data Engineer
16 42 (1.39%) Customer Service Representative
17 41 (1.36%) Solutions Architect
18 37 (1.22%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (2.68%) React
2 71 (2.35%) .NET
3 50 (1.65%) Node.js
3 50 (1.65%) REST
4 40 (1.32%) Kafka
4 40 (1.32%) RESTful
5 29 (0.96%) Next.js
6 26 (0.86%) GraphQL
7 25 (0.83%) HTML
8 24 (0.79%) OAuth
9 23 (0.76%) OAuth2
9 23 (0.76%) Spring
10 22 (0.73%) FastAPI
11 21 (0.69%) gRPC
11 21 (0.69%) PyTorch
11 21 (0.69%) TensorFlow
12 20 (0.66%) SOAP
13 19 (0.63%) CSS
13 19 (0.63%) Django
14 17 (0.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 121 (4.00%) Molecular Biology
2 118 (3.90%) Cloud Native
3 100 (3.31%) Product Ownership
4 77 (2.55%) Blog
5 58 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 54 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 53 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
8 49 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
9 42 (1.39%) AI Agents
10 36 (1.19%) Algorithms
11 34 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
12 31 (1.03%) Data Centre
13 30 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
13 30 (0.99%) Virtual Team
14 27 (0.89%) Low-Code
15 26 (0.86%) Management Information System
15 26 (0.86%) Social Media
16 23 (0.76%) Reinsurance
17 20 (0.66%) Social Network
18 18 (0.60%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 32 (1.06%) Windows
2 30 (0.99%) Linux
3 23 (0.76%) Android
4 19 (0.63%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.099%) OpenWrt
7 3 (0.099%) Unix
8 1 (0.033%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.033%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.033%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,652 (54.67%) Conversational UI
2 619 (20.48%) Chemistry
3 345 (11.42%) Agile
4 292 (9.66%) Analytics
5 280 (9.27%) Roadmaps
6 269 (8.90%) Machine Learning
7 237 (7.84%) Content Writing
8 234 (7.74%) DevOps
9 227 (7.51%) Mathematics
9 227 (7.51%) Problem-Solving
10 210 (6.95%) CI/CD
11 201 (6.65%) Customer Service
12 196 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
13 182 (6.02%) Physics
14 164 (5.43%) Software Engineering
15 162 (5.36%) Decision-Making
16 161 (5.33%) Computer Science
17 155 (5.13%) Customer Experience
18 139 (4.60%) Business Intelligence
19 135 (4.47%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 305 (10.09%) Python
2 247 (8.17%) SQL
3 99 (3.28%) TypeScript
4 97 (3.21%) JavaScript
5 80 (2.65%) Java
6 42 (1.39%) PowerShell
7 31 (1.03%) C#
8 27 (0.89%) Bash
9 26 (0.86%) C++
10 21 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 21 (0.69%) Kotlin
11 20 (0.66%) PHP
12 18 (0.60%) R
13 15 (0.50%) C
13 15 (0.50%) Go
13 15 (0.50%) Swift
14 12 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 12 (0.40%) Shell Script
15 11 (0.36%) Scala
16 10 (0.33%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 1,890 (62.54%) Degree
2 962 (31.83%) Master's Degree
3 944 (31.24%) PhD
4 67 (2.22%) Security Cleared
5 56 (1.85%) SC Cleared
6 42 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (0.89%) ACCA
8 26 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (0.66%) PMP
10 17 (0.56%) DBS Check
11 16 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (0.46%) AWS Certification
13 12 (0.40%) Azure Certification
13 12 (0.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 8 (0.26%) CISA
14 8 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.20%) CISM
15 6 (0.20%) CISSP
16 5 (0.17%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (1.49%) Accessibility
2 40 (1.32%) GDPR
3 34 (1.13%) Data Quality
4 29 (0.96%) QA
5 22 (0.73%) GAAP
6 20 (0.66%) IFRS
7 19 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
7 19 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.30%) NIST
10 8 (0.26%) EU AI Act
11 7 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 7 (0.23%) WCAG
12 6 (0.20%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.17%) GRC
13 5 (0.17%) NCSC
14 4 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.13%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.099%) PMO
System Software
1 76 (2.51%) Docker
2 22 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
3 18 (0.60%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.17%) Lustre
6 4 (0.13%) Firmware
7 3 (0.099%) GPFS
7 3 (0.099%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 3 (0.099%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.066%) Ceph
9 1 (0.033%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 74 (2.45%) Kubernetes
1 74 (2.45%) Terraform
2 19 (0.63%) Ansible
2 19 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.26%) SCCM
6 5 (0.17%) Grafana
7 3 (0.099%) Argo
8 2 (0.066%) Control-M
8 2 (0.066%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.066%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.066%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.066%) Puppet
9 1 (0.033%) AppManager
9 1 (0.033%) Cilium
9 1 (0.033%) Kibana
9 1 (0.033%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.033%) logstash
9 1 (0.033%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,617 (53.51%) PayPal
2 417 (13.80%) Microsoft
3 88 (2.91%) Cisco
4 73 (2.42%) Google
5 64 (2.12%) Dell
6 59 (1.95%) Adobe
7 52 (1.72%) Salesforce
8 45 (1.49%) Blue Prism
9 44 (1.46%) Databricks
10 41 (1.36%) Oracle
11 37 (1.22%) Apple
12 24 (0.79%) Palo Alto
13 23 (0.76%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.69%) SAP
15 17 (0.56%) OpenAI
16 15 (0.50%) ServiceNow
17 14 (0.46%) Foundry
18 12 (0.40%) IBM
19 11 (0.36%) Alteryx
19 11 (0.36%) Pardot
3,627 hybrid/remote AI jobs