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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 53
Rank change year-on-year -1 +47 +30
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,082 2,898 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.96% 17.90% 4.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.82% 19.25% 5.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,947 666 563
10th Percentile £40,500 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,313 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £86,875
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £103,500
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 19,480 15,052 20,418
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.91% 92.98% 87.54%
Number of salaries quoted 14,035 8,660 12,878
10th Percentile £34,750 £29,838 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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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 9 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
1 102 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 52 (1.69%) Confluence
3 39 (1.27%) CMS
4 27 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 25 (0.81%) Apache
6 20 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.32%) WordPress
9 9 (0.29%) SAS
10 7 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.16%) Camunda
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.097%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.065%) Headless CMS
14 2 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
15 1 (0.032%) Apache Superset
15 1 (0.032%) ArcGIS
15 1 (0.032%) Moodle
15 1 (0.032%) Sitecore CMS
15 1 (0.032%) Umbraco
Applications
1 61 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (1.69%) Chatbot
3 33 (1.07%) UserZoom
4 32 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 15 (0.49%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
7 14 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.45%) InDesign
8 8 (0.26%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.16%) Moqups
9 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.13%) Trello
11 3 (0.097%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.097%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.097%) Productboard
11 3 (0.097%) Sketch
12 2 (0.065%) Weka
Business Applications
1 37 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.91%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.78%) Cloudability
4 8 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.13%) Primavera
7 4 (0.13%) Sage 50
8 3 (0.097%) Shopify
9 1 (0.032%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.032%) HFM
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.032%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.032%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 890 (28.88%) Azure
2 596 (19.34%) AWS
3 290 (9.41%) SaaS
4 260 (8.44%) GCP
5 259 (8.40%) Azure AI
6 258 (8.37%) Power Platform
7 228 (7.40%) GitHub
8 170 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
9 166 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
10 147 (4.77%) Snowflake
11 140 (4.54%) GitHub Copilot
12 121 (3.93%) Anthropic Claude
13 116 (3.76%) Microsoft Copilot
14 111 (3.60%) Entra ID
15 109 (3.54%) Serverless
16 98 (3.18%) Adobe Analytics
17 92 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 85 (2.76%) Figma
19 76 (2.47%) Azure Machine Learning
20 73 (2.37%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 207 (6.72%) Broadband
2 34 (1.10%) Internet
3 32 (1.04%) VPN
4 31 (1.01%) Firewall
5 28 (0.91%) Network Security
6 22 (0.71%) DNS
7 15 (0.49%) HTTP
8 13 (0.42%) DHCP
9 12 (0.39%) VoIP
10 11 (0.36%) 5G
10 11 (0.36%) CTI
11 8 (0.26%) Wireless
11 8 (0.26%) WPA
12 6 (0.19%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.16%) BGP
13 5 (0.16%) DMZ
13 5 (0.16%) OSPF
13 5 (0.16%) VLAN
13 5 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (6.94%) MongoDB
2 178 (5.78%) Azure SQL Database
3 162 (5.26%) Power BI
4 123 (3.99%) SQL Server
5 100 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
6 90 (2.92%) Metadata
7 74 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
8 57 (1.85%) NoSQL
9 51 (1.65%) Tableau
10 42 (1.36%) Big Data
11 41 (1.33%) Data Lake
12 35 (1.14%) Relational Database
13 34 (1.10%) Semantic Layer
14 33 (1.07%) Delta Lake
15 32 (1.04%) Redis
16 31 (1.01%) BigQuery
17 22 (0.71%) MySQL
18 20 (0.65%) Data Vault
18 20 (0.65%) DynamoDB
19 17 (0.55%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 120 (3.89%) Git
2 75 (2.43%) JIRA
3 71 (2.30%) Claude Code
4 41 (1.33%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.88%) GitLab
5 27 (0.88%) Snyk
6 16 (0.52%) MLflow
6 16 (0.52%) Selenium
7 14 (0.45%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.39%) Postman
8 12 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.32%) JUnit
9 10 (0.32%) Maven
9 10 (0.32%) Mockito
10 7 (0.23%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.16%) Burp Suite
11 5 (0.16%) Metasploit
11 5 (0.16%) Poetry
11 5 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (0.13%) Appium
General
1 913 (29.62%) Social Skills
2 719 (23.33%) Finance
3 407 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
4 353 (11.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 338 (10.97%) Marketing
6 236 (7.66%) Legal
7 203 (6.59%) Public Sector
8 174 (5.65%) Games
9 171 (5.55%) Law
10 130 (4.22%) Banking
11 107 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
12 104 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
13 102 (3.31%) Retail
14 58 (1.88%) Advertising
15 47 (1.52%) Manufacturing
16 44 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
17 36 (1.17%) Legal Technology
18 33 (1.07%) Telecoms
19 28 (0.91%) Automotive
20 25 (0.81%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 579 (18.79%) Senior
2 407 (13.21%) Developer
3 340 (11.03%) Lead
4 329 (10.67%) Architect
5 232 (7.53%) Software Engineer
6 170 (5.52%) .NET Developer
7 151 (4.90%) Analyst
8 131 (4.25%) Consultant
9 123 (3.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 110 (3.57%) Engineering Manager
11 93 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
12 87 (2.82%) Data Engineer
13 78 (2.53%) Full-Stack Developer
14 77 (2.50%) Senior Manager
15 76 (2.47%) Python Engineer
16 72 (2.34%) Data Scientist
17 71 (2.30%) Senior Developer
18 68 (2.21%) Data Architect
18 68 (2.21%) Senior Analyst
19 66 (2.14%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 281 (9.12%) React
2 256 (8.31%) .NET
3 168 (5.45%) ASP.NET
4 161 (5.22%) .NET Core
4 161 (5.22%) RESTful
5 159 (5.16%) ASP.NET Core
6 156 (5.06%) ML.NET
7 154 (5.00%) Terraform
8 150 (4.87%) Node.js
9 143 (4.64%) CSS
10 132 (4.28%) HTML
11 117 (3.80%) REST
12 116 (3.76%) Blazor
13 99 (3.21%) LangChain
14 74 (2.40%) Next.js
15 60 (1.95%) PyTorch
16 56 (1.82%) LangGraph
17 53 (1.72%) PySpark
18 50 (1.62%) Vue
19 47 (1.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 267 (8.66%) Cloud Native
2 257 (8.34%) AI Agents
3 147 (4.77%) Social Media
4 136 (4.41%) Product Ownership
5 122 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
6 107 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
7 97 (3.15%) Blog
8 76 (2.47%) Low-Code
9 73 (2.37%) Onboarding
10 70 (2.27%) Algorithms
11 62 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
11 62 (2.01%) Management Information System
12 59 (1.91%) Data Centre
13 56 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
14 55 (1.78%) Virtual Team
15 50 (1.62%) Video\Live Streaming
16 49 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
16 49 (1.59%) Marketing Technology
17 48 (1.56%) Mobile App
18 42 (1.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 76 (2.47%) Windows
2 65 (2.11%) Linux
3 38 (1.23%) Android
4 20 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.39%) VMS
7 10 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.23%) Unix
10 5 (0.16%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.097%) Debian
11 3 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.097%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 782 (25.37%) Machine Learning
2 770 (24.98%) Agile
3 681 (22.10%) Analytics
4 631 (20.47%) Roadmaps
5 601 (19.50%) CI/CD
6 588 (19.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 496 (16.09%) Software Engineering
8 489 (15.87%) Mentoring
9 462 (14.99%) Decision-Making
10 426 (13.82%) LLM
11 413 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
12 387 (12.56%) Full-Stack Development
13 382 (12.39%) DevOps
14 336 (10.90%) Stakeholder Management
15 321 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
16 312 (10.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 274 (8.89%) Customer Experience
18 272 (8.83%) Data Science
19 262 (8.50%) Technical Leadership
20 247 (8.01%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 706 (22.91%) Python
2 567 (18.40%) SQL
3 293 (9.51%) C#
4 275 (8.92%) JavaScript
5 220 (7.14%) TypeScript
6 139 (4.51%) Java
7 68 (2.21%) PowerShell
8 62 (2.01%) C++
9 53 (1.72%) Go
10 48 (1.56%) Bash
10 48 (1.56%) Bicep
11 31 (1.01%) Scala
12 22 (0.71%) R
13 19 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
14 17 (0.55%) Kotlin
15 16 (0.52%) C
15 16 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 15 (0.49%) PHP
17 11 (0.36%) Rust
18 10 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 256 (8.31%) Degree
2 218 (7.07%) Security Cleared
3 156 (5.06%) SC Cleared
4 80 (2.60%) CISSP
5 72 (2.34%) CISM
6 66 (2.14%) DV Cleared
7 60 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (1.75%) A+ Certification
8 54 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
9 52 (1.69%) ACCA
9 52 (1.69%) Azure Certification
10 46 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 40 (1.30%) CIMA
12 31 (1.01%) AWS Certification
12 31 (1.01%) Master's Degree
13 27 (0.88%) PhD
14 25 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 19 (0.62%) DBS Check
16 18 (0.58%) SnowPro
17 16 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 227 (7.37%) Data Quality
2 213 (6.91%) Accessibility
3 123 (3.99%) GDPR
4 120 (3.89%) QA
5 66 (2.14%) GRC
6 63 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 47 (1.52%) WCAG
8 46 (1.49%) NIST
9 31 (1.01%) SLA
10 19 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 15 (0.49%) IFRS
12 15 (0.49%) PMO
13 14 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 14 (0.45%) PCI DSS
14 12 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.26%) EU AI Act
16 7 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 6 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 235 (7.62%) Docker
2 99 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 92 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.42%) vSphere
6 12 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.32%) Firmware
8 9 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.097%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.097%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 211 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 78 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (0.88%) Grafana
4 17 (0.55%) Prometheus
5 15 (0.49%) Ansible
6 7 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.19%) Argo
7 6 (0.19%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.19%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.16%) Istio
8 5 (0.16%) Nmap
8 5 (0.16%) Puppet
9 3 (0.097%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.097%) linkerd
9 3 (0.097%) Podman
10 2 (0.065%) Cilium
10 2 (0.065%) Salt
11 1 (0.032%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.032%) OpenVAS
11 1 (0.032%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 785 (25.47%) Microsoft
2 187 (6.07%) Databricks
3 161 (5.22%) Adobe
4 152 (4.93%) Google
5 107 (3.47%) OpenAI
6 81 (2.63%) YouTube
7 76 (2.47%) Cisco
8 60 (1.95%) ServiceNow
9 58 (1.88%) Apple
10 55 (1.78%) CyberArk
11 53 (1.72%) Salesforce
12 41 (1.33%) Dell
13 39 (1.27%) Foundry
14 38 (1.23%) Facebook
14 38 (1.23%) HubSpot
15 34 (1.10%) SAP
16 30 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
16 30 (0.97%) Oracle
16 30 (0.97%) Palo Alto
17 27 (0.88%) Tenable