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

 6 months to
17 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 7 66
Rank change year-on-year -3 +59 +23
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,270 2,431 1,352
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.37% 15.84% 3.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.89% 16.74% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,370 682 895
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £29,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,203 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.74% +4.26% -15.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,295 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.59% -5.29% -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 16,346 14,518 30,753
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 94.57% 88.97%
Number of salaries quoted 11,794 8,418 23,762
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £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 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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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 17 June 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 49 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.63%) CMS
2 37 (1.63%) Confluence
3 22 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.57%) Apache
5 12 (0.53%) WordPress
6 10 (0.44%) SAS
7 8 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.18%) JBoss
8 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.088%) Camunda
10 2 (0.088%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.088%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.044%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.044%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (1.98%) UserZoom
2 26 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (0.75%) Chatbot
5 13 (0.57%) Adobe After Effects
6 12 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 11 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 9 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
8 9 (0.40%) InDesign
8 9 (0.40%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.18%) CapCut
11 3 (0.13%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.13%) Productboard
11 3 (0.13%) Sketch
11 3 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.13%) Trello
12 2 (0.088%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.044%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.044%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (1.06%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.18%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.088%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.088%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.044%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.044%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.044%) HFM
6 1 (0.044%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.044%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.044%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.044%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.044%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 623 (27.44%) Azure
2 425 (18.72%) AWS
3 236 (10.40%) SaaS
4 199 (8.77%) GCP
5 193 (8.50%) Adobe Analytics
6 175 (7.71%) Azure AI
7 159 (7.00%) Power Platform
8 137 (6.04%) GitHub
9 113 (4.98%) Figma
10 112 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
11 92 (4.05%) Serverless
11 92 (4.05%) Snowflake
12 91 (4.01%) Azure Machine Learning
13 89 (3.92%) GitHub Copilot
14 86 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
15 73 (3.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 70 (3.08%) Contentsquare
17 65 (2.86%) Anthropic Claude
18 60 (2.64%) Microsoft Copilot
19 34 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 338 (14.89%) Broadband
2 25 (1.10%) Firewall
3 21 (0.93%) VPN
4 16 (0.70%) Internet
5 14 (0.62%) HTTP
6 12 (0.53%) DNS
7 10 (0.44%) Unified Communications
8 8 (0.35%) DHCP
8 8 (0.35%) Network Security
9 6 (0.26%) 5G
9 6 (0.26%) DMZ
10 5 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.22%) VoIP
10 5 (0.22%) VXLAN
10 5 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.18%) RTP
11 4 (0.18%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.18%) WPA
12 3 (0.13%) VLAN
12 3 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (6.78%) MongoDB
2 110 (4.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 101 (4.45%) SQL Server
4 92 (4.05%) Power BI
5 77 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
6 67 (2.95%) Metadata
7 51 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
8 47 (2.07%) Tableau
9 41 (1.81%) Big Data
10 34 (1.50%) BigQuery
11 31 (1.37%) NoSQL
12 30 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
13 24 (1.06%) Redis
14 23 (1.01%) Data Lake
14 23 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
15 22 (0.97%) Relational Database
16 21 (0.93%) Delta Lake
17 19 (0.84%) MySQL
18 17 (0.75%) Looker
19 16 (0.70%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 69 (3.04%) Git
2 42 (1.85%) Claude Code
3 35 (1.54%) JIRA
4 33 (1.45%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.10%) Snyk
6 21 (0.93%) MLflow
7 18 (0.79%) GitLab
8 10 (0.44%) Selenium
9 9 (0.40%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.35%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.31%) Postman
12 6 (0.26%) Maven
12 6 (0.26%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.22%) JUnit
13 5 (0.22%) Mockito
13 5 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.22%) WebDriver
14 3 (0.13%) Appium
14 3 (0.13%) Storybook
15 2 (0.088%) Terragrunt
General
1 551 (24.27%) Social Skills
2 431 (18.99%) Finance
3 276 (12.16%) Games
4 266 (11.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 257 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
6 237 (10.44%) Marketing
7 135 (5.95%) Legal
8 133 (5.86%) Public Sector
9 119 (5.24%) Law
10 80 (3.52%) Retail
11 67 (2.95%) Banking
12 63 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
13 45 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
14 40 (1.76%) Advertising
15 39 (1.72%) Automotive
15 39 (1.72%) Legal Technology
16 28 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
17 25 (1.10%) Manufacturing
18 16 (0.70%) Telecoms
19 10 (0.44%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 438 (19.30%) Senior
2 364 (16.04%) Lead
3 298 (13.13%) Developer
4 209 (9.21%) Architect
5 135 (5.95%) Software Engineer
6 102 (4.49%) .NET Developer
7 98 (4.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 96 (4.23%) Analyst
8 96 (4.23%) Engineering Manager
9 92 (4.05%) Consultant
10 83 (3.66%) Designer
11 79 (3.48%) Data Engineer
12 76 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
13 64 (2.82%) Python Engineer
14 63 (2.78%) Data Scientist
15 61 (2.69%) Full-Stack Developer
15 61 (2.69%) Product Manager
16 58 (2.56%) Data Manager
17 53 (2.33%) Sales Executive
17 53 (2.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (8.24%) React
2 164 (7.22%) .NET
3 127 (5.59%) RESTful
4 103 (4.54%) .NET Core
4 103 (4.54%) CSS
5 98 (4.32%) ASP.NET
6 96 (4.23%) HTML
7 95 (4.19%) ASP.NET Core
8 93 (4.10%) ML.NET
9 92 (4.05%) Node.js
10 79 (3.48%) REST
11 73 (3.22%) Blazor
12 67 (2.95%) PyTorch
13 63 (2.78%) LangChain
14 57 (2.51%) TensorFlow
15 44 (1.94%) FastAPI
16 40 (1.76%) Vue
17 38 (1.67%) Next.js
18 32 (1.41%) Spring
19 26 (1.15%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 228 (10.04%) Social Media
2 205 (9.03%) Cloud Native
3 133 (5.86%) Product Ownership
4 123 (5.42%) AI Agents
5 76 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
5 76 (3.35%) Onboarding
6 60 (2.64%) Low-Code
7 58 (2.56%) Video\Live Streaming
8 54 (2.38%) Algorithms
8 54 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
9 50 (2.20%) Virtual Team
10 47 (2.07%) Mobile App
11 40 (1.76%) Data Centre
12 36 (1.59%) Public Cloud
13 34 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
14 30 (1.32%) Social Network
15 29 (1.28%) Management Information System
16 27 (1.19%) Security Posture
17 26 (1.15%) Podcast
18 24 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 42 (1.85%) Android
2 35 (1.54%) Windows
3 34 (1.50%) Linux
4 27 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.31%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.31%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.26%) VMS
7 2 (0.088%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.044%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 652 (28.72%) Agile
2 594 (26.17%) Roadmaps
3 580 (25.55%) Analytics
4 568 (25.02%) Machine Learning
5 462 (20.35%) CI/CD
6 342 (15.07%) Software Engineering
7 331 (14.58%) Customer Experience
8 313 (13.79%) Mentoring
9 306 (13.48%) Decision-Making
10 287 (12.64%) Full-Stack Development
11 286 (12.60%) LLM
12 284 (12.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 271 (11.94%) DevOps
14 269 (11.85%) Problem-Solving
15 244 (10.75%) Generative AI
16 242 (10.66%) Product Roadmap
17 221 (9.74%) Storytelling
18 209 (9.21%) Technical Leadership
19 204 (8.99%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
20 198 (8.72%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 542 (23.88%) Python
2 370 (16.30%) SQL
3 185 (8.15%) C#
4 169 (7.44%) JavaScript
5 139 (6.12%) TypeScript
6 111 (4.89%) Java
7 70 (3.08%) Go
8 43 (1.89%) Bash
9 40 (1.76%) PowerShell
10 32 (1.41%) Bicep
11 26 (1.15%) C++
12 22 (0.97%) Scala
13 21 (0.93%) R
14 15 (0.66%) PHP
15 12 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (0.40%) C
18 8 (0.35%) Rust
19 7 (0.31%) PL/SQL
19 7 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 180 (7.93%) Degree
2 96 (4.23%) Security Cleared
3 59 (2.60%) SC Cleared
4 53 (2.33%) ACCA
5 43 (1.89%) AWS Certification
6 40 (1.76%) Azure Certification
7 35 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (1.37%) CIMA
8 31 (1.37%) DV Cleared
9 27 (1.19%) Master's Degree
9 27 (1.19%) PhD
10 26 (1.15%) DBS Check
11 25 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 25 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.48%) CISSP
13 10 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (0.22%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (12.56%) Accessibility
2 118 (5.20%) Data Quality
3 75 (3.30%) GDPR
4 71 (3.13%) WCAG
5 65 (2.86%) QA
6 54 (2.38%) GRC
7 30 (1.32%) NIST
8 27 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 24 (1.06%) IFRS
10 22 (0.97%) SLA
11 14 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.62%) PMO
11 14 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (0.57%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.31%) NCSC
15 6 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.26%) JSP 440
16 4 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 161 (7.09%) Docker
2 90 (3.96%) Virtual Machines
3 26 (1.15%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.26%) vSphere
7 4 (0.18%) Firmware
7 4 (0.18%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.13%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.044%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 137 (6.04%) Kubernetes
2 97 (4.27%) Terraform
3 19 (0.84%) Ansible
4 17 (0.75%) Grafana
5 16 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.40%) Kubeflow
8 8 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.31%) Argo
9 7 (0.31%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.18%) Puppet
11 3 (0.13%) Istio
12 2 (0.088%) linkerd
12 2 (0.088%) Podman
12 2 (0.088%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.088%) Salt
13 1 (0.044%) CASB
13 1 (0.044%) Cilium
13 1 (0.044%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.044%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 505 (22.25%) Microsoft
2 256 (11.28%) Adobe
3 134 (5.90%) Databricks
4 98 (4.32%) Google
5 68 (3.00%) Cisco
6 67 (2.95%) OpenAI
7 55 (2.42%) ServiceNow
8 53 (2.33%) Dell
9 46 (2.03%) Apple
9 46 (2.03%) Salesforce
10 31 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
11 27 (1.19%) Foundry
11 27 (1.19%) HubSpot
11 27 (1.19%) Palo Alto
11 27 (1.19%) Tenable
12 22 (0.97%) Facebook
12 22 (0.97%) Oracle
13 18 (0.79%) SAP
14 16 (0.70%) VMware
15 11 (0.48%) Sony
2,109 hybrid/remote AI jobs