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

 6 months to
4 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 39 76
Rank change year-on-year +33 +37 +21
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,518 971 1,140
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.16% 6.71% 4.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.71% 7.05% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 939 567 757
10th Percentile £24,570 £25,313 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,254 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% +5.53% -10.31%
75th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £107,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

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 14,220 13,771 26,314
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.60% 95.19% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,269 8,606 21,825
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,300
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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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 4 March 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 41 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.07%) CMS
3 26 (1.03%) Confluence
4 23 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 22 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 13 (0.52%) JBoss
7 13 (0.52%) WebSphere
8 12 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
9 9 (0.36%) WordPress
10 7 (0.28%) Apache
11 6 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
12 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
13 4 (0.16%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.16%) SAS
14 2 (0.079%) Mendix
14 2 (0.079%) Umbraco
15 1 (0.040%) Camunda
15 1 (0.040%) Kinematics
Applications
1 873 (34.67%) Chatbot
2 66 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (0.56%) UserZoom
5 3 (0.12%) Simulink
5 3 (0.12%) Sketch
5 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.079%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.079%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.079%) CapCut
6 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.079%) Weka
7 1 (0.040%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.040%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
2 14 (0.56%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.079%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.079%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.079%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.079%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.079%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.079%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.040%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.040%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 460 (18.27%) Azure
2 301 (11.95%) AWS
3 220 (8.74%) SaaS
4 179 (7.11%) Power Platform
5 152 (6.04%) GCP
6 145 (5.76%) GitHub
7 109 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
8 95 (3.77%) GitHub Copilot
9 89 (3.53%) Adobe Analytics
10 71 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
11 56 (2.22%) Serverless
11 56 (2.22%) Snowflake
12 48 (1.91%) Figma
13 44 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
14 41 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
15 39 (1.55%) Entra ID
16 33 (1.31%) Azure Machine Learning
17 28 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
18 27 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 27 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 132 (5.24%) Broadband
2 16 (0.64%) Firewall
3 13 (0.52%) HTTP
4 11 (0.44%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.32%) Network Security
6 7 (0.28%) DMZ
6 7 (0.28%) Internet
7 6 (0.24%) RTP
7 6 (0.24%) VoIP
7 6 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.20%) DHCP
8 5 (0.20%) VPN
9 3 (0.12%) DNS
9 3 (0.12%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.12%) DSL
9 3 (0.12%) IPv4
9 3 (0.12%) IPv6
9 3 (0.12%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.12%) PPP
9 3 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (3.73%) Power BI
2 69 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (1.91%) Tableau
4 47 (1.87%) Metadata
5 40 (1.59%) Big Data
6 36 (1.43%) SQL Server
7 35 (1.39%) MongoDB
8 30 (1.19%) NoSQL
9 27 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
10 24 (0.95%) BigQuery
11 23 (0.91%) Data Lake
12 22 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
13 18 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
13 18 (0.71%) Looker
14 16 (0.64%) Redis
15 15 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 13 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
16 13 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
17 12 (0.48%) Delta Lake
18 11 (0.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 58 (2.30%) JIRA
2 55 (2.18%) Git
3 22 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 18 (0.71%) MLflow
5 16 (0.64%) GitLab
6 15 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (0.44%) Claude Code
7 11 (0.44%) Cypress.io
7 11 (0.44%) Selenium
8 9 (0.36%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.32%) Subversion
9 8 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.28%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.28%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.24%) ERwin
12 5 (0.20%) GitBook
12 5 (0.20%) Storybook
13 4 (0.16%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.16%) Postman
13 4 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
General
1 560 (22.24%) Analytical Skills
2 518 (20.57%) Social Skills
3 453 (17.99%) Finance
4 284 (11.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 174 (6.91%) Marketing
6 164 (6.51%) Public Sector
7 124 (4.92%) Games
7 124 (4.92%) Legal
8 116 (4.61%) Retail
9 105 (4.17%) Law
10 54 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 51 (2.03%) Telecoms
12 45 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
13 33 (1.31%) Banking
14 31 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
15 30 (1.19%) Manufacturing
16 22 (0.87%) Aerospace
17 18 (0.71%) Automotive
18 16 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
19 13 (0.52%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 857 (34.03%) Trainer
2 301 (11.95%) Senior
3 214 (8.50%) Lead
4 204 (8.10%) Developer
5 116 (4.61%) Architect
6 102 (4.05%) Content Editor
7 84 (3.34%) Consultant
8 76 (3.02%) Analyst
8 76 (3.02%) Research Scientist
9 75 (2.98%) Customer Support Specialist
9 75 (2.98%) Support Specialist
10 71 (2.82%) Software Engineer
11 56 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
12 55 (2.18%) Data Engineer
13 49 (1.95%) Sales Executive
14 47 (1.87%) Corporate Sales Executive
15 44 (1.75%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 40 (1.59%) Designer
17 38 (1.51%) Lead Developer
18 37 (1.47%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (4.05%) React
2 85 (3.38%) .NET
3 83 (3.30%) REST
4 66 (2.62%) Node.js
5 65 (2.58%) RESTful
6 45 (1.79%) PyTorch
7 43 (1.71%) TensorFlow
8 39 (1.55%) Kafka
8 39 (1.55%) SOAP
9 36 (1.43%) OAuth
9 36 (1.43%) Spring
10 33 (1.31%) CSS
11 32 (1.27%) OAuth2
12 31 (1.23%) HTML
13 28 (1.11%) Vue
14 26 (1.03%) AngularJS
15 23 (0.91%) LangChain
16 22 (0.87%) GraphQL
16 22 (0.87%) Lightning Web Components
16 22 (0.87%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 130 (5.16%) Cloud Native
2 111 (4.41%) Blog
3 100 (3.97%) Product Ownership
4 97 (3.85%) Social Media
5 89 (3.53%) Molecular Biology
6 75 (2.98%) Onboarding
7 54 (2.14%) AI Agents
8 50 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 49 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
10 45 (1.79%) Mobile App
11 44 (1.75%) Public Cloud
12 43 (1.71%) Algorithms
13 35 (1.39%) Virtual Team
14 33 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
15 32 (1.27%) Low-Code
16 27 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
17 26 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
17 26 (1.03%) Social Network
18 21 (0.83%) Management Information System
19 20 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.10%) Android
2 36 (1.43%) Apple iOS
3 30 (1.19%) Linux
4 26 (1.03%) Windows
5 8 (0.32%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.28%) Unix
7 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
8 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.12%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.040%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 885 (35.15%) Conversational UI
2 438 (17.39%) Agile
3 408 (16.20%) Analytics
4 376 (14.93%) Roadmaps
5 326 (12.95%) Chemistry
6 308 (12.23%) CI/CD
7 305 (12.11%) Machine Learning
8 272 (10.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 258 (10.25%) DevOps
10 245 (9.73%) Customer Experience
11 234 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
12 210 (8.34%) Software Engineering
13 202 (8.02%) Mentoring
14 190 (7.55%) Decision-Making
15 156 (6.20%) Coaching
16 147 (5.84%) Project Management
17 144 (5.72%) Generative AI
18 143 (5.68%) Customer Service
19 136 (5.40%) User Experience
20 132 (5.24%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 345 (13.70%) Python
2 242 (9.61%) SQL
3 121 (4.81%) Java
4 108 (4.29%) TypeScript
5 88 (3.49%) JavaScript
6 59 (2.34%) C#
7 46 (1.83%) Go
8 35 (1.39%) C++
9 33 (1.31%) Bash
10 27 (1.07%) PowerShell
11 23 (0.91%) Kotlin
12 22 (0.87%) Apex Code
13 21 (0.83%) R
14 19 (0.75%) PHP
15 17 (0.68%) C
16 16 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 15 (0.60%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.56%) Shell Script
19 13 (0.52%) Scala
20 8 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,123 (44.60%) Degree
2 506 (20.10%) Master's Degree
3 494 (19.62%) PhD
4 81 (3.22%) Security Cleared
5 62 (2.46%) SC Cleared
6 55 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (1.51%) DBS Check
8 30 (1.19%) AWS Certification
9 28 (1.11%) Azure Certification
10 25 (0.99%) PMP
11 24 (0.95%) ACCA
12 22 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (0.64%) DV Cleared
15 15 (0.60%) CISSP
16 12 (0.48%) CISA
16 12 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 10 (0.40%) CISM
18 7 (0.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 7 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (6.35%) Accessibility
2 42 (1.67%) GDPR
3 41 (1.63%) Data Quality
4 40 (1.59%) QA
4 40 (1.59%) WCAG
5 28 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.07%) IFRS
7 17 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
7 17 (0.68%) GRC
8 14 (0.56%) GAAP
8 14 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 13 (0.52%) NIST
10 9 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 8 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.28%) EU AI Act
12 7 (0.28%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.28%) NCSC
12 7 (0.28%) PMO
13 4 (0.16%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 99 (3.93%) Docker
2 29 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.16%) Firmware
6 3 (0.12%) Kamailio
7 2 (0.079%) Ceph
7 2 (0.079%) Lustre
7 2 (0.079%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.079%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 81 (3.22%) Kubernetes
1 81 (3.22%) Terraform
2 27 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
3 21 (0.83%) Ansible
4 16 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.52%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.48%) Grafana
7 5 (0.20%) Argo
7 5 (0.20%) Proxmox
7 5 (0.20%) SCCM
8 3 (0.12%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.079%) Control-M
9 2 (0.079%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.040%) Cilium
10 1 (0.040%) Karpenter
10 1 (0.040%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 854 (33.92%) PayPal
2 382 (15.17%) Microsoft
3 133 (5.28%) Adobe
4 66 (2.62%) Databricks
5 65 (2.58%) Google
6 56 (2.22%) Cisco
7 54 (2.14%) Dell
8 50 (1.99%) Salesforce
9 46 (1.83%) Oracle
10 42 (1.67%) Blue Prism
11 27 (1.07%) Apple
12 26 (1.03%) OpenAI
13 18 (0.71%) Foundry
14 17 (0.68%) SAP
15 15 (0.60%) Palantir
16 14 (0.56%) HubSpot
17 13 (0.52%) Atlassian
18 12 (0.48%) Informatica
19 11 (0.44%) Instagram
19 11 (0.44%) ServiceNow
2,067 hybrid/remote AI jobs