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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 65 63
Rank change year-on-year +61 -2 +45
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,729 764 1,110
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.70% 4.68% 4.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.35% 4.97% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 920 424 690
10th Percentile £21,600 £45,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -10.34%
75th Percentile £92,813 £91,563 £86,250
90th Percentile £120,250 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £72,463 £77,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.89% +10.00% -

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 13,411 15,366 22,402
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.96% 94.05% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,532 9,035 18,329
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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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 21 January 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 45 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.06%) Confluence
3 24 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (0.73%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.73%) CMS
5 17 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 14 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.44%) JBoss
7 12 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.26%) Apache
8 7 (0.26%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.18%) WordPress
10 3 (0.11%) Luigi
11 2 (0.073%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.073%) Mendix
11 2 (0.073%) SAS
11 2 (0.073%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.037%) Camunda
12 1 (0.037%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1,182 (43.31%) Chatbot
2 78 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (0.15%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.15%) Sketch
6 3 (0.11%) InDesign
6 3 (0.11%) Notion
6 3 (0.11%) Simulink
6 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.11%) UserZoom
7 2 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.073%) Weka
8 1 (0.037%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.037%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.037%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (0.55%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.073%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.073%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.073%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.073%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.073%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.073%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.073%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.073%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.037%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.037%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.037%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 491 (17.99%) Azure
2 302 (11.07%) AWS
3 212 (7.77%) SaaS
4 191 (7.00%) Power Platform
5 156 (5.72%) GCP
6 144 (5.28%) GitHub
7 127 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
8 99 (3.63%) GitHub Copilot
9 69 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
10 68 (2.49%) Snowflake
11 47 (1.72%) Entra ID
11 47 (1.72%) Serverless
12 39 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
13 36 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
14 35 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 35 (1.28%) dbt
15 31 (1.14%) Azure AI
16 28 (1.03%) Power Automate
17 27 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
18 26 (0.95%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 26 (0.95%) Broadband
2 12 (0.44%) Network Security
3 11 (0.40%) HTTP
4 10 (0.37%) Firewall
5 8 (0.29%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.26%) DMZ
6 7 (0.26%) Internet
7 6 (0.22%) DNS
7 6 (0.22%) InfiniBand
7 6 (0.22%) VPN
7 6 (0.22%) WAN
8 5 (0.18%) DHCP
9 4 (0.15%) Intranet
9 4 (0.15%) RTP
9 4 (0.15%) VoIP
9 4 (0.15%) Wireless
10 3 (0.11%) DOCSIS
10 3 (0.11%) DSL
10 3 (0.11%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (4.03%) Power BI
2 79 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
3 59 (2.16%) Tableau
4 43 (1.58%) NoSQL
5 41 (1.50%) SQL Server
6 38 (1.39%) MongoDB
7 36 (1.32%) Big Data
8 29 (1.06%) Metadata
8 29 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (0.99%) BigQuery
9 27 (0.99%) Data Lake
10 25 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
11 22 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
12 20 (0.73%) Looker
13 17 (0.62%) Snowflake Schema
14 16 (0.59%) MySQL
15 15 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 14 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (0.40%) Redis
18 10 (0.37%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 72 (2.64%) JIRA
2 56 (2.05%) Git
3 22 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 18 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
5 13 (0.48%) GitLab
5 13 (0.48%) MLflow
6 9 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 9 (0.33%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.29%) Subversion
8 7 (0.26%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.22%) ERwin
10 5 (0.18%) GitBook
10 5 (0.18%) Selenium
10 5 (0.18%) Storybook
11 4 (0.15%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
12 3 (0.11%) ESLint
12 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.073%) Postman
13 2 (0.073%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 624 (22.87%) Analytical Skills
2 497 (18.21%) Social Skills
3 464 (17.00%) Finance
4 329 (12.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 181 (6.63%) Marketing
6 157 (5.75%) Public Sector
7 118 (4.32%) Retail
8 107 (3.92%) Legal
9 91 (3.33%) Law
10 51 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (1.72%) Telecoms
12 33 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
14 31 (1.14%) Banking
15 29 (1.06%) Games
16 23 (0.84%) Aerospace
16 23 (0.84%) Manufacturing
17 17 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (0.59%) Advertising
19 14 (0.51%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,160 (42.51%) Trainer
2 261 (9.56%) Senior
3 201 (7.37%) Developer
4 155 (5.68%) Content Editor
5 123 (4.51%) Lead
6 114 (4.18%) Architect
7 98 (3.59%) Customer Support Specialist
7 98 (3.59%) Support Specialist
8 94 (3.44%) Analyst
9 80 (2.93%) Research Scientist
10 73 (2.67%) Consultant
11 69 (2.53%) Software Engineer
12 62 (2.27%) Data Engineer
13 55 (2.02%) Sales Executive
14 46 (1.69%) Corporate Sales Executive
14 46 (1.69%) Solutions Architect
15 45 (1.65%) Microsoft Specialist
16 41 (1.50%) .NET Developer
16 41 (1.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 41 (1.50%) Customer Service Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (3.33%) .NET
1 91 (3.33%) React
2 81 (2.97%) REST
3 65 (2.38%) Node.js
4 59 (2.16%) RESTful
5 44 (1.61%) Kafka
6 38 (1.39%) SOAP
7 34 (1.25%) OAuth
7 34 (1.25%) Spring
8 33 (1.21%) OAuth2
9 32 (1.17%) PyTorch
10 29 (1.06%) TensorFlow
11 25 (0.92%) AngularJS
11 25 (0.92%) gRPC
12 23 (0.84%) GraphQL
12 23 (0.84%) Middleware
13 22 (0.81%) CSS
13 22 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
13 22 (0.81%) Vue
14 21 (0.77%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 139 (5.09%) Cloud Native
2 114 (4.18%) Product Ownership
3 106 (3.88%) Blog
4 97 (3.55%) Molecular Biology
5 62 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 53 (1.94%) AI Agents
7 49 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 47 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
9 41 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 39 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
11 38 (1.39%) Low-Code
11 38 (1.39%) Public Cloud
12 36 (1.32%) Algorithms
13 32 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
13 32 (1.17%) Virtual Team
14 25 (0.92%) Mobile App
15 23 (0.84%) Management Information System
15 23 (0.84%) Social Network
16 21 (0.77%) Data Centre
17 20 (0.73%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.25%) Android
2 29 (1.06%) Windows
3 25 (0.92%) Linux
4 19 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.40%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.26%) Unix
7 4 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.11%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.073%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.037%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.037%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,196 (43.83%) Conversational UI
2 395 (14.47%) Chemistry
3 382 (14.00%) Agile
4 307 (11.25%) Analytics
5 298 (10.92%) Machine Learning
6 290 (10.63%) Roadmaps
7 283 (10.37%) DevOps
8 266 (9.75%) CI/CD
9 245 (8.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 226 (8.28%) Problem-Solving
11 209 (7.66%) Content Writing
12 204 (7.48%) Software Engineering
13 193 (7.07%) Customer Service
14 163 (5.97%) Customer Experience
15 162 (5.94%) Coaching
16 160 (5.86%) Mentoring
17 149 (5.46%) Decision-Making
18 140 (5.13%) Business Intelligence
19 129 (4.73%) Cybersecurity
20 128 (4.69%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 338 (12.39%) Python
2 273 (10.00%) SQL
3 109 (3.99%) Java
3 109 (3.99%) TypeScript
4 98 (3.59%) JavaScript
5 49 (1.80%) C#
6 38 (1.39%) PowerShell
7 36 (1.32%) Go
8 35 (1.28%) C++
9 34 (1.25%) Bash
10 26 (0.95%) R
11 25 (0.92%) Kotlin
12 22 (0.81%) Apex Code
13 20 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 19 (0.70%) PL/SQL
15 17 (0.62%) Scala
15 17 (0.62%) Shell Script
16 16 (0.59%) C
16 16 (0.59%) PHP
17 13 (0.48%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,445 (52.95%) Degree
2 590 (21.62%) Master's Degree
3 571 (20.92%) PhD
4 78 (2.86%) Security Cleared
5 66 (2.42%) SC Cleared
6 54 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (1.06%) AWS Certification
7 29 (1.06%) DBS Check
8 25 (0.92%) Azure Certification
9 24 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (0.88%) PMP
10 22 (0.81%) ACCA
11 19 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (0.59%) CISA
13 12 (0.44%) DV Cleared
13 12 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 11 (0.40%) CISSP
15 10 (0.37%) CISM
16 8 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
17 5 (0.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 46 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 41 (1.50%) GDPR
4 30 (1.10%) QA
5 27 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (0.88%) IFRS
7 18 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
7 18 (0.66%) GAAP
7 18 (0.66%) WCAG
8 13 (0.48%) GRC
8 13 (0.48%) NIST
9 11 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 10 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.29%) EU AI Act
11 8 (0.29%) NCSC
12 7 (0.26%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.11%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.11%) PMO
13 3 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 93 (3.41%) Docker
2 28 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.18%) Lustre
6 4 (0.15%) Firmware
7 3 (0.11%) GPFS
7 3 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.073%) Ceph
8 2 (0.073%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (0.037%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.037%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.037%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 92 (3.37%) Terraform
2 82 (3.00%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (0.73%) Ansible
4 20 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.29%) Grafana
6 8 (0.29%) SCCM
7 4 (0.15%) Argo
8 2 (0.073%) Control-M
8 2 (0.073%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.073%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.073%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.073%) Puppet
9 1 (0.037%) Cilium
9 1 (0.037%) Karpenter
9 1 (0.037%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.037%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 1,161 (42.54%) PayPal
2 424 (15.54%) Microsoft
3 72 (2.64%) Adobe
4 65 (2.38%) Cisco
5 62 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 60 (2.20%) Google
7 55 (2.02%) Databricks
8 53 (1.94%) Dell
9 52 (1.91%) Oracle
10 45 (1.65%) Blue Prism
11 38 (1.39%) Apple
12 26 (0.95%) OpenAI
13 25 (0.92%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.77%) SAP
15 16 (0.59%) Foundry
16 13 (0.48%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.37%) IBM
17 10 (0.37%) Palantir
17 10 (0.37%) Palo Alto
18 9 (0.33%) ServiceNow
2,363 hybrid/remote AI jobs