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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 65
Rank change year-on-year 0 +58 +18
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,791 2,642 1,036
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.67% 16.05% 3.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.27% 17.25% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,765 690 621
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £28,813 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £71,121 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.36% -3.57% -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 18,280 15,315 23,472
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.99% 93.04% 88.02%
Number of salaries quoted 13,282 9,035 17,224
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 30 July 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 73 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 49 (1.76%) Confluence
3 41 (1.47%) CMS
4 21 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.72%) Apache
6 17 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
7 15 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.36%) WordPress
9 9 (0.32%) SAS
10 5 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.14%) Camunda
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.072%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.072%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.072%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.036%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.036%) Moodle
13 1 (0.036%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.036%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (1.58%) UserZoom
2 33 (1.18%) Chatbot
3 30 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
4 23 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.61%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.47%) InDesign
7 13 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.14%) CapCut
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.11%) Productboard
11 3 (0.11%) Sketch
11 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.11%) Trello
12 2 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.072%) Moqups
12 2 (0.072%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 37 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.00%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.86%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
5 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.14%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.036%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.036%) HFM
7 1 (0.036%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.036%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.036%) Shopify
7 1 (0.036%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 823 (29.49%) Azure
2 506 (18.13%) AWS
3 265 (9.49%) SaaS
4 248 (8.89%) Azure AI
5 228 (8.17%) GCP
6 210 (7.52%) Power Platform
7 200 (7.17%) GitHub
8 172 (6.16%) Adobe Analytics
9 169 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
10 125 (4.48%) GitHub Copilot
11 118 (4.23%) Snowflake
12 115 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
13 108 (3.87%) Figma
14 106 (3.80%) Serverless
15 100 (3.58%) Anthropic Claude
16 95 (3.40%) Entra ID
17 90 (3.22%) Microsoft Copilot
18 84 (3.01%) Azure Machine Learning
19 83 (2.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 70 (2.51%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 307 (11.00%) Broadband
2 32 (1.15%) Internet
3 29 (1.04%) VPN
4 27 (0.97%) Firewall
5 15 (0.54%) DNS
6 14 (0.50%) HTTP
7 13 (0.47%) VoIP
8 11 (0.39%) CTI
8 11 (0.39%) Network Security
9 9 (0.32%) DHCP
10 8 (0.29%) WPA
11 7 (0.25%) Wireless
12 6 (0.21%) 5G
12 6 (0.21%) TCP/IP
13 5 (0.18%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.18%) VLAN
13 5 (0.18%) VXLAN
13 5 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.14%) DMZ
15 3 (0.11%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (7.81%) MongoDB
2 173 (6.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 119 (4.26%) SQL Server
4 118 (4.23%) Power BI
5 95 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
6 82 (2.94%) Metadata
7 64 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
8 46 (1.65%) Tableau
9 43 (1.54%) Big Data
10 42 (1.50%) NoSQL
11 38 (1.36%) Data Lake
12 31 (1.11%) BigQuery
12 31 (1.11%) Redis
12 31 (1.11%) Semantic Layer
13 28 (1.00%) Delta Lake
14 27 (0.97%) Relational Database
15 22 (0.79%) MySQL
16 18 (0.64%) Pinecone
17 15 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
18 14 (0.50%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 112 (4.01%) Git
2 59 (2.11%) Claude Code
2 59 (2.11%) JIRA
3 43 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 26 (0.93%) Snyk
5 24 (0.86%) GitLab
6 19 (0.68%) Selenium
7 16 (0.57%) MLflow
8 11 (0.39%) Cypress.io
9 10 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.32%) Postman
11 8 (0.29%) JUnit
11 8 (0.29%) Maven
11 8 (0.29%) Mockito
12 6 (0.21%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.18%) Appium
13 5 (0.18%) WebDriver
14 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
14 4 (0.14%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.14%) Metasploit
General
1 770 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 568 (20.35%) Finance
3 324 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
4 317 (11.36%) Marketing
5 303 (10.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 260 (9.32%) Games
7 225 (8.06%) Legal
8 169 (6.06%) Law
9 161 (5.77%) Public Sector
10 103 (3.69%) Retail
11 98 (3.51%) Banking
12 77 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
13 69 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
14 56 (2.01%) Advertising
15 40 (1.43%) Automotive
16 38 (1.36%) Legal Technology
17 34 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
18 31 (1.11%) Manufacturing
19 24 (0.86%) Telecoms
20 18 (0.64%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 545 (19.53%) Senior
2 395 (14.15%) Developer
3 369 (13.22%) Lead
4 266 (9.53%) Architect
5 201 (7.20%) Software Engineer
6 168 (6.02%) .NET Developer
7 119 (4.26%) Analyst
8 114 (4.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 110 (3.94%) Consultant
10 109 (3.91%) Engineering Manager
11 83 (2.97%) Data Engineer
12 82 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
13 81 (2.90%) Data Scientist
14 75 (2.69%) Full-Stack Developer
14 75 (2.69%) Python Engineer
14 75 (2.69%) Senior Manager
15 73 (2.62%) Designer
16 70 (2.51%) Senior Developer
17 65 (2.33%) Product Manager
17 65 (2.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 257 (9.21%) React
2 250 (8.96%) .NET
3 166 (5.95%) ASP.NET
4 162 (5.80%) .NET Core
5 161 (5.77%) RESTful
6 157 (5.63%) ASP.NET Core
7 154 (5.52%) ML.NET
8 145 (5.20%) CSS
9 137 (4.91%) HTML
10 122 (4.37%) Node.js
11 115 (4.12%) Blazor
12 103 (3.69%) REST
13 81 (2.90%) LangChain
14 63 (2.26%) Next.js
15 57 (2.04%) PyTorch
16 49 (1.76%) FastAPI
17 48 (1.72%) Vue
18 46 (1.65%) TensorFlow
19 44 (1.58%) LangGraph
20 38 (1.36%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 247 (8.85%) Cloud Native
2 215 (7.70%) Social Media
3 200 (7.17%) AI Agents
4 137 (4.91%) Product Ownership
5 108 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
6 84 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
7 69 (2.47%) Algorithms
8 68 (2.44%) Low-Code
8 68 (2.44%) Onboarding
9 67 (2.40%) Blog
10 57 (2.04%) Virtual Team
11 54 (1.93%) Video\Live Streaming
12 53 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
13 52 (1.86%) Mobile App
14 45 (1.61%) Data Centre
15 44 (1.58%) Management Information System
16 43 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
17 42 (1.50%) Marketing Technology
18 41 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
19 39 (1.40%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 62 (2.22%) Windows
2 53 (1.90%) Linux
3 48 (1.72%) Android
4 21 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.54%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.43%) VMS
7 9 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.072%) Unix
11 1 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 781 (27.98%) Agile
2 724 (25.94%) Machine Learning
3 697 (24.97%) Analytics
4 647 (23.18%) Roadmaps
5 579 (20.75%) CI/CD
6 480 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 440 (15.76%) Mentoring
7 440 (15.76%) Software Engineering
8 412 (14.76%) Decision-Making
9 388 (13.90%) LLM
10 377 (13.51%) Full-Stack Development
11 358 (12.83%) DevOps
12 348 (12.47%) Problem-Solving
13 323 (11.57%) Customer Experience
14 254 (9.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 253 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
16 249 (8.92%) Data Science
17 244 (8.74%) Technical Leadership
18 232 (8.31%) Generative AI
19 227 (8.13%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 644 (23.07%) Python
2 498 (17.84%) SQL
3 284 (10.18%) C#
4 249 (8.92%) JavaScript
5 187 (6.70%) TypeScript
6 128 (4.59%) Java
7 60 (2.15%) Go
8 57 (2.04%) PowerShell
9 47 (1.68%) Bicep
9 47 (1.68%) C++
10 46 (1.65%) Bash
11 28 (1.00%) Scala
12 20 (0.72%) R
13 18 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (0.57%) Kotlin
15 15 (0.54%) PHP
16 14 (0.50%) C
17 11 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 9 (0.32%) T-SQL
19 8 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 219 (7.85%) Degree
2 158 (5.66%) Security Cleared
3 109 (3.91%) SC Cleared
4 68 (2.44%) CISSP
5 64 (2.29%) CISM
6 54 (1.93%) A+ Certification
6 54 (1.93%) Network+ Certification
7 53 (1.90%) ACCA
8 50 (1.79%) DV Cleared
9 47 (1.68%) Azure Certification
9 47 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 36 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (1.25%) CIMA
12 34 (1.22%) AWS Certification
13 29 (1.04%) PhD
14 28 (1.00%) Master's Degree
15 25 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 19 (0.68%) DBS Check
17 13 (0.47%) SnowPro
18 11 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 287 (10.28%) Accessibility
2 165 (5.91%) Data Quality
3 103 (3.69%) QA
4 98 (3.51%) GDPR
5 68 (2.44%) WCAG
6 58 (2.08%) GRC
7 43 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 35 (1.25%) NIST
9 26 (0.93%) SLA
10 20 (0.72%) IFRS
11 14 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.50%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 13 (0.47%) PMO
13 12 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.21%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.18%) EU AI Act
16 5 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 214 (7.67%) Docker
2 93 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
3 91 (3.26%) Active Directory
4 18 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.47%) vSphere
6 12 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.25%) Firmware
8 6 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.036%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.036%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.036%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 198 (7.09%) Kubernetes
2 133 (4.77%) Terraform
3 73 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (0.79%) Grafana
5 20 (0.72%) Ansible
6 17 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.25%) Kubeflow
8 6 (0.21%) Argo
9 5 (0.18%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.18%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.18%) Puppet
10 4 (0.14%) Istio
10 4 (0.14%) Nmap
10 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.11%) linkerd
12 2 (0.072%) Podman
12 2 (0.072%) Salt
13 1 (0.036%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.036%) Nessus
13 1 (0.036%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 701 (25.12%) Microsoft
2 229 (8.20%) Adobe
3 163 (5.84%) Databricks
4 133 (4.77%) Google
5 88 (3.15%) OpenAI
6 78 (2.79%) Cisco
7 66 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.97%) CyberArk
9 50 (1.79%) Dell
10 48 (1.72%) Salesforce
11 47 (1.68%) Apple
12 37 (1.33%) Facebook
12 37 (1.33%) Foundry
13 34 (1.22%) HubSpot
14 30 (1.07%) CrowdStrike
15 28 (1.00%) Palo Alto
16 27 (0.97%) Oracle
16 27 (0.97%) Tenable
17 23 (0.82%) SAP
17 23 (0.82%) VMware