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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 53
Rank change year-on-year -1 +47 +29
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,179 3,077 1,106
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.99% 18.91% 4.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.96% 20.29% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,013 687 558
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,203 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,000 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,150 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.92% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -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 19,914 15,166 20,533
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.38% 93.21% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,271 8,607 12,553
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,903 £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 20 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
1 103 (3.24%) SharePoint
2 52 (1.64%) Confluence
3 38 (1.20%) CMS
4 28 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 24 (0.75%) Apache
6 22 (0.69%) Apache Spark
7 15 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.31%) SAS
8 10 (0.31%) WordPress
9 7 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.13%) Camunda
11 4 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
12 3 (0.094%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.094%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.031%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.031%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.031%) Moodle
13 1 (0.031%) nginx
13 1 (0.031%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 74 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (1.67%) Chatbot
3 33 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 25 (0.79%) UserZoom
5 22 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 15 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.44%) InDesign
8 13 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
9 10 (0.31%) MS Visio
10 6 (0.19%) Moqups
10 6 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
11 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
11 5 (0.16%) Trello
12 3 (0.094%) Adobe XD
12 3 (0.094%) Productboard
12 3 (0.094%) Sketch
13 2 (0.063%) Adobe Premiere
13 2 (0.063%) Weka
Business Applications
1 37 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.88%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.75%) Cloudability
4 11 (0.35%) 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 (0.094%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.094%) Shopify
9 2 (0.063%) SAP PSCD
10 1 (0.031%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
10 1 (0.031%) HFM
10 1 (0.031%) Magento
10 1 (0.031%) Maximo
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 892 (28.06%) Azure
2 609 (19.16%) AWS
3 310 (9.75%) SaaS
4 274 (8.62%) Power Platform
5 269 (8.46%) GCP
6 239 (7.52%) Azure AI
7 232 (7.30%) GitHub
8 184 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
9 163 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
10 146 (4.59%) Snowflake
11 141 (4.44%) GitHub Copilot
12 130 (4.09%) Microsoft Copilot
13 128 (4.03%) Anthropic Claude
14 112 (3.52%) Serverless
15 111 (3.49%) Entra ID
16 80 (2.52%) Figma
17 77 (2.42%) Adobe Analytics
18 76 (2.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 75 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
20 73 (2.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 165 (5.19%) Broadband
2 37 (1.16%) Internet
3 34 (1.07%) VPN
4 33 (1.04%) Firewall
5 30 (0.94%) Network Security
6 23 (0.72%) 5G
6 23 (0.72%) DNS
7 16 (0.50%) HTTP
8 14 (0.44%) DHCP
9 13 (0.41%) VoIP
10 11 (0.35%) CTI
11 9 (0.28%) Wireless
12 8 (0.25%) WPA
13 6 (0.19%) TCP/IP
13 6 (0.19%) WAN
13 6 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.16%) BGP
14 5 (0.16%) DMZ
14 5 (0.16%) OSPF
14 5 (0.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (6.32%) MongoDB
2 177 (5.57%) Power BI
3 171 (5.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 117 (3.68%) SQL Server
5 101 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
6 98 (3.08%) Metadata
7 75 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
8 57 (1.79%) NoSQL
9 53 (1.67%) Tableau
10 47 (1.48%) Big Data
11 42 (1.32%) Data Lake
12 39 (1.23%) Relational Database
13 36 (1.13%) Redis
14 35 (1.10%) Semantic Layer
15 34 (1.07%) BigQuery
16 33 (1.04%) Delta Lake
17 25 (0.79%) MySQL
18 20 (0.63%) Data Vault
18 20 (0.63%) DynamoDB
19 18 (0.57%) Looker
Development Applications
1 121 (3.81%) Git
2 85 (2.67%) JIRA
3 82 (2.58%) Claude Code
4 39 (1.23%) Jenkins
5 28 (0.88%) GitLab
6 27 (0.85%) Snyk
7 18 (0.57%) MLflow
8 16 (0.50%) Selenium
9 14 (0.44%) Cypress.io
9 14 (0.44%) Postman
10 13 (0.41%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
12 10 (0.31%) JUnit
12 10 (0.31%) Maven
12 10 (0.31%) Mockito
13 5 (0.16%) Burp Suite
13 5 (0.16%) Metasploit
13 5 (0.16%) Poetry
13 5 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
13 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 963 (30.29%) Social Skills
2 780 (24.54%) Finance
3 428 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 371 (11.67%) Marketing
5 369 (11.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 232 (7.30%) Legal
7 222 (6.98%) Public Sector
8 165 (5.19%) Law
9 148 (4.66%) Games
10 145 (4.56%) Banking
11 116 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
11 116 (3.65%) Retail
12 110 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
13 59 (1.86%) Advertising
14 53 (1.67%) Manufacturing
15 43 (1.35%) Telecoms
16 39 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
17 33 (1.04%) Legal Technology
18 28 (0.88%) Financial Institution
19 26 (0.82%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 590 (18.56%) Senior
2 416 (13.09%) Developer
3 348 (10.95%) Lead
4 339 (10.66%) Architect
5 254 (7.99%) Software Engineer
6 163 (5.13%) .NET Developer
7 161 (5.06%) Analyst
8 137 (4.31%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 135 (4.25%) Consultant
10 95 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
11 88 (2.77%) Python Engineer
12 86 (2.71%) Data Engineer
13 84 (2.64%) Engineering Manager
14 82 (2.58%) Senior Manager
15 80 (2.52%) Full-Stack Developer
16 72 (2.26%) Data Scientist
17 70 (2.20%) Senior Analyst
18 69 (2.17%) Senior Developer
19 66 (2.08%) Data Architect
20 64 (2.01%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 283 (8.90%) React
2 260 (8.18%) .NET
3 161 (5.06%) ASP.NET
3 161 (5.06%) RESTful
3 161 (5.06%) Terraform
4 155 (4.88%) .NET Core
4 155 (4.88%) Node.js
5 152 (4.78%) ASP.NET Core
6 149 (4.69%) ML.NET
7 136 (4.28%) CSS
8 127 (3.99%) HTML
9 119 (3.74%) REST
10 111 (3.49%) Blazor
11 104 (3.27%) LangChain
12 74 (2.33%) Next.js
13 63 (1.98%) LangGraph
14 55 (1.73%) PyTorch
15 53 (1.67%) PySpark
15 53 (1.67%) Vue
16 47 (1.48%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 279 (8.78%) AI Agents
2 275 (8.65%) Cloud Native
3 137 (4.31%) Product Ownership
4 131 (4.12%) Social Media
5 123 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
6 112 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
7 97 (3.05%) Blog
8 84 (2.64%) Management Information System
9 75 (2.36%) Low-Code
9 75 (2.36%) Onboarding
10 66 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
11 65 (2.04%) Algorithms
12 63 (1.98%) Data Centre
13 61 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
14 57 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
15 52 (1.64%) Virtual Team
16 51 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
16 51 (1.60%) Mobile App
17 44 (1.38%) Video\Live Streaming
18 42 (1.32%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 81 (2.55%) Windows
2 69 (2.17%) Linux
3 38 (1.20%) Android
4 21 (0.66%) Windows Server
5 19 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 12 (0.38%) VMS
7 9 (0.28%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.22%) Unix
9 5 (0.16%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.094%) Debian
10 3 (0.094%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.094%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.063%) AIX
11 2 (0.063%) Solaris
12 1 (0.031%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 753 (23.69%) Machine Learning
2 733 (23.06%) Agile
3 690 (21.70%) Analytics
4 615 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 603 (18.97%) Roadmaps
6 602 (18.94%) CI/CD
7 516 (16.23%) Software Engineering
8 505 (15.89%) Mentoring
9 470 (14.78%) Decision-Making
10 436 (13.72%) Problem-Solving
11 421 (13.24%) LLM
12 386 (12.14%) DevOps
13 378 (11.89%) Stakeholder Management
14 376 (11.83%) Full-Stack Development
15 336 (10.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 330 (10.38%) Cybersecurity
17 291 (9.15%) Coaching
18 271 (8.52%) Data Science
19 267 (8.40%) Technical Leadership
20 265 (8.34%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 720 (22.65%) Python
2 557 (17.52%) SQL
3 307 (9.66%) C#
4 284 (8.93%) JavaScript
5 230 (7.23%) TypeScript
6 141 (4.44%) Java
7 72 (2.26%) PowerShell
8 67 (2.11%) C++
9 50 (1.57%) Go
10 48 (1.51%) Bash
11 45 (1.42%) Bicep
12 32 (1.01%) R
13 31 (0.98%) Scala
14 19 (0.60%) C
14 19 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
15 18 (0.57%) PHP
16 17 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 16 (0.50%) Kotlin
18 13 (0.41%) Rust
19 12 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 258 (8.12%) Degree
2 241 (7.58%) Security Cleared
3 176 (5.54%) SC Cleared
4 83 (2.61%) CISSP
5 75 (2.36%) CISM
6 64 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 64 (2.01%) DV Cleared
7 59 (1.86%) ACCA
8 54 (1.70%) A+ Certification
8 54 (1.70%) Azure Certification
8 54 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
9 51 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 49 (1.54%) CIMA
11 38 (1.20%) DBS Check
12 31 (0.98%) AWS Certification
13 25 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 23 (0.72%) Master's Degree
15 19 (0.60%) PhD
16 18 (0.57%) SnowPro
17 16 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 234 (7.36%) Data Quality
2 202 (6.35%) Accessibility
3 137 (4.31%) GDPR
4 123 (3.87%) QA
5 70 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 64 (2.01%) GRC
7 51 (1.60%) NIST
8 35 (1.10%) SLA
9 34 (1.07%) WCAG
10 19 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (0.53%) PMO
12 16 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 14 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 14 (0.44%) IFRS
13 14 (0.44%) PCI DSS
14 12 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.31%) EU AI Act
16 7 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 6 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 238 (7.49%) Docker
2 101 (3.18%) Active Directory
3 74 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
4 27 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.41%) vSphere
6 10 (0.31%) Firmware
6 10 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.094%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.031%) HDFS
8 1 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.031%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 212 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 79 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 32 (1.01%) Grafana
4 18 (0.57%) Prometheus
5 17 (0.53%) Ansible
6 7 (0.22%) Progress Chef
6 7 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.19%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.16%) Argo
8 5 (0.16%) Istio
8 5 (0.16%) Nmap
9 4 (0.13%) Puppet
10 3 (0.094%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.094%) linkerd
10 3 (0.094%) Podman
11 2 (0.063%) Cilium
11 2 (0.063%) Kibana
12 1 (0.031%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.031%) Salt
12 1 (0.031%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 799 (25.13%) Microsoft
2 175 (5.50%) Databricks
3 163 (5.13%) Google
4 142 (4.47%) Adobe
5 111 (3.49%) OpenAI
6 101 (3.18%) YouTube
7 80 (2.52%) Cisco
8 63 (1.98%) ServiceNow
9 61 (1.92%) Apple
10 57 (1.79%) Salesforce
11 55 (1.73%) CyberArk
12 47 (1.48%) Dell
13 44 (1.38%) SAP
14 43 (1.35%) HubSpot
15 41 (1.29%) Foundry
16 36 (1.13%) Facebook
16 36 (1.13%) Oracle
17 30 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
17 30 (0.94%) Palo Alto
18 29 (0.91%) VMware