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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 67
Rank change year-on-year 0 +58 +22
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,120 2,240 1,348
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.05% 15.09% 4.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.39% 15.92% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,236 666 901
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,300 £32,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,056 £66,206 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.30% +4.26% -9.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,340 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.52% -5.23% -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 15,829 14,071 30,131
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.52% 94.77% 89.76%
Number of salaries quoted 11,309 8,239 23,590
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £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% -9.69%

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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 3 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 (2.31%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.84%) Confluence
3 37 (1.75%) CMS
4 23 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 22 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.57%) Apache
7 10 (0.47%) SAS
7 10 (0.47%) WordPress
8 5 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.19%) JBoss
9 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.14%) Camunda
10 3 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.094%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.047%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.047%) Moodle
12 1 (0.047%) Umbraco
Applications
1 38 (1.79%) UserZoom
2 35 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.75%) Chatbot
6 11 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
7 9 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.33%) InDesign
8 7 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.19%) CapCut
10 4 (0.19%) Sketch
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.14%) Productboard
11 3 (0.14%) Trello
12 2 (0.094%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.047%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.047%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (1.13%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.19%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.094%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.094%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.047%) HFM
6 1 (0.047%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.047%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.047%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 571 (26.93%) Azure
2 403 (19.01%) AWS
3 221 (10.42%) SaaS
4 190 (8.96%) Adobe Analytics
5 186 (8.77%) GCP
6 147 (6.93%) Power Platform
7 138 (6.51%) Azure AI
8 124 (5.85%) GitHub
9 117 (5.52%) Figma
10 94 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
11 90 (4.25%) Azure Machine Learning
12 88 (4.15%) Serverless
13 86 (4.06%) Snowflake
14 78 (3.68%) GitHub Copilot
15 76 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
16 69 (3.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 63 (2.97%) Contentsquare
18 54 (2.55%) Anthropic Claude
19 48 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
20 35 (1.65%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 310 (14.62%) Broadband
2 25 (1.18%) Firewall
3 15 (0.71%) HTTP
3 15 (0.71%) VPN
4 12 (0.57%) DNS
5 10 (0.47%) Unified Communications
6 8 (0.38%) DHCP
6 8 (0.38%) Internet
6 8 (0.38%) Network Security
7 6 (0.28%) 5G
7 6 (0.28%) DMZ
7 6 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.19%) Ethernet VPN
8 4 (0.19%) Modbus
8 4 (0.19%) RTP
8 4 (0.19%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.19%) VoIP
8 4 (0.19%) VXLAN
9 3 (0.14%) Wireless
9 3 (0.14%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (5.19%) MongoDB
2 91 (4.29%) SQL Server
3 88 (4.15%) Power BI
4 73 (3.44%) Azure SQL Database
5 66 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
6 56 (2.64%) Metadata
7 48 (2.26%) Tableau
8 45 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
9 42 (1.98%) Big Data
10 30 (1.42%) BigQuery
11 27 (1.27%) NoSQL
12 24 (1.13%) Data Lake
12 24 (1.13%) Semantic Layer
13 22 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
14 20 (0.94%) Redis
15 19 (0.90%) Looker
15 19 (0.90%) Relational Database
16 16 (0.75%) MySQL
17 15 (0.71%) Delta Lake
18 13 (0.61%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 61 (2.88%) Git
2 36 (1.70%) Claude Code
3 33 (1.56%) JIRA
4 30 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.18%) Snyk
6 21 (0.99%) MLflow
7 15 (0.71%) GitLab
8 9 (0.42%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.42%) Selenium
8 9 (0.42%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.28%) Maven
9 6 (0.28%) SpecFlow
9 6 (0.28%) Storybook
10 5 (0.24%) JUnit
10 5 (0.24%) Mockito
10 5 (0.24%) Postman
10 5 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.24%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.14%) Appium
General
1 502 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 430 (20.28%) Finance
3 272 (12.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 260 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
5 255 (12.03%) Games
6 220 (10.38%) Marketing
7 143 (6.75%) Legal
8 137 (6.46%) Public Sector
9 125 (5.90%) Law
10 77 (3.63%) Retail
11 62 (2.92%) Banking
12 52 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
13 43 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
14 39 (1.84%) Automotive
15 30 (1.42%) Advertising
16 26 (1.23%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (0.90%) Telecoms
18 10 (0.47%) Back Office
19 9 (0.42%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 423 (19.95%) Senior
2 329 (15.52%) Lead
3 238 (11.23%) Developer
4 190 (8.96%) Architect
5 125 (5.90%) Software Engineer
6 98 (4.62%) Analyst
7 89 (4.20%) Engineering Manager
8 87 (4.10%) Consultant
9 82 (3.87%) Designer
10 81 (3.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 75 (3.54%) Data Engineer
12 73 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
13 66 (3.11%) Data Scientist
14 65 (3.07%) .NET Developer
15 62 (2.92%) Product Manager
16 58 (2.74%) Data Manager
17 57 (2.69%) Python Engineer
18 51 (2.41%) Senior Architect
18 51 (2.41%) Senior Software Engineer
19 49 (2.31%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (7.74%) React
2 121 (5.71%) .NET
3 103 (4.86%) RESTful
4 89 (4.20%) Node.js
5 82 (3.87%) REST
6 81 (3.82%) CSS
7 74 (3.49%) HTML
8 68 (3.21%) .NET Core
9 60 (2.83%) ASP.NET
9 60 (2.83%) ASP.NET Core
9 60 (2.83%) PyTorch
10 59 (2.78%) ML.NET
11 53 (2.50%) TensorFlow
12 49 (2.31%) Blazor
13 48 (2.26%) LangChain
14 39 (1.84%) FastAPI
15 35 (1.65%) Next.js
15 35 (1.65%) Vue
16 33 (1.56%) Spring
17 29 (1.37%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 212 (10.00%) Social Media
2 168 (7.92%) Cloud Native
3 131 (6.18%) Product Ownership
4 94 (4.43%) AI Agents
5 87 (4.10%) Onboarding
6 51 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
7 50 (2.36%) Low-Code
8 49 (2.31%) Algorithms
9 48 (2.26%) Public Cloud
10 47 (2.22%) Mobile App
10 47 (2.22%) Video\Live Streaming
11 45 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
12 44 (2.08%) Virtual Team
13 41 (1.93%) Data Centre
14 28 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
15 27 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
15 27 (1.27%) Social Network
16 26 (1.23%) Blog
17 25 (1.18%) Management Information System
18 23 (1.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 41 (1.93%) Android
2 30 (1.42%) Linux
3 27 (1.27%) Apple iOS
3 27 (1.27%) Windows
4 6 (0.28%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.28%) Ubuntu
4 6 (0.28%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (0.14%) Unix
6 2 (0.094%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 602 (28.40%) Agile
2 565 (26.65%) Roadmaps
3 556 (26.23%) Analytics
4 505 (23.82%) Machine Learning
5 407 (19.20%) CI/CD
6 319 (15.05%) Customer Experience
7 297 (14.01%) Software Engineering
8 288 (13.58%) Mentoring
9 272 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 268 (12.64%) Decision-Making
11 259 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
12 249 (11.75%) DevOps
12 249 (11.75%) LLM
13 239 (11.27%) Product Roadmap
14 226 (10.66%) Full-Stack Development
15 222 (10.47%) Generative AI
16 220 (10.38%) Storytelling
17 198 (9.34%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 188 (8.87%) Data Science
19 184 (8.68%) Digital Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 485 (22.88%) Python
2 321 (15.14%) SQL
3 140 (6.60%) C#
4 131 (6.18%) JavaScript
5 125 (5.90%) TypeScript
6 112 (5.28%) Java
7 61 (2.88%) Go
8 36 (1.70%) Bash
9 34 (1.60%) PowerShell
10 26 (1.23%) C++
11 23 (1.08%) Bicep
11 23 (1.08%) R
12 18 (0.85%) Scala
13 15 (0.71%) PHP
14 10 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.42%) C
15 9 (0.42%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.38%) Rust
16 8 (0.38%) T-SQL
17 7 (0.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 170 (8.02%) Degree
2 90 (4.25%) Security Cleared
3 54 (2.55%) SC Cleared
4 52 (2.45%) AWS Certification
5 51 (2.41%) ACCA
6 34 (1.60%) Azure Certification
7 32 (1.51%) DV Cleared
8 30 (1.42%) CIMA
9 28 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (1.32%) DBS Check
10 27 (1.27%) Master's Degree
11 24 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (1.13%) PhD
12 21 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.52%) CISSP
14 8 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 6 (0.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (0.28%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 283 (13.35%) Accessibility
2 98 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 73 (3.44%) WCAG
4 62 (2.92%) QA
5 60 (2.83%) GDPR
6 54 (2.55%) GRC
7 27 (1.27%) NIST
8 25 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 24 (1.13%) IFRS
10 16 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 15 (0.71%) SLA
12 14 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (0.66%) PMO
13 13 (0.61%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (0.33%) NCSC
16 6 (0.28%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
18 4 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
18 4 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 141 (6.65%) Docker
2 89 (4.20%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (1.13%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.19%) Firmware
5 4 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.14%) Kamailio
7 2 (0.094%) vSphere
8 1 (0.047%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 116 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 81 (3.82%) Terraform
3 19 (0.90%) Ansible
4 14 (0.66%) Grafana
5 13 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.33%) Kubeflow
8 7 (0.33%) Proxmox
9 6 (0.28%) Argo
10 3 (0.14%) Puppet
11 2 (0.094%) Podman
11 2 (0.094%) Salt
12 1 (0.047%) CASB
12 1 (0.047%) Istio
12 1 (0.047%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.047%) linkerd
12 1 (0.047%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.047%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 463 (21.84%) Microsoft
2 268 (12.64%) Adobe
3 124 (5.85%) Databricks
4 89 (4.20%) Google
5 61 (2.88%) OpenAI
6 59 (2.78%) Apple
7 55 (2.59%) Cisco
8 54 (2.55%) ServiceNow
9 50 (2.36%) Dell
10 48 (2.26%) Salesforce
11 31 (1.46%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (1.32%) HubSpot
13 27 (1.27%) Palo Alto
13 27 (1.27%) Tenable
14 26 (1.23%) Oracle
15 21 (0.99%) Foundry
16 18 (0.85%) SAP
17 13 (0.61%) VMware
18 12 (0.57%) Facebook
18 12 (0.57%) Palantir