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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 70 66
Rank change year-on-year +66 -4 +55
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,914 805 938
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.28% 4.17% 4.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.37% 4.60% 4.74%
Number of salaries quoted 825 480 493
10th Percentile £21,600 £41,250 £46,306
25th Percentile £38,750 £50,000 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,000 £76,383
% change year-on-year -9.09% +0.81% +9.12%

All Process and 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 13,636 17,488 19,782
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.23% 90.62% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,573 10,553 16,034
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 1 December 2025.

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 38 (1.30%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.00%) Confluence
3 26 (0.89%) CMS
4 22 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (0.62%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 13 (0.45%) Apache Solr
9 9 (0.31%) Apache
9 9 (0.31%) JBoss
9 9 (0.31%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.21%) WordPress
11 4 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.10%) Luigi
13 2 (0.069%) Mendix
13 2 (0.069%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.034%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 1,504 (51.61%) Chatbot
2 78 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
4 8 (0.27%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.10%) InDesign
8 3 (0.10%) Notion
8 3 (0.10%) Simulink
8 3 (0.10%) Sketch
9 2 (0.069%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.069%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.069%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.069%) Weka
10 1 (0.034%) Blender
10 1 (0.034%) GNU Octave
10 1 (0.034%) Revit
Business Applications
1 16 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
2 14 (0.48%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.10%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.069%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.069%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.069%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.069%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.069%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.069%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.069%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.069%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.069%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.069%) Shopify
7 1 (0.034%) SAP APO
7 1 (0.034%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.034%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.034%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 418 (14.34%) Azure
2 247 (8.48%) AWS
3 182 (6.25%) SaaS
4 181 (6.21%) Power Platform
5 126 (4.32%) GCP
6 118 (4.05%) GitHub
7 116 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
8 85 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
9 75 (2.57%) GitHub Copilot
10 60 (2.06%) Snowflake
11 43 (1.48%) Entra ID
12 37 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
13 35 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
13 35 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 35 (1.20%) dbt
14 31 (1.06%) Power Automate
15 28 (0.96%) Serverless
16 25 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
17 24 (0.82%) Azure AI
18 23 (0.79%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.48%) Broadband
2 12 (0.41%) Internet
3 8 (0.27%) Network Security
4 7 (0.24%) WAN
4 7 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.21%) HTTP
5 6 (0.21%) InfiniBand
6 5 (0.17%) DNS
6 5 (0.17%) VPN
7 4 (0.14%) DHCP
7 4 (0.14%) DMZ
7 4 (0.14%) Firewall
7 4 (0.14%) Intranet
7 4 (0.14%) VoIP
7 4 (0.14%) Wireless
8 3 (0.10%) DOCSIS
8 3 (0.10%) DSL
8 3 (0.10%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.10%) PPP
8 3 (0.10%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (3.88%) Power BI
2 74 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (1.65%) Tableau
4 42 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 37 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 36 (1.24%) Big Data
7 35 (1.20%) MongoDB
8 28 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (0.93%) Data Lake
10 26 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
11 25 (0.86%) MySQL
12 23 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
13 18 (0.62%) Snowflake Schema
14 17 (0.58%) Metadata
15 16 (0.55%) BigQuery
16 15 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 11 (0.38%) Looker
17 11 (0.38%) Redis
18 9 (0.31%) Hadoop
19 8 (0.27%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 73 (2.51%) JIRA
2 58 (1.99%) Git
3 20 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (0.34%) GitLab
6 7 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.21%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.21%) ERwin
7 6 (0.21%) Subversion
8 5 (0.17%) GitBook
9 4 (0.14%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.14%) Selenium
10 3 (0.10%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.069%) JMeter
11 2 (0.069%) JUnit
11 2 (0.069%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.069%) MLflow
12 1 (0.034%) Postman
General
1 743 (25.50%) Analytical Skills
2 503 (17.26%) Social Skills
3 436 (14.96%) Finance
4 318 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 207 (7.10%) Marketing
6 137 (4.70%) Public Sector
7 121 (4.15%) Retail
8 100 (3.43%) Legal
9 86 (2.95%) Law
10 57 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
11 41 (1.41%) Telecoms
12 30 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (1.00%) Banking
14 28 (0.96%) Aerospace
15 24 (0.82%) Games
15 24 (0.82%) Manufacturing
16 23 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (0.69%) Agriculture
18 19 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
19 18 (0.62%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,487 (51.03%) Trainer
2 192 (6.59%) Senior
3 176 (6.04%) Developer
4 167 (5.73%) Content Editor
5 119 (4.08%) Architect
6 105 (3.60%) Customer Support Specialist
6 105 (3.60%) Support Specialist
7 98 (3.36%) Research Scientist
8 94 (3.23%) Lead
9 83 (2.85%) Analyst
10 65 (2.23%) Consultant
11 63 (2.16%) Microsoft Specialist
11 63 (2.16%) Sales Executive
12 51 (1.75%) Corporate Sales Executive
13 48 (1.65%) Software Engineer
14 47 (1.61%) Data Engineer
15 45 (1.54%) Biostatistician
16 43 (1.48%) Solutions Architect
17 41 (1.41%) Customer Service Representative
18 39 (1.34%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (2.64%) .NET
2 76 (2.61%) React
3 62 (2.13%) REST
4 50 (1.72%) Node.js
5 42 (1.44%) RESTful
6 39 (1.34%) Kafka
7 29 (1.00%) SOAP
8 27 (0.93%) OAuth
8 27 (0.93%) OAuth2
9 26 (0.89%) Next.js
10 25 (0.86%) GraphQL
10 25 (0.86%) HTML
10 25 (0.86%) Spring
11 22 (0.75%) gRPC
12 21 (0.72%) CSS
12 21 (0.72%) FastAPI
13 20 (0.69%) Middleware
13 20 (0.69%) PyTorch
13 20 (0.69%) TensorFlow
14 19 (0.65%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 126 (4.32%) Cloud Native
2 119 (4.08%) Molecular Biology
3 98 (3.36%) Product Ownership
4 97 (3.33%) Blog
5 56 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 53 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 50 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
8 49 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (1.41%) AI Agents
10 36 (1.24%) Algorithms
11 35 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
12 34 (1.17%) Low-Code
13 33 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
14 31 (1.06%) Data Centre
14 31 (1.06%) Virtual Team
15 23 (0.79%) Management Information System
15 23 (0.79%) Reinsurance
16 22 (0.75%) Social Network
17 19 (0.65%) Social Media
18 18 (0.62%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 32 (1.10%) Windows
2 29 (1.00%) Linux
3 26 (0.89%) Android
4 20 (0.69%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.55%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.10%) OpenWrt
7 3 (0.10%) Unix
8 1 (0.034%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.034%) VMS
8 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,521 (52.20%) Conversational UI
2 538 (18.46%) Chemistry
3 357 (12.25%) Agile
4 291 (9.99%) Analytics
5 279 (9.57%) Roadmaps
6 260 (8.92%) Machine Learning
7 250 (8.58%) DevOps
8 229 (7.86%) CI/CD
9 225 (7.72%) Content Writing
10 222 (7.62%) Problem-Solving
11 213 (7.31%) Mathematics
12 210 (7.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 210 (7.21%) Customer Service
13 176 (6.04%) Physics
14 170 (5.83%) Software Engineering
15 159 (5.46%) Decision-Making
16 155 (5.32%) Customer Experience
17 153 (5.25%) Computer Science
18 152 (5.22%) Coaching
19 142 (4.87%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 303 (10.40%) Python
2 254 (8.72%) SQL
3 96 (3.29%) JavaScript
4 95 (3.26%) TypeScript
5 85 (2.92%) Java
6 42 (1.44%) PowerShell
7 33 (1.13%) C#
8 27 (0.93%) Bash
8 27 (0.93%) C++
9 22 (0.75%) Kotlin
10 21 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 18 (0.62%) PHP
11 18 (0.62%) R
12 16 (0.55%) Apex Code
12 16 (0.55%) Go
13 15 (0.51%) C
13 15 (0.51%) PL/SQL
13 15 (0.51%) Shell Script
13 15 (0.51%) Swift
14 11 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,780 (61.08%) Degree
2 865 (29.68%) Master's Degree
3 846 (29.03%) PhD
4 67 (2.30%) Security Cleared
5 58 (1.99%) SC Cleared
6 43 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (0.96%) ACCA
8 26 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (0.82%) PMP
10 21 (0.72%) DBS Check
11 15 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (0.41%) AWS Certification
12 12 (0.41%) Azure Certification
12 12 (0.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 8 (0.27%) CISA
13 8 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.21%) CISM
14 6 (0.21%) CISSP
15 5 (0.17%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (1.65%) Accessibility
2 37 (1.27%) GDPR
3 36 (1.24%) Data Quality
4 29 (1.00%) QA
5 24 (0.82%) GAAP
6 22 (0.75%) IFRS
7 20 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.31%) NIST
10 9 (0.31%) WCAG
11 8 (0.27%) EU AI Act
12 7 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.21%) GRC
13 6 (0.21%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.17%) NCSC
15 4 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.14%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.10%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 74 (2.54%) Docker
2 22 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
3 20 (0.69%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.17%) Lustre
6 4 (0.14%) Firmware
7 3 (0.10%) GPFS
7 3 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 3 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.069%) Ceph
9 1 (0.034%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 76 (2.61%) Terraform
2 73 (2.51%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (0.65%) Ansible
4 19 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.31%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.27%) SCCM
7 5 (0.17%) Grafana
8 3 (0.10%) Argo
9 2 (0.069%) Control-M
9 2 (0.069%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.069%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.069%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.069%) Puppet
10 1 (0.034%) AppManager
10 1 (0.034%) Cilium
10 1 (0.034%) Karpenter
10 1 (0.034%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.034%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,488 (51.06%) PayPal
2 426 (14.62%) Microsoft
3 82 (2.81%) Cisco
4 70 (2.40%) Google
5 62 (2.13%) Dell
6 57 (1.96%) Salesforce
7 53 (1.82%) Adobe
8 45 (1.54%) Blue Prism
9 43 (1.48%) Databricks
9 43 (1.48%) Oracle
10 36 (1.24%) Apple
11 24 (0.82%) Palo Alto
12 23 (0.79%) HubSpot
13 19 (0.65%) SAP
14 18 (0.62%) OpenAI
15 17 (0.58%) Foundry
16 14 (0.48%) ServiceNow
17 12 (0.41%) IBM
18 11 (0.38%) Alteryx
19 9 (0.31%) Pardot
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