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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 55
Rank change year-on-year -1 +49 +27
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,033 2,878 1,069
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.97% 17.94% 4.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.85% 19.29% 5.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,912 662 581
10th Percentile £40,500 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -17.24% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +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 19,138 14,917 20,728
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 92.96% 87.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,805 8,582 13,608
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,266 £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 4 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 98 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.68%) Confluence
3 38 (1.25%) CMS
4 25 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 24 (0.79%) Apache
6 19 (0.63%) Apache Spark
7 16 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.33%) WordPress
9 8 (0.26%) SAS
10 7 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.16%) Camunda
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.099%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.066%) Headless CMS
14 2 (0.066%) Palantir Foundry
15 1 (0.033%) Apache Superset
15 1 (0.033%) ArcGIS
15 1 (0.033%) Moodle
15 1 (0.033%) Sitecore CMS
15 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 59 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (1.71%) Chatbot
3 33 (1.09%) UserZoom
4 32 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.46%) InDesign
7 14 (0.46%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.26%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.16%) Moqups
10 4 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.13%) Trello
11 3 (0.099%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.099%) Productboard
11 3 (0.099%) Sketch
12 2 (0.066%) CapCut
Business Applications
1 36 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.92%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.79%) Cloudability
4 8 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.13%) Sage 50
8 3 (0.099%) Primavera
8 3 (0.099%) Shopify
9 1 (0.033%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.033%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.033%) HFM
9 1 (0.033%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.033%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 879 (28.98%) Azure
2 582 (19.19%) AWS
3 282 (9.30%) SaaS
4 258 (8.51%) Azure AI
5 256 (8.44%) GCP
6 252 (8.31%) Power Platform
7 224 (7.39%) GitHub
8 170 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
9 157 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
10 142 (4.68%) Snowflake
11 139 (4.58%) GitHub Copilot
12 116 (3.82%) Anthropic Claude
13 114 (3.76%) Microsoft Copilot
14 113 (3.73%) Adobe Analytics
15 108 (3.56%) Entra ID
16 107 (3.53%) Serverless
17 93 (3.07%) Figma
18 92 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 76 (2.51%) Azure Machine Learning
20 71 (2.34%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 224 (7.39%) Broadband
2 33 (1.09%) Internet
3 31 (1.02%) VPN
4 30 (0.99%) Firewall
5 26 (0.86%) Network Security
6 21 (0.69%) DNS
7 15 (0.49%) HTTP
8 12 (0.40%) DHCP
8 12 (0.40%) VoIP
9 11 (0.36%) CTI
10 8 (0.26%) Wireless
10 8 (0.26%) WPA
11 6 (0.20%) 5G
11 6 (0.20%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.16%) BGP
12 5 (0.16%) DMZ
12 5 (0.16%) Ethernet VPN
12 5 (0.16%) VXLAN
12 5 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (7.06%) MongoDB
2 178 (5.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 156 (5.14%) Power BI
4 121 (3.99%) SQL Server
5 100 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
6 88 (2.90%) Metadata
7 73 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
8 57 (1.88%) NoSQL
9 50 (1.65%) Tableau
10 41 (1.35%) Big Data
10 41 (1.35%) Data Lake
11 34 (1.12%) Relational Database
11 34 (1.12%) Semantic Layer
12 32 (1.06%) Delta Lake
13 31 (1.02%) Redis
14 30 (0.99%) BigQuery
15 22 (0.73%) MySQL
16 20 (0.66%) Data Vault
17 19 (0.63%) DynamoDB
18 17 (0.56%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 116 (3.82%) Git
2 74 (2.44%) JIRA
3 67 (2.21%) Claude Code
4 42 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.89%) Snyk
6 25 (0.82%) GitLab
7 16 (0.53%) MLflow
8 15 (0.49%) Selenium
9 13 (0.43%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.36%) Postman
10 11 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.33%) JUnit
11 10 (0.33%) Maven
11 10 (0.33%) Mockito
12 7 (0.23%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.16%) Burp Suite
13 5 (0.16%) Metasploit
13 5 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
14 4 (0.13%) Appium
14 4 (0.13%) Bitbucket
General
1 893 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 683 (22.52%) Finance
3 391 (12.89%) Analytical Skills
4 347 (11.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 326 (10.75%) Marketing
6 235 (7.75%) Legal
7 199 (6.56%) Public Sector
8 188 (6.20%) Games
9 171 (5.64%) Law
10 125 (4.12%) Banking
11 104 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
12 100 (3.30%) Retail
13 98 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
14 56 (1.85%) Advertising
15 45 (1.48%) Manufacturing
16 43 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
17 36 (1.19%) Legal Technology
18 28 (0.92%) Automotive
18 28 (0.92%) Telecoms
19 24 (0.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 573 (18.89%) Senior
2 404 (13.32%) Developer
3 348 (11.47%) Lead
4 317 (10.45%) Architect
5 226 (7.45%) Software Engineer
6 170 (5.61%) .NET Developer
7 147 (4.85%) Analyst
8 131 (4.32%) Consultant
9 120 (3.96%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 110 (3.63%) Engineering Manager
11 90 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
12 83 (2.74%) Data Engineer
13 78 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
14 76 (2.51%) Python Engineer
14 76 (2.51%) Senior Manager
15 72 (2.37%) Data Scientist
16 70 (2.31%) Senior Developer
17 67 (2.21%) Data Architect
17 67 (2.21%) Senior Analyst
18 66 (2.18%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (9.20%) React
2 256 (8.44%) .NET
3 168 (5.54%) ASP.NET
4 161 (5.31%) .NET Core
5 160 (5.28%) RESTful
6 159 (5.24%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.14%) ML.NET
8 151 (4.98%) Terraform
9 147 (4.85%) Node.js
10 141 (4.65%) CSS
11 131 (4.32%) HTML
12 116 (3.82%) Blazor
13 112 (3.69%) REST
14 97 (3.20%) LangChain
15 74 (2.44%) Next.js
16 59 (1.95%) PyTorch
17 54 (1.78%) LangGraph
18 50 (1.65%) PySpark
19 49 (1.62%) Vue
20 46 (1.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 263 (8.67%) Cloud Native
2 247 (8.14%) AI Agents
3 162 (5.34%) Social Media
4 135 (4.45%) Product Ownership
5 121 (3.99%) Distributed Systems
6 105 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
7 96 (3.17%) Blog
8 75 (2.47%) Low-Code
9 71 (2.34%) Algorithms
10 67 (2.21%) Onboarding
11 60 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
12 59 (1.95%) Data Centre
13 58 (1.91%) Management Information System
14 55 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
15 54 (1.78%) Virtual Team
16 51 (1.68%) Video\Live Streaming
17 49 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
18 48 (1.58%) Mobile App
19 47 (1.55%) Marketing Technology
20 41 (1.35%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 75 (2.47%) Windows
2 61 (2.01%) Linux
3 37 (1.22%) Android
4 19 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.40%) VMS
7 10 (0.33%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.23%) Unix
10 5 (0.16%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.099%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.066%) Debian
12 2 (0.066%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (25.85%) Agile
2 776 (25.59%) Machine Learning
3 682 (22.49%) Analytics
4 630 (20.77%) Roadmaps
5 589 (19.42%) CI/CD
6 572 (18.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 484 (15.96%) Software Engineering
8 475 (15.66%) Mentoring
9 452 (14.90%) Decision-Making
10 427 (14.08%) LLM
11 401 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
12 387 (12.76%) Full-Stack Development
13 376 (12.40%) DevOps
14 322 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
15 314 (10.35%) Cybersecurity
16 311 (10.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 284 (9.36%) Customer Experience
18 266 (8.77%) Data Science
19 257 (8.47%) Technical Leadership
20 238 (7.85%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 695 (22.91%) Python
2 561 (18.50%) SQL
3 292 (9.63%) C#
4 269 (8.87%) JavaScript
5 213 (7.02%) TypeScript
6 135 (4.45%) Java
7 65 (2.14%) PowerShell
8 59 (1.95%) C++
9 53 (1.75%) Go
10 48 (1.58%) Bicep
11 46 (1.52%) Bash
12 31 (1.02%) Scala
13 22 (0.73%) R
14 18 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
15 17 (0.56%) Kotlin
16 16 (0.53%) C
17 15 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 14 (0.46%) PHP
19 10 (0.33%) PL/SQL
19 10 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 251 (8.28%) Degree
2 207 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 146 (4.81%) SC Cleared
4 77 (2.54%) CISSP
5 71 (2.34%) CISM
6 65 (2.14%) DV Cleared
7 56 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (1.78%) A+ Certification
8 54 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
9 51 (1.68%) Azure Certification
10 50 (1.65%) ACCA
11 46 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 38 (1.25%) CIMA
13 32 (1.06%) Master's Degree
14 30 (0.99%) AWS Certification
15 29 (0.96%) PhD
16 25 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 18 (0.59%) SnowPro
18 16 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
19 13 (0.43%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (7.35%) Accessibility
2 217 (7.15%) Data Quality
3 117 (3.86%) QA
4 116 (3.82%) GDPR
5 63 (2.08%) GRC
6 60 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 46 (1.52%) WCAG
8 44 (1.45%) NIST
9 30 (0.99%) SLA
10 18 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 15 (0.49%) IFRS
12 15 (0.49%) PMO
13 14 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 14 (0.46%) PCI DSS
14 12 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 6 (0.20%) EU AI Act
17 6 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 232 (7.65%) Docker
2 98 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 92 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.43%) vSphere
6 12 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) Firmware
8 8 (0.26%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.099%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.099%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.033%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 211 (6.96%) Kubernetes
2 77 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (0.89%) Grafana
4 17 (0.56%) Prometheus
5 15 (0.49%) Ansible
6 7 (0.23%) Kubeflow
6 7 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.20%) Argo
7 6 (0.20%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.16%) Istio
8 5 (0.16%) Nmap
8 5 (0.16%) Puppet
9 3 (0.099%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.099%) linkerd
10 2 (0.066%) Cilium
10 2 (0.066%) Podman
10 2 (0.066%) Salt
11 1 (0.033%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.033%) OpenVAS
11 1 (0.033%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 771 (25.42%) Microsoft
2 183 (6.03%) Databricks
3 177 (5.84%) Adobe
4 149 (4.91%) Google
5 106 (3.49%) OpenAI
6 80 (2.64%) YouTube
7 77 (2.54%) Cisco
8 59 (1.95%) ServiceNow
9 57 (1.88%) Apple
10 55 (1.81%) CyberArk
11 51 (1.68%) Salesforce
12 42 (1.38%) Dell
13 39 (1.29%) Foundry
14 38 (1.25%) Facebook
15 36 (1.19%) HubSpot
16 32 (1.06%) SAP
17 30 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
17 30 (0.99%) Palo Alto
18 28 (0.92%) Oracle
19 27 (0.89%) Tenable