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

 6 months to
20 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 12 69
Rank change year-on-year +2 +57 +18
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,998 2,120 1,317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.63% 14.04% 4.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.85% 14.77% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,145 698 869
10th Percentile £39,543 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,206 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +5.93% -10.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 15,547 14,351 29,597
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.72% 95.06% 90.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,029 8,676 23,362
10th Percentile £34,460 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £58,269 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -10.10%

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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 May 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 52 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 41 (2.05%) CMS
3 39 (1.95%) Confluence
4 21 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 19 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.50%) SAS
6 10 (0.50%) WordPress
7 8 (0.40%) Apache
8 7 (0.35%) JBoss
8 7 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (0.35%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.10%) Camunda
11 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.050%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.050%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.050%) Moodle
12 1 (0.050%) Umbraco
Applications
1 38 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (1.50%) UserZoom
3 22 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.80%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.25%) Sketch
7 4 (0.20%) CapCut
8 3 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.15%) InDesign
8 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.15%) Productboard
9 2 (0.10%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.10%) Trello
10 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.20%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.15%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.050%) HFM
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.050%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.050%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 543 (27.18%) Azure
2 374 (18.72%) AWS
3 208 (10.41%) SaaS
4 183 (9.16%) Adobe Analytics
5 172 (8.61%) GCP
6 140 (7.01%) Power Platform
7 130 (6.51%) Azure AI
7 130 (6.51%) GitHub
8 111 (5.56%) Figma
9 95 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
10 91 (4.55%) Snowflake
11 89 (4.45%) Azure Machine Learning
12 86 (4.30%) GitHub Copilot
13 77 (3.85%) Serverless
14 70 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
15 68 (3.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 55 (2.75%) Contentsquare
17 49 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
18 35 (1.75%) Entra ID
19 33 (1.65%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 296 (14.81%) Broadband
2 24 (1.20%) Firewall
3 18 (0.90%) HTTP
4 11 (0.55%) DNS
4 11 (0.55%) VPN
5 10 (0.50%) Unified Communications
6 9 (0.45%) Network Security
7 7 (0.35%) DHCP
7 7 (0.35%) Internet
8 6 (0.30%) 5G
8 6 (0.30%) DMZ
9 5 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.20%) Modbus
10 4 (0.20%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.15%) RTP
11 3 (0.15%) VoIP
11 3 (0.15%) Wireless
11 3 (0.15%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.15%) WPA
12 2 (0.10%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (4.80%) MongoDB
2 88 (4.40%) SQL Server
3 82 (4.10%) Power BI
4 61 (3.05%) Azure SQL Database
5 59 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
6 55 (2.75%) Metadata
7 44 (2.20%) Tableau
8 42 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
9 33 (1.65%) Big Data
10 27 (1.35%) BigQuery
11 24 (1.20%) NoSQL
12 22 (1.10%) Data Lake
13 20 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (1.00%) Looker
13 20 (1.00%) Redis
13 20 (1.00%) Semantic Layer
14 14 (0.70%) Delta Lake
15 12 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
15 12 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
16 11 (0.55%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 54 (2.70%) Git
2 37 (1.85%) JIRA
3 27 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.25%) Claude Code
4 25 (1.25%) Snyk
5 22 (1.10%) MLflow
6 13 (0.65%) GitLab
7 10 (0.50%) Selenium
7 10 (0.50%) Visual Studio
8 9 (0.45%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (0.35%) SpecFlow
9 7 (0.35%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.30%) Storybook
11 4 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.20%) Maven
11 4 (0.20%) Postman
11 4 (0.20%) Subversion
12 3 (0.15%) Mockito
12 3 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 478 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 413 (20.67%) Finance
3 278 (13.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 255 (12.76%) Analytical Skills
5 247 (12.36%) Games
6 206 (10.31%) Marketing
7 141 (7.06%) Public Sector
8 134 (6.71%) Legal
9 120 (6.01%) Law
10 70 (3.50%) Retail
11 54 (2.70%) Banking
12 47 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
13 46 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (1.90%) Automotive
15 26 (1.30%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (1.20%) Telecoms
17 18 (0.90%) Advertising
18 13 (0.65%) Back Office
19 8 (0.40%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 411 (20.57%) Senior
2 299 (14.96%) Lead
3 211 (10.56%) Developer
4 180 (9.01%) Architect
5 109 (5.46%) Software Engineer
6 97 (4.85%) Analyst
7 84 (4.20%) Consultant
8 81 (4.05%) Engineering Manager
9 77 (3.85%) Designer
10 74 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
11 61 (3.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 61 (3.05%) Data Engineer
12 56 (2.80%) Product Manager
13 54 (2.70%) .NET Developer
14 53 (2.65%) Data Manager
15 52 (2.60%) Senior Software Engineer
16 51 (2.55%) Data Scientist
16 51 (2.55%) Senior Architect
17 49 (2.45%) Lead Designer
18 48 (2.40%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (7.26%) React
2 111 (5.56%) .NET
3 95 (4.75%) RESTful
4 87 (4.35%) REST
5 78 (3.90%) Node.js
6 69 (3.45%) CSS
7 63 (3.15%) HTML
8 56 (2.80%) .NET Core
9 52 (2.60%) PyTorch
10 49 (2.45%) ASP.NET
10 49 (2.45%) ASP.NET Core
10 49 (2.45%) ML.NET
11 44 (2.20%) TensorFlow
12 41 (2.05%) Blazor
13 36 (1.80%) LangChain
14 31 (1.55%) Vue
15 30 (1.50%) FastAPI
15 30 (1.50%) Spring
16 29 (1.45%) Next.js
17 26 (1.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 197 (9.86%) Social Media
2 151 (7.56%) Cloud Native
3 115 (5.76%) Product Ownership
4 86 (4.30%) Onboarding
5 78 (3.90%) AI Agents
6 54 (2.70%) Low-Code
7 51 (2.55%) Blog
8 50 (2.50%) Mobile App
8 50 (2.50%) Public Cloud
9 44 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
10 43 (2.15%) Virtual Team
11 42 (2.10%) Algorithms
11 42 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
11 42 (2.10%) Video\Live Streaming
12 39 (1.95%) Data Centre
13 28 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
14 26 (1.30%) Social Network
15 22 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
16 21 (1.05%) Podcast
17 20 (1.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.25%) Android
2 28 (1.40%) Apple iOS
3 25 (1.25%) Linux
4 21 (1.05%) Windows
5 5 (0.25%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.25%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.20%) Unix
7 3 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.15%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (28.78%) Agile
2 522 (26.13%) Analytics
3 511 (25.58%) Roadmaps
4 459 (22.97%) Machine Learning
5 375 (18.77%) CI/CD
6 306 (15.32%) Customer Experience
7 273 (13.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 264 (13.21%) Software Engineering
9 262 (13.11%) Mentoring
10 244 (12.21%) Decision-Making
11 239 (11.96%) DevOps
12 235 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
13 230 (11.51%) Product Roadmap
14 210 (10.51%) LLM
15 209 (10.46%) Storytelling
16 203 (10.16%) Full-Stack Development
17 199 (9.96%) Generative AI
18 187 (9.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 177 (8.86%) Digital Customer Experience
20 173 (8.66%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 417 (20.87%) Python
2 291 (14.56%) SQL
3 119 (5.96%) C#
4 113 (5.66%) Java
5 110 (5.51%) JavaScript
6 109 (5.46%) TypeScript
7 59 (2.95%) Go
8 27 (1.35%) Bash
8 27 (1.35%) C++
9 24 (1.20%) PowerShell
10 20 (1.00%) R
11 17 (0.85%) Bicep
11 17 (0.85%) Scala
12 13 (0.65%) PHP
13 12 (0.60%) Apex Code
14 10 (0.50%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.45%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.45%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 191 (9.56%) Degree
2 83 (4.15%) Security Cleared
3 52 (2.60%) AWS Certification
4 50 (2.50%) SC Cleared
5 48 (2.40%) ACCA
6 33 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (1.55%) Master's Degree
8 30 (1.50%) Azure Certification
8 30 (1.50%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.45%) CIMA
10 28 (1.40%) DV Cleared
11 24 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.05%) PhD
13 18 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.55%) CISSP
15 8 (0.40%) CISA
15 8 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (0.30%) PMP
17 5 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
17 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 272 (13.61%) Accessibility
2 78 (3.90%) Data Quality
3 70 (3.50%) WCAG
4 56 (2.80%) QA
5 53 (2.65%) GDPR
5 53 (2.65%) GRC
6 24 (1.20%) IFRS
7 22 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (0.80%) NIST
9 15 (0.75%) PMO
10 12 (0.60%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 9 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.45%) SLA
13 8 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.35%) NCSC
15 6 (0.30%) JSP 440
16 4 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.20%) GAAP
16 4 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 124 (6.21%) Docker
2 88 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (1.10%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.15%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.10%) Firmware
5 2 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.050%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 100 (5.01%) Kubernetes
2 68 (3.40%) Terraform
3 19 (0.95%) Ansible
4 17 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.60%) Grafana
6 11 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.35%) Kubeflow
7 7 (0.35%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.30%) Argo
8 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.10%) Podman
9 2 (0.10%) Puppet
9 2 (0.10%) Salt
10 1 (0.050%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 445 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 258 (12.91%) Adobe
3 122 (6.11%) Databricks
4 84 (4.20%) Google
5 57 (2.85%) Apple
6 51 (2.55%) Salesforce
7 50 (2.50%) Cisco
8 49 (2.45%) ServiceNow
9 48 (2.40%) Dell
10 46 (2.30%) OpenAI
11 30 (1.50%) CrowdStrike
12 27 (1.35%) Palo Alto
13 26 (1.30%) Tenable
14 24 (1.20%) Oracle
15 23 (1.15%) Foundry
16 22 (1.10%) HubSpot
17 17 (0.85%) SAP
18 14 (0.70%) Palantir
19 11 (0.55%) Instagram
19 11 (0.55%) Wrike
3,284 hybrid/remote AI jobs