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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 74 68
Rank change year-on-year +70 -6 +45
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,400 777 955
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 21.73% 3.91% 4.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.65% 4.41% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 803 458 505
10th Percentile £24,570 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £40,500 £51,625 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £94,375 £89,688 £92,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.67% +7.14%

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 14,377 17,627 20,780
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.87% 88.62% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,785 10,527 16,788
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,406
90th Percentile £98,750 £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 15 November 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 33 (0.97%) SharePoint
2 26 (0.76%) Confluence
3 22 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (0.65%) CMS
4 18 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.38%) Apache Solr
7 11 (0.32%) Apache
7 11 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.18%) JBoss
8 6 (0.18%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.18%) WordPress
9 3 (0.088%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.088%) Luigi
10 2 (0.059%) Mendix
11 1 (0.029%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.029%) IIS
Applications
1 1,736 (51.06%) Chatbot
2 77 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
4 11 (0.32%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.088%) InDesign
7 3 (0.088%) Notion
7 3 (0.088%) Simulink
7 3 (0.088%) Sketch
8 2 (0.059%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.059%) Civil 3D
8 2 (0.059%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.059%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.059%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.059%) Revit
8 2 (0.059%) Weka
Business Applications
1 14 (0.41%) NetSuite
1 14 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.088%) SAP SCM
5 2 (0.059%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.059%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.059%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.059%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.059%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.059%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.059%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.059%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.059%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.059%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.059%) Shopify
6 1 (0.029%) Magento
6 1 (0.029%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.029%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 401 (11.79%) Azure
2 239 (7.03%) AWS
3 179 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 179 (5.26%) SaaS
4 123 (3.62%) GCP
5 100 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
6 92 (2.71%) GitHub
7 82 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
8 55 (1.62%) GitHub Copilot
8 55 (1.62%) Snowflake
9 41 (1.21%) Entra ID
10 36 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 36 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
11 35 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
12 30 (0.88%) dbt
12 30 (0.88%) Serverless
13 28 (0.82%) Power Automate
14 23 (0.68%) Copilot Studio
15 21 (0.62%) Azure AI
15 21 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.47%) Broadband
2 13 (0.38%) Internet
3 7 (0.21%) WAN
3 7 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.18%) InfiniBand
4 6 (0.18%) Network Security
5 5 (0.15%) VoIP
5 5 (0.15%) VPN
6 4 (0.12%) DHCP
6 4 (0.12%) DNS
6 4 (0.12%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.12%) Wireless
7 3 (0.088%) DOCSIS
7 3 (0.088%) DSL
7 3 (0.088%) IPv4
7 3 (0.088%) IPv6
7 3 (0.088%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.088%) LAN
7 3 (0.088%) PPP
7 3 (0.088%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (3.24%) Power BI
2 72 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (1.29%) Tableau
4 43 (1.26%) NoSQL
5 39 (1.15%) SQL Server
6 37 (1.09%) MongoDB
7 32 (0.94%) Big Data
8 30 (0.88%) MySQL
8 30 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
10 27 (0.79%) Data Lake
11 25 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
12 17 (0.50%) Snowflake Schema
13 15 (0.44%) Metadata
13 15 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (0.41%) BigQuery
15 12 (0.35%) Redis
16 10 (0.29%) DynamoDB
16 10 (0.29%) Looker
17 9 (0.26%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 64 (1.88%) JIRA
2 56 (1.65%) Git
3 17 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.24%) GitLab
6 6 (0.18%) Cypress.io
6 6 (0.18%) ERwin
7 5 (0.15%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.12%) GitBook
8 4 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.12%) Selenium
8 4 (0.12%) Subversion
9 3 (0.088%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.088%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.059%) JMeter
10 2 (0.059%) JUnit
10 2 (0.059%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.059%) MLflow
10 2 (0.059%) Vite
General
1 881 (25.91%) Analytical Skills
2 507 (14.91%) Social Skills
3 418 (12.29%) Finance
4 367 (10.79%) Retail
5 299 (8.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 267 (7.85%) Manufacturing
7 214 (6.29%) Marketing
8 121 (3.56%) Public Sector
9 102 (3.00%) Legal
10 87 (2.56%) Law
11 58 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
12 49 (1.44%) Catalan Language
12 49 (1.44%) Dutch Language
12 49 (1.44%) Finnish Language
13 40 (1.18%) Telecoms
14 33 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (0.94%) Aerospace
16 30 (0.88%) Banking
17 24 (0.71%) Games
18 23 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,961 (57.68%) Trainer
2 189 (5.56%) Content Editor
3 186 (5.47%) Senior
4 169 (4.97%) Developer
5 122 (3.59%) Architect
6 108 (3.18%) Customer Support Specialist
6 108 (3.18%) Support Specialist
7 101 (2.97%) Research Scientist
8 89 (2.62%) Lead
9 88 (2.59%) Analyst
10 66 (1.94%) Sales Executive
11 63 (1.85%) Microsoft Specialist
12 60 (1.76%) Consultant
13 52 (1.53%) Corporate Sales Executive
14 51 (1.50%) Biostatistician
15 48 (1.41%) Software Engineer
16 47 (1.38%) Data Engineer
17 43 (1.26%) Customer Service Representative
18 41 (1.21%) Solutions Architect
19 36 (1.06%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (2.35%) React
2 74 (2.18%) HTML
3 69 (2.03%) .NET
4 48 (1.41%) REST
5 46 (1.35%) Node.js
6 38 (1.12%) RESTful
7 37 (1.09%) Kafka
8 29 (0.85%) Next.js
9 26 (0.76%) GraphQL
10 23 (0.68%) Spring
11 22 (0.65%) FastAPI
11 22 (0.65%) OAuth
12 21 (0.62%) OAuth2
12 21 (0.62%) PyTorch
12 21 (0.62%) TensorFlow
13 20 (0.59%) SOAP
14 19 (0.56%) CSS
14 19 (0.56%) Django
14 19 (0.56%) gRPC
15 16 (0.47%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 246 (7.24%) Robotics
2 125 (3.68%) Molecular Biology
3 115 (3.38%) Cloud Native
4 100 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 62 (1.82%) Blog
6 58 (1.71%) Onboarding
7 54 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 54 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
8 49 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 42 (1.24%) AI Agents
10 36 (1.06%) Algorithms
11 31 (0.91%) Data Centre
11 31 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
12 30 (0.88%) Virtual Team
13 29 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
14 27 (0.79%) Low-Code
14 27 (0.79%) Social Media
15 26 (0.76%) Management Information System
16 23 (0.68%) Reinsurance
17 18 (0.53%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 32 (0.94%) Windows
2 30 (0.88%) Linux
3 22 (0.65%) Android
4 19 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.47%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.088%) OpenWrt
7 3 (0.088%) Unix
8 1 (0.029%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.029%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.029%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,751 (51.50%) Conversational UI
2 682 (20.06%) Chemistry
3 560 (16.47%) Machine Learning
4 471 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
5 344 (10.12%) Agile
5 344 (10.12%) LLM
6 317 (9.32%) Data Privacy
6 317 (9.32%) Generative AI
7 291 (8.56%) Analytics
8 278 (8.18%) Roadmaps
9 265 (7.79%) Mathematics
10 251 (7.38%) Content Writing
11 250 (7.35%) Red Team
12 244 (7.18%) Computer Science
13 230 (6.76%) DevOps
14 207 (6.09%) CI/CD
15 199 (5.85%) Customer Service
16 195 (5.74%) Continuous Improvement
17 186 (5.47%) Physics
18 185 (5.44%) Biology
Programming Languages
1 349 (10.26%) Python
2 295 (8.68%) SQL
3 148 (4.35%) TypeScript
4 145 (4.26%) JavaScript
5 128 (3.76%) Java
6 79 (2.32%) C#
7 75 (2.21%) C++
8 69 (2.03%) PHP
9 67 (1.97%) R
10 64 (1.88%) C
11 55 (1.62%) MATLAB
12 49 (1.44%) Dart
12 49 (1.44%) Ruby
12 49 (1.44%) Rust
13 42 (1.24%) PowerShell
14 27 (0.79%) Bash
15 21 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 21 (0.62%) Kotlin
16 15 (0.44%) Swift
17 12 (0.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 2,267 (66.68%) Degree
2 1,024 (30.12%) Master's Degree
3 1,006 (29.59%) PhD
4 88 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 66 (1.94%) Security Cleared
6 57 (1.68%) SC Cleared
7 26 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (0.74%) ACCA
9 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (0.50%) PMP
10 16 (0.47%) DBS Check
11 14 (0.41%) AWS Certification
12 12 (0.35%) Azure Certification
12 12 (0.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 8 (0.24%) CISA
13 8 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.15%) CIMA
14 5 (0.15%) CISM
14 5 (0.15%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (1.32%) Accessibility
2 36 (1.06%) GDPR
3 34 (1.00%) Data Quality
4 28 (0.82%) QA
5 20 (0.59%) GAAP
6 19 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 18 (0.53%) IFRS
8 15 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.24%) EU AI Act
11 7 (0.21%) WCAG
12 6 (0.18%) NIST
13 5 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 4 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.12%) PCI DSS
15 3 (0.088%) GRC
15 3 (0.088%) NCSC
15 3 (0.088%) PMO
15 3 (0.088%) SOC 2
System Software
1 72 (2.12%) Docker
2 22 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
3 18 (0.53%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.15%) Lustre
6 4 (0.12%) Firmware
7 3 (0.088%) GPFS
7 3 (0.088%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 3 (0.088%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.059%) Ceph
9 1 (0.029%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 73 (2.15%) Terraform
2 71 (2.09%) Kubernetes
3 19 (0.56%) Ansible
3 19 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.24%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.24%) SCCM
6 4 (0.12%) Grafana
7 3 (0.088%) Argo
8 2 (0.059%) Control-M
8 2 (0.059%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.059%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.059%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.059%) Puppet
9 1 (0.029%) AppManager
9 1 (0.029%) Cilium
9 1 (0.029%) Kibana
9 1 (0.029%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.029%) logstash
9 1 (0.029%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,718 (50.53%) PayPal
2 420 (12.35%) Microsoft
3 318 (9.35%) Google
4 304 (8.94%) Adobe
5 291 (8.56%) Databricks
6 97 (2.85%) Cisco
7 65 (1.91%) Dell
8 52 (1.53%) Salesforce
9 45 (1.32%) Blue Prism
10 41 (1.21%) Oracle
11 37 (1.09%) Apple
12 24 (0.71%) Palo Alto
13 22 (0.65%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.62%) SAP
15 16 (0.47%) OpenAI
16 15 (0.44%) ServiceNow
17 14 (0.41%) Foundry
18 12 (0.35%) IBM
19 11 (0.32%) Alteryx
19 11 (0.32%) VMware