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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 57
Rank change year-on-year -3 +53 +21
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,261 3,722 980
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.11% 22.40% 4.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.27% 23.87% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,042 706 526
10th Percentile £40,000 £28,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,313 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,752 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.85% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £108,638
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 20,041 15,592 19,047
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.56% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,414 11,252
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 11 October 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
1 104 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.63%) Confluence
3 33 (1.01%) CMS
4 31 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (0.83%) Apache
6 22 (0.67%) Apache Spark
7 18 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
8 11 (0.34%) WordPress
9 10 (0.31%) SAS
10 7 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.12%) Camunda
12 4 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.092%) Headless CMS
14 2 (0.061%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.061%) IIS
14 2 (0.061%) nginx
15 1 (0.031%) ArcGIS
15 1 (0.031%) JBoss
Applications
1 82 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (1.69%) Chatbot
3 34 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.52%) UserZoom
6 15 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.43%) InDesign
8 13 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
9 12 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
10 11 (0.34%) MS Visio
11 7 (0.21%) Moqups
12 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
13 4 (0.12%) Notion
13 4 (0.12%) Revit
13 4 (0.12%) Trello
14 3 (0.092%) Adobe XD
14 3 (0.092%) Productboard
14 3 (0.092%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 42 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.86%) Dynamics GP
3 19 (0.58%) Cloudability
4 14 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.15%) SAP PSCD
7 4 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.12%) Primavera
7 4 (0.12%) Sage 50
7 4 (0.12%) Shopify
8 3 (0.092%) FastStats
8 3 (0.092%) FastStats PeopleStage
8 3 (0.092%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.061%) Maximo
10 1 (0.031%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
10 1 (0.031%) Actimize
10 1 (0.031%) Adobe Campaign
10 1 (0.031%) HFM
10 1 (0.031%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 888 (27.23%) Azure
2 641 (19.66%) AWS
3 316 (9.69%) SaaS
4 306 (9.38%) Power Platform
5 288 (8.83%) GCP
6 260 (7.97%) GitHub
7 199 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
8 198 (6.07%) Azure AI
9 165 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
10 153 (4.69%) GitHub Copilot
10 153 (4.69%) Microsoft Copilot
11 145 (4.45%) Anthropic Claude
12 119 (3.65%) Snowflake
13 112 (3.43%) Entra ID
14 111 (3.40%) Serverless
15 81 (2.48%) Power Automate
16 80 (2.45%) Microsoft Purview
17 69 (2.12%) Amazon Bedrock
18 61 (1.87%) Figma
19 57 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 125 (3.83%) Broadband
2 38 (1.17%) Internet
3 34 (1.04%) VPN
4 33 (1.01%) Firewall
5 32 (0.98%) Network Security
6 26 (0.80%) 5G
7 23 (0.71%) DNS
8 13 (0.40%) DHCP
8 13 (0.40%) HTTP
8 13 (0.40%) VoIP
9 11 (0.34%) CTI
10 9 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.25%) WAN
11 8 (0.25%) WPA
12 7 (0.21%) Wireless
13 6 (0.18%) DMZ
13 6 (0.18%) TCP/IP
14 5 (0.15%) BGP
14 5 (0.15%) Ethernet
14 5 (0.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (6.16%) Power BI
2 200 (6.13%) MongoDB
3 162 (4.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 110 (3.37%) Metadata
4 110 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
5 83 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
5 83 (2.55%) SQL Server
6 56 (1.72%) NoSQL
7 55 (1.69%) Big Data
8 54 (1.66%) Tableau
9 45 (1.38%) Data Lake
10 43 (1.32%) BigQuery
11 41 (1.26%) Relational Database
12 36 (1.10%) Redis
12 36 (1.10%) Semantic Layer
13 34 (1.04%) Delta Lake
14 28 (0.86%) MySQL
15 24 (0.74%) Looker
16 23 (0.71%) DynamoDB
17 21 (0.64%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 125 (3.83%) Git
2 101 (3.10%) Claude Code
3 90 (2.76%) JIRA
4 42 (1.29%) GitLab
5 41 (1.26%) Jenkins
6 20 (0.61%) MLflow
6 20 (0.61%) Snyk
7 17 (0.52%) Selenium
8 16 (0.49%) Cypress.io
9 15 (0.46%) Postman
10 14 (0.43%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
12 10 (0.31%) JUnit
12 10 (0.31%) Maven
12 10 (0.31%) Mockito
13 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
14 5 (0.15%) Burp Suite
14 5 (0.15%) Metasploit
14 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,041 (31.92%) Social Skills
2 794 (24.35%) Finance
3 462 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
4 389 (11.93%) Marketing
5 369 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 235 (7.21%) Public Sector
7 232 (7.11%) Legal
8 166 (5.09%) Banking
9 155 (4.75%) Law
10 127 (3.89%) Retail
11 124 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
12 119 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
13 109 (3.34%) Games
14 74 (2.27%) Advertising
15 55 (1.69%) Manufacturing
16 48 (1.47%) Telecoms
17 38 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
18 31 (0.95%) Front Office
18 31 (0.95%) Legal Technology
19 30 (0.92%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 604 (18.52%) Senior
2 444 (13.62%) Developer
3 356 (10.92%) Lead
4 343 (10.52%) Architect
5 300 (9.20%) Software Engineer
6 168 (5.15%) Analyst
7 162 (4.97%) .NET Developer
8 159 (4.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 141 (4.32%) Consultant
10 106 (3.25%) Python Engineer
11 101 (3.10%) Data Engineer
12 100 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
13 87 (2.67%) Senior Manager
14 81 (2.48%) Data Scientist
15 80 (2.45%) Full-Stack Developer
16 73 (2.24%) Senior Developer
17 64 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
18 63 (1.93%) Data Architect
18 63 (1.93%) Enterprise Architect
19 61 (1.87%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 285 (8.74%) React
2 265 (8.13%) .NET
3 185 (5.67%) Terraform
4 164 (5.03%) Node.js
5 160 (4.91%) ASP.NET
6 158 (4.85%) RESTful
7 156 (4.78%) .NET Core
8 151 (4.63%) ASP.NET Core
9 148 (4.54%) ML.NET
10 136 (4.17%) CSS
11 129 (3.96%) REST
12 127 (3.89%) HTML
13 116 (3.56%) LangChain
14 110 (3.37%) Blazor
15 74 (2.27%) LangGraph
16 71 (2.18%) Next.js
17 57 (1.75%) PySpark
18 56 (1.72%) PyTorch
19 55 (1.69%) Vue
20 48 (1.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 302 (9.26%) AI Agents
2 276 (8.46%) Cloud Native
3 134 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
3 134 (4.11%) Product Ownership
4 115 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
5 104 (3.19%) Management Information System
6 102 (3.13%) Social Media
7 101 (3.10%) Blog
8 88 (2.70%) Onboarding
9 87 (2.67%) Cyber Threat
10 73 (2.24%) Low-Code
11 68 (2.09%) Algorithms
12 61 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
12 61 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
13 58 (1.78%) Hedge funds
14 52 (1.59%) Data Centre
15 50 (1.53%) Mobile App
15 50 (1.53%) Virtual Team
16 45 (1.38%) Marketing Technology
17 43 (1.32%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 85 (2.61%) Windows
2 76 (2.33%) Linux
3 39 (1.20%) Android
4 24 (0.74%) Windows Server
5 22 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.58%) macOS
7 12 (0.37%) VMS
8 9 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.25%) Unix
10 5 (0.15%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.092%) Debian
11 3 (0.092%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.092%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.061%) AIX
12 2 (0.061%) Solaris
13 1 (0.031%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.031%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 730 (22.39%) Machine Learning
2 678 (20.79%) Agile
3 677 (20.76%) Analytics
4 656 (20.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 624 (19.14%) CI/CD
6 591 (18.12%) Software Engineering
7 528 (16.19%) Roadmaps
8 519 (15.92%) Mentoring
9 490 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
10 474 (14.54%) Decision-Making
11 440 (13.49%) LLM
12 433 (13.28%) Stakeholder Management
13 396 (12.14%) DevOps
14 369 (11.32%) Full-Stack Development
15 354 (10.86%) Coaching
16 351 (10.76%) Cybersecurity
17 346 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 289 (8.86%) Data Science
19 274 (8.40%) Technical Leadership
20 260 (7.97%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 801 (24.56%) Python
2 563 (17.26%) SQL
3 319 (9.78%) C#
4 299 (9.17%) JavaScript
5 253 (7.76%) TypeScript
6 159 (4.88%) Java
7 82 (2.51%) PowerShell
8 76 (2.33%) C++
9 62 (1.90%) Go
10 53 (1.63%) Bash
11 48 (1.47%) R
12 44 (1.35%) Bicep
13 34 (1.04%) Scala
14 25 (0.77%) Rust
15 24 (0.74%) Kotlin
16 23 (0.71%) C
16 23 (0.71%) PHP
17 20 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
18 19 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 12 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 277 (8.49%) Security Cleared
2 272 (8.34%) Degree
3 208 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 83 (2.55%) CISSP
5 76 (2.33%) CISM
6 69 (2.12%) Azure Certification
7 68 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 65 (1.99%) DV Cleared
9 56 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 54 (1.66%) A+ Certification
10 54 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
11 43 (1.32%) ACCA
11 43 (1.32%) DBS Check
12 34 (1.04%) CIMA
13 29 (0.89%) AWS Certification
14 21 (0.64%) Master's Degree
14 21 (0.64%) PhD
15 20 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 18 (0.55%) SnowPro
17 17 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (8.03%) Data Quality
2 177 (5.43%) Accessibility
3 158 (4.85%) GDPR
4 129 (3.96%) QA
5 75 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 58 (1.78%) GRC
7 55 (1.69%) NIST
8 33 (1.01%) SLA
9 26 (0.80%) WCAG
10 22 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
11 18 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
11 18 (0.55%) PMO
12 16 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 15 (0.46%) PCI DSS
14 14 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 12 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 10 (0.31%) EU AI Act
16 10 (0.31%) IFRS
16 10 (0.31%) SOC 2
17 8 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 261 (8.00%) Docker
2 102 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 30 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
3 30 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.40%) vSphere
6 11 (0.34%) Firmware
7 3 (0.092%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.092%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.061%) NFS
9 1 (0.031%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.031%) HDFS
9 1 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.031%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 226 (6.93%) Kubernetes
2 82 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.23%) Grafana
4 18 (0.55%) Ansible
4 18 (0.55%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.25%) Progress Chef
6 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.15%) Istio
7 5 (0.15%) Kubeflow
7 5 (0.15%) Nmap
8 4 (0.12%) Argo
8 4 (0.12%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.092%) Kibana
9 3 (0.092%) linkerd
9 3 (0.092%) Podman
9 3 (0.092%) Puppet
10 2 (0.061%) Cilium
11 1 (0.031%) CASB
11 1 (0.031%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.031%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 790 (24.23%) Microsoft
2 199 (6.10%) Google
3 140 (4.29%) Databricks
4 133 (4.08%) YouTube
5 113 (3.47%) OpenAI
6 100 (3.07%) Adobe
7 78 (2.39%) Cisco
8 60 (1.84%) Apple
9 59 (1.81%) Salesforce
10 57 (1.75%) ServiceNow
11 55 (1.69%) CyberArk
12 53 (1.63%) SAP
13 45 (1.38%) HubSpot
14 44 (1.35%) Dell
15 43 (1.32%) Foundry
16 39 (1.20%) Oracle
17 35 (1.07%) Facebook
18 32 (0.98%) VMware
19 24 (0.74%) Sage
20 23 (0.71%) Palo Alto