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

 6 months to
16 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 44 74
Rank change year-on-year +39 +30 +27
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,562 952 1,146
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.81% 6.09% 4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.34% 6.42% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 934 564 755
10th Percentile £24,570 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,295 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +1.99% -10.34%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £114,775 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

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 13,968 14,831 25,724
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.17% 94.86% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,052 8,817 21,328
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,800
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.13% -7.52%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,350 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.86% +9.73% -12.00%

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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 16 February 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 43 (1.68%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.05%) Confluence
3 24 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.78%) CMS
5 16 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (0.51%) JBoss
6 13 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.51%) WebSphere
7 9 (0.35%) WordPress
8 7 (0.27%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.23%) Apache
10 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.12%) SAS
12 2 (0.078%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.078%) Mendix
12 2 (0.078%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.039%) Camunda
13 1 (0.039%) Kinematics
Applications
1 964 (37.63%) Chatbot
2 73 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.16%) UserZoom
6 3 (0.12%) Simulink
6 3 (0.12%) Sketch
6 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.078%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.078%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.078%) Weka
8 1 (0.039%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.039%) InDesign
8 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.039%) Notion
Business Applications
1 18 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.078%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.078%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.078%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.078%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.078%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.078%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.039%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.039%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.039%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.039%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 496 (19.36%) Azure
2 302 (11.79%) AWS
3 230 (8.98%) SaaS
4 190 (7.42%) Power Platform
5 155 (6.05%) GCP
6 149 (5.82%) GitHub
7 117 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
8 98 (3.83%) GitHub Copilot
9 77 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
10 63 (2.46%) Snowflake
11 53 (2.07%) Serverless
12 45 (1.76%) Entra ID
13 43 (1.68%) Adobe Analytics
13 43 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
14 35 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
15 31 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 29 (1.13%) dbt
16 29 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
17 28 (1.09%) Figma
17 28 (1.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 65 (2.54%) Broadband
2 16 (0.62%) Firewall
3 13 (0.51%) HTTP
4 11 (0.43%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.31%) Network Security
6 7 (0.27%) DMZ
6 7 (0.27%) Internet
7 6 (0.23%) DHCP
7 6 (0.23%) RTP
7 6 (0.23%) VoIP
7 6 (0.23%) VPN
7 6 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.16%) DNS
8 4 (0.16%) InfiniBand
8 4 (0.16%) Intranet
9 3 (0.12%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.12%) DSL
9 3 (0.12%) GPON
9 3 (0.12%) IPv4
9 3 (0.12%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (3.94%) Power BI
2 77 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (2.15%) Tableau
4 40 (1.56%) Metadata
5 39 (1.52%) Big Data
6 37 (1.44%) SQL Server
7 34 (1.33%) MongoDB
8 30 (1.17%) NoSQL
9 25 (0.98%) BigQuery
10 24 (0.94%) Data Lake
11 23 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
11 23 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
12 22 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
13 18 (0.70%) Looker
14 15 (0.59%) MySQL
14 15 (0.59%) Snowflake Schema
14 15 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 13 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (0.51%) Redis
16 12 (0.47%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 68 (2.65%) JIRA
2 51 (1.99%) Git
3 21 (0.82%) Jenkins
4 18 (0.70%) MLflow
5 17 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
6 14 (0.55%) GitLab
7 10 (0.39%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.35%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.35%) Selenium
9 8 (0.31%) Subversion
9 8 (0.31%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.27%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.23%) ERwin
12 5 (0.20%) GitBook
12 5 (0.20%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.20%) Storybook
12 5 (0.20%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.16%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
14 3 (0.12%) JMeter
General
1 579 (22.60%) Analytical Skills
2 506 (19.75%) Social Skills
3 471 (18.38%) Finance
4 295 (11.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 177 (6.91%) Marketing
6 162 (6.32%) Public Sector
7 118 (4.61%) Legal
8 116 (4.53%) Retail
9 104 (4.06%) Law
10 64 (2.50%) Games
11 52 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
12 51 (1.99%) Telecoms
13 40 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
14 35 (1.37%) Banking
15 27 (1.05%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
17 23 (0.90%) Aerospace
18 16 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
19 15 (0.59%) Advertising
20 13 (0.51%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 946 (36.92%) Trainer
2 283 (11.05%) Senior
3 217 (8.47%) Developer
4 169 (6.60%) Lead
5 122 (4.76%) Content Editor
6 118 (4.61%) Architect
7 85 (3.32%) Analyst
8 81 (3.16%) Consultant
9 78 (3.04%) Customer Support Specialist
9 78 (3.04%) Support Specialist
10 77 (3.01%) Research Scientist
11 69 (2.69%) Software Engineer
12 59 (2.30%) Data Engineer
13 55 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
14 49 (1.91%) Sales Executive
15 47 (1.83%) Corporate Sales Executive
16 43 (1.68%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 42 (1.64%) .NET Developer
18 40 (1.56%) Engineering Manager
18 40 (1.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (3.71%) .NET
1 95 (3.71%) React
2 83 (3.24%) REST
3 64 (2.50%) Node.js
4 61 (2.38%) RESTful
5 40 (1.56%) PyTorch
6 39 (1.52%) SOAP
7 38 (1.48%) Kafka
7 38 (1.48%) TensorFlow
8 36 (1.41%) OAuth
9 35 (1.37%) Spring
10 34 (1.33%) OAuth2
11 30 (1.17%) CSS
12 28 (1.09%) HTML
13 25 (0.98%) AngularJS
14 23 (0.90%) Middleware
15 22 (0.86%) gRPC
15 22 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
15 22 (0.86%) Vue
16 21 (0.82%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 139 (5.43%) Cloud Native
2 110 (4.29%) Blog
3 106 (4.14%) Product Ownership
4 91 (3.55%) Molecular Biology
5 68 (2.65%) Onboarding
6 52 (2.03%) AI Agents
6 52 (2.03%) Social Media
7 50 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
7 50 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 39 (1.52%) Public Cloud
9 38 (1.48%) Algorithms
10 36 (1.41%) Low-Code
11 35 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
12 34 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
12 34 (1.33%) Virtual Team
13 32 (1.25%) Mobile App
14 30 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
15 25 (0.98%) Social Network
16 24 (0.94%) Management Information System
17 20 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (1.56%) Android
2 32 (1.25%) Linux
3 30 (1.17%) Windows
4 24 (0.94%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.27%) Unix
7 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
8 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.12%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.039%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 976 (38.10%) Conversational UI
2 406 (15.85%) Agile
3 355 (13.86%) Analytics
4 345 (13.47%) Chemistry
5 326 (12.72%) Roadmaps
6 299 (11.67%) Machine Learning
7 288 (11.24%) CI/CD
8 275 (10.73%) DevOps
9 264 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 228 (8.90%) Problem-Solving
11 212 (8.27%) Software Engineering
12 191 (7.46%) Customer Experience
13 172 (6.71%) Mentoring
14 170 (6.64%) Decision-Making
15 165 (6.44%) Coaching
16 157 (6.13%) Content Writing
17 156 (6.09%) Customer Service
18 135 (5.27%) Generative AI
19 133 (5.19%) Business Intelligence
20 131 (5.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 348 (13.58%) Python
2 254 (9.91%) SQL
3 115 (4.49%) Java
4 111 (4.33%) TypeScript
5 102 (3.98%) JavaScript
6 57 (2.22%) C#
7 46 (1.80%) Go
8 38 (1.48%) C++
9 37 (1.44%) Bash
10 35 (1.37%) PowerShell
11 24 (0.94%) R
12 23 (0.90%) Kotlin
13 22 (0.86%) Apex Code
14 20 (0.78%) PHP
15 18 (0.70%) C
15 18 (0.70%) PL/SQL
16 16 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 16 (0.62%) Shell Script
17 13 (0.51%) Scala
18 10 (0.39%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,224 (47.78%) Degree
2 527 (20.57%) Master's Degree
3 512 (19.98%) PhD
4 81 (3.16%) Security Cleared
5 64 (2.50%) SC Cleared
6 52 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 35 (1.37%) DBS Check
8 32 (1.25%) AWS Certification
9 27 (1.05%) Azure Certification
10 24 (0.94%) PMP
11 23 (0.90%) ACCA
11 23 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (0.55%) CISA
13 14 (0.55%) CISSP
13 14 (0.55%) DV Cleared
14 12 (0.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (0.39%) CISM
16 6 (0.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (4.02%) Accessibility
2 44 (1.72%) Data Quality
3 42 (1.64%) GDPR
4 35 (1.37%) QA
5 31 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (1.01%) IFRS
7 18 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 18 (0.70%) WCAG
8 16 (0.62%) GAAP
8 16 (0.62%) GRC
9 15 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.51%) NIST
11 9 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 9 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.27%) EU AI Act
12 7 (0.27%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.27%) NCSC
12 7 (0.27%) PMO
13 5 (0.20%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 98 (3.83%) Docker
2 32 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 20 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.16%) Firmware
5 4 (0.16%) Lustre
6 3 (0.12%) Kamailio
6 3 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.078%) Ceph
7 2 (0.078%) GPFS
7 2 (0.078%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.039%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.039%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (3.55%) Terraform
2 84 (3.28%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
4 22 (0.86%) Ansible
5 19 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.47%) Grafana
8 7 (0.27%) SCCM
9 5 (0.20%) Argo
9 5 (0.20%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.12%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.078%) Control-M
11 2 (0.078%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.039%) Cilium
12 1 (0.039%) Karpenter
12 1 (0.039%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 945 (36.89%) PayPal
2 410 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 87 (3.40%) Adobe
4 64 (2.50%) Google
5 63 (2.46%) Databricks
6 57 (2.22%) Salesforce
7 52 (2.03%) Cisco
8 51 (1.99%) Oracle
9 50 (1.95%) Dell
10 45 (1.76%) Blue Prism
11 28 (1.09%) Apple
12 27 (1.05%) OpenAI
13 20 (0.78%) SAP
14 19 (0.74%) HubSpot
15 15 (0.59%) Foundry
16 14 (0.55%) Palantir
17 13 (0.51%) Atlassian
18 11 (0.43%) Informatica
19 10 (0.39%) IBM
19 10 (0.39%) Pardot
1,265 hybrid/remote AI jobs