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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 51
Rank change year-on-year -1 +45 +32
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,121 2,907 1,091
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.04% 17.92% 4.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.91% 19.26% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,956 674 568
10th Percentile £40,000 £24,825 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,907 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £63,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £86,563
90th Percentile £115,000 £119,625 £104,125
UK median annual salary £74,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.71% -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 19,614 15,094 20,463
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.92% 93.04% 87.57%
Number of salaries quoted 14,115 8,698 12,932
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,252
25th Percentile £44,784 £40,500 £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 10 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
1 103 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.73%) Confluence
3 40 (1.28%) CMS
4 27 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 25 (0.80%) Apache
6 20 (0.64%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.32%) SAS
8 10 (0.32%) WordPress
9 7 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.16%) Camunda
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.096%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.064%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.032%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.032%) Apache Superset
13 1 (0.032%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.032%) Moodle
13 1 (0.032%) Umbraco
Applications
1 65 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (1.67%) Chatbot
3 33 (1.06%) UserZoom
4 32 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
5 21 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 15 (0.48%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
7 14 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.45%) InDesign
8 8 (0.26%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.16%) Moqups
9 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.13%) Trello
11 3 (0.096%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.096%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.096%) Productboard
11 3 (0.096%) Sketch
12 2 (0.064%) Weka
Business Applications
1 37 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.90%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.77%) Cloudability
4 8 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.13%) Primavera
7 4 (0.13%) Sage 50
8 3 (0.096%) Shopify
9 2 (0.064%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.032%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 1 (0.032%) Sage X3
10 1 (0.032%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 892 (28.58%) Azure
2 597 (19.13%) AWS
3 293 (9.39%) SaaS
4 260 (8.33%) GCP
5 259 (8.30%) Azure AI
5 259 (8.30%) Power Platform
6 229 (7.34%) GitHub
7 170 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
8 167 (5.35%) Microsoft 365
9 149 (4.77%) Snowflake
10 140 (4.49%) GitHub Copilot
11 122 (3.91%) Anthropic Claude
12 116 (3.72%) Microsoft Copilot
13 112 (3.59%) Entra ID
14 109 (3.49%) Serverless
15 98 (3.14%) Adobe Analytics
16 92 (2.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 85 (2.72%) Figma
18 76 (2.44%) Azure Machine Learning
19 73 (2.34%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 207 (6.63%) Broadband
2 35 (1.12%) Internet
3 32 (1.03%) Firewall
3 32 (1.03%) VPN
4 29 (0.93%) Network Security
5 22 (0.70%) DNS
6 20 (0.64%) 5G
7 15 (0.48%) HTTP
8 13 (0.42%) DHCP
9 12 (0.38%) VoIP
10 11 (0.35%) CTI
11 8 (0.26%) Wireless
11 8 (0.26%) WPA
12 7 (0.22%) TCP/IP
13 6 (0.19%) WAN
13 6 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.16%) BGP
14 5 (0.16%) DMZ
14 5 (0.16%) OSPF
14 5 (0.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (6.86%) MongoDB
2 178 (5.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 163 (5.22%) Power BI
4 123 (3.94%) SQL Server
5 100 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
6 92 (2.95%) Metadata
7 74 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
8 57 (1.83%) NoSQL
9 51 (1.63%) Tableau
10 42 (1.35%) Big Data
11 41 (1.31%) Data Lake
12 36 (1.15%) Relational Database
13 34 (1.09%) Semantic Layer
14 33 (1.06%) Delta Lake
14 33 (1.06%) Redis
15 32 (1.03%) BigQuery
16 23 (0.74%) MySQL
17 20 (0.64%) Data Vault
17 20 (0.64%) DynamoDB
18 17 (0.54%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 120 (3.84%) Git
2 77 (2.47%) JIRA
3 71 (2.27%) Claude Code
4 42 (1.35%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.87%) GitLab
5 27 (0.87%) Snyk
6 16 (0.51%) MLflow
6 16 (0.51%) Selenium
7 14 (0.45%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.38%) Postman
8 12 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.32%) JUnit
9 10 (0.32%) Maven
9 10 (0.32%) Mockito
10 7 (0.22%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.16%) Burp Suite
11 5 (0.16%) Metasploit
11 5 (0.16%) Poetry
11 5 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (0.13%) Appium
General
1 923 (29.57%) Social Skills
2 745 (23.87%) Finance
3 421 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
4 360 (11.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 346 (11.09%) Marketing
6 241 (7.72%) Legal
7 209 (6.70%) Public Sector
8 175 (5.61%) Games
9 172 (5.51%) Law
10 130 (4.17%) Banking
11 109 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
12 108 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
13 104 (3.33%) Retail
14 59 (1.89%) Advertising
15 48 (1.54%) Manufacturing
16 45 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
17 39 (1.25%) Telecoms
18 37 (1.19%) Legal Technology
19 29 (0.93%) Automotive
20 25 (0.80%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 583 (18.68%) Senior
2 410 (13.14%) Developer
3 342 (10.96%) Lead
4 329 (10.54%) Architect
5 233 (7.47%) Software Engineer
6 170 (5.45%) .NET Developer
7 151 (4.84%) Analyst
8 131 (4.20%) Consultant
9 122 (3.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 109 (3.49%) Engineering Manager
11 93 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
12 88 (2.82%) Data Engineer
13 78 (2.50%) Senior Manager
14 77 (2.47%) Full-Stack Developer
14 77 (2.47%) Python Engineer
15 72 (2.31%) Data Scientist
16 71 (2.27%) Senior Developer
17 68 (2.18%) Data Architect
17 68 (2.18%) Senior Analyst
18 66 (2.11%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 281 (9.00%) React
2 256 (8.20%) .NET
3 168 (5.38%) ASP.NET
4 161 (5.16%) .NET Core
5 160 (5.13%) RESTful
6 159 (5.09%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.00%) ML.NET
8 155 (4.97%) Terraform
9 150 (4.81%) Node.js
10 143 (4.58%) CSS
11 132 (4.23%) HTML
12 117 (3.75%) REST
13 116 (3.72%) Blazor
14 99 (3.17%) LangChain
15 73 (2.34%) Next.js
16 60 (1.92%) PyTorch
17 56 (1.79%) LangGraph
18 53 (1.70%) PySpark
19 49 (1.57%) Vue
20 47 (1.51%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 269 (8.62%) Cloud Native
2 260 (8.33%) AI Agents
3 147 (4.71%) Social Media
4 138 (4.42%) Product Ownership
5 124 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
6 110 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
7 97 (3.11%) Blog
8 78 (2.50%) Onboarding
9 76 (2.44%) Low-Code
10 70 (2.24%) Algorithms
11 69 (2.21%) Management Information System
12 62 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
12 62 (1.99%) Data Centre
13 56 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
14 54 (1.73%) Virtual Team
15 50 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
15 50 (1.60%) Video\Live Streaming
16 49 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
16 49 (1.57%) Mobile App
17 42 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 78 (2.50%) Windows
2 67 (2.15%) Linux
3 39 (1.25%) Android
4 20 (0.64%) Windows Server
5 18 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.38%) VMS
7 11 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.22%) Unix
10 5 (0.16%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.096%) Debian
11 3 (0.096%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.096%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.032%) AIX
12 1 (0.032%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 783 (25.09%) Machine Learning
2 776 (24.86%) Agile
3 686 (21.98%) Analytics
4 635 (20.35%) Roadmaps
5 604 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 601 (19.26%) CI/CD
7 497 (15.92%) Software Engineering
8 493 (15.80%) Mentoring
9 477 (15.28%) Decision-Making
10 427 (13.68%) LLM
11 426 (13.65%) Problem-Solving
12 386 (12.37%) Full-Stack Development
13 382 (12.24%) DevOps
14 342 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
15 322 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
16 319 (10.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 280 (8.97%) Customer Experience
18 271 (8.68%) Data Science
19 265 (8.49%) Technical Leadership
20 258 (8.27%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 706 (22.62%) Python
2 572 (18.33%) SQL
3 294 (9.42%) C#
4 276 (8.84%) JavaScript
5 220 (7.05%) TypeScript
6 141 (4.52%) Java
7 69 (2.21%) PowerShell
8 64 (2.05%) C++
9 54 (1.73%) Go
10 48 (1.54%) Bash
10 48 (1.54%) Bicep
11 31 (0.99%) Scala
12 22 (0.70%) R
13 19 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
14 17 (0.54%) Kotlin
15 16 (0.51%) C
15 16 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 15 (0.48%) PHP
17 11 (0.35%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 259 (8.30%) Degree
2 226 (7.24%) Security Cleared
3 162 (5.19%) SC Cleared
4 81 (2.60%) CISSP
5 73 (2.34%) CISM
6 66 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 61 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 55 (1.76%) ACCA
9 54 (1.73%) A+ Certification
9 54 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
10 52 (1.67%) Azure Certification
11 46 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 44 (1.41%) CIMA
13 31 (0.99%) AWS Certification
13 31 (0.99%) Master's Degree
14 30 (0.96%) DBS Check
15 27 (0.87%) PhD
16 25 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 18 (0.58%) SnowPro
18 16 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 230 (7.37%) Data Quality
2 223 (7.15%) Accessibility
3 127 (4.07%) GDPR
4 122 (3.91%) QA
5 66 (2.11%) GRC
6 63 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 47 (1.51%) NIST
7 47 (1.51%) WCAG
8 31 (0.99%) SLA
9 19 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 16 (0.51%) PMO
11 14 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.45%) IFRS
11 14 (0.45%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (0.32%) EU AI Act
14 8 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 6 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 236 (7.56%) Docker
2 100 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 93 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.42%) vSphere
6 12 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.32%) Firmware
8 9 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.096%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.096%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 211 (6.76%) Kubernetes
2 78 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (0.90%) Grafana
4 17 (0.54%) Prometheus
5 16 (0.51%) Ansible
6 7 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.19%) Argo
7 6 (0.19%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.19%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.16%) Istio
8 5 (0.16%) Nmap
8 5 (0.16%) Puppet
9 3 (0.096%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.096%) linkerd
9 3 (0.096%) Podman
10 2 (0.064%) Cilium
10 2 (0.064%) Salt
11 1 (0.032%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.032%) Kibana
11 1 (0.032%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 790 (25.31%) Microsoft
2 187 (5.99%) Databricks
3 161 (5.16%) Adobe
4 154 (4.93%) Google
5 107 (3.43%) OpenAI
6 88 (2.82%) YouTube
7 76 (2.44%) Cisco
8 60 (1.92%) Apple
8 60 (1.92%) ServiceNow
9 55 (1.76%) CyberArk
10 54 (1.73%) Salesforce
11 42 (1.35%) Dell
12 39 (1.25%) Foundry
12 39 (1.25%) HubSpot
13 38 (1.22%) Facebook
14 36 (1.15%) SAP
15 33 (1.06%) Oracle
16 30 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
16 30 (0.96%) Palo Alto
17 27 (0.87%) VMware