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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 60
Rank change year-on-year 0 +53 +23
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,909 2,647 1,022
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.83% 16.00% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.47% 17.22% 4.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,828 684 599
10th Percentile £40,350 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £28,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -17.86% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £102,750
UK median annual salary £71,121 £69,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.07% -4.83% -3.33%

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 18,803 15,374 21,834
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.94% 92.93% 87.74%
Number of salaries quoted 13,559 9,059 15,712
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £59,747
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.09% -4.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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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 9 August 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 78 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.86%) Confluence
3 43 (1.48%) CMS
4 23 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.72%) Apache
6 20 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.31%) WordPress
9 8 (0.28%) SAS
10 7 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.17%) Camunda
12 4 (0.14%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.069%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.069%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.034%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.034%) Moodle
14 1 (0.034%) Palantir Foundry
14 1 (0.034%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.034%) Umbraco
Applications
1 43 (1.48%) UserZoom
2 40 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (1.31%) Chatbot
4 29 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.58%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.48%) InDesign
7 14 (0.48%) Photoshop
8 13 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.14%) CapCut
10 4 (0.14%) Moqups
10 4 (0.14%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.14%) Trello
11 3 (0.10%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.10%) Productboard
11 3 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 37 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.96%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.83%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.14%) Sage 50
7 3 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.069%) Shopify
9 1 (0.034%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.034%) HFM
9 1 (0.034%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.034%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.034%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 846 (29.08%) Azure
2 537 (18.46%) AWS
3 265 (9.11%) SaaS
4 252 (8.66%) Azure AI
5 238 (8.18%) GCP
6 219 (7.53%) Power Platform
7 209 (7.18%) GitHub
8 175 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
9 170 (5.84%) Adobe Analytics
10 133 (4.57%) GitHub Copilot
11 128 (4.40%) Snowflake
12 124 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
13 114 (3.92%) Figma
14 113 (3.88%) Serverless
15 103 (3.54%) Anthropic Claude
16 100 (3.44%) Entra ID
17 97 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
18 85 (2.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 83 (2.85%) Azure Machine Learning
20 69 (2.37%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 306 (10.52%) Broadband
2 33 (1.13%) Internet
3 28 (0.96%) VPN
4 26 (0.89%) Firewall
5 19 (0.65%) Network Security
6 17 (0.58%) DNS
7 15 (0.52%) HTTP
8 12 (0.41%) VoIP
9 11 (0.38%) CTI
10 10 (0.34%) DHCP
11 8 (0.28%) WPA
12 7 (0.24%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.24%) Wireless
13 6 (0.21%) 5G
13 6 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.17%) VLAN
14 5 (0.17%) VXLAN
15 4 (0.14%) BGP
15 4 (0.14%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (7.49%) MongoDB
2 175 (6.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 126 (4.33%) Power BI
4 121 (4.16%) SQL Server
5 101 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
6 86 (2.96%) Metadata
7 65 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
8 49 (1.68%) NoSQL
9 47 (1.62%) Tableau
10 44 (1.51%) Big Data
11 41 (1.41%) Data Lake
12 33 (1.13%) Redis
13 31 (1.07%) BigQuery
13 31 (1.07%) Delta Lake
13 31 (1.07%) Semantic Layer
14 28 (0.96%) Relational Database
15 23 (0.79%) MySQL
16 17 (0.58%) Data Vault
16 17 (0.58%) Pinecone
17 15 (0.52%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 118 (4.06%) Git
2 68 (2.34%) JIRA
3 61 (2.10%) Claude Code
4 44 (1.51%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.93%) Snyk
6 25 (0.86%) GitLab
7 19 (0.65%) Selenium
8 16 (0.55%) MLflow
9 13 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.38%) Postman
10 11 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.34%) JUnit
11 10 (0.34%) Maven
11 10 (0.34%) Mockito
12 6 (0.21%) Appium
13 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.14%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
13 4 (0.14%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 806 (27.71%) Social Skills
2 614 (21.11%) Finance
3 357 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
4 331 (11.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 331 (11.38%) Marketing
5 259 (8.90%) Games
6 232 (7.98%) Legal
7 170 (5.84%) Law
8 169 (5.81%) Public Sector
9 107 (3.68%) Retail
10 101 (3.47%) Banking
11 87 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
12 72 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 59 (2.03%) Advertising
14 39 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 37 (1.27%) Automotive
16 36 (1.24%) Legal Technology
17 34 (1.17%) Manufacturing
18 26 (0.89%) Telecoms
19 20 (0.69%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 563 (19.35%) Senior
2 404 (13.89%) Developer
3 371 (12.75%) Lead
4 276 (9.49%) Architect
5 208 (7.15%) Software Engineer
6 169 (5.81%) .NET Developer
7 129 (4.43%) Analyst
8 119 (4.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 118 (4.06%) Consultant
10 112 (3.85%) Engineering Manager
11 83 (2.85%) Data Engineer
12 81 (2.78%) Data Scientist
12 81 (2.78%) Full-Stack Developer
13 80 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
14 77 (2.65%) Python Engineer
15 75 (2.58%) Senior Developer
15 75 (2.58%) Senior Manager
16 72 (2.48%) Designer
17 69 (2.37%) Product Manager
18 64 (2.20%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (9.42%) React
2 257 (8.83%) .NET
3 168 (5.78%) ASP.NET
4 165 (5.67%) .NET Core
5 163 (5.60%) RESTful
6 159 (5.47%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.36%) ML.NET
8 145 (4.98%) CSS
9 137 (4.71%) HTML
10 130 (4.47%) Node.js
11 116 (3.99%) Blazor
12 112 (3.85%) REST
13 88 (3.03%) LangChain
14 70 (2.41%) Next.js
15 59 (2.03%) PyTorch
16 52 (1.79%) Vue
17 48 (1.65%) FastAPI
17 48 (1.65%) LangGraph
18 46 (1.58%) TensorFlow
19 42 (1.44%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 257 (8.83%) Cloud Native
2 221 (7.60%) AI Agents
3 218 (7.49%) Social Media
4 139 (4.78%) Product Ownership
5 113 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
6 93 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
7 82 (2.82%) Blog
8 72 (2.48%) Onboarding
9 71 (2.44%) Algorithms
10 66 (2.27%) Low-Code
11 58 (1.99%) Mobile App
12 57 (1.96%) Virtual Team
13 56 (1.93%) Video\Live Streaming
14 55 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
15 53 (1.82%) Data Centre
16 50 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
16 50 (1.72%) Management Information System
17 46 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
17 46 (1.58%) Marketing Technology
18 40 (1.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 64 (2.20%) Windows
2 55 (1.89%) Linux
3 50 (1.72%) Android
4 24 (0.83%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.55%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.41%) VMS
7 9 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.17%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.14%) Unix
10 2 (0.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 807 (27.74%) Agile
2 763 (26.23%) Machine Learning
3 719 (24.72%) Analytics
4 666 (22.89%) Roadmaps
5 606 (20.83%) CI/CD
6 504 (17.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 463 (15.92%) Mentoring
8 458 (15.74%) Software Engineering
9 423 (14.54%) Decision-Making
10 415 (14.27%) LLM
11 390 (13.41%) Full-Stack Development
12 372 (12.79%) DevOps
13 371 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
14 333 (11.45%) Customer Experience
15 276 (9.49%) Cybersecurity
16 269 (9.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 260 (8.94%) Data Science
17 260 (8.94%) Technical Leadership
18 249 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
19 238 (8.18%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 664 (22.83%) Python
2 529 (18.18%) SQL
3 294 (10.11%) C#
4 264 (9.08%) JavaScript
5 203 (6.98%) TypeScript
6 138 (4.74%) Java
7 60 (2.06%) PowerShell
8 54 (1.86%) Go
9 51 (1.75%) C++
10 48 (1.65%) Bicep
11 45 (1.55%) Bash
12 31 (1.07%) Scala
13 20 (0.69%) R
14 18 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
15 17 (0.58%) Kotlin
15 17 (0.58%) PHP
16 15 (0.52%) C
17 12 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 10 (0.34%) PL/SQL
18 10 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 244 (8.39%) Degree
2 181 (6.22%) Security Cleared
3 127 (4.37%) SC Cleared
4 70 (2.41%) CISSP
5 66 (2.27%) CISM
6 58 (1.99%) DV Cleared
7 55 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (1.86%) A+ Certification
8 54 (1.86%) Network+ Certification
9 51 (1.75%) ACCA
10 48 (1.65%) Azure Certification
11 41 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 35 (1.20%) CIMA
13 32 (1.10%) AWS Certification
13 32 (1.10%) Master's Degree
13 32 (1.10%) PhD
14 25 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 19 (0.65%) DBS Check
16 15 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (0.52%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 293 (10.07%) Accessibility
2 182 (6.26%) Data Quality
3 110 (3.78%) QA
4 104 (3.58%) GDPR
5 67 (2.30%) WCAG
6 57 (1.96%) GRC
7 48 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 37 (1.27%) NIST
9 26 (0.89%) SLA
10 19 (0.65%) IFRS
11 14 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 13 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.38%) PMO
15 7 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 6 (0.21%) SOC 2
17 5 (0.17%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 225 (7.73%) Docker
2 93 (3.20%) Virtual Machines
3 92 (3.16%) Active Directory
4 19 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.45%) vSphere
6 12 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.28%) Firmware
8 6 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.069%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 205 (7.05%) Kubernetes
2 138 (4.74%) Terraform
3 75 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (0.79%) Grafana
5 19 (0.65%) Ansible
6 17 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.24%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.17%) Argo
8 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.17%) Puppet
8 5 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.14%) Istio
9 4 (0.14%) Nmap
10 3 (0.10%) linkerd
10 3 (0.10%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.069%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.069%) Podman
11 2 (0.069%) Salt
12 1 (0.034%) Cilium
12 1 (0.034%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 723 (24.85%) Microsoft
2 232 (7.98%) Adobe
3 170 (5.84%) Databricks
4 138 (4.74%) Google
5 93 (3.20%) OpenAI
6 77 (2.65%) Cisco
7 68 (2.34%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.89%) CyberArk
9 54 (1.86%) Apple
10 48 (1.65%) Dell
11 47 (1.62%) Salesforce
12 38 (1.31%) Facebook
12 38 (1.31%) Foundry
12 38 (1.31%) HubSpot
13 30 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
14 29 (1.00%) Oracle
14 29 (1.00%) Palo Alto
15 27 (0.93%) Tenable
16 26 (0.89%) SAP
17 22 (0.76%) VMware