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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 69
Rank change year-on-year +3 +56 +20
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,993 2,107 1,317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.64% 13.96% 4.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.85% 14.68% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,141 696 869
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,206 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +5.93% -10.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,018 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -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 15,505 14,349 29,620
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 95.06% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,008 8,690 23,384
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -10.10%

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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 19 May 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 54 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.16%) CMS
3 39 (1.96%) Confluence
4 21 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 19 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.50%) SAS
6 10 (0.50%) WordPress
7 8 (0.40%) Apache
8 7 (0.35%) JBoss
8 7 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (0.35%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.10%) Camunda
12 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.050%) Apache Pulsar
13 1 (0.050%) Kinematics
13 1 (0.050%) Moodle
Applications
1 38 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (1.51%) UserZoom
3 22 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.80%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.25%) Sketch
7 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.20%) CapCut
8 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.15%) Productboard
9 2 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.10%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.10%) InDesign
9 2 (0.10%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.10%) Trello
10 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.20%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.15%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.050%) HFM
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.050%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.050%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 541 (27.15%) Azure
2 373 (18.72%) AWS
3 208 (10.44%) SaaS
4 183 (9.18%) Adobe Analytics
5 171 (8.58%) GCP
6 142 (7.12%) Power Platform
7 130 (6.52%) GitHub
8 129 (6.47%) Azure AI
9 110 (5.52%) Figma
10 95 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
11 91 (4.57%) Snowflake
12 89 (4.47%) Azure Machine Learning
13 86 (4.32%) GitHub Copilot
14 76 (3.81%) Serverless
15 70 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
16 68 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 55 (2.76%) Contentsquare
18 49 (2.46%) Microsoft Copilot
19 34 (1.71%) Entra ID
20 33 (1.66%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 295 (14.80%) Broadband
2 24 (1.20%) Firewall
3 18 (0.90%) HTTP
4 10 (0.50%) DNS
4 10 (0.50%) Unified Communications
4 10 (0.50%) VPN
5 9 (0.45%) Network Security
6 7 (0.35%) Internet
7 6 (0.30%) 5G
7 6 (0.30%) DHCP
7 6 (0.30%) DMZ
8 4 (0.20%) Modbus
8 4 (0.20%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.15%) RTP
9 3 (0.15%) VoIP
9 3 (0.15%) Wireless
9 3 (0.15%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.15%) WPA
10 2 (0.10%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (4.82%) MongoDB
2 88 (4.42%) SQL Server
3 84 (4.21%) Power BI
4 61 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 59 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
6 55 (2.76%) Metadata
7 44 (2.21%) Tableau
8 42 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
9 32 (1.61%) Big Data
10 26 (1.30%) BigQuery
11 24 (1.20%) NoSQL
12 22 (1.10%) Data Lake
13 20 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (1.00%) Looker
13 20 (1.00%) Redis
14 19 (0.95%) Semantic Layer
15 14 (0.70%) Delta Lake
16 12 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
16 12 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (0.55%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 55 (2.76%) Git
2 36 (1.81%) JIRA
3 26 (1.30%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.25%) Claude Code
4 25 (1.25%) Snyk
5 22 (1.10%) MLflow
6 13 (0.65%) GitLab
7 10 (0.50%) Selenium
7 10 (0.50%) Visual Studio
8 9 (0.45%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (0.35%) SpecFlow
9 7 (0.35%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.30%) Storybook
11 4 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.20%) Maven
11 4 (0.20%) Postman
11 4 (0.20%) Subversion
12 3 (0.15%) Mockito
12 3 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 477 (23.93%) Social Skills
2 410 (20.57%) Finance
3 277 (13.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 254 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
5 247 (12.39%) Games
6 205 (10.29%) Marketing
7 143 (7.18%) Public Sector
8 137 (6.87%) Legal
9 119 (5.97%) Law
10 70 (3.51%) Retail
11 54 (2.71%) Banking
12 47 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
13 45 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (1.91%) Automotive
15 26 (1.30%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (1.20%) Telecoms
17 17 (0.85%) Advertising
18 13 (0.65%) Back Office
19 8 (0.40%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 407 (20.42%) Senior
2 300 (15.05%) Lead
3 216 (10.84%) Developer
4 180 (9.03%) Architect
5 108 (5.42%) Software Engineer
6 97 (4.87%) Analyst
7 82 (4.11%) Consultant
8 80 (4.01%) Engineering Manager
9 76 (3.81%) Designer
10 74 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
11 60 (3.01%) Data Engineer
12 59 (2.96%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 56 (2.81%) Product Manager
14 54 (2.71%) .NET Developer
15 53 (2.66%) Data Manager
16 51 (2.56%) Data Scientist
16 51 (2.56%) Senior Architect
17 50 (2.51%) Senior Software Engineer
18 49 (2.46%) Lead Designer
19 48 (2.41%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (7.23%) React
2 113 (5.67%) .NET
3 95 (4.77%) RESTful
4 87 (4.37%) REST
5 76 (3.81%) Node.js
6 70 (3.51%) CSS
7 64 (3.21%) HTML
8 56 (2.81%) .NET Core
9 52 (2.61%) PyTorch
10 51 (2.56%) ASP.NET
10 51 (2.56%) ASP.NET Core
11 49 (2.46%) ML.NET
12 44 (2.21%) TensorFlow
13 41 (2.06%) Blazor
14 36 (1.81%) LangChain
15 31 (1.56%) Vue
16 30 (1.51%) FastAPI
16 30 (1.51%) Spring
17 28 (1.40%) Next.js
18 26 (1.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 196 (9.83%) Social Media
2 149 (7.48%) Cloud Native
3 115 (5.77%) Product Ownership
4 85 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 76 (3.81%) AI Agents
6 53 (2.66%) Low-Code
7 52 (2.61%) Blog
8 50 (2.51%) Mobile App
8 50 (2.51%) Public Cloud
9 44 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 43 (2.16%) Virtual Team
11 42 (2.11%) Algorithms
11 42 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
11 42 (2.11%) Video\Live Streaming
12 39 (1.96%) Data Centre
13 28 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
14 25 (1.25%) Social Network
15 22 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
16 21 (1.05%) Podcast
17 20 (1.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.26%) Android
2 28 (1.40%) Apple iOS
3 25 (1.25%) Linux
4 20 (1.00%) Windows
5 5 (0.25%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.20%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.20%) Unix
7 3 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.15%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 572 (28.70%) Agile
2 521 (26.14%) Analytics
3 508 (25.49%) Roadmaps
4 460 (23.08%) Machine Learning
5 374 (18.77%) CI/CD
6 306 (15.35%) Customer Experience
7 275 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 263 (13.20%) Mentoring
9 262 (13.15%) Software Engineering
10 243 (12.19%) Decision-Making
11 240 (12.04%) DevOps
12 233 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
13 230 (11.54%) Product Roadmap
14 209 (10.49%) Storytelling
15 207 (10.39%) LLM
16 204 (10.24%) Full-Stack Development
17 200 (10.04%) Generative AI
18 187 (9.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 177 (8.88%) Digital Customer Experience
20 171 (8.58%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 413 (20.72%) Python
2 293 (14.70%) SQL
3 120 (6.02%) C#
4 113 (5.67%) Java
5 112 (5.62%) JavaScript
6 110 (5.52%) TypeScript
7 59 (2.96%) Go
8 27 (1.35%) Bash
8 27 (1.35%) C++
9 22 (1.10%) PowerShell
10 21 (1.05%) R
11 17 (0.85%) Bicep
11 17 (0.85%) Scala
12 13 (0.65%) PHP
13 12 (0.60%) Apex Code
14 10 (0.50%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.45%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.45%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 192 (9.63%) Degree
2 82 (4.11%) Security Cleared
3 51 (2.56%) AWS Certification
4 49 (2.46%) SC Cleared
5 46 (2.31%) ACCA
6 33 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (1.66%) DBS Check
7 31 (1.56%) Master's Degree
8 29 (1.46%) Azure Certification
9 28 (1.40%) CIMA
9 28 (1.40%) DV Cleared
10 24 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 21 (1.05%) PhD
12 17 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.55%) CISSP
14 8 (0.40%) CISA
14 8 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.30%) PMP
16 5 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 273 (13.70%) Accessibility
2 77 (3.86%) Data Quality
3 72 (3.61%) WCAG
4 56 (2.81%) QA
5 53 (2.66%) GDPR
5 53 (2.66%) GRC
6 23 (1.15%) IFRS
7 22 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (0.80%) NIST
9 15 (0.75%) PMO
10 12 (0.60%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 9 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.45%) SLA
13 8 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.35%) NCSC
15 6 (0.30%) JSP 440
16 4 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.20%) GAAP
16 4 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 124 (6.22%) Docker
2 88 (4.42%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (1.05%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.15%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.10%) Firmware
5 2 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.050%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 100 (5.02%) Kubernetes
2 68 (3.41%) Terraform
3 19 (0.95%) Ansible
4 17 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.60%) Grafana
6 11 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.35%) Kubeflow
7 7 (0.35%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.30%) Argo
8 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.10%) Podman
9 2 (0.10%) Puppet
9 2 (0.10%) Salt
10 1 (0.050%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 446 (22.38%) Microsoft
2 257 (12.90%) Adobe
3 122 (6.12%) Databricks
4 84 (4.21%) Google
5 57 (2.86%) Apple
6 51 (2.56%) Salesforce
7 50 (2.51%) Cisco
8 48 (2.41%) Dell
8 48 (2.41%) ServiceNow
9 45 (2.26%) OpenAI
10 30 (1.51%) CrowdStrike
11 27 (1.35%) Palo Alto
12 26 (1.30%) Tenable
13 24 (1.20%) Oracle
14 22 (1.10%) Foundry
14 22 (1.10%) HubSpot
15 17 (0.85%) SAP
16 14 (0.70%) Palantir
17 11 (0.55%) Instagram
17 11 (0.55%) Wrike