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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 9 67
Rank change year-on-year -1 +58 +20
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,218 2,276 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.26% 15.05% 3.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.73% 15.91% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,323 681 903
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,206 £64,100
Median % change year-on-year +5.73% +3.29% -11.76%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,296 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.59% -5.29% -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 16,157 14,306 30,602
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.04% 94.59% 89.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11,595 8,366 23,757
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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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 12 June 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 49 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.67%) CMS
2 37 (1.67%) Confluence
3 22 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 21 (0.95%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.54%) Apache
6 11 (0.50%) WordPress
7 10 (0.45%) SAS
8 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.18%) JBoss
9 4 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.090%) Camunda
11 2 (0.090%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.090%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.045%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.045%) Umbraco
Applications
1 37 (1.67%) UserZoom
2 29 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (0.77%) Chatbot
5 16 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.54%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.36%) InDesign
8 8 (0.36%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.18%) CapCut
10 4 (0.18%) Sketch
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.14%) Productboard
11 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.14%) Trello
12 2 (0.090%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.045%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (1.08%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.18%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.090%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.090%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.045%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.045%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.045%) HFM
6 1 (0.045%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.045%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.045%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 608 (27.41%) Azure
2 420 (18.94%) AWS
3 231 (10.41%) SaaS
4 195 (8.79%) GCP
5 186 (8.39%) Adobe Analytics
6 162 (7.30%) Azure AI
7 155 (6.99%) Power Platform
8 133 (6.00%) GitHub
9 116 (5.23%) Figma
10 110 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
11 91 (4.10%) Azure Machine Learning
11 91 (4.10%) Serverless
11 91 (4.10%) Snowflake
12 85 (3.83%) GitHub Copilot
13 82 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
14 73 (3.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 62 (2.80%) Contentsquare
16 61 (2.75%) Anthropic Claude
17 57 (2.57%) Microsoft Copilot
18 34 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 325 (14.65%) Broadband
2 24 (1.08%) Firewall
3 18 (0.81%) VPN
4 15 (0.68%) HTTP
5 14 (0.63%) Internet
6 11 (0.50%) DNS
7 10 (0.45%) Unified Communications
8 8 (0.36%) Network Security
9 7 (0.32%) DHCP
10 6 (0.27%) 5G
10 6 (0.27%) DMZ
11 5 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (0.23%) VXLAN
11 5 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.18%) RTP
12 4 (0.18%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.18%) VoIP
12 4 (0.18%) WPA
13 3 (0.14%) Wireless
13 3 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (6.40%) MongoDB
2 98 (4.42%) SQL Server
3 94 (4.24%) Azure SQL Database
4 89 (4.01%) Power BI
5 76 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
6 64 (2.89%) Metadata
7 48 (2.16%) Tableau
8 45 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
9 42 (1.89%) Big Data
10 32 (1.44%) BigQuery
11 29 (1.31%) NoSQL
12 28 (1.26%) Semantic Layer
13 24 (1.08%) Data Lake
13 24 (1.08%) Redis
14 23 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
15 20 (0.90%) Relational Database
16 18 (0.81%) Looker
17 17 (0.77%) Delta Lake
18 16 (0.72%) MySQL
19 14 (0.63%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 63 (2.84%) Git
2 39 (1.76%) Claude Code
3 32 (1.44%) JIRA
4 31 (1.40%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.13%) Snyk
6 20 (0.90%) MLflow
7 13 (0.59%) GitLab
8 9 (0.41%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.41%) Selenium
8 9 (0.41%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.27%) Maven
9 6 (0.27%) Postman
9 6 (0.27%) SpecFlow
10 5 (0.23%) JUnit
10 5 (0.23%) Mockito
10 5 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.23%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.18%) Storybook
12 3 (0.14%) Appium
12 3 (0.14%) ESLint
General
1 534 (24.08%) Social Skills
2 431 (19.43%) Finance
3 269 (12.13%) Games
4 266 (11.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 258 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
6 231 (10.41%) Marketing
7 137 (6.18%) Legal
8 131 (5.91%) Public Sector
9 117 (5.28%) Law
10 79 (3.56%) Retail
11 68 (3.07%) Banking
12 59 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
13 44 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
14 40 (1.80%) Legal Technology
15 39 (1.76%) Automotive
16 36 (1.62%) Advertising
17 27 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
18 24 (1.08%) Manufacturing
19 18 (0.81%) Telecoms
20 10 (0.45%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 434 (19.57%) Senior
2 348 (15.69%) Lead
3 279 (12.58%) Developer
4 202 (9.11%) Architect
5 130 (5.86%) Software Engineer
6 98 (4.42%) Analyst
7 96 (4.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 94 (4.24%) Engineering Manager
9 90 (4.06%) .NET Developer
10 86 (3.88%) Consultant
11 83 (3.74%) Designer
12 77 (3.47%) Data Engineer
13 73 (3.29%) Solutions Architect
14 63 (2.84%) Data Scientist
14 63 (2.84%) Python Engineer
15 61 (2.75%) Product Manager
16 58 (2.61%) Data Manager
17 57 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
18 53 (2.39%) Senior Architect
19 51 (2.30%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (8.30%) React
2 147 (6.63%) .NET
3 125 (5.64%) RESTful
4 94 (4.24%) CSS
4 94 (4.24%) Node.js
5 91 (4.10%) .NET Core
6 86 (3.88%) HTML
7 83 (3.74%) ASP.NET
7 83 (3.74%) ASP.NET Core
7 83 (3.74%) REST
8 81 (3.65%) ML.NET
9 68 (3.07%) Blazor
10 66 (2.98%) PyTorch
11 58 (2.61%) LangChain
12 57 (2.57%) TensorFlow
13 44 (1.98%) FastAPI
14 39 (1.76%) Next.js
14 39 (1.76%) Vue
15 32 (1.44%) Spring
16 29 (1.31%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 218 (9.83%) Social Media
2 200 (9.02%) Cloud Native
3 134 (6.04%) Product Ownership
4 118 (5.32%) AI Agents
5 77 (3.47%) Onboarding
6 74 (3.34%) Distributed Systems
7 60 (2.71%) Low-Code
8 57 (2.57%) Video\Live Streaming
9 52 (2.34%) Algorithms
10 50 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
11 49 (2.21%) Mobile App
12 46 (2.07%) Virtual Team
13 41 (1.85%) Public Cloud
14 40 (1.80%) Data Centre
15 32 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
16 28 (1.26%) Management Information System
16 28 (1.26%) Social Network
17 25 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
17 25 (1.13%) Security Posture
18 24 (1.08%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 44 (1.98%) Android
2 32 (1.44%) Linux
3 31 (1.40%) Windows
4 27 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.32%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.27%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.27%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.18%) VMS
8 2 (0.090%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.090%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 630 (28.40%) Agile
2 578 (26.06%) Roadmaps
3 568 (25.61%) Analytics
4 555 (25.02%) Machine Learning
5 446 (20.11%) CI/CD
6 331 (14.92%) Software Engineering
7 322 (14.52%) Customer Experience
8 305 (13.75%) Mentoring
9 292 (13.17%) Decision-Making
10 281 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 276 (12.44%) LLM
12 271 (12.22%) Full-Stack Development
13 270 (12.17%) DevOps
14 265 (11.95%) Problem-Solving
15 239 (10.78%) Generative AI
16 237 (10.69%) Product Roadmap
17 214 (9.65%) Storytelling
18 197 (8.88%) Technical Leadership
19 196 (8.84%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
20 194 (8.75%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 525 (23.67%) Python
2 349 (15.73%) SQL
3 168 (7.57%) C#
4 161 (7.26%) JavaScript
5 138 (6.22%) TypeScript
6 114 (5.14%) Java
7 71 (3.20%) Go
8 39 (1.76%) Bash
9 37 (1.67%) PowerShell
10 29 (1.31%) C++
11 28 (1.26%) Bicep
12 20 (0.90%) R
12 20 (0.90%) Scala
13 15 (0.68%) PHP
14 10 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.41%) C
16 8 (0.36%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.36%) Rust
16 8 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 179 (8.07%) Degree
2 91 (4.10%) Security Cleared
3 56 (2.52%) SC Cleared
4 52 (2.34%) ACCA
5 45 (2.03%) AWS Certification
6 38 (1.71%) Azure Certification
7 37 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (1.40%) CIMA
8 31 (1.40%) DV Cleared
9 28 (1.26%) Master's Degree
10 26 (1.17%) DBS Check
10 26 (1.17%) PhD
11 24 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.50%) CISSP
13 10 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 4 (0.18%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 278 (12.53%) Accessibility
2 112 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 73 (3.29%) GDPR
4 72 (3.25%) WCAG
5 64 (2.89%) QA
6 54 (2.43%) GRC
7 29 (1.31%) NIST
8 26 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 24 (1.08%) IFRS
10 19 (0.86%) SLA
11 15 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 14 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (0.63%) PMO
13 13 (0.59%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (0.32%) NCSC
16 6 (0.27%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
18 4 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
18 4 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 152 (6.85%) Docker
2 89 (4.01%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (1.04%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.18%) Firmware
6 4 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.18%) vSphere
7 3 (0.14%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.045%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 128 (5.77%) Kubernetes
2 91 (4.10%) Terraform
3 19 (0.86%) Ansible
4 15 (0.68%) Grafana
5 14 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.36%) Kubeflow
8 7 (0.32%) Argo
8 7 (0.32%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.14%) Puppet
10 2 (0.090%) Istio
10 2 (0.090%) Podman
10 2 (0.090%) Salt
11 1 (0.045%) CASB
11 1 (0.045%) Cilium
11 1 (0.045%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.045%) linkerd
11 1 (0.045%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.045%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 493 (22.23%) Microsoft
2 254 (11.45%) Adobe
3 129 (5.82%) Databricks
4 96 (4.33%) Google
5 67 (3.02%) OpenAI
6 63 (2.84%) Cisco
7 54 (2.43%) ServiceNow
8 52 (2.34%) Dell
9 51 (2.30%) Apple
10 48 (2.16%) Salesforce
11 31 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (1.26%) HubSpot
13 27 (1.22%) Palo Alto
13 27 (1.22%) Tenable
14 25 (1.13%) Foundry
15 23 (1.04%) Oracle
16 19 (0.86%) Facebook
17 18 (0.81%) SAP
18 15 (0.68%) VMware
19 11 (0.50%) Palantir
1,762 hybrid/remote AI jobs