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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 55 73
Rank change year-on-year +51 +18 +33
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,786 844 1,157
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.40% 5.31% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.11% 5.62% 4.50%
Number of salaries quoted 935 505 753
10th Percentile £24,570 £45,000 £38,944
25th Percentile £43,250 £60,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £71,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.33% +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 13,857 15,028 25,736
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.54% 94.62% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 8,830 8,918 21,255
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.69% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,400 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 8 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 45 (1.62%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.01%) Confluence
3 27 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.72%) CMS
6 17 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 14 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (0.47%) JBoss
8 13 (0.47%) WebSphere
9 9 (0.32%) WordPress
10 7 (0.25%) Apache Solr
11 6 (0.22%) Apache
12 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
12 5 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.11%) Luigi
14 2 (0.072%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.072%) Mendix
14 2 (0.072%) SAS
14 2 (0.072%) Umbraco
15 1 (0.036%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1,180 (42.35%) Chatbot
2 76 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.14%) UserZoom
6 3 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.11%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.11%) Simulink
6 3 (0.11%) Sketch
6 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.072%) InDesign
7 2 (0.072%) Notion
7 2 (0.072%) Weka
8 1 (0.036%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.036%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.036%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (0.54%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.072%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.072%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.072%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.072%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.072%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.072%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.072%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.072%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.036%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.036%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 506 (18.16%) Azure
2 300 (10.77%) AWS
3 228 (8.18%) SaaS
4 191 (6.86%) Power Platform
5 158 (5.67%) GCP
6 150 (5.38%) GitHub
7 121 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
8 100 (3.59%) GitHub Copilot
9 78 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
10 65 (2.33%) Snowflake
11 50 (1.79%) Serverless
12 47 (1.69%) Entra ID
13 43 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
14 36 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
15 33 (1.18%) Adobe Analytics
16 32 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 31 (1.11%) dbt
18 30 (1.08%) Azure AI
19 29 (1.04%) Power Automate
20 28 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 54 (1.94%) Broadband
2 15 (0.54%) Firewall
3 13 (0.47%) HTTP
4 11 (0.39%) Unified Communications
5 9 (0.32%) Network Security
6 7 (0.25%) DMZ
6 7 (0.25%) Internet
7 6 (0.22%) DHCP
7 6 (0.22%) InfiniBand
7 6 (0.22%) RTP
7 6 (0.22%) VoIP
7 6 (0.22%) VPN
7 6 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.14%) DNS
8 4 (0.14%) Intranet
9 3 (0.11%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.11%) DSL
9 3 (0.11%) IPv4
9 3 (0.11%) IPv6
9 3 (0.11%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (3.70%) Power BI
2 80 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (2.01%) Tableau
4 38 (1.36%) Metadata
5 37 (1.33%) Big Data
5 37 (1.33%) SQL Server
6 36 (1.29%) MongoDB
6 36 (1.29%) NoSQL
7 27 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (0.93%) BigQuery
9 25 (0.90%) Data Lake
9 25 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
10 22 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
11 18 (0.65%) Looker
12 17 (0.61%) MySQL
13 16 (0.57%) Snowflake Schema
14 15 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 13 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (0.47%) Pinecone
15 13 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 70 (2.51%) JIRA
2 52 (1.87%) Git
3 21 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 18 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
5 17 (0.61%) MLflow
6 14 (0.50%) GitLab
7 9 (0.32%) Bitbucket
7 9 (0.32%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.29%) Subversion
8 8 (0.29%) Visual Studio
9 7 (0.25%) Selenium
10 6 (0.22%) ERwin
11 5 (0.18%) GitBook
11 5 (0.18%) Storybook
12 4 (0.14%) Claude Code
12 4 (0.14%) ER Studio
12 4 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
12 4 (0.14%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.14%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 625 (22.43%) Analytical Skills
2 505 (18.13%) Social Skills
3 471 (16.91%) Finance
4 314 (11.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 189 (6.78%) Marketing
6 161 (5.78%) Public Sector
7 119 (4.27%) Retail
8 110 (3.95%) Legal
9 98 (3.52%) Law
10 52 (1.87%) Games
11 50 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
12 48 (1.72%) Telecoms
13 38 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (1.15%) Banking
15 30 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
16 26 (0.93%) Manufacturing
17 23 (0.83%) Aerospace
18 16 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
19 14 (0.50%) Advertising
20 12 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,161 (41.67%) Trainer
2 282 (10.12%) Senior
3 215 (7.72%) Developer
4 157 (5.64%) Lead
5 155 (5.56%) Content Editor
6 118 (4.24%) Architect
7 98 (3.52%) Customer Support Specialist
7 98 (3.52%) Support Specialist
8 86 (3.09%) Analyst
9 78 (2.80%) Research Scientist
10 76 (2.73%) Consultant
11 68 (2.44%) Software Engineer
12 62 (2.23%) Data Engineer
13 55 (1.97%) Sales Executive
14 54 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
15 49 (1.76%) Corporate Sales Executive
16 45 (1.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 45 (1.62%) Microsoft Specialist
17 42 (1.51%) .NET Developer
18 41 (1.47%) Customer Service Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (3.45%) React
2 94 (3.37%) .NET
3 83 (2.98%) REST
4 65 (2.33%) Node.js
5 62 (2.23%) RESTful
6 41 (1.47%) Kafka
6 41 (1.47%) PyTorch
7 39 (1.40%) SOAP
8 38 (1.36%) TensorFlow
9 37 (1.33%) OAuth
10 35 (1.26%) OAuth2
10 35 (1.26%) Spring
11 28 (1.01%) CSS
12 26 (0.93%) HTML
13 25 (0.90%) AngularJS
14 24 (0.86%) gRPC
15 23 (0.83%) Middleware
16 22 (0.79%) GraphQL
16 22 (0.79%) Next.js
16 22 (0.79%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 139 (4.99%) Cloud Native
2 110 (3.95%) Blog
3 109 (3.91%) Product Ownership
4 97 (3.48%) Molecular Biology
5 66 (2.37%) Onboarding
6 50 (1.79%) AI Agents
7 49 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
7 49 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
8 42 (1.51%) Social Media
9 39 (1.40%) Algorithms
9 39 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 38 (1.36%) Public Cloud
11 37 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
11 37 (1.33%) Low-Code
12 32 (1.15%) Virtual Team
13 30 (1.08%) Mobile App
14 29 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
15 23 (0.83%) Social Network
16 22 (0.79%) Management Information System
17 20 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.36%) Android
2 31 (1.11%) Windows
3 30 (1.08%) Linux
4 23 (0.83%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.25%) Unix
7 4 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.11%) OpenWrt
8 3 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.11%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.036%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,192 (42.79%) Conversational UI
2 399 (14.32%) Agile
3 393 (14.11%) Chemistry
4 340 (12.20%) Analytics
5 311 (11.16%) Roadmaps
6 299 (10.73%) Machine Learning
7 286 (10.27%) CI/CD
8 276 (9.91%) DevOps
9 258 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 223 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
11 214 (7.68%) Software Engineering
12 211 (7.57%) Content Writing
13 192 (6.89%) Customer Service
14 185 (6.64%) Customer Experience
15 170 (6.10%) Mentoring
16 166 (5.96%) Coaching
16 166 (5.96%) Decision-Making
17 135 (4.85%) Business Intelligence
18 134 (4.81%) Generative AI
19 131 (4.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 358 (12.85%) Python
2 262 (9.40%) SQL
3 116 (4.16%) Java
4 114 (4.09%) TypeScript
5 103 (3.70%) JavaScript
6 56 (2.01%) C#
7 45 (1.62%) Go
8 40 (1.44%) Bash
9 38 (1.36%) C++
10 37 (1.33%) PowerShell
11 24 (0.86%) R
12 23 (0.83%) Kotlin
13 22 (0.79%) Apex Code
14 19 (0.68%) PHP
14 19 (0.68%) PL/SQL
15 18 (0.65%) C
16 17 (0.61%) Scala
16 17 (0.61%) Shell Script
17 16 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 11 (0.39%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,439 (51.65%) Degree
2 587 (21.07%) Master's Degree
3 572 (20.53%) PhD
4 78 (2.80%) Security Cleared
5 64 (2.30%) SC Cleared
6 53 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (1.15%) AWS Certification
7 32 (1.15%) DBS Check
8 26 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 24 (0.86%) PMP
10 23 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (0.75%) ACCA
12 20 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (0.57%) CISA
14 14 (0.50%) CISSP
15 13 (0.47%) DV Cleared
16 12 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 10 (0.36%) CISM
18 6 (0.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 6 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (3.34%) Accessibility
2 46 (1.65%) Data Quality
3 42 (1.51%) GDPR
4 33 (1.18%) QA
5 31 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (0.86%) IFRS
7 20 (0.72%) WCAG
8 18 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
9 16 (0.57%) GAAP
9 16 (0.57%) GRC
10 13 (0.47%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.43%) NIST
12 9 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 9 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.29%) NCSC
14 7 (0.25%) EU AI Act
14 7 (0.25%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.22%) PMO
16 3 (0.11%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 97 (3.48%) Docker
2 32 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.18%) Lustre
6 4 (0.14%) Firmware
7 3 (0.11%) GPFS
7 3 (0.11%) Kamailio
7 3 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 3 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.072%) Ceph
9 1 (0.036%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.036%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (3.27%) Terraform
2 84 (3.02%) Kubernetes
3 29 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (0.75%) Ansible
4 21 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.39%) Grafana
7 8 (0.29%) SCCM
8 6 (0.22%) Argo
9 4 (0.14%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.11%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.072%) Control-M
11 2 (0.072%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.072%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.072%) Puppet
12 1 (0.036%) Cilium
12 1 (0.036%) Karpenter
12 1 (0.036%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 1,161 (41.67%) PayPal
2 431 (15.47%) Microsoft
3 82 (2.94%) Adobe
4 65 (2.33%) Google
5 61 (2.19%) Databricks
6 59 (2.12%) Cisco
6 59 (2.12%) Salesforce
7 55 (1.97%) Dell
8 51 (1.83%) Oracle
9 45 (1.62%) Blue Prism
10 30 (1.08%) Apple
11 29 (1.04%) OpenAI
12 20 (0.72%) SAP
13 18 (0.65%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.54%) Foundry
15 14 (0.50%) Palantir
16 13 (0.47%) Atlassian
17 11 (0.39%) Pardot
18 10 (0.36%) IBM
18 10 (0.36%) VMware