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

 6 months to
22 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 12 71
Rank change year-on-year +2 +59 +19
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,025 2,145 1,315
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.77% 14.68% 4.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.01% 15.46% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,175 665 866
10th Percentile £40,000 £24,850 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,468 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £66,206 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% +5.93% -10.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £117,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,009 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.44% -1.42% -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 15,563 13,877 29,569
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.79% 94.97% 90.86%
Number of salaries quoted 11,091 8,168 23,322
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,648 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.59% +8.45% -9.84%

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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 22 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 51 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 40 (1.98%) CMS
3 37 (1.83%) Confluence
4 21 (1.04%) Apache Spark
5 19 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.49%) SAS
6 10 (0.49%) 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 2 (0.099%) Camunda
11 2 (0.099%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.049%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.049%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.049%) Moodle
12 1 (0.049%) Umbraco
Applications
1 38 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (1.48%) UserZoom
3 23 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.84%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.25%) Sketch
8 4 (0.20%) CapCut
9 3 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.15%) InDesign
9 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.15%) Productboard
10 2 (0.099%) Camtasia
10 2 (0.099%) Trello
11 1 (0.049%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.19%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.30%) 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 (0.099%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.099%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.099%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.049%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.049%) HFM
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.049%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 548 (27.06%) Azure
2 386 (19.06%) AWS
3 207 (10.22%) SaaS
4 183 (9.04%) Adobe Analytics
5 179 (8.84%) GCP
6 140 (6.91%) Power Platform
7 130 (6.42%) Azure AI
8 124 (6.12%) GitHub
9 112 (5.53%) Figma
10 90 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
11 89 (4.40%) Azure Machine Learning
11 89 (4.40%) Snowflake
12 81 (4.00%) GitHub Copilot
13 79 (3.90%) Serverless
14 71 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
15 69 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 55 (2.72%) Contentsquare
17 49 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
18 39 (1.93%) Anthropic Claude
19 35 (1.73%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 296 (14.62%) Broadband
2 24 (1.19%) Firewall
3 17 (0.84%) HTTP
4 12 (0.59%) DNS
4 12 (0.59%) VPN
5 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
6 9 (0.44%) Network Security
7 8 (0.40%) DHCP
8 7 (0.35%) Internet
9 6 (0.30%) 5G
9 6 (0.30%) DMZ
9 6 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.20%) Modbus
10 4 (0.20%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.15%) RTP
11 3 (0.15%) VoIP
11 3 (0.15%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.15%) Wireless
11 3 (0.15%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.15%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.69%) MongoDB
2 88 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 80 (3.95%) Power BI
4 61 (3.01%) Azure SQL Database
5 60 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
6 55 (2.72%) Metadata
7 44 (2.17%) Tableau
8 40 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
9 34 (1.68%) Big Data
10 27 (1.33%) BigQuery
11 25 (1.23%) NoSQL
12 22 (1.09%) Data Lake
13 21 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
14 20 (0.99%) Looker
14 20 (0.99%) Semantic Layer
15 19 (0.94%) Redis
16 14 (0.69%) Delta Lake
16 14 (0.69%) Pinecone
17 13 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
18 12 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 55 (2.72%) Git
2 34 (1.68%) JIRA
3 28 (1.38%) Claude Code
4 26 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.23%) Snyk
6 23 (1.14%) MLflow
7 12 (0.59%) GitLab
8 10 (0.49%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.49%) Selenium
8 10 (0.49%) Visual Studio
9 7 (0.35%) SpecFlow
9 7 (0.35%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.30%) Maven
10 6 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
10 6 (0.30%) Storybook
11 5 (0.25%) JUnit
11 5 (0.25%) Mockito
12 4 (0.20%) Postman
12 4 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.15%) ESLint
General
1 479 (23.65%) Social Skills
2 416 (20.54%) Finance
3 279 (13.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 258 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
5 246 (12.15%) Games
6 207 (10.22%) Marketing
7 144 (7.11%) Public Sector
8 138 (6.81%) Legal
9 120 (5.93%) Law
10 71 (3.51%) Retail
11 53 (2.62%) Banking
12 47 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
13 46 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (1.88%) Automotive
15 25 (1.23%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
17 23 (1.14%) Telecoms
18 20 (0.99%) Advertising
19 12 (0.59%) Back Office
20 8 (0.40%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 415 (20.49%) Senior
2 303 (14.96%) Lead
3 214 (10.57%) Developer
4 181 (8.94%) Architect
5 119 (5.88%) Software Engineer
6 97 (4.79%) Analyst
7 85 (4.20%) Consultant
8 82 (4.05%) Engineering Manager
9 77 (3.80%) Designer
10 73 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
11 68 (3.36%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 61 (3.01%) Data Engineer
13 59 (2.91%) Product Manager
14 54 (2.67%) .NET Developer
15 53 (2.62%) Data Manager
15 53 (2.62%) Senior Software Engineer
16 52 (2.57%) Data Scientist
17 51 (2.52%) Python Engineer
17 51 (2.52%) Senior Architect
18 49 (2.42%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (7.46%) React
2 113 (5.58%) .NET
3 96 (4.74%) RESTful
4 91 (4.49%) REST
5 82 (4.05%) Node.js
6 71 (3.51%) CSS
7 64 (3.16%) HTML
8 56 (2.77%) .NET Core
9 53 (2.62%) PyTorch
10 49 (2.42%) ASP.NET
10 49 (2.42%) ASP.NET Core
10 49 (2.42%) ML.NET
11 46 (2.27%) TensorFlow
12 41 (2.02%) Blazor
13 40 (1.98%) LangChain
14 32 (1.58%) FastAPI
14 32 (1.58%) Next.js
14 32 (1.58%) Spring
15 31 (1.53%) Vue
16 27 (1.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 198 (9.78%) Social Media
2 153 (7.56%) Cloud Native
3 120 (5.93%) Product Ownership
4 86 (4.25%) Onboarding
5 85 (4.20%) AI Agents
6 55 (2.72%) Low-Code
7 51 (2.52%) Mobile App
8 50 (2.47%) Blog
9 49 (2.42%) Public Cloud
10 45 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
11 44 (2.17%) Algorithms
11 44 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
12 43 (2.12%) Virtual Team
13 42 (2.07%) Video\Live Streaming
14 40 (1.98%) Data Centre
15 29 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
16 26 (1.28%) Social Network
17 23 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
17 23 (1.14%) Management Information System
18 21 (1.04%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.22%) Android
2 28 (1.38%) Apple iOS
2 28 (1.38%) Linux
3 23 (1.14%) Windows
4 6 (0.30%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.25%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.20%) Unix
6 4 (0.20%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.049%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (28.40%) Agile
2 523 (25.83%) Analytics
3 517 (25.53%) Roadmaps
4 464 (22.91%) Machine Learning
5 380 (18.77%) CI/CD
6 308 (15.21%) Customer Experience
7 277 (13.68%) Software Engineering
8 273 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 267 (13.19%) Mentoring
10 247 (12.20%) Decision-Making
11 244 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
12 235 (11.60%) DevOps
13 233 (11.51%) Product Roadmap
14 224 (11.06%) LLM
15 209 (10.32%) Storytelling
16 207 (10.22%) Full-Stack Development
16 207 (10.22%) Generative AI
17 187 (9.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 177 (8.74%) Digital Customer Experience
19 174 (8.59%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 427 (21.09%) Python
2 295 (14.57%) SQL
3 123 (6.07%) C#
4 117 (5.78%) JavaScript
5 115 (5.68%) Java
6 114 (5.63%) TypeScript
7 59 (2.91%) Go
8 29 (1.43%) Bash
9 27 (1.33%) C++
9 27 (1.33%) PowerShell
10 20 (0.99%) R
11 17 (0.84%) Bicep
11 17 (0.84%) Scala
12 13 (0.64%) PHP
13 11 (0.54%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.49%) Apex Code
15 9 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.44%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.44%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.40%) C
Qualifications
1 190 (9.38%) Degree
2 86 (4.25%) Security Cleared
3 52 (2.57%) AWS Certification
4 51 (2.52%) SC Cleared
5 48 (2.37%) ACCA
6 33 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (1.53%) Master's Degree
8 30 (1.48%) Azure Certification
8 30 (1.48%) DV Cleared
9 29 (1.43%) CIMA
9 29 (1.43%) DBS Check
10 24 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 22 (1.09%) PhD
12 17 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.59%) CISSP
14 8 (0.40%) CISA
14 8 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 6 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.30%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 275 (13.58%) Accessibility
2 78 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 71 (3.51%) WCAG
4 59 (2.91%) QA
5 53 (2.62%) GDPR
6 52 (2.57%) GRC
7 24 (1.19%) IFRS
8 23 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.84%) NIST
10 14 (0.69%) PMO
11 12 (0.59%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 9 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.44%) SLA
14 8 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (0.35%) NCSC
16 6 (0.30%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
18 4 (0.20%) GAAP
18 4 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 128 (6.32%) Docker
2 88 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (1.09%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.15%) Firmware
4 3 (0.15%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.099%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.099%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.049%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 104 (5.14%) Kubernetes
2 67 (3.31%) Terraform
3 19 (0.94%) Ansible
4 15 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.59%) Grafana
6 11 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.35%) Kubeflow
7 7 (0.35%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.30%) Argo
8 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.099%) Podman
9 2 (0.099%) Puppet
9 2 (0.099%) Salt
10 1 (0.049%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 449 (22.17%) Microsoft
2 258 (12.74%) Adobe
3 122 (6.02%) Databricks
4 85 (4.20%) Google
5 58 (2.86%) Apple
6 52 (2.57%) ServiceNow
7 51 (2.52%) Cisco
8 50 (2.47%) Salesforce
9 48 (2.37%) Dell
10 47 (2.32%) OpenAI
11 30 (1.48%) CrowdStrike
12 27 (1.33%) Palo Alto
13 26 (1.28%) Oracle
13 26 (1.28%) Tenable
14 24 (1.19%) Foundry
15 23 (1.14%) HubSpot
16 17 (0.84%) SAP
17 14 (0.69%) Palantir
18 11 (0.54%) Instagram
18 11 (0.54%) Wrike
2,121 hybrid/remote AI jobs