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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 60
Rank change year-on-year -3 +56 +15
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,295 3,673 938
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.14% 22.22% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.30% 23.69% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,067 701 513
10th Percentile £40,000 £28,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,150 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.92% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £108,120
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -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 20,211 15,506 18,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.62% 93.82% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14,358 8,387 11,009
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,031 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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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 14 October 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
1 107 (3.25%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.52%) Confluence
3 33 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 29 (0.88%) CMS
5 28 (0.85%) Apache
6 22 (0.67%) Apache Spark
7 20 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
8 15 (0.46%) WordPress
9 11 (0.33%) SAS
10 7 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.12%) Camunda
12 4 (0.12%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.091%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.091%) Headless CMS
13 3 (0.091%) nginx
14 2 (0.061%) IIS
15 1 (0.030%) JBoss
15 1 (0.030%) WebLogic
Applications
1 83 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (1.70%) Chatbot
3 35 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.52%) UserZoom
6 15 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.42%) InDesign
8 13 (0.39%) Adobe After Effects
8 13 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
9 12 (0.36%) MS Visio
10 7 (0.21%) Moqups
11 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
12 4 (0.12%) Notion
12 4 (0.12%) Revit
12 4 (0.12%) Trello
13 3 (0.091%) Adobe XD
13 3 (0.091%) Productboard
13 3 (0.091%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 45 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.85%) Dynamics GP
3 15 (0.46%) Cloudability
4 14 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.15%) SAP PSCD
7 4 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.12%) Primavera
7 4 (0.12%) Sage 50
7 4 (0.12%) Shopify
8 3 (0.091%) FastStats
8 3 (0.091%) FastStats PeopleStage
8 3 (0.091%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.061%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.061%) Maximo
10 1 (0.030%) HFM
10 1 (0.030%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.030%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.030%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 897 (27.22%) Azure
2 643 (19.51%) AWS
3 324 (9.83%) SaaS
4 315 (9.56%) Power Platform
5 284 (8.62%) GCP
6 262 (7.95%) GitHub
7 204 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
8 202 (6.13%) Azure AI
9 167 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
10 157 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
11 155 (4.70%) GitHub Copilot
12 146 (4.43%) Anthropic Claude
13 122 (3.70%) Snowflake
14 116 (3.52%) Entra ID
15 110 (3.34%) Serverless
16 84 (2.55%) Power Automate
17 82 (2.49%) Microsoft Purview
18 69 (2.09%) Amazon Bedrock
19 57 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
20 54 (1.64%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 117 (3.55%) Broadband
2 39 (1.18%) Internet
3 35 (1.06%) VPN
4 32 (0.97%) Firewall
4 32 (0.97%) Network Security
5 26 (0.79%) 5G
6 25 (0.76%) DNS
7 15 (0.46%) DHCP
8 13 (0.39%) HTTP
8 13 (0.39%) VoIP
9 11 (0.33%) CTI
10 9 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.24%) WAN
11 8 (0.24%) WPA
12 7 (0.21%) Wireless
13 6 (0.18%) DMZ
13 6 (0.18%) TCP/IP
14 5 (0.15%) BGP
14 5 (0.15%) Ethernet
14 5 (0.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (6.34%) Power BI
2 201 (6.10%) MongoDB
3 163 (4.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 112 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
5 111 (3.37%) Metadata
6 85 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
7 84 (2.55%) SQL Server
8 57 (1.73%) Big Data
8 57 (1.73%) NoSQL
9 56 (1.70%) Tableau
10 45 (1.37%) Data Lake
11 43 (1.31%) BigQuery
12 42 (1.27%) Relational Database
13 37 (1.12%) Redis
14 36 (1.09%) Semantic Layer
15 34 (1.03%) Delta Lake
16 29 (0.88%) MySQL
17 25 (0.76%) Looker
18 23 (0.70%) DynamoDB
19 21 (0.64%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 128 (3.88%) Git
2 103 (3.13%) Claude Code
3 93 (2.82%) JIRA
4 43 (1.31%) GitLab
5 42 (1.27%) Jenkins
6 20 (0.61%) MLflow
7 17 (0.52%) Selenium
8 16 (0.49%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.49%) Snyk
9 15 (0.46%) Postman
10 14 (0.42%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
12 10 (0.30%) JUnit
12 10 (0.30%) Maven
12 10 (0.30%) Mockito
13 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.18%) IntelliJ
13 6 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
14 5 (0.15%) Burp Suite
14 5 (0.15%) Metasploit
General
1 1,050 (31.87%) Social Skills
2 812 (24.64%) Finance
3 475 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
4 399 (12.11%) Marketing
5 362 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 240 (7.28%) Public Sector
7 231 (7.01%) Legal
8 168 (5.10%) Banking
9 157 (4.76%) Law
10 129 (3.92%) Retail
11 127 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
12 124 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
13 103 (3.13%) Games
14 75 (2.28%) Advertising
15 56 (1.70%) Manufacturing
16 48 (1.46%) Telecoms
17 39 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
18 32 (0.97%) Front Office
19 31 (0.94%) Legal Technology
20 30 (0.91%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 605 (18.36%) Senior
2 448 (13.60%) Developer
3 362 (10.99%) Lead
4 341 (10.35%) Architect
5 309 (9.38%) Software Engineer
6 168 (5.10%) Analyst
7 163 (4.95%) .NET Developer
7 163 (4.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 145 (4.40%) Consultant
9 109 (3.31%) Python Engineer
10 104 (3.16%) Data Engineer
11 100 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
12 89 (2.70%) Senior Manager
13 82 (2.49%) Data Scientist
14 81 (2.46%) Full-Stack Developer
15 74 (2.25%) Senior Developer
16 64 (1.94%) Enterprise Architect
17 63 (1.91%) Data Architect
18 60 (1.82%) Sales Executive
19 59 (1.79%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 286 (8.68%) React
2 269 (8.16%) .NET
3 187 (5.68%) Terraform
4 166 (5.04%) Node.js
5 161 (4.89%) ASP.NET
6 158 (4.80%) RESTful
7 157 (4.76%) .NET Core
8 152 (4.61%) ASP.NET Core
9 149 (4.52%) ML.NET
10 141 (4.28%) CSS
11 132 (4.01%) HTML
11 132 (4.01%) REST
12 117 (3.55%) LangChain
13 110 (3.34%) Blazor
14 74 (2.25%) LangGraph
15 71 (2.15%) Next.js
16 60 (1.82%) PySpark
17 57 (1.73%) PyTorch
17 57 (1.73%) Vue
18 48 (1.46%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 309 (9.38%) AI Agents
2 280 (8.50%) Cloud Native
3 135 (4.10%) Product Ownership
4 134 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
5 115 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
6 106 (3.22%) Management Information System
7 102 (3.10%) Blog
8 101 (3.07%) Social Media
9 95 (2.88%) Onboarding
10 87 (2.64%) Cyber Threat
11 73 (2.22%) Low-Code
12 68 (2.06%) Algorithms
13 65 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
14 62 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
15 58 (1.76%) Hedge funds
16 52 (1.58%) Virtual Team
17 50 (1.52%) Mobile App
18 47 (1.43%) Data Centre
19 46 (1.40%) Marketing Technology
20 43 (1.31%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 87 (2.64%) Windows
2 76 (2.31%) Linux
3 39 (1.18%) Android
4 26 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 22 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.55%) macOS
7 12 (0.36%) VMS
8 8 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.24%) Unix
9 5 (0.15%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.091%) Debian
10 3 (0.091%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.091%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.061%) AIX
11 2 (0.061%) Solaris
11 2 (0.061%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.061%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.030%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.030%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 738 (22.40%) Machine Learning
2 681 (20.67%) Analytics
3 677 (20.55%) Agile
4 662 (20.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 630 (19.12%) CI/CD
6 602 (18.27%) Software Engineering
7 528 (16.02%) Roadmaps
8 522 (15.84%) Mentoring
9 498 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
10 473 (14.36%) Decision-Making
11 448 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
12 444 (13.47%) LLM
13 399 (12.11%) DevOps
14 372 (11.29%) Full-Stack Development
15 362 (10.99%) Coaching
16 350 (10.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 347 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
18 292 (8.86%) Data Science
19 281 (8.53%) Technical Leadership
20 267 (8.10%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 819 (24.86%) Python
2 573 (17.39%) SQL
3 326 (9.89%) C#
4 305 (9.26%) JavaScript
5 257 (7.80%) TypeScript
6 165 (5.01%) Java
7 85 (2.58%) PowerShell
8 76 (2.31%) C++
9 64 (1.94%) Go
10 53 (1.61%) Bash
11 50 (1.52%) R
12 44 (1.34%) Bicep
13 34 (1.03%) Scala
14 27 (0.82%) Rust
15 26 (0.79%) Kotlin
16 24 (0.73%) C
16 24 (0.73%) PHP
17 20 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
18 19 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 12 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 282 (8.56%) Degree
2 280 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 210 (6.37%) SC Cleared
4 83 (2.52%) CISSP
5 76 (2.31%) CISM
6 72 (2.19%) Azure Certification
7 69 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 66 (2.00%) DV Cleared
9 56 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 54 (1.64%) A+ Certification
10 54 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
11 45 (1.37%) DBS Check
12 44 (1.34%) ACCA
13 35 (1.06%) CIMA
14 27 (0.82%) AWS Certification
15 22 (0.67%) Master's Degree
15 22 (0.67%) PhD
16 18 (0.55%) SnowPro
17 17 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
18 16 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (8.10%) Data Quality
2 173 (5.25%) Accessibility
3 160 (4.86%) GDPR
4 133 (4.04%) QA
5 75 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 55 (1.67%) GRC
6 55 (1.67%) NIST
7 33 (1.00%) SLA
8 22 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (0.67%) WCAG
9 20 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
10 18 (0.55%) PMO
11 16 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 15 (0.46%) PCI DSS
13 14 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 12 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.30%) EU AI Act
15 10 (0.30%) IFRS
15 10 (0.30%) SOC 2
16 8 (0.24%) COPPA
System Software
1 264 (8.01%) Docker
2 104 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 31 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (0.46%) Hyper-V
7 13 (0.39%) Firmware
7 13 (0.39%) vSphere
8 3 (0.091%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.091%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.061%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.061%) NFS
10 1 (0.030%) HDFS
10 1 (0.030%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.030%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 227 (6.89%) Kubernetes
2 84 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.21%) Grafana
4 18 (0.55%) Ansible
4 18 (0.55%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.24%) Progress Chef
5 8 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.15%) Istio
6 5 (0.15%) Kubeflow
6 5 (0.15%) Nmap
7 4 (0.12%) Argo
7 4 (0.12%) Kibana
8 3 (0.091%) linkerd
8 3 (0.091%) Puppet
9 2 (0.061%) Cilium
9 2 (0.061%) Podman
10 1 (0.030%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.030%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.030%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 797 (24.19%) Microsoft
2 203 (6.16%) Google
3 142 (4.31%) Databricks
4 134 (4.07%) YouTube
5 115 (3.49%) OpenAI
6 91 (2.76%) Adobe
7 77 (2.34%) Cisco
8 63 (1.91%) Salesforce
9 56 (1.70%) Apple
10 55 (1.67%) CyberArk
11 54 (1.64%) SAP
11 54 (1.64%) ServiceNow
12 46 (1.40%) HubSpot
13 45 (1.37%) Foundry
14 43 (1.31%) Dell
15 39 (1.18%) Oracle
16 35 (1.06%) Facebook
17 33 (1.00%) VMware
18 26 (0.79%) Sage
19 22 (0.67%) Workday