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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 60
Rank change year-on-year -3 +56 +19
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,222 3,820 980
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.00% 22.75% 4.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.15% 24.25% 5.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,030 707 526
10th Percentile £40,000 £28,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,188
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £107,888
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 19,953 15,755 19,120
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.51% 93.83% 88.22%
Number of salaries quoted 14,223 8,440 11,340
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £44,447 £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 £78,750 £80,000
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 9 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
1 103 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.68%) Confluence
3 34 (1.06%) CMS
4 31 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (0.84%) Apache
6 21 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 18 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.31%) SAS
8 10 (0.31%) WordPress
9 7 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.12%) Camunda
11 4 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
12 3 (0.093%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.062%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.062%) IIS
13 2 (0.062%) nginx
14 1 (0.031%) JBoss
14 1 (0.031%) WebLogic
Applications
1 80 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (1.68%) Chatbot
3 34 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.53%) UserZoom
6 15 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.43%) InDesign
8 13 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
9 11 (0.34%) MS Visio
10 10 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
11 7 (0.22%) Moqups
12 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
13 4 (0.12%) Trello
14 3 (0.093%) Adobe XD
14 3 (0.093%) Notion
14 3 (0.093%) Productboard
14 3 (0.093%) Revit
14 3 (0.093%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 42 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.87%) Dynamics GP
3 19 (0.59%) Cloudability
4 14 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.16%) SAP PSCD
7 4 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.12%) Primavera
7 4 (0.12%) Sage 50
8 3 (0.093%) FastStats
8 3 (0.093%) FastStats PeopleStage
8 3 (0.093%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.093%) Shopify
9 2 (0.062%) Maximo
10 1 (0.031%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
10 1 (0.031%) Actimize
10 1 (0.031%) HFM
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 876 (27.19%) Azure
2 634 (19.68%) AWS
3 314 (9.75%) SaaS
4 297 (9.22%) Power Platform
5 283 (8.78%) GCP
6 256 (7.95%) GitHub
7 198 (6.15%) Azure AI
8 195 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
9 163 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
10 152 (4.72%) GitHub Copilot
11 149 (4.62%) Microsoft Copilot
12 143 (4.44%) Anthropic Claude
13 115 (3.57%) Snowflake
14 110 (3.41%) Entra ID
15 107 (3.32%) Serverless
16 80 (2.48%) Power Automate
17 78 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
18 66 (2.05%) Amazon Bedrock
19 61 (1.89%) Figma
20 56 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 125 (3.88%) Broadband
2 38 (1.18%) Internet
3 34 (1.06%) VPN
4 32 (0.99%) Firewall
5 31 (0.96%) Network Security
6 25 (0.78%) 5G
7 23 (0.71%) DNS
8 13 (0.40%) DHCP
8 13 (0.40%) HTTP
8 13 (0.40%) VoIP
9 11 (0.34%) CTI
10 8 (0.25%) WAN
10 8 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.25%) WPA
11 7 (0.22%) Wireless
12 6 (0.19%) DMZ
12 6 (0.19%) TCP/IP
13 5 (0.16%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.16%) OSPF
13 5 (0.16%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (6.24%) MongoDB
2 192 (5.96%) Power BI
3 161 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 110 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
5 107 (3.32%) Metadata
6 81 (2.51%) SQL Server
7 80 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
8 56 (1.74%) NoSQL
9 54 (1.68%) Tableau
10 51 (1.58%) Big Data
11 43 (1.33%) Data Lake
12 41 (1.27%) BigQuery
12 41 (1.27%) Relational Database
13 36 (1.12%) Semantic Layer
14 35 (1.09%) Redis
15 33 (1.02%) Delta Lake
16 28 (0.87%) MySQL
17 22 (0.68%) DynamoDB
17 22 (0.68%) Looker
18 21 (0.65%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 125 (3.88%) Git
2 100 (3.10%) Claude Code
3 91 (2.82%) JIRA
4 41 (1.27%) Jenkins
5 39 (1.21%) GitLab
6 20 (0.62%) MLflow
6 20 (0.62%) Snyk
7 17 (0.53%) Selenium
8 15 (0.47%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.47%) Postman
9 14 (0.43%) TeamCity
10 12 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.31%) JUnit
11 10 (0.31%) Maven
11 10 (0.31%) Mockito
12 6 (0.19%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.16%) Burp Suite
13 5 (0.16%) Metasploit
13 5 (0.16%) Poetry
13 5 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1,021 (31.69%) Social Skills
2 780 (24.21%) Finance
3 451 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
4 385 (11.95%) Marketing
5 364 (11.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 234 (7.26%) Public Sector
7 228 (7.08%) Legal
8 160 (4.97%) Banking
9 155 (4.81%) Law
10 122 (3.79%) Retail
11 120 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
12 117 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
13 109 (3.38%) Games
14 72 (2.23%) Advertising
15 55 (1.71%) Manufacturing
16 47 (1.46%) Telecoms
17 37 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
18 31 (0.96%) Legal Technology
19 30 (0.93%) Financial Institution
20 28 (0.87%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 599 (18.59%) Senior
2 438 (13.59%) Developer
3 351 (10.89%) Lead
4 336 (10.43%) Architect
5 295 (9.16%) Software Engineer
6 163 (5.06%) Analyst
7 162 (5.03%) .NET Developer
8 155 (4.81%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 141 (4.38%) Consultant
10 101 (3.13%) Python Engineer
11 100 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
12 97 (3.01%) Data Engineer
13 88 (2.73%) Senior Manager
14 80 (2.48%) Full-Stack Developer
15 78 (2.42%) Data Scientist
16 71 (2.20%) Senior Developer
17 63 (1.96%) Enterprise Architect
17 63 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
18 61 (1.89%) Data Architect
18 61 (1.89%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 284 (8.81%) React
2 265 (8.22%) .NET
3 180 (5.59%) Terraform
4 163 (5.06%) Node.js
5 160 (4.97%) ASP.NET
5 160 (4.97%) RESTful
6 156 (4.84%) .NET Core
7 151 (4.69%) ASP.NET Core
8 148 (4.59%) ML.NET
9 136 (4.22%) CSS
10 128 (3.97%) REST
11 127 (3.94%) HTML
12 112 (3.48%) LangChain
13 110 (3.41%) Blazor
14 73 (2.27%) Next.js
15 71 (2.20%) LangGraph
16 56 (1.74%) PyTorch
17 55 (1.71%) PySpark
17 55 (1.71%) Vue
18 48 (1.49%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 290 (9.00%) AI Agents
2 274 (8.50%) Cloud Native
3 135 (4.19%) Product Ownership
4 132 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
5 116 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
6 102 (3.17%) Management Information System
7 101 (3.13%) Social Media
8 100 (3.10%) Blog
9 86 (2.67%) Cyber Threat
10 83 (2.58%) Onboarding
11 73 (2.27%) Low-Code
12 68 (2.11%) Algorithms
13 62 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
14 61 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
15 55 (1.71%) Hedge funds
16 52 (1.61%) Data Centre
17 50 (1.55%) Virtual Team
18 49 (1.52%) Mobile App
19 45 (1.40%) Marketing Technology
20 43 (1.33%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 83 (2.58%) Windows
2 74 (2.30%) Linux
3 39 (1.21%) Android
4 23 (0.71%) Windows Server
5 20 (0.62%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 12 (0.37%) VMS
8 9 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.25%) Unix
10 5 (0.16%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.093%) Debian
11 3 (0.093%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.093%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.062%) AIX
12 2 (0.062%) Solaris
13 1 (0.031%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 726 (22.53%) Machine Learning
2 672 (20.86%) Agile
3 670 (20.79%) Analytics
4 643 (19.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 619 (19.21%) CI/CD
6 583 (18.09%) Software Engineering
7 522 (16.20%) Roadmaps
8 511 (15.86%) Mentoring
9 477 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
10 463 (14.37%) Decision-Making
11 436 (13.53%) LLM
12 423 (13.13%) Stakeholder Management
13 390 (12.10%) DevOps
14 367 (11.39%) Full-Stack Development
15 347 (10.77%) Cybersecurity
16 345 (10.71%) Coaching
17 338 (10.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 286 (8.88%) Data Science
19 272 (8.44%) Technical Leadership
20 250 (7.76%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 778 (24.15%) Python
2 555 (17.23%) SQL
3 316 (9.81%) C#
4 294 (9.12%) JavaScript
5 249 (7.73%) TypeScript
6 156 (4.84%) Java
7 79 (2.45%) PowerShell
8 78 (2.42%) C++
9 58 (1.80%) Go
10 52 (1.61%) Bash
11 44 (1.37%) Bicep
12 42 (1.30%) R
13 34 (1.06%) Scala
14 23 (0.71%) PHP
14 23 (0.71%) Rust
15 22 (0.68%) C
15 22 (0.68%) Kotlin
16 20 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
17 18 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 12 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 275 (8.54%) Security Cleared
2 268 (8.32%) Degree
3 206 (6.39%) SC Cleared
4 82 (2.55%) CISSP
5 75 (2.33%) CISM
6 66 (2.05%) Azure Certification
6 66 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 65 (2.02%) DV Cleared
8 56 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 54 (1.68%) A+ Certification
9 54 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
10 43 (1.33%) ACCA
11 40 (1.24%) DBS Check
12 34 (1.06%) CIMA
13 29 (0.90%) AWS Certification
14 20 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 20 (0.62%) Master's Degree
14 20 (0.62%) PhD
15 18 (0.56%) SnowPro
16 16 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (7.85%) Data Quality
2 167 (5.18%) Accessibility
3 154 (4.78%) GDPR
4 128 (3.97%) QA
5 74 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 58 (1.80%) GRC
7 54 (1.68%) NIST
8 33 (1.02%) SLA
9 25 (0.78%) WCAG
10 22 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 15 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 15 (0.47%) PCI DSS
12 15 (0.47%) PMO
13 14 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 12 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.31%) EU AI Act
15 10 (0.31%) IFRS
15 10 (0.31%) SOC 2
16 8 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 260 (8.07%) Docker
2 102 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 30 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
3 30 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.40%) vSphere
6 11 (0.34%) Firmware
7 3 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.093%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.062%) NFS
9 1 (0.031%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.031%) HDFS
9 1 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.031%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 225 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 81 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.24%) Grafana
4 18 (0.56%) Ansible
4 18 (0.56%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.25%) Progress Chef
6 7 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.16%) Istio
7 5 (0.16%) Kubeflow
7 5 (0.16%) Nmap
8 4 (0.12%) Argo
8 4 (0.12%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.093%) Kibana
9 3 (0.093%) linkerd
9 3 (0.093%) Podman
9 3 (0.093%) Puppet
10 2 (0.062%) Cilium
11 1 (0.031%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.031%) OpenVAS
11 1 (0.031%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 781 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 190 (5.90%) Google
3 138 (4.28%) Databricks
4 128 (3.97%) YouTube
5 113 (3.51%) OpenAI
6 100 (3.10%) Adobe
7 78 (2.42%) Cisco
8 60 (1.86%) Apple
9 59 (1.83%) Salesforce
10 57 (1.77%) ServiceNow
11 55 (1.71%) CyberArk
12 51 (1.58%) SAP
13 45 (1.40%) HubSpot
14 44 (1.37%) Dell
15 43 (1.33%) Foundry
16 38 (1.18%) Oracle
17 35 (1.09%) Facebook
18 32 (0.99%) VMware
19 24 (0.74%) Sage
20 23 (0.71%) Palo Alto