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

 6 months to
3 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 18 68
Rank change year-on-year +8 +50 +23
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,915 1,362 1,323
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.52% 10.01% 4.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.71% 10.57% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,082 699 856
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,063 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,206 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +5.93% -10.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.45%

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 15,065 12,887 29,687
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 94.73% 91.30%
Number of salaries quoted 10,575 8,882 23,564
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £58,599 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.34% +9.09% -10.57%

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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 3 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 52 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.45%) CMS
3 39 (2.04%) Confluence
4 25 (1.31%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.63%) WordPress
7 10 (0.52%) Apache
7 10 (0.52%) JBoss
7 10 (0.52%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
10 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.21%) SAS
11 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.10%) Camunda
13 1 (0.052%) Kinematics
Applications
1 42 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.04%) Chatbot
3 30 (1.57%) UserZoom
4 22 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.21%) CapCut
7 3 (0.16%) Sketch
8 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.10%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.052%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.052%) Productboard
9 1 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (0.89%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.10%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.10%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.10%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.10%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.052%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.052%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.052%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.052%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 481 (25.12%) Azure
2 351 (18.33%) AWS
3 210 (10.97%) SaaS
4 184 (9.61%) Adobe Analytics
5 170 (8.88%) GCP
6 130 (6.79%) GitHub
7 118 (6.16%) Power Platform
8 105 (5.48%) Figma
9 92 (4.80%) Snowflake
10 91 (4.75%) Azure Machine Learning
11 86 (4.49%) Azure AI
12 83 (4.33%) GitHub Copilot
13 80 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
14 70 (3.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 68 (3.55%) Serverless
16 65 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
17 55 (2.87%) Contentsquare
18 45 (2.35%) Microsoft Copilot
19 34 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
20 33 (1.72%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 274 (14.31%) Broadband
2 24 (1.25%) Firewall
3 20 (1.04%) HTTP
4 11 (0.57%) Unified Communications
5 9 (0.47%) Network Security
5 9 (0.47%) VPN
6 7 (0.37%) DNS
7 6 (0.31%) DMZ
8 5 (0.26%) DHCP
9 4 (0.21%) Modbus
9 4 (0.21%) RTP
9 4 (0.21%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.21%) VoIP
9 4 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.16%) WAN
10 3 (0.16%) Wireless
10 3 (0.16%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.10%) BGP
11 2 (0.10%) NGN
11 2 (0.10%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (4.07%) SQL Server
2 68 (3.55%) Power BI
3 58 (3.03%) MongoDB
4 53 (2.77%) Metadata
5 50 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
6 45 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
7 37 (1.93%) Tableau
8 33 (1.72%) Big Data
9 30 (1.57%) NoSQL
10 29 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
11 23 (1.20%) Data Lake
12 22 (1.15%) BigQuery
13 21 (1.10%) Looker
14 20 (1.04%) Redis
15 18 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
16 14 (0.73%) Delta Lake
17 12 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
17 12 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
18 11 (0.57%) Pinecone
18 11 (0.57%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 50 (2.61%) Git
2 42 (2.19%) JIRA
3 26 (1.36%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.10%) MLflow
5 20 (1.04%) Claude Code
6 18 (0.94%) Snyk
7 15 (0.78%) GitLab
8 10 (0.52%) Selenium
9 9 (0.47%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
9 9 (0.47%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.37%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.37%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.31%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.31%) Storybook
11 6 (0.31%) Subversion
12 3 (0.16%) Appium
12 3 (0.16%) ESLint
12 3 (0.16%) Postman
13 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 473 (24.70%) Social Skills
2 416 (21.72%) Finance
3 277 (14.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 268 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
5 233 (12.17%) Games
6 199 (10.39%) Marketing
7 151 (7.89%) Public Sector
8 143 (7.47%) Legal
9 115 (6.01%) Law
10 70 (3.66%) Retail
11 56 (2.92%) Banking
12 48 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
13 43 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (1.88%) Telecoms
15 35 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
16 32 (1.67%) Automotive
17 26 (1.36%) Manufacturing
18 13 (0.68%) Back Office
19 11 (0.57%) Advertising
20 9 (0.47%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 378 (19.74%) Senior
2 286 (14.93%) Lead
3 164 (8.56%) Architect
3 164 (8.56%) Developer
4 102 (5.33%) Software Engineer
5 83 (4.33%) Analyst
6 77 (4.02%) Consultant
7 76 (3.97%) Engineering Manager
8 72 (3.76%) Designer
9 69 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
10 54 (2.82%) Product Manager
11 51 (2.66%) Data Engineer
12 49 (2.56%) Lead Designer
12 49 (2.56%) Senior Software Engineer
13 48 (2.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 46 (2.40%) Sales Executive
15 45 (2.35%) Python Engineer
16 44 (2.30%) Senior Architect
17 43 (2.25%) Data Scientist
18 42 (2.19%) Corporate Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (6.11%) React
2 83 (4.33%) REST
3 76 (3.97%) .NET
4 74 (3.86%) Node.js
4 74 (3.86%) RESTful
5 50 (2.61%) PyTorch
6 47 (2.45%) CSS
7 44 (2.30%) HTML
8 42 (2.19%) TensorFlow
9 35 (1.83%) Kafka
10 31 (1.62%) Vue
11 30 (1.57%) LangChain
11 30 (1.57%) OAuth
12 29 (1.51%) Spring
13 28 (1.46%) FastAPI
13 28 (1.46%) Next.js
14 27 (1.41%) SOAP
15 24 (1.25%) React Native
16 22 (1.15%) AngularJS
16 22 (1.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 188 (9.82%) Social Media
2 145 (7.57%) Cloud Native
3 104 (5.43%) Product Ownership
4 91 (4.75%) Blog
5 84 (4.39%) Onboarding
6 72 (3.76%) AI Agents
7 53 (2.77%) Public Cloud
8 49 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
9 46 (2.40%) Low-Code
10 43 (2.25%) Mobile App
10 43 (2.25%) Virtual Team
11 37 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
12 35 (1.83%) Algorithms
13 34 (1.78%) Data Centre
14 33 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
15 27 (1.41%) Social Network
15 27 (1.41%) Video\Live Streaming
16 21 (1.10%) Podcast
17 18 (0.94%) Management Information System
18 17 (0.89%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 43 (2.25%) Android
2 28 (1.46%) Apple iOS
3 22 (1.15%) Linux
4 18 (0.94%) Windows
5 5 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.21%) Unix
7 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.16%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.10%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.052%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.052%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (28.04%) Agile
2 504 (26.32%) Roadmaps
3 500 (26.11%) Analytics
4 394 (20.57%) Machine Learning
5 334 (17.44%) CI/CD
6 322 (16.81%) Customer Experience
7 273 (14.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 243 (12.69%) Mentoring
9 242 (12.64%) Software Engineering
10 240 (12.53%) DevOps
11 235 (12.27%) Decision-Making
12 228 (11.91%) Product Roadmap
13 220 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
14 209 (10.91%) Storytelling
15 195 (10.18%) Generative AI
16 191 (9.97%) LLM
17 186 (9.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 178 (9.30%) Digital Customer Experience
19 171 (8.93%) User Experience
20 160 (8.36%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 369 (19.27%) Python
2 248 (12.95%) SQL
3 116 (6.06%) Java
4 99 (5.17%) TypeScript
5 79 (4.13%) JavaScript
6 78 (4.07%) C#
7 58 (3.03%) Go
8 30 (1.57%) C++
9 21 (1.10%) Bash
10 20 (1.04%) R
11 18 (0.94%) Scala
12 16 (0.84%) Apex Code
13 15 (0.78%) Bicep
14 13 (0.68%) PHP
15 12 (0.63%) PowerShell
16 10 (0.52%) Kotlin
17 9 (0.47%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.47%) T-SQL
18 8 (0.42%) Rust
18 8 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 250 (13.05%) Degree
2 67 (3.50%) Security Cleared
3 51 (2.66%) Master's Degree
4 49 (2.56%) ACCA
5 43 (2.25%) AWS Certification
5 43 (2.25%) PhD
6 42 (2.19%) SC Cleared
7 39 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (1.98%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 26 (1.36%) CIMA
10 22 (1.15%) DV Cleared
11 18 (0.94%) PMP
12 17 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 17 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.63%) CISSP
14 8 (0.42%) CISA
14 8 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.31%) CISM
16 5 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (13.94%) Accessibility
2 71 (3.71%) WCAG
3 61 (3.19%) Data Quality
4 50 (2.61%) GDPR
5 47 (2.45%) QA
6 43 (2.25%) GRC
7 30 (1.57%) IFRS
8 23 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (0.73%) PMO
10 12 (0.63%) GAAP
10 12 (0.63%) NIST
10 12 (0.63%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 7 (0.37%) NCSC
12 6 (0.31%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.21%) SLA
14 4 (0.21%) Solvency II
15 3 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 104 (5.43%) Docker
2 79 (4.13%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (1.15%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.16%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.052%) Firmware
6 1 (0.052%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 83 (4.33%) Kubernetes
2 64 (3.34%) Terraform
3 20 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (0.99%) Ansible
5 12 (0.63%) Grafana
6 11 (0.57%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.37%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.31%) Kubeflow
9 5 (0.26%) Argo
10 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.10%) Podman
11 2 (0.10%) Puppet
11 2 (0.10%) Salt
Vendors
1 377 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 246 (12.85%) Adobe
3 121 (6.32%) Databricks
4 78 (4.07%) Google
5 52 (2.72%) Salesforce
6 50 (2.61%) Cisco
7 48 (2.51%) Dell
8 45 (2.35%) Apple
9 34 (1.78%) OpenAI
10 33 (1.72%) ServiceNow
11 22 (1.15%) Oracle
11 22 (1.15%) PayPal
12 21 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
13 20 (1.04%) Palo Alto
14 19 (0.99%) Foundry
14 19 (0.99%) SAP
14 19 (0.99%) Tenable
15 16 (0.84%) HubSpot
16 14 (0.73%) Palantir
17 11 (0.57%) Atlassian
1,831 hybrid/remote AI jobs