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

 6 months to
26 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 12 67
Rank change year-on-year +2 +55 +21
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,057 2,170 1,331
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.86% 14.91% 4.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.10% 15.72% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,190 658 883
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,206 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +5.73% +5.45% -10.31%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £117,500 £117,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -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 15,706 13,805 29,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 94.87% 90.38%
Number of salaries quoted 11,181 8,074 23,429
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -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 26 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 50 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.90%) CMS
3 38 (1.85%) Confluence
4 22 (1.07%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.49%) SAS
6 10 (0.49%) WordPress
7 9 (0.44%) Apache
8 7 (0.34%) JBoss
8 7 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (0.34%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.097%) Camunda
10 2 (0.097%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.049%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.049%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.049%) Moodle
11 1 (0.049%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.049%) Umbraco
Applications
1 37 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (1.46%) UserZoom
3 25 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.83%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
7 7 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
8 5 (0.24%) InDesign
8 5 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.24%) Sketch
9 4 (0.19%) CapCut
10 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.15%) Productboard
10 3 (0.15%) Trello
11 2 (0.097%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.049%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.17%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.19%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.097%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.097%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.097%) 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
1 555 (26.98%) Azure
2 396 (19.25%) AWS
3 210 (10.21%) SaaS
4 183 (8.90%) Adobe Analytics
4 183 (8.90%) GCP
5 147 (7.15%) Power Platform
6 128 (6.22%) Azure AI
6 128 (6.22%) GitHub
7 115 (5.59%) Figma
8 90 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
9 89 (4.33%) Azure Machine Learning
9 89 (4.33%) Snowflake
10 83 (4.04%) GitHub Copilot
11 81 (3.94%) Serverless
12 71 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
13 70 (3.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 55 (2.67%) Contentsquare
15 48 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
16 45 (2.19%) Anthropic Claude
17 35 (1.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 296 (14.39%) Broadband
2 24 (1.17%) Firewall
3 16 (0.78%) HTTP
4 12 (0.58%) VPN
5 11 (0.53%) DNS
6 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
7 9 (0.44%) Network Security
8 8 (0.39%) DHCP
9 7 (0.34%) Internet
10 6 (0.29%) 5G
10 6 (0.29%) DMZ
10 6 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.19%) Modbus
11 4 (0.19%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.15%) RTP
12 3 (0.15%) VoIP
12 3 (0.15%) VXLAN
12 3 (0.15%) Wireless
12 3 (0.15%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.15%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (4.76%) MongoDB
2 87 (4.23%) SQL Server
3 86 (4.18%) Power BI
4 64 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
5 61 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 55 (2.67%) Metadata
7 46 (2.24%) Tableau
8 44 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
9 41 (1.99%) Big Data
10 26 (1.26%) BigQuery
11 25 (1.22%) NoSQL
12 23 (1.12%) Data Lake
13 21 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (1.02%) Semantic Layer
14 19 (0.92%) Looker
14 19 (0.92%) Redis
15 16 (0.78%) Relational Database
16 14 (0.68%) Delta Lake
16 14 (0.68%) Pinecone
17 13 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 59 (2.87%) Git
2 35 (1.70%) JIRA
3 31 (1.51%) Claude Code
4 28 (1.36%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.22%) Snyk
6 23 (1.12%) MLflow
7 15 (0.73%) GitLab
8 10 (0.49%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.49%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.44%) Selenium
10 6 (0.29%) Maven
10 6 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
10 6 (0.29%) SpecFlow
10 6 (0.29%) Storybook
10 6 (0.29%) WebDriver
11 5 (0.24%) JUnit
11 5 (0.24%) Mockito
12 4 (0.19%) Postman
12 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.15%) ESLint
General
1 486 (23.63%) Social Skills
2 428 (20.81%) Finance
3 271 (13.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 268 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
5 247 (12.01%) Games
6 206 (10.01%) Marketing
7 141 (6.85%) Public Sector
8 138 (6.71%) Legal
9 121 (5.88%) Law
10 72 (3.50%) Retail
11 57 (2.77%) Banking
12 49 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
12 49 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (1.85%) Automotive
14 26 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
15 25 (1.22%) Manufacturing
16 22 (1.07%) Advertising
16 22 (1.07%) Telecoms
17 11 (0.53%) Back Office
18 8 (0.39%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 417 (20.27%) Senior
2 310 (15.07%) Lead
3 224 (10.89%) Developer
4 189 (9.19%) Architect
5 122 (5.93%) Software Engineer
6 96 (4.67%) Analyst
7 86 (4.18%) Consultant
8 83 (4.04%) Engineering Manager
9 80 (3.89%) Designer
10 74 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
11 72 (3.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 65 (3.16%) Data Engineer
13 61 (2.97%) Product Manager
14 59 (2.87%) Data Scientist
15 55 (2.67%) Data Manager
16 54 (2.63%) .NET Developer
17 53 (2.58%) Senior Software Engineer
18 52 (2.53%) Senior Architect
19 51 (2.48%) Python Engineer
20 49 (2.38%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (7.39%) React
2 110 (5.35%) .NET
3 97 (4.72%) RESTful
4 89 (4.33%) REST
5 85 (4.13%) Node.js
6 74 (3.60%) CSS
7 66 (3.21%) HTML
8 57 (2.77%) .NET Core
9 54 (2.63%) PyTorch
10 50 (2.43%) ASP.NET
10 50 (2.43%) ASP.NET Core
11 49 (2.38%) ML.NET
12 47 (2.28%) TensorFlow
13 43 (2.09%) LangChain
14 42 (2.04%) Blazor
15 34 (1.65%) Next.js
15 34 (1.65%) Spring
16 33 (1.60%) FastAPI
17 31 (1.51%) Vue
18 28 (1.36%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 200 (9.72%) Social Media
2 161 (7.83%) Cloud Native
3 124 (6.03%) Product Ownership
4 86 (4.18%) AI Agents
4 86 (4.18%) Onboarding
5 54 (2.63%) Low-Code
6 48 (2.33%) Algorithms
6 48 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
6 48 (2.33%) Mobile App
6 48 (2.33%) Public Cloud
7 45 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
8 43 (2.09%) Virtual Team
9 42 (2.04%) Video\Live Streaming
10 40 (1.94%) Data Centre
11 34 (1.65%) Blog
12 29 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
13 27 (1.31%) Social Network
14 25 (1.22%) Management Information System
15 23 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
16 20 (0.97%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 42 (2.04%) Android
2 29 (1.41%) Linux
3 27 (1.31%) Apple iOS
4 24 (1.17%) Windows
5 6 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.19%) Unix
7 4 (0.19%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (28.20%) Agile
2 535 (26.01%) Analytics
3 532 (25.86%) Roadmaps
4 481 (23.38%) Machine Learning
5 389 (18.91%) CI/CD
6 305 (14.83%) Customer Experience
7 282 (13.71%) Software Engineering
8 277 (13.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 273 (13.27%) Mentoring
10 258 (12.54%) Decision-Making
11 253 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
12 238 (11.57%) DevOps
13 233 (11.33%) Product Roadmap
14 231 (11.23%) LLM
15 211 (10.26%) Storytelling
16 210 (10.21%) Generative AI
17 208 (10.11%) Full-Stack Development
18 189 (9.19%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 177 (8.60%) Digital Customer Experience
20 175 (8.51%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 445 (21.63%) Python
2 302 (14.68%) SQL
3 122 (5.93%) C#
4 119 (5.79%) JavaScript
5 117 (5.69%) TypeScript
6 116 (5.64%) Java
7 61 (2.97%) Go
8 32 (1.56%) Bash
9 28 (1.36%) PowerShell
10 27 (1.31%) C++
11 21 (1.02%) R
12 18 (0.88%) Bicep
13 17 (0.83%) Scala
14 13 (0.63%) PHP
15 11 (0.53%) PL/SQL
16 10 (0.49%) Apex Code
16 10 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (0.44%) C
17 9 (0.44%) T-SQL
18 8 (0.39%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 178 (8.65%) Degree
2 90 (4.38%) Security Cleared
3 55 (2.67%) SC Cleared
4 52 (2.53%) AWS Certification
5 51 (2.48%) ACCA
6 31 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (1.46%) Azure Certification
7 30 (1.46%) CIMA
7 30 (1.46%) DBS Check
7 30 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 30 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 23 (1.12%) PhD
10 17 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (0.58%) CISSP
12 8 (0.39%) CISA
12 8 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.29%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (13.42%) Accessibility
2 85 (4.13%) Data Quality
3 72 (3.50%) WCAG
4 59 (2.87%) QA
5 57 (2.77%) GDPR
6 53 (2.58%) GRC
7 25 (1.22%) IFRS
8 23 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 21 (1.02%) NIST
10 14 (0.68%) PMO
11 13 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 12 (0.58%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.58%) SLA
13 8 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.34%) NCSC
15 6 (0.29%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.19%) Solvency II
18 3 (0.15%) GAAP
System Software
1 136 (6.61%) Docker
2 88 (4.28%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (1.07%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.19%) Firmware
5 3 (0.15%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.097%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.097%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.049%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.049%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 108 (5.25%) Kubernetes
2 71 (3.45%) Terraform
3 19 (0.92%) Ansible
4 15 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (0.68%) Grafana
6 13 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.34%) Kubeflow
7 7 (0.34%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.29%) Argo
8 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.15%) Puppet
10 2 (0.097%) Podman
10 2 (0.097%) Salt
11 1 (0.049%) Istio
11 1 (0.049%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.049%) linkerd
11 1 (0.049%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 453 (22.02%) Microsoft
2 260 (12.64%) Adobe
3 122 (5.93%) Databricks
4 86 (4.18%) Google
5 58 (2.82%) Apple
6 53 (2.58%) OpenAI
6 53 (2.58%) ServiceNow
7 51 (2.48%) Salesforce
8 50 (2.43%) Cisco
9 47 (2.28%) Dell
10 31 (1.51%) CrowdStrike
11 27 (1.31%) Oracle
11 27 (1.31%) Palo Alto
12 26 (1.26%) Tenable
13 23 (1.12%) HubSpot
14 22 (1.07%) Foundry
15 18 (0.88%) SAP
16 13 (0.63%) Palantir
17 11 (0.53%) Instagram
17 11 (0.53%) Wrike
2,010 hybrid/remote AI jobs