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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 21 69
Rank change year-on-year +12 +48 +23
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,897 1,261 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.62% 9.45% 4.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.77% 9.97% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 687 826
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,688 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,212 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +5.94% -13.79%
75th Percentile £95,000 £88,125 £80,938
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

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 14,857 12,645 29,601
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.17% 94.76% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10,372 8,952 23,522
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +7.21% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.86%

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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 21 April 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 48 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.48%) CMS
3 41 (2.16%) Confluence
4 25 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 23 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.63%) JBoss
6 12 (0.63%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.63%) WordPress
7 10 (0.53%) Apache
8 8 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.21%) SAS
11 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.11%) Camunda
13 1 (0.053%) Kinematics
13 1 (0.053%) Mendix
Applications
1 57 (3.00%) Chatbot
2 53 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.58%) UserZoom
4 21 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.74%) 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 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.11%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.63%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.11%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.053%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.053%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 498 (26.25%) Azure
2 346 (18.24%) AWS
3 209 (11.02%) SaaS
4 184 (9.70%) Adobe Analytics
5 166 (8.75%) GCP
6 144 (7.59%) GitHub
7 125 (6.59%) Power Platform
8 104 (5.48%) Figma
9 96 (5.06%) Snowflake
10 95 (5.01%) GitHub Copilot
11 94 (4.96%) Azure Machine Learning
12 88 (4.64%) Azure AI
12 88 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
13 83 (4.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 66 (3.48%) Serverless
15 61 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
16 55 (2.90%) Contentsquare
17 48 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
18 45 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
19 35 (1.85%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 260 (13.71%) Broadband
2 22 (1.16%) Firewall
3 20 (1.05%) HTTP
4 11 (0.58%) Unified Communications
5 9 (0.47%) VPN
6 8 (0.42%) Network Security
7 7 (0.37%) DNS
8 6 (0.32%) DHCP
9 5 (0.26%) DMZ
9 5 (0.26%) RTP
9 5 (0.26%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.26%) VoIP
9 5 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.21%) Modbus
11 3 (0.16%) Internet
11 3 (0.16%) WAN
11 3 (0.16%) Wireless
11 3 (0.16%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.11%) IPv4
12 2 (0.11%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (4.80%) SQL Server
2 80 (4.22%) Power BI
3 56 (2.95%) Metadata
4 54 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
5 53 (2.79%) MongoDB
6 41 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
8 36 (1.90%) Tableau
9 33 (1.74%) NoSQL
10 32 (1.69%) Big Data
11 26 (1.37%) Data Lake
12 21 (1.11%) Looker
13 19 (1.00%) BigQuery
14 18 (0.95%) Redis
15 17 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
16 14 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 13 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (0.69%) Delta Lake
18 11 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
19 10 (0.53%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 48 (2.53%) Git
2 46 (2.42%) JIRA
3 22 (1.16%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.05%) MLflow
5 16 (0.84%) Claude Code
5 16 (0.84%) GitLab
6 13 (0.69%) Snyk
7 10 (0.53%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.53%) Selenium
8 9 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (0.47%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.42%) Subversion
10 7 (0.37%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.37%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.32%) Storybook
12 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.16%) ESLint
13 3 (0.16%) GitBook
13 3 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 498 (26.25%) Social Skills
2 447 (23.56%) Finance
3 275 (14.50%) Analytical Skills
3 275 (14.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 217 (11.44%) Games
5 188 (9.91%) Marketing
6 166 (8.75%) Legal
7 162 (8.54%) Public Sector
8 139 (7.33%) Law
9 75 (3.95%) Retail
10 60 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
11 56 (2.95%) Banking
12 47 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 43 (2.27%) Telecoms
14 41 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (1.53%) Manufacturing
16 22 (1.16%) Automotive
17 13 (0.69%) Back Office
18 11 (0.58%) Advertising
19 10 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 356 (18.77%) Senior
2 279 (14.71%) Lead
3 159 (8.38%) Architect
3 159 (8.38%) Developer
4 95 (5.01%) Software Engineer
5 79 (4.16%) Consultant
6 73 (3.85%) Engineering Manager
7 69 (3.64%) Analyst
7 69 (3.64%) Designer
8 66 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
9 53 (2.79%) Product Manager
10 52 (2.74%) Data Engineer
11 49 (2.58%) Lead Designer
12 48 (2.53%) Senior Software Engineer
13 46 (2.42%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 45 (2.37%) Sales Executive
15 44 (2.32%) Corporate Sales Executive
16 43 (2.27%) Trainer
17 42 (2.21%) Digital Designer
18 39 (2.06%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (6.54%) React
2 90 (4.74%) REST
3 75 (3.95%) .NET
4 71 (3.74%) Node.js
5 70 (3.69%) RESTful
6 48 (2.53%) PyTorch
7 45 (2.37%) CSS
8 42 (2.21%) HTML
9 40 (2.11%) TensorFlow
10 38 (2.00%) Kafka
11 33 (1.74%) OAuth
11 33 (1.74%) Vue
12 32 (1.69%) SOAP
13 31 (1.63%) Spring
14 30 (1.58%) LangChain
15 29 (1.53%) Next.js
16 28 (1.48%) FastAPI
17 25 (1.32%) OAuth2
17 25 (1.32%) React Native
18 24 (1.27%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 184 (9.70%) Social Media
2 139 (7.33%) Cloud Native
3 105 (5.54%) Blog
4 104 (5.48%) Product Ownership
5 85 (4.48%) Onboarding
6 62 (3.27%) AI Agents
7 52 (2.74%) Public Cloud
7 52 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
8 45 (2.37%) Mobile App
9 42 (2.21%) Virtual Team
10 40 (2.11%) Low-Code
11 35 (1.85%) Algorithms
12 34 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
13 29 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
14 27 (1.42%) Data Centre
14 27 (1.42%) Social Network
15 22 (1.16%) Podcast
16 21 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
17 20 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
17 20 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 48 (2.53%) Android
2 30 (1.58%) Apple iOS
3 25 (1.32%) Linux
4 20 (1.05%) Windows
5 5 (0.26%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.26%) Unix
6 4 (0.21%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.16%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.11%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.053%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 541 (28.52%) Agile
2 517 (27.25%) Analytics
3 498 (26.25%) Roadmaps
4 386 (20.35%) Machine Learning
5 344 (18.13%) Customer Experience
6 328 (17.29%) CI/CD
7 304 (16.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 251 (13.23%) Decision-Making
9 244 (12.86%) DevOps
10 237 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
11 236 (12.44%) Software Engineering
12 234 (12.34%) Mentoring
13 225 (11.86%) Product Roadmap
14 220 (11.60%) Storytelling
15 184 (9.70%) Generative AI
16 183 (9.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 180 (9.49%) User Experience
18 179 (9.44%) LLM
19 178 (9.38%) Digital Customer Experience
20 158 (8.33%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 351 (18.50%) Python
2 262 (13.81%) SQL
3 119 (6.27%) Java
4 96 (5.06%) TypeScript
5 74 (3.90%) JavaScript
6 73 (3.85%) C#
7 54 (2.85%) Go
8 28 (1.48%) C++
9 22 (1.16%) Bash
10 18 (0.95%) Apex Code
10 18 (0.95%) Scala
11 17 (0.90%) R
12 16 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 16 (0.84%) Kotlin
13 15 (0.79%) PHP
14 12 (0.63%) Bicep
15 10 (0.53%) T-SQL
16 9 (0.47%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.47%) PowerShell
17 8 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 276 (14.55%) Degree
2 61 (3.22%) Security Cleared
3 54 (2.85%) Master's Degree
4 49 (2.58%) ACCA
5 47 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 43 (2.27%) PhD
7 41 (2.16%) AWS Certification
8 39 (2.06%) SC Cleared
9 37 (1.95%) DBS Check
10 26 (1.37%) CIMA
11 25 (1.32%) Azure Certification
12 21 (1.11%) PMP
13 19 (1.00%) DV Cleared
14 16 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (0.63%) CISSP
15 12 (0.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 8 (0.42%) CISA
16 8 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
17 6 (0.32%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (13.86%) Accessibility
2 70 (3.69%) WCAG
3 51 (2.69%) Data Quality
4 45 (2.37%) QA
5 43 (2.27%) GDPR
6 36 (1.90%) GRC
7 29 (1.53%) IFRS
8 24 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
10 12 (0.63%) GAAP
10 12 (0.63%) NIST
10 12 (0.63%) PMO
11 11 (0.58%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.32%) NCSC
13 6 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.26%) JSP 440
15 4 (0.21%) EU AI Act
15 4 (0.21%) SLA
16 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 104 (5.48%) Docker
2 75 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (1.27%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.16%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 85 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 63 (3.32%) Terraform
3 22 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.05%) Ansible
5 13 (0.69%) Grafana
6 12 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.37%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.26%) Argo
9 5 (0.26%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.11%) Podman
10 2 (0.11%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) Salt
Vendors
1 370 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 238 (12.55%) Adobe
3 124 (6.54%) Databricks
4 75 (3.95%) Google
5 51 (2.69%) Cisco
5 51 (2.69%) Dell
6 50 (2.64%) Salesforce
7 39 (2.06%) Apple
7 39 (2.06%) PayPal
8 30 (1.58%) OpenAI
9 28 (1.48%) ServiceNow
10 26 (1.37%) Oracle
11 20 (1.05%) Foundry
12 18 (0.95%) SAP
13 15 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
14 14 (0.74%) Palantir
14 14 (0.74%) Palo Alto
14 14 (0.74%) Tenable
15 13 (0.69%) Atlassian
16 11 (0.58%) Hootsuite
1,512 hybrid/remote AI jobs