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

 6 months to
3 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 38 74
Rank change year-on-year +32 +36 +24
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,505 953 1,147
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.18% 6.61% 4.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.73% 6.94% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 926 549 763
10th Percentile £23,085 £35,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,375 £53,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,268 £64,850
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% +2.19% -7.36%
75th Percentile £93,438 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £109,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

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 14,129 13,731 26,398
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.60% 95.17% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,198 8,546 21,902
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,500 £34,401
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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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 March 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 40 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.08%) CMS
3 26 (1.04%) Confluence
4 22 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 22 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (0.52%) JBoss
6 13 (0.52%) WebSphere
7 12 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.36%) WordPress
9 6 (0.24%) Apache
9 6 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
10 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.16%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.16%) SAS
12 2 (0.080%) Mendix
12 2 (0.080%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.040%) Camunda
13 1 (0.040%) Kinematics
Applications
1 873 (34.85%) Chatbot
2 65 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (0.56%) UserZoom
5 3 (0.12%) Simulink
5 3 (0.12%) Sketch
5 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.080%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.080%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.080%) CapCut
6 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.080%) Weka
7 1 (0.040%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.040%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
2 14 (0.56%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.080%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.080%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.080%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.080%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.080%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.080%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.040%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.040%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 458 (18.28%) Azure
2 298 (11.90%) AWS
3 219 (8.74%) SaaS
4 177 (7.07%) Power Platform
5 152 (6.07%) GCP
6 144 (5.75%) GitHub
7 108 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
8 94 (3.75%) GitHub Copilot
9 89 (3.55%) Adobe Analytics
10 70 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
11 56 (2.24%) Snowflake
12 54 (2.16%) Serverless
13 48 (1.92%) Figma
14 43 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
15 39 (1.56%) Entra ID
16 38 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
17 33 (1.32%) Azure Machine Learning
18 27 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 27 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
19 26 (1.04%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 132 (5.27%) Broadband
2 16 (0.64%) Firewall
3 13 (0.52%) HTTP
4 11 (0.44%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.32%) Network Security
6 7 (0.28%) DMZ
6 7 (0.28%) Internet
7 6 (0.24%) RTP
7 6 (0.24%) VoIP
7 6 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.20%) DHCP
8 5 (0.20%) VPN
9 3 (0.12%) DNS
9 3 (0.12%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.12%) DSL
9 3 (0.12%) IPv4
9 3 (0.12%) IPv6
9 3 (0.12%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.12%) PPP
9 3 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (3.71%) Power BI
2 68 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (1.92%) Tableau
4 47 (1.88%) Metadata
5 39 (1.56%) Big Data
6 36 (1.44%) SQL Server
7 35 (1.40%) MongoDB
8 30 (1.20%) NoSQL
9 26 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
10 24 (0.96%) BigQuery
11 22 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
11 22 (0.88%) Data Lake
12 18 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
12 18 (0.72%) Looker
13 16 (0.64%) Redis
14 15 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 13 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
16 11 (0.44%) Delta Lake
16 11 (0.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 58 (2.32%) JIRA
2 52 (2.08%) Git
3 22 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 18 (0.72%) MLflow
5 16 (0.64%) GitLab
6 15 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (0.44%) Cypress.io
7 11 (0.44%) Selenium
8 9 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.36%) Claude Code
9 8 (0.32%) Subversion
9 8 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.28%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.28%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.24%) ERwin
12 5 (0.20%) GitBook
12 5 (0.20%) Storybook
13 4 (0.16%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.16%) Postman
13 4 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
General
1 558 (22.28%) Analytical Skills
2 515 (20.56%) Social Skills
3 450 (17.96%) Finance
4 284 (11.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 175 (6.99%) Marketing
6 164 (6.55%) Public Sector
7 124 (4.95%) Legal
8 123 (4.91%) Games
9 117 (4.67%) Retail
10 104 (4.15%) Law
11 54 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
12 51 (2.04%) Telecoms
13 45 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
14 33 (1.32%) Banking
15 31 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
16 30 (1.20%) Manufacturing
17 22 (0.88%) Aerospace
18 18 (0.72%) Automotive
19 16 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
20 13 (0.52%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 857 (34.21%) Trainer
2 296 (11.82%) Senior
3 213 (8.50%) Lead
4 199 (7.94%) Developer
5 115 (4.59%) Architect
6 102 (4.07%) Content Editor
7 84 (3.35%) Consultant
8 76 (3.03%) Analyst
8 76 (3.03%) Research Scientist
9 75 (2.99%) Customer Support Specialist
9 75 (2.99%) Support Specialist
10 70 (2.79%) Software Engineer
11 55 (2.20%) Solutions Architect
12 54 (2.16%) Data Engineer
13 50 (2.00%) Sales Executive
14 48 (1.92%) Corporate Sales Executive
15 44 (1.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 40 (1.60%) Designer
17 38 (1.52%) Lead Developer
18 36 (1.44%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (3.91%) React
2 85 (3.39%) .NET
3 82 (3.27%) REST
4 64 (2.55%) RESTful
5 63 (2.51%) Node.js
6 45 (1.80%) PyTorch
7 43 (1.72%) TensorFlow
8 39 (1.56%) SOAP
9 38 (1.52%) Kafka
10 35 (1.40%) OAuth
11 34 (1.36%) Spring
12 33 (1.32%) CSS
13 32 (1.28%) OAuth2
14 31 (1.24%) HTML
15 25 (1.00%) AngularJS
15 25 (1.00%) Vue
16 23 (0.92%) LangChain
17 22 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
17 22 (0.88%) Middleware
18 21 (0.84%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 128 (5.11%) Cloud Native
2 111 (4.43%) Blog
3 100 (3.99%) Product Ownership
4 97 (3.87%) Social Media
5 89 (3.55%) Molecular Biology
6 75 (2.99%) Onboarding
7 52 (2.08%) AI Agents
8 50 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
9 49 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
10 45 (1.80%) Mobile App
11 44 (1.76%) Public Cloud
12 42 (1.68%) Algorithms
13 35 (1.40%) Virtual Team
14 33 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
15 32 (1.28%) Low-Code
16 26 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
16 26 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
17 25 (1.00%) Social Network
18 21 (0.84%) Management Information System
19 20 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.12%) Android
2 36 (1.44%) Apple iOS
3 30 (1.20%) Linux
4 25 (1.00%) Windows
5 8 (0.32%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.28%) Unix
7 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
8 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.12%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.040%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 885 (35.33%) Conversational UI
2 436 (17.41%) Agile
3 405 (16.17%) Analytics
4 375 (14.97%) Roadmaps
5 326 (13.01%) Chemistry
6 302 (12.06%) CI/CD
7 301 (12.02%) Machine Learning
8 271 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 255 (10.18%) DevOps
10 246 (9.82%) Customer Experience
11 233 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
12 204 (8.14%) Software Engineering
13 200 (7.98%) Mentoring
14 190 (7.58%) Decision-Making
15 155 (6.19%) Coaching
16 147 (5.87%) Project Management
17 143 (5.71%) Generative AI
18 142 (5.67%) Customer Service
19 135 (5.39%) User Experience
20 129 (5.15%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 340 (13.57%) Python
2 241 (9.62%) SQL
3 116 (4.63%) Java
4 102 (4.07%) TypeScript
5 87 (3.47%) JavaScript
6 58 (2.32%) C#
7 45 (1.80%) Go
8 35 (1.40%) C++
9 33 (1.32%) Bash
10 27 (1.08%) PowerShell
11 23 (0.92%) Kotlin
12 22 (0.88%) Apex Code
13 20 (0.80%) R
14 18 (0.72%) PHP
15 17 (0.68%) C
16 16 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 15 (0.60%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.56%) Shell Script
19 12 (0.48%) Scala
20 8 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,120 (44.71%) Degree
2 505 (20.16%) Master's Degree
3 493 (19.68%) PhD
4 81 (3.23%) Security Cleared
5 62 (2.48%) SC Cleared
6 53 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (1.52%) DBS Check
8 30 (1.20%) AWS Certification
9 27 (1.08%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.00%) PMP
11 23 (0.92%) ACCA
12 22 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (0.64%) DV Cleared
15 14 (0.56%) CISSP
16 12 (0.48%) CISA
16 12 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 10 (0.40%) CISM
18 6 (0.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 6 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (6.39%) Accessibility
2 42 (1.68%) GDPR
3 40 (1.60%) Data Quality
3 40 (1.60%) WCAG
4 39 (1.56%) QA
5 28 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (1.04%) IFRS
7 17 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
7 17 (0.68%) GRC
8 14 (0.56%) GAAP
8 14 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 13 (0.52%) NIST
10 9 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 8 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.28%) EU AI Act
12 7 (0.28%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.28%) NCSC
12 7 (0.28%) PMO
13 4 (0.16%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 99 (3.95%) Docker
2 29 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.16%) Firmware
6 3 (0.12%) Kamailio
7 2 (0.080%) Ceph
7 2 (0.080%) Lustre
7 2 (0.080%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.080%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 81 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 80 (3.19%) Terraform
3 26 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (0.84%) Ansible
5 16 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.48%) Grafana
8 5 (0.20%) Argo
8 5 (0.20%) Proxmox
8 5 (0.20%) SCCM
9 3 (0.12%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.080%) Control-M
10 2 (0.080%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.040%) Cilium
11 1 (0.040%) Karpenter
11 1 (0.040%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 854 (34.09%) PayPal
2 381 (15.21%) Microsoft
3 134 (5.35%) Adobe
4 65 (2.59%) Databricks
4 65 (2.59%) Google
5 57 (2.28%) Cisco
6 55 (2.20%) Dell
7 51 (2.04%) Salesforce
8 46 (1.84%) Oracle
9 42 (1.68%) Blue Prism
10 27 (1.08%) Apple
11 26 (1.04%) OpenAI
12 18 (0.72%) Foundry
13 17 (0.68%) SAP
14 15 (0.60%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.60%) Palantir
15 13 (0.52%) Atlassian
16 12 (0.48%) Informatica
17 11 (0.44%) Instagram
17 11 (0.44%) ServiceNow
1,905 hybrid/remote AI jobs