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

 6 months to
4 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 36 76
Rank change year-on-year +25 +40 +15
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,798 984 1,222
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.63% 7.65% 3.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.72% 8.06% 4.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 652 792
10th Percentile £24,570 £25,313 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,222 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% +5.96% -13.79%
75th Percentile £95,000 £91,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £104,074
UK median annual salary £72,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.69% +3.57% -0.36%

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 14,134 12,201 28,825
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.58% 94.80% 91.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,864 8,867 23,394
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,500
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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -11.00%

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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 4 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 38 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.00%) CMS
3 31 (1.72%) Confluence
4 24 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 24 (1.33%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.72%) JBoss
5 13 (0.72%) WebSphere
6 10 (0.56%) Apache
7 9 (0.50%) WordPress
8 8 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.28%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.22%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) Camunda
11 2 (0.11%) Mendix
11 2 (0.11%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.056%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.056%) Kinematics
Applications
1 60 (3.34%) Chatbot
2 56 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.67%) UserZoom
4 21 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.22%) CapCut
7 3 (0.17%) Sketch
7 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.11%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 16 (0.89%) NetSuite
2 11 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.17%) Cloudability
7 3 (0.17%) 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 (0.056%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.056%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 471 (26.20%) Azure
2 324 (18.02%) AWS
3 214 (11.90%) SaaS
4 160 (8.90%) Adobe Analytics
5 156 (8.68%) GCP
6 139 (7.73%) GitHub
7 135 (7.51%) Power Platform
8 93 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
9 88 (4.89%) GitHub Copilot
10 79 (4.39%) Snowflake
11 77 (4.28%) Figma
12 74 (4.12%) Azure Machine Learning
13 67 (3.73%) Azure AI
14 65 (3.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 56 (3.11%) Serverless
16 55 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
17 48 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
18 45 (2.50%) Contentsquare
19 38 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
20 32 (1.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 229 (12.74%) Broadband
2 17 (0.95%) Firewall
3 16 (0.89%) HTTP
4 11 (0.61%) Unified Communications
5 7 (0.39%) Network Security
5 7 (0.39%) VPN
6 6 (0.33%) DMZ
6 6 (0.33%) RTP
6 6 (0.33%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.33%) VoIP
6 6 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.28%) DHCP
8 4 (0.22%) Modbus
9 3 (0.17%) DNS
9 3 (0.17%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.17%) DSL
9 3 (0.17%) GPON
9 3 (0.17%) Internet
9 3 (0.17%) IPv4
9 3 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (4.67%) Power BI
2 71 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 59 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (2.84%) Metadata
5 49 (2.73%) MongoDB
6 39 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
7 38 (2.11%) Tableau
8 35 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
9 32 (1.78%) NoSQL
10 31 (1.72%) Big Data
11 29 (1.61%) Data Lake
12 23 (1.28%) BigQuery
13 18 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
13 18 (1.00%) Looker
13 18 (1.00%) Redis
14 15 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 13 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.67%) Delta Lake
17 11 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
18 10 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 46 (2.56%) Git
2 43 (2.39%) JIRA
3 21 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.06%) MLflow
5 16 (0.89%) Claude Code
5 16 (0.89%) GitLab
6 12 (0.67%) Cypress.io
7 11 (0.61%) Selenium
8 9 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (0.44%) Subversion
9 8 (0.44%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.39%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.39%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.33%) Storybook
12 5 (0.28%) ERwin
12 5 (0.28%) GitBook
13 4 (0.22%) Postman
14 3 (0.17%) ER Studio
14 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 491 (27.31%) Social Skills
2 443 (24.64%) Finance
3 275 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
4 273 (15.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 197 (10.96%) Games
6 181 (10.07%) Marketing
7 163 (9.07%) Public Sector
8 153 (8.51%) Legal
9 128 (7.12%) Law
10 83 (4.62%) Retail
11 59 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
12 51 (2.84%) Banking
13 50 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
14 44 (2.45%) Telecoms
15 33 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
16 30 (1.67%) Manufacturing
17 21 (1.17%) Automotive
18 13 (0.72%) Back Office
19 12 (0.67%) Advertising
19 12 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 322 (17.91%) Senior
2 275 (15.29%) Lead
3 174 (9.68%) Developer
4 144 (8.01%) Architect
5 85 (4.73%) Consultant
6 79 (4.39%) Software Engineer
7 64 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
8 62 (3.45%) Analyst
9 60 (3.34%) Engineering Manager
10 59 (3.28%) Designer
11 51 (2.84%) Data Engineer
12 44 (2.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 43 (2.39%) Trainer
14 42 (2.34%) Product Manager
14 42 (2.34%) Sales Executive
14 42 (2.34%) Senior Software Engineer
15 41 (2.28%) Corporate Sales Executive
15 41 (2.28%) Lead Designer
16 37 (2.06%) Lead Developer
17 36 (2.00%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (6.95%) React
2 89 (4.95%) REST
3 76 (4.23%) .NET
4 70 (3.89%) Node.js
5 68 (3.78%) RESTful
6 49 (2.73%) PyTorch
7 47 (2.61%) CSS
8 44 (2.45%) HTML
9 42 (2.34%) Kafka
9 42 (2.34%) TensorFlow
10 34 (1.89%) OAuth
10 34 (1.89%) SOAP
10 34 (1.89%) Spring
11 30 (1.67%) Vue
12 27 (1.50%) LangChain
13 26 (1.45%) OAuth2
14 25 (1.39%) FastAPI
14 25 (1.39%) Next.js
14 25 (1.39%) React Native
15 23 (1.28%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 158 (8.79%) Social Media
2 135 (7.51%) Cloud Native
3 113 (6.28%) Blog
4 97 (5.39%) Product Ownership
5 88 (4.89%) Onboarding
6 57 (3.17%) AI Agents
7 49 (2.73%) Mobile App
8 48 (2.67%) Public Cloud
9 45 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
10 42 (2.34%) Virtual Team
11 41 (2.28%) Low-Code
12 38 (2.11%) Algorithms
13 36 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
14 26 (1.45%) Social Network
15 23 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
16 21 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
16 21 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
16 21 (1.17%) Podcast
17 20 (1.11%) Video\Live Streaming
18 17 (0.95%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 51 (2.84%) Android
2 33 (1.84%) Apple iOS
3 29 (1.61%) Linux
4 19 (1.06%) Windows
5 5 (0.28%) Unix
6 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.17%) OpenWrt
7 3 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (28.14%) Agile
2 478 (26.59%) Analytics
3 447 (24.86%) Roadmaps
4 363 (20.19%) Machine Learning
5 319 (17.74%) Customer Experience
6 317 (17.63%) CI/CD
7 293 (16.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 245 (13.63%) DevOps
9 242 (13.46%) Decision-Making
10 239 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
11 221 (12.29%) Mentoring
12 218 (12.12%) Software Engineering
13 194 (10.79%) Product Roadmap
14 190 (10.57%) Storytelling
15 185 (10.29%) Generative AI
16 165 (9.18%) LLM
17 159 (8.84%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 154 (8.57%) Digital Customer Experience
19 152 (8.45%) User Experience
20 143 (7.95%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 343 (19.08%) Python
2 251 (13.96%) SQL
3 118 (6.56%) Java
4 94 (5.23%) TypeScript
5 82 (4.56%) JavaScript
6 71 (3.95%) C#
7 56 (3.11%) Go
8 28 (1.56%) C++
9 23 (1.28%) Bash
10 22 (1.22%) Kotlin
11 18 (1.00%) Apex Code
11 18 (1.00%) R
12 17 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 16 (0.89%) PHP
14 15 (0.83%) Scala
15 13 (0.72%) Bicep
16 9 (0.50%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.50%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.44%) Rust
17 8 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 281 (15.63%) Degree
2 56 (3.11%) Security Cleared
3 52 (2.89%) Master's Degree
4 48 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (2.50%) ACCA
6 43 (2.39%) PhD
7 36 (2.00%) DBS Check
8 35 (1.95%) SC Cleared
9 32 (1.78%) AWS Certification
10 28 (1.56%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.39%) PMP
12 23 (1.28%) CIMA
13 19 (1.06%) DV Cleared
14 17 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 11 (0.61%) CISSP
17 8 (0.44%) CISA
17 8 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.28%) CISM
18 5 (0.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (13.18%) Accessibility
2 61 (3.39%) WCAG
3 52 (2.89%) Data Quality
4 43 (2.39%) QA
5 40 (2.22%) GDPR
6 27 (1.50%) GRC
6 27 (1.50%) IFRS
6 27 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (0.67%) GAAP
8 12 (0.67%) NIST
8 12 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.56%) PMO
10 9 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 7 (0.39%) EU AI Act
12 6 (0.33%) JSP 440
12 6 (0.33%) NCSC
12 6 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.22%) ISO 26262
14 3 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 103 (5.73%) Docker
2 47 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (1.22%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.17%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.11%) Ceph
6 2 (0.11%) Lustre
6 2 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.056%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.056%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 83 (4.62%) Kubernetes
2 65 (3.62%) Terraform
3 22 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.11%) Ansible
5 14 (0.78%) Grafana
6 13 (0.72%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.39%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.28%) Argo
9 5 (0.28%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.11%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) Salt
11 1 (0.056%) Control-M
11 1 (0.056%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 340 (18.91%) Microsoft
2 204 (11.35%) Adobe
3 105 (5.84%) Databricks
4 70 (3.89%) Google
5 48 (2.67%) Dell
6 47 (2.61%) Cisco
7 46 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 39 (2.17%) PayPal
9 36 (2.00%) Oracle
10 30 (1.67%) Apple
11 28 (1.56%) OpenAI
12 19 (1.06%) Foundry
12 19 (1.06%) ServiceNow
13 18 (1.00%) SAP
14 14 (0.78%) Palantir
15 13 (0.72%) Atlassian
16 12 (0.67%) Informatica
17 11 (0.61%) Hootsuite
17 11 (0.61%) Instagram
17 11 (0.61%) Wrike
1,250 hybrid/remote AI jobs