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

 6 months to
29 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 10 67
Rank change year-on-year 0 +57 +23
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,108 2,198 1,330
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.00% 15.01% 4.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.30% 15.84% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,236 664 883
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £34,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £66,206 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% +5.45% -10.31%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,563 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,350 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% -5.21% -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 15,852 13,879 29,852
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.70% 94.80% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11,330 8,122 23,480
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,025 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 29 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 49 (2.32%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.85%) Confluence
3 38 (1.80%) CMS
4 21 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.47%) Apache
6 10 (0.47%) SAS
6 10 (0.47%) WordPress
7 5 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.19%) JBoss
8 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.14%) Camunda
9 3 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.095%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.047%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.047%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.047%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.047%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.047%) Umbraco
Applications
1 38 (1.80%) UserZoom
2 37 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (0.90%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.43%) Adobe After Effects
7 7 (0.33%) 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 (0.14%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.14%) Productboard
10 3 (0.14%) Trello
11 2 (0.095%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.047%) Microsoft Project
12 1 (0.047%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (1.14%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.19%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.095%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.095%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.047%) HFM
7 1 (0.047%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.047%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.047%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 567 (26.90%) Azure
2 400 (18.98%) AWS
3 221 (10.48%) SaaS
4 191 (9.06%) Adobe Analytics
5 188 (8.92%) GCP
6 144 (6.83%) Power Platform
7 139 (6.59%) Azure AI
8 123 (5.83%) GitHub
9 116 (5.50%) Figma
10 91 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
10 91 (4.32%) Azure Machine Learning
11 85 (4.03%) Snowflake
12 84 (3.98%) Serverless
13 78 (3.70%) GitHub Copilot
14 74 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
15 69 (3.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 63 (2.99%) Contentsquare
17 49 (2.32%) Microsoft Copilot
18 48 (2.28%) Anthropic Claude
19 36 (1.71%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 311 (14.75%) Broadband
2 25 (1.19%) Firewall
3 16 (0.76%) HTTP
4 13 (0.62%) VPN
5 12 (0.57%) DNS
6 10 (0.47%) Unified Communications
7 9 (0.43%) Network Security
8 8 (0.38%) DHCP
8 8 (0.38%) Internet
9 6 (0.28%) 5G
9 6 (0.28%) DMZ
9 6 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.19%) Modbus
10 4 (0.19%) RTP
10 4 (0.19%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.19%) VoIP
11 3 (0.14%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.14%) Wireless
11 3 (0.14%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.14%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (5.12%) MongoDB
2 91 (4.32%) SQL Server
3 83 (3.94%) Power BI
4 71 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 65 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (2.70%) Metadata
7 45 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
8 44 (2.09%) Tableau
9 43 (2.04%) Big Data
10 30 (1.42%) BigQuery
11 27 (1.28%) NoSQL
12 24 (1.14%) Semantic Layer
13 23 (1.09%) Data Lake
13 23 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
14 20 (0.95%) Redis
15 18 (0.85%) Looker
15 18 (0.85%) Relational Database
16 14 (0.66%) Delta Lake
16 14 (0.66%) MySQL
16 14 (0.66%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 59 (2.80%) Git
2 33 (1.57%) Claude Code
2 33 (1.57%) JIRA
3 30 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.19%) Snyk
5 23 (1.09%) MLflow
6 14 (0.66%) GitLab
7 10 (0.47%) Selenium
7 10 (0.47%) Visual Studio
8 9 (0.43%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.28%) Maven
9 6 (0.28%) SpecFlow
9 6 (0.28%) Storybook
9 6 (0.28%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.24%) JUnit
10 5 (0.24%) Mockito
10 5 (0.24%) Postman
10 5 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.14%) Appium
General
1 494 (23.43%) Social Skills
2 423 (20.07%) Finance
3 267 (12.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 263 (12.48%) Analytical Skills
5 256 (12.14%) Games
6 213 (10.10%) Marketing
7 143 (6.78%) Legal
8 141 (6.69%) Public Sector
9 123 (5.83%) Law
10 76 (3.61%) Retail
11 58 (2.75%) Banking
12 51 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
13 48 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
14 39 (1.85%) Automotive
15 27 (1.28%) Advertising
16 26 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
17 25 (1.19%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.04%) Telecoms
19 11 (0.52%) Back Office
20 8 (0.38%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 421 (19.97%) Senior
2 324 (15.37%) Lead
3 238 (11.29%) Developer
4 188 (8.92%) Architect
5 127 (6.02%) Software Engineer
6 96 (4.55%) Analyst
7 87 (4.13%) Engineering Manager
8 86 (4.08%) Consultant
9 81 (3.84%) Designer
10 76 (3.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 74 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
12 73 (3.46%) Data Engineer
13 65 (3.08%) .NET Developer
14 62 (2.94%) Product Manager
15 61 (2.89%) Data Scientist
16 56 (2.66%) Data Manager
17 52 (2.47%) Python Engineer
17 52 (2.47%) Senior Software Engineer
18 51 (2.42%) Senior Architect
19 49 (2.32%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (7.69%) React
2 119 (5.65%) .NET
3 104 (4.93%) RESTful
4 91 (4.32%) Node.js
5 85 (4.03%) REST
6 77 (3.65%) CSS
7 70 (3.32%) HTML
8 68 (3.23%) .NET Core
9 60 (2.85%) ASP.NET
9 60 (2.85%) ASP.NET Core
10 59 (2.80%) ML.NET
10 59 (2.80%) PyTorch
11 52 (2.47%) TensorFlow
12 50 (2.37%) Blazor
13 46 (2.18%) LangChain
14 38 (1.80%) FastAPI
15 35 (1.66%) Next.js
16 33 (1.57%) Spring
16 33 (1.57%) Vue
17 31 (1.47%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 210 (9.96%) Social Media
2 166 (7.87%) Cloud Native
3 126 (5.98%) Product Ownership
4 94 (4.46%) AI Agents
5 88 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 53 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
7 50 (2.37%) Low-Code
8 49 (2.32%) Mobile App
9 48 (2.28%) Algorithms
10 47 (2.23%) Public Cloud
10 47 (2.23%) Video\Live Streaming
11 44 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
12 43 (2.04%) Virtual Team
13 40 (1.90%) Data Centre
14 32 (1.52%) Blog
15 28 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
15 28 (1.33%) Social Network
16 27 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
17 26 (1.23%) Management Information System
18 20 (0.95%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 44 (2.09%) Android
2 30 (1.42%) Linux
3 27 (1.28%) Apple iOS
4 26 (1.23%) Windows
5 6 (0.28%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.28%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.28%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.19%) Unix
7 3 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 599 (28.42%) Agile
2 556 (26.38%) Roadmaps
3 555 (26.33%) Analytics
4 504 (23.91%) Machine Learning
5 401 (19.02%) CI/CD
6 317 (15.04%) Customer Experience
7 292 (13.85%) Software Engineering
8 283 (13.43%) Mentoring
9 273 (12.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 262 (12.43%) Decision-Making
10 262 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
11 246 (11.67%) DevOps
12 245 (11.62%) LLM
13 241 (11.43%) Product Roadmap
14 222 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
15 220 (10.44%) Storytelling
16 219 (10.39%) Generative AI
17 198 (9.39%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 185 (8.78%) Digital Customer Experience
19 181 (8.59%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 472 (22.39%) Python
2 317 (15.04%) SQL
3 136 (6.45%) C#
4 127 (6.02%) JavaScript
5 122 (5.79%) TypeScript
6 112 (5.31%) Java
7 61 (2.89%) Go
8 35 (1.66%) Bash
9 32 (1.52%) PowerShell
10 28 (1.33%) C++
11 23 (1.09%) R
12 20 (0.95%) Bicep
13 18 (0.85%) Scala
14 14 (0.66%) PHP
15 10 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.43%) C
16 9 (0.43%) Kotlin
16 9 (0.43%) PL/SQL
17 8 (0.38%) Rust
17 8 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 179 (8.49%) Degree
2 93 (4.41%) Security Cleared
3 58 (2.75%) SC Cleared
4 52 (2.47%) AWS Certification
5 51 (2.42%) ACCA
6 33 (1.57%) Azure Certification
6 33 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (1.47%) DV Cleared
8 30 (1.42%) CIMA
8 30 (1.42%) DBS Check
8 30 (1.42%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (1.09%) PhD
11 19 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.62%) CISSP
13 8 (0.38%) CISA
13 8 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 6 (0.28%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (13.52%) Accessibility
2 92 (4.36%) Data Quality
3 74 (3.51%) WCAG
4 62 (2.94%) QA
5 57 (2.70%) GDPR
6 54 (2.56%) GRC
7 25 (1.19%) IFRS
8 24 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 22 (1.04%) NIST
10 14 (0.66%) PMO
11 13 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 12 (0.57%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.57%) SLA
13 9 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.33%) NCSC
15 6 (0.28%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.19%) Solvency II
18 3 (0.14%) GAAP
System Software
1 143 (6.78%) Docker
2 89 (4.22%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (1.09%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.19%) Firmware
5 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.14%) Kamailio
5 3 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.095%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.047%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 119 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 77 (3.65%) Terraform
3 19 (0.90%) Ansible
4 14 (0.66%) Grafana
5 13 (0.62%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.33%) Kubeflow
8 7 (0.33%) Proxmox
9 6 (0.28%) Argo
10 3 (0.14%) Puppet
11 2 (0.095%) Podman
11 2 (0.095%) Salt
12 1 (0.047%) Istio
12 1 (0.047%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.047%) linkerd
12 1 (0.047%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 468 (22.20%) Microsoft
2 267 (12.67%) Adobe
3 123 (5.83%) Databricks
4 90 (4.27%) Google
5 59 (2.80%) Apple
6 57 (2.70%) OpenAI
7 54 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 52 (2.47%) Cisco
9 48 (2.28%) Dell
10 46 (2.18%) Salesforce
11 31 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
12 27 (1.28%) HubSpot
12 27 (1.28%) Palo Alto
13 26 (1.23%) Tenable
14 25 (1.19%) Oracle
15 21 (1.00%) Foundry
16 18 (0.85%) SAP
17 12 (0.57%) Facebook
17 12 (0.57%) Palantir
18 11 (0.52%) VMware
980 hybrid/remote AI jobs