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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 67
Rank change year-on-year -1 +60 +23
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,462 2,556 1,279
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.82% 15.81% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.34% 16.88% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,559 723 835
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £50,468 £32,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,200 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.74% +1.85% -13.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £117,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,295 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.59% -5.29% -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 17,173 15,146 29,476
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.44% 93.69% 88.91%
Number of salaries quoted 12,544 8,967 22,622
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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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 July 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 60 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.58%) CMS
2 39 (1.58%) Confluence
3 19 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (0.77%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.53%) Apache
6 12 (0.49%) WordPress
7 11 (0.45%) SAS
8 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.12%) Camunda
9 3 (0.12%) JBoss
9 3 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.081%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.081%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.041%) Moodle
11 1 (0.041%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 46 (1.87%) UserZoom
2 25 (1.02%) Chatbot
3 23 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (0.61%) Adobe After Effects
6 13 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 11 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 11 (0.45%) InDesign
7 11 (0.45%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.16%) CapCut
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.12%) Productboard
11 3 (0.12%) Sketch
11 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.12%) Trello
12 2 (0.081%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.041%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (0.97%) Cloudability
2 13 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.16%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.081%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.041%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.041%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.041%) HFM
6 1 (0.041%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.041%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.041%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.041%) Shopify
6 1 (0.041%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 727 (29.53%) Azure
2 441 (17.91%) AWS
3 249 (10.11%) SaaS
4 231 (9.38%) Azure AI
5 205 (8.33%) GCP
6 193 (7.84%) Adobe Analytics
7 175 (7.11%) Power Platform
8 170 (6.90%) GitHub
9 152 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
10 107 (4.35%) Figma
10 107 (4.35%) GitHub Copilot
11 102 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
12 99 (4.02%) Serverless
13 98 (3.98%) Snowflake
14 90 (3.66%) Azure Machine Learning
15 77 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 75 (3.05%) Anthropic Claude
17 72 (2.92%) Microsoft Copilot
18 71 (2.88%) Contentsquare
19 53 (2.15%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 339 (13.77%) Broadband
2 31 (1.26%) VPN
3 28 (1.14%) Firewall
4 27 (1.10%) Internet
5 15 (0.61%) DNS
6 14 (0.57%) HTTP
7 11 (0.45%) VoIP
8 10 (0.41%) DHCP
9 9 (0.37%) Network Security
10 8 (0.32%) Unified Communications
11 7 (0.28%) CTI
12 6 (0.24%) 5G
12 6 (0.24%) WPA
13 5 (0.20%) DMZ
13 5 (0.20%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.20%) TCP/IP
13 5 (0.20%) VLAN
13 5 (0.20%) VXLAN
13 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (8.16%) MongoDB
2 161 (6.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 110 (4.47%) SQL Server
4 100 (4.06%) Power BI
5 83 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
6 77 (3.13%) Metadata
7 59 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
8 44 (1.79%) Tableau
9 41 (1.67%) Big Data
10 31 (1.26%) BigQuery
10 31 (1.26%) Semantic Layer
11 30 (1.22%) NoSQL
11 30 (1.22%) Redis
12 29 (1.18%) Data Lake
13 24 (0.97%) Delta Lake
14 22 (0.89%) MySQL
14 22 (0.89%) Relational Database
15 21 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
16 17 (0.69%) Pinecone
17 13 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 80 (3.25%) Git
2 46 (1.87%) Claude Code
3 41 (1.67%) JIRA
4 34 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.02%) Snyk
6 18 (0.73%) GitLab
7 15 (0.61%) MLflow
8 13 (0.53%) Selenium
9 11 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.32%) Postman
11 6 (0.24%) Maven
11 6 (0.24%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.20%) JUnit
12 5 (0.20%) Mockito
12 5 (0.20%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.20%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.12%) Appium
13 3 (0.12%) Burp Suite
13 3 (0.12%) Metasploit
General
1 632 (25.67%) Social Skills
2 460 (18.68%) Finance
3 279 (11.33%) Games
4 265 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
5 263 (10.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 254 (10.32%) Marketing
7 151 (6.13%) Legal
8 145 (5.89%) Law
9 143 (5.81%) Public Sector
10 83 (3.37%) Retail
11 72 (2.92%) Banking
12 66 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
13 52 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
14 50 (2.03%) Advertising
15 40 (1.62%) Automotive
16 38 (1.54%) Legal Technology
17 29 (1.18%) Manufacturing
17 29 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
18 20 (0.81%) Telecoms
19 12 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 476 (19.33%) Senior
2 380 (15.43%) Lead
3 356 (14.46%) Developer
4 225 (9.14%) Architect
5 159 (6.46%) Software Engineer
6 151 (6.13%) .NET Developer
7 108 (4.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 104 (4.22%) Engineering Manager
9 102 (4.14%) Analyst
10 95 (3.86%) Consultant
11 83 (3.37%) Designer
12 80 (3.25%) Data Engineer
13 76 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
14 66 (2.68%) Data Scientist
15 64 (2.60%) Full-Stack Developer
15 64 (2.60%) Python Engineer
16 62 (2.52%) Product Manager
17 60 (2.44%) Senior Software Engineer
18 59 (2.40%) Data Manager
19 56 (2.27%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (8.94%) .NET
1 220 (8.94%) React
2 151 (6.13%) RESTful
3 150 (6.09%) ASP.NET
4 147 (5.97%) .NET Core
5 144 (5.85%) ASP.NET Core
6 141 (5.73%) ML.NET
7 130 (5.28%) CSS
8 123 (5.00%) HTML
9 103 (4.18%) Blazor
10 100 (4.06%) Node.js
11 81 (3.29%) REST
12 66 (2.68%) LangChain
13 65 (2.64%) PyTorch
14 57 (2.32%) TensorFlow
15 48 (1.95%) Vue
16 45 (1.83%) FastAPI
17 43 (1.75%) Next.js
18 32 (1.30%) Spring
19 30 (1.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 235 (9.55%) Social Media
2 225 (9.14%) Cloud Native
3 150 (6.09%) AI Agents
4 134 (5.44%) Product Ownership
5 96 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
6 75 (3.05%) Onboarding
7 64 (2.60%) Low-Code
8 62 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
9 58 (2.36%) Algorithms
10 57 (2.32%) Video\Live Streaming
11 53 (2.15%) Mobile App
11 53 (2.15%) Virtual Team
12 43 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
13 41 (1.67%) Data Centre
14 36 (1.46%) Security Posture
15 34 (1.38%) Management Information System
16 32 (1.30%) Podcast
16 32 (1.30%) Social Network
17 31 (1.26%) Public Cloud
18 26 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 55 (2.23%) Windows
2 51 (2.07%) Android
3 43 (1.75%) Linux
4 27 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.57%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.49%) VMS
7 9 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.12%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.081%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 727 (29.53%) Agile
2 637 (25.87%) Machine Learning
3 623 (25.30%) Analytics
4 621 (25.22%) Roadmaps
5 519 (21.08%) CI/CD
6 384 (15.60%) Software Engineering
7 373 (15.15%) Mentoring
8 351 (14.26%) Decision-Making
9 347 (14.09%) Full-Stack Development
10 338 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 335 (13.61%) Customer Experience
12 324 (13.16%) LLM
13 321 (13.04%) DevOps
14 299 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
15 244 (9.91%) Generative AI
15 244 (9.91%) Product Roadmap
16 238 (9.67%) Technical Leadership
17 219 (8.90%) Storytelling
18 207 (8.41%) Data Science
19 205 (8.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 576 (23.40%) Python
2 435 (17.67%) SQL
3 242 (9.83%) C#
4 216 (8.77%) JavaScript
5 159 (6.46%) TypeScript
6 110 (4.47%) Java
7 66 (2.68%) Go
8 53 (2.15%) PowerShell
9 47 (1.91%) Bash
10 42 (1.71%) Bicep
11 35 (1.42%) C++
12 25 (1.02%) Scala
13 20 (0.81%) R
14 18 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
15 16 (0.65%) PHP
16 11 (0.45%) C
16 11 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.32%) Kotlin
18 7 (0.28%) Ruby
19 6 (0.24%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 199 (8.08%) Degree
2 110 (4.47%) Security Cleared
3 70 (2.84%) SC Cleared
4 53 (2.15%) ACCA
5 44 (1.79%) Azure Certification
6 42 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (1.50%) AWS Certification
8 32 (1.30%) DV Cleared
9 31 (1.26%) CIMA
9 31 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (1.22%) PhD
11 28 (1.14%) CISSP
12 27 (1.10%) Master's Degree
13 25 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 25 (1.02%) DBS Check
14 20 (0.81%) CISM
15 16 (0.65%) A+ Certification
15 16 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
16 10 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
17 9 (0.37%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (11.82%) Accessibility
2 140 (5.69%) Data Quality
3 84 (3.41%) GDPR
4 79 (3.21%) QA
5 69 (2.80%) WCAG
6 55 (2.23%) GRC
7 33 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 31 (1.26%) NIST
9 23 (0.93%) IFRS
10 22 (0.89%) SLA
11 15 (0.61%) PMO
12 14 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 13 (0.53%) PCI DSS
14 12 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 11 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 8 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
17 6 (0.24%) NCSC
18 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
19 4 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
19 4 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 184 (7.47%) Docker
2 91 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
3 53 (2.15%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.49%) vSphere
7 6 (0.24%) Firmware
7 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.12%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 171 (6.95%) Kubernetes
2 114 (4.63%) Terraform
3 33 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (0.77%) Ansible
5 17 (0.69%) Grafana
6 16 (0.65%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.32%) Argo
7 8 (0.32%) Kubeflow
8 7 (0.28%) Proxmox
9 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.16%) Puppet
11 3 (0.12%) Istio
11 3 (0.12%) Nmap
12 2 (0.081%) linkerd
12 2 (0.081%) Podman
12 2 (0.081%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.081%) Salt
13 1 (0.041%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.041%) Nessus
13 1 (0.041%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 603 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 252 (10.24%) Adobe
3 139 (5.65%) Databricks
4 115 (4.67%) Google
5 79 (3.21%) OpenAI
6 75 (3.05%) Cisco
7 61 (2.48%) ServiceNow
8 51 (2.07%) Dell
9 45 (1.83%) Apple
9 45 (1.83%) Salesforce
10 38 (1.54%) Foundry
11 33 (1.34%) Facebook
12 31 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
13 28 (1.14%) HubSpot
14 27 (1.10%) Palo Alto
14 27 (1.10%) Tenable
15 23 (0.93%) Oracle
15 23 (0.93%) VMware
16 18 (0.73%) SAP
17 17 (0.69%) Yahoo!