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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 62
Rank change year-on-year 0 +55 +22
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,834 2,660 1,012
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.71% 16.02% 4.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.31% 17.23% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,787 708 599
10th Percentile £40,500 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £28,938 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £71,000 £67,500 £71,991
% change year-on-year +5.19% -6.24% -4.01%

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 18,510 15,440 22,079
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.99% 92.97% 87.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13,413 9,132 16,008
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,500 £41,000 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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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 August 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 74 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.80%) Confluence
3 41 (1.45%) CMS
4 23 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.74%) Apache
6 19 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.32%) SAS
9 8 (0.28%) WordPress
10 6 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.14%) Camunda
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.071%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.071%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.035%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.035%) Moodle
13 1 (0.035%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.035%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.035%) Umbraco
Applications
1 43 (1.52%) UserZoom
2 34 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 33 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 26 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.46%) InDesign
7 13 (0.46%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.14%) CapCut
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.11%) Moqups
11 3 (0.11%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.11%) Productboard
11 3 (0.11%) Sketch
11 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.11%) Trello
12 2 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 37 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.99%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.85%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
5 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.14%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.035%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.035%) HFM
7 1 (0.035%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.035%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.035%) Shopify
7 1 (0.035%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 832 (29.36%) Azure
2 518 (18.28%) AWS
3 267 (9.42%) SaaS
4 250 (8.82%) Azure AI
5 231 (8.15%) GCP
6 215 (7.59%) Power Platform
7 201 (7.09%) GitHub
8 174 (6.14%) Azure DevOps
9 171 (6.03%) Adobe Analytics
10 127 (4.48%) GitHub Copilot
11 118 (4.16%) Snowflake
12 117 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
13 111 (3.92%) Figma
14 109 (3.85%) Serverless
15 98 (3.46%) Anthropic Claude
16 97 (3.42%) Entra ID
17 93 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
18 84 (2.96%) Azure Machine Learning
19 83 (2.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 69 (2.43%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 306 (10.80%) Broadband
2 32 (1.13%) Internet
3 28 (0.99%) VPN
4 27 (0.95%) Firewall
5 18 (0.64%) Network Security
6 16 (0.56%) DNS
7 13 (0.46%) HTTP
8 12 (0.42%) VoIP
9 11 (0.39%) CTI
10 9 (0.32%) DHCP
11 8 (0.28%) WPA
12 7 (0.25%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.25%) Wireless
13 6 (0.21%) 5G
14 5 (0.18%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.18%) VLAN
14 5 (0.18%) VXLAN
14 5 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (0.14%) BGP
15 4 (0.14%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (7.73%) MongoDB
2 175 (6.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 124 (4.38%) Power BI
4 119 (4.20%) SQL Server
5 96 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
6 79 (2.79%) Metadata
7 66 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
8 48 (1.69%) Tableau
9 43 (1.52%) Big Data
10 42 (1.48%) NoSQL
11 39 (1.38%) Data Lake
12 31 (1.09%) BigQuery
12 31 (1.09%) Redis
12 31 (1.09%) Semantic Layer
13 30 (1.06%) Delta Lake
14 26 (0.92%) Relational Database
15 21 (0.74%) MySQL
16 18 (0.64%) Pinecone
17 15 (0.53%) Data Vault
17 15 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 114 (4.02%) Git
2 63 (2.22%) JIRA
3 58 (2.05%) Claude Code
4 44 (1.55%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.95%) Snyk
6 25 (0.88%) GitLab
7 19 (0.67%) Selenium
8 16 (0.56%) MLflow
9 12 (0.42%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.35%) Postman
12 9 (0.32%) JUnit
12 9 (0.32%) Maven
12 9 (0.32%) Mockito
13 5 (0.18%) Appium
13 5 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
14 4 (0.14%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.14%) Metasploit
14 4 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 784 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 586 (20.68%) Finance
3 333 (11.75%) Analytical Skills
4 325 (11.47%) Marketing
5 316 (11.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 260 (9.17%) Games
7 229 (8.08%) Legal
8 170 (6.00%) Law
9 161 (5.68%) Public Sector
10 102 (3.60%) Retail
11 98 (3.46%) Banking
12 81 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
13 68 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
14 57 (2.01%) Advertising
15 38 (1.34%) Automotive
15 38 (1.34%) Legal Technology
16 36 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
17 33 (1.16%) Manufacturing
18 23 (0.81%) Telecoms
19 18 (0.64%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 551 (19.44%) Senior
2 402 (14.18%) Developer
3 366 (12.91%) Lead
4 269 (9.49%) Architect
5 202 (7.13%) Software Engineer
6 170 (6.00%) .NET Developer
7 121 (4.27%) Analyst
8 115 (4.06%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 111 (3.92%) Consultant
10 110 (3.88%) Engineering Manager
11 82 (2.89%) Data Engineer
12 80 (2.82%) Data Scientist
12 80 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
13 77 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
13 77 (2.72%) Python Engineer
14 75 (2.65%) Senior Manager
15 73 (2.58%) Designer
15 73 (2.58%) Senior Developer
16 66 (2.33%) Product Manager
17 64 (2.26%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 267 (9.42%) React
2 253 (8.93%) .NET
3 168 (5.93%) ASP.NET
4 165 (5.82%) .NET Core
5 164 (5.79%) RESTful
6 159 (5.61%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.50%) ML.NET
8 146 (5.15%) CSS
9 138 (4.87%) HTML
10 124 (4.38%) Node.js
11 117 (4.13%) Blazor
12 108 (3.81%) REST
13 84 (2.96%) LangChain
14 67 (2.36%) Next.js
15 56 (1.98%) PyTorch
16 49 (1.73%) FastAPI
17 48 (1.69%) Vue
18 45 (1.59%) LangGraph
18 45 (1.59%) TensorFlow
19 39 (1.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 249 (8.79%) Cloud Native
2 216 (7.62%) Social Media
3 204 (7.20%) AI Agents
4 137 (4.83%) Product Ownership
5 109 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
6 86 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 74 (2.61%) Blog
8 70 (2.47%) Algorithms
8 70 (2.47%) Onboarding
9 66 (2.33%) Low-Code
10 57 (2.01%) Virtual Team
11 54 (1.91%) Video\Live Streaming
12 53 (1.87%) Mobile App
13 52 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
14 51 (1.80%) Data Centre
15 49 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
16 44 (1.55%) Management Information System
17 43 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
17 43 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
18 39 (1.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 61 (2.15%) Windows
2 53 (1.87%) Linux
3 49 (1.73%) Android
4 22 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.42%) VMS
7 9 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.11%) Unix
11 2 (0.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 789 (27.84%) Agile
2 736 (25.97%) Machine Learning
3 705 (24.88%) Analytics
4 652 (23.01%) Roadmaps
5 589 (20.78%) CI/CD
6 488 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 450 (15.88%) Mentoring
8 446 (15.74%) Software Engineering
9 415 (14.64%) Decision-Making
10 393 (13.87%) LLM
11 383 (13.51%) Full-Stack Development
12 365 (12.88%) DevOps
13 356 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
14 328 (11.57%) Customer Experience
15 265 (9.35%) Cybersecurity
16 255 (9.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 251 (8.86%) Data Science
18 249 (8.79%) Technical Leadership
19 234 (8.26%) Generative AI
20 231 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 651 (22.97%) Python
2 509 (17.96%) SQL
3 287 (10.13%) C#
4 256 (9.03%) JavaScript
5 194 (6.85%) TypeScript
6 131 (4.62%) Java
7 57 (2.01%) Go
7 57 (2.01%) PowerShell
8 47 (1.66%) C++
9 46 (1.62%) Bash
9 46 (1.62%) Bicep
10 29 (1.02%) Scala
11 20 (0.71%) R
12 18 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
13 16 (0.56%) Kotlin
14 15 (0.53%) PHP
15 13 (0.46%) C
16 12 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (0.32%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 225 (7.94%) Degree
2 168 (5.93%) Security Cleared
3 116 (4.09%) SC Cleared
4 68 (2.40%) CISSP
5 64 (2.26%) CISM
6 54 (1.91%) A+ Certification
6 54 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
7 53 (1.87%) DV Cleared
8 52 (1.83%) ACCA
9 47 (1.66%) Azure Certification
9 47 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 38 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (1.24%) CIMA
12 33 (1.16%) AWS Certification
13 30 (1.06%) PhD
14 29 (1.02%) Master's Degree
15 25 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 18 (0.64%) DBS Check
17 13 (0.46%) SnowPro
18 12 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (10.16%) Accessibility
2 169 (5.96%) Data Quality
3 104 (3.67%) QA
4 99 (3.49%) GDPR
5 68 (2.40%) WCAG
6 58 (2.05%) GRC
7 44 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 35 (1.24%) NIST
9 27 (0.95%) SLA
10 19 (0.67%) IFRS
11 14 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 13 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 13 (0.46%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.42%) PMO
13 12 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 6 (0.21%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 219 (7.73%) Docker
2 93 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
3 91 (3.21%) Active Directory
4 19 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.46%) vSphere
6 12 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.25%) Firmware
8 6 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.071%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 198 (6.99%) Kubernetes
2 134 (4.73%) Terraform
3 74 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (0.81%) Grafana
5 19 (0.67%) Ansible
6 18 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.25%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.18%) Argo
8 5 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.18%) Puppet
9 4 (0.14%) Istio
9 4 (0.14%) Nmap
9 4 (0.14%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.11%) linkerd
11 2 (0.071%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.071%) Podman
11 2 (0.071%) Salt
12 1 (0.035%) Nessus
12 1 (0.035%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 711 (25.09%) Microsoft
2 230 (8.12%) Adobe
3 165 (5.82%) Databricks
4 133 (4.69%) Google
5 89 (3.14%) OpenAI
6 79 (2.79%) Cisco
7 67 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.94%) CyberArk
9 50 (1.76%) Apple
9 50 (1.76%) Dell
10 48 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 38 (1.34%) Facebook
12 36 (1.27%) Foundry
13 35 (1.24%) HubSpot
14 30 (1.06%) CrowdStrike
15 29 (1.02%) Palo Alto
16 28 (0.99%) Oracle
17 27 (0.95%) Tenable
18 23 (0.81%) SAP
18 23 (0.81%) VMware