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

 6 months to
27 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 63
Rank change year-on-year 0 +56 +19
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,758 2,637 1,044
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.62% 15.98% 3.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.22% 17.16% 4.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,724 690 626
10th Percentile £40,878 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £28,813 £50,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £61,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.36% -11.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £89,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £104,375
UK median annual salary £70,752 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.82% -3.57% -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 18,117 15,366 23,899
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 93.09% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13,146 9,081 17,628
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
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 27 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 70 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.74%) Confluence
3 40 (1.45%) CMS
4 22 (0.80%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.73%) Apache
6 17 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
7 15 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.36%) WordPress
9 9 (0.33%) SAS
10 5 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.15%) Camunda
11 4 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.073%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.073%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.073%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.036%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.036%) Moodle
13 1 (0.036%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.036%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (1.60%) UserZoom
2 33 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 28 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 22 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.62%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.47%) InDesign
7 13 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.15%) CapCut
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.11%) Productboard
11 3 (0.11%) Sketch
11 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.11%) Trello
12 2 (0.073%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.073%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 37 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.02%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.87%) Cloudability
4 5 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
5 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.15%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.15%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.036%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.036%) HFM
7 1 (0.036%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.036%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.036%) Shopify
7 1 (0.036%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 820 (29.73%) Azure
2 490 (17.77%) AWS
3 262 (9.50%) SaaS
4 247 (8.96%) Azure AI
5 225 (8.16%) GCP
6 200 (7.25%) Power Platform
7 194 (7.03%) GitHub
8 180 (6.53%) Adobe Analytics
9 168 (6.09%) Azure DevOps
10 123 (4.46%) GitHub Copilot
11 114 (4.13%) Figma
11 114 (4.13%) Snowflake
12 113 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
13 104 (3.77%) Serverless
14 95 (3.44%) Entra ID
15 94 (3.41%) Anthropic Claude
16 87 (3.15%) Microsoft Copilot
17 85 (3.08%) Azure Machine Learning
18 81 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 70 (2.54%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 325 (11.78%) Broadband
2 32 (1.16%) Internet
3 29 (1.05%) VPN
4 28 (1.02%) Firewall
5 15 (0.54%) DNS
6 13 (0.47%) HTTP
6 13 (0.47%) VoIP
7 11 (0.40%) CTI
7 11 (0.40%) Network Security
8 9 (0.33%) DHCP
9 8 (0.29%) WPA
10 7 (0.25%) Wireless
11 6 (0.22%) 5G
11 6 (0.22%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.18%) Ethernet VPN
12 5 (0.18%) VLAN
12 5 (0.18%) VXLAN
12 5 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.15%) DMZ
14 3 (0.11%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (7.83%) MongoDB
2 172 (6.24%) Azure SQL Database
3 117 (4.24%) SQL Server
4 114 (4.13%) Power BI
5 93 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
6 83 (3.01%) Metadata
7 64 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
8 46 (1.67%) Tableau
9 43 (1.56%) Big Data
10 40 (1.45%) NoSQL
11 38 (1.38%) Data Lake
12 32 (1.16%) Semantic Layer
13 31 (1.12%) BigQuery
14 30 (1.09%) Redis
15 28 (1.02%) Delta Lake
16 26 (0.94%) Relational Database
17 21 (0.76%) MySQL
18 18 (0.65%) Pinecone
19 16 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
20 14 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 108 (3.92%) Git
2 56 (2.03%) Claude Code
2 56 (2.03%) JIRA
3 41 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 26 (0.94%) Snyk
5 23 (0.83%) GitLab
6 18 (0.65%) Selenium
7 15 (0.54%) MLflow
8 11 (0.40%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.33%) Postman
9 9 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.29%) JUnit
10 8 (0.29%) Maven
10 8 (0.29%) Mockito
11 6 (0.22%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.18%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.15%) Appium
13 4 (0.15%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.15%) Metasploit
13 4 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 759 (27.52%) Social Skills
2 548 (19.87%) Finance
3 320 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
4 316 (11.46%) Marketing
5 298 (10.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 273 (9.90%) Games
7 223 (8.09%) Legal
8 167 (6.06%) Law
9 158 (5.73%) Public Sector
10 102 (3.70%) Retail
11 94 (3.41%) Banking
12 72 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
13 68 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
14 56 (2.03%) Advertising
15 41 (1.49%) Automotive
16 39 (1.41%) Legal Technology
17 33 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
18 30 (1.09%) Manufacturing
19 24 (0.87%) Telecoms
20 16 (0.58%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 543 (19.69%) Senior
2 393 (14.25%) Developer
3 372 (13.49%) Lead
4 259 (9.39%) Architect
5 193 (7.00%) Software Engineer
6 168 (6.09%) .NET Developer
7 116 (4.21%) Analyst
8 112 (4.06%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 110 (3.99%) Engineering Manager
10 109 (3.95%) Consultant
11 83 (3.01%) Data Engineer
12 79 (2.86%) Designer
12 79 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
13 75 (2.72%) Data Scientist
13 75 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
13 75 (2.72%) Senior Manager
14 73 (2.65%) Python Engineer
15 69 (2.50%) Senior Developer
16 65 (2.36%) Product Manager
16 65 (2.36%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 254 (9.21%) React
2 246 (8.92%) .NET
3 166 (6.02%) ASP.NET
4 161 (5.84%) .NET Core
4 161 (5.84%) RESTful
5 157 (5.69%) ASP.NET Core
6 154 (5.58%) ML.NET
7 145 (5.26%) CSS
8 138 (5.00%) HTML
9 118 (4.28%) Node.js
10 114 (4.13%) Blazor
11 98 (3.55%) REST
12 78 (2.83%) LangChain
13 62 (2.25%) PyTorch
14 60 (2.18%) Next.js
15 52 (1.89%) TensorFlow
16 48 (1.74%) Vue
17 47 (1.70%) FastAPI
18 41 (1.49%) LangGraph
19 37 (1.34%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 240 (8.70%) Cloud Native
2 222 (8.05%) Social Media
3 189 (6.85%) AI Agents
4 136 (4.93%) Product Ownership
5 106 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
6 80 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
7 73 (2.65%) Onboarding
8 70 (2.54%) Algorithms
9 66 (2.39%) Low-Code
10 63 (2.28%) Blog
11 58 (2.10%) Video\Live Streaming
11 58 (2.10%) Virtual Team
12 56 (2.03%) Mobile App
13 53 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
14 44 (1.60%) Data Centre
15 42 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
16 41 (1.49%) Marketing Technology
17 40 (1.45%) Management Information System
18 39 (1.41%) Security Posture
19 37 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 60 (2.18%) Windows
2 53 (1.92%) Android
3 50 (1.81%) Linux
4 26 (0.94%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.47%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.44%) VMS
7 9 (0.33%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.15%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.036%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 786 (28.50%) Agile
2 706 (25.60%) Machine Learning
3 694 (25.16%) Analytics
4 655 (23.75%) Roadmaps
5 579 (20.99%) CI/CD
6 463 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 447 (16.21%) Mentoring
8 428 (15.52%) Software Engineering
9 415 (15.05%) Decision-Making
10 375 (13.60%) Full-Stack Development
10 375 (13.60%) LLM
11 354 (12.84%) DevOps
12 339 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
13 331 (12.00%) Customer Experience
14 252 (9.14%) Technical Leadership
15 246 (8.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 245 (8.88%) Cybersecurity
17 241 (8.74%) Data Science
18 237 (8.59%) Generative AI
19 234 (8.48%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 632 (22.92%) Python
2 491 (17.80%) SQL
3 276 (10.01%) C#
4 247 (8.96%) JavaScript
5 182 (6.60%) TypeScript
6 124 (4.50%) Java
7 60 (2.18%) Go
8 55 (1.99%) PowerShell
9 47 (1.70%) Bash
10 46 (1.67%) Bicep
11 44 (1.60%) C++
12 27 (0.98%) Scala
13 19 (0.69%) R
14 18 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
15 14 (0.51%) Kotlin
15 14 (0.51%) PHP
16 13 (0.47%) C
17 12 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 8 (0.29%) Groovy
18 8 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 216 (7.83%) Degree
2 151 (5.47%) Security Cleared
3 107 (3.88%) SC Cleared
4 69 (2.50%) CISSP
5 64 (2.32%) CISM
6 54 (1.96%) A+ Certification
6 54 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
7 53 (1.92%) ACCA
8 47 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 46 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 43 (1.56%) DV Cleared
11 35 (1.27%) CIMA
12 34 (1.23%) AWS Certification
12 34 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 29 (1.05%) PhD
14 27 (0.98%) Master's Degree
15 25 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 19 (0.69%) DBS Check
17 12 (0.44%) SnowPro
18 10 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 297 (10.77%) Accessibility
2 157 (5.69%) Data Quality
3 99 (3.59%) QA
4 96 (3.48%) GDPR
5 68 (2.47%) WCAG
6 60 (2.18%) GRC
7 40 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 35 (1.27%) NIST
9 25 (0.91%) SLA
10 20 (0.73%) IFRS
11 14 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.51%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.47%) PMO
13 12 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 12 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.22%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.18%) EU AI Act
16 5 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 209 (7.58%) Docker
2 93 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
3 91 (3.30%) Active Directory
4 18 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.44%) vSphere
6 7 (0.25%) Firmware
7 6 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.036%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.036%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 194 (7.03%) Kubernetes
2 129 (4.68%) Terraform
3 73 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (0.73%) Ansible
4 20 (0.73%) Grafana
5 17 (0.62%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.25%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.22%) Argo
8 5 (0.18%) Proxmox
8 5 (0.18%) Puppet
9 4 (0.15%) Istio
9 4 (0.15%) Nmap
9 4 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.11%) linkerd
11 2 (0.073%) Podman
11 2 (0.073%) Salt
12 1 (0.036%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.036%) Nessus
12 1 (0.036%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 693 (25.13%) Microsoft
2 238 (8.63%) Adobe
3 159 (5.77%) Databricks
4 130 (4.71%) Google
5 88 (3.19%) OpenAI
6 79 (2.86%) Cisco
7 65 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.99%) CyberArk
9 50 (1.81%) Dell
10 48 (1.74%) Salesforce
11 46 (1.67%) Apple
12 37 (1.34%) Facebook
12 37 (1.34%) Foundry
13 34 (1.23%) HubSpot
14 31 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
15 28 (1.02%) Palo Alto
16 27 (0.98%) Oracle
16 27 (0.98%) Tenable
17 23 (0.83%) VMware
18 21 (0.76%) Yahoo!
1,843 hybrid/remote AI jobs