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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 20 67
Rank change year-on-year +10 +47 +24
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,959 1,478 1,324
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.67% 10.37% 4.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.91% 10.93% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,107 704 857
10th Percentile £33,750 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,206 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +5.93% -10.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £101,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.45%

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 15,172 13,521 29,708
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.63% 94.90% 91.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10,708 8,881 23,561
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -10.57%

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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 7 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 51 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 46 (2.35%) CMS
3 39 (1.99%) Confluence
4 25 (1.28%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.56%) WordPress
7 10 (0.51%) Apache
8 9 (0.46%) JBoss
8 9 (0.46%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
10 5 (0.26%) SAS
11 4 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.15%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.10%) Camunda
14 1 (0.051%) Kinematics
14 1 (0.051%) Moodle
Applications
1 43 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (1.94%) Chatbot
3 30 (1.53%) UserZoom
4 22 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (0.20%) CapCut
8 3 (0.15%) Sketch
9 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.10%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.051%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.051%) Productboard
10 1 (0.051%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (0.97%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.20%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.10%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.10%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.10%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.10%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.051%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.051%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.051%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.051%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 501 (25.57%) Azure
2 362 (18.48%) AWS
3 207 (10.57%) SaaS
4 184 (9.39%) Adobe Analytics
5 173 (8.83%) GCP
6 133 (6.79%) GitHub
7 127 (6.48%) Power Platform
8 105 (5.36%) Figma
9 97 (4.95%) Azure AI
10 95 (4.85%) Snowflake
11 90 (4.59%) Azure Machine Learning
12 87 (4.44%) GitHub Copilot
13 86 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
14 69 (3.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 68 (3.47%) Serverless
16 64 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
17 55 (2.81%) Contentsquare
18 44 (2.25%) Microsoft Copilot
19 34 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
20 32 (1.63%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 280 (14.29%) Broadband
2 24 (1.23%) Firewall
3 19 (0.97%) HTTP
4 11 (0.56%) Unified Communications
5 9 (0.46%) Network Security
5 9 (0.46%) VPN
6 7 (0.36%) DNS
7 6 (0.31%) DMZ
8 5 (0.26%) DHCP
9 4 (0.20%) Modbus
9 4 (0.20%) RTP
9 4 (0.20%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.20%) VoIP
9 4 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.15%) WAN
10 3 (0.15%) Wireless
10 3 (0.15%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.10%) BGP
11 2 (0.10%) NGN
11 2 (0.10%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 76 (3.88%) Power BI
3 72 (3.68%) MongoDB
4 53 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
5 52 (2.65%) Metadata
6 51 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
7 40 (2.04%) Tableau
8 38 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
9 35 (1.79%) Big Data
10 28 (1.43%) NoSQL
11 23 (1.17%) Data Lake
12 22 (1.12%) BigQuery
13 21 (1.07%) Redis
14 20 (1.02%) Looker
15 19 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
16 14 (0.71%) Delta Lake
17 12 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
17 12 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
18 11 (0.56%) Pinecone
18 11 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 52 (2.65%) Git
2 41 (2.09%) JIRA
3 26 (1.33%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.12%) Claude Code
5 21 (1.07%) MLflow
6 18 (0.92%) Snyk
7 14 (0.71%) GitLab
8 10 (0.51%) Selenium
9 9 (0.46%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
9 9 (0.46%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.36%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.36%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.31%) Storybook
12 5 (0.26%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.26%) Subversion
13 3 (0.15%) Appium
13 3 (0.15%) ESLint
13 3 (0.15%) Postman
14 2 (0.10%) REST Assured
General
1 481 (24.55%) Social Skills
2 424 (21.64%) Finance
3 284 (14.50%) Analytical Skills
4 279 (14.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 238 (12.15%) Games
6 200 (10.21%) Marketing
7 156 (7.96%) Public Sector
8 137 (6.99%) Legal
9 112 (5.72%) Law
10 66 (3.37%) Retail
11 55 (2.81%) Banking
12 47 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
13 43 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
15 34 (1.74%) Telecoms
16 32 (1.63%) Automotive
17 25 (1.28%) Manufacturing
18 13 (0.66%) Back Office
19 12 (0.61%) Advertising
20 9 (0.46%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 386 (19.70%) Senior
2 291 (14.85%) Lead
3 181 (9.24%) Developer
4 179 (9.14%) Architect
5 102 (5.21%) Software Engineer
6 87 (4.44%) Analyst
7 81 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
8 78 (3.98%) Consultant
9 77 (3.93%) Engineering Manager
10 72 (3.68%) Designer
11 55 (2.81%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 54 (2.76%) Product Manager
13 53 (2.71%) Data Engineer
14 49 (2.50%) Lead Designer
15 48 (2.45%) Sales Executive
15 48 (2.45%) Senior Software Engineer
16 47 (2.40%) Data Manager
17 46 (2.35%) Python Engineer
18 44 (2.25%) Corporate Sales Executive
18 44 (2.25%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (6.28%) React
2 86 (4.39%) .NET
3 85 (4.34%) RESTful
4 84 (4.29%) REST
5 73 (3.73%) Node.js
6 54 (2.76%) CSS
7 50 (2.55%) HTML
7 50 (2.55%) PyTorch
8 42 (2.14%) TensorFlow
9 34 (1.74%) Kafka
10 33 (1.68%) LangChain
11 32 (1.63%) Vue
12 31 (1.58%) .NET Core
13 30 (1.53%) OAuth
13 30 (1.53%) Spring
14 29 (1.48%) FastAPI
14 29 (1.48%) Next.js
15 28 (1.43%) SOAP
16 26 (1.33%) Blazor
17 25 (1.28%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 189 (9.65%) Social Media
2 150 (7.66%) Cloud Native
3 107 (5.46%) Product Ownership
4 85 (4.34%) Onboarding
5 83 (4.24%) Blog
6 73 (3.73%) AI Agents
7 56 (2.86%) Virtual Team
8 52 (2.65%) Low-Code
8 52 (2.65%) Public Cloud
9 50 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
10 44 (2.25%) Mobile App
11 43 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
12 36 (1.84%) Algorithms
13 34 (1.74%) Data Centre
14 33 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
15 32 (1.63%) Video\Live Streaming
16 29 (1.48%) Social Network
17 21 (1.07%) Podcast
18 17 (0.87%) Management Information System
18 17 (0.87%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 43 (2.19%) Android
2 27 (1.38%) Apple iOS
3 23 (1.17%) Linux
4 18 (0.92%) Windows
5 5 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.20%) Unix
7 3 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.15%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.10%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.051%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.051%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (28.02%) Agile
2 520 (26.54%) Analytics
3 502 (25.63%) Roadmaps
4 418 (21.34%) Machine Learning
5 347 (17.71%) CI/CD
6 322 (16.44%) Customer Experience
7 283 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 250 (12.76%) Software Engineering
9 248 (12.66%) Mentoring
10 243 (12.40%) DevOps
11 238 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
12 235 (12.00%) Decision-Making
13 230 (11.74%) Product Roadmap
14 210 (10.72%) Storytelling
15 197 (10.06%) Generative AI
15 197 (10.06%) LLM
16 188 (9.60%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 178 (9.09%) Digital Customer Experience
18 172 (8.78%) User Experience
19 171 (8.73%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 385 (19.65%) Python
2 262 (13.37%) SQL
3 116 (5.92%) Java
4 102 (5.21%) TypeScript
5 89 (4.54%) C#
5 89 (4.54%) JavaScript
6 63 (3.22%) Go
7 30 (1.53%) C++
8 23 (1.17%) Bash
9 20 (1.02%) R
10 18 (0.92%) Scala
11 16 (0.82%) Apex Code
11 16 (0.82%) Bicep
12 14 (0.71%) PowerShell
13 12 (0.61%) PHP
14 10 (0.51%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.46%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.46%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.41%) Rust
16 8 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 249 (12.71%) Degree
2 72 (3.68%) Security Cleared
3 52 (2.65%) ACCA
4 51 (2.60%) Master's Degree
5 45 (2.30%) AWS Certification
6 44 (2.25%) SC Cleared
7 43 (2.19%) PhD
8 40 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 38 (1.94%) DBS Check
10 28 (1.43%) CIMA
11 27 (1.38%) Azure Certification
12 24 (1.23%) DV Cleared
13 19 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 18 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.77%) PMP
16 12 (0.61%) CISSP
17 8 (0.41%) CISA
17 8 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
18 6 (0.31%) CISM
19 5 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 272 (13.88%) Accessibility
2 71 (3.62%) WCAG
3 66 (3.37%) Data Quality
4 52 (2.65%) GDPR
5 51 (2.60%) QA
6 43 (2.19%) GRC
7 31 (1.58%) IFRS
8 23 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (0.71%) PMO
10 12 (0.61%) GAAP
10 12 (0.61%) NIST
10 12 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 7 (0.36%) NCSC
12 6 (0.31%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.20%) SLA
14 4 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 112 (5.72%) Docker
2 79 (4.03%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (1.07%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.15%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.051%) Firmware
6 1 (0.051%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 90 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 65 (3.32%) Terraform
3 19 (0.97%) Ansible
3 19 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (0.61%) Grafana
5 11 (0.56%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.36%) Proxmox
7 6 (0.31%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.26%) Argo
9 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.10%) Podman
10 2 (0.10%) Puppet
10 2 (0.10%) Salt
Vendors
1 396 (20.21%) Microsoft
2 249 (12.71%) Adobe
3 125 (6.38%) Databricks
4 78 (3.98%) Google
5 52 (2.65%) Cisco
5 52 (2.65%) Salesforce
6 50 (2.55%) Dell
7 48 (2.45%) Apple
8 38 (1.94%) ServiceNow
9 35 (1.79%) OpenAI
10 23 (1.17%) Oracle
11 21 (1.07%) CrowdStrike
11 21 (1.07%) PayPal
12 20 (1.02%) Foundry
12 20 (1.02%) Palo Alto
13 19 (0.97%) SAP
13 19 (0.97%) Tenable
14 18 (0.92%) HubSpot
15 14 (0.71%) Palantir
16 11 (0.56%) Instagram