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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 7 66
Rank change year-on-year -3 +59 +21
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,241 2,417 1,351
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.28% 15.79% 3.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.79% 16.69% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 682 894
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,200 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.74% +4.25% -15.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,938 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,296 £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 16,250 14,485 30,759
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.82% 94.60% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,711 8,403 23,769
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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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 15 June 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 48 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.70%) CMS
3 37 (1.65%) Confluence
4 22 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
5 21 (0.94%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.54%) Apache
6 12 (0.54%) WordPress
7 10 (0.45%) SAS
8 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.18%) JBoss
9 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.089%) Camunda
11 2 (0.089%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.089%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.089%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.045%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 37 (1.65%) UserZoom
2 26 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (0.71%) Chatbot
5 12 (0.54%) Adobe After Effects
5 12 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.36%) InDesign
7 8 (0.36%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.18%) CapCut
10 3 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.13%) Productboard
10 3 (0.13%) Sketch
10 3 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.13%) Trello
11 2 (0.089%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Project
12 1 (0.045%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (1.07%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.18%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.089%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.089%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.089%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.045%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.045%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.045%) HFM
6 1 (0.045%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.045%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.045%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 616 (27.49%) Azure
2 422 (18.83%) AWS
3 231 (10.31%) SaaS
4 196 (8.75%) GCP
5 185 (8.26%) Adobe Analytics
6 173 (7.72%) Azure AI
7 158 (7.05%) Power Platform
8 137 (6.11%) GitHub
9 114 (5.09%) Figma
10 113 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
11 91 (4.06%) Azure Machine Learning
11 91 (4.06%) Serverless
12 90 (4.02%) Snowflake
13 89 (3.97%) GitHub Copilot
14 83 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
15 72 (3.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 65 (2.90%) Anthropic Claude
17 62 (2.77%) Contentsquare
18 58 (2.59%) Microsoft Copilot
19 33 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 326 (14.55%) Broadband
2 25 (1.12%) Firewall
3 19 (0.85%) VPN
4 16 (0.71%) Internet
5 15 (0.67%) HTTP
6 12 (0.54%) DNS
7 10 (0.45%) Unified Communications
8 8 (0.36%) DHCP
8 8 (0.36%) Network Security
9 6 (0.27%) 5G
9 6 (0.27%) DMZ
10 5 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.22%) VXLAN
10 5 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.18%) RTP
11 4 (0.18%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.18%) VoIP
11 4 (0.18%) WPA
12 3 (0.13%) VLAN
12 3 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (6.78%) MongoDB
2 106 (4.73%) Azure SQL Database
3 100 (4.46%) SQL Server
4 91 (4.06%) Power BI
5 77 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
6 62 (2.77%) Metadata
7 47 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
7 47 (2.10%) Tableau
8 42 (1.87%) Big Data
9 31 (1.38%) BigQuery
9 31 (1.38%) NoSQL
10 28 (1.25%) Semantic Layer
11 24 (1.07%) Redis
12 23 (1.03%) Data Lake
12 23 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
13 22 (0.98%) Relational Database
14 18 (0.80%) Delta Lake
15 17 (0.76%) Looker
15 17 (0.76%) MySQL
16 16 (0.71%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 66 (2.95%) Git
2 41 (1.83%) Claude Code
3 33 (1.47%) JIRA
4 32 (1.43%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.12%) Snyk
6 20 (0.89%) MLflow
7 15 (0.67%) GitLab
8 10 (0.45%) Selenium
9 9 (0.40%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.36%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.31%) Postman
12 6 (0.27%) Maven
12 6 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.22%) JUnit
13 5 (0.22%) Mockito
13 5 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.22%) WebDriver
14 4 (0.18%) Storybook
15 3 (0.13%) Appium
15 3 (0.13%) ESLint
General
1 539 (24.05%) Social Skills
2 433 (19.32%) Finance
3 269 (12.00%) Games
4 264 (11.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 262 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
6 232 (10.35%) Marketing
7 137 (6.11%) Legal
8 131 (5.85%) Public Sector
9 118 (5.27%) Law
10 81 (3.61%) Retail
11 68 (3.03%) Banking
12 62 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
13 46 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
14 40 (1.78%) Legal Technology
15 39 (1.74%) Advertising
15 39 (1.74%) Automotive
16 28 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
17 25 (1.12%) Manufacturing
18 14 (0.62%) Telecoms
19 10 (0.45%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 436 (19.46%) Senior
2 352 (15.71%) Lead
3 297 (13.25%) Developer
4 201 (8.97%) Architect
5 135 (6.02%) Software Engineer
6 101 (4.51%) .NET Developer
7 98 (4.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 94 (4.19%) Analyst
8 94 (4.19%) Engineering Manager
9 87 (3.88%) Consultant
10 83 (3.70%) Designer
11 78 (3.48%) Data Engineer
12 75 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
13 64 (2.86%) Python Engineer
14 63 (2.81%) Data Scientist
15 61 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
15 61 (2.72%) Product Manager
16 58 (2.59%) Data Manager
17 54 (2.41%) Senior Developer
18 52 (2.32%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (8.52%) React
2 160 (7.14%) .NET
3 126 (5.62%) RESTful
4 102 (4.55%) .NET Core
5 101 (4.51%) CSS
6 95 (4.24%) ASP.NET
7 94 (4.19%) ASP.NET Core
7 94 (4.19%) Node.js
8 93 (4.15%) HTML
9 92 (4.11%) ML.NET
10 81 (3.61%) REST
11 72 (3.21%) Blazor
12 66 (2.95%) PyTorch
13 61 (2.72%) LangChain
14 57 (2.54%) TensorFlow
15 46 (2.05%) FastAPI
16 41 (1.83%) Vue
17 39 (1.74%) Next.js
18 33 (1.47%) Spring
19 27 (1.20%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 219 (9.77%) Social Media
2 201 (8.97%) Cloud Native
3 132 (5.89%) Product Ownership
4 119 (5.31%) AI Agents
5 74 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
6 72 (3.21%) Onboarding
7 61 (2.72%) Low-Code
8 57 (2.54%) Video\Live Streaming
9 53 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
10 52 (2.32%) Algorithms
11 48 (2.14%) Mobile App
12 47 (2.10%) Virtual Team
13 40 (1.78%) Data Centre
14 35 (1.56%) Public Cloud
15 34 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
16 30 (1.34%) Social Network
17 28 (1.25%) Management Information System
18 25 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
18 25 (1.12%) Security Posture
19 24 (1.07%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 41 (1.83%) Android
2 33 (1.47%) Linux
3 32 (1.43%) Windows
4 27 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.31%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.31%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.18%) VMS
8 2 (0.089%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.089%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 639 (28.51%) Agile
2 577 (25.75%) Roadmaps
3 567 (25.30%) Analytics
4 565 (25.21%) Machine Learning
5 455 (20.30%) CI/CD
6 338 (15.08%) Software Engineering
7 324 (14.46%) Customer Experience
8 304 (13.57%) Mentoring
9 297 (13.25%) Decision-Making
10 287 (12.81%) Full-Stack Development
11 280 (12.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 279 (12.45%) LLM
13 274 (12.23%) DevOps
14 268 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
15 241 (10.75%) Generative AI
16 236 (10.53%) Product Roadmap
17 214 (9.55%) Storytelling
18 204 (9.10%) Technical Leadership
19 197 (8.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
20 195 (8.70%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 536 (23.92%) Python
2 363 (16.20%) SQL
3 181 (8.08%) C#
4 169 (7.54%) JavaScript
5 141 (6.29%) TypeScript
6 114 (5.09%) Java
7 69 (3.08%) Go
8 42 (1.87%) Bash
9 38 (1.70%) PowerShell
10 29 (1.29%) Bicep
11 26 (1.16%) C++
12 21 (0.94%) R
12 21 (0.94%) Scala
13 15 (0.67%) PHP
14 10 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.40%) C
16 8 (0.36%) Rust
17 7 (0.31%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 177 (7.90%) Degree
2 93 (4.15%) Security Cleared
3 56 (2.50%) SC Cleared
4 52 (2.32%) ACCA
5 41 (1.83%) AWS Certification
6 36 (1.61%) Azure Certification
7 34 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (1.43%) DV Cleared
9 31 (1.38%) CIMA
10 27 (1.20%) DBS Check
10 27 (1.20%) Master's Degree
11 26 (1.16%) PhD
12 24 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 22 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.49%) CISSP
15 10 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
17 8 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 7 (0.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 4 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 278 (12.41%) Accessibility
2 110 (4.91%) Data Quality
3 74 (3.30%) GDPR
4 71 (3.17%) WCAG
5 65 (2.90%) QA
6 54 (2.41%) GRC
7 30 (1.34%) NIST
8 27 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 24 (1.07%) IFRS
10 21 (0.94%) SLA
11 15 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 14 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (0.62%) PMO
13 13 (0.58%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (0.31%) NCSC
16 6 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.27%) JSP 440
17 4 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 161 (7.18%) Docker
2 89 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (1.07%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.18%) Firmware
6 4 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.18%) vSphere
7 3 (0.13%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.045%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 137 (6.11%) Kubernetes
2 94 (4.19%) Terraform
3 19 (0.85%) Ansible
4 16 (0.71%) Grafana
5 15 (0.67%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.36%) Kubeflow
7 8 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.31%) Argo
8 7 (0.31%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.18%) Puppet
10 3 (0.13%) Istio
11 2 (0.089%) linkerd
11 2 (0.089%) Podman
11 2 (0.089%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.089%) Salt
12 1 (0.045%) CASB
12 1 (0.045%) Cilium
12 1 (0.045%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.045%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 497 (22.18%) Microsoft
2 247 (11.02%) Adobe
3 129 (5.76%) Databricks
4 98 (4.37%) Google
5 68 (3.03%) OpenAI
6 64 (2.86%) Cisco
7 55 (2.45%) ServiceNow
8 51 (2.28%) Dell
9 46 (2.05%) Apple
9 46 (2.05%) Salesforce
10 31 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
11 28 (1.25%) HubSpot
12 27 (1.20%) Palo Alto
12 27 (1.20%) Tenable
13 26 (1.16%) Foundry
14 22 (0.98%) Oracle
15 21 (0.94%) Facebook
16 18 (0.80%) SAP
17 15 (0.67%) VMware
18 11 (0.49%) Sony