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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 60
Rank change year-on-year 0 +53 +21
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,022 2,865 1,060
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.02% 17.33% 4.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.85% 18.65% 4.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,901 675 605
10th Percentile £40,500 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -17.24% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £102,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -3.33%

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 19,072 15,362 21,683
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.18% 92.92% 87.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,766 8,939 14,926
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,406 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £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 26 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 94 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.65%) Confluence
3 38 (1.26%) CMS
4 22 (0.73%) Apache
4 22 (0.73%) Apache Spark
4 22 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.33%) WordPress
7 9 (0.30%) SAS
8 7 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.17%) Camunda
10 4 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.099%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.066%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.066%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.033%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.033%) Apache Superset
13 1 (0.033%) Moodle
13 1 (0.033%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 56 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (1.56%) Chatbot
3 42 (1.39%) UserZoom
4 32 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
7 15 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 14 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 14 (0.46%) InDesign
8 14 (0.46%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.23%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
10 5 (0.17%) Moqups
11 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.13%) Trello
12 3 (0.099%) Adobe XD
12 3 (0.099%) CapCut
12 3 (0.099%) Productboard
12 3 (0.099%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 36 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.93%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.79%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.13%) Sage 50
7 3 (0.099%) Shopify
8 1 (0.033%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.033%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.033%) HFM
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.033%) Primavera
8 1 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 872 (28.86%) Azure
2 574 (18.99%) AWS
3 284 (9.40%) SaaS
4 258 (8.54%) Azure AI
5 257 (8.50%) GCP
6 235 (7.78%) Power Platform
7 220 (7.28%) GitHub
8 173 (5.72%) Azure DevOps
9 147 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
10 139 (4.60%) Snowflake
11 138 (4.57%) Adobe Analytics
11 138 (4.57%) GitHub Copilot
12 113 (3.74%) Anthropic Claude
12 113 (3.74%) Microsoft Copilot
13 109 (3.61%) Serverless
14 106 (3.51%) Entra ID
15 97 (3.21%) Figma
16 89 (2.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 77 (2.55%) Azure Machine Learning
18 68 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 256 (8.47%) Broadband
2 33 (1.09%) Internet
3 31 (1.03%) VPN
4 29 (0.96%) Firewall
5 26 (0.86%) Network Security
6 20 (0.66%) DNS
7 15 (0.50%) HTTP
8 12 (0.40%) VoIP
9 11 (0.36%) CTI
9 11 (0.36%) DHCP
10 8 (0.26%) TCP/IP
10 8 (0.26%) WPA
11 7 (0.23%) Wireless
12 6 (0.20%) 5G
12 6 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.17%) BGP
13 5 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.17%) OSPF
13 5 (0.17%) VXLAN
13 5 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (7.11%) MongoDB
2 177 (5.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 141 (4.67%) Power BI
4 124 (4.10%) SQL Server
5 103 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
6 84 (2.78%) Metadata
7 71 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
8 54 (1.79%) NoSQL
9 50 (1.65%) Tableau
10 42 (1.39%) Data Lake
11 41 (1.36%) Big Data
12 35 (1.16%) Redis
13 34 (1.13%) Semantic Layer
14 33 (1.09%) Relational Database
15 32 (1.06%) Delta Lake
16 30 (0.99%) BigQuery
17 22 (0.73%) MySQL
18 19 (0.63%) Data Vault
19 18 (0.60%) DynamoDB
20 17 (0.56%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 121 (4.00%) Git
2 74 (2.45%) JIRA
3 66 (2.18%) Claude Code
4 40 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.89%) Snyk
6 26 (0.86%) GitLab
7 17 (0.56%) Selenium
8 16 (0.53%) MLflow
9 14 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.40%) Postman
11 11 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
12 10 (0.33%) JUnit
12 10 (0.33%) Maven
12 10 (0.33%) Mockito
13 7 (0.23%) TeamCity
14 5 (0.17%) Appium
14 5 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
15 4 (0.13%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.13%) Burp Suite
15 4 (0.13%) Metasploit
General
1 867 (28.69%) Social Skills
2 667 (22.07%) Finance
3 384 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
4 350 (11.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 326 (10.79%) Marketing
6 233 (7.71%) Legal
7 220 (7.28%) Games
8 197 (6.52%) Public Sector
9 172 (5.69%) Law
10 118 (3.90%) Banking
11 100 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
11 100 (3.31%) Retail
12 95 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
13 56 (1.85%) Advertising
14 42 (1.39%) Manufacturing
14 42 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
15 37 (1.22%) Legal Technology
16 28 (0.93%) Automotive
17 27 (0.89%) Telecoms
18 24 (0.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 569 (18.83%) Senior
2 408 (13.50%) Developer
3 358 (11.85%) Lead
4 310 (10.26%) Architect
5 224 (7.41%) Software Engineer
6 170 (5.63%) .NET Developer
7 141 (4.67%) Analyst
8 128 (4.24%) Consultant
9 121 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 111 (3.67%) Engineering Manager
11 89 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
12 82 (2.71%) Data Engineer
12 82 (2.71%) Full-Stack Developer
13 78 (2.58%) Python Engineer
14 76 (2.51%) Data Scientist
14 76 (2.51%) Senior Developer
15 75 (2.48%) Senior Manager
16 68 (2.25%) Product Manager
17 66 (2.18%) Senior Analyst
18 65 (2.15%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 280 (9.27%) React
2 261 (8.64%) .NET
3 168 (5.56%) ASP.NET
4 165 (5.46%) .NET Core
5 161 (5.33%) RESTful
6 159 (5.26%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.16%) ML.NET
8 147 (4.86%) Terraform
9 146 (4.83%) Node.js
10 142 (4.70%) CSS
11 132 (4.37%) HTML
12 116 (3.84%) Blazor
12 116 (3.84%) REST
13 96 (3.18%) LangChain
14 76 (2.51%) Next.js
15 57 (1.89%) PyTorch
16 54 (1.79%) LangGraph
17 52 (1.72%) Vue
18 47 (1.56%) FastAPI
19 46 (1.52%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 266 (8.80%) Cloud Native
2 244 (8.07%) AI Agents
3 188 (6.22%) Social Media
4 139 (4.60%) Product Ownership
5 120 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
6 98 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
7 96 (3.18%) Blog
8 72 (2.38%) Algorithms
8 72 (2.38%) Low-Code
9 71 (2.35%) Onboarding
10 58 (1.92%) Data Centre
11 57 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
12 55 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
12 55 (1.82%) Virtual Team
13 52 (1.72%) Management Information System
13 52 (1.72%) Mobile App
13 52 (1.72%) Video\Live Streaming
14 47 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
14 47 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
15 41 (1.36%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 69 (2.28%) Windows
2 59 (1.95%) Linux
3 41 (1.36%) Android
4 18 (0.60%) Apple iOS
4 18 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.40%) VMS
6 9 (0.30%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.23%) Unix
9 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.099%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.066%) Debian
11 2 (0.066%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 800 (26.47%) Agile
2 779 (25.78%) Machine Learning
3 708 (23.43%) Analytics
4 645 (21.34%) Roadmaps
5 601 (19.89%) CI/CD
6 549 (18.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 485 (16.05%) Software Engineering
8 474 (15.68%) Mentoring
9 446 (14.76%) Decision-Making
10 424 (14.03%) LLM
11 400 (13.24%) Full-Stack Development
12 384 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
13 379 (12.54%) DevOps
14 310 (10.26%) Customer Experience
15 302 (9.99%) Cybersecurity
16 300 (9.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 298 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
18 271 (8.97%) Data Science
19 259 (8.57%) Technical Leadership
20 241 (7.97%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 693 (22.93%) Python
2 553 (18.30%) SQL
3 297 (9.83%) C#
4 267 (8.84%) JavaScript
5 212 (7.02%) TypeScript
6 139 (4.60%) Java
7 62 (2.05%) PowerShell
8 57 (1.89%) C++
9 55 (1.82%) Go
10 50 (1.65%) Bicep
11 47 (1.56%) Bash
12 33 (1.09%) Scala
13 24 (0.79%) R
14 19 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
15 17 (0.56%) Kotlin
16 16 (0.53%) C
17 15 (0.50%) PHP
18 13 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 10 (0.33%) PL/SQL
19 10 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 251 (8.31%) Degree
2 201 (6.65%) Security Cleared
3 142 (4.70%) SC Cleared
4 75 (2.48%) CISSP
5 69 (2.28%) CISM
6 65 (2.15%) DV Cleared
7 60 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (1.79%) A+ Certification
8 54 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
9 50 (1.65%) ACCA
9 50 (1.65%) Azure Certification
10 44 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 37 (1.22%) CIMA
12 33 (1.09%) Master's Degree
13 31 (1.03%) AWS Certification
14 30 (0.99%) PhD
15 25 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 17 (0.56%) SnowPro
17 16 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
18 14 (0.46%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (8.44%) Accessibility
2 204 (6.75%) Data Quality
3 120 (3.97%) QA
4 111 (3.67%) GDPR
5 62 (2.05%) GRC
6 61 (2.02%) WCAG
7 56 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 41 (1.36%) NIST
9 30 (0.99%) SLA
10 16 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (0.53%) IFRS
11 15 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 14 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 13 (0.43%) PCI DSS
14 12 (0.40%) PMO
14 12 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 6 (0.20%) EU AI Act
17 6 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 229 (7.58%) Docker
2 94 (3.11%) Active Directory
3 92 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.43%) vSphere
6 12 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) Firmware
8 7 (0.23%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.099%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.099%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.033%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 212 (7.02%) Kubernetes
2 75 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (0.89%) Grafana
4 17 (0.56%) Prometheus
5 14 (0.46%) Ansible
6 7 (0.23%) Kubeflow
6 7 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.20%) Argo
8 5 (0.17%) Istio
8 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.17%) Puppet
9 4 (0.13%) Nmap
10 3 (0.099%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.099%) linkerd
11 2 (0.066%) Cilium
11 2 (0.066%) Podman
11 2 (0.066%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.066%) Salt
12 1 (0.033%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.033%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 760 (25.15%) Microsoft
2 204 (6.75%) Adobe
3 180 (5.96%) Databricks
4 146 (4.83%) Google
5 104 (3.44%) OpenAI
6 77 (2.55%) Cisco
7 63 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 56 (1.85%) Apple
8 56 (1.85%) YouTube
9 55 (1.82%) CyberArk
10 49 (1.62%) Salesforce
11 44 (1.46%) Dell
12 38 (1.26%) Facebook
13 37 (1.22%) Foundry
14 36 (1.19%) HubSpot
15 30 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
15 30 (0.99%) Palo Alto
15 30 (0.99%) SAP
16 29 (0.96%) Oracle
17 27 (0.89%) Tenable