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

 6 months to
2 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 37 75
Rank change year-on-year +26 +38 +16
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,797 978 1,173
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.66% 7.61% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.74% 8.03% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,004 646 791
10th Percentile £24,570 £25,156 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £66,222 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +5.96% -13.79%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,955 £82,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £71,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +3.57% -

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 14,100 12,183 28,520
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.68% 94.83% 91.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,815 8,806 23,283
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 2 April 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 38 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.00%) CMS
3 30 (1.67%) Confluence
4 24 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
4 24 (1.34%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.72%) JBoss
5 13 (0.72%) WebSphere
6 10 (0.56%) Apache
7 9 (0.50%) WordPress
8 8 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.28%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.22%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.22%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) Camunda
11 2 (0.11%) Mendix
11 2 (0.11%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.056%) Kinematics
Applications
1 60 (3.34%) Chatbot
2 57 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.67%) UserZoom
4 22 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.22%) CapCut
7 3 (0.17%) Sketch
7 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.11%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 16 (0.89%) NetSuite
2 11 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.11%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.056%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.056%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.056%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 478 (26.60%) Azure
2 324 (18.03%) AWS
3 217 (12.08%) SaaS
4 160 (8.90%) Adobe Analytics
5 155 (8.63%) GCP
6 140 (7.79%) GitHub
7 137 (7.62%) Power Platform
8 95 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
9 88 (4.90%) GitHub Copilot
10 80 (4.45%) Snowflake
11 77 (4.28%) Figma
12 74 (4.12%) Azure Machine Learning
13 68 (3.78%) Azure AI
14 65 (3.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 56 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
16 54 (3.01%) Serverless
17 48 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
18 45 (2.50%) Contentsquare
19 39 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
20 32 (1.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 229 (12.74%) Broadband
2 17 (0.95%) Firewall
3 16 (0.89%) HTTP
4 11 (0.61%) Unified Communications
5 7 (0.39%) Network Security
5 7 (0.39%) VPN
6 6 (0.33%) DMZ
6 6 (0.33%) RTP
6 6 (0.33%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.33%) VoIP
6 6 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.28%) DHCP
8 4 (0.22%) Modbus
9 3 (0.17%) DNS
9 3 (0.17%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.17%) DSL
9 3 (0.17%) GPON
9 3 (0.17%) Internet
9 3 (0.17%) PPP
9 3 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (4.73%) Power BI
2 71 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 60 (3.34%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (2.89%) Metadata
5 49 (2.73%) MongoDB
6 39 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
6 39 (2.17%) Tableau
7 35 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
8 32 (1.78%) NoSQL
9 31 (1.73%) Big Data
10 30 (1.67%) Data Lake
11 24 (1.34%) BigQuery
12 21 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
13 18 (1.00%) Looker
13 18 (1.00%) Redis
14 15 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 13 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.67%) Delta Lake
16 12 (0.67%) MySQL
17 11 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 49 (2.73%) Git
2 41 (2.28%) JIRA
3 21 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.06%) MLflow
5 16 (0.89%) Claude Code
5 16 (0.89%) GitLab
6 12 (0.67%) Cypress.io
7 11 (0.61%) Selenium
8 9 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (0.45%) Subversion
9 8 (0.45%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.39%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.39%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.33%) ERwin
11 6 (0.33%) Storybook
12 5 (0.28%) GitBook
13 4 (0.22%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.22%) Postman
13 4 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
General
1 493 (27.43%) Social Skills
2 443 (24.65%) Finance
3 276 (15.36%) Analytical Skills
4 269 (14.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 197 (10.96%) Games
6 180 (10.02%) Marketing
7 163 (9.07%) Public Sector
8 153 (8.51%) Legal
9 127 (7.07%) Law
10 84 (4.67%) Retail
11 59 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
12 52 (2.89%) Banking
13 51 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
14 45 (2.50%) Telecoms
15 33 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
16 31 (1.73%) Manufacturing
17 22 (1.22%) Automotive
18 14 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
19 13 (0.72%) Back Office
20 12 (0.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 316 (17.58%) Senior
2 274 (15.25%) Lead
3 176 (9.79%) Developer
4 143 (7.96%) Architect
5 85 (4.73%) Consultant
6 78 (4.34%) Software Engineer
7 65 (3.62%) Solutions Architect
8 60 (3.34%) Engineering Manager
9 59 (3.28%) Designer
10 58 (3.23%) Analyst
11 51 (2.84%) Data Engineer
12 45 (2.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 44 (2.45%) Trainer
14 42 (2.34%) Sales Executive
15 41 (2.28%) Corporate Sales Executive
15 41 (2.28%) Lead Designer
15 41 (2.28%) Senior Software Engineer
16 40 (2.23%) Product Manager
17 37 (2.06%) Lead Developer
18 36 (2.00%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (6.84%) React
2 89 (4.95%) REST
3 76 (4.23%) .NET
4 73 (4.06%) Node.js
5 68 (3.78%) RESTful
6 49 (2.73%) PyTorch
7 47 (2.62%) CSS
8 44 (2.45%) HTML
9 42 (2.34%) Kafka
9 42 (2.34%) TensorFlow
10 34 (1.89%) OAuth
10 34 (1.89%) SOAP
10 34 (1.89%) Spring
11 30 (1.67%) Vue
12 27 (1.50%) LangChain
13 26 (1.45%) OAuth2
14 25 (1.39%) FastAPI
14 25 (1.39%) Next.js
14 25 (1.39%) React Native
15 23 (1.28%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 159 (8.85%) Social Media
2 137 (7.62%) Cloud Native
3 114 (6.34%) Blog
4 97 (5.40%) Product Ownership
5 89 (4.95%) Onboarding
6 57 (3.17%) AI Agents
7 49 (2.73%) Mobile App
8 48 (2.67%) Public Cloud
9 46 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
10 42 (2.34%) Virtual Team
11 41 (2.28%) Low-Code
12 38 (2.11%) Algorithms
13 36 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
14 26 (1.45%) Social Network
15 24 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
16 21 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
16 21 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
16 21 (1.17%) Podcast
17 20 (1.11%) Video\Live Streaming
18 18 (1.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 51 (2.84%) Android
2 33 (1.84%) Apple iOS
3 32 (1.78%) Linux
4 23 (1.28%) Windows
5 7 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.28%) Unix
7 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) OpenWrt
8 3 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (28.16%) Agile
2 483 (26.88%) Analytics
3 447 (24.87%) Roadmaps
4 371 (20.65%) Machine Learning
5 319 (17.75%) CI/CD
6 318 (17.70%) Customer Experience
7 294 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 248 (13.80%) DevOps
9 241 (13.41%) Decision-Making
9 241 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
10 221 (12.30%) Software Engineering
11 218 (12.13%) Mentoring
12 191 (10.63%) Product Roadmap
13 189 (10.52%) Generative AI
13 189 (10.52%) Storytelling
14 166 (9.24%) LLM
15 159 (8.85%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 154 (8.57%) Digital Customer Experience
17 151 (8.40%) User Experience
18 144 (8.01%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 346 (19.25%) Python
2 251 (13.97%) SQL
3 118 (6.57%) Java
4 94 (5.23%) TypeScript
5 85 (4.73%) JavaScript
6 71 (3.95%) C#
7 56 (3.12%) Go
8 28 (1.56%) C++
9 24 (1.34%) Bash
10 22 (1.22%) Kotlin
11 18 (1.00%) Apex Code
11 18 (1.00%) PHP
11 18 (1.00%) R
12 17 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 15 (0.83%) Scala
14 14 (0.78%) Bicep
15 9 (0.50%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.50%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.45%) Rust
16 8 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 285 (15.86%) Degree
2 55 (3.06%) Security Cleared
3 53 (2.95%) Master's Degree
4 50 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (2.45%) ACCA
6 42 (2.34%) PhD
7 37 (2.06%) DBS Check
8 34 (1.89%) SC Cleared
9 30 (1.67%) AWS Certification
9 30 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.39%) PMP
11 22 (1.22%) CIMA
12 19 (1.06%) DV Cleared
13 17 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.61%) CISSP
16 8 (0.45%) CISA
16 8 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.28%) CISM
17 5 (0.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 238 (13.24%) Accessibility
2 61 (3.39%) WCAG
3 53 (2.95%) Data Quality
4 42 (2.34%) QA
5 40 (2.23%) GDPR
6 27 (1.50%) IFRS
6 27 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 24 (1.34%) GRC
8 20 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.67%) GAAP
9 12 (0.67%) NIST
9 12 (0.67%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.56%) PMO
11 9 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 7 (0.39%) EU AI Act
12 7 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.33%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.33%) NCSC
14 4 (0.22%) ISO 26262
15 3 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 105 (5.84%) Docker
2 44 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (1.22%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.17%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.11%) Ceph
6 2 (0.11%) Lustre
6 2 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.056%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 84 (4.67%) Kubernetes
2 68 (3.78%) Terraform
3 23 (1.28%) Ansible
4 22 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (0.78%) Grafana
6 13 (0.72%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.39%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.28%) Argo
9 5 (0.28%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.11%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) Salt
11 1 (0.056%) Control-M
11 1 (0.056%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 346 (19.25%) Microsoft
2 201 (11.19%) Adobe
3 106 (5.90%) Databricks
4 72 (4.01%) Google
5 48 (2.67%) Dell
6 47 (2.62%) Cisco
7 45 (2.50%) Salesforce
8 39 (2.17%) PayPal
9 36 (2.00%) Oracle
10 28 (1.56%) OpenAI
11 27 (1.50%) Apple
12 19 (1.06%) Foundry
13 18 (1.00%) SAP
14 16 (0.89%) ServiceNow
15 14 (0.78%) Palantir
16 13 (0.72%) Atlassian
16 13 (0.72%) Informatica
17 11 (0.61%) Hootsuite
17 11 (0.61%) Instagram
17 11 (0.61%) Wrike
1,250 hybrid/remote AI jobs