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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 71 66
Rank change year-on-year +67 -5 +50
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,943 809 941
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.45% 4.04% 4.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.36% 4.50% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 829 486 497
10th Percentile £24,570 £41,250 £46,301
25th Percentile £38,750 £50,063 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,202 £92,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.67% +7.14%

All Process and 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 13,778 17,960 20,216
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 89.59% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,677 10,839 16,359
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 24 November 2025.

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 35 (1.19%) SharePoint
2 28 (0.95%) Confluence
3 26 (0.88%) CMS
4 21 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.44%) Apache Solr
8 12 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 9 (0.31%) Apache
10 6 (0.20%) JBoss
10 6 (0.20%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.20%) WordPress
11 4 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.10%) Luigi
13 2 (0.068%) Mendix
13 2 (0.068%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.034%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.034%) IIS
Applications
1 1,543 (52.43%) Chatbot
2 78 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
4 11 (0.37%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.10%) InDesign
8 3 (0.10%) Notion
8 3 (0.10%) Simulink
8 3 (0.10%) Sketch
9 2 (0.068%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.068%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.068%) Weka
10 1 (0.034%) Blender
10 1 (0.034%) GNU Octave
10 1 (0.034%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
2 14 (0.48%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.14%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.068%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.068%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.068%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.068%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.068%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.068%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.068%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.068%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.068%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.068%) Shopify
7 1 (0.034%) Magento
7 1 (0.034%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.034%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 410 (13.93%) Azure
2 242 (8.22%) AWS
3 186 (6.32%) SaaS
4 180 (6.12%) Power Platform
5 124 (4.21%) GCP
6 106 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
7 104 (3.53%) GitHub
8 83 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
9 63 (2.14%) GitHub Copilot
10 56 (1.90%) Snowflake
11 41 (1.39%) Entra ID
12 35 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
13 34 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 34 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
14 32 (1.09%) dbt
15 29 (0.99%) Power Automate
16 28 (0.95%) Serverless
17 23 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
17 23 (0.78%) Copilot Studio
18 21 (0.71%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.48%) Broadband
2 13 (0.44%) Internet
3 8 (0.27%) Network Security
4 7 (0.24%) WAN
4 7 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.20%) InfiniBand
6 5 (0.17%) VoIP
6 5 (0.17%) VPN
7 4 (0.14%) DHCP
7 4 (0.14%) DMZ
7 4 (0.14%) DNS
7 4 (0.14%) Firewall
7 4 (0.14%) HTTP
7 4 (0.14%) Intranet
7 4 (0.14%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.14%) Wireless
8 3 (0.10%) DOCSIS
8 3 (0.10%) DSL
8 3 (0.10%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.10%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (3.81%) Power BI
2 74 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (1.53%) Tableau
4 42 (1.43%) NoSQL
5 38 (1.29%) SQL Server
6 37 (1.26%) MongoDB
7 34 (1.16%) Big Data
8 30 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (0.88%) Data Lake
9 26 (0.88%) MySQL
10 25 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
11 24 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
12 17 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
13 15 (0.51%) Metadata
13 15 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (0.48%) BigQuery
15 13 (0.44%) Redis
16 10 (0.34%) Relational Database
17 9 (0.31%) Hadoop
17 9 (0.31%) Looker
Development Applications
1 68 (2.31%) JIRA
2 58 (1.97%) Git
3 18 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (0.31%) GitLab
6 7 (0.24%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.20%) ERwin
8 5 (0.17%) GitBook
8 5 (0.17%) Subversion
9 4 (0.14%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.14%) Selenium
10 3 (0.10%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.068%) JMeter
11 2 (0.068%) JUnit
11 2 (0.068%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.068%) MLflow
11 2 (0.068%) Vite
General
1 777 (26.40%) Analytical Skills
2 511 (17.36%) Social Skills
3 427 (14.51%) Finance
4 312 (10.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 217 (7.37%) Marketing
6 136 (4.62%) Public Sector
7 120 (4.08%) Retail
8 105 (3.57%) Legal
9 86 (2.92%) Law
10 56 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
11 41 (1.39%) Telecoms
12 33 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (1.02%) Banking
14 28 (0.95%) Aerospace
15 24 (0.82%) Games
15 24 (0.82%) Manufacturing
16 23 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (0.68%) Advertising
17 20 (0.68%) Agriculture
18 19 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,523 (51.75%) Trainer
2 184 (6.25%) Senior
3 178 (6.05%) Developer
4 167 (5.67%) Content Editor
5 119 (4.04%) Architect
6 105 (3.57%) Customer Support Specialist
6 105 (3.57%) Support Specialist
7 100 (3.40%) Research Scientist
8 90 (3.06%) Lead
9 86 (2.92%) Analyst
10 66 (2.24%) Sales Executive
11 64 (2.17%) Consultant
12 63 (2.14%) Microsoft Specialist
13 53 (1.80%) Corporate Sales Executive
14 47 (1.60%) Data Engineer
15 46 (1.56%) Software Engineer
16 45 (1.53%) Biostatistician
17 42 (1.43%) Solutions Architect
18 41 (1.39%) Customer Service Representative
19 37 (1.26%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (2.62%) React
2 72 (2.45%) .NET
3 52 (1.77%) REST
4 49 (1.66%) Node.js
5 41 (1.39%) RESTful
6 39 (1.33%) Kafka
7 28 (0.95%) HTML
7 28 (0.95%) Next.js
8 25 (0.85%) OAuth
9 24 (0.82%) OAuth2
9 24 (0.82%) Spring
10 23 (0.78%) GraphQL
11 22 (0.75%) CSS
11 22 (0.75%) FastAPI
11 22 (0.75%) SOAP
12 21 (0.71%) gRPC
12 21 (0.71%) PyTorch
12 21 (0.71%) TensorFlow
13 19 (0.65%) Django
14 17 (0.58%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 121 (4.11%) Cloud Native
2 119 (4.04%) Molecular Biology
3 99 (3.36%) Product Ownership
4 89 (3.02%) Blog
5 59 (2.00%) Onboarding
6 54 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 52 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
8 48 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
9 40 (1.36%) AI Agents
10 36 (1.22%) Algorithms
11 34 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
12 31 (1.05%) Data Centre
12 31 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
12 31 (1.05%) Virtual Team
13 29 (0.99%) Low-Code
14 25 (0.85%) Management Information System
15 24 (0.82%) Social Media
16 23 (0.78%) Reinsurance
17 20 (0.68%) Social Network
18 18 (0.61%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 32 (1.09%) Windows
2 29 (0.99%) Linux
3 23 (0.78%) Android
4 19 (0.65%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.54%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.10%) OpenWrt
7 3 (0.10%) Unix
8 1 (0.034%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,560 (53.01%) Conversational UI
2 575 (19.54%) Chemistry
3 347 (11.79%) Agile
4 293 (9.96%) Analytics
5 277 (9.41%) Roadmaps
6 268 (9.11%) Machine Learning
7 237 (8.05%) DevOps
8 229 (7.78%) Problem-Solving
9 225 (7.65%) Content Writing
10 216 (7.34%) CI/CD
11 214 (7.27%) Mathematics
12 208 (7.07%) Customer Service
13 206 (7.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 177 (6.01%) Physics
15 166 (5.64%) Software Engineering
16 160 (5.44%) Customer Experience
17 159 (5.40%) Decision-Making
18 152 (5.16%) Computer Science
19 144 (4.89%) Coaching
20 142 (4.83%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 305 (10.36%) Python
2 248 (8.43%) SQL
3 99 (3.36%) JavaScript
4 96 (3.26%) TypeScript
5 80 (2.72%) Java
6 42 (1.43%) PowerShell
7 33 (1.12%) C#
8 27 (0.92%) Bash
9 26 (0.88%) C++
10 21 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 21 (0.71%) Kotlin
11 20 (0.68%) PHP
11 20 (0.68%) R
12 15 (0.51%) C
12 15 (0.51%) Go
12 15 (0.51%) Swift
13 13 (0.44%) PL/SQL
13 13 (0.44%) Shell Script
14 12 (0.41%) Apex Code
15 11 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,811 (61.54%) Degree
2 900 (30.58%) Master's Degree
3 882 (29.97%) PhD
4 67 (2.28%) Security Cleared
5 57 (1.94%) SC Cleared
6 42 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (0.88%) ACCA
7 26 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (0.71%) DBS Check
8 21 (0.71%) PMP
9 16 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (0.41%) AWS Certification
10 12 (0.41%) Azure Certification
10 12 (0.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 8 (0.27%) CISA
11 8 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.20%) CISM
12 6 (0.20%) CISSP
13 5 (0.17%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (1.63%) Accessibility
2 39 (1.33%) GDPR
3 34 (1.16%) Data Quality
4 27 (0.92%) QA
5 22 (0.75%) GAAP
6 20 (0.68%) IFRS
6 20 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.31%) NIST
9 9 (0.31%) WCAG
10 8 (0.27%) EU AI Act
11 7 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 6 (0.20%) GRC
12 6 (0.20%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.17%) NCSC
14 4 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.14%) JSP 440
14 4 (0.14%) PMO
15 3 (0.10%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 76 (2.58%) Docker
2 22 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
3 19 (0.65%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.17%) Lustre
6 4 (0.14%) Firmware
7 3 (0.10%) GPFS
7 3 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 3 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.068%) Ceph
9 1 (0.034%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 74 (2.51%) Kubernetes
1 74 (2.51%) Terraform
2 19 (0.65%) Ansible
2 19 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.31%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.27%) SCCM
6 5 (0.17%) Grafana
7 3 (0.10%) Argo
8 2 (0.068%) Control-M
8 2 (0.068%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.068%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.068%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.068%) Puppet
9 1 (0.034%) AppManager
9 1 (0.034%) Cilium
9 1 (0.034%) Karpenter
9 1 (0.034%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.034%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,524 (51.78%) PayPal
2 421 (14.31%) Microsoft
3 89 (3.02%) Cisco
4 72 (2.45%) Google
5 65 (2.21%) Dell
6 57 (1.94%) Adobe
7 54 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 45 (1.53%) Blue Prism
9 42 (1.43%) Databricks
9 42 (1.43%) Oracle
10 37 (1.26%) Apple
11 24 (0.82%) Palo Alto
12 23 (0.78%) HubSpot
13 22 (0.75%) SAP
14 17 (0.58%) OpenAI
15 15 (0.51%) ServiceNow
16 14 (0.48%) Foundry
17 12 (0.41%) IBM
18 11 (0.37%) Alteryx
18 11 (0.37%) Pardot