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

 6 months to
11 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 25 77
Rank change year-on-year +14 +52 +15
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,843 1,111 1,216
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.63% 8.54% 3.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.76% 9.01% 4.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 659 803
10th Percentile £24,570 £25,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,525 £66,215 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% +5.94% -13.79%
75th Percentile £97,500 £90,411 £82,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +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 14,440 12,333 28,995
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.32% 94.79% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 10,085 8,884 23,507
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,761
25th Percentile £44,972 £46,000 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 11 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 41 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.06%) CMS
3 33 (1.79%) Confluence
4 24 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 24 (1.30%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.65%) JBoss
5 12 (0.65%) WebSphere
6 11 (0.60%) WordPress
7 10 (0.54%) Apache
8 8 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.22%) SAS
11 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.11%) Camunda
12 2 (0.11%) Mendix
13 1 (0.054%) Kinematics
Applications
1 59 (3.20%) Chatbot
2 54 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.63%) UserZoom
4 21 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.22%) CapCut
7 3 (0.16%) Sketch
8 2 (0.11%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.11%) Weka
9 1 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.054%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.65%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.27%) Cloudability
5 5 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.16%) 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 (0.054%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.054%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 491 (26.64%) Azure
2 335 (18.18%) AWS
3 215 (11.67%) SaaS
4 165 (8.95%) Adobe Analytics
5 159 (8.63%) GCP
6 140 (7.60%) GitHub
7 125 (6.78%) Power Platform
8 96 (5.21%) Snowflake
9 94 (5.10%) Azure Machine Learning
10 90 (4.88%) GitHub Copilot
11 89 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
12 85 (4.61%) Azure AI
12 85 (4.61%) Figma
13 84 (4.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 61 (3.31%) Serverless
15 57 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
16 49 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
17 46 (2.50%) Contentsquare
18 39 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
19 34 (1.84%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 233 (12.64%) Broadband
2 19 (1.03%) Firewall
3 18 (0.98%) HTTP
4 11 (0.60%) Unified Communications
5 9 (0.49%) Network Security
6 7 (0.38%) VPN
7 6 (0.33%) DHCP
7 6 (0.33%) DMZ
8 5 (0.27%) DNS
8 5 (0.27%) RTP
8 5 (0.27%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.27%) VoIP
8 5 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.22%) Modbus
10 3 (0.16%) Internet
10 3 (0.16%) Wireless
10 3 (0.16%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.11%) DOCSIS
11 2 (0.11%) DSL
11 2 (0.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 81 (4.40%) Power BI
3 55 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (2.82%) Metadata
5 51 (2.77%) MongoDB
6 39 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 38 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
8 36 (1.95%) Tableau
9 33 (1.79%) NoSQL
10 31 (1.68%) Big Data
11 27 (1.47%) Data Lake
12 21 (1.14%) BigQuery
13 19 (1.03%) Looker
14 18 (0.98%) Redis
15 17 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
16 15 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 13 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
18 12 (0.65%) Delta Lake
19 11 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
20 10 (0.54%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 49 (2.66%) Git
2 47 (2.55%) JIRA
3 20 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.03%) MLflow
5 16 (0.87%) Claude Code
5 16 (0.87%) GitLab
6 11 (0.60%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.54%) Selenium
8 9 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.43%) Subversion
9 8 (0.43%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.38%) Snyk
10 7 (0.38%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.38%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.33%) Storybook
12 4 (0.22%) GitBook
13 3 (0.16%) Appium
13 3 (0.16%) ESLint
13 3 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 493 (26.75%) Social Skills
2 454 (24.63%) Finance
3 279 (15.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 272 (14.76%) Analytical Skills
5 201 (10.91%) Games
6 189 (10.26%) Marketing
7 165 (8.95%) Public Sector
8 155 (8.41%) Legal
9 136 (7.38%) Law
10 80 (4.34%) Retail
11 60 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
12 56 (3.04%) Banking
13 49 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
14 43 (2.33%) Telecoms
15 36 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (1.57%) Manufacturing
17 22 (1.19%) Automotive
18 13 (0.71%) Back Office
19 12 (0.65%) Advertising
20 11 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 335 (18.18%) Senior
2 270 (14.65%) Lead
3 160 (8.68%) Developer
4 150 (8.14%) Architect
5 88 (4.77%) Software Engineer
6 83 (4.50%) Consultant
7 72 (3.91%) Engineering Manager
8 66 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
9 61 (3.31%) Analyst
9 61 (3.31%) Designer
10 52 (2.82%) Data Engineer
11 49 (2.66%) Product Manager
12 44 (2.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 44 (2.39%) Senior Software Engineer
13 43 (2.33%) Lead Designer
13 43 (2.33%) Sales Executive
13 43 (2.33%) Trainer
14 42 (2.28%) Corporate Sales Executive
15 39 (2.12%) Python Engineer
16 37 (2.01%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (6.67%) React
2 90 (4.88%) REST
3 73 (3.96%) .NET
4 69 (3.74%) Node.js
4 69 (3.74%) RESTful
5 50 (2.71%) PyTorch
6 44 (2.39%) CSS
7 42 (2.28%) TensorFlow
8 41 (2.22%) HTML
9 38 (2.06%) Kafka
10 33 (1.79%) OAuth
10 33 (1.79%) SOAP
10 33 (1.79%) Vue
11 32 (1.74%) Spring
12 29 (1.57%) LangChain
13 28 (1.52%) FastAPI
14 27 (1.47%) Next.js
15 25 (1.36%) OAuth2
15 25 (1.36%) React Native
16 23 (1.25%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 164 (8.90%) Social Media
2 139 (7.54%) Cloud Native
3 117 (6.35%) Blog
4 104 (5.64%) Product Ownership
5 86 (4.67%) Onboarding
6 61 (3.31%) AI Agents
7 50 (2.71%) Public Cloud
8 48 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
9 46 (2.50%) Mobile App
10 42 (2.28%) Virtual Team
11 41 (2.22%) Low-Code
12 36 (1.95%) Algorithms
13 35 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
14 27 (1.47%) Social Network
15 26 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
16 22 (1.19%) Podcast
17 21 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
18 20 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
18 20 (1.09%) Video\Live Streaming
19 18 (0.98%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.66%) Android
2 31 (1.68%) Apple iOS
3 27 (1.47%) Linux
4 20 (1.09%) Windows
5 5 (0.27%) Unix
6 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.16%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.11%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (28.38%) Agile
2 492 (26.70%) Analytics
3 470 (25.50%) Roadmaps
4 383 (20.78%) Machine Learning
5 326 (17.69%) Customer Experience
6 319 (17.31%) CI/CD
7 294 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 244 (13.24%) Decision-Making
9 241 (13.08%) DevOps
10 235 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
11 230 (12.48%) Software Engineering
12 220 (11.94%) Mentoring
13 203 (11.01%) Product Roadmap
14 201 (10.91%) Storytelling
15 184 (9.98%) Generative AI
16 169 (9.17%) LLM
17 164 (8.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 161 (8.74%) User Experience
19 159 (8.63%) Digital Customer Experience
20 155 (8.41%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 346 (18.77%) Python
2 261 (14.16%) SQL
3 117 (6.35%) Java
4 91 (4.94%) TypeScript
5 75 (4.07%) JavaScript
6 68 (3.69%) C#
7 55 (2.98%) Go
8 29 (1.57%) C++
9 23 (1.25%) Bash
10 19 (1.03%) Kotlin
11 18 (0.98%) Apex Code
11 18 (0.98%) R
12 17 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 15 (0.81%) Scala
14 13 (0.71%) PHP
15 12 (0.65%) Bicep
16 9 (0.49%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.49%) PowerShell
16 9 (0.49%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 284 (15.41%) Degree
2 61 (3.31%) Security Cleared
3 52 (2.82%) Master's Degree
4 48 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (2.55%) ACCA
6 44 (2.39%) PhD
7 40 (2.17%) SC Cleared
8 37 (2.01%) DBS Check
9 34 (1.84%) AWS Certification
10 26 (1.41%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.36%) PMP
12 24 (1.30%) CIMA
13 20 (1.09%) DV Cleared
14 16 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.65%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 11 (0.60%) CISSP
17 8 (0.43%) CISA
17 8 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 5 (0.27%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 245 (13.29%) Accessibility
2 61 (3.31%) WCAG
3 49 (2.66%) Data Quality
4 45 (2.44%) GDPR
5 43 (2.33%) QA
6 31 (1.68%) GRC
7 28 (1.52%) IFRS
8 27 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
10 12 (0.65%) GAAP
10 12 (0.65%) NIST
10 12 (0.65%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.60%) PMO
12 9 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 7 (0.38%) EU AI Act
14 6 (0.33%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.33%) NCSC
14 6 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.22%) ISO 26262
15 4 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 102 (5.53%) Docker
2 70 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (1.30%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.16%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.11%) Ceph
6 2 (0.11%) Lustre
6 2 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.054%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 82 (4.45%) Kubernetes
2 63 (3.42%) Terraform
3 22 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (1.03%) Ansible
5 13 (0.71%) Grafana
6 12 (0.65%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.38%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.27%) Argo
9 5 (0.27%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.11%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) Salt
Vendors
1 357 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 212 (11.50%) Adobe
3 124 (6.73%) Databricks
4 73 (3.96%) Google
5 49 (2.66%) Dell
5 49 (2.66%) Salesforce
6 48 (2.60%) Cisco
7 39 (2.12%) PayPal
8 32 (1.74%) Apple
8 32 (1.74%) Oracle
9 26 (1.41%) OpenAI
10 21 (1.14%) ServiceNow
11 18 (0.98%) Foundry
11 18 (0.98%) SAP
12 14 (0.76%) Palantir
13 13 (0.71%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.60%) Hootsuite
14 11 (0.60%) Instagram
14 11 (0.60%) Wrike
15 10 (0.54%) Informatica
1,250 hybrid/remote AI jobs