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

 6 months to
6 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 9 69
Rank change year-on-year -1 +60 +18
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,129 2,237 1,345
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.00% 15.03% 3.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.42% 15.87% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,248 672 896
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,300 £32,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,206 £64,475
Median % change year-on-year +5.73% +2.68% -7.89%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £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 15,867 14,093 30,256
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.01% 94.67% 89.67%
Number of salaries quoted 11,345 8,291 23,580
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £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 6 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 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.78%) Confluence
3 36 (1.69%) CMS
4 23 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 22 (1.03%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.56%) Apache
7 10 (0.47%) SAS
7 10 (0.47%) WordPress
8 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.19%) JBoss
8 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.094%) Camunda
10 2 (0.094%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.047%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.047%) Moodle
11 1 (0.047%) Umbraco
Applications
1 38 (1.78%) UserZoom
2 31 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.70%) Chatbot
6 11 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
7 9 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.33%) InDesign
8 7 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.19%) CapCut
10 4 (0.19%) Sketch
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.14%) Productboard
11 3 (0.14%) Trello
12 2 (0.094%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.047%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.047%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (1.13%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.19%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.094%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.094%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.047%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.047%) HFM
6 1 (0.047%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.047%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.047%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.047%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 566 (26.59%) Azure
2 403 (18.93%) AWS
3 227 (10.66%) SaaS
4 189 (8.88%) Adobe Analytics
5 185 (8.69%) GCP
6 147 (6.90%) Power Platform
7 138 (6.48%) Azure AI
8 120 (5.64%) GitHub
9 117 (5.50%) Figma
10 91 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
11 90 (4.23%) Azure Machine Learning
11 90 (4.23%) Serverless
12 86 (4.04%) Snowflake
13 78 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
14 75 (3.52%) GitHub Copilot
15 69 (3.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 63 (2.96%) Contentsquare
17 57 (2.68%) Anthropic Claude
18 50 (2.35%) Microsoft Copilot
19 34 (1.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 310 (14.56%) Broadband
2 25 (1.17%) Firewall
3 15 (0.70%) HTTP
3 15 (0.70%) VPN
4 12 (0.56%) DNS
5 10 (0.47%) Unified Communications
6 8 (0.38%) DHCP
6 8 (0.38%) Internet
6 8 (0.38%) Network Security
7 6 (0.28%) 5G
7 6 (0.28%) DMZ
7 6 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.19%) Ethernet VPN
8 4 (0.19%) RTP
8 4 (0.19%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.19%) VoIP
8 4 (0.19%) VXLAN
9 3 (0.14%) Wireless
9 3 (0.14%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.14%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (5.21%) MongoDB
2 91 (4.27%) SQL Server
3 87 (4.09%) Power BI
4 73 (3.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 66 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
6 56 (2.63%) Metadata
7 47 (2.21%) Tableau
8 44 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
9 42 (1.97%) Big Data
10 30 (1.41%) BigQuery
11 26 (1.22%) NoSQL
12 24 (1.13%) Semantic Layer
13 23 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
14 22 (1.03%) Data Lake
15 20 (0.94%) Redis
15 20 (0.94%) Relational Database
16 18 (0.85%) Looker
17 16 (0.75%) Delta Lake
17 16 (0.75%) MySQL
18 13 (0.61%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 60 (2.82%) Git
2 38 (1.78%) Claude Code
3 31 (1.46%) JIRA
4 29 (1.36%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.17%) Snyk
6 21 (0.99%) MLflow
7 14 (0.66%) GitLab
8 9 (0.42%) Selenium
8 9 (0.42%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.28%) Maven
10 6 (0.28%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.23%) JUnit
11 5 (0.23%) Mockito
11 5 (0.23%) Postman
11 5 (0.23%) Storybook
11 5 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.23%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.14%) Appium
12 3 (0.14%) ESLint
General
1 499 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 425 (19.96%) Finance
3 270 (12.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 258 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
5 255 (11.98%) Games
6 220 (10.33%) Marketing
7 145 (6.81%) Legal
8 136 (6.39%) Public Sector
9 124 (5.82%) Law
10 80 (3.76%) Retail
11 64 (3.01%) Banking
12 55 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
13 43 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
14 39 (1.83%) Automotive
15 30 (1.41%) Advertising
16 27 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
17 25 (1.17%) Manufacturing
18 18 (0.85%) Telecoms
19 10 (0.47%) Back Office
20 9 (0.42%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 422 (19.82%) Senior
2 331 (15.55%) Lead
3 240 (11.27%) Developer
4 192 (9.02%) Architect
5 124 (5.82%) Software Engineer
6 94 (4.42%) Analyst
7 91 (4.27%) Engineering Manager
8 86 (4.04%) Consultant
9 84 (3.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 83 (3.90%) Designer
11 75 (3.52%) Data Engineer
12 73 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
13 65 (3.05%) .NET Developer
13 65 (3.05%) Data Scientist
14 63 (2.96%) Product Manager
15 58 (2.72%) Data Manager
15 58 (2.72%) Python Engineer
16 51 (2.40%) Senior Architect
17 50 (2.35%) Full-Stack Developer
17 50 (2.35%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (7.80%) React
2 121 (5.68%) .NET
3 103 (4.84%) RESTful
4 89 (4.18%) Node.js
5 81 (3.80%) CSS
5 81 (3.80%) REST
6 74 (3.48%) HTML
7 68 (3.19%) .NET Core
8 62 (2.91%) PyTorch
9 60 (2.82%) ASP.NET
9 60 (2.82%) ASP.NET Core
10 59 (2.77%) ML.NET
11 54 (2.54%) TensorFlow
12 50 (2.35%) LangChain
13 49 (2.30%) Blazor
14 41 (1.93%) FastAPI
15 36 (1.69%) Vue
16 35 (1.64%) Next.js
17 32 (1.50%) Spring
18 29 (1.36%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 211 (9.91%) Social Media
2 172 (8.08%) Cloud Native
3 131 (6.15%) Product Ownership
4 97 (4.56%) AI Agents
5 82 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 56 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
7 51 (2.40%) Low-Code
8 49 (2.30%) Algorithms
9 47 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
9 47 (2.21%) Video\Live Streaming
10 46 (2.16%) Mobile App
11 45 (2.11%) Public Cloud
12 44 (2.07%) Virtual Team
13 41 (1.93%) Data Centre
14 28 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
15 27 (1.27%) Social Network
16 26 (1.22%) Blog
16 26 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
16 26 (1.22%) Management Information System
17 23 (1.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 42 (1.97%) Android
2 30 (1.41%) Linux
3 28 (1.32%) Windows
4 27 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.28%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.14%) Unix
8 2 (0.094%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.094%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 600 (28.18%) Agile
2 568 (26.68%) Roadmaps
3 558 (26.21%) Analytics
4 507 (23.81%) Machine Learning
5 405 (19.02%) CI/CD
6 322 (15.12%) Customer Experience
7 298 (14.00%) Software Engineering
8 288 (13.53%) Mentoring
9 268 (12.59%) Decision-Making
10 267 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 259 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
12 251 (11.79%) LLM
13 246 (11.55%) DevOps
14 239 (11.23%) Product Roadmap
15 228 (10.71%) Full-Stack Development
16 223 (10.47%) Generative AI
17 219 (10.29%) Storytelling
18 199 (9.35%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 189 (8.88%) Data Science
20 184 (8.64%) Digital Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 494 (23.20%) Python
2 323 (15.17%) SQL
3 140 (6.58%) C#
4 135 (6.34%) JavaScript
5 127 (5.97%) TypeScript
6 113 (5.31%) Java
7 62 (2.91%) Go
8 37 (1.74%) Bash
9 35 (1.64%) PowerShell
10 26 (1.22%) C++
11 24 (1.13%) Bicep
12 22 (1.03%) R
13 19 (0.89%) Scala
14 15 (0.70%) PHP
15 10 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.42%) C
17 8 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
17 8 (0.38%) PL/SQL
17 8 (0.38%) Rust
18 7 (0.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 172 (8.08%) Degree
2 90 (4.23%) Security Cleared
3 54 (2.54%) SC Cleared
4 52 (2.44%) ACCA
5 49 (2.30%) AWS Certification
6 36 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 31 (1.46%) CIMA
7 31 (1.46%) DV Cleared
8 30 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.27%) DBS Check
9 27 (1.27%) Master's Degree
10 25 (1.17%) PhD
11 24 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.56%) CISSP
14 9 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 6 (0.28%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (13.15%) Accessibility
2 98 (4.60%) Data Quality
3 73 (3.43%) WCAG
4 62 (2.91%) QA
5 60 (2.82%) GDPR
6 54 (2.54%) GRC
7 27 (1.27%) NIST
8 25 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 24 (1.13%) IFRS
10 16 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 15 (0.70%) SLA
12 14 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (0.66%) PMO
13 13 (0.61%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (0.33%) NCSC
16 6 (0.28%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
18 4 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
18 4 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 141 (6.62%) Docker
2 89 (4.18%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (1.13%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.19%) Firmware
5 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.14%) Kamailio
7 2 (0.094%) vSphere
8 1 (0.047%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 117 (5.50%) Kubernetes
2 83 (3.90%) Terraform
3 19 (0.89%) Ansible
4 14 (0.66%) Grafana
5 13 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.33%) Kubeflow
8 7 (0.33%) Proxmox
9 6 (0.28%) Argo
10 3 (0.14%) Puppet
11 2 (0.094%) Podman
11 2 (0.094%) Salt
12 1 (0.047%) CASB
12 1 (0.047%) Istio
12 1 (0.047%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.047%) linkerd
12 1 (0.047%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.047%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 459 (21.56%) Microsoft
2 262 (12.31%) Adobe
3 124 (5.82%) Databricks
4 88 (4.13%) Google
5 62 (2.91%) OpenAI
6 58 (2.72%) Cisco
7 54 (2.54%) Apple
7 54 (2.54%) ServiceNow
8 50 (2.35%) Dell
9 46 (2.16%) Salesforce
10 31 (1.46%) CrowdStrike
11 28 (1.32%) HubSpot
12 27 (1.27%) Palo Alto
12 27 (1.27%) Tenable
13 24 (1.13%) Oracle
14 21 (0.99%) Foundry
15 18 (0.85%) SAP
16 13 (0.61%) VMware
17 12 (0.56%) Facebook
17 12 (0.56%) Palantir
2,410 hybrid/remote AI jobs