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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 37 78
Rank change year-on-year +29 +41 +12
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,101 973 1,186
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.48% 7.58% 3.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.81% 7.98% 4.18%
Number of salaries quoted 961 638 783
10th Percentile £24,570 £25,313 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,225 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% +5.96% -13.79%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £103,899
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +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 14,184 12,193 28,389
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.28% 95.04% 91.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9,612 8,760 23,196
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,784
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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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 27 March 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 39 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.71%) CMS
3 31 (1.48%) Confluence
4 25 (1.19%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.62%) JBoss
6 13 (0.62%) WebSphere
7 10 (0.48%) Apache
8 9 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.43%) WordPress
9 5 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.19%) SAS
11 2 (0.095%) Camunda
11 2 (0.095%) Mendix
11 2 (0.095%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.048%) Kinematics
Applications
1 411 (19.56%) Chatbot
2 58 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.09%) UserZoom
4 22 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.19%) CapCut
7 3 (0.14%) Sketch
7 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.095%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.095%) Weka
9 1 (0.048%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (0.71%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.095%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.095%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.095%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.095%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.095%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.048%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.048%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 458 (21.80%) Azure
2 315 (14.99%) AWS
3 212 (10.09%) SaaS
4 153 (7.28%) Adobe Analytics
5 152 (7.23%) GCP
6 143 (6.81%) Power Platform
7 140 (6.66%) GitHub
8 96 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
9 89 (4.24%) GitHub Copilot
10 77 (3.66%) Figma
11 63 (3.00%) Snowflake
12 58 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
13 55 (2.62%) Azure Machine Learning
14 53 (2.52%) Serverless
15 49 (2.33%) Azure AI
16 46 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
17 44 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 40 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
19 38 (1.81%) Contentsquare
20 32 (1.52%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 222 (10.57%) Broadband
2 16 (0.76%) Firewall
3 14 (0.67%) HTTP
4 11 (0.52%) Unified Communications
5 7 (0.33%) Network Security
6 6 (0.29%) DMZ
6 6 (0.29%) RTP
6 6 (0.29%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.29%) VoIP
6 6 (0.29%) VPN
6 6 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.24%) DHCP
8 4 (0.19%) Modbus
9 3 (0.14%) DNS
9 3 (0.14%) GPON
9 3 (0.14%) IPv4
9 3 (0.14%) IPv6
9 3 (0.14%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.14%) PPP
9 3 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (4.19%) Power BI
2 63 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
3 52 (2.48%) SQL Server
4 50 (2.38%) Metadata
5 48 (2.28%) MongoDB
6 41 (1.95%) Tableau
7 36 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
8 35 (1.67%) Big Data
9 33 (1.57%) NoSQL
10 31 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
11 28 (1.33%) Data Lake
12 24 (1.14%) BigQuery
13 21 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (0.86%) Looker
14 18 (0.86%) Redis
15 15 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 13 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (0.57%) MySQL
18 11 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
18 11 (0.52%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 49 (2.33%) Git
2 44 (2.09%) JIRA
3 22 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.90%) MLflow
5 16 (0.76%) Claude Code
5 16 (0.76%) GitLab
6 12 (0.57%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.57%) Selenium
7 10 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.38%) Subversion
9 8 (0.38%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.33%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.33%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.29%) ERwin
11 6 (0.29%) Storybook
12 5 (0.24%) GitBook
13 4 (0.19%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.19%) JMeter
13 4 (0.19%) Postman
General
1 492 (23.42%) Social Skills
2 418 (19.90%) Finance
3 348 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
4 265 (12.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 190 (9.04%) Games
6 176 (8.38%) Marketing
7 162 (7.71%) Public Sector
8 151 (7.19%) Legal
9 124 (5.90%) Law
10 107 (5.09%) Retail
11 58 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
12 47 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
13 45 (2.14%) Telecoms
14 43 (2.05%) Banking
15 33 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
16 31 (1.48%) Manufacturing
17 22 (1.05%) Automotive
18 14 (0.67%) Back Office
18 14 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
19 12 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 395 (18.80%) Trainer
2 313 (14.90%) Senior
3 265 (12.61%) Lead
4 182 (8.66%) Developer
5 132 (6.28%) Architect
6 85 (4.05%) Consultant
7 74 (3.52%) Software Engineer
8 63 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
9 61 (2.90%) Content Editor
10 59 (2.81%) Analyst
11 58 (2.76%) Designer
12 53 (2.52%) Data Engineer
13 51 (2.43%) Research Scientist
14 46 (2.19%) Engineering Manager
15 45 (2.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 43 (2.05%) Customer Support Specialist
16 43 (2.05%) Support Specialist
17 42 (2.00%) Sales Executive
18 41 (1.95%) Corporate Sales Executive
18 41 (1.95%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (5.43%) React
2 88 (4.19%) REST
3 76 (3.62%) .NET
4 70 (3.33%) Node.js
5 68 (3.24%) RESTful
6 49 (2.33%) PyTorch
7 45 (2.14%) CSS
8 43 (2.05%) Kafka
9 42 (2.00%) HTML
9 42 (2.00%) TensorFlow
10 36 (1.71%) OAuth
11 35 (1.67%) SOAP
12 34 (1.62%) Spring
13 29 (1.38%) Vue
14 28 (1.33%) OAuth2
15 26 (1.24%) LangChain
16 23 (1.09%) AngularJS
17 22 (1.05%) FastAPI
17 22 (1.05%) GraphQL
17 22 (1.05%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 152 (7.23%) Social Media
2 137 (6.52%) Cloud Native
3 114 (5.43%) Blog
4 101 (4.81%) Product Ownership
5 87 (4.14%) Onboarding
6 54 (2.57%) AI Agents
7 49 (2.33%) Mobile App
8 46 (2.19%) Public Cloud
8 46 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (1.95%) Virtual Team
10 39 (1.86%) Low-Code
10 39 (1.86%) Molecular Biology
11 37 (1.76%) Algorithms
12 35 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
13 27 (1.29%) Social Network
14 25 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
15 21 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
15 21 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
16 20 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
16 20 (0.95%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.52%) Android
2 35 (1.67%) Apple iOS
3 33 (1.57%) Linux
4 24 (1.14%) Windows
5 7 (0.33%) Unix
5 7 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.14%) OpenWrt
7 3 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.048%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (23.08%) Agile
2 470 (22.37%) Analytics
3 429 (20.42%) Conversational UI
4 423 (20.13%) Roadmaps
5 350 (16.66%) Machine Learning
6 316 (15.04%) CI/CD
7 310 (14.75%) Customer Experience
8 295 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 248 (11.80%) DevOps
10 241 (11.47%) Problem-Solving
11 230 (10.95%) Decision-Making
12 220 (10.47%) Mentoring
13 213 (10.14%) Software Engineering
14 183 (8.71%) Product Roadmap
14 183 (8.71%) Storytelling
15 180 (8.57%) Generative AI
16 161 (7.66%) LLM
17 152 (7.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 148 (7.04%) User Experience
19 147 (7.00%) Digital Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 344 (16.37%) Python
2 239 (11.38%) SQL
3 118 (5.62%) Java
4 89 (4.24%) TypeScript
5 81 (3.86%) JavaScript
6 70 (3.33%) C#
7 54 (2.57%) Go
8 27 (1.29%) C++
9 26 (1.24%) Bash
10 22 (1.05%) Kotlin
11 19 (0.90%) Apex Code
12 18 (0.86%) PHP
12 18 (0.86%) R
13 17 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 15 (0.71%) Scala
15 13 (0.62%) Bicep
16 11 (0.52%) PowerShell
17 10 (0.48%) PL/SQL
18 9 (0.43%) Shell Script
18 9 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 639 (30.41%) Degree
2 189 (9.00%) Master's Degree
3 178 (8.47%) PhD
4 52 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 52 (2.48%) Security Cleared
5 38 (1.81%) DBS Check
6 36 (1.71%) ACCA
7 32 (1.52%) SC Cleared
8 29 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 28 (1.33%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.19%) PMP
11 18 (0.86%) DV Cleared
12 17 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.62%) CIMA
14 12 (0.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.52%) CISSP
16 8 (0.38%) CISA
16 8 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.24%) CISM
17 5 (0.24%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (10.99%) Accessibility
2 61 (2.90%) WCAG
3 51 (2.43%) Data Quality
4 41 (1.95%) QA
5 39 (1.86%) GDPR
6 28 (1.33%) IFRS
7 26 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 23 (1.09%) GRC
9 19 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
10 12 (0.57%) GAAP
10 12 (0.57%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.52%) NIST
12 9 (0.43%) PMO
13 8 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.33%) EU AI Act
14 7 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.29%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.29%) NCSC
16 4 (0.19%) ISO 26262
17 3 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 104 (4.95%) Docker
2 26 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
3 25 (1.19%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.14%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.095%) Ceph
6 2 (0.095%) Lustre
6 2 (0.095%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.095%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.048%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 84 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 71 (3.38%) Terraform
3 24 (1.14%) Ansible
4 23 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.62%) Grafana
6 12 (0.57%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.29%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.24%) Argo
9 5 (0.24%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.095%) Control-M
10 2 (0.095%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.095%) Puppet
10 2 (0.095%) Salt
11 1 (0.048%) SCCM
Vendors
1 390 (18.56%) PayPal
2 334 (15.90%) Microsoft
3 196 (9.33%) Adobe
4 86 (4.09%) Databricks
5 69 (3.28%) Google
6 50 (2.38%) Dell
7 47 (2.24%) Cisco
7 47 (2.24%) Salesforce
8 37 (1.76%) Oracle
9 27 (1.29%) Apple
10 25 (1.19%) OpenAI
11 19 (0.90%) Foundry
12 18 (0.86%) SAP
13 16 (0.76%) ServiceNow
14 14 (0.67%) Palantir
15 13 (0.62%) Atlassian
15 13 (0.62%) Informatica
16 11 (0.52%) Blue Prism
16 11 (0.52%) Hootsuite
16 11 (0.52%) Wrike