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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 68 61
Rank change year-on-year +64 -7 +42
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,770 777 959
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.22% 4.54% 4.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.59% 4.89% 4.97%
Number of salaries quoted 865 448 518
10th Percentile £21,500 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £52,500 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £77,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.84% +2.67% +7.14%

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 13,453 15,904 19,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.47% 92.97% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,559 9,534 15,518
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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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 29 December 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 43 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.08%) Confluence
3 25 (0.90%) CMS
4 24 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (0.72%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 13 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.36%) Apache Solr
8 10 (0.36%) JBoss
8 10 (0.36%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.25%) Apache
10 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.14%) WordPress
12 3 (0.11%) Luigi
13 2 (0.072%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.072%) Mendix
13 2 (0.072%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.036%) Camunda
14 1 (0.036%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1,257 (45.38%) Chatbot
2 88 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (0.22%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.18%) Sketch
7 4 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.11%) InDesign
8 3 (0.11%) Notion
8 3 (0.11%) Simulink
8 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.072%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.072%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.072%) Weka
10 1 (0.036%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.036%) Blender
10 1 (0.036%) GNU Octave
10 1 (0.036%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (0.54%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
4 10 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.072%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.072%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.072%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.072%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.072%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.072%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.072%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.072%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.036%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.036%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 474 (17.11%) Azure
2 290 (10.47%) AWS
3 199 (7.18%) SaaS
4 190 (6.86%) Power Platform
5 147 (5.31%) GCP
6 138 (4.98%) GitHub
7 125 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
8 94 (3.39%) GitHub Copilot
9 78 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
10 65 (2.35%) Snowflake
11 47 (1.70%) Entra ID
12 42 (1.52%) Serverless
13 37 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
14 36 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 36 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
15 35 (1.26%) dbt
16 27 (0.97%) Azure AI
16 27 (0.97%) Power Automate
17 25 (0.90%) OCI
18 24 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (0.72%) Broadband
2 10 (0.36%) Network Security
3 9 (0.32%) HTTP
3 9 (0.32%) Internet
4 7 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.22%) DNS
5 6 (0.22%) Firewall
5 6 (0.22%) InfiniBand
5 6 (0.22%) WAN
6 5 (0.18%) DHCP
6 5 (0.18%) DMZ
6 5 (0.18%) VPN
7 4 (0.14%) Intranet
7 4 (0.14%) VoIP
8 3 (0.11%) DOCSIS
8 3 (0.11%) DSL
8 3 (0.11%) IPv4
8 3 (0.11%) IPv6
8 3 (0.11%) LAN
8 3 (0.11%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (4.15%) Power BI
2 76 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
3 53 (1.91%) Tableau
4 42 (1.52%) NoSQL
5 40 (1.44%) SQL Server
6 36 (1.30%) Big Data
7 32 (1.16%) MongoDB
8 31 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
9 30 (1.08%) Data Lake
10 25 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
10 25 (0.90%) Metadata
11 22 (0.79%) BigQuery
11 22 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
12 17 (0.61%) MySQL
12 17 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
13 16 (0.58%) Looker
14 15 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 11 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
16 10 (0.36%) Redis
17 9 (0.32%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 72 (2.60%) JIRA
2 56 (2.02%) Git
3 24 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 18 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
5 12 (0.43%) GitLab
6 9 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 9 (0.32%) MLflow
7 8 (0.29%) Subversion
8 7 (0.25%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.22%) ERwin
10 5 (0.18%) GitBook
10 5 (0.18%) Selenium
10 5 (0.18%) Storybook
11 4 (0.14%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
11 4 (0.14%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.072%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.072%) WebDriver
General
1 671 (24.22%) Analytical Skills
2 507 (18.30%) Social Skills
3 456 (16.46%) Finance
4 355 (12.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 188 (6.79%) Marketing
6 149 (5.38%) Public Sector
7 122 (4.40%) Retail
8 102 (3.68%) Legal
9 88 (3.18%) Law
10 56 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
11 49 (1.77%) Telecoms
12 32 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (0.97%) Banking
15 26 (0.94%) Aerospace
16 25 (0.90%) Games
16 25 (0.90%) Manufacturing
17 20 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
18 15 (0.54%) Advertising
18 15 (0.54%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 1,236 (44.62%) Trainer
2 233 (8.41%) Senior
3 183 (6.61%) Developer
4 155 (5.60%) Content Editor
5 131 (4.73%) Architect
6 102 (3.68%) Lead
7 98 (3.54%) Customer Support Specialist
7 98 (3.54%) Support Specialist
8 94 (3.39%) Analyst
9 86 (3.10%) Research Scientist
10 68 (2.45%) Consultant
11 64 (2.31%) Software Engineer
12 57 (2.06%) Microsoft Specialist
13 55 (1.99%) Sales Executive
14 52 (1.88%) Data Engineer
15 46 (1.66%) Corporate Sales Executive
15 46 (1.66%) Solutions Architect
16 41 (1.48%) Customer Service Representative
17 39 (1.41%) Software Developer
18 38 (1.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (3.00%) .NET
1 83 (3.00%) React
2 75 (2.71%) REST
3 62 (2.24%) Node.js
4 56 (2.02%) RESTful
5 46 (1.66%) Kafka
6 36 (1.30%) SOAP
7 32 (1.16%) OAuth
7 32 (1.16%) OAuth2
8 29 (1.05%) gRPC
9 28 (1.01%) Spring
10 26 (0.94%) GraphQL
11 25 (0.90%) Next.js
11 25 (0.90%) PyTorch
11 25 (0.90%) TensorFlow
12 24 (0.87%) FastAPI
13 22 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
13 22 (0.79%) Middleware
14 21 (0.76%) WebSockets
15 20 (0.72%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 135 (4.87%) Cloud Native
2 109 (3.94%) Product Ownership
3 105 (3.79%) Blog
4 98 (3.54%) Molecular Biology
5 66 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 50 (1.81%) AI Agents
7 49 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
8 48 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
8 48 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
9 41 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
10 38 (1.37%) Public Cloud
11 36 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (1.30%) Low-Code
12 35 (1.26%) Algorithms
13 33 (1.19%) Data Centre
14 31 (1.12%) Virtual Team
15 25 (0.90%) Mobile App
16 23 (0.83%) Management Information System
17 22 (0.79%) Reinsurance
18 21 (0.76%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.19%) Android
2 30 (1.08%) Windows
3 27 (0.97%) Linux
4 20 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.25%) Unix
7 4 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.11%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.036%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.036%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.036%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,274 (45.99%) Conversational UI
2 438 (15.81%) Chemistry
3 376 (13.57%) Agile
4 293 (10.58%) Roadmaps
5 288 (10.40%) Analytics
5 288 (10.40%) Machine Learning
6 275 (9.93%) DevOps
7 263 (9.49%) CI/CD
8 238 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 226 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
10 209 (7.55%) Content Writing
11 206 (7.44%) Customer Service
12 196 (7.08%) Software Engineering
13 167 (6.03%) Coaching
14 161 (5.81%) Mentoring
15 156 (5.63%) Customer Experience
16 143 (5.16%) Business Intelligence
16 143 (5.16%) Decision-Making
17 140 (5.05%) Cybersecurity
18 138 (4.98%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 324 (11.70%) Python
2 265 (9.57%) SQL
3 100 (3.61%) TypeScript
4 99 (3.57%) Java
5 93 (3.36%) JavaScript
6 42 (1.52%) C#
7 38 (1.37%) PowerShell
8 32 (1.16%) Bash
8 32 (1.16%) C++
9 28 (1.01%) Go
10 26 (0.94%) Kotlin
11 23 (0.83%) R
12 22 (0.79%) Apex Code
13 20 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 18 (0.65%) PL/SQL
15 17 (0.61%) Shell Script
16 15 (0.54%) C
16 15 (0.54%) Swift
17 14 (0.51%) PHP
17 14 (0.51%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,540 (55.60%) Degree
2 666 (24.04%) Master's Degree
3 646 (23.32%) PhD
4 72 (2.60%) Security Cleared
5 63 (2.27%) SC Cleared
6 53 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (1.01%) AWS Certification
8 25 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (0.90%) DBS Check
9 24 (0.87%) PMP
10 22 (0.79%) ACCA
10 22 (0.79%) Azure Certification
10 22 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (0.43%) CISA
11 12 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (0.36%) CISM
12 10 (0.36%) CISSP
13 7 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.25%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.14%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (2.17%) Accessibility
2 37 (1.34%) GDPR
3 36 (1.30%) Data Quality
4 29 (1.05%) QA
5 23 (0.83%) IFRS
5 23 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (0.79%) GAAP
7 19 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.54%) WCAG
9 10 (0.36%) NIST
9 10 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.29%) EU AI Act
10 8 (0.29%) GRC
10 8 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 7 (0.25%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.22%) NCSC
13 5 (0.18%) JSP 440
14 3 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.11%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 92 (3.32%) Docker
2 27 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.18%) Lustre
6 4 (0.14%) Firmware
7 3 (0.11%) GPFS
7 3 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.072%) Ceph
8 2 (0.072%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (0.036%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.036%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 86 (3.10%) Terraform
2 83 (3.00%) Kubernetes
3 27 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.69%) Ansible
6 9 (0.32%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.29%) SCCM
8 6 (0.22%) Grafana
9 3 (0.11%) Argo
10 2 (0.072%) Control-M
10 2 (0.072%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.072%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.072%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.072%) Puppet
11 1 (0.036%) Cilium
11 1 (0.036%) Karpenter
11 1 (0.036%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 1,237 (44.66%) PayPal
2 447 (16.14%) Microsoft
3 80 (2.89%) Adobe
4 65 (2.35%) Cisco
5 59 (2.13%) Google
5 59 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 53 (1.91%) Dell
7 51 (1.84%) Oracle
8 50 (1.81%) Databricks
9 49 (1.77%) Apple
10 45 (1.62%) Blue Prism
11 25 (0.90%) HubSpot
12 22 (0.79%) Palo Alto
12 22 (0.79%) SAP
13 21 (0.76%) OpenAI
14 16 (0.58%) Foundry
15 13 (0.47%) Atlassian
15 13 (0.47%) ServiceNow
16 11 (0.40%) IBM
17 10 (0.36%) Workday