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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 60
Rank change year-on-year 0 +53 +24
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,819 2,654 1,024
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.69% 16.05% 3.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.28% 17.26% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,779 703 610
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £29,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £71,000 £67,500 £71,991
% change year-on-year +5.19% -6.24% -4.01%

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 18,446 15,378 22,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.04% 92.99% 87.83%
Number of salaries quoted 13,393 9,086 16,698
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.41%

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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 1 August 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 75 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.81%) Confluence
3 41 (1.45%) CMS
4 22 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.74%) Apache
6 19 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.32%) SAS
9 8 (0.28%) WordPress
10 6 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.14%) Camunda
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.071%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.071%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.071%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.035%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.035%) Moodle
13 1 (0.035%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.035%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (1.56%) UserZoom
2 33 (1.17%) Chatbot
2 33 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
5 15 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 13 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
6 13 (0.46%) InDesign
6 13 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.14%) CapCut
10 3 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.11%) Moqups
10 3 (0.11%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.11%) Productboard
10 3 (0.11%) Sketch
10 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.11%) Trello
11 2 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 37 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.99%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.85%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
5 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.14%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.035%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.035%) HFM
7 1 (0.035%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.035%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.035%) Shopify
7 1 (0.035%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 833 (29.55%) Azure
2 514 (18.23%) AWS
3 266 (9.44%) SaaS
4 251 (8.90%) Azure AI
5 229 (8.12%) GCP
6 214 (7.59%) Power Platform
7 201 (7.13%) GitHub
8 173 (6.14%) Azure DevOps
9 172 (6.10%) Adobe Analytics
10 126 (4.47%) GitHub Copilot
11 118 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
11 118 (4.19%) Snowflake
12 110 (3.90%) Figma
13 108 (3.83%) Serverless
14 99 (3.51%) Anthropic Claude
15 97 (3.44%) Entra ID
16 93 (3.30%) Microsoft Copilot
17 84 (2.98%) Azure Machine Learning
18 83 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 70 (2.48%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 307 (10.89%) Broadband
2 32 (1.14%) Internet
3 28 (0.99%) VPN
4 26 (0.92%) Firewall
5 15 (0.53%) DNS
6 14 (0.50%) HTTP
7 13 (0.46%) VoIP
8 12 (0.43%) Network Security
9 11 (0.39%) CTI
10 9 (0.32%) DHCP
11 8 (0.28%) WPA
12 7 (0.25%) Wireless
13 6 (0.21%) 5G
13 6 (0.21%) TCP/IP
14 5 (0.18%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.18%) VLAN
14 5 (0.18%) VXLAN
14 5 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (0.14%) DMZ
16 3 (0.11%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (7.80%) MongoDB
2 175 (6.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 121 (4.29%) Power BI
4 119 (4.22%) SQL Server
5 95 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
6 81 (2.87%) Metadata
7 66 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
8 46 (1.63%) Tableau
9 43 (1.53%) Big Data
10 42 (1.49%) NoSQL
11 38 (1.35%) Data Lake
12 31 (1.10%) BigQuery
12 31 (1.10%) Redis
12 31 (1.10%) Semantic Layer
13 29 (1.03%) Delta Lake
14 26 (0.92%) Relational Database
15 22 (0.78%) MySQL
16 18 (0.64%) Pinecone
17 15 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
18 14 (0.50%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 113 (4.01%) Git
2 62 (2.20%) JIRA
3 58 (2.06%) Claude Code
4 44 (1.56%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.96%) Snyk
6 25 (0.89%) GitLab
7 19 (0.67%) Selenium
8 16 (0.57%) MLflow
9 12 (0.43%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.35%) Postman
12 9 (0.32%) JUnit
12 9 (0.32%) Maven
12 9 (0.32%) Mockito
13 5 (0.18%) Appium
13 5 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
14 4 (0.14%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.14%) Metasploit
14 4 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 776 (27.53%) Social Skills
2 582 (20.65%) Finance
3 332 (11.78%) Analytical Skills
4 323 (11.46%) Marketing
5 307 (10.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 261 (9.26%) Games
7 227 (8.05%) Legal
8 169 (6.00%) Law
9 162 (5.75%) Public Sector
10 104 (3.69%) Retail
11 97 (3.44%) Banking
12 78 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
13 69 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
14 57 (2.02%) Advertising
15 40 (1.42%) Automotive
16 37 (1.31%) Legal Technology
17 36 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
18 33 (1.17%) Manufacturing
19 23 (0.82%) Telecoms
20 18 (0.64%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 546 (19.37%) Senior
2 403 (14.30%) Developer
3 370 (13.13%) Lead
4 268 (9.51%) Architect
5 201 (7.13%) Software Engineer
6 170 (6.03%) .NET Developer
7 121 (4.29%) Analyst
8 115 (4.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 111 (3.94%) Consultant
10 110 (3.90%) Engineering Manager
11 82 (2.91%) Data Engineer
12 80 (2.84%) Data Scientist
12 80 (2.84%) Solutions Architect
13 77 (2.73%) Full-Stack Developer
14 76 (2.70%) Python Engineer
15 75 (2.66%) Senior Manager
16 73 (2.59%) Designer
16 73 (2.59%) Senior Developer
17 66 (2.34%) Product Manager
18 64 (2.27%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 266 (9.44%) React
2 252 (8.94%) .NET
3 168 (5.96%) ASP.NET
4 165 (5.85%) .NET Core
5 163 (5.78%) RESTful
6 159 (5.64%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.53%) ML.NET
8 146 (5.18%) CSS
9 138 (4.90%) HTML
10 123 (4.36%) Node.js
11 117 (4.15%) Blazor
12 107 (3.80%) REST
13 83 (2.94%) LangChain
14 67 (2.38%) Next.js
15 57 (2.02%) PyTorch
16 49 (1.74%) FastAPI
17 48 (1.70%) Vue
18 46 (1.63%) TensorFlow
19 45 (1.60%) LangGraph
20 38 (1.35%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 248 (8.80%) Cloud Native
2 216 (7.66%) Social Media
3 202 (7.17%) AI Agents
4 137 (4.86%) Product Ownership
5 108 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
6 85 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
7 72 (2.55%) Blog
8 71 (2.52%) Algorithms
9 70 (2.48%) Onboarding
10 68 (2.41%) Low-Code
11 57 (2.02%) Virtual Team
12 54 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
13 53 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
14 52 (1.84%) Mobile App
15 45 (1.60%) Data Centre
16 44 (1.56%) Management Information System
17 43 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
17 43 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
18 42 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
19 39 (1.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 62 (2.20%) Windows
2 53 (1.88%) Linux
3 48 (1.70%) Android
4 21 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.43%) VMS
7 9 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.071%) Unix
11 1 (0.035%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 787 (27.92%) Agile
2 734 (26.04%) Machine Learning
3 704 (24.97%) Analytics
4 652 (23.13%) Roadmaps
5 587 (20.82%) CI/CD
6 490 (17.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 445 (15.79%) Mentoring
8 443 (15.71%) Software Engineering
9 413 (14.65%) Decision-Making
10 393 (13.94%) LLM
11 381 (13.52%) Full-Stack Development
12 363 (12.88%) DevOps
13 356 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
14 325 (11.53%) Customer Experience
15 256 (9.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 255 (9.05%) Cybersecurity
17 249 (8.83%) Data Science
18 248 (8.80%) Technical Leadership
19 233 (8.27%) Generative AI
20 229 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 647 (22.95%) Python
2 503 (17.84%) SQL
3 286 (10.15%) C#
4 253 (8.97%) JavaScript
5 192 (6.81%) TypeScript
6 129 (4.58%) Java
7 58 (2.06%) Go
8 57 (2.02%) PowerShell
9 48 (1.70%) C++
10 47 (1.67%) Bicep
11 46 (1.63%) Bash
12 28 (0.99%) Scala
13 20 (0.71%) R
14 18 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
15 16 (0.57%) Kotlin
16 15 (0.53%) PHP
17 14 (0.50%) C
18 11 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 9 (0.32%) PL/SQL
19 9 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 222 (7.88%) Degree
2 163 (5.78%) Security Cleared
3 113 (4.01%) SC Cleared
4 68 (2.41%) CISSP
5 64 (2.27%) CISM
6 54 (1.92%) A+ Certification
6 54 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
7 53 (1.88%) ACCA
8 50 (1.77%) DV Cleared
9 47 (1.67%) Azure Certification
9 47 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 38 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (1.24%) CIMA
12 33 (1.17%) AWS Certification
13 30 (1.06%) PhD
14 29 (1.03%) Master's Degree
15 25 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 18 (0.64%) DBS Check
17 13 (0.46%) SnowPro
18 11 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (10.22%) Accessibility
2 167 (5.92%) Data Quality
3 105 (3.72%) QA
4 98 (3.48%) GDPR
5 68 (2.41%) WCAG
6 58 (2.06%) GRC
7 45 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 35 (1.24%) NIST
9 26 (0.92%) SLA
10 20 (0.71%) IFRS
11 14 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.50%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 12 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.43%) PMO
13 12 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 6 (0.21%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 219 (7.77%) Docker
2 93 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
3 91 (3.23%) Active Directory
4 18 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.46%) vSphere
6 12 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.25%) Firmware
8 6 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.035%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.035%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 199 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 135 (4.79%) Terraform
3 74 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (0.82%) Grafana
5 19 (0.67%) Ansible
6 18 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.25%) Kubeflow
8 6 (0.21%) Argo
9 5 (0.18%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.18%) Puppet
10 4 (0.14%) Istio
10 4 (0.14%) Nmap
10 4 (0.14%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.11%) linkerd
12 2 (0.071%) Podman
12 2 (0.071%) Salt
13 1 (0.035%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.035%) Nessus
13 1 (0.035%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 712 (25.26%) Microsoft
2 231 (8.19%) Adobe
3 164 (5.82%) Databricks
4 136 (4.82%) Google
5 90 (3.19%) OpenAI
6 78 (2.77%) Cisco
7 67 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.95%) CyberArk
9 50 (1.77%) Dell
10 49 (1.74%) Apple
11 47 (1.67%) Salesforce
12 38 (1.35%) Facebook
13 37 (1.31%) Foundry
14 34 (1.21%) HubSpot
15 30 (1.06%) CrowdStrike
16 28 (0.99%) Oracle
16 28 (0.99%) Palo Alto
17 27 (0.96%) Tenable
18 23 (0.82%) SAP
19 22 (0.78%) VMware
2,821 hybrid/remote AI jobs