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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 60
Rank change year-on-year 0 +53 +22
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,923 2,614 1,029
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.89% 15.91% 4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.59% 17.13% 4.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,846 641 598
10th Percentile £40,500 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £29,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -19.01% -5.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £102,875
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -3.33%

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 18,751 15,258 21,879
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.66% 92.88% 87.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13,547 8,951 15,627
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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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 12 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 80 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.81%) Confluence
3 43 (1.47%) CMS
4 23 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.72%) Apache
6 20 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.31%) WordPress
9 8 (0.27%) SAS
10 7 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.17%) Camunda
12 4 (0.14%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.068%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.068%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.034%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.034%) Moodle
14 1 (0.034%) Palantir Foundry
14 1 (0.034%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.034%) Umbraco
Applications
1 43 (1.47%) UserZoom
2 42 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (1.33%) Chatbot
4 29 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.58%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.48%) InDesign
7 14 (0.48%) Photoshop
8 13 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.14%) CapCut
10 4 (0.14%) Moqups
10 4 (0.14%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.14%) Trello
11 3 (0.10%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.10%) Productboard
11 3 (0.10%) Sketch
12 2 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 36 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.96%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.82%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.14%) Sage 50
7 3 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.068%) Shopify
9 1 (0.034%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.034%) HFM
9 1 (0.034%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.034%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.034%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 850 (29.08%) Azure
2 548 (18.75%) AWS
3 268 (9.17%) SaaS
4 252 (8.62%) Azure AI
5 242 (8.28%) GCP
6 221 (7.56%) Power Platform
7 212 (7.25%) GitHub
8 174 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
9 160 (5.47%) Adobe Analytics
10 134 (4.58%) GitHub Copilot
11 131 (4.48%) Snowflake
12 125 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
13 114 (3.90%) Figma
14 113 (3.87%) Serverless
15 106 (3.63%) Anthropic Claude
16 100 (3.42%) Entra ID
16 100 (3.42%) Microsoft Copilot
17 85 (2.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 83 (2.84%) Azure Machine Learning
19 69 (2.36%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 294 (10.06%) Broadband
2 33 (1.13%) Internet
3 29 (0.99%) VPN
4 28 (0.96%) Firewall
5 19 (0.65%) Network Security
6 18 (0.62%) DNS
7 15 (0.51%) HTTP
8 12 (0.41%) VoIP
9 11 (0.38%) CTI
10 10 (0.34%) DHCP
11 8 (0.27%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.27%) WPA
12 7 (0.24%) Wireless
13 6 (0.21%) 5G
13 6 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.17%) BGP
14 5 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.17%) OSPF
14 5 (0.17%) VLAN
14 5 (0.17%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (7.46%) MongoDB
2 176 (6.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 128 (4.38%) Power BI
4 122 (4.17%) SQL Server
5 103 (3.52%) PostgreSQL
6 86 (2.94%) Metadata
7 66 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
8 49 (1.68%) NoSQL
9 48 (1.64%) Tableau
10 44 (1.51%) Big Data
11 41 (1.40%) Data Lake
12 34 (1.16%) Redis
13 31 (1.06%) BigQuery
13 31 (1.06%) Delta Lake
13 31 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
14 30 (1.03%) Relational Database
15 23 (0.79%) MySQL
16 17 (0.58%) Data Vault
16 17 (0.58%) DynamoDB
16 17 (0.58%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 119 (4.07%) Git
2 66 (2.26%) JIRA
3 63 (2.16%) Claude Code
4 44 (1.51%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.92%) Snyk
6 25 (0.86%) GitLab
7 19 (0.65%) Selenium
8 16 (0.55%) MLflow
9 13 (0.44%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.38%) Postman
10 11 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.34%) JUnit
11 10 (0.34%) Maven
11 10 (0.34%) Mockito
12 6 (0.21%) Appium
13 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.14%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
13 4 (0.14%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 813 (27.81%) Social Skills
2 629 (21.52%) Finance
3 357 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 331 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 329 (11.26%) Marketing
6 247 (8.45%) Games
7 233 (7.97%) Legal
8 172 (5.88%) Public Sector
9 169 (5.78%) Law
10 106 (3.63%) Banking
11 105 (3.59%) Retail
12 89 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
13 75 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
14 58 (1.98%) Advertising
15 39 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
16 38 (1.30%) Manufacturing
17 36 (1.23%) Legal Technology
18 34 (1.16%) Automotive
19 25 (0.86%) Telecoms
20 21 (0.72%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 561 (19.19%) Senior
2 406 (13.89%) Developer
3 363 (12.42%) Lead
4 283 (9.68%) Architect
5 213 (7.29%) Software Engineer
6 170 (5.82%) .NET Developer
7 131 (4.48%) Analyst
8 121 (4.14%) Consultant
9 120 (4.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 114 (3.90%) Engineering Manager
11 83 (2.84%) Data Engineer
12 82 (2.81%) Full-Stack Developer
12 82 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
13 81 (2.77%) Data Scientist
14 79 (2.70%) Python Engineer
15 75 (2.57%) Senior Developer
16 73 (2.50%) Senior Manager
17 69 (2.36%) Product Manager
18 67 (2.29%) Designer
19 64 (2.19%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 278 (9.51%) React
2 258 (8.83%) .NET
3 168 (5.75%) ASP.NET
4 165 (5.64%) .NET Core
5 164 (5.61%) RESTful
6 159 (5.44%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (5.34%) ML.NET
8 145 (4.96%) CSS
9 136 (4.65%) HTML
10 134 (4.58%) Node.js
11 116 (3.97%) Blazor
12 113 (3.87%) REST
13 92 (3.15%) LangChain
14 72 (2.46%) Next.js
15 60 (2.05%) PyTorch
16 53 (1.81%) Vue
17 51 (1.74%) LangGraph
18 48 (1.64%) FastAPI
19 47 (1.61%) TensorFlow
20 42 (1.44%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 260 (8.89%) Cloud Native
2 231 (7.90%) AI Agents
3 207 (7.08%) Social Media
4 141 (4.82%) Product Ownership
5 113 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
6 93 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
7 88 (3.01%) Blog
8 70 (2.39%) Algorithms
9 69 (2.36%) Onboarding
10 66 (2.26%) Low-Code
11 57 (1.95%) Mobile App
12 56 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
12 56 (1.92%) Virtual Team
13 55 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
14 53 (1.81%) Data Centre
15 50 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
16 48 (1.64%) Management Information System
17 47 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
18 46 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
19 40 (1.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 64 (2.19%) Windows
2 55 (1.88%) Linux
3 49 (1.68%) Android
4 23 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.55%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.41%) VMS
7 9 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.17%) Unix
10 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 801 (27.40%) Agile
2 780 (26.68%) Machine Learning
3 720 (24.63%) Analytics
4 663 (22.68%) Roadmaps
5 606 (20.73%) CI/CD
6 504 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 468 (16.01%) Mentoring
8 463 (15.84%) Software Engineering
9 422 (14.44%) Decision-Making
10 420 (14.37%) LLM
11 394 (13.48%) Full-Stack Development
12 372 (12.73%) DevOps
12 372 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
13 322 (11.02%) Customer Experience
14 283 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
15 270 (9.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 264 (9.03%) Data Science
17 259 (8.86%) Technical Leadership
18 255 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
19 239 (8.18%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 674 (23.06%) Python
2 534 (18.27%) SQL
3 294 (10.06%) C#
4 267 (9.13%) JavaScript
5 207 (7.08%) TypeScript
6 138 (4.72%) Java
7 59 (2.02%) PowerShell
8 54 (1.85%) Go
9 52 (1.78%) C++
10 47 (1.61%) Bicep
11 45 (1.54%) Bash
12 31 (1.06%) Scala
13 21 (0.72%) R
14 18 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
15 17 (0.58%) Kotlin
15 17 (0.58%) PHP
16 15 (0.51%) C
17 12 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 10 (0.34%) PL/SQL
18 10 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 242 (8.28%) Degree
2 189 (6.47%) Security Cleared
3 134 (4.58%) SC Cleared
4 71 (2.43%) CISSP
5 66 (2.26%) CISM
6 60 (2.05%) DV Cleared
7 57 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (1.85%) A+ Certification
8 54 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
9 51 (1.74%) ACCA
10 47 (1.61%) Azure Certification
11 41 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
12 35 (1.20%) CIMA
13 33 (1.13%) Master's Degree
14 32 (1.09%) AWS Certification
14 32 (1.09%) PhD
15 25 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 19 (0.65%) DBS Check
17 16 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
18 15 (0.51%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (9.58%) Accessibility
2 185 (6.33%) Data Quality
3 112 (3.83%) QA
4 105 (3.59%) GDPR
5 67 (2.29%) WCAG
6 59 (2.02%) GRC
7 50 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 37 (1.27%) NIST
9 28 (0.96%) SLA
10 19 (0.65%) IFRS
11 14 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 13 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.41%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.38%) PMO
15 7 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 5 (0.17%) NCSC
16 5 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 224 (7.66%) Docker
2 92 (3.15%) Virtual Machines
3 91 (3.11%) Active Directory
4 20 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.44%) vSphere
6 12 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.31%) Firmware
8 6 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.10%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 205 (7.01%) Kubernetes
2 138 (4.72%) Terraform
3 75 (2.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (0.82%) Grafana
5 18 (0.62%) Ansible
6 17 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.24%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.17%) Argo
8 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.17%) Puppet
8 5 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.14%) Istio
9 4 (0.14%) Nmap
10 3 (0.10%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.10%) linkerd
10 3 (0.10%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.068%) Podman
11 2 (0.068%) Salt
12 1 (0.034%) CASB
12 1 (0.034%) Cilium
Vendors
1 724 (24.77%) Microsoft
2 221 (7.56%) Adobe
3 173 (5.92%) Databricks
4 137 (4.69%) Google
5 94 (3.22%) OpenAI
6 78 (2.67%) Cisco
7 68 (2.33%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.88%) CyberArk
9 53 (1.81%) Apple
10 48 (1.64%) Dell
11 47 (1.61%) Salesforce
12 38 (1.30%) Facebook
12 38 (1.30%) Foundry
13 37 (1.27%) HubSpot
14 30 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
14 30 (1.03%) Palo Alto
15 29 (0.99%) Oracle
16 27 (0.92%) Tenable
17 26 (0.89%) SAP
18 23 (0.79%) VMware