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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 68
Rank change year-on-year -1 +61 +17
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,603 2,675 1,115
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.09% 16.19% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.63% 17.36% 4.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,643 736 688
10th Percentile £40,860 £24,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,100 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.90% -2.07% -3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,295 £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 17,794 15,412 26,661
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.66% 93.25% 88.60%
Number of salaries quoted 12,991 9,129 20,081
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,900 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.79%

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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 20 July 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 63 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.69%) Confluence
3 39 (1.50%) CMS
4 18 (0.69%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.61%) Apache
5 16 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.38%) WordPress
8 9 (0.35%) SAS
9 4 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.12%) Camunda
10 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.077%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.077%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.077%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.038%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.038%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.038%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.038%) WebSphere
Applications
1 44 (1.69%) UserZoom
2 30 (1.15%) Chatbot
3 24 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 22 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.50%) InDesign
7 13 (0.50%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.15%) CapCut
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.12%) Productboard
11 3 (0.12%) Sketch
11 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.12%) Trello
12 2 (0.077%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.038%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.92%) Cloudability
1 24 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.54%) Dynamics GP
3 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.15%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.038%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.038%) HFM
6 1 (0.038%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.038%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.038%) Shopify
6 1 (0.038%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 787 (30.23%) Azure
2 462 (17.75%) AWS
3 251 (9.64%) SaaS
4 245 (9.41%) Azure AI
5 212 (8.14%) GCP
6 188 (7.22%) Adobe Analytics
7 184 (7.07%) Power Platform
8 182 (6.99%) GitHub
9 163 (6.26%) Azure DevOps
10 116 (4.46%) GitHub Copilot
11 110 (4.23%) Figma
12 106 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
13 104 (4.00%) Snowflake
14 100 (3.84%) Serverless
15 87 (3.34%) Azure Machine Learning
16 86 (3.30%) Anthropic Claude
17 84 (3.23%) Entra ID
18 80 (3.07%) Microsoft Copilot
19 79 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 69 (2.65%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 335 (12.87%) Broadband
2 32 (1.23%) Internet
3 30 (1.15%) VPN
4 28 (1.08%) Firewall
5 15 (0.58%) DNS
6 14 (0.54%) VoIP
7 12 (0.46%) HTTP
8 11 (0.42%) CTI
9 10 (0.38%) DHCP
10 9 (0.35%) Network Security
11 8 (0.31%) WPA
12 7 (0.27%) Wireless
13 6 (0.23%) 5G
13 6 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.19%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.19%) TCP/IP
14 5 (0.19%) VLAN
14 5 (0.19%) VXLAN
15 4 (0.15%) DMZ
15 4 (0.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (8.26%) MongoDB
2 172 (6.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 113 (4.34%) SQL Server
4 105 (4.03%) Power BI
5 87 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
6 78 (3.00%) Metadata
7 62 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
8 42 (1.61%) Tableau
9 40 (1.54%) Big Data
10 34 (1.31%) Data Lake
10 34 (1.31%) NoSQL
11 32 (1.23%) Semantic Layer
12 30 (1.15%) Redis
13 29 (1.11%) BigQuery
14 26 (1.00%) Delta Lake
15 24 (0.92%) Relational Database
16 23 (0.88%) MySQL
17 18 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
18 17 (0.65%) Pinecone
19 13 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 97 (3.73%) Git
2 53 (2.04%) Claude Code
3 48 (1.84%) JIRA
4 36 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.96%) Snyk
6 22 (0.85%) GitLab
7 16 (0.61%) Selenium
8 14 (0.54%) MLflow
9 10 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.31%) Postman
11 7 (0.27%) Maven
11 7 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.23%) JUnit
12 6 (0.23%) Mockito
12 6 (0.23%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.19%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.19%) WebDriver
14 4 (0.15%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.15%) Metasploit
15 3 (0.12%) Appium
General
1 704 (27.05%) Social Skills
2 489 (18.79%) Finance
3 286 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
4 285 (10.95%) Marketing
5 284 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 277 (10.64%) Games
7 194 (7.45%) Legal
8 165 (6.34%) Law
9 149 (5.72%) Public Sector
10 90 (3.46%) Retail
11 82 (3.15%) Banking
12 67 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
13 60 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
14 55 (2.11%) Advertising
15 40 (1.54%) Automotive
15 40 (1.54%) Legal Technology
16 30 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
17 29 (1.11%) Manufacturing
18 22 (0.85%) Telecoms
19 14 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 514 (19.75%) Senior
2 384 (14.75%) Developer
3 375 (14.41%) Lead
4 251 (9.64%) Architect
5 179 (6.88%) Software Engineer
6 168 (6.45%) .NET Developer
7 111 (4.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 107 (4.11%) Engineering Manager
9 106 (4.07%) Analyst
10 103 (3.96%) Consultant
11 83 (3.19%) Designer
12 79 (3.03%) Data Engineer
12 79 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
13 71 (2.73%) Full-Stack Developer
14 67 (2.57%) Data Scientist
14 67 (2.57%) Python Engineer
15 64 (2.46%) Senior Developer
16 63 (2.42%) Senior Manager
17 62 (2.38%) Product Manager
17 62 (2.38%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 241 (9.26%) .NET
2 239 (9.18%) React
3 164 (6.30%) ASP.NET
4 159 (6.11%) .NET Core
4 159 (6.11%) RESTful
5 157 (6.03%) ASP.NET Core
6 154 (5.92%) ML.NET
7 144 (5.53%) CSS
8 137 (5.26%) HTML
9 114 (4.38%) Blazor
10 109 (4.19%) Node.js
11 85 (3.27%) REST
12 75 (2.88%) LangChain
13 62 (2.38%) PyTorch
14 54 (2.07%) TensorFlow
15 51 (1.96%) Next.js
16 48 (1.84%) Vue
17 46 (1.77%) FastAPI
18 39 (1.50%) LangGraph
19 33 (1.27%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 233 (8.95%) Social Media
2 230 (8.84%) Cloud Native
3 167 (6.42%) AI Agents
4 137 (5.26%) Product Ownership
5 102 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
6 71 (2.73%) Onboarding
6 71 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
7 62 (2.38%) Low-Code
8 61 (2.34%) Algorithms
9 57 (2.19%) Video\Live Streaming
10 55 (2.11%) Virtual Team
11 53 (2.04%) Mobile App
12 52 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
13 43 (1.65%) Data Centre
14 39 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
14 39 (1.50%) Security Posture
15 37 (1.42%) Management Information System
16 36 (1.38%) Blog
17 32 (1.23%) Podcast
18 30 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (2.27%) Windows
2 51 (1.96%) Android
3 47 (1.81%) Linux
4 25 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.54%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.46%) VMS
7 9 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.15%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.038%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 764 (29.35%) Agile
2 665 (25.55%) Machine Learning
3 650 (24.97%) Analytics
4 635 (24.39%) Roadmaps
5 551 (21.17%) CI/CD
6 424 (16.29%) Mentoring
7 410 (15.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 405 (15.56%) Software Engineering
9 376 (14.44%) Decision-Making
10 365 (14.02%) Full-Stack Development
11 347 (13.33%) LLM
12 338 (12.99%) DevOps
13 331 (12.72%) Customer Experience
14 320 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
15 244 (9.37%) Technical Leadership
16 240 (9.22%) Product Roadmap
17 238 (9.14%) Generative AI
18 222 (8.53%) Cybersecurity
18 222 (8.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 220 (8.45%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 598 (22.97%) Python
2 463 (17.79%) SQL
3 269 (10.33%) C#
4 234 (8.99%) JavaScript
5 171 (6.57%) TypeScript
6 116 (4.46%) Java
7 60 (2.31%) Go
8 54 (2.07%) PowerShell
9 46 (1.77%) Bash
10 44 (1.69%) Bicep
11 42 (1.61%) C++
12 25 (0.96%) Scala
13 18 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (0.61%) PHP
14 16 (0.61%) R
15 13 (0.50%) C
16 11 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 11 (0.42%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.27%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 202 (7.76%) Degree
2 129 (4.96%) Security Cleared
3 88 (3.38%) SC Cleared
4 60 (2.31%) CISSP
5 54 (2.07%) CISM
6 53 (2.04%) ACCA
7 46 (1.77%) A+ Certification
7 46 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
8 44 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 43 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 36 (1.38%) AWS Certification
11 34 (1.31%) DV Cleared
12 33 (1.27%) CIMA
13 32 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
14 29 (1.11%) PhD
15 25 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 25 (0.96%) Master's Degree
16 21 (0.81%) DBS Check
17 10 (0.38%) SnowPro
18 9 (0.35%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 297 (11.41%) Accessibility
2 146 (5.61%) Data Quality
3 90 (3.46%) GDPR
4 87 (3.34%) QA
5 69 (2.65%) WCAG
6 58 (2.23%) GRC
7 38 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 33 (1.27%) NIST
9 24 (0.92%) SLA
10 21 (0.81%) IFRS
11 14 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.54%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.54%) PMO
12 12 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 12 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.19%) NCSC
14 5 (0.19%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 4 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 194 (7.45%) Docker
2 91 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
3 84 (3.23%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.46%) vSphere
7 6 (0.23%) Firmware
7 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.077%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 180 (6.92%) Kubernetes
2 118 (4.53%) Terraform
3 64 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (0.73%) Ansible
5 18 (0.69%) Grafana
6 16 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.31%) Kubeflow
8 7 (0.27%) Argo
9 6 (0.23%) Proxmox
10 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.15%) Nmap
11 4 (0.15%) Puppet
12 3 (0.12%) Istio
12 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.077%) linkerd
13 2 (0.077%) Podman
13 2 (0.077%) Salt
14 1 (0.038%) CASB
14 1 (0.038%) Cilium
14 1 (0.038%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 671 (25.78%) Microsoft
2 249 (9.57%) Adobe
3 148 (5.69%) Databricks
4 124 (4.76%) Google
5 86 (3.30%) OpenAI
6 78 (3.00%) Cisco
7 63 (2.42%) ServiceNow
8 50 (1.92%) Dell
9 46 (1.77%) Apple
9 46 (1.77%) CyberArk
10 44 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 37 (1.42%) Facebook
11 37 (1.42%) Foundry
12 32 (1.23%) HubSpot
13 31 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
14 27 (1.04%) Palo Alto
14 27 (1.04%) Tenable
15 25 (0.96%) Oracle
16 22 (0.85%) VMware
17 21 (0.81%) Yahoo!
1,380 hybrid/remote AI jobs