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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 20 71
Rank change year-on-year +10 +51 +22
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,890 1,265 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.58% 9.46% 4.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.72% 9.99% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 689 827
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,688 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,212 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +5.94% -13.79%
75th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £80,625
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £102,500
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 14,862 12,659 29,602
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.19% 94.70% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,395 8,961 23,539
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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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 22 April 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 49 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.49%) CMS
3 41 (2.17%) Confluence
4 25 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 21 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.63%) WordPress
7 11 (0.58%) JBoss
7 11 (0.58%) WebSphere
8 10 (0.53%) Apache
9 8 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.21%) SAS
12 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.11%) Camunda
14 1 (0.053%) Kinematics
14 1 (0.053%) Mendix
Applications
1 57 (3.02%) Chatbot
2 54 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.59%) UserZoom
4 22 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.21%) CapCut
7 3 (0.16%) Sketch
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.11%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.63%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.11%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.053%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.053%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 493 (26.08%) Azure
2 343 (18.15%) AWS
3 207 (10.95%) SaaS
4 184 (9.74%) Adobe Analytics
5 165 (8.73%) GCP
6 139 (7.35%) GitHub
7 123 (6.51%) Power Platform
8 104 (5.50%) Figma
9 92 (4.87%) Azure Machine Learning
9 92 (4.87%) Snowflake
10 90 (4.76%) GitHub Copilot
11 88 (4.66%) Azure AI
12 84 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
13 82 (4.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 65 (3.44%) Serverless
15 63 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
16 55 (2.91%) Contentsquare
17 46 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
18 45 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
19 36 (1.90%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 260 (13.76%) Broadband
2 22 (1.16%) Firewall
3 20 (1.06%) HTTP
4 11 (0.58%) Unified Communications
5 9 (0.48%) VPN
6 8 (0.42%) Network Security
7 7 (0.37%) DNS
8 6 (0.32%) DHCP
9 5 (0.26%) DMZ
9 5 (0.26%) RTP
9 5 (0.26%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.26%) VoIP
9 5 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.21%) Modbus
11 3 (0.16%) Internet
11 3 (0.16%) WAN
11 3 (0.16%) Wireless
11 3 (0.16%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.11%) IPv4
12 2 (0.11%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (4.81%) SQL Server
2 78 (4.13%) Power BI
3 53 (2.80%) Metadata
3 53 (2.80%) MongoDB
4 51 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 36 (1.90%) Tableau
8 33 (1.75%) NoSQL
9 32 (1.69%) Big Data
10 23 (1.22%) Data Lake
11 21 (1.11%) Looker
12 19 (1.01%) BigQuery
13 18 (0.95%) Redis
14 17 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
15 14 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 13 (0.69%) Delta Lake
17 11 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
17 11 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
18 10 (0.53%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 49 (2.59%) Git
2 45 (2.38%) JIRA
3 22 (1.16%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.06%) MLflow
5 16 (0.85%) Claude Code
5 16 (0.85%) GitLab
6 13 (0.69%) Snyk
7 10 (0.53%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.53%) Selenium
8 9 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (0.48%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.42%) Subversion
10 7 (0.37%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.37%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.32%) Storybook
12 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.16%) ESLint
13 3 (0.16%) GitBook
13 3 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 493 (26.08%) Social Skills
2 439 (23.23%) Finance
3 272 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
4 271 (14.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 216 (11.43%) Games
6 187 (9.89%) Marketing
7 166 (8.78%) Legal
8 160 (8.47%) Public Sector
9 139 (7.35%) Law
10 75 (3.97%) Retail
11 60 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
12 56 (2.96%) Banking
13 47 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
14 43 (2.28%) Telecoms
15 42 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (1.53%) Manufacturing
17 22 (1.16%) Automotive
18 13 (0.69%) Back Office
19 12 (0.63%) Advertising
20 10 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 354 (18.73%) Senior
2 279 (14.76%) Lead
3 161 (8.52%) Developer
4 157 (8.31%) Architect
5 96 (5.08%) Software Engineer
6 79 (4.18%) Consultant
7 73 (3.86%) Engineering Manager
8 70 (3.70%) Analyst
9 69 (3.65%) Designer
10 66 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
11 53 (2.80%) Product Manager
12 52 (2.75%) Data Engineer
13 49 (2.59%) Lead Designer
14 48 (2.54%) Senior Software Engineer
15 47 (2.49%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 45 (2.38%) Sales Executive
17 44 (2.33%) Corporate Sales Executive
18 43 (2.28%) Trainer
19 42 (2.22%) Digital Designer
20 39 (2.06%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (6.46%) React
2 87 (4.60%) REST
3 75 (3.97%) .NET
4 70 (3.70%) Node.js
4 70 (3.70%) RESTful
5 48 (2.54%) PyTorch
6 46 (2.43%) CSS
7 43 (2.28%) HTML
8 40 (2.12%) TensorFlow
9 38 (2.01%) Kafka
10 33 (1.75%) OAuth
10 33 (1.75%) Vue
11 30 (1.59%) LangChain
11 30 (1.59%) SOAP
11 30 (1.59%) Spring
12 29 (1.53%) Next.js
13 28 (1.48%) FastAPI
14 25 (1.32%) OAuth2
14 25 (1.32%) React Native
15 24 (1.27%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 185 (9.79%) Social Media
2 135 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 104 (5.50%) Blog
4 103 (5.45%) Product Ownership
5 85 (4.50%) Onboarding
6 62 (3.28%) AI Agents
7 52 (2.75%) Public Cloud
8 50 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
9 45 (2.38%) Mobile App
10 42 (2.22%) Virtual Team
11 38 (2.01%) Low-Code
12 35 (1.85%) Algorithms
13 34 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
14 29 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
15 28 (1.48%) Data Centre
16 27 (1.43%) Social Network
17 21 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
17 21 (1.11%) Podcast
18 20 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
18 20 (1.06%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 47 (2.49%) Android
2 29 (1.53%) Apple iOS
3 26 (1.38%) Linux
4 20 (1.06%) Windows
5 5 (0.26%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.26%) Unix
6 4 (0.21%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.16%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.11%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.053%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (28.25%) Agile
2 514 (27.20%) Analytics
3 494 (26.14%) Roadmaps
4 383 (20.26%) Machine Learning
5 344 (18.20%) Customer Experience
6 324 (17.14%) CI/CD
7 299 (15.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 251 (13.28%) Decision-Making
9 239 (12.65%) DevOps
10 235 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
11 234 (12.38%) Software Engineering
12 232 (12.28%) Mentoring
13 225 (11.90%) Product Roadmap
14 220 (11.64%) Storytelling
15 186 (9.84%) Generative AI
16 183 (9.68%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 180 (9.52%) LLM
17 180 (9.52%) User Experience
18 178 (9.42%) Digital Customer Experience
19 157 (8.31%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 347 (18.36%) Python
2 259 (13.70%) SQL
3 118 (6.24%) Java
4 97 (5.13%) TypeScript
5 75 (3.97%) C#
5 75 (3.97%) JavaScript
6 54 (2.86%) Go
7 28 (1.48%) C++
8 21 (1.11%) Bash
9 18 (0.95%) Scala
10 17 (0.90%) Apex Code
10 17 (0.90%) R
11 16 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 15 (0.79%) Kotlin
13 14 (0.74%) PHP
14 13 (0.69%) Bicep
15 10 (0.53%) PowerShell
16 9 (0.48%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.48%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 276 (14.60%) Degree
2 61 (3.23%) Security Cleared
3 54 (2.86%) Master's Degree
4 49 (2.59%) ACCA
5 47 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 43 (2.28%) PhD
7 39 (2.06%) AWS Certification
7 39 (2.06%) SC Cleared
8 38 (2.01%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.38%) Azure Certification
9 26 (1.38%) CIMA
10 21 (1.11%) PMP
11 19 (1.01%) DV Cleared
12 16 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 12 (0.63%) CISSP
13 12 (0.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 8 (0.42%) CISA
14 8 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.32%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (13.92%) Accessibility
2 70 (3.70%) WCAG
3 50 (2.65%) Data Quality
4 45 (2.38%) QA
5 43 (2.28%) GDPR
6 36 (1.90%) GRC
7 29 (1.53%) IFRS
8 24 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.69%) PMO
11 12 (0.63%) GAAP
11 12 (0.63%) NIST
12 11 (0.58%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 6 (0.32%) NCSC
14 6 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.26%) JSP 440
16 4 (0.21%) EU AI Act
16 4 (0.21%) SLA
17 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 105 (5.56%) Docker
2 75 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
3 25 (1.32%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.16%) Kamailio
4 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 86 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 61 (3.23%) Terraform
3 22 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.06%) Ansible
5 13 (0.69%) Grafana
6 12 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.37%) Proxmox
8 5 (0.26%) Argo
8 5 (0.26%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.11%) Podman
9 2 (0.11%) Puppet
9 2 (0.11%) Salt
Vendors
1 372 (19.68%) Microsoft
2 239 (12.65%) Adobe
3 122 (6.46%) Databricks
4 75 (3.97%) Google
5 51 (2.70%) Cisco
5 51 (2.70%) Dell
6 49 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 40 (2.12%) Apple
8 39 (2.06%) PayPal
9 30 (1.59%) OpenAI
10 28 (1.48%) ServiceNow
11 25 (1.32%) Oracle
12 20 (1.06%) Foundry
13 17 (0.90%) SAP
14 15 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
15 14 (0.74%) Palantir
15 14 (0.74%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.74%) Tenable
16 13 (0.69%) Atlassian
17 11 (0.58%) Hootsuite
1,551 hybrid/remote AI jobs