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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 53
Rank change year-on-year -3 +49 +24
Permanent jobs citing AI 3,247 3,800 1,044
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.01% 22.59% 4.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.07% 24.08% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,047 688 538
10th Percentile £40,000 £28,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,438 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,752 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.85% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £105,750
UK median annual salary £73,801 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.43% -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 20,204 15,782 19,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.97% 93.81% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,422 8,452 11,768
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,243
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
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 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,274
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.62% -2.88%

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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 October 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
1 104 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.63%) Confluence
3 36 (1.11%) CMS
4 29 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 25 (0.77%) Apache
6 22 (0.68%) Apache Spark
7 16 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 11 (0.34%) WordPress
9 10 (0.31%) SAS
10 7 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.12%) Camunda
12 4 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.092%) Headless CMS
13 3 (0.092%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.062%) IIS
14 2 (0.062%) nginx
15 1 (0.031%) Apache Solr
15 1 (0.031%) JBoss
15 1 (0.031%) WebLogic
Applications
1 81 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (1.66%) Chatbot
3 33 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.52%) UserZoom
6 15 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 15 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
7 14 (0.43%) InDesign
8 13 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
9 10 (0.31%) MS Visio
10 9 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
11 7 (0.22%) Moqups
12 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
12 5 (0.15%) Trello
13 3 (0.092%) Adobe XD
13 3 (0.092%) Notion
13 3 (0.092%) Productboard
13 3 (0.092%) Revit
13 3 (0.092%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 40 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.86%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.74%) Cloudability
4 14 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.15%) SAP PSCD
7 4 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.12%) Primavera
7 4 (0.12%) Sage 50
8 3 (0.092%) Shopify
9 2 (0.062%) FastStats
9 2 (0.062%) FastStats PeopleStage
9 2 (0.062%) Maximo
10 1 (0.031%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
10 1 (0.031%) Actimize
10 1 (0.031%) HFM
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 901 (27.75%) Azure
2 640 (19.71%) AWS
3 314 (9.67%) SaaS
4 292 (8.99%) Power Platform
5 287 (8.84%) GCP
6 249 (7.67%) GitHub
7 220 (6.78%) Azure AI
8 191 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
9 164 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
10 147 (4.53%) GitHub Copilot
11 140 (4.31%) Microsoft Copilot
12 137 (4.22%) Anthropic Claude
13 133 (4.10%) Snowflake
14 115 (3.54%) Serverless
15 112 (3.45%) Entra ID
16 79 (2.43%) Power Automate
17 76 (2.34%) Microsoft Purview
18 69 (2.13%) Figma
19 64 (1.97%) Amazon Bedrock
20 58 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 131 (4.03%) Broadband
2 37 (1.14%) Internet
3 35 (1.08%) VPN
4 34 (1.05%) Firewall
5 33 (1.02%) Network Security
6 24 (0.74%) DNS
7 23 (0.71%) 5G
8 15 (0.46%) HTTP
9 14 (0.43%) DHCP
10 13 (0.40%) VoIP
11 11 (0.34%) CTI
12 9 (0.28%) Wireless
13 8 (0.25%) WAN
13 8 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (0.25%) WPA
14 6 (0.18%) DMZ
14 6 (0.18%) TCP/IP
15 5 (0.15%) Ethernet VPN
15 5 (0.15%) VLAN
15 5 (0.15%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (6.25%) MongoDB
2 189 (5.82%) Power BI
3 167 (5.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 111 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
5 104 (3.20%) Metadata
6 101 (3.11%) SQL Server
7 80 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
8 57 (1.76%) NoSQL
9 54 (1.66%) Tableau
10 52 (1.60%) Big Data
11 45 (1.39%) Data Lake
12 42 (1.29%) Relational Database
13 39 (1.20%) BigQuery
14 36 (1.11%) Redis
14 36 (1.11%) Semantic Layer
15 34 (1.05%) Delta Lake
16 26 (0.80%) MySQL
17 22 (0.68%) DynamoDB
18 21 (0.65%) Data Vault
18 21 (0.65%) Looker
Development Applications
1 127 (3.91%) Git
2 93 (2.86%) Claude Code
2 93 (2.86%) JIRA
3 41 (1.26%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.11%) GitLab
5 27 (0.83%) Snyk
6 20 (0.62%) MLflow
7 17 (0.52%) Selenium
8 15 (0.46%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.46%) Postman
9 14 (0.43%) TeamCity
10 12 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.31%) JUnit
11 10 (0.31%) Maven
11 10 (0.31%) Mockito
12 5 (0.15%) Burp Suite
12 5 (0.15%) Metasploit
12 5 (0.15%) Poetry
12 5 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
12 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,011 (31.14%) Social Skills
2 799 (24.61%) Finance
3 444 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
4 388 (11.95%) Marketing
5 382 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 235 (7.24%) Public Sector
7 232 (7.15%) Legal
8 164 (5.05%) Law
9 154 (4.74%) Banking
10 122 (3.76%) Retail
11 121 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
12 119 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
13 114 (3.51%) Games
14 66 (2.03%) Advertising
15 55 (1.69%) Manufacturing
16 46 (1.42%) Telecoms
17 38 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
18 35 (1.08%) Legal Technology
19 30 (0.92%) Financial Institution
20 27 (0.83%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 611 (18.82%) Senior
2 429 (13.21%) Developer
3 345 (10.63%) Architect
4 343 (10.56%) Lead
5 278 (8.56%) Software Engineer
6 166 (5.11%) Analyst
7 162 (4.99%) .NET Developer
8 149 (4.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 137 (4.22%) Consultant
10 100 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
11 99 (3.05%) Python Engineer
12 94 (2.89%) Data Engineer
13 88 (2.71%) Senior Manager
14 82 (2.53%) Full-Stack Developer
15 76 (2.34%) Data Scientist
16 71 (2.19%) Senior Developer
17 70 (2.16%) Senior Analyst
18 69 (2.13%) Engineering Manager
19 64 (1.97%) Data Architect
19 64 (1.97%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 285 (8.78%) React
2 262 (8.07%) .NET
3 176 (5.42%) Terraform
4 162 (4.99%) RESTful
5 160 (4.93%) ASP.NET
6 159 (4.90%) Node.js
7 155 (4.77%) .NET Core
8 151 (4.65%) ASP.NET Core
9 148 (4.56%) ML.NET
10 136 (4.19%) CSS
11 127 (3.91%) HTML
12 126 (3.88%) REST
13 110 (3.39%) Blazor
14 109 (3.36%) LangChain
15 74 (2.28%) Next.js
16 67 (2.06%) LangGraph
17 55 (1.69%) PySpark
17 55 (1.69%) PyTorch
17 55 (1.69%) Vue
18 47 (1.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 288 (8.87%) AI Agents
2 277 (8.53%) Cloud Native
3 139 (4.28%) Product Ownership
4 132 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
5 114 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
6 105 (3.23%) Social Media
7 100 (3.08%) Blog
7 100 (3.08%) Management Information System
8 79 (2.43%) Cyber Threat
9 76 (2.34%) Onboarding
10 74 (2.28%) Low-Code
11 67 (2.06%) Algorithms
12 65 (2.00%) Data Centre
13 61 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
14 60 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
15 50 (1.54%) Hedge funds
15 50 (1.54%) Mobile App
15 50 (1.54%) Virtual Team
16 47 (1.45%) Marketing Technology
17 43 (1.32%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 83 (2.56%) Windows
2 75 (2.31%) Linux
3 38 (1.17%) Android
4 21 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 19 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 12 (0.37%) VMS
8 9 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.25%) Unix
10 5 (0.15%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.092%) Debian
11 3 (0.092%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.092%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.062%) AIX
12 2 (0.062%) Solaris
13 1 (0.031%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 745 (22.94%) Machine Learning
2 692 (21.31%) Agile
3 684 (21.07%) Analytics
4 639 (19.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 627 (19.31%) CI/CD
6 561 (17.28%) Software Engineering
7 558 (17.19%) Roadmaps
8 515 (15.86%) Mentoring
9 475 (14.63%) Decision-Making
10 466 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
11 435 (13.40%) LLM
12 411 (12.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 396 (12.20%) DevOps
14 373 (11.49%) Full-Stack Development
15 349 (10.75%) Cybersecurity
16 338 (10.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 330 (10.16%) Coaching
18 279 (8.59%) Data Science
19 273 (8.41%) Technical Leadership
20 247 (7.61%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 764 (23.53%) Python
2 569 (17.52%) SQL
3 312 (9.61%) C#
4 289 (8.90%) JavaScript
5 238 (7.33%) TypeScript
6 148 (4.56%) Java
7 77 (2.37%) PowerShell
8 75 (2.31%) C++
9 54 (1.66%) Go
10 52 (1.60%) Bash
11 45 (1.39%) Bicep
12 37 (1.14%) R
13 32 (0.99%) Scala
14 22 (0.68%) C
15 21 (0.65%) PHP
16 20 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
17 18 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 17 (0.52%) Kotlin
18 17 (0.52%) Rust
19 12 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 269 (8.28%) Degree
2 268 (8.25%) Security Cleared
3 200 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 82 (2.53%) CISSP
5 75 (2.31%) CISM
6 65 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 64 (1.97%) DV Cleared
8 59 (1.82%) Azure Certification
9 55 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 54 (1.66%) A+ Certification
10 54 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
11 52 (1.60%) ACCA
12 42 (1.29%) CIMA
13 39 (1.20%) DBS Check
14 34 (1.05%) AWS Certification
15 25 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 23 (0.71%) Master's Degree
17 20 (0.62%) PhD
18 18 (0.55%) SnowPro
19 16 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (7.64%) Data Quality
2 173 (5.33%) Accessibility
3 153 (4.71%) GDPR
4 124 (3.82%) QA
5 74 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 64 (1.97%) GRC
7 54 (1.66%) NIST
8 35 (1.08%) SLA
9 25 (0.77%) WCAG
10 20 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 16 (0.49%) PMO
13 15 (0.46%) PCI DSS
14 14 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 12 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 11 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.34%) IFRS
17 10 (0.31%) EU AI Act
17 10 (0.31%) SOC 2
18 7 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 256 (7.88%) Docker
2 103 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 57 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
4 29 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.40%) vSphere
7 12 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 10 (0.31%) Firmware
9 3 (0.092%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.092%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.062%) NFS
11 1 (0.031%) HDFS
11 1 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.031%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 224 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 79 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.20%) Grafana
4 19 (0.59%) Ansible
4 19 (0.59%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.25%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.15%) Istio
7 5 (0.15%) Kubeflow
7 5 (0.15%) Nmap
8 4 (0.12%) Argo
9 3 (0.092%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.092%) Kibana
9 3 (0.092%) linkerd
9 3 (0.092%) Podman
9 3 (0.092%) Puppet
10 2 (0.062%) Cilium
11 1 (0.031%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.031%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.031%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 805 (24.79%) Microsoft
2 181 (5.57%) Google
3 161 (4.96%) Databricks
4 122 (3.76%) YouTube
5 113 (3.48%) OpenAI
6 110 (3.39%) Adobe
7 81 (2.49%) Cisco
8 62 (1.91%) ServiceNow
9 61 (1.88%) Apple
10 59 (1.82%) Salesforce
11 55 (1.69%) CyberArk
12 48 (1.48%) SAP
13 47 (1.45%) Dell
14 44 (1.36%) HubSpot
15 42 (1.29%) Foundry
16 37 (1.14%) Oracle
17 35 (1.08%) Facebook
18 32 (0.99%) VMware
19 30 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
19 30 (0.92%) Palo Alto