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

 6 months to
23 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 7 70
Rank change year-on-year -3 +63 +19
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,349 2,484 1,327
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.55% 15.96% 3.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.08% 16.91% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,456 690 873
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £50,867 £29,125 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,986 £66,200 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.72% +1.85% -13.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,938 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £117,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,274 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.62% -5.32% -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 16,683 14,689 30,701
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.00% 94.40% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 12,100 8,561 23,682
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £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 £79,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.41%

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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 23 June 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 56 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.62%) Confluence
3 37 (1.58%) CMS
4 21 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
4 21 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.55%) Apache
5 13 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.51%) WordPress
7 10 (0.43%) SAS
8 3 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.13%) JBoss
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.085%) Camunda
9 2 (0.085%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.085%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.085%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.043%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.043%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (1.92%) UserZoom
2 24 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (0.72%) Chatbot
5 14 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
6 12 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 10 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.43%) InDesign
7 10 (0.43%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.17%) CapCut
11 3 (0.13%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.13%) Productboard
11 3 (0.13%) Sketch
11 3 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.13%) Trello
12 2 (0.085%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.043%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (1.02%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.17%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.085%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.043%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.043%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.043%) HFM
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.043%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.043%) Shopify
6 1 (0.043%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 662 (28.18%) Azure
2 434 (18.48%) AWS
3 240 (10.22%) SaaS
4 204 (8.68%) Azure AI
5 202 (8.60%) GCP
6 194 (8.26%) Adobe Analytics
7 166 (7.07%) Power Platform
8 153 (6.51%) GitHub
9 132 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
10 112 (4.77%) Figma
11 96 (4.09%) GitHub Copilot
11 96 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
11 96 (4.09%) Serverless
12 92 (3.92%) Snowflake
13 90 (3.83%) Azure Machine Learning
14 75 (3.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 71 (3.02%) Anthropic Claude
16 70 (2.98%) Contentsquare
17 67 (2.85%) Microsoft Copilot
18 39 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 339 (14.43%) Broadband
2 27 (1.15%) Firewall
2 27 (1.15%) VPN
3 22 (0.94%) Internet
4 15 (0.64%) HTTP
5 14 (0.60%) DNS
6 10 (0.43%) Unified Communications
7 9 (0.38%) DHCP
7 9 (0.38%) Network Security
8 6 (0.26%) 5G
9 5 (0.21%) DMZ
9 5 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.21%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.21%) VoIP
9 5 (0.21%) VXLAN
9 5 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.21%) WPA
10 4 (0.17%) RTP
10 4 (0.17%) VLAN
10 4 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (7.58%) MongoDB
2 137 (5.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 104 (4.43%) SQL Server
4 94 (4.00%) Power BI
5 80 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
6 70 (2.98%) Metadata
7 55 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
8 45 (1.92%) Tableau
9 42 (1.79%) Big Data
10 34 (1.45%) BigQuery
11 32 (1.36%) NoSQL
12 30 (1.28%) Semantic Layer
13 26 (1.11%) Redis
14 25 (1.06%) Data Lake
15 24 (1.02%) Delta Lake
16 23 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
17 22 (0.94%) Relational Database
18 21 (0.89%) MySQL
19 18 (0.77%) Pinecone
20 16 (0.68%) Looker
Development Applications
1 76 (3.24%) Git
2 44 (1.87%) Claude Code
3 37 (1.58%) JIRA
4 32 (1.36%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.06%) Snyk
6 19 (0.81%) GitLab
6 19 (0.81%) MLflow
7 11 (0.47%) Selenium
8 10 (0.43%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.34%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.30%) Postman
11 6 (0.26%) Maven
11 6 (0.26%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.21%) JUnit
12 5 (0.21%) Mockito
12 5 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.21%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.13%) Appium
14 2 (0.085%) Terragrunt
14 2 (0.085%) TestRail
General
1 572 (24.35%) Social Skills
2 443 (18.86%) Finance
3 277 (11.79%) Games
4 264 (11.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 261 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 244 (10.39%) Marketing
7 135 (5.75%) Legal
7 135 (5.75%) Public Sector
8 126 (5.36%) Law
9 81 (3.45%) Retail
10 70 (2.98%) Banking
11 63 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
12 46 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
13 44 (1.87%) Advertising
14 39 (1.66%) Automotive
15 38 (1.62%) Legal Technology
16 28 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
17 27 (1.15%) Manufacturing
18 18 (0.77%) Telecoms
19 11 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 446 (18.99%) Senior
2 371 (15.79%) Lead
3 330 (14.05%) Developer
4 211 (8.98%) Architect
5 150 (6.39%) Software Engineer
6 126 (5.36%) .NET Developer
7 103 (4.38%) Analyst
7 103 (4.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 98 (4.17%) Engineering Manager
9 93 (3.96%) Consultant
10 85 (3.62%) Designer
11 80 (3.41%) Data Engineer
12 76 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
13 66 (2.81%) Python Engineer
14 65 (2.77%) Data Scientist
14 65 (2.77%) Full-Stack Developer
15 60 (2.55%) Product Manager
16 59 (2.51%) Data Manager
17 57 (2.43%) Senior Software Engineer
18 53 (2.26%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (8.60%) React
2 196 (8.34%) .NET
3 140 (5.96%) RESTful
4 127 (5.41%) .NET Core
5 125 (5.32%) ASP.NET
6 120 (5.11%) ASP.NET Core
7 117 (4.98%) CSS
7 117 (4.98%) ML.NET
8 109 (4.64%) HTML
9 96 (4.09%) Node.js
10 90 (3.83%) Blazor
11 79 (3.36%) REST
12 67 (2.85%) PyTorch
13 66 (2.81%) LangChain
14 57 (2.43%) TensorFlow
15 44 (1.87%) FastAPI
15 44 (1.87%) Vue
16 41 (1.75%) Next.js
17 31 (1.32%) Spring
18 28 (1.19%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 230 (9.79%) Social Media
2 215 (9.15%) Cloud Native
3 136 (5.79%) Product Ownership
4 130 (5.53%) AI Agents
5 83 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
6 74 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 61 (2.60%) Low-Code
8 58 (2.47%) Video\Live Streaming
9 57 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
10 55 (2.34%) Algorithms
11 51 (2.17%) Virtual Team
12 49 (2.09%) Mobile App
13 41 (1.75%) Data Centre
14 37 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
15 33 (1.40%) Public Cloud
16 32 (1.36%) Security Posture
16 32 (1.36%) Social Network
17 30 (1.28%) Management Information System
17 30 (1.28%) Podcast
18 24 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 46 (1.96%) Windows
2 45 (1.92%) Android
3 39 (1.66%) Linux
4 27 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.43%) VMS
5 10 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.085%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.085%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (29.08%) Agile
2 604 (25.71%) Machine Learning
3 601 (25.59%) Roadmaps
4 592 (25.20%) Analytics
5 489 (20.82%) CI/CD
6 363 (15.45%) Software Engineering
7 333 (14.18%) Mentoring
8 330 (14.05%) Customer Experience
9 325 (13.84%) Decision-Making
10 318 (13.54%) Full-Stack Development
11 304 (12.94%) LLM
12 301 (12.81%) DevOps
13 293 (12.47%) Continuous Improvement
14 280 (11.92%) Problem-Solving
15 251 (10.69%) Generative AI
16 242 (10.30%) Product Roadmap
17 220 (9.37%) Storytelling
17 220 (9.37%) Technical Leadership
18 204 (8.68%) Data Science
18 204 (8.68%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 558 (23.75%) Python
2 406 (17.28%) SQL
3 217 (9.24%) C#
4 189 (8.05%) JavaScript
5 147 (6.26%) TypeScript
6 110 (4.68%) Java
7 67 (2.85%) Go
8 49 (2.09%) PowerShell
9 47 (2.00%) Bash
10 39 (1.66%) Bicep
11 29 (1.23%) C++
12 24 (1.02%) Scala
13 21 (0.89%) R
14 16 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (0.64%) PHP
16 12 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (0.38%) C
18 7 (0.30%) Ruby
19 6 (0.26%) Kotlin
19 6 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 188 (8.00%) Degree
2 103 (4.38%) Security Cleared
3 65 (2.77%) SC Cleared
4 53 (2.26%) ACCA
5 44 (1.87%) Azure Certification
6 39 (1.66%) AWS Certification
7 37 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (1.32%) CIMA
8 31 (1.32%) DV Cleared
9 29 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 28 (1.19%) PhD
11 27 (1.15%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 25 (1.06%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.51%) CISSP
14 10 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 7 (0.30%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (12.13%) Accessibility
2 127 (5.41%) Data Quality
3 76 (3.24%) GDPR
4 72 (3.07%) WCAG
5 70 (2.98%) QA
6 54 (2.30%) GRC
7 31 (1.32%) NIST
8 30 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 24 (1.02%) IFRS
10 22 (0.94%) SLA
11 14 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.60%) PMO
12 13 (0.55%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.26%) NCSC
16 5 (0.21%) JSP 440
17 4 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 175 (7.45%) Docker
2 91 (3.87%) Virtual Machines
3 33 (1.40%) Active Directory
4 14 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.43%) vSphere
7 4 (0.17%) Firmware
7 4 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.13%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.043%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 155 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 106 (4.51%) Terraform
3 19 (0.81%) Ansible
4 17 (0.72%) Grafana
5 16 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 15 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.38%) Kubeflow
8 8 (0.34%) Argo
9 7 (0.30%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.17%) Puppet
12 3 (0.13%) Istio
13 2 (0.085%) linkerd
13 2 (0.085%) Nmap
13 2 (0.085%) Podman
13 2 (0.085%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.085%) Salt
14 1 (0.043%) Cilium
14 1 (0.043%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.043%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 541 (23.03%) Microsoft
2 254 (10.81%) Adobe
3 136 (5.79%) Databricks
4 105 (4.47%) Google
5 74 (3.15%) OpenAI
6 67 (2.85%) Cisco
7 58 (2.47%) ServiceNow
8 51 (2.17%) Dell
9 45 (1.92%) Salesforce
10 44 (1.87%) Apple
11 34 (1.45%) Foundry
12 31 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
13 27 (1.15%) Facebook
13 27 (1.15%) HubSpot
13 27 (1.15%) Palo Alto
13 27 (1.15%) Tenable
14 21 (0.89%) VMware
15 20 (0.85%) Oracle
16 17 (0.72%) SAP
17 13 (0.55%) Sony
1,604 hybrid/remote AI jobs