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

 6 months to
18 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 20 68
Rank change year-on-year +10 +48 +25
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,882 1,215 1,323
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.62% 9.19% 4.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.76% 9.70% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,046 673 827
10th Percentile £24,570 £25,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,215 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +5.94% -13.79%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £82,500
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 14,746 12,526 29,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.22% 94.76% 91.58%
Number of salaries quoted 10,299 8,909 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,436 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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% -10.51%

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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 18 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 47 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 42 (2.23%) CMS
3 36 (1.91%) Confluence
4 25 (1.33%) Apache Spark
5 23 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.64%) JBoss
6 12 (0.64%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.64%) WordPress
7 10 (0.53%) Apache
8 8 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.21%) SAS
11 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.11%) Camunda
13 1 (0.053%) Kinematics
13 1 (0.053%) Mendix
Applications
1 57 (3.03%) Chatbot
2 54 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.59%) UserZoom
4 21 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.74%) 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
8 2 (0.11%) Weka
9 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.48%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.48%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.11%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.053%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 495 (26.30%) Azure
2 337 (17.91%) AWS
3 209 (11.11%) SaaS
4 172 (9.14%) Adobe Analytics
5 159 (8.45%) GCP
6 143 (7.60%) GitHub
7 123 (6.54%) Power Platform
8 95 (5.05%) Snowflake
9 94 (4.99%) Azure Machine Learning
9 94 (4.99%) GitHub Copilot
10 92 (4.89%) Figma
11 88 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
12 87 (4.62%) Azure AI
13 83 (4.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 64 (3.40%) Serverless
15 59 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
16 50 (2.66%) Contentsquare
17 48 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
18 44 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
19 35 (1.86%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 241 (12.81%) Broadband
2 21 (1.12%) Firewall
3 20 (1.06%) HTTP
4 11 (0.58%) Unified Communications
5 9 (0.48%) VPN
6 8 (0.43%) Network Security
7 7 (0.37%) DNS
8 6 (0.32%) DHCP
9 5 (0.27%) DMZ
9 5 (0.27%) RTP
9 5 (0.27%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.27%) VoIP
9 5 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.21%) Modbus
11 3 (0.16%) Internet
11 3 (0.16%) Wireless
11 3 (0.16%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.11%) DSL
12 2 (0.11%) Intranet
12 2 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.78%) SQL Server
2 78 (4.14%) Power BI
3 55 (2.92%) Metadata
4 54 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
5 53 (2.82%) MongoDB
6 41 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
8 36 (1.91%) Tableau
9 33 (1.75%) NoSQL
10 32 (1.70%) Big Data
11 26 (1.38%) Data Lake
12 21 (1.12%) Looker
13 19 (1.01%) BigQuery
14 18 (0.96%) Redis
15 17 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
16 13 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
16 13 (0.69%) Delta Lake
16 13 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 11 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
18 10 (0.53%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 48 (2.55%) Git
2 46 (2.44%) JIRA
3 22 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.06%) MLflow
5 16 (0.85%) Claude Code
5 16 (0.85%) GitLab
6 11 (0.58%) 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 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.43%) 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%) Appium
13 3 (0.16%) ESLint
13 3 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 499 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 452 (24.02%) Finance
3 286 (15.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 277 (14.72%) Analytical Skills
5 205 (10.89%) Games
6 190 (10.10%) Marketing
7 164 (8.71%) Public Sector
8 163 (8.66%) Legal
9 140 (7.44%) Law
10 77 (4.09%) Retail
11 61 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
12 57 (3.03%) Banking
13 49 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
14 43 (2.28%) Telecoms
15 41 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (1.54%) Manufacturing
17 23 (1.22%) Automotive
18 13 (0.69%) Back Office
19 11 (0.58%) Advertising
20 10 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 348 (18.49%) Senior
2 276 (14.67%) Lead
3 157 (8.34%) Developer
4 156 (8.29%) Architect
5 94 (4.99%) Software Engineer
6 78 (4.14%) Consultant
7 73 (3.88%) Engineering Manager
8 66 (3.51%) Analyst
8 66 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
9 64 (3.40%) Designer
10 52 (2.76%) Product Manager
11 51 (2.71%) Data Engineer
12 48 (2.55%) Senior Software Engineer
13 45 (2.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 45 (2.39%) Lead Designer
14 43 (2.28%) Sales Executive
14 43 (2.28%) Trainer
15 42 (2.23%) Corporate Sales Executive
16 39 (2.07%) Digital Designer
16 39 (2.07%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (6.54%) React
2 90 (4.78%) REST
3 75 (3.99%) .NET
4 70 (3.72%) Node.js
4 70 (3.72%) RESTful
5 48 (2.55%) PyTorch
6 45 (2.39%) CSS
7 42 (2.23%) HTML
8 40 (2.13%) TensorFlow
9 38 (2.02%) Kafka
10 33 (1.75%) OAuth
10 33 (1.75%) Vue
11 32 (1.70%) SOAP
12 31 (1.65%) Spring
13 30 (1.59%) LangChain
14 29 (1.54%) FastAPI
14 29 (1.54%) Next.js
15 25 (1.33%) OAuth2
15 25 (1.33%) React Native
16 24 (1.28%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 170 (9.03%) Social Media
2 138 (7.33%) Cloud Native
3 117 (6.22%) Blog
4 103 (5.47%) Product Ownership
5 85 (4.52%) Onboarding
6 62 (3.29%) AI Agents
7 52 (2.76%) Public Cloud
8 51 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
9 45 (2.39%) Mobile App
10 42 (2.23%) Virtual Team
11 40 (2.13%) Low-Code
12 36 (1.91%) Algorithms
12 36 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
13 28 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
14 27 (1.43%) Social Network
15 25 (1.33%) Data Centre
16 22 (1.17%) Podcast
17 21 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
18 20 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
18 20 (1.06%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 48 (2.55%) Android
2 30 (1.59%) Apple iOS
3 29 (1.54%) Linux
4 22 (1.17%) Windows
5 6 (0.32%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.27%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.27%) Unix
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
1 530 (28.16%) Agile
2 504 (26.78%) Analytics
3 485 (25.77%) Roadmaps
4 384 (20.40%) Machine Learning
5 334 (17.75%) Customer Experience
6 327 (17.38%) CI/CD
7 302 (16.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 249 (13.23%) Decision-Making
9 244 (12.96%) DevOps
10 237 (12.59%) Software Engineering
11 236 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
12 230 (12.22%) Mentoring
13 213 (11.32%) Product Roadmap
14 208 (11.05%) Storytelling
15 184 (9.78%) Generative AI
16 176 (9.35%) LLM
17 172 (9.14%) User Experience
18 171 (9.09%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 166 (8.82%) Digital Customer Experience
20 157 (8.34%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 351 (18.65%) Python
2 261 (13.87%) SQL
3 120 (6.38%) Java
4 94 (4.99%) TypeScript
5 73 (3.88%) JavaScript
6 72 (3.83%) C#
7 54 (2.87%) Go
8 28 (1.49%) C++
9 24 (1.28%) Bash
10 18 (0.96%) Apex Code
10 18 (0.96%) Kotlin
11 17 (0.90%) R
11 17 (0.90%) Scala
12 16 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 14 (0.74%) PHP
14 12 (0.64%) Bicep
15 9 (0.48%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.48%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.43%) Rust
16 8 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 290 (15.41%) Degree
2 61 (3.24%) Security Cleared
3 56 (2.98%) Master's Degree
4 49 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (2.55%) ACCA
6 43 (2.28%) PhD
7 40 (2.13%) SC Cleared
8 38 (2.02%) AWS Certification
9 36 (1.91%) DBS Check
10 26 (1.38%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.33%) CIMA
12 24 (1.28%) PMP
13 19 (1.01%) DV Cleared
14 15 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.64%) CISSP
15 12 (0.64%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 9 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 8 (0.43%) CISA
17 8 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
18 6 (0.32%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (13.39%) Accessibility
2 65 (3.45%) WCAG
3 51 (2.71%) Data Quality
4 45 (2.39%) GDPR
5 44 (2.34%) QA
6 34 (1.81%) GRC
7 29 (1.54%) IFRS
8 26 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
10 12 (0.64%) GAAP
10 12 (0.64%) NIST
10 12 (0.64%) PMO
11 11 (0.58%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.37%) EU AI Act
12 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.32%) NCSC
13 6 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.27%) JSP 440
15 4 (0.21%) ISO 26262
15 4 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 105 (5.58%) Docker
2 73 (3.88%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (1.28%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.16%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.11%) Ceph
6 2 (0.11%) Lustre
6 2 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 85 (4.52%) Kubernetes
2 64 (3.40%) Terraform
3 22 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (1.12%) Ansible
5 13 (0.69%) Grafana
6 12 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.37%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.27%) Argo
9 5 (0.27%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.11%) Podman
10 2 (0.11%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) Salt
Vendors
1 362 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 223 (11.85%) Adobe
3 124 (6.59%) Databricks
4 75 (3.99%) Google
5 50 (2.66%) Salesforce
6 49 (2.60%) Dell
7 48 (2.55%) Cisco
8 39 (2.07%) PayPal
9 36 (1.91%) Apple
10 28 (1.49%) OpenAI
10 28 (1.49%) Oracle
11 25 (1.33%) ServiceNow
12 19 (1.01%) Foundry
12 19 (1.01%) SAP
13 14 (0.74%) Palantir
14 13 (0.69%) Atlassian
14 13 (0.69%) CrowdStrike
15 12 (0.64%) Tenable
16 11 (0.58%) Instagram
16 11 (0.58%) Wrike
1,194 hybrid/remote AI jobs