Hybrid/Remote Chatbot Job Trends

Chatbots
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Chatbot skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 23 485
Rank change year-on-year -376 +462 0
Permanent jobs citing Chatbot 56 1,328 12
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.23% 8.20% 0.052%
As % of the Applications category 3.68% 50.06% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 31 19 10
10th Percentile £48,250 £36,250 £34,625
25th Percentile £56,250 £40,000 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £93,634 £86,250 £84,063
90th Percentile £112,500 £95,500 £120,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £39,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +92.31% -44.29% +5.66%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

Chatbot falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,522 2,653 1,998
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.35% 16.39% 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 874 820 921
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,988 £28,482
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,195 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +0.43% -14.29%
75th Percentile £58,770 £62,625 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

Chatbot
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Chatbot and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Chatbot job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Chatbot
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Chatbot.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Chatbot

Chatbot
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Chatbot over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Chatbot salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Chatbot
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 6 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.79%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.79%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 26 (46.43%) Azure
2 18 (32.14%) AWS
3 15 (26.79%) GCP
4 7 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (5.36%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (5.36%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (5.36%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (5.36%) Power Automate
7 3 (5.36%) PowerApps
8 2 (3.57%) Anthropic Claude
8 2 (3.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (3.57%) ChatGPT
8 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (3.57%) SaaS
8 2 (3.57%) Serverless
9 1 (1.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (19.64%) CTI
1 11 (19.64%) VoIP
2 1 (1.79%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (28.57%) NoSQL
2 5 (8.93%) SQL Server
3 4 (7.14%) Power BI
4 1 (1.79%) Big Data
4 1 (1.79%) Metadata
4 1 (1.79%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Git
General
1 11 (19.64%) Influencing Skills
1 11 (19.64%) Public Sector
2 10 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.93%) Finance
3 5 (8.93%) Retail
4 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Games
5 3 (5.36%) Marketing
5 3 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (35.71%) Senior
2 12 (21.43%) Lead
3 11 (19.64%) Architect
3 11 (19.64%) Developer
3 11 (19.64%) Lead Architect
3 11 (19.64%) Technical Architect
3 11 (19.64%) Technical Leader
4 9 (16.07%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 7 (12.50%) .NET Developer
6 6 (10.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 6 (10.71%) Python Engineer
6 6 (10.71%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
7 5 (8.93%) C# .NET Developer
7 5 (8.93%) C# Developer
7 5 (8.93%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 5 (8.93%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (7.14%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 3 (5.36%) Azure Developer
9 3 (5.36%) Product Owner
9 3 (5.36%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.07%) .NET
2 8 (14.29%) Node.js
3 7 (12.50%) React
4 5 (8.93%) Blazor
4 5 (8.93%) PyTorch
4 5 (8.93%) TensorFlow
4 5 (8.93%) WinForms
5 4 (7.14%) Google JAX
5 4 (7.14%) JAX
5 4 (7.14%) LangChain
5 4 (7.14%) Next.js
5 4 (7.14%) SwiftUI
6 3 (5.36%) REST
7 2 (3.57%) .NET Core
7 2 (3.57%) FastAPI
7 2 (3.57%) NumPy
7 2 (3.57%) Pandas
7 2 (3.57%) Spring
7 2 (3.57%) Spring Boot
8 1 (1.79%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.43%) IVR
2 11 (19.64%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (16.07%) Product Ownership
4 4 (7.14%) AI Agents
4 4 (7.14%) Mobile App
4 4 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (5.36%) Cloud Native
5 3 (5.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (3.57%) Algorithms
6 2 (3.57%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.79%) Life Science
7 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (100.00%) Conversational UI
2 53 (94.64%) AI
3 25 (44.64%) User Experience
4 23 (41.07%) Agile
5 19 (33.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (32.14%) Mentoring
7 16 (28.57%) Roadmaps
8 15 (26.79%) Analytics
9 14 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (23.21%) LLM
11 12 (21.43%) Coaching
11 12 (21.43%) Machine Learning
11 12 (21.43%) Natural Language Processing
11 12 (21.43%) Open Source
11 12 (21.43%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
11 12 (21.43%) Workflow
12 11 (19.64%) High Availability
12 11 (19.64%) Waterfall
12 11 (19.64%) WFM
12 11 (19.64%) Workforce Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 21 (37.50%) Python
2 19 (33.93%) SQL
3 13 (23.21%) C#
4 7 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 4 (7.14%) Java
5 4 (7.14%) JavaScript
5 4 (7.14%) Swift
6 1 (1.79%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (5.36%) Degree
2 2 (3.57%) Azure Certification
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.79%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.43%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (21.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (21.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (26.79%) Microsoft
2 13 (23.21%) OpenAI
3 11 (19.64%) Avaya
3 11 (19.64%) Cisco
3 11 (19.64%) Genesys
4 2 (3.57%) Foundry
5 1 (1.79%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.79%) Google
5 1 (1.79%) Salesforce