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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 13 463
Rank change year-on-year -389 +450 +27
Permanent jobs citing Chatbot 56 2,034 17
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.23% 12.11% 0.078%
As % of the Applications category 3.45% 60.09% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 32 14 13
10th Percentile £48,250 £37,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £47,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -36.67% -21.76%
75th Percentile £93,634 £84,688 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,613 £93,500 £113,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £40,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +68.75% -42.86% -3.45%

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 1,621 3,385 1,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.54% 20.16% 8.86%
Number of salaries quoted 941 817 863
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £84,750
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 9 October 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
Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (46.43%) Azure
2 17 (30.36%) AWS
3 14 (25.00%) GCP
4 7 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (5.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (5.36%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (5.36%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (5.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
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 DevOps
8 2 (3.57%) ChatGPT
8 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (3.57%) SaaS
9 1 (1.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (1.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (19.64%) CTI
1 11 (19.64%) VoIP
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 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 12 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
2 11 (19.64%) Public Sector
2 11 (19.64%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.50%) Finance
4 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.93%) Retail
5 3 (5.36%) Games
5 3 (5.36%) Marketing
5 3 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Banking
6 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (32.14%) Senior
2 12 (21.43%) Developer
2 12 (21.43%) Lead
3 11 (19.64%) Architect
3 11 (19.64%) Lead Architect
3 11 (19.64%) Technical Architect
3 11 (19.64%) Technical Leader
4 8 (14.29%) 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%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 3 (5.36%) Azure Developer
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%) LangChain
4 5 (8.93%) WinForms
5 4 (7.14%) Google JAX
5 4 (7.14%) JAX
5 4 (7.14%) Next.js
5 4 (7.14%) PyTorch
5 4 (7.14%) SwiftUI
5 4 (7.14%) TensorFlow
6 3 (5.36%) FastAPI
6 3 (5.36%) REST
7 2 (3.57%) .NET Core
7 2 (3.57%) Spring
7 2 (3.57%) Spring Boot
8 1 (1.79%) NumPy
8 1 (1.79%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.21%) IVR
2 11 (19.64%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (14.29%) Product Ownership
4 4 (7.14%) AI Agents
4 4 (7.14%) Algorithms
4 4 (7.14%) Mobile App
5 3 (5.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.57%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.57%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (100.00%) Conversational UI
2 54 (96.43%) AI
3 24 (42.86%) User Experience
4 22 (39.29%) Agile
5 19 (33.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (30.36%) Roadmaps
7 16 (28.57%) Mentoring
8 14 (25.00%) Analytics
9 13 (23.21%) LLM
9 13 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (21.43%) Coaching
10 12 (21.43%) Machine Learning
10 12 (21.43%) Open Source
10 12 (21.43%) Workflow
11 11 (19.64%) DevOps
11 11 (19.64%) High Availability
11 11 (19.64%) Natural Language Processing
11 11 (19.64%) Waterfall
11 11 (19.64%) WFM
11 11 (19.64%) Workforce Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 21 (37.50%) Python
2 20 (35.71%) SQL
3 14 (25.00%) 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%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.43%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (21.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (21.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 13 (23.21%) OpenAI
3 11 (19.64%) Avaya
3 11 (19.64%) Cisco
3 11 (19.64%) Genesys
4 3 (5.36%) Foundry
5 2 (3.57%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.79%) UiPath