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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 392 450
Rank change year-on-year +368 +58 +200
Permanent jobs citing Chatbot 1,182 47 42
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.73% 0.29% 0.19%
As % of the Applications category 49.75% 3.47% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 16 28 8
10th Percentile - £50,000 £50,820
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £66,655 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.24% +11.09% -4.51%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £68,125
90th Percentile £140,000 £91,250 £72,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,805 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.82% +9.67% -14.89%

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 2,376 1,356 1,448
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.53% 8.26% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 640 718 1,098
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,675 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% -7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,249
% change year-on-year -16.11% +18.47% -11.74%

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 16 January 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 5 (0.42%) CMS
2 2 (0.17%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (0.25%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 7 (0.59%) Azure
2 5 (0.42%) Kontent
3 4 (0.34%) Figma
4 2 (0.17%) AWS
4 2 (0.17%) Azure AI
4 2 (0.17%) Azure Machine Learning
4 2 (0.17%) GCP
4 2 (0.17%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.17%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.17%) MLflow
2 1 (0.085%) JIRA
General
1 383 (32.40%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (5.25%) Retail
3 19 (1.61%) Law
3 19 (1.61%) Legal
4 15 (1.27%) Marketing
5 10 (0.85%) Agriculture
6 6 (0.51%) Aerospace
7 5 (0.42%) Finance
8 4 (0.34%) Social Skills
9 3 (0.25%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,158 (97.97%) Trainer
2 155 (13.11%) Content Editor
3 96 (8.12%) Customer Support Specialist
3 96 (8.12%) Support Specialist
4 76 (6.43%) Research Scientist
5 41 (3.47%) Customer Service Representative
6 26 (2.20%) Biostatistician
7 20 (1.69%) Communications Manager
8 17 (1.44%) Biologist
8 17 (1.44%) Coordinator
9 12 (1.02%) Lecturer
9 12 (1.02%) Marketing Specialist
10 11 (0.93%) Developer
11 7 (0.59%) Digital Content Editor
11 7 (0.59%) Digital Editor
11 7 (0.59%) Physicist
12 5 (0.42%) Copywriter
12 5 (0.42%) Digital Developer
12 5 (0.42%) Product Developer
13 3 (0.25%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.68%) CSS
1 8 (0.68%) HTML
2 5 (0.42%) Vue
3 3 (0.25%) Android Jetpack
3 3 (0.25%) gRPC
3 3 (0.25%) Jetpack Compose
3 3 (0.25%) jQuery
3 3 (0.25%) REST
3 3 (0.25%) SOAP
3 3 (0.25%) Web Services
3 3 (0.25%) WebSockets
4 2 (0.17%) .NET
4 2 (0.17%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.17%) LangChain
4 2 (0.17%) Node.js
4 2 (0.17%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.17%) React
4 2 (0.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 97 (8.21%) Molecular Biology
2 9 (0.76%) AI Agents
3 8 (0.68%) Low-Code
4 7 (0.59%) Mobile App
5 4 (0.34%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.25%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,182 (100.00%) Conversational UI
2 1,181 (99.92%) AI
3 390 (32.99%) Chemistry
4 204 (17.26%) Content Writing
5 105 (8.88%) Customer Service
6 97 (8.21%) Biochemistry
6 97 (8.21%) Biology
6 97 (8.21%) Biotechnology
6 97 (8.21%) Data Interpretation
6 97 (8.21%) Experimental Design
7 77 (6.51%) Physics
8 70 (5.92%) Mathematics
9 26 (2.20%) Biostatistics
10 19 (1.61%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (1.18%) Computer Science
12 13 (1.10%) Agile
13 10 (0.85%) Economics
14 9 (0.76%) Statistics
15 8 (0.68%) Workflow
16 7 (0.59%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (0.68%) JavaScript
2 7 (0.59%) Python
3 3 (0.25%) Kotlin
4 2 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1,154 (97.63%) Degree
2 565 (47.80%) Master's Degree
3 563 (47.63%) PhD
4 5 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.17%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (0.51%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (0.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1,161 (98.22%) PayPal
2 3 (0.25%) Genesys
2 3 (0.25%) ServiceNow
3 2 (0.17%) Databricks
3 2 (0.17%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.17%) OutSystems