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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 33 496
Rank change year-on-year -371 +463 +10
Permanent jobs citing Chatbot 49 1,141 12
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 6.90% 0.049%
As % of the Applications category 3.42% 45.99% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 30 19 12
10th Percentile £48,250 £36,250 £35,350
25th Percentile £53,750 £40,000 £42,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -18.64% -1.67%
75th Percentile £93,634 £86,250 £85,625
90th Percentile £95,520 £95,500 £117,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £39,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +34.62% -44.29% -6.67%

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 1,432 2,481 2,168
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.25% 15.00% 8.80%
Number of salaries quoted 824 829 1,151
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% - -14.04%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -3.53% -5.56%

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 18 August 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 (10.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.04%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.04%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 19 (38.78%) Azure
2 12 (24.49%) AWS
3 9 (18.37%) GCP
4 5 (10.20%) Power Platform
5 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (4.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (4.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (4.08%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (4.08%) Power Automate
7 2 (4.08%) PowerApps
7 2 (4.08%) SaaS
7 2 (4.08%) Serverless
8 1 (2.04%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (2.04%) ChatGPT
8 1 (2.04%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 11 (22.45%) CTI
1 11 (22.45%) VoIP
2 2 (4.08%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) NoSQL
2 4 (8.16%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.08%) Power BI
4 1 (2.04%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) Git
General
1 11 (22.45%) Influencing Skills
1 11 (22.45%) Public Sector
2 8 (16.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Retail
4 4 (8.16%) Finance
5 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Games
5 3 (6.12%) Marketing
5 3 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Senior
2 12 (24.49%) Lead
3 11 (22.45%) Architect
3 11 (22.45%) Lead Architect
3 11 (22.45%) Technical Architect
3 11 (22.45%) Technical Leader
4 9 (18.37%) Developer
5 6 (12.24%) .NET Developer
5 6 (12.24%) Analyst
5 6 (12.24%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 5 (10.20%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (8.16%) C# .NET Developer
7 4 (8.16%) C# Developer
7 4 (8.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) IT Analyst
7 4 (8.16%) Python Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Service Analyst
7 4 (8.16%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (16.33%) .NET
2 7 (14.29%) React
3 5 (10.20%) Blazor
3 5 (10.20%) WinForms
4 4 (8.16%) LangChain
4 4 (8.16%) Node.js
5 3 (6.12%) PyTorch
5 3 (6.12%) TensorFlow
6 2 (4.08%) .NET Core
6 2 (4.08%) FastAPI
6 2 (4.08%) Google JAX
6 2 (4.08%) JAX
6 2 (4.08%) Next.js
6 2 (4.08%) REST
6 2 (4.08%) Spring
6 2 (4.08%) Spring Boot
6 2 (4.08%) SwiftUI
7 1 (2.04%) NumPy
7 1 (2.04%) Pandas
7 1 (2.04%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.45%) IVR
2 9 (18.37%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (14.29%) Product Ownership
4 5 (10.20%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (8.16%) AI Agents
6 3 (6.12%) Cloud Native
7 2 (4.08%) Algorithms
7 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (4.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (4.08%) Mobile App
8 1 (2.04%) Data Structures
8 1 (2.04%) Life Science
8 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) Conversational UI
2 43 (87.76%) AI
3 23 (46.94%) Agile
4 19 (38.78%) User Experience
5 17 (34.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (34.69%) Mentoring
6 16 (32.65%) Roadmaps
7 14 (28.57%) Analytics
8 12 (24.49%) Natural Language Processing
9 11 (22.45%) Architectural Patterns
9 11 (22.45%) Architecture Governance
9 11 (22.45%) Coaching
9 11 (22.45%) High Availability
9 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (22.45%) Waterfall
9 11 (22.45%) WFM
9 11 (22.45%) Workforce Optimisation
10 10 (20.41%) LLM
11 9 (18.37%) Full-Stack Development
11 9 (18.37%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 14 (28.57%) Python
2 12 (24.49%) C#
3 10 (20.41%) SQL
4 7 (14.29%) TypeScript
5 4 (8.16%) Java
5 4 (8.16%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.08%) Swift
7 1 (2.04%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 4 (8.16%) Degree
2 2 (4.08%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.08%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (12.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (12.24%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (26.53%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.45%) Avaya
2 11 (22.45%) Cisco
2 11 (22.45%) Genesys
3 6 (12.24%) OpenAI
4 2 (4.08%) Foundry
5 1 (2.04%) Cognizant
5 1 (2.04%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) Salesforce