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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 98 519
Rank change year-on-year -256 +421 +80
Permanent jobs citing Chatbot 42 513 53
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.23% 3.51% 0.16%
As % of the Applications category 3.63% 31.98% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11 158 20
10th Percentile £52,500 £65,807 £38,150
25th Percentile £60,000 £66,206 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,230 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% -1.88% -7.53%
75th Percentile £95,000 £66,296 £78,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £86,250 £79,125
UK median annual salary £37,500 £66,217 £65,000
% change year-on-year -43.37% +1.87% -10.96%

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 1,157 1,604 2,922
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.28% 10.97% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 594 820 1,794
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,813 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,942 £50,000 £43,293
Median % change year-on-year -8.12% +15.49% -8.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,125 £67,850
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -15.44%

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 11 May 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 2 (4.76%) CMS
2 1 (2.38%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Sketch
2 1 (2.38%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.29%) AWS
2 5 (11.90%) Azure
3 3 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (7.14%) GCP
3 3 (7.14%) Serverless
4 2 (4.76%) Azure AI
4 2 (4.76%) Azure Machine Learning
4 2 (4.76%) Figma
4 2 (4.76%) Kontent
4 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.76%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.14%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Big Data
1 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
1 2 (4.76%) MLflow
2 1 (2.38%) Git
General
1 23 (54.76%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (7.14%) Finance
2 3 (7.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Games
3 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Trainer
2 7 (16.67%) Senior
3 6 (14.29%) Developer
4 4 (9.52%) Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) IT Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) Senior Manager
4 4 (9.52%) Service Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (7.14%) Product Owner
5 3 (7.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Android Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Digital Developer
6 2 (4.76%) Product Developer
6 2 (4.76%) Research Scientist
6 2 (4.76%) Technical Product Owner
6 2 (4.76%) UI Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) User Experience Manager
6 2 (4.76%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) CSS
1 3 (7.14%) HTML
1 3 (7.14%) PyTorch
1 3 (7.14%) TensorFlow
1 3 (7.14%) Vue
2 2 (4.76%) .NET
2 2 (4.76%) Android Jetpack
2 2 (4.76%) AngularJS
2 2 (4.76%) gRPC
2 2 (4.76%) Jetpack Compose
2 2 (4.76%) LangChain
2 2 (4.76%) Node.js
2 2 (4.76%) React
2 2 (4.76%) WebSockets
3 1 (2.38%) NumPy
3 1 (2.38%) Pandas
3 1 (2.38%) REST
3 1 (2.38%) scikit-learn
3 1 (2.38%) SOAP
3 1 (2.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) AI Agents
2 5 (11.90%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.14%) Low-Code
3 3 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.38%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Android
2 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) Conversational UI
2 38 (90.48%) AI
3 20 (47.62%) Chemistry
4 9 (21.43%) Agile
5 6 (14.29%) Analytics
5 6 (14.29%) Conversational AI
5 6 (14.29%) Generative AI
5 6 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 6 (14.29%) User Experience
6 5 (11.90%) CI/CD
6 5 (11.90%) Computer Science
6 5 (11.90%) LLM
6 5 (11.90%) Mentoring
6 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (11.90%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
7 4 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (9.52%) Scrum
8 3 (7.14%) Data Modelling
8 3 (7.14%) Data Science
8 3 (7.14%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.43%) Python
2 3 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.76%) Kotlin
3 2 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (66.67%) Degree
2 24 (57.14%) PhD
3 23 (54.76%) Master's Degree
4 4 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (50.00%) PayPal
2 2 (4.76%) Databricks
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.38%) Cognizant
3 1 (2.38%) Google