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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 30 500
Rank change year-on-year -381 +470 -2
Permanent jobs citing Chatbot 51 1,213 11
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.22% 7.31% 0.044%
As % of the Applications category 3.58% 47.24% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 30 19 11
10th Percentile £48,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -17.24% -3.33%
75th Percentile £93,634 £86,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,520 £95,500 £120,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £39,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +66.67% -44.29% -

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 1,423 2,568 2,161
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.17% 15.47% 8.73%
Number of salaries quoted 812 840 1,119
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,102 £46,533 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% +3.41% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 24 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 (9.80%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.96%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 22 (43.14%) Azure
2 15 (29.41%) AWS
3 12 (23.53%) GCP
4 5 (9.80%) Power Platform
5 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (5.88%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.92%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (3.92%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.92%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.92%) SaaS
7 2 (3.92%) Serverless
8 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Einstein
8 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.57%) CTI
1 11 (21.57%) VoIP
2 2 (3.92%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.53%) NoSQL
2 4 (7.84%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.92%) Power BI
4 1 (1.96%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) Git
General
1 11 (21.57%) Influencing Skills
1 11 (21.57%) Public Sector
2 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.80%) Retail
4 4 (7.84%) Finance
5 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.88%) Games
5 3 (5.88%) Marketing
5 3 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Senior
2 12 (23.53%) Lead
3 11 (21.57%) Architect
3 11 (21.57%) Lead Architect
3 11 (21.57%) Technical Architect
3 11 (21.57%) Technical Leader
4 9 (17.65%) Developer
5 8 (15.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) .NET Developer
7 5 (9.80%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 5 (9.80%) Full-Stack Developer
7 5 (9.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 5 (9.80%) Python Engineer
7 5 (9.80%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
8 4 (7.84%) Analyst
8 4 (7.84%) C# .NET Developer
8 4 (7.84%) C# Developer
9 3 (5.88%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 3 (5.88%) Product Owner
9 3 (5.88%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.69%) .NET
2 7 (13.73%) React
3 6 (11.76%) Node.js
4 5 (9.80%) Blazor
4 5 (9.80%) WinForms
5 4 (7.84%) LangChain
5 4 (7.84%) PyTorch
5 4 (7.84%) TensorFlow
6 3 (5.88%) Google JAX
6 3 (5.88%) JAX
6 3 (5.88%) Next.js
6 3 (5.88%) SwiftUI
7 2 (3.92%) .NET Core
7 2 (3.92%) FastAPI
7 2 (3.92%) REST
7 2 (3.92%) Spring
7 2 (3.92%) Spring Boot
8 1 (1.96%) NumPy
8 1 (1.96%) Pandas
8 1 (1.96%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.57%) IVR
2 10 (19.61%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (15.69%) Product Ownership
4 5 (9.80%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (7.84%) AI Agents
6 3 (5.88%) Cloud Native
6 3 (5.88%) Mobile App
7 2 (3.92%) Algorithms
7 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (3.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (1.96%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.96%) Life Science
8 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) Conversational UI
2 47 (92.16%) AI
3 23 (45.10%) Agile
4 22 (43.14%) User Experience
5 18 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (35.29%) Mentoring
6 16 (31.37%) Roadmaps
7 14 (27.45%) Analytics
8 12 (23.53%) LLM
8 12 (23.53%) Natural Language Processing
8 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (21.57%) Architectural Patterns
9 11 (21.57%) Architecture Governance
9 11 (21.57%) Coaching
9 11 (21.57%) High Availability
9 11 (21.57%) Machine Learning
9 11 (21.57%) Waterfall
9 11 (21.57%) WFM
9 11 (21.57%) Workforce Optimisation
10 10 (19.61%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (33.33%) Python
2 14 (27.45%) SQL
3 12 (23.53%) C#
4 7 (13.73%) TypeScript
5 4 (7.84%) Java
5 4 (7.84%) JavaScript
6 3 (5.88%) Swift
7 1 (1.96%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 4 (7.84%) Degree
2 2 (3.92%) Azure Certification
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.92%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (17.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (17.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (25.49%) Microsoft
2 11 (21.57%) Avaya
2 11 (21.57%) Cisco
2 11 (21.57%) Genesys
3 9 (17.65%) OpenAI
4 2 (3.92%) Foundry
5 1 (1.96%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.96%) Google
5 1 (1.96%) Salesforce