Hybrid/Remote Degree Job Trends

Academic Degree
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,788 2,242 2,926
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.27% 13.69% 12.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.92% 48.07% 47.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,064 1,166 1,996
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,280 £45,000 £41,589
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,033 £60,000 £58,400
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% +2.74% +1.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.48% +0.87% +1.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,986 4,664 6,151
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.67% 28.48% 26.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,497 2,386 4,462
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,102 £32,863
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,778 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,200
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.39% -3.00%
75th Percentile £78,312 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,250 £90,000 £91,225
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,499 £55,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +7.21% -3.48%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Degree job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Degree
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Degree over the 6 months to 19 January 2026.

Degree salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Degree
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 56 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.68%) Confluence
4 16 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.57%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.57%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
5 15 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 8 (0.29%) IIS
6 8 (0.29%) SAS
7 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
8 5 (0.18%) CMS
8 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 5 (0.18%) WordPress
9 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.072%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.036%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,154 (41.39%) Chatbot
2 256 (9.18%) Microsoft Office
3 124 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 44 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 36 (1.29%) Adobe XD
6 19 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 16 (0.57%) InDesign
8 15 (0.54%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.25%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.22%) Sketch
11 5 (0.18%) Simulink
12 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.14%) Trello
13 2 (0.072%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.072%) OrCAD
13 2 (0.072%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.072%) Revit
14 1 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.11%) Primavera
6 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.072%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.036%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.036%) Endur
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.036%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.036%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 370 (13.27%) Azure
2 344 (12.34%) AWS
3 270 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
4 128 (4.59%) Power Platform
5 95 (3.41%) GCP
6 93 (3.34%) SaaS
7 59 (2.12%) GitHub
8 57 (2.04%) Serverless
9 56 (2.01%) Entra ID
10 48 (1.72%) Figma
11 46 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
12 39 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (1.08%) PowerApps
14 28 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
15 26 (0.93%) Power Automate
16 24 (0.86%) PaaS
17 22 (0.79%) Miro
18 20 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
19 18 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
20 14 (0.50%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.26%) VPN
2 32 (1.15%) Firewall
3 27 (0.97%) WAN
4 26 (0.93%) SSL
5 22 (0.79%) LAN
6 19 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 19 (0.68%) Unified Communications
6 19 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (0.54%) SD-WAN
8 14 (0.50%) DNS
9 12 (0.43%) VLAN
10 11 (0.39%) DHCP
10 11 (0.39%) Network Security
10 11 (0.39%) VoIP
11 6 (0.22%) Internet
11 6 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.18%) Ethernet
12 5 (0.18%) Wireless
13 4 (0.14%) Modbus
13 4 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 104 (3.73%) Power BI
3 50 (1.79%) Tableau
4 49 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (1.36%) MySQL
6 28 (1.00%) NoSQL
7 23 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (0.72%) BigQuery
9 18 (0.65%) GIS
10 17 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (0.57%) DB2
12 15 (0.54%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.54%) Relational Database
13 13 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.47%) Metadata
14 12 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (0.39%) OLTP
16 10 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 65 (2.33%) JIRA
2 51 (1.83%) Git
3 49 (1.76%) Selenium
4 40 (1.43%) WebDriver
5 33 (1.18%) Postman
6 30 (1.08%) SoapUI
6 30 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
7 29 (1.04%) Balsamiq
8 26 (0.93%) Axure RP
9 13 (0.47%) Jenkins
10 12 (0.43%) GitLab
11 10 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.29%) MLflow
13 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.22%) ER Studio
14 6 (0.22%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.18%) JMeter
16 4 (0.14%) ERwin
16 4 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
General
1 798 (28.62%) Social Skills
2 675 (24.21%) Analytical Skills
3 399 (14.31%) Finance
4 314 (11.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 182 (6.53%) Public Sector
6 154 (5.52%) Marketing
7 135 (4.84%) Law
8 123 (4.41%) Retail
9 119 (4.27%) French Language
10 95 (3.41%) Swedish Language
11 63 (2.26%) Banking
12 61 (2.19%) Legal
13 59 (2.12%) Telecoms
14 56 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
15 49 (1.76%) Back Office
16 46 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
17 40 (1.43%) Manufacturing
18 32 (1.15%) Billing
18 32 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
19 28 (1.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,150 (41.25%) Trainer
2 302 (10.83%) Analyst
3 234 (8.39%) Senior
4 177 (6.35%) Developer
5 155 (5.56%) Content Editor
6 117 (4.20%) Service Analyst
6 117 (4.20%) Service Desk Analyst
7 99 (3.55%) Support Specialist
8 97 (3.48%) Customer Support Specialist
9 92 (3.30%) Support Engineer
10 80 (2.87%) Lead
11 76 (2.73%) Research Scientist
12 71 (2.55%) Architect
13 56 (2.01%) Business Analyst
14 48 (1.72%) Designer
15 47 (1.69%) Software Engineer
16 46 (1.65%) Desktop Support
16 46 (1.65%) Senior Developer
17 45 (1.61%) Desktop Engineer
17 45 (1.61%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (4.70%) .NET
2 94 (3.37%) HTML
3 79 (2.83%) CSS
4 58 (2.08%) React
5 54 (1.94%) SOAP
6 44 (1.58%) RESTful
7 37 (1.33%) REST
8 30 (1.08%) .NET Framework
9 28 (1.00%) ASP.NET
10 26 (0.93%) jQuery
11 25 (0.90%) Entity Framework
11 25 (0.90%) Node.js
12 23 (0.82%) Kafka
13 19 (0.68%) LDAP
14 17 (0.61%) gRPC
14 17 (0.61%) TensorFlow
15 16 (0.57%) LAPP Stack
15 16 (0.57%) OAuth
15 16 (0.57%) WebSockets
15 16 (0.57%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 99 (3.55%) Blog
2 97 (3.48%) Molecular Biology
3 96 (3.44%) Management Information System
3 96 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
4 67 (2.40%) Product Ownership
5 54 (1.94%) Driving Licence
5 54 (1.94%) Onboarding
6 45 (1.61%) Algorithms
7 44 (1.58%) Cloud Native
8 38 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 38 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
9 31 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
10 30 (1.08%) Data Centre
10 30 (1.08%) Social Media
11 28 (1.00%) Data Structures
12 24 (0.86%) Security Posture
13 21 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
14 20 (0.72%) e-Learning
15 18 (0.65%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 148 (5.31%) Windows
2 87 (3.12%) Linux
3 56 (2.01%) Windows 10
4 38 (1.36%) Unix
5 26 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.79%) Android
7 18 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 11 (0.39%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.29%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.11%) Debian
13 2 (0.072%) CentOS
13 2 (0.072%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.072%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,446 (51.87%) AI
2 1,165 (41.79%) Conversational UI
3 453 (16.25%) Computer Science
4 400 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
5 393 (14.10%) Chemistry
6 392 (14.06%) Customer Service
7 349 (12.52%) Agile
8 284 (10.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 273 (9.79%) ITIL
10 221 (7.93%) Analytics
11 204 (7.32%) Content Writing
12 203 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
13 172 (6.17%) Decision-Making
14 168 (6.03%) Mathematics
15 166 (5.95%) Mentoring
16 165 (5.92%) Project Management
17 161 (5.77%) DevOps
18 141 (5.06%) Software Engineering
19 137 (4.91%) ITSM
20 132 (4.73%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 249 (8.93%) Python
2 228 (8.18%) SQL
3 167 (5.99%) C#
4 156 (5.60%) Java
5 114 (4.09%) JavaScript
6 76 (2.73%) C++
7 71 (2.55%) TypeScript
8 41 (1.47%) PowerShell
9 37 (1.33%) Go
10 34 (1.22%) PHP
11 31 (1.11%) Bash
11 31 (1.11%) C
12 17 (0.61%) PL/SQL
13 15 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 14 (0.50%) R
15 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
16 11 (0.39%) MATLAB
17 10 (0.36%) Scala
17 10 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 699 (25.07%) Master's Degree
2 598 (21.45%) PhD
3 303 (10.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 299 (10.72%) Security Cleared
5 265 (9.51%) SC Cleared
6 200 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 179 (6.42%) AWS Certification
8 131 (4.70%) MCSE
9 56 (2.01%) PMP
10 51 (1.83%) Azure Certification
10 51 (1.83%) DBS Check
11 48 (1.72%) CISSP
11 48 (1.72%) PMI Certification
12 44 (1.58%) CTC Cleared
13 41 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
14 40 (1.43%) ACCA
15 39 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
15 39 (1.40%) CIMA
16 38 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 37 (1.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (6.35%) QA
2 88 (3.16%) Accessibility
3 67 (2.40%) SLA
4 65 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 64 (2.30%) GDPR
6 43 (1.54%) NIST
7 38 (1.36%) Data Quality
8 36 (1.29%) WCAG
9 23 (0.82%) GRC
9 23 (0.82%) PMO
10 22 (0.79%) ISO 9001
11 10 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.29%) IFRS
12 8 (0.29%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.22%) COBIT
15 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
15 5 (0.18%) ITGC
16 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 72 (2.58%) Active Directory
2 54 (1.94%) Docker
3 11 (0.39%) Firmware
3 11 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.11%) vSphere
7 2 (0.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.036%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.036%) iptables
8 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 60 (2.15%) Kubernetes
2 37 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (1.11%) Terraform
4 26 (0.93%) Ansible
5 18 (0.65%) Grafana
6 17 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.25%) Autotask
7 7 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (0.25%) Nmap
8 6 (0.22%) SCCM
9 3 (0.11%) Argo
9 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.072%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.072%) Puppet
10 2 (0.072%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.036%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.036%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.036%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.036%) Ganglia
11 1 (0.036%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,149 (41.21%) PayPal
2 474 (17.00%) Microsoft
3 138 (4.95%) ServiceNow
4 91 (3.26%) Cisco
5 73 (2.62%) Adobe
6 63 (2.26%) Salesforce
7 53 (1.90%) Google
8 39 (1.40%) Oracle
9 33 (1.18%) SAP
10 22 (0.79%) Red Hat
11 21 (0.75%) IBM
12 20 (0.72%) Databricks
13 18 (0.65%) Palo Alto
14 17 (0.61%) Apple
15 16 (0.57%) Sage
16 14 (0.50%) Zoho
17 12 (0.43%) MuleSoft
17 12 (0.43%) VMware
18 11 (0.39%) NEC
18 11 (0.39%) Progress