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 5 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -15 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,657 3,353 4,312
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.91% 20.69% 13.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.48% 61.60% 48.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,081 1,263 2,790
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,313 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,553 £37,500 £39,047
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year - +1.30% -9.51%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £85,000 £86,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year - +6.80% -14.17%

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 4,421 5,443 8,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.12% 33.59% 26.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,052 2,446 5,677
10th Percentile £33,350 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,650
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.91% -5.58%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,795
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.24% -10.34%

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 5 July 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 86 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (0.97%) CMS
3 16 (0.97%) WordPress
4 12 (0.72%) Confluence
5 11 (0.66%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.66%) SAS
6 10 (0.60%) IIS
7 9 (0.54%) Apache
8 4 (0.24%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.24%) PowerFactory
9 3 (0.18%) Artix
10 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.060%) Drupal
11 1 (0.060%) Resin
11 1 (0.060%) Umbraco
Applications
1 261 (15.75%) Microsoft Office
2 97 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 96 (5.79%) Microsoft Project
4 41 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (0.60%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.60%) CorelDRAW
7 7 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.42%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
8 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.36%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.30%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.30%) Simulink
10 4 (0.24%) FrameMaker
10 4 (0.24%) Revit
10 4 (0.24%) Trello
10 4 (0.24%) Windchill
11 3 (0.18%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 16 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.48%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.42%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.24%) Sage 50
6 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.060%) CiviCRM
9 1 (0.060%) HFM
9 1 (0.060%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.060%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.060%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.060%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.060%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.060%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.060%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.060%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.060%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 344 (20.76%) Azure
2 288 (17.38%) AWS
3 226 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
4 129 (7.79%) Power Platform
5 103 (6.22%) SaaS
6 100 (6.04%) GCP
7 95 (5.73%) Entra ID
8 36 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
9 35 (2.11%) PowerApps
10 33 (1.99%) Power Automate
11 30 (1.81%) GitHub
12 26 (1.57%) Google Analytics
13 19 (1.15%) Figma
13 19 (1.15%) Serverless
14 17 (1.03%) Snowflake
15 16 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
15 16 (0.97%) PaaS
16 15 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
16 15 (0.91%) Canva
17 14 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 58 (3.50%) Firewall
2 35 (2.11%) Network Security
3 33 (1.99%) TCP/IP
4 30 (1.81%) VPN
5 24 (1.45%) DNS
6 20 (1.21%) DHCP
6 20 (1.21%) WAN
7 14 (0.84%) Broadband
7 14 (0.84%) Wireless
8 13 (0.78%) Internet
8 13 (0.78%) LAN
9 10 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.54%) MPLS
10 9 (0.54%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.54%) Unified Communications
11 8 (0.48%) LTE
12 6 (0.36%) BGP
12 6 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.36%) Kerberos
13 5 (0.30%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 107 (6.46%) Power BI
3 41 (2.47%) MySQL
4 33 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (1.51%) Relational Database
6 23 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (1.27%) Metadata
8 19 (1.15%) Tableau
9 16 (0.97%) Redis
9 16 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (0.84%) BigQuery
10 14 (0.84%) OLTP
10 14 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.78%) MongoDB
12 12 (0.72%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.66%) Delta Lake
14 10 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.48%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.36%) Looker
Development Applications
1 81 (4.89%) Git
2 56 (3.38%) JIRA
3 13 (0.78%) Visual Studio
4 10 (0.60%) GitLab
4 10 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.48%) LabVIEW
5 8 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (0.36%) MLflow
6 6 (0.36%) Selenium
7 5 (0.30%) Axure RP
7 5 (0.30%) Balsamiq
7 5 (0.30%) Postman
7 5 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
8 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.18%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.18%) Storybook
9 3 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 772 (46.59%) Social Skills
2 362 (21.85%) Finance
3 311 (18.77%) Analytical Skills
4 253 (15.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 192 (11.59%) Public Sector
6 177 (10.68%) Law
7 123 (7.42%) Marketing
8 94 (5.67%) Organisational Skills
9 72 (4.35%) Legal
9 72 (4.35%) Retail
10 69 (4.16%) Electronics
11 67 (4.04%) Manufacturing
12 62 (3.74%) Banking
12 62 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
13 59 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
14 52 (3.14%) Back Office
15 47 (2.84%) French Language
16 36 (2.17%) Swedish Language
17 29 (1.75%) Advertising
17 29 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 322 (19.43%) Senior
2 286 (17.26%) Analyst
3 211 (12.73%) Developer
4 103 (6.22%) Graduate
5 99 (5.97%) Architect
5 99 (5.97%) Senior Manager
6 94 (5.67%) Lead
7 91 (5.49%) Support Engineer
8 90 (5.43%) Project Manager
9 86 (5.19%) Service Analyst
10 80 (4.83%) Service Desk Analyst
11 70 (4.22%) Software Developer
12 69 (4.16%) Senior Project Manager
13 66 (3.98%) Business Analyst
13 66 (3.98%) Software Engineer
14 62 (3.74%) Graduate Developer
15 60 (3.62%) Consultant
16 54 (3.26%) IT Support
17 49 (2.96%) Graduate Software Developer
18 45 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (4.16%) CSS
2 65 (3.92%) .NET
3 64 (3.86%) HTML
4 55 (3.32%) React
5 41 (2.47%) jQuery
6 40 (2.41%) REST
6 40 (2.41%) RESTful
7 36 (2.17%) Node.js
8 33 (1.99%) Vue
9 32 (1.93%) SOAP
9 32 (1.93%) XML
10 20 (1.21%) Middleware
10 20 (1.21%) PyTorch
11 17 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
11 17 (1.03%) Visualforce
12 16 (0.97%) JSON
13 15 (0.91%) ASP.NET
13 15 (0.91%) OAuth
13 15 (0.91%) TensorFlow
14 14 (0.84%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.28%) Product Ownership
2 99 (5.97%) Management Information System
3 91 (5.49%) Cloud Native
4 81 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
5 55 (3.32%) Onboarding
6 39 (2.35%) Algorithms
7 37 (2.23%) Driving Licence
8 33 (1.99%) Security Posture
9 29 (1.75%) Data Structures
10 28 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
11 27 (1.63%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
13 23 (1.39%) Social Media
14 22 (1.33%) Cyberattack
15 20 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
16 17 (1.03%) Data Centre
17 15 (0.91%) Client/Server
17 15 (0.91%) FMCG
18 14 (0.84%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 136 (8.21%) Windows
2 111 (6.70%) Linux
3 52 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 42 (2.53%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.72%) Unix
6 11 (0.66%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (0.48%) Android
7 8 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.48%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.30%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.060%) AIX
11 1 (0.060%) CentOS
11 1 (0.060%) Debian
11 1 (0.060%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.060%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 448 (27.04%) Computer Science
2 438 (26.43%) Agile
3 367 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
4 300 (18.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 239 (14.42%) ITIL
6 223 (13.46%) Mentoring
7 218 (13.16%) Customer Service
8 210 (12.67%) Project Management
9 200 (12.07%) AI
10 181 (10.92%) Analytics
11 180 (10.86%) Coaching
11 180 (10.86%) Decision-Making
12 179 (10.80%) Project Delivery
13 171 (10.32%) Software Engineering
14 166 (10.02%) CI/CD
14 166 (10.02%) DevOps
15 162 (9.78%) Cybersecurity
16 142 (8.57%) Technology Strategy
17 139 (8.39%) Customer Experience
18 130 (7.85%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 263 (15.87%) SQL
2 238 (14.36%) Python
3 146 (8.81%) C#
4 106 (6.40%) JavaScript
5 101 (6.10%) Java
6 73 (4.41%) C++
7 63 (3.80%) PHP
8 58 (3.50%) PowerShell
9 57 (3.44%) TypeScript
10 30 (1.81%) C
11 27 (1.63%) Rust
12 24 (1.45%) Go
13 22 (1.33%) Bash
13 22 (1.33%) PL/SQL
14 18 (1.09%) Apex Code
15 16 (0.97%) R
16 15 (0.91%) Bicep
17 10 (0.60%) MATLAB
18 9 (0.54%) Ruby
18 9 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 302 (18.23%) Computer Science Degree
2 272 (16.42%) Security Cleared
3 232 (14.00%) SC Cleared
4 125 (7.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 122 (7.36%) Master's Degree
6 92 (5.55%) AWS Certification
7 81 (4.89%) MCSE
8 72 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 64 (3.86%) CISSP
10 49 (2.96%) DBS Check
11 48 (2.90%) PhD
12 47 (2.84%) Azure Certification
13 46 (2.78%) HNC
14 43 (2.60%) CISM
15 38 (2.29%) DV Cleared
16 35 (2.11%) CTC Cleared
17 33 (1.99%) PMI Certification
18 30 (1.81%) HND
18 30 (1.81%) PMP
19 28 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (7.48%) QA
2 67 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (3.92%) SLA
4 63 (3.80%) NIST
5 62 (3.74%) Accessibility
6 55 (3.32%) Data Quality
7 48 (2.90%) GDPR
8 30 (1.81%) GRC
9 23 (1.39%) PMO
10 21 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
12 14 (0.84%) PCI DSS
13 13 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 12 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (0.72%) WCAG
15 11 (0.66%) NCSC
16 8 (0.48%) ISO 9001
17 6 (0.36%) COBIT
18 5 (0.30%) GAAP
18 5 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 82 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 61 (3.68%) Docker
3 24 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.60%) Firmware
6 9 (0.54%) vSphere
7 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.060%) Xen
Systems Management
1 57 (3.44%) Kubernetes
2 48 (2.90%) Terraform
3 37 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.39%) Ansible
5 9 (0.54%) Autotask
5 9 (0.54%) Grafana
5 9 (0.54%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.42%) SCCM
6 7 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.36%) Packer
8 5 (0.30%) FTK
8 5 (0.30%) QRadar
9 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.18%) Argo
10 3 (0.18%) Plesk
10 3 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.12%) OpenView
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.060%) Nmap
Vendors
1 411 (24.80%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.76%) ServiceNow
3 70 (4.22%) Cisco
4 57 (3.44%) Salesforce
5 43 (2.60%) Oracle
6 41 (2.47%) Google
7 37 (2.23%) SAP
8 32 (1.93%) Databricks
9 30 (1.81%) Adobe
10 25 (1.51%) VMware
11 20 (1.21%) HubSpot
12 16 (0.97%) Citrix
12 16 (0.97%) Meraki
13 14 (0.84%) Splunk
14 13 (0.78%) EMC
15 11 (0.66%) Workday
16 10 (0.60%) IBM
16 10 (0.60%) MuleSoft
16 10 (0.60%) Red Hat
17 9 (0.54%) Sage