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 29 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -15 +6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,650 3,313 4,372
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.99% 21.04% 13.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.89% 61.95% 48.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,079 1,238 2,847
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,313 £30,427
25th Percentile £38,651 £37,500 £39,299
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year - +7.11% -14.42%

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 4,355 5,348 8,944
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.10% 33.97% 26.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,027 2,379 5,790
10th Percentile £33,250 £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 £53,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% -11.67%

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 29 June 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 84 (5.09%) SharePoint
2 32 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (0.97%) CMS
4 16 (0.97%) WordPress
5 12 (0.73%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.73%) Confluence
6 10 (0.61%) IIS
6 10 (0.61%) SAS
7 9 (0.55%) 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 (0.061%) Drupal
11 1 (0.061%) Resin
11 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 258 (15.64%) Microsoft Office
2 95 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 95 (5.76%) Microsoft Project
3 40 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 10 (0.61%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.61%) CorelDRAW
6 7 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.42%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
7 6 (0.36%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.36%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.30%) Simulink
9 4 (0.24%) FrameMaker
9 4 (0.24%) Revit
9 4 (0.24%) Trello
9 4 (0.24%) Windchill
10 3 (0.18%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 16 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.55%) 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 (0.061%) HFM
9 1 (0.061%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.061%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.061%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.061%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.061%) Shopify
9 1 (0.061%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 345 (20.91%) Azure
2 287 (17.39%) AWS
3 222 (13.45%) Microsoft 365
4 128 (7.76%) Power Platform
5 101 (6.12%) GCP
6 100 (6.06%) SaaS
7 93 (5.64%) Entra ID
8 36 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
9 34 (2.06%) PowerApps
10 32 (1.94%) Power Automate
11 30 (1.82%) GitHub
12 27 (1.64%) Google Analytics
13 21 (1.27%) Serverless
14 20 (1.21%) Figma
15 16 (0.97%) Snowflake
16 15 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
16 15 (0.91%) Canva
16 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
17 14 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (0.85%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 58 (3.52%) Firewall
2 35 (2.12%) Network Security
3 29 (1.76%) TCP/IP
4 27 (1.64%) VPN
5 23 (1.39%) DNS
6 20 (1.21%) WAN
7 19 (1.15%) DHCP
8 14 (0.85%) Broadband
9 13 (0.79%) Internet
9 13 (0.79%) LAN
10 10 (0.61%) Wireless
11 9 (0.55%) MPLS
11 9 (0.55%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.55%) Unified Communications
12 8 (0.48%) LTE
12 8 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (0.36%) BGP
14 6 (0.36%) Kerberos
15 5 (0.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 106 (6.42%) Power BI
3 41 (2.48%) MySQL
4 32 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (1.52%) Relational Database
6 24 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (1.27%) Metadata
8 20 (1.21%) Tableau
9 16 (0.97%) BigQuery
9 16 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.91%) OLTP
10 15 (0.91%) Redis
11 14 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.79%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.73%) Delta Lake
13 12 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (0.73%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.48%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.42%) Looker
Development Applications
1 78 (4.73%) Git
2 57 (3.45%) JIRA
3 13 (0.79%) Visual Studio
4 10 (0.61%) GitLab
4 10 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.55%) Selenium
6 8 (0.48%) Postman
6 8 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
7 7 (0.42%) LabVIEW
7 7 (0.42%) MLflow
8 6 (0.36%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.36%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.36%) WebDriver
9 5 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
10 4 (0.24%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.18%) Storybook
General
1 777 (47.09%) Social Skills
2 368 (22.30%) Finance
3 313 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
4 250 (15.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 194 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 176 (10.67%) Law
7 120 (7.27%) Marketing
8 91 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
9 75 (4.55%) Retail
10 72 (4.36%) Legal
11 66 (4.00%) Manufacturing
12 65 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
13 63 (3.82%) Banking
14 60 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
15 59 (3.58%) Electronics
16 52 (3.15%) Back Office
17 47 (2.85%) French Language
18 35 (2.12%) Swedish Language
19 28 (1.70%) Advertising
20 27 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 312 (18.91%) Senior
2 289 (17.52%) Analyst
3 210 (12.73%) Developer
4 103 (6.24%) Graduate
5 99 (6.00%) Architect
6 97 (5.88%) Senior Manager
7 90 (5.45%) Lead
7 90 (5.45%) Support Engineer
8 87 (5.27%) Project Manager
9 85 (5.15%) Service Analyst
10 79 (4.79%) Service Desk Analyst
11 72 (4.36%) Business Analyst
12 67 (4.06%) Senior Project Manager
13 66 (4.00%) Software Developer
14 64 (3.88%) Software Engineer
15 62 (3.76%) Graduate Developer
16 59 (3.58%) Consultant
17 52 (3.15%) IT Support
18 49 (2.97%) Graduate Software Developer
19 44 (2.67%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (4.24%) CSS
1 70 (4.24%) HTML
2 69 (4.18%) .NET
3 55 (3.33%) React
4 41 (2.48%) jQuery
4 41 (2.48%) REST
5 39 (2.36%) RESTful
6 37 (2.24%) SOAP
7 35 (2.12%) Node.js
8 32 (1.94%) XML
9 31 (1.88%) Vue
10 21 (1.27%) Middleware
10 21 (1.27%) PyTorch
11 18 (1.09%) Lightning Web Components
11 18 (1.09%) Visualforce
12 16 (0.97%) JSON
12 16 (0.97%) TensorFlow
13 15 (0.91%) ASP.NET
13 15 (0.91%) OAuth
14 14 (0.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.48%) Product Ownership
2 97 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 87 (5.27%) Cloud Native
4 81 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (3.21%) Onboarding
6 38 (2.30%) Driving Licence
7 37 (2.24%) Algorithms
8 34 (2.06%) Security Posture
9 31 (1.88%) Data Structures
10 27 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.64%) Virtual Team
11 26 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.39%) Social Media
13 22 (1.33%) Cyberattack
14 20 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
15 19 (1.15%) Embedded Systems
16 17 (1.03%) Data Centre
17 16 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
18 15 (0.91%) FMCG
19 14 (0.85%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 134 (8.12%) Windows
2 107 (6.48%) Linux
3 50 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 42 (2.55%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.73%) Unix
6 9 (0.55%) 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 (0.061%) AIX
11 1 (0.061%) CentOS
11 1 (0.061%) Debian
11 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (26.79%) Agile
2 440 (26.67%) Computer Science
3 366 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
4 307 (18.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 237 (14.36%) ITIL
6 220 (13.33%) Mentoring
7 217 (13.15%) Customer Service
8 206 (12.48%) Project Management
9 194 (11.76%) AI
10 180 (10.91%) Analytics
10 180 (10.91%) Decision-Making
11 179 (10.85%) Coaching
12 171 (10.36%) Project Delivery
13 166 (10.06%) Software Engineering
14 164 (9.94%) DevOps
15 163 (9.88%) CI/CD
16 157 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
17 140 (8.48%) Customer Experience
18 136 (8.24%) Technology Strategy
19 129 (7.82%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 268 (16.24%) SQL
2 237 (14.36%) Python
3 151 (9.15%) C#
4 109 (6.61%) JavaScript
5 108 (6.55%) Java
6 70 (4.24%) C++
7 63 (3.82%) PHP
8 57 (3.45%) TypeScript
9 55 (3.33%) PowerShell
10 25 (1.52%) Go
11 24 (1.45%) Bash
11 24 (1.45%) C
11 24 (1.45%) PL/SQL
11 24 (1.45%) Rust
12 19 (1.15%) Apex Code
13 16 (0.97%) R
14 13 (0.79%) Bicep
15 9 (0.55%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.55%) Ruby
16 8 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 297 (18.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 272 (16.48%) Security Cleared
3 227 (13.76%) SC Cleared
4 126 (7.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 115 (6.97%) Master's Degree
6 92 (5.58%) AWS Certification
7 81 (4.91%) MCSE
8 72 (4.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 63 (3.82%) CISSP
10 50 (3.03%) DBS Check
11 49 (2.97%) Azure Certification
12 46 (2.79%) HNC
13 45 (2.73%) PhD
14 41 (2.48%) CISM
15 39 (2.36%) PMI Certification
16 35 (2.12%) CTC Cleared
17 34 (2.06%) DV Cleared
18 30 (1.82%) HND
19 29 (1.76%) PMP
20 28 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (7.39%) QA
2 66 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 64 (3.88%) SLA
4 63 (3.82%) Accessibility
5 59 (3.58%) NIST
6 55 (3.33%) Data Quality
7 46 (2.79%) GDPR
8 29 (1.76%) GRC
9 22 (1.33%) PMO
10 20 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 13 (0.79%) WCAG
13 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.73%) PCI DSS
14 11 (0.67%) NCSC
15 8 (0.48%) ISO 9001
16 6 (0.36%) COBIT
17 5 (0.30%) GAAP
17 5 (0.30%) IFRS
System Software
1 81 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 59 (3.58%) Docker
3 24 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.55%) vSphere
6 8 (0.48%) Firmware
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%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 55 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.79%) Terraform
3 35 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.39%) Ansible
5 10 (0.61%) Grafana
5 10 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.55%) Autotask
7 7 (0.42%) SCCM
7 7 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.36%) Packer
9 5 (0.30%) FTK
9 5 (0.30%) QRadar
10 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.18%) Argo
11 3 (0.18%) Plesk
11 3 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.12%) Nmap
12 2 (0.12%) OpenView
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 407 (24.67%) Microsoft
2 110 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 71 (4.30%) Cisco
4 59 (3.58%) Salesforce
5 45 (2.73%) Oracle
6 42 (2.55%) Google
7 35 (2.12%) SAP
8 33 (2.00%) Databricks
9 31 (1.88%) Adobe
10 25 (1.52%) VMware
11 19 (1.15%) HubSpot
12 16 (0.97%) Citrix
12 16 (0.97%) Meraki
13 14 (0.85%) Splunk
14 12 (0.73%) EMC
15 11 (0.67%) MuleSoft
15 11 (0.67%) Workday
16 10 (0.61%) Red Hat
16 10 (0.61%) Sage
17 9 (0.55%) Pardot