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 23 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,590 2,987 4,233
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.42% 20.58% 13.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.18% 61.05% 47.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,023 1,202 2,858
10th Percentile £28,125 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,280 £39,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £56,252 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.44% +2.28% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,375
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -11.76%

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 4,277 4,893 8,820
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.65% 33.72% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,903 2,252 5,891
10th Percentile £33,150 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 23 May 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 68 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.94%) WordPress
5 12 (0.75%) Confluence
5 12 (0.75%) SAS
6 10 (0.63%) CMS
7 6 (0.38%) Apache
8 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.25%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.19%) Artix
9 3 (0.19%) PowerFactory
10 1 (0.063%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.063%) Drupal
10 1 (0.063%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.063%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.063%) Umbraco
Applications
1 254 (15.97%) Microsoft Office
2 97 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 89 (5.60%) Microsoft Project
4 37 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 13 (0.82%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.57%) AutoCAD
7 9 (0.57%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.44%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.44%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.19%) FrameMaker
11 3 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
11 3 (0.19%) Revit
11 3 (0.19%) Windchill
12 2 (0.13%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.13%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 15 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.19%) Sage 50
8 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.063%) CiviCRM
9 1 (0.063%) HFM
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.063%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.063%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.063%) ResourceLink
9 1 (0.063%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.063%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.063%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.063%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.063%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 327 (20.57%) Azure
2 279 (17.55%) AWS
3 210 (13.21%) Microsoft 365
4 122 (7.67%) Power Platform
5 106 (6.67%) GCP
6 88 (5.53%) SaaS
7 83 (5.22%) Entra ID
8 36 (2.26%) Serverless
9 32 (2.01%) GitHub
10 30 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (1.76%) Figma
12 27 (1.70%) Google Analytics
13 26 (1.64%) Power Automate
13 26 (1.64%) PowerApps
14 17 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (0.94%) Canva
15 15 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (0.94%) Mimecast
15 15 (0.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 15 (0.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.89%) Firewall
2 24 (1.51%) DNS
3 22 (1.38%) Network Security
4 18 (1.13%) WAN
5 17 (1.07%) DHCP
6 15 (0.94%) VPN
7 13 (0.82%) Internet
7 13 (0.82%) TCP/IP
8 11 (0.69%) Broadband
9 10 (0.63%) Unified Communications
9 10 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.57%) LAN
11 8 (0.50%) MPLS
12 7 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.44%) LTE
12 7 (0.44%) SSL
13 6 (0.38%) BGP
13 6 (0.38%) Kerberos
13 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (6.23%) Power BI
2 97 (6.10%) SQL Server
3 31 (1.95%) MySQL
3 31 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (1.76%) Tableau
5 24 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (1.45%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.38%) Metadata
8 19 (1.19%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (1.13%) OLTP
10 13 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (0.75%) Delta Lake
12 11 (0.69%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (0.63%) Pinecone
13 10 (0.63%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 71 (4.47%) Git
2 55 (3.46%) JIRA
3 25 (1.57%) Selenium
4 22 (1.38%) Postman
5 21 (1.32%) WebDriver
6 19 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 18 (1.13%) SoapUI
8 13 (0.82%) Axure RP
8 13 (0.82%) Balsamiq
9 11 (0.69%) Jenkins
9 11 (0.69%) MLflow
10 10 (0.63%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
12 7 (0.44%) GitLab
13 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
14 4 (0.25%) Storybook
15 3 (0.19%) Babel
15 3 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 761 (47.86%) Social Skills
2 374 (23.52%) Finance
3 296 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
4 262 (16.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 195 (12.26%) Public Sector
6 176 (11.07%) Law
7 126 (7.92%) Marketing
8 84 (5.28%) Retail
9 75 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
10 71 (4.47%) Legal
11 65 (4.09%) Banking
12 64 (4.03%) Back Office
13 62 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
14 57 (3.58%) French Language
15 55 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
16 47 (2.96%) Manufacturing
17 44 (2.77%) Electronics
18 31 (1.95%) Telecoms
19 20 (1.26%) Games
19 20 (1.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 312 (19.62%) Senior
2 269 (16.92%) Analyst
3 197 (12.39%) Developer
4 97 (6.10%) Senior Manager
5 95 (5.97%) Architect
6 91 (5.72%) Support Engineer
7 88 (5.53%) Project Manager
8 82 (5.16%) Graduate
9 72 (4.53%) Lead
10 71 (4.47%) Service Analyst
11 67 (4.21%) Business Analyst
11 67 (4.21%) Senior Project Manager
12 65 (4.09%) Service Desk Analyst
13 58 (3.65%) Software Developer
14 57 (3.58%) Graduate Developer
15 54 (3.40%) Consultant
16 52 (3.27%) Senior Developer
17 51 (3.21%) Software Engineer
18 50 (3.14%) Desktop Support
19 49 (3.08%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (5.22%) HTML
2 77 (4.84%) .NET
3 63 (3.96%) CSS
4 56 (3.52%) SOAP
5 47 (2.96%) REST
6 44 (2.77%) React
7 38 (2.39%) RESTful
8 34 (2.14%) jQuery
9 29 (1.82%) Node.js
10 25 (1.57%) PyTorch
10 25 (1.57%) XML
11 21 (1.32%) TensorFlow
12 20 (1.26%) Vue
13 19 (1.19%) Lightning Web Components
13 19 (1.19%) Middleware
13 19 (1.19%) Visualforce
14 18 (1.13%) OAuth
15 16 (1.01%) Django
16 15 (0.94%) Kafka
17 13 (0.82%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.42%) Product Ownership
2 91 (5.72%) Management Information System
3 80 (5.03%) Cloud Native
4 78 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
5 60 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 42 (2.64%) Driving Licence
7 36 (2.26%) Blog
7 36 (2.26%) Data Structures
8 32 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
9 28 (1.76%) Algorithms
10 26 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.57%) Security Posture
12 24 (1.51%) Social Media
13 22 (1.38%) Cyberattack
13 22 (1.38%) Virtual Team
14 21 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
15 20 (1.26%) Data Centre
16 19 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
17 17 (1.07%) FMCG
18 15 (0.94%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 139 (8.74%) Windows
2 111 (6.98%) Linux
3 56 (3.52%) Windows 10
4 35 (2.20%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.88%) Android
6 13 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 11 (0.69%) Unix
8 6 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.13%) CentOS
12 2 (0.13%) Debian
13 1 (0.063%) AIX
13 1 (0.063%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (27.36%) Agile
2 412 (25.91%) Computer Science
3 343 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
4 302 (18.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 219 (13.77%) Mentoring
6 215 (13.52%) ITIL
7 212 (13.33%) Customer Service
8 211 (13.27%) Project Management
9 190 (11.95%) AI
10 185 (11.64%) Analytics
11 173 (10.88%) Coaching
12 165 (10.38%) Project Delivery
13 161 (10.13%) CI/CD
14 159 (10.00%) Decision-Making
15 157 (9.87%) Cybersecurity
15 157 (9.87%) DevOps
16 153 (9.62%) Customer Experience
17 145 (9.12%) Software Engineering
18 132 (8.30%) Stakeholder Management
19 131 (8.24%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 257 (16.16%) SQL
2 239 (15.03%) Python
3 154 (9.69%) C#
4 133 (8.36%) Java
5 98 (6.16%) JavaScript
6 69 (4.34%) C++
7 57 (3.58%) PHP
8 52 (3.27%) TypeScript
9 50 (3.14%) PowerShell
10 33 (2.08%) Go
11 30 (1.89%) Bash
12 29 (1.82%) PL/SQL
13 23 (1.45%) Rust
14 21 (1.32%) C
15 20 (1.26%) Apex Code
16 17 (1.07%) R
17 12 (0.75%) Bicep
18 11 (0.69%) Scala
18 11 (0.69%) T-SQL
19 7 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 286 (17.99%) Computer Science Degree
2 272 (17.11%) Security Cleared
3 237 (14.91%) SC Cleared
4 122 (7.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 118 (7.42%) Master's Degree
6 87 (5.47%) AWS Certification
7 72 (4.53%) MCSE
8 67 (4.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 57 (3.58%) CISSP
10 49 (3.08%) DBS Check
11 48 (3.02%) CTC Cleared
12 47 (2.96%) PMI Certification
13 45 (2.83%) Azure Certification
14 41 (2.58%) PhD
15 37 (2.33%) PMP
16 36 (2.26%) ACCA
16 36 (2.26%) HNC
17 35 (2.20%) CIMA
18 33 (2.08%) CISM
19 32 (2.01%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (6.98%) QA
2 74 (4.65%) Accessibility
3 64 (4.03%) SLA
4 54 (3.40%) GDPR
4 54 (3.40%) NIST
5 51 (3.21%) Data Quality
6 50 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 26 (1.64%) GRC
8 20 (1.26%) PMO
8 20 (1.26%) WCAG
9 18 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 8 (0.50%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.50%) SOC 2
14 7 (0.44%) NCSC
15 4 (0.25%) GAAP
15 4 (0.25%) IFRS
16 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 73 (4.59%) Active Directory
2 61 (3.84%) Docker
3 25 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.57%) vSphere
5 7 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.25%) Firmware
8 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 62 (3.90%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.21%) Terraform
3 31 (1.95%) Ansible
4 26 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.94%) Grafana
5 15 (0.94%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.50%) Autotask
6 8 (0.50%) SCCM
7 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.38%) Packer
9 5 (0.31%) FTK
10 4 (0.25%) Nmap
10 4 (0.25%) QRadar
10 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.19%) Argo
11 3 (0.19%) Plesk
12 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.13%) OpenView
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 352 (22.14%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.66%) ServiceNow
3 82 (5.16%) Cisco
4 57 (3.58%) Salesforce
5 56 (3.52%) Oracle
6 48 (3.02%) Google
7 37 (2.33%) SAP
8 36 (2.26%) Adobe
9 33 (2.08%) Databricks
10 26 (1.64%) VMware
11 19 (1.19%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.94%) MuleSoft
13 12 (0.75%) Meraki
13 12 (0.75%) Sage
13 12 (0.75%) Workday
14 11 (0.69%) Citrix
14 11 (0.69%) Splunk
15 10 (0.63%) EMC
16 9 (0.57%) Palantir
16 9 (0.57%) Pardot