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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,605 3,297 4,458
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.04% 21.48% 12.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.59% 62.41% 48.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 1,258 2,881
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,875 £37,500 £39,747
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 £88,389 £84,125 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year - +5.77% -13.33%

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 4,270 5,283 9,147
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.39% 34.41% 26.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,950 2,360 5,899
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £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 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 17 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 76 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 32 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.93%) WordPress
5 14 (0.87%) CMS
6 13 (0.81%) Apache Spark
7 11 (0.69%) Confluence
8 10 (0.62%) SAS
9 8 (0.50%) IIS
10 7 (0.44%) Apache
11 4 (0.25%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.25%) PowerFactory
12 3 (0.19%) Artix
13 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
14 1 (0.062%) Drupal
14 1 (0.062%) Resin
14 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
Applications
1 242 (15.08%) Microsoft Office
2 93 (5.79%) Microsoft Project
3 92 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (0.62%) AutoCAD
7 9 (0.56%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.44%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.44%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
9 6 (0.37%) CorelDRAW
10 4 (0.25%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.25%) Revit
10 4 (0.25%) Windchill
11 3 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.19%) FrameMaker
11 3 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
11 3 (0.19%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.62%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.25%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.062%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.062%) HFM
8 1 (0.062%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.062%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.062%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.062%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.062%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.062%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.062%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 336 (20.93%) Azure
2 277 (17.26%) AWS
3 206 (12.83%) Microsoft 365
4 125 (7.79%) Power Platform
5 101 (6.29%) GCP
6 95 (5.92%) SaaS
7 92 (5.73%) Entra ID
8 33 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
9 31 (1.93%) GitHub
9 31 (1.93%) PowerApps
10 29 (1.81%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.81%) Power Automate
11 26 (1.62%) Serverless
12 23 (1.43%) Figma
13 16 (1.00%) Snowflake
14 15 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (0.93%) Canva
14 15 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
15 14 (0.87%) Mimecast
15 14 (0.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.36%) Firewall
2 34 (2.12%) Network Security
3 26 (1.62%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.56%) VPN
5 24 (1.50%) DNS
6 21 (1.31%) WAN
7 19 (1.18%) DHCP
8 13 (0.81%) Broadband
8 13 (0.81%) Internet
8 13 (0.81%) LAN
9 9 (0.56%) MPLS
9 9 (0.56%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.56%) Unified Communications
9 9 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.56%) Wireless
10 8 (0.50%) LTE
11 7 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.37%) BGP
12 6 (0.37%) Kerberos
13 5 (0.31%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (6.60%) SQL Server
2 103 (6.42%) Power BI
3 39 (2.43%) MySQL
4 31 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (1.43%) Tableau
7 22 (1.37%) Metadata
7 22 (1.37%) Relational Database
8 19 (1.18%) BigQuery
9 17 (1.06%) OLTP
10 14 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (0.81%) Delta Lake
11 13 (0.81%) MongoDB
11 13 (0.81%) Redis
12 12 (0.75%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (0.56%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 73 (4.55%) Git
2 55 (3.43%) JIRA
3 13 (0.81%) Postman
3 13 (0.81%) Selenium
4 11 (0.69%) Visual Studio
4 11 (0.69%) WebDriver
5 10 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
6 9 (0.56%) Axure RP
6 9 (0.56%) Balsamiq
6 9 (0.56%) GitLab
6 9 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.56%) MLflow
6 9 (0.56%) SoapUI
7 8 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.19%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.19%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
General
1 761 (47.41%) Social Skills
2 376 (23.43%) Finance
3 304 (18.94%) Analytical Skills
4 241 (15.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 192 (11.96%) Public Sector
6 179 (11.15%) Law
7 122 (7.60%) Marketing
8 83 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
9 81 (5.05%) Retail
10 73 (4.55%) Legal
11 64 (3.99%) Influencing Skills
12 63 (3.93%) Banking
13 61 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
14 59 (3.68%) Manufacturing
15 50 (3.12%) Back Office
15 50 (3.12%) Electronics
16 47 (2.93%) French Language
17 27 (1.68%) Telecoms
18 25 (1.56%) Advertising
19 24 (1.50%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 304 (18.94%) Senior
2 281 (17.51%) Analyst
3 205 (12.77%) Developer
4 98 (6.11%) Graduate
5 97 (6.04%) Architect
6 94 (5.86%) Senior Manager
7 88 (5.48%) Project Manager
8 85 (5.30%) Support Engineer
9 82 (5.11%) Lead
10 74 (4.61%) Service Analyst
11 71 (4.42%) Business Analyst
12 68 (4.24%) Service Desk Analyst
13 67 (4.17%) Senior Project Manager
14 64 (3.99%) Software Developer
15 61 (3.80%) Graduate Developer
16 56 (3.49%) Consultant
17 55 (3.43%) Software Engineer
18 49 (3.05%) Graduate Software Developer
19 48 (2.99%) IT Support
20 47 (2.93%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (4.74%) HTML
2 72 (4.49%) .NET
3 68 (4.24%) CSS
4 49 (3.05%) React
5 43 (2.68%) SOAP
6 40 (2.49%) jQuery
6 40 (2.49%) REST
7 36 (2.24%) RESTful
8 33 (2.06%) Node.js
9 30 (1.87%) XML
10 27 (1.68%) Vue
11 23 (1.43%) PyTorch
12 20 (1.25%) Middleware
13 18 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
13 18 (1.12%) TensorFlow
13 18 (1.12%) Visualforce
14 16 (1.00%) JSON
14 16 (1.00%) OAuth
15 13 (0.81%) .NET Core
15 13 (0.81%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 112 (6.98%) Product Ownership
2 93 (5.79%) Management Information System
3 84 (5.23%) Cloud Native
4 80 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (3.36%) Onboarding
6 35 (2.18%) Data Structures
7 34 (2.12%) Algorithms
8 33 (2.06%) Driving Licence
9 32 (1.99%) Security Posture
10 28 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
11 26 (1.62%) Virtual Team
12 24 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
13 23 (1.43%) Social Media
14 22 (1.37%) Cyberattack
15 20 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
16 17 (1.06%) Data Centre
16 17 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
17 15 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
17 15 (0.93%) FMCG
18 13 (0.81%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 134 (8.35%) Windows
2 102 (6.36%) Linux
3 49 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 40 (2.49%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.81%) Unix
6 9 (0.56%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.50%) Android
8 7 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
9 6 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Debian
11 2 (0.12%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.062%) AIX
12 1 (0.062%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (27.60%) Agile
2 423 (26.36%) Computer Science
3 360 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
4 299 (18.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 220 (13.71%) ITIL
6 212 (13.21%) Mentoring
7 206 (12.83%) Project Management
8 204 (12.71%) Customer Service
9 180 (11.21%) AI
10 179 (11.15%) Coaching
11 177 (11.03%) Analytics
12 170 (10.59%) Decision-Making
12 170 (10.59%) Project Delivery
13 159 (9.91%) DevOps
14 157 (9.78%) CI/CD
14 157 (9.78%) Software Engineering
15 150 (9.35%) Cybersecurity
16 139 (8.66%) Customer Experience
17 129 (8.04%) Technology Strategy
18 128 (7.98%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 269 (16.76%) SQL
2 230 (14.33%) Python
3 149 (9.28%) C#
4 116 (7.23%) Java
5 103 (6.42%) JavaScript
6 64 (3.99%) C++
7 62 (3.86%) PHP
8 53 (3.30%) PowerShell
9 52 (3.24%) TypeScript
10 27 (1.68%) Bash
10 27 (1.68%) Go
10 27 (1.68%) PL/SQL
11 23 (1.43%) Rust
12 19 (1.18%) Apex Code
13 18 (1.12%) C
14 17 (1.06%) R
15 12 (0.75%) Bicep
16 10 (0.62%) T-SQL
17 9 (0.56%) Scala
18 8 (0.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 286 (17.82%) Computer Science Degree
2 264 (16.45%) Security Cleared
3 225 (14.02%) SC Cleared
4 116 (7.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 109 (6.79%) Master's Degree
6 86 (5.36%) AWS Certification
7 71 (4.42%) MCSE
7 71 (4.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 63 (3.93%) CISSP
9 52 (3.24%) DBS Check
10 50 (3.12%) Azure Certification
11 43 (2.68%) HNC
11 43 (2.68%) PMI Certification
12 40 (2.49%) PhD
13 39 (2.43%) CISM
14 33 (2.06%) CTC Cleared
15 32 (1.99%) PMP
16 31 (1.93%) DV Cleared
17 29 (1.81%) ACCA
18 28 (1.74%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (6.85%) QA
2 66 (4.11%) Accessibility
3 64 (3.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 61 (3.80%) SLA
5 57 (3.55%) NIST
6 52 (3.24%) Data Quality
7 47 (2.93%) GDPR
8 28 (1.74%) GRC
9 22 (1.37%) PMO
10 19 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
12 16 (1.00%) WCAG
13 12 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 11 (0.69%) PCI DSS
15 10 (0.62%) NCSC
16 8 (0.50%) ISO 9001
17 6 (0.37%) COBIT
18 5 (0.31%) SOC 2
19 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 80 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.43%) Docker
3 24 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.56%) vSphere
6 8 (0.50%) Firmware
7 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.37%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
12 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 52 (3.24%) Kubernetes
2 48 (2.99%) Terraform
3 35 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (1.50%) Ansible
5 12 (0.75%) Grafana
5 12 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.56%) Autotask
7 8 (0.50%) SCCM
8 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.37%) Packer
10 5 (0.31%) FTK
10 5 (0.31%) QRadar
11 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.19%) Argo
12 3 (0.19%) Nmap
12 3 (0.19%) Plesk
12 3 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.12%) OpenView
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 387 (24.11%) Microsoft
2 96 (5.98%) ServiceNow
3 70 (4.36%) Cisco
4 59 (3.68%) Salesforce
5 49 (3.05%) Oracle
6 46 (2.87%) Google
7 37 (2.31%) SAP
8 33 (2.06%) Adobe
8 33 (2.06%) Databricks
9 25 (1.56%) VMware
10 19 (1.18%) HubSpot
11 16 (1.00%) Meraki
12 14 (0.87%) Citrix
12 14 (0.87%) Splunk
13 12 (0.75%) EMC
14 11 (0.69%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.69%) Sage
14 11 (0.69%) Workday
15 9 (0.56%) Pardot
16 8 (0.50%) Palantir