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 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 13 13
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,992 2,324 2,605
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.64% 13.03% 12.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.83% 47.91% 46.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,101 1,216 1,818
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £44,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £93,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.79% -4.07% +9.09%

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 5,086 4,851 5,627
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.38% 27.21% 27.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,441 2,550 4,141
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,249
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% -

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 14 December 2025.

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 61 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.67%) Confluence
4 16 (0.53%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.53%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.53%) WebSphere Application Server
5 11 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.30%) IIS
7 8 (0.27%) ArcGIS
8 7 (0.23%) Ethereum
9 6 (0.20%) WordPress
10 5 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.17%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.13%) CMS
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.13%) SAS
12 2 (0.067%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.033%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,317 (44.02%) Chatbot
2 233 (7.79%) Microsoft Office
3 143 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 45 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 35 (1.17%) Adobe XD
6 22 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
7 18 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 17 (0.57%) MS Visio
9 16 (0.53%) InDesign
10 9 (0.30%) Photoshop
11 8 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
12 7 (0.23%) Sketch
13 5 (0.17%) Simulink
13 5 (0.17%) Trello
14 4 (0.13%) AutoCAD
15 2 (0.067%) OrCAD
15 2 (0.067%) Revit
15 2 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
16 1 (0.033%) EPLAN
16 1 (0.033%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 29 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.60%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.13%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.13%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.10%) Primavera
7 3 (0.10%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.067%) Endur
8 2 (0.067%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.067%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.067%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.067%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.033%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.033%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.033%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.033%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.033%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 386 (12.90%) Azure
2 326 (10.90%) AWS
3 249 (8.32%) Microsoft 365
4 134 (4.48%) Power Platform
5 103 (3.44%) SaaS
6 86 (2.87%) GCP
7 69 (2.31%) GitHub
8 68 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
9 57 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
10 47 (1.57%) Figma
10 47 (1.57%) Serverless
11 44 (1.47%) Entra ID
12 35 (1.17%) Power Automate
13 30 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
13 30 (1.00%) PowerApps
14 28 (0.94%) PaaS
15 22 (0.74%) Miro
16 21 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
17 18 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
18 14 (0.47%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 43 (1.44%) VPN
2 36 (1.20%) Firewall
2 36 (1.20%) WAN
3 28 (0.94%) LAN
4 25 (0.84%) SSL
5 23 (0.77%) TCP/IP
5 23 (0.77%) Unified Communications
6 20 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (0.64%) SD-WAN
8 16 (0.53%) VLAN
9 15 (0.50%) DNS
9 15 (0.50%) VoIP
10 13 (0.43%) DHCP
10 13 (0.43%) Network Security
11 10 (0.33%) Internet
12 8 (0.27%) Wireless
12 8 (0.27%) Wireshark
13 7 (0.23%) Ethernet
13 7 (0.23%) Modbus
14 6 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (4.45%) SQL Server
2 100 (3.34%) Power BI
3 47 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (1.50%) MySQL
5 41 (1.37%) Tableau
6 28 (0.94%) NoSQL
7 19 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (0.60%) GIS
9 17 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.53%) DB2
10 16 (0.53%) MongoDB
11 15 (0.50%) Relational Database
12 13 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.43%) BigQuery
13 12 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
14 11 (0.37%) Metadata
15 7 (0.23%) Big Data
15 7 (0.23%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.23%) Redis
Development Applications
1 61 (2.04%) JIRA
2 56 (1.87%) Git
3 40 (1.34%) Selenium
4 31 (1.04%) WebDriver
5 27 (0.90%) Balsamiq
6 25 (0.84%) Postman
7 24 (0.80%) Axure RP
7 24 (0.80%) SoapUI
7 24 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
8 15 (0.50%) GitLab
8 15 (0.50%) Jenkins
9 9 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.20%) Babel
10 6 (0.20%) ER Studio
10 6 (0.20%) Maven
10 6 (0.20%) webpack
11 5 (0.17%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (0.13%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.13%) Toad
General
1 803 (26.84%) Social Skills
2 769 (25.70%) Analytical Skills
3 404 (13.50%) Finance
4 335 (11.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 180 (6.02%) Public Sector
6 160 (5.35%) Marketing
7 133 (4.45%) Law
8 116 (3.88%) Retail
9 106 (3.54%) French Language
10 95 (3.18%) Swedish Language
11 73 (2.44%) Legal
12 68 (2.27%) Telecoms
13 64 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
14 61 (2.04%) Banking
15 58 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
16 39 (1.30%) Back Office
16 39 (1.30%) Manufacturing
17 37 (1.24%) Local Government
18 33 (1.10%) Aerospace
19 32 (1.07%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,313 (43.88%) Trainer
2 269 (8.99%) Analyst
3 230 (7.69%) Senior
4 194 (6.48%) Developer
5 155 (5.18%) Content Editor
6 105 (3.51%) Support Specialist
7 100 (3.34%) Service Analyst
7 100 (3.34%) Service Desk Analyst
8 97 (3.24%) Customer Support Specialist
9 87 (2.91%) Lead
10 84 (2.81%) Research Scientist
11 81 (2.71%) Architect
12 74 (2.47%) Support Engineer
13 63 (2.11%) Microsoft Specialist
14 54 (1.80%) Software Engineer
15 50 (1.67%) Designer
16 45 (1.50%) Business Analyst
17 44 (1.47%) Graduate
18 43 (1.44%) Consultant
18 43 (1.44%) Customer Service Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (4.45%) .NET
2 93 (3.11%) CSS
3 89 (2.97%) HTML
4 64 (2.14%) React
5 43 (1.44%) RESTful
6 41 (1.37%) SOAP
7 38 (1.27%) ASP.NET
7 38 (1.27%) REST
8 33 (1.10%) jQuery
9 31 (1.04%) .NET Framework
9 31 (1.04%) Node.js
10 26 (0.87%) Entity Framework
10 26 (0.87%) Kafka
11 21 (0.70%) XML
12 19 (0.64%) LDAP
12 19 (0.64%) OAuth
13 17 (0.57%) gRPC
14 16 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web API
14 16 (0.53%) LAPP Stack
14 16 (0.53%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 112 (3.74%) Management Information System
2 110 (3.68%) Molecular Biology
3 107 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
4 98 (3.28%) Blog
5 59 (1.97%) Onboarding
6 54 (1.80%) Driving Licence
7 49 (1.64%) Product Ownership
8 47 (1.57%) Algorithms
9 46 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 42 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 41 (1.37%) Cloud Native
12 36 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
13 31 (1.04%) Social Media
14 27 (0.90%) e-Learning
15 26 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
16 24 (0.80%) NHS
17 23 (0.77%) Data Structures
18 22 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
19 21 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
19 21 (0.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 131 (4.38%) Windows
2 94 (3.14%) Linux
3 37 (1.24%) Unix
4 35 (1.17%) Windows 10
5 23 (0.77%) Android
6 22 (0.74%) Windows Server
7 17 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (0.53%) Apple iOS
9 14 (0.47%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.23%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.17%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.033%) CentOS
12 1 (0.033%) Debian
12 1 (0.033%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.033%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.033%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,631 (54.51%) AI
2 1,330 (44.45%) Conversational UI
3 508 (16.98%) Computer Science
4 484 (16.18%) Chemistry
5 422 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
6 371 (12.40%) Customer Service
7 355 (11.86%) Agile
8 240 (8.02%) ITIL
9 228 (7.62%) Mathematics
10 220 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 204 (6.82%) Content Writing
12 198 (6.62%) Analytics
12 198 (6.62%) Cybersecurity
13 188 (6.28%) Project Management
14 182 (6.08%) Mentoring
15 180 (6.02%) DevOps
16 174 (5.82%) Physics
17 159 (5.31%) Decision-Making
18 148 (4.95%) Software Engineering
19 142 (4.75%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 233 (7.79%) Python
2 227 (7.59%) SQL
3 174 (5.82%) C#
4 156 (5.21%) Java
5 114 (3.81%) JavaScript
6 79 (2.64%) C++
7 72 (2.41%) TypeScript
8 45 (1.50%) C
9 40 (1.34%) PHP
10 36 (1.20%) PowerShell
11 29 (0.97%) Go
12 24 (0.80%) Bash
13 15 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 13 (0.43%) MATLAB
14 13 (0.43%) R
15 12 (0.40%) Kotlin
16 11 (0.37%) T-SQL
17 10 (0.33%) PL/SQL
17 10 (0.33%) VBA
18 8 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 876 (29.28%) Master's Degree
2 771 (25.77%) PhD
3 330 (11.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 273 (9.12%) Security Cleared
5 242 (8.09%) SC Cleared
6 177 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 162 (5.41%) AWS Certification
8 113 (3.78%) MCSE
9 52 (1.74%) Azure Certification
10 51 (1.70%) PMP
11 45 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
11 45 (1.50%) DBS Check
12 43 (1.44%) DV Cleared
13 39 (1.30%) CISSP
14 38 (1.27%) CISM
15 37 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
16 36 (1.20%) ACCA
17 35 (1.17%) CIMA
17 35 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
18 33 (1.10%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (5.98%) QA
2 81 (2.71%) Accessibility
3 77 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 57 (1.91%) GDPR
5 43 (1.44%) NIST
5 43 (1.44%) SLA
6 37 (1.24%) ISO 9001
7 33 (1.10%) WCAG
8 32 (1.07%) Data Quality
9 22 (0.74%) PMO
10 16 (0.53%) GRC
11 12 (0.40%) SOC 2
12 9 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 8 (0.27%) IFRS
14 6 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.20%) ITGC
14 6 (0.20%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.20%) SOC 1
15 5 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 71 (2.37%) Active Directory
2 51 (1.70%) Docker
3 22 (0.74%) Firmware
4 14 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.17%) vSphere
7 3 (0.10%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.033%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.033%) iptables
9 1 (0.033%) Postfix
9 1 (0.033%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 66 (2.21%) Kubernetes
2 40 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (1.00%) Ansible
4 26 (0.87%) Terraform
5 13 (0.43%) Grafana
6 12 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.20%) Autotask
8 6 (0.20%) RSA Archer
9 3 (0.10%) Argo
9 3 (0.10%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.10%) Nmap
10 2 (0.067%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.067%) Puppet
11 1 (0.033%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.033%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.033%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.033%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.033%) Kibana
11 1 (0.033%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,313 (43.88%) PayPal
2 510 (17.05%) Microsoft
3 128 (4.28%) ServiceNow
4 83 (2.77%) Adobe
5 66 (2.21%) Cisco
6 63 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 49 (1.64%) Google
8 33 (1.10%) SAP
9 29 (0.97%) Apple
10 28 (0.94%) Oracle
11 26 (0.87%) Palo Alto
12 24 (0.80%) Red Hat
13 21 (0.70%) IBM
14 17 (0.57%) Databricks
15 16 (0.53%) VMware
16 14 (0.47%) Sage
16 14 (0.47%) Zoho
17 12 (0.40%) MuleSoft
17 12 (0.40%) Workday
18 11 (0.37%) Progress