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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 3 13
Rank change year-on-year -20 +10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,719 3,491 3,085
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.53% 21.02% 12.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.38% 61.18% 47.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,101 1,132 1,749
10th Percentile £28,939 £25,625 £31,850
25th Percentile £39,602 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -8.33%

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 4,725 5,706 6,498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.71% 34.36% 26.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,072 2,445 3,728
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,074 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,638
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.24% -3.94%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 August 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 87 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 42 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.16%) Confluence
4 14 (0.81%) IIS
5 11 (0.64%) CMS
6 10 (0.58%) Apache
6 10 (0.58%) WordPress
7 9 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.52%) SAS
8 8 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.23%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.23%) PowerFactory
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.17%) Artix
10 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.058%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.058%) Resin
11 1 (0.058%) Umbraco
Applications
1 226 (13.15%) Microsoft Office
2 106 (6.17%) Microsoft Project
3 96 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (1.34%) Simulink
6 15 (0.87%) AutoCAD
7 10 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 10 (0.58%) CorelDRAW
7 10 (0.58%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.58%) Revit
8 8 (0.47%) Adobe XD
9 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.29%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.29%) Trello
11 4 (0.23%) FrameMaker
11 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.35%) Primavera
4 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.23%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.12%) Shopify
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.058%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.058%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.058%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.058%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.058%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 357 (20.77%) Azure
2 298 (17.34%) AWS
3 192 (11.17%) Microsoft 365
4 109 (6.34%) GCP
5 106 (6.17%) Power Platform
6 91 (5.29%) SaaS
7 70 (4.07%) Entra ID
8 40 (2.33%) GitHub
9 37 (2.15%) Google Analytics
10 32 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
11 30 (1.75%) PowerApps
12 28 (1.63%) Power Automate
13 20 (1.16%) Snowflake
14 19 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (1.05%) Figma
16 17 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
17 14 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (0.81%) PaaS
18 13 (0.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 70 (4.07%) Firewall
2 46 (2.68%) Network Security
3 40 (2.33%) VPN
4 39 (2.27%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.69%) DNS
6 26 (1.51%) DHCP
7 22 (1.28%) LAN
8 21 (1.22%) WAN
9 16 (0.93%) Wireless
10 15 (0.87%) Unified Communications
11 14 (0.81%) Internet
12 12 (0.70%) Broadband
13 10 (0.58%) HTTP
13 10 (0.58%) MPLS
14 9 (0.52%) VLAN
15 8 (0.47%) LTE
15 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
16 7 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (0.41%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (7.56%) SQL Server
2 93 (5.41%) Power BI
3 49 (2.85%) MySQL
4 43 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (2.09%) Relational Database
6 33 (1.92%) Metadata
7 25 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.16%) Redis
9 16 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 13 (0.76%) Tableau
11 12 (0.70%) MongoDB
11 12 (0.70%) NoSQL
11 12 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.64%) Data Lake
13 10 (0.58%) Big Data
13 10 (0.58%) OLTP
14 9 (0.52%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.41%) Star Schema
16 6 (0.35%) Looker
Development Applications
1 87 (5.06%) Git
2 65 (3.78%) JIRA
3 16 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
4 15 (0.87%) LabVIEW
5 11 (0.64%) GitLab
5 11 (0.64%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.58%) Balsamiq
6 10 (0.58%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.47%) Axure RP
7 8 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.41%) Selenium
9 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.23%) JUnit
10 4 (0.23%) Postman
10 4 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
10 4 (0.23%) Snyk
10 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.23%) Subversion
11 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 797 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 417 (24.26%) Finance
3 346 (20.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 334 (19.43%) Analytical Skills
5 220 (12.80%) Public Sector
6 215 (12.51%) Law
7 112 (6.52%) Electronics
8 108 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
9 104 (6.05%) Marketing
10 92 (5.35%) Aerospace
11 83 (4.83%) Presentation Skills
12 73 (4.25%) Manufacturing
13 69 (4.01%) Legal
14 56 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
15 48 (2.79%) Swedish Language
16 47 (2.73%) Telecoms
17 44 (2.56%) Retail
18 39 (2.27%) Banking
18 39 (2.27%) French Language
19 31 (1.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 350 (20.36%) Senior
2 278 (16.17%) Analyst
3 198 (11.52%) Developer
4 118 (6.86%) Architect
4 118 (6.86%) Lead
5 109 (6.34%) Graduate
6 108 (6.28%) Senior Manager
7 107 (6.22%) Project Manager
8 84 (4.89%) Software Developer
9 77 (4.48%) Senior Project Manager
9 77 (4.48%) Service Analyst
9 77 (4.48%) Software Engineer
10 73 (4.25%) Business Analyst
10 73 (4.25%) Consultant
11 71 (4.13%) Service Desk Analyst
12 66 (3.84%) Senior Analyst
13 62 (3.61%) Systems Engineer
14 60 (3.49%) Graduate Developer
15 58 (3.37%) IT Support
16 56 (3.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (4.60%) CSS
2 76 (4.42%) .NET
3 67 (3.90%) HTML
3 67 (3.90%) React
4 43 (2.50%) jQuery
5 42 (2.44%) Node.js
6 37 (2.15%) Vue
7 34 (1.98%) RESTful
8 31 (1.80%) XML
9 30 (1.75%) REST
10 29 (1.69%) .NET Core
11 26 (1.51%) AngularJS
12 23 (1.34%) ASP.NET
13 20 (1.16%) Entity Framework
13 20 (1.16%) SOAP
14 19 (1.11%) .NET Framework
15 17 (0.99%) PyTorch
16 15 (0.87%) JSON
17 14 (0.81%) LDAP
17 14 (0.81%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 113 (6.57%) Management Information System
2 98 (5.70%) Product Ownership
3 90 (5.24%) Cloud Native
4 84 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
5 52 (3.03%) Algorithms
6 48 (2.79%) Driving Licence
7 46 (2.68%) Onboarding
8 34 (1.98%) Security Posture
9 33 (1.92%) FPGA
10 29 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (1.69%) Virtual Team
11 25 (1.45%) Data Centre
12 24 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
12 24 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
12 24 (1.40%) IoT
13 23 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
14 22 (1.28%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.22%) Cyberattack
16 20 (1.16%) Client/Server
17 18 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 115 (6.69%) Windows
2 103 (5.99%) Linux
3 55 (3.20%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.76%) Unix
5 10 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
6 9 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.52%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.47%) Android
8 7 (0.41%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.29%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.058%) Debian
11 1 (0.058%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.058%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (29.61%) Agile
2 474 (27.57%) Computer Science
3 426 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
4 293 (17.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 259 (15.07%) Mentoring
6 242 (14.08%) AI
7 223 (12.97%) Project Management
8 221 (12.86%) Project Delivery
9 216 (12.57%) ITIL
10 200 (11.63%) Software Engineering
11 185 (10.76%) Decision-Making
12 184 (10.70%) Coaching
13 178 (10.35%) Technology Strategy
14 172 (10.01%) Customer Service
15 165 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
16 157 (9.13%) DevOps
17 156 (9.08%) CI/CD
18 153 (8.90%) Analytics
19 151 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
20 149 (8.67%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 243 (14.14%) SQL
2 239 (13.90%) Python
3 162 (9.42%) C#
4 118 (6.86%) JavaScript
5 92 (5.35%) Java
6 81 (4.71%) C++
7 63 (3.66%) TypeScript
8 59 (3.43%) PHP
9 58 (3.37%) PowerShell
10 38 (2.21%) C
11 34 (1.98%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.22%) Go
12 21 (1.22%) Rust
13 17 (0.99%) PL/SQL
14 16 (0.93%) Bash
15 14 (0.81%) Bicep
15 14 (0.81%) R
16 9 (0.52%) Apex Code
16 9 (0.52%) SystemVerilog
16 9 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 336 (19.55%) Security Cleared
2 332 (19.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 278 (16.17%) SC Cleared
4 133 (7.74%) Master's Degree
5 111 (6.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 100 (5.82%) DV Cleared
7 87 (5.06%) AWS Certification
8 83 (4.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 74 (4.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 69 (4.01%) MCSE
10 69 (4.01%) PhD
11 65 (3.78%) CISSP
12 53 (3.08%) HNC
13 48 (2.79%) HND
14 47 (2.73%) Azure Certification
15 44 (2.56%) CISM
16 40 (2.33%) DBS Check
17 34 (1.98%) PMI Certification
18 33 (1.92%) PMP
19 32 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (7.85%) QA
2 124 (7.21%) Accessibility
3 73 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 68 (3.96%) NIST
5 64 (3.72%) Data Quality
6 44 (2.56%) GDPR
7 38 (2.21%) SLA
8 28 (1.63%) PMO
9 24 (1.40%) GRC
10 20 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 18 (1.05%) NCSC
12 15 (0.87%) WCAG
13 14 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.64%) PCI DSS
17 10 (0.58%) NIST 800
18 9 (0.52%) ISO 9001
19 5 (0.29%) Def Stans
19 5 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 88 (5.12%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.20%) Docker
3 44 (2.56%) Firmware
4 24 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.58%) vSphere
7 7 (0.41%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.29%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 61 (3.55%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.91%) Terraform
3 47 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (1.40%) Ansible
5 8 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.35%) Packer
7 5 (0.29%) Grafana
7 5 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.29%) QRadar
8 4 (0.23%) Autotask
8 4 (0.23%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.17%) Argo
9 3 (0.17%) Plesk
9 3 (0.17%) SCCM
9 3 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.12%) OpenView
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.058%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 415 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 96 (5.58%) ServiceNow
3 56 (3.26%) Google
4 48 (2.79%) SAP
5 45 (2.62%) Cisco
6 40 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 36 (2.09%) Oracle
8 26 (1.51%) VMware
9 25 (1.45%) Adobe
10 24 (1.40%) Databricks
11 19 (1.11%) EMC
12 15 (0.87%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.87%) Meraki
12 15 (0.87%) Siemens
13 14 (0.81%) IBM
13 14 (0.81%) Splunk
14 13 (0.76%) Red Hat
15 12 (0.70%) Citrix
16 11 (0.64%) Sage
16 11 (0.64%) Xilinx