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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,618 2,196 4,071
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.06% 16.46% 12.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.03% 54.38% 46.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 1,327 2,831
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,318
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 4,255 4,038 8,671
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.82% 30.26% 26.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,842 2,482 5,903
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,797 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,250
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +6.48% -6.29%

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 21 April 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 63 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (1.17%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.87%) WordPress
6 11 (0.68%) CMS
6 11 (0.68%) Confluence
7 10 (0.62%) SAS
8 6 (0.37%) Apache
8 6 (0.37%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.31%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.062%) Drupal
10 1 (0.062%) Moodle
10 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.062%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.062%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 213 (13.16%) Microsoft Office
2 110 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.16%) Chatbot
3 35 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.42%) Adobe XD
5 19 (1.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 17 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.62%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.25%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.19%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.19%) InDesign
11 3 (0.19%) Sketch
12 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.19%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.062%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.062%) Raiser’s Edge
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
Cloud Services
1 358 (22.13%) Azure
2 327 (20.21%) AWS
3 228 (14.09%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (7.79%) GCP
5 119 (7.35%) Power Platform
6 92 (5.69%) SaaS
7 76 (4.70%) Entra ID
8 44 (2.72%) Serverless
9 43 (2.66%) GitHub
10 37 (2.29%) Figma
11 29 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.61%) Google Analytics
13 24 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
13 24 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
14 22 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (1.36%) Power Automate
14 22 (1.36%) PowerApps
15 18 (1.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 18 (1.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 15 (0.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.53%) Firewall
2 21 (1.30%) DNS
2 21 (1.30%) WAN
3 17 (1.05%) Network Security
3 17 (1.05%) VPN
4 16 (0.99%) DHCP
5 14 (0.87%) TCP/IP
6 12 (0.74%) Internet
7 11 (0.68%) Broadband
8 10 (0.62%) LAN
8 10 (0.62%) MPLS
8 10 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.56%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.56%) SSL
10 8 (0.49%) BGP
10 8 (0.49%) Unified Communications
11 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.43%) LTE
12 6 (0.37%) VoIP
12 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (6.43%) SQL Server
2 96 (5.93%) Power BI
3 38 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (2.22%) MySQL
5 29 (1.79%) Tableau
6 25 (1.55%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (1.17%) NoSQL
9 17 (1.05%) Metadata
9 17 (1.05%) Relational Database
10 16 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (0.87%) OLTP
13 13 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.74%) MongoDB
15 11 (0.68%) Redis
16 10 (0.62%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 74 (4.57%) Git
2 54 (3.34%) JIRA
3 28 (1.73%) Selenium
4 26 (1.61%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.42%) Axure RP
6 21 (1.30%) Postman
6 21 (1.30%) WebDriver
7 19 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.11%) SoapUI
9 14 (0.87%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.68%) GitLab
10 11 (0.68%) MLflow
11 6 (0.37%) Burp Suite
11 6 (0.37%) Metasploit
12 5 (0.31%) Babel
12 5 (0.31%) webpack
13 4 (0.25%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.25%) Storybook
13 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 753 (46.54%) Social Skills
2 391 (24.17%) Finance
3 308 (19.04%) Analytical Skills
4 303 (18.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 220 (13.60%) Public Sector
6 175 (10.82%) Law
7 146 (9.02%) Marketing
8 89 (5.50%) Retail
9 76 (4.70%) French Language
10 74 (4.57%) Back Office
10 74 (4.57%) Banking
11 70 (4.33%) Legal
11 70 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
12 57 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (2.84%) Manufacturing
14 44 (2.72%) Telecoms
15 39 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
16 32 (1.98%) Electronics
17 27 (1.67%) Swedish Language
18 22 (1.36%) Billing
Job Titles
1 286 (17.68%) Analyst
2 248 (15.33%) Senior
3 190 (11.74%) Developer
4 103 (6.37%) Support Engineer
5 83 (5.13%) Architect
5 83 (5.13%) Service Analyst
6 80 (4.94%) Service Desk Analyst
7 77 (4.76%) Graduate
8 68 (4.20%) Business Analyst
9 62 (3.83%) Desktop Support
10 60 (3.71%) Desktop Engineer
10 60 (3.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 56 (3.46%) Lead
11 56 (3.46%) Site Engineer
12 55 (3.40%) Consultant
13 53 (3.28%) Graduate Developer
14 51 (3.15%) Software Developer
14 51 (3.15%) Software Engineer
15 48 (2.97%) SQL Developer
16 46 (2.84%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (5.62%) .NET
2 82 (5.07%) HTML
3 75 (4.64%) CSS
4 56 (3.46%) SOAP
5 53 (3.28%) REST
5 53 (3.28%) RESTful
6 50 (3.09%) React
7 32 (1.98%) jQuery
7 32 (1.98%) Node.js
8 26 (1.61%) Kafka
8 26 (1.61%) PyTorch
9 25 (1.55%) OAuth
10 22 (1.36%) Lightning Web Components
10 22 (1.36%) Middleware
10 22 (1.36%) TensorFlow
10 22 (1.36%) Visualforce
11 20 (1.24%) Vue
12 19 (1.17%) Django
12 19 (1.17%) XML
13 17 (1.05%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 115 (7.11%) Product Ownership
2 96 (5.93%) Blog
3 93 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
4 88 (5.44%) Management Information System
5 82 (5.07%) Cloud Native
6 60 (3.71%) Onboarding
7 42 (2.60%) Driving Licence
8 40 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
9 36 (2.22%) Data Structures
10 34 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (1.85%) Security Posture
13 28 (1.73%) Social Media
14 25 (1.55%) Algorithms
15 22 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
16 20 (1.24%) Virtual Team
17 19 (1.17%) Data Centre
18 16 (0.99%) AI Agents
18 16 (0.99%) Cyberattack
18 16 (0.99%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 148 (9.15%) Windows
2 106 (6.55%) Linux
3 68 (4.20%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.30%) Android
6 16 (0.99%) Unix
7 13 (0.80%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.19%) Debian
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.062%) AIX
12 1 (0.062%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.062%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (27.01%) Computer Science
2 361 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
3 351 (21.69%) Agile
4 300 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 276 (17.06%) AI
6 265 (16.38%) Customer Service
7 237 (14.65%) ITIL
8 222 (13.72%) Analytics
9 205 (12.67%) Mentoring
10 184 (11.37%) Cybersecurity
11 173 (10.69%) DevOps
12 168 (10.38%) Decision-Making
13 166 (10.26%) CI/CD
14 151 (9.33%) Project Management
14 151 (9.33%) Software Engineering
15 135 (8.34%) Stakeholder Management
16 124 (7.66%) Scrum
17 123 (7.60%) Business Intelligence
17 123 (7.60%) Community of Practice
18 114 (7.05%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 264 (16.32%) Python
2 259 (16.01%) SQL
3 156 (9.64%) C#
4 152 (9.39%) Java
5 100 (6.18%) JavaScript
6 75 (4.64%) C++
7 65 (4.02%) TypeScript
8 53 (3.28%) PHP
9 51 (3.15%) Go
10 48 (2.97%) PowerShell
11 36 (2.22%) Bash
12 24 (1.48%) Rust
13 22 (1.36%) Apex Code
14 21 (1.30%) PL/SQL
15 18 (1.11%) C
15 18 (1.11%) R
16 13 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (0.74%) Bicep
17 12 (0.74%) Scala
18 9 (0.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 304 (18.79%) Security Cleared
2 303 (18.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 271 (16.75%) SC Cleared
4 145 (8.96%) Master's Degree
5 144 (8.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 107 (6.61%) AWS Certification
7 88 (5.44%) MCSE
8 61 (3.77%) PhD
9 60 (3.71%) CTC Cleared
10 53 (3.28%) CISSP
11 47 (2.90%) PMP
12 42 (2.60%) PMI Certification
13 41 (2.53%) ACCA
14 39 (2.41%) CIMA
15 37 (2.29%) Azure Certification
16 33 (2.04%) HNC
17 30 (1.85%) DBS Check
17 30 (1.85%) DV Cleared
18 28 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
19 27 (1.67%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (7.60%) QA
2 79 (4.88%) Accessibility
3 77 (4.76%) SLA
4 65 (4.02%) GDPR
5 58 (3.58%) Data Quality
6 53 (3.28%) NIST
7 46 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 29 (1.79%) WCAG
9 26 (1.61%) GRC
10 19 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 17 (1.05%) PMO
12 13 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.56%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.49%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.37%) IFRS
16 5 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 4 (0.25%) ISO 9001
17 4 (0.25%) NCSC
17 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 78 (4.82%) Docker
2 75 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.49%) vSphere
5 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.19%) Firmware
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.062%) iptables
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.062%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 79 (4.88%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.09%) Terraform
3 38 (2.35%) Ansible
4 26 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.17%) Grafana
5 19 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.49%) SCCM
7 6 (0.37%) Autotask
7 6 (0.37%) Nmap
8 5 (0.31%) FTK
8 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.25%) Packer
9 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.12%) Argo
10 2 (0.12%) OpenView
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.12%) QRadar
10 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.062%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 355 (21.94%) Microsoft
2 103 (6.37%) ServiceNow
3 101 (6.24%) Cisco
4 70 (4.33%) Salesforce
5 53 (3.28%) Google
6 50 (3.09%) Oracle
7 45 (2.78%) Adobe
8 33 (2.04%) SAP
9 29 (1.79%) Databricks
10 28 (1.73%) PayPal
11 22 (1.36%) VMware
12 19 (1.17%) MuleSoft
13 18 (1.11%) HubSpot
14 13 (0.80%) Splunk
15 12 (0.74%) Meraki
15 12 (0.74%) Sage
16 11 (0.68%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.62%) Citrix
17 10 (0.62%) Workday
18 9 (0.56%) Palantir