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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 3 13
Rank change year-on-year -24 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,726 3,519 3,035
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.41% 21.32% 12.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.16% 62.02% 46.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,093 1,121 1,648
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £39,818 £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 £74,475 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,630 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -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 4,773 5,674 6,468
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.48% 34.38% 26.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,078 2,447 3,483
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,074 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -2.04% -2.17%
75th Percentile £79,772 £76,075 £74,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,950 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%

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 29 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 88 (5.10%) SharePoint
2 44 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.22%) Confluence
4 15 (0.87%) IIS
5 10 (0.58%) CMS
6 9 (0.52%) Apache
6 9 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.52%) SAS
7 8 (0.46%) WordPress
8 7 (0.41%) 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
1 221 (12.80%) Microsoft Office
2 106 (6.14%) Microsoft Project
3 98 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.39%) Simulink
6 16 (0.93%) AutoCAD
7 13 (0.75%) MS Visio
8 12 (0.70%) Revit
9 10 (0.58%) CorelDRAW
10 8 (0.46%) Adobe XD
11 7 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
12 5 (0.29%) Trello
13 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
13 4 (0.23%) FrameMaker
13 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
13 4 (0.23%) Windchill
14 3 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
14 3 (0.17%) Autodesk Inventor
14 3 (0.17%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 12 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.35%) Primavera
4 4 (0.23%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.17%) Misys Midas
5 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.12%) Shopify
7 1 (0.058%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.058%) HFM
7 1 (0.058%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.058%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.058%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 355 (20.57%) Azure
2 291 (16.86%) AWS
3 200 (11.59%) Microsoft 365
4 108 (6.26%) GCP
5 106 (6.14%) Power Platform
6 84 (4.87%) SaaS
7 75 (4.35%) Entra ID
8 42 (2.43%) GitHub
9 37 (2.14%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.56%) PowerApps
12 25 (1.45%) Power Automate
13 22 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (1.16%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (1.04%) Figma
15 18 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (0.87%) OneDrive
17 14 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 78 (4.52%) Firewall
2 48 (2.78%) Network Security
3 46 (2.67%) VPN
4 41 (2.38%) TCP/IP
5 33 (1.91%) DNS
6 29 (1.68%) DHCP
7 23 (1.33%) LAN
8 21 (1.22%) WAN
9 15 (0.87%) Wireless
10 13 (0.75%) Unified Communications
11 12 (0.70%) Internet
12 11 (0.64%) Broadband
13 10 (0.58%) HTTP
14 9 (0.52%) MPLS
14 9 (0.52%) VLAN
15 8 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
16 7 (0.41%) LTE
16 7 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (0.41%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.24%) SQL Server
2 94 (5.45%) Power BI
3 42 (2.43%) MySQL
4 41 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (2.03%) Relational Database
6 33 (1.91%) Metadata
7 28 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.16%) Redis
9 16 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.87%) MongoDB
10 15 (0.87%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.81%) Tableau
12 12 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.64%) Big Data
13 11 (0.64%) Data Lake
14 10 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (0.58%) Star Schema
15 9 (0.52%) BigQuery
16 8 (0.46%) OLTP
17 6 (0.35%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 83 (4.81%) Git
2 67 (3.88%) JIRA
3 17 (0.98%) LabVIEW
4 16 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
5 12 (0.70%) GitLab
6 10 (0.58%) Balsamiq
7 9 (0.52%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.52%) Visual Studio
8 8 (0.46%) Axure RP
8 8 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
9 7 (0.41%) Selenium
10 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.23%) JUnit
11 4 (0.23%) Postman
11 4 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
11 4 (0.23%) Snyk
11 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.23%) Subversion
12 3 (0.17%) RStudio
12 3 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 827 (47.91%) Social Skills
2 419 (24.28%) Finance
3 359 (20.80%) Analytical Skills
4 354 (20.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 228 (13.21%) Law
6 213 (12.34%) Public Sector
7 116 (6.72%) Electronics
8 112 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
9 102 (5.91%) Marketing
10 96 (5.56%) Aerospace
10 96 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
11 74 (4.29%) Manufacturing
12 67 (3.88%) Legal
13 64 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
14 53 (3.07%) Telecoms
15 48 (2.78%) Swedish Language
16 44 (2.55%) Retail
17 41 (2.38%) French Language
18 35 (2.03%) Banking
19 31 (1.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 359 (20.80%) Senior
2 288 (16.69%) Analyst
3 181 (10.49%) Developer
4 122 (7.07%) Lead
5 116 (6.72%) Architect
6 109 (6.32%) Senior Manager
7 107 (6.20%) Graduate
8 106 (6.14%) Project Manager
9 79 (4.58%) Software Developer
10 77 (4.46%) Senior Project Manager
10 77 (4.46%) Service Analyst
11 76 (4.40%) Software Engineer
12 74 (4.29%) Consultant
12 74 (4.29%) Senior Analyst
13 72 (4.17%) Business Analyst
14 71 (4.11%) Service Desk Analyst
15 63 (3.65%) IT Support
16 61 (3.53%) Systems Engineer
17 58 (3.36%) Support Engineer
18 56 (3.24%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (4.11%) .NET
1 71 (4.11%) CSS
2 64 (3.71%) React
3 61 (3.53%) HTML
4 48 (2.78%) Terraform
5 40 (2.32%) Node.js
6 38 (2.20%) jQuery
7 35 (2.03%) Vue
8 31 (1.80%) RESTful
8 31 (1.80%) XML
9 28 (1.62%) .NET Core
9 28 (1.62%) REST
10 26 (1.51%) AngularJS
11 23 (1.33%) ASP.NET
12 19 (1.10%) Entity Framework
13 18 (1.04%) .NET Framework
14 16 (0.93%) SOAP
15 15 (0.87%) JSON
15 15 (0.87%) PyTorch
16 14 (0.81%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (7.07%) Management Information System
2 99 (5.74%) Product Ownership
3 84 (4.87%) Cloud Native
4 81 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (3.07%) Driving Licence
6 51 (2.95%) Algorithms
7 50 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 36 (2.09%) Security Posture
9 32 (1.85%) FPGA
10 31 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (1.74%) Virtual Team
12 29 (1.68%) IoT
13 27 (1.56%) Data Centre
14 26 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
15 23 (1.33%) Data Structures
15 23 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
15 23 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
16 22 (1.27%) Client/Server
17 21 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
18 19 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 125 (7.24%) Windows
2 99 (5.74%) Linux
3 60 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.75%) Unix
5 10 (0.58%) Ubuntu
5 10 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (0.46%) Android
8 7 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.29%) OpenVMS
11 3 (0.17%) VMS
12 2 (0.12%) Debian
12 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.058%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (29.20%) Agile
2 460 (26.65%) Computer Science
3 419 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
4 310 (17.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 257 (14.89%) Mentoring
6 250 (14.48%) AI
7 239 (13.85%) Project Delivery
8 226 (13.09%) ITIL
9 222 (12.86%) Project Management
10 196 (11.36%) Software Engineering
11 193 (11.18%) Coaching
12 190 (11.01%) Decision-Making
13 186 (10.78%) Customer Service
14 178 (10.31%) Technology Strategy
15 171 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
16 155 (8.98%) Cybersecurity
17 154 (8.92%) Analytics
18 153 (8.86%) CI/CD
19 152 (8.81%) DevOps
20 148 (8.57%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 245 (14.19%) Python
2 238 (13.79%) SQL
3 156 (9.04%) C#
4 108 (6.26%) JavaScript
5 85 (4.92%) Java
6 79 (4.58%) C++
7 59 (3.42%) TypeScript
8 58 (3.36%) PowerShell
9 55 (3.19%) PHP
10 39 (2.26%) C
11 35 (2.03%) MATLAB
12 20 (1.16%) Go
13 19 (1.10%) Rust
14 18 (1.04%) R
15 15 (0.87%) Bash
15 15 (0.87%) PL/SQL
16 14 (0.81%) Bicep
17 9 (0.52%) Embedded C
17 9 (0.52%) SystemVerilog
18 8 (0.46%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 327 (18.95%) Security Cleared
2 321 (18.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 270 (15.64%) SC Cleared
4 123 (7.13%) Master's Degree
5 108 (6.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 101 (5.85%) DV Cleared
7 87 (5.04%) AWS Certification
8 83 (4.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 74 (4.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 70 (4.06%) MCSE
11 66 (3.82%) PhD
12 65 (3.77%) CISSP
13 57 (3.30%) HNC
14 52 (3.01%) HND
15 47 (2.72%) Azure Certification
16 45 (2.61%) CISM
17 41 (2.38%) DBS Check
18 35 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
19 34 (1.97%) PMI Certification
20 32 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (8.00%) QA
2 123 (7.13%) Accessibility
3 75 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 67 (3.88%) NIST
5 66 (3.82%) Data Quality
6 45 (2.61%) GDPR
7 37 (2.14%) SLA
8 29 (1.68%) PMO
9 23 (1.33%) GRC
10 20 (1.16%) NCSC
11 19 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 15 (0.87%) WCAG
14 13 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.58%) NIST 800
16 10 (0.58%) PCI DSS
17 9 (0.52%) ISO 9001
18 7 (0.41%) Def Stans
19 5 (0.29%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 90 (5.21%) Active Directory
2 52 (3.01%) Docker
3 44 (2.55%) Firmware
4 26 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.64%) vSphere
7 10 (0.58%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
10 5 (0.29%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.058%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.058%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 57 (3.30%) Kubernetes
2 51 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (1.22%) Ansible
4 9 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.35%) Packer
6 5 (0.29%) QRadar
7 4 (0.23%) Autotask
7 4 (0.23%) Grafana
7 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.23%) SCCM
7 4 (0.23%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.17%) Argo
8 3 (0.17%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.17%) Plesk
8 3 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.058%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.058%) OpenView
10 1 (0.058%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.058%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 428 (24.80%) Microsoft
2 94 (5.45%) ServiceNow
3 53 (3.07%) Google
4 49 (2.84%) SAP
5 44 (2.55%) Cisco
6 37 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 33 (1.91%) Oracle
8 28 (1.62%) VMware
9 24 (1.39%) Databricks
10 22 (1.27%) Adobe
11 20 (1.16%) EMC
12 16 (0.93%) Splunk
13 15 (0.87%) Meraki
14 14 (0.81%) IBM
14 14 (0.81%) Siemens
15 13 (0.75%) HubSpot
16 12 (0.70%) Citrix
16 12 (0.70%) Red Hat
16 12 (0.70%) YouTube
17 11 (0.64%) Sage