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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,526 2,292 3,693
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.41% 14.91% 13.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.80% 50.52% 49.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 1,276 2,610
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £45,000 £41,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -5.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £103,750 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -4.35%

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 4,876 4,537 7,516
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.74% 29.52% 27.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,631 2,426 5,513
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,778 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,144 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,375 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 February 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 66 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 18 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (0.67%) Confluence
6 11 (0.44%) SAS
6 11 (0.44%) Tomcat
6 11 (0.44%) WebSphere
6 11 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
7 9 (0.36%) WordPress
8 8 (0.32%) CMS
9 7 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.28%) Ethereum
10 6 (0.24%) IIS
11 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.20%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.079%) Apache
14 2 (0.079%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 867 (34.32%) Chatbot
2 262 (10.37%) Microsoft Office
3 124 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (1.23%) Adobe XD
6 15 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
7 13 (0.51%) MS Visio
8 12 (0.48%) InDesign
9 7 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.28%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.20%) Simulink
11 4 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.16%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.16%) Sketch
12 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.079%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.079%) OrCAD
13 2 (0.079%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.079%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.16%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.12%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.079%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.079%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.079%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.079%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.079%) Primavera
8 1 (0.040%) Endur
8 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.040%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.040%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.040%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.040%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 371 (14.69%) AWS
2 367 (14.53%) Azure
3 298 (11.80%) Microsoft 365
4 137 (5.42%) Power Platform
5 106 (4.20%) GCP
6 105 (4.16%) SaaS
7 79 (3.13%) Entra ID
8 59 (2.34%) Serverless
9 58 (2.30%) GitHub
10 45 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
11 44 (1.74%) Figma
12 40 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
13 32 (1.27%) PowerApps
14 29 (1.15%) Power Automate
15 26 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
16 25 (0.99%) PaaS
17 21 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
18 19 (0.75%) Miro
19 18 (0.71%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 18 (0.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.62%) Firewall
2 24 (0.95%) VPN
3 21 (0.83%) SSL
3 21 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 20 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (0.75%) DNS
5 19 (0.75%) WAN
6 17 (0.67%) Unified Communications
7 16 (0.63%) DHCP
8 13 (0.51%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.48%) VLAN
10 11 (0.44%) Network Security
11 10 (0.40%) LAN
12 9 (0.36%) VoIP
13 8 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
13 8 (0.32%) Wireless
14 6 (0.24%) Internet
15 5 (0.20%) BGP
15 5 (0.20%) MPLS
15 5 (0.20%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (4.51%) Power BI
2 97 (3.84%) SQL Server
3 51 (2.02%) Tableau
4 46 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (1.31%) MySQL
6 29 (1.15%) NoSQL
7 28 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (0.95%) BigQuery
9 17 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (0.63%) MongoDB
10 16 (0.63%) Relational Database
11 14 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (0.55%) Metadata
12 13 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.51%) DB2
12 13 (0.51%) OLTP
13 12 (0.48%) Redis
14 11 (0.44%) Delta Lake
15 10 (0.40%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 61 (2.41%) Git
2 58 (2.30%) JIRA
3 39 (1.54%) Selenium
4 32 (1.27%) WebDriver
5 27 (1.07%) Postman
6 26 (1.03%) Balsamiq
7 24 (0.95%) SoapUI
7 24 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
8 23 (0.91%) Axure RP
9 15 (0.59%) GitLab
9 15 (0.59%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.44%) MLflow
11 7 (0.28%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.28%) Metasploit
12 6 (0.24%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.24%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.20%) Babel
13 5 (0.20%) webpack
14 4 (0.16%) ER Studio
14 4 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
General
1 822 (32.54%) Social Skills
2 635 (25.14%) Analytical Skills
3 369 (14.61%) Finance
4 310 (12.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 191 (7.56%) Public Sector
6 147 (5.82%) Law
7 145 (5.74%) Marketing
8 126 (4.99%) Retail
9 125 (4.95%) French Language
10 91 (3.60%) Swedish Language
11 74 (2.93%) Banking
12 70 (2.77%) Back Office
13 65 (2.57%) Legal
14 54 (2.14%) Telecoms
15 51 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
16 42 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
17 40 (1.58%) Manufacturing
18 37 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
19 33 (1.31%) Electronics
20 27 (1.07%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 868 (34.36%) Trainer
2 326 (12.91%) Analyst
3 263 (10.41%) Senior
4 187 (7.40%) Developer
5 124 (4.91%) Service Analyst
5 124 (4.91%) Service Desk Analyst
6 108 (4.28%) Support Engineer
7 102 (4.04%) Content Editor
8 76 (3.01%) Research Scientist
9 74 (2.93%) Support Specialist
10 73 (2.89%) Customer Support Specialist
11 71 (2.81%) Lead
12 65 (2.57%) Architect
13 62 (2.45%) Desktop Support
14 60 (2.38%) Desktop Engineer
14 60 (2.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 58 (2.30%) Business Analyst
16 56 (2.22%) Site Engineer
17 55 (2.18%) Senior Developer
18 54 (2.14%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (4.79%) .NET
2 90 (3.56%) HTML
3 69 (2.73%) CSS
4 58 (2.30%) SOAP
5 57 (2.26%) React
6 47 (1.86%) RESTful
7 46 (1.82%) REST
8 29 (1.15%) .NET Framework
9 28 (1.11%) Kafka
10 27 (1.07%) Node.js
11 25 (0.99%) Entity Framework
12 24 (0.95%) Middleware
13 21 (0.83%) TensorFlow
14 20 (0.79%) OAuth
14 20 (0.79%) PyTorch
15 19 (0.75%) HTML5 Canvas
15 19 (0.75%) Lightning Web Components
15 19 (0.75%) Visualforce
16 17 (0.67%) gRPC
16 17 (0.67%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 107 (4.24%) Blog
2 90 (3.56%) Product Ownership
2 90 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
3 89 (3.52%) Molecular Biology
4 86 (3.40%) Management Information System
5 63 (2.49%) Cloud Native
6 61 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 52 (2.06%) Driving Licence
8 44 (1.74%) Algorithms
8 44 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
9 38 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 35 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
11 33 (1.31%) Social Media
12 32 (1.27%) Data Structures
13 24 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
14 22 (0.87%) Security Posture
15 18 (0.71%) Data Centre
16 17 (0.67%) PMI
17 16 (0.63%) Web Conferencing
18 15 (0.59%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 159 (6.29%) Windows
2 86 (3.40%) Linux
3 68 (2.69%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.15%) Unix
5 27 (1.07%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.87%) Android
7 14 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.32%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.28%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.12%) Debian
11 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.079%) CentOS
12 2 (0.079%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.040%) AIX
13 1 (0.040%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,158 (45.84%) AI
2 876 (34.68%) Conversational UI
3 456 (18.05%) Computer Science
4 386 (15.28%) Customer Service
5 380 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
6 345 (13.66%) Agile
7 344 (13.62%) Chemistry
8 305 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 287 (11.36%) ITIL
10 238 (9.42%) Analytics
11 203 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
12 183 (7.24%) Mentoring
13 177 (7.01%) DevOps
14 171 (6.77%) Mathematics
15 169 (6.69%) Decision-Making
16 156 (6.18%) CI/CD
17 151 (5.98%) Project Management
18 149 (5.90%) CRM
18 149 (5.90%) Software Engineering
19 140 (5.54%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 274 (10.85%) Python
2 233 (9.22%) SQL
3 157 (6.22%) Java
4 156 (6.18%) C#
5 123 (4.87%) JavaScript
6 74 (2.93%) TypeScript
7 73 (2.89%) C++
8 45 (1.78%) Go
8 45 (1.78%) PowerShell
9 36 (1.43%) Bash
10 29 (1.15%) C
11 28 (1.11%) PHP
12 20 (0.79%) PL/SQL
13 19 (0.75%) Apex Code
13 19 (0.75%) Rust
14 18 (0.71%) R
15 15 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.48%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.48%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 635 (25.14%) Master's Degree
2 535 (21.18%) PhD
3 319 (12.63%) Security Cleared
4 303 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 288 (11.40%) SC Cleared
6 208 (8.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 178 (7.05%) AWS Certification
8 136 (5.38%) MCSE
9 60 (2.38%) CTC Cleared
10 52 (2.06%) CISSP
11 51 (2.02%) PMP
12 49 (1.94%) Azure Certification
13 44 (1.74%) ACCA
14 43 (1.70%) CIMA
14 43 (1.70%) PMI Certification
15 41 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
16 39 (1.54%) DBS Check
17 37 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
18 35 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 33 (1.31%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (6.77%) QA
2 80 (3.17%) SLA
3 79 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 67 (2.65%) GDPR
5 66 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 49 (1.94%) NIST
7 45 (1.78%) Data Quality
8 30 (1.19%) WCAG
9 21 (0.83%) GRC
10 15 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.55%) ISO 9001
11 14 (0.55%) PMO
12 11 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.36%) IFRS
13 9 (0.36%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.36%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.20%) ARP4761
16 4 (0.16%) COBIT
16 4 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 71 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 70 (2.77%) Docker
3 10 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.36%) Firmware
5 7 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.079%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.079%) vSphere
9 1 (0.040%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.040%) iptables
9 1 (0.040%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.040%) Xen
Systems Management
1 67 (2.65%) Kubernetes
2 40 (1.58%) Terraform
3 35 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (1.19%) Ansible
5 22 (0.87%) Grafana
6 21 (0.83%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.44%) Autotask
8 8 (0.32%) SCCM
9 7 (0.28%) Nmap
10 5 (0.20%) FTK
11 3 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.079%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.079%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.040%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.040%) CASB
13 1 (0.040%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.040%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 1 (0.040%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.040%) Kibana
13 1 (0.040%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 862 (34.13%) PayPal
2 471 (18.65%) Microsoft
3 143 (5.66%) ServiceNow
4 108 (4.28%) Cisco
5 81 (3.21%) Salesforce
6 59 (2.34%) Google
7 57 (2.26%) Adobe
8 49 (1.94%) Oracle
9 32 (1.27%) SAP
10 22 (0.87%) Databricks
11 19 (0.75%) MuleSoft
12 18 (0.71%) Red Hat
13 17 (0.67%) IBM
14 16 (0.63%) HubSpot
15 15 (0.59%) Sage
16 14 (0.55%) Zoho
17 12 (0.48%) Citrix
18 11 (0.44%) VMware
19 10 (0.40%) NEC
20 9 (0.36%) Palantir