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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,913 2,296 2,587
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.03% 13.29% 12.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.82% 47.80% 46.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,109 1,189 1,754
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £44,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.56% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £90,000 £92,330
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,836 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.23% -3.61% +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 5,038 4,803 5,577
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.90% 27.79% 27.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,456 2,509 4,044
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,781
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 25 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 60 (2.06%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.72%) Confluence
4 16 (0.55%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.55%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
5 12 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.31%) IIS
8 8 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.24%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.17%) SAS
11 4 (0.14%) CMS
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.14%) WordPress
12 2 (0.069%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.034%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,230 (42.22%) Chatbot
2 249 (8.55%) Microsoft Office
3 144 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 48 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 35 (1.20%) Adobe XD
6 22 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 17 (0.58%) MS Visio
8 16 (0.55%) InDesign
9 8 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.24%) Photoshop
10 7 (0.24%) Sketch
11 5 (0.17%) Simulink
12 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.14%) Trello
13 2 (0.069%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.069%) OrCAD
13 2 (0.069%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.069%) Revit
13 2 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.10%) Primavera
8 3 (0.10%) ResourceLink
9 2 (0.069%) Endur
9 2 (0.069%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.069%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.069%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.069%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.034%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.034%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 386 (13.25%) Azure
2 337 (11.57%) AWS
3 254 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
4 132 (4.53%) Power Platform
5 99 (3.40%) SaaS
6 87 (2.99%) GCP
7 68 (2.33%) GitHub
8 64 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
9 55 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
10 53 (1.82%) Serverless
11 47 (1.61%) Figma
12 44 (1.51%) Entra ID
13 34 (1.17%) Power Automate
14 30 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (1.00%) PowerApps
16 26 (0.89%) PaaS
17 22 (0.76%) Miro
18 20 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
19 17 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
20 14 (0.48%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 43 (1.48%) VPN
2 35 (1.20%) Firewall
3 33 (1.13%) WAN
4 28 (0.96%) LAN
5 26 (0.89%) SSL
6 24 (0.82%) Unified Communications
7 22 (0.76%) TCP/IP
8 20 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (0.58%) DNS
9 17 (0.58%) SD-WAN
10 16 (0.55%) VLAN
11 15 (0.51%) VoIP
12 14 (0.48%) DHCP
13 13 (0.45%) Network Security
14 9 (0.31%) Internet
15 8 (0.27%) Wireshark
16 7 (0.24%) Wireless
17 6 (0.21%) Ethernet
17 6 (0.21%) Modbus
18 5 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (4.39%) SQL Server
2 100 (3.43%) Power BI
3 48 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (1.54%) MySQL
5 42 (1.44%) Tableau
6 29 (1.00%) NoSQL
7 18 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (0.62%) GIS
8 17 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (0.55%) DB2
9 16 (0.55%) MongoDB
10 15 (0.51%) Relational Database
11 14 (0.48%) BigQuery
12 13 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.41%) Metadata
14 11 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (0.27%) Redis
16 7 (0.24%) Big Data
16 7 (0.24%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 66 (2.27%) JIRA
2 56 (1.92%) Git
3 46 (1.58%) Selenium
4 37 (1.27%) WebDriver
5 30 (1.03%) Postman
6 29 (1.00%) SoapUI
6 29 (1.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 27 (0.93%) Balsamiq
8 24 (0.82%) Axure RP
9 15 (0.51%) GitLab
10 14 (0.48%) Jenkins
11 10 (0.34%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.21%) Babel
12 6 (0.21%) ER Studio
12 6 (0.21%) Maven
12 6 (0.21%) webpack
13 5 (0.17%) Burp Suite
13 5 (0.17%) Metasploit
13 5 (0.17%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 822 (28.22%) Social Skills
2 723 (24.82%) Analytical Skills
3 414 (14.21%) Finance
4 335 (11.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 184 (6.32%) Public Sector
6 155 (5.32%) Marketing
7 137 (4.70%) Law
8 120 (4.12%) Retail
9 111 (3.81%) French Language
10 95 (3.26%) Swedish Language
11 74 (2.54%) Legal
12 69 (2.37%) Telecoms
13 66 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
14 60 (2.06%) Banking
14 60 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
15 45 (1.54%) Back Office
16 38 (1.30%) Local Government
16 38 (1.30%) Manufacturing
17 32 (1.10%) Aerospace
18 31 (1.06%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,226 (42.09%) Trainer
2 280 (9.61%) Analyst
3 234 (8.03%) Senior
4 190 (6.52%) Developer
5 155 (5.32%) Content Editor
6 105 (3.60%) Service Analyst
6 105 (3.60%) Service Desk Analyst
7 104 (3.57%) Support Specialist
8 97 (3.33%) Customer Support Specialist
9 86 (2.95%) Lead
10 84 (2.88%) Architect
11 82 (2.81%) Research Scientist
12 80 (2.75%) Support Engineer
13 57 (1.96%) Microsoft Specialist
14 51 (1.75%) Software Engineer
15 50 (1.72%) Designer
16 48 (1.65%) Business Analyst
17 43 (1.48%) Consultant
17 43 (1.48%) Graduate
17 43 (1.48%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (4.74%) .NET
2 91 (3.12%) HTML
3 90 (3.09%) CSS
4 61 (2.09%) React
5 47 (1.61%) SOAP
6 44 (1.51%) RESTful
7 38 (1.30%) ASP.NET
8 37 (1.27%) REST
9 33 (1.13%) jQuery
10 32 (1.10%) Node.js
11 31 (1.06%) .NET Framework
12 26 (0.89%) Entity Framework
13 23 (0.79%) Kafka
14 20 (0.69%) XML
15 19 (0.65%) LDAP
16 18 (0.62%) OAuth
17 17 (0.58%) gRPC
18 16 (0.55%) AngularJS
18 16 (0.55%) ASP.NET Web API
18 16 (0.55%) LAPP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 110 (3.78%) Management Information System
2 108 (3.71%) Self-Motivation
3 98 (3.36%) Blog
3 98 (3.36%) Molecular Biology
4 62 (2.13%) Onboarding
5 54 (1.85%) Driving Licence
5 54 (1.85%) Product Ownership
6 45 (1.54%) Data Centre
7 43 (1.48%) Algorithms
8 41 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 41 (1.41%) Cloud Native
9 34 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (1.00%) Social Media
11 24 (0.82%) e-Learning
12 23 (0.79%) Data Structures
13 21 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
13 21 (0.72%) Mobile App
13 21 (0.72%) NHS
13 21 (0.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 135 (4.63%) Windows
2 94 (3.23%) Linux
3 41 (1.41%) Windows 10
4 37 (1.27%) Unix
5 23 (0.79%) Android
6 22 (0.76%) Windows Server
7 18 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (0.55%) Apple iOS
9 15 (0.51%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.17%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.069%) Debian
13 1 (0.034%) CentOS
13 1 (0.034%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.034%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.034%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,539 (52.83%) AI
2 1,243 (42.67%) Conversational UI
3 482 (16.55%) Computer Science
4 439 (15.07%) Chemistry
5 418 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
6 381 (13.08%) Customer Service
7 367 (12.60%) Agile
8 256 (8.79%) ITIL
9 241 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 206 (7.07%) Cybersecurity
11 204 (7.00%) Content Writing
12 201 (6.90%) Analytics
13 197 (6.76%) Mathematics
14 192 (6.59%) Project Management
15 186 (6.39%) Mentoring
16 173 (5.94%) DevOps
17 165 (5.66%) Physics
18 159 (5.46%) Decision-Making
19 145 (4.98%) Software Engineering
20 134 (4.60%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 231 (7.93%) Python
2 230 (7.90%) SQL
3 179 (6.14%) C#
4 163 (5.60%) Java
5 118 (4.05%) JavaScript
6 78 (2.68%) C++
7 74 (2.54%) TypeScript
8 42 (1.44%) C
9 40 (1.37%) PHP
10 35 (1.20%) PowerShell
11 31 (1.06%) Go
12 24 (0.82%) Bash
13 15 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 14 (0.48%) R
15 12 (0.41%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.41%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.38%) MATLAB
16 11 (0.38%) T-SQL
17 10 (0.34%) VBA
18 9 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 789 (27.09%) Master's Degree
2 682 (23.41%) PhD
3 328 (11.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 282 (9.68%) Security Cleared
5 251 (8.62%) SC Cleared
6 188 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 171 (5.87%) AWS Certification
8 120 (4.12%) MCSE
9 55 (1.89%) Azure Certification
10 53 (1.82%) PMP
11 46 (1.58%) DBS Check
12 45 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
13 42 (1.44%) CISSP
14 39 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
14 39 (1.34%) DV Cleared
15 38 (1.30%) CISM
16 37 (1.27%) ACCA
16 37 (1.27%) PMI Certification
17 36 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 36 (1.24%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (6.21%) QA
2 84 (2.88%) Accessibility
3 78 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 58 (1.99%) GDPR
5 51 (1.75%) SLA
6 45 (1.54%) NIST
7 35 (1.20%) ISO 9001
8 34 (1.17%) WCAG
9 32 (1.10%) Data Quality
10 23 (0.79%) PMO
11 19 (0.65%) GRC
12 13 (0.45%) SOC 2
13 9 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 8 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.27%) IFRS
15 7 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.21%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.21%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.17%) ITGC
System Software
1 70 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 48 (1.65%) Docker
3 20 (0.69%) Firmware
4 13 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.17%) vSphere
7 4 (0.14%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.10%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.069%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.034%) iptables
10 1 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 61 (2.09%) Kubernetes
2 39 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (1.03%) Ansible
4 27 (0.93%) Terraform
5 14 (0.48%) Grafana
6 13 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.21%) Autotask
8 6 (0.21%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.17%) Nmap
10 3 (0.10%) Argo
10 3 (0.10%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.069%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.069%) Puppet
12 1 (0.034%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.034%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.034%) Ganglia
12 1 (0.034%) Kibana
12 1 (0.034%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.034%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1,226 (42.09%) PayPal
2 506 (17.37%) Microsoft
3 134 (4.60%) ServiceNow
4 82 (2.81%) Adobe
5 75 (2.57%) Cisco
6 57 (1.96%) Salesforce
7 49 (1.68%) Google
8 32 (1.10%) SAP
9 30 (1.03%) Oracle
10 29 (1.00%) Apple
11 26 (0.89%) Palo Alto
12 23 (0.79%) Red Hat
13 21 (0.72%) IBM
14 18 (0.62%) Databricks
15 14 (0.48%) Sage
15 14 (0.48%) VMware
15 14 (0.48%) Zoho
16 12 (0.41%) Workday
17 11 (0.38%) MuleSoft
17 11 (0.38%) NEC