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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,612 3,307 4,466
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.00% 21.37% 12.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.51% 62.35% 48.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,050 1,252 2,891
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,763 £37,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year - +6.80% -14.17%

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 4,298 5,304 9,144
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.34% 34.27% 26.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,968 2,359 5,901
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% -11.67%

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 20 June 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 76 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.93%) WordPress
5 14 (0.87%) CMS
6 12 (0.74%) Apache Spark
7 11 (0.68%) Confluence
8 10 (0.62%) SAS
9 9 (0.56%) IIS
10 8 (0.50%) Apache
11 4 (0.25%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.25%) PowerFactory
12 3 (0.19%) Artix
13 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
14 1 (0.062%) Drupal
14 1 (0.062%) Resin
14 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
Applications
1 244 (15.14%) Microsoft Office
2 93 (5.77%) Microsoft Project
3 92 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (0.62%) AutoCAD
7 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.43%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
8 6 (0.37%) CorelDRAW
8 6 (0.37%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.25%) FrameMaker
10 4 (0.25%) Revit
10 4 (0.25%) Simulink
10 4 (0.25%) Windchill
11 3 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.62%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.25%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.062%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.062%) HFM
8 1 (0.062%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.062%) SAP CRM
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
8 1 (0.062%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.062%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 336 (20.84%) Azure
2 276 (17.12%) AWS
3 206 (12.78%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (7.82%) Power Platform
5 99 (6.14%) GCP
6 97 (6.02%) SaaS
7 91 (5.65%) Entra ID
8 35 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (1.99%) PowerApps
10 31 (1.92%) GitHub
11 30 (1.86%) Power Automate
12 28 (1.74%) Google Analytics
13 25 (1.55%) Serverless
14 21 (1.30%) Figma
15 15 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (0.93%) Snowflake
16 14 (0.87%) Mimecast
16 14 (0.87%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 14 (0.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.35%) Firewall
2 34 (2.11%) Network Security
3 26 (1.61%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.55%) VPN
5 22 (1.36%) DNS
6 20 (1.24%) WAN
7 18 (1.12%) DHCP
8 14 (0.87%) Broadband
9 13 (0.81%) Internet
10 12 (0.74%) LAN
11 9 (0.56%) MPLS
11 9 (0.56%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.56%) Unified Communications
11 9 (0.56%) Wireless
12 8 (0.50%) LTE
12 8 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (0.37%) BGP
14 6 (0.37%) Kerberos
15 5 (0.31%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (6.64%) SQL Server
2 104 (6.45%) Power BI
3 41 (2.54%) MySQL
4 32 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (1.49%) Relational Database
6 22 (1.36%) Tableau
7 21 (1.30%) Metadata
8 18 (1.12%) BigQuery
9 16 (0.99%) OLTP
10 15 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (0.87%) MongoDB
11 14 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.81%) Delta Lake
12 13 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (0.81%) Redis
13 12 (0.74%) NoSQL
14 10 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
16 8 (0.50%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 76 (4.71%) Git
2 57 (3.54%) JIRA
3 12 (0.74%) Visual Studio
4 11 (0.68%) Postman
4 11 (0.68%) Selenium
5 10 (0.62%) GitLab
5 10 (0.62%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.56%) WebDriver
7 8 (0.50%) MLflow
7 8 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.43%) Axure RP
8 7 (0.43%) Balsamiq
8 7 (0.43%) SoapUI
9 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.19%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.19%) Metasploit
10 3 (0.19%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.19%) Storybook
General
1 762 (47.27%) Social Skills
2 371 (23.01%) Finance
3 309 (19.17%) Analytical Skills
4 241 (14.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 189 (11.72%) Public Sector
6 174 (10.79%) Law
7 121 (7.51%) Marketing
8 82 (5.09%) Organisational Skills
9 80 (4.96%) Retail
10 73 (4.53%) Legal
11 66 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
12 63 (3.91%) Banking
13 61 (3.78%) Manufacturing
14 60 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
15 52 (3.23%) Electronics
16 50 (3.10%) Back Office
17 47 (2.92%) French Language
18 27 (1.67%) Advertising
19 26 (1.61%) Swedish Language
19 26 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 302 (18.73%) Senior
2 280 (17.37%) Analyst
3 208 (12.90%) Developer
4 101 (6.27%) Graduate
5 99 (6.14%) Architect
6 94 (5.83%) Senior Manager
7 86 (5.33%) Project Manager
8 85 (5.27%) Support Engineer
9 84 (5.21%) Lead
10 76 (4.71%) Service Analyst
11 70 (4.34%) Service Desk Analyst
12 69 (4.28%) Business Analyst
13 66 (4.09%) Senior Project Manager
14 64 (3.97%) Software Developer
15 62 (3.85%) Graduate Developer
16 58 (3.60%) Software Engineer
17 57 (3.54%) Consultant
18 49 (3.04%) Graduate Software Developer
19 48 (2.98%) IT Support
20 46 (2.85%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (4.65%) HTML
2 72 (4.47%) .NET
3 70 (4.34%) CSS
4 52 (3.23%) React
5 41 (2.54%) jQuery
5 41 (2.54%) SOAP
6 40 (2.48%) REST
7 39 (2.42%) RESTful
8 33 (2.05%) Node.js
9 31 (1.92%) XML
10 28 (1.74%) Vue
11 22 (1.36%) PyTorch
12 20 (1.24%) Middleware
13 18 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
13 18 (1.12%) Visualforce
14 17 (1.05%) JSON
14 17 (1.05%) TensorFlow
15 16 (0.99%) OAuth
16 15 (0.93%) ASP.NET
17 14 (0.87%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.76%) Product Ownership
2 95 (5.89%) Management Information System
3 84 (5.21%) Cloud Native
4 82 (5.09%) Self-Motivation
5 52 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 36 (2.23%) Driving Licence
7 35 (2.17%) Security Posture
8 34 (2.11%) Algorithms
8 34 (2.11%) Data Structures
9 29 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.67%) Virtual Team
11 26 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.43%) Social Media
13 22 (1.36%) Cyberattack
14 20 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
15 17 (1.05%) Data Centre
15 17 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
16 16 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
16 16 (0.99%) FMCG
17 13 (0.81%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 134 (8.31%) Windows
2 105 (6.51%) Linux
3 50 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 40 (2.48%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.74%) Unix
6 8 (0.50%) Android
6 8 (0.50%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.43%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.25%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.062%) AIX
12 1 (0.062%) CentOS
12 1 (0.062%) Debian
12 1 (0.062%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (27.30%) Agile
2 430 (26.67%) Computer Science
3 360 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
4 298 (18.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 220 (13.65%) ITIL
6 215 (13.34%) Mentoring
7 208 (12.90%) Customer Service
8 205 (12.72%) Project Management
9 184 (11.41%) AI
10 181 (11.23%) Coaching
11 178 (11.04%) Decision-Making
12 177 (10.98%) Analytics
13 169 (10.48%) Project Delivery
14 162 (10.05%) DevOps
15 160 (9.93%) CI/CD
15 160 (9.93%) Software Engineering
16 153 (9.49%) Cybersecurity
17 138 (8.56%) Customer Experience
18 128 (7.94%) Technology Strategy
19 126 (7.82%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 269 (16.69%) SQL
2 232 (14.39%) Python
3 152 (9.43%) C#
4 113 (7.01%) Java
5 108 (6.70%) JavaScript
6 65 (4.03%) C++
7 63 (3.91%) PHP
8 54 (3.35%) PowerShell
9 53 (3.29%) TypeScript
10 26 (1.61%) Bash
10 26 (1.61%) Go
10 26 (1.61%) PL/SQL
11 22 (1.36%) Rust
12 19 (1.18%) Apex Code
12 19 (1.18%) C
13 16 (0.99%) R
14 12 (0.74%) Bicep
15 9 (0.56%) Ruby
15 9 (0.56%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 290 (17.99%) Computer Science Degree
2 264 (16.38%) Security Cleared
3 222 (13.77%) SC Cleared
4 118 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 109 (6.76%) Master's Degree
6 86 (5.33%) AWS Certification
7 73 (4.53%) MCSE
8 71 (4.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 63 (3.91%) CISSP
10 50 (3.10%) Azure Certification
10 50 (3.10%) DBS Check
11 43 (2.67%) HNC
12 40 (2.48%) PhD
12 40 (2.48%) PMI Certification
13 39 (2.42%) CISM
14 33 (2.05%) CTC Cleared
15 32 (1.99%) DV Cleared
16 30 (1.86%) ACCA
17 29 (1.80%) CIMA
17 29 (1.80%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (6.95%) QA
2 64 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (3.91%) Accessibility
4 61 (3.78%) SLA
5 56 (3.47%) NIST
6 54 (3.35%) Data Quality
7 46 (2.85%) GDPR
8 30 (1.86%) GRC
9 22 (1.36%) PMO
10 19 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
12 14 (0.87%) WCAG
13 12 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 11 (0.68%) PCI DSS
15 10 (0.62%) NCSC
16 8 (0.50%) ISO 9001
17 6 (0.37%) COBIT
18 5 (0.31%) GAAP
18 5 (0.31%) IFRS
System Software
1 81 (5.02%) Active Directory
2 57 (3.54%) Docker
3 24 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.56%) vSphere
5 8 (0.50%) Firmware
6 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 53 (3.29%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.85%) Terraform
3 34 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.43%) Ansible
5 11 (0.68%) Grafana
5 11 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.56%) Autotask
7 8 (0.50%) SCCM
8 7 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.37%) Packer
10 5 (0.31%) FTK
10 5 (0.31%) QRadar
11 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.19%) Argo
12 3 (0.19%) Nmap
12 3 (0.19%) Plesk
12 3 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.12%) OpenView
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 389 (24.13%) Microsoft
2 98 (6.08%) ServiceNow
3 69 (4.28%) Cisco
4 59 (3.66%) Salesforce
5 47 (2.92%) Oracle
6 44 (2.73%) Google
7 36 (2.23%) SAP
8 33 (2.05%) Databricks
9 32 (1.99%) Adobe
10 25 (1.55%) VMware
11 19 (1.18%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.93%) Citrix
12 15 (0.93%) Meraki
13 14 (0.87%) Splunk
14 12 (0.74%) EMC
15 11 (0.68%) MuleSoft
15 11 (0.68%) Sage
15 11 (0.68%) Workday
16 9 (0.56%) Pardot
16 9 (0.56%) Red Hat