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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 2 13
Rank change year-on-year -26 +11 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,747 4,143 2,856
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.02% 24.93% 13.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.09% 66.53% 47.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,075 1,002 1,325
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,043 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,313 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £90,000 £88,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -4.17%

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 5,124 6,227 5,971
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.60% 37.47% 27.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,148 2,263 2,739
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,791 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,188 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +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 11 October 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 99 (5.67%) SharePoint
2 58 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.03%) Confluence
4 15 (0.86%) IIS
5 10 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.52%) SAS
7 8 (0.46%) CMS
8 7 (0.40%) Apache
9 5 (0.29%) WordPress
10 4 (0.23%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.23%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.23%) Office Communications Server
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle Spatial
10 4 (0.23%) PowerFactory
11 3 (0.17%) Artix
12 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.11%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.057%) Kinematics
13 1 (0.057%) Resin
Applications
1 214 (12.25%) Microsoft Office
2 107 (6.12%) Microsoft Project
3 100 (5.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 39 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (1.77%) AutoCAD
6 27 (1.55%) Simulink
7 24 (1.37%) Revit
8 15 (0.86%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.57%) CorelDRAW
10 8 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (0.34%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.34%) Trello
12 4 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 4 (0.23%) Autodesk Inventor
12 4 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
12 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
12 4 (0.23%) Windchill
13 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
13 3 (0.17%) FrameMaker
13 3 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.46%) Primavera
3 5 (0.29%) Sage 50
3 5 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.17%) Misys Midas
4 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.11%) iTrent
5 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.11%) Shopify
5 2 (0.11%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.057%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.057%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.057%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.057%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.057%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.057%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 342 (19.58%) Azure
2 260 (14.88%) AWS
3 198 (11.33%) Microsoft 365
4 99 (5.67%) Power Platform
5 95 (5.44%) GCP
6 87 (4.98%) SaaS
7 85 (4.87%) Entra ID
8 45 (2.58%) GitHub
9 28 (1.60%) Google Analytics
10 27 (1.55%) OneDrive
10 27 (1.55%) Power Automate
11 26 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (1.43%) PowerApps
13 23 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
14 21 (1.20%) Snowflake
15 19 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
16 17 (0.97%) PaaS
17 14 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
18 13 (0.74%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 74 (4.24%) Firewall
2 54 (3.09%) VPN
3 46 (2.63%) TCP/IP
4 43 (2.46%) Network Security
5 37 (2.12%) DNS
6 32 (1.83%) DHCP
7 26 (1.49%) Wireless
8 23 (1.32%) LAN
9 17 (0.97%) WAN
10 14 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.69%) Ethernet
11 12 (0.69%) Unified Communications
12 10 (0.57%) HTTP
12 10 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
13 9 (0.52%) VLAN
14 7 (0.40%) WLAN
15 6 (0.34%) Broadband
15 6 (0.34%) Internet
15 6 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (0.34%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (6.12%) SQL Server
2 90 (5.15%) Power BI
3 42 (2.40%) Metadata
4 36 (2.06%) Relational Database
5 33 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (1.60%) MySQL
8 21 (1.20%) Redis
9 19 (1.09%) MongoDB
9 19 (1.09%) NoSQL
10 15 (0.86%) Data Mining
10 15 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (0.80%) Big Data
12 13 (0.74%) Star Schema
12 13 (0.74%) Tableau
13 12 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.69%) Data Lake
14 10 (0.57%) GIS
15 9 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
15 9 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 73 (4.18%) Git
2 58 (3.32%) JIRA
3 20 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (0.97%) LabVIEW
5 15 (0.86%) GitLab
6 9 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.52%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.46%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.34%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.34%) Selenium
8 6 (0.34%) Subversion
9 5 (0.29%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.29%) Postman
9 5 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (0.23%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.23%) JUnit
10 4 (0.23%) Snyk
10 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 854 (48.88%) Social Skills
2 398 (22.78%) Finance
3 388 (22.21%) Analytical Skills
4 323 (18.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 199 (11.39%) Law
6 189 (10.82%) Public Sector
7 134 (7.67%) Electronics
8 123 (7.04%) Aerospace
9 121 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
10 100 (5.72%) Manufacturing
11 93 (5.32%) Presentation Skills
12 86 (4.92%) Marketing
13 75 (4.29%) Legal
14 64 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
14 64 (3.66%) Telecoms
15 59 (3.38%) Retail
16 45 (2.58%) Swedish Language
17 37 (2.12%) Military
18 34 (1.95%) Automotive
19 31 (1.77%) Games
Job Titles
1 376 (21.52%) Senior
2 272 (15.57%) Analyst
3 145 (8.30%) Developer
4 137 (7.84%) Lead
5 116 (6.64%) Senior Manager
6 107 (6.12%) Architect
6 107 (6.12%) Project Manager
7 87 (4.98%) Graduate
8 85 (4.87%) Consultant
8 85 (4.87%) Software Engineer
9 84 (4.81%) Senior Project Manager
10 65 (3.72%) Senior Analyst
10 65 (3.72%) Service Analyst
11 63 (3.61%) Systems Engineer
12 61 (3.49%) Business Analyst
13 60 (3.43%) IT Support
14 59 (3.38%) Software Developer
15 56 (3.21%) Support Analyst
16 53 (3.03%) Service Desk Analyst
17 51 (2.92%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (3.84%) .NET
2 64 (3.66%) React
3 54 (3.09%) HTML
4 50 (2.86%) CSS
5 41 (2.35%) Node.js
6 37 (2.12%) Terraform
7 28 (1.60%) .NET Core
7 28 (1.60%) Vue
7 28 (1.60%) XML
8 26 (1.49%) AngularJS
9 25 (1.43%) REST
9 25 (1.43%) RESTful
10 23 (1.32%) ASP.NET
11 22 (1.26%) jQuery
12 19 (1.09%) Entity Framework
13 17 (0.97%) .NET Framework
14 13 (0.74%) ASP.NET Core
14 13 (0.74%) JSON
15 12 (0.69%) Web Services
16 11 (0.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.04%) Management Information System
2 85 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
3 84 (4.81%) Product Ownership
4 76 (4.35%) Driving Licence
5 66 (3.78%) Cloud Native
6 50 (2.86%) Algorithms
6 50 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 42 (2.40%) FPGA
8 41 (2.35%) IoT
9 35 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
9 35 (2.00%) Security Posture
10 33 (1.89%) Data Centre
11 29 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
12 26 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
13 25 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
14 22 (1.26%) Client/Server
14 22 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
15 21 (1.20%) Mobile App
15 21 (1.20%) Robotics
16 20 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 119 (6.81%) Windows
2 80 (4.58%) Linux
3 59 (3.38%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.97%) Windows 10
5 15 (0.86%) Android
5 15 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
6 9 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.46%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.34%) Unix
9 5 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
9 5 (0.29%) macOS
9 5 (0.29%) OpenVMS
9 5 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.23%) Robot Operating System
11 3 (0.17%) Debian
11 3 (0.17%) VMS
12 2 (0.11%) VxWorks
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 497 (28.45%) Agile
2 481 (27.53%) Problem-Solving
3 448 (25.64%) Computer Science
4 331 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 272 (15.57%) AI
6 259 (14.83%) Mentoring
7 251 (14.37%) Project Delivery
8 224 (12.82%) ITIL
9 222 (12.71%) Project Management
10 210 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
11 208 (11.91%) Software Engineering
12 198 (11.33%) Decision-Making
13 190 (10.88%) Customer Service
14 188 (10.76%) Coaching
15 183 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
16 159 (9.10%) Analytics
17 154 (8.82%) Technology Strategy
18 153 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 147 (8.41%) PRINCE2
20 142 (8.13%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 245 (14.02%) Python
2 206 (11.79%) SQL
3 128 (7.33%) C#
4 115 (6.58%) JavaScript
5 73 (4.18%) C++
6 66 (3.78%) Java
7 58 (3.32%) TypeScript
8 56 (3.21%) PowerShell
9 44 (2.52%) C
10 38 (2.18%) MATLAB
11 33 (1.89%) PHP
12 22 (1.26%) Rust
13 18 (1.03%) R
14 15 (0.86%) Go
15 14 (0.80%) Bash
16 12 (0.69%) Embedded C++
16 12 (0.69%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.63%) Embedded C
18 10 (0.57%) SystemVerilog
19 8 (0.46%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 315 (18.03%) Security Cleared
2 293 (16.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 253 (14.48%) SC Cleared
4 117 (6.70%) Master's Degree
5 99 (5.67%) DV Cleared
6 93 (5.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 85 (4.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 81 (4.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 78 (4.46%) HNC
10 75 (4.29%) HND
11 74 (4.24%) AWS Certification
12 59 (3.38%) CISSP
12 59 (3.38%) PhD
13 55 (3.15%) Azure Certification
14 52 (2.98%) MCSE
15 50 (2.86%) DBS Check
16 44 (2.52%) Chartered Engineer
16 44 (2.52%) CISM
17 31 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
18 25 (1.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (7.21%) Accessibility
2 120 (6.87%) QA
3 75 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 67 (3.84%) Data Quality
5 60 (3.43%) NIST
6 59 (3.38%) GDPR
7 34 (1.95%) SLA
8 33 (1.89%) PMO
9 19 (1.09%) NCSC
10 17 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.92%) GRC
12 14 (0.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 12 (0.69%) ISO 9001
13 12 (0.69%) WCAG
14 11 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.63%) Def Stans
14 11 (0.63%) PCI DSS
15 10 (0.57%) IEC 61508
15 10 (0.57%) NIST 800
16 9 (0.52%) DO-254
System Software
1 86 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 52 (2.98%) Docker
3 49 (2.80%) Firmware
4 18 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.69%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.17%) vSphere
10 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.057%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (2.92%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.86%) Ansible
4 12 (0.69%) Functional Safety
5 7 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.34%) SCCM
7 4 (0.23%) Autotask
7 4 (0.23%) Grafana
7 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.23%) QRadar
8 3 (0.17%) Argo
8 3 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.11%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.11%) Packer
9 2 (0.11%) Plesk
Vendors
1 445 (25.47%) Microsoft
2 79 (4.52%) ServiceNow
3 59 (3.38%) Google
4 40 (2.29%) SAP
5 37 (2.12%) Cisco
6 33 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.77%) Oracle
8 21 (1.20%) EMC
8 21 (1.20%) Siemens
9 19 (1.09%) IBM
10 18 (1.03%) VMware
11 17 (0.97%) Adobe
11 17 (0.97%) YouTube
12 16 (0.92%) Databricks
13 13 (0.74%) Apple
13 13 (0.74%) Citrix
13 13 (0.74%) Thales
14 12 (0.69%) Informatica
15 11 (0.63%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.63%) Sage