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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -15 +6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,633 3,325 4,454
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.03% 21.37% 12.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.77% 62.30% 48.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,059 1,254 2,883
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £39,747
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 £54,793 £55,000 £51,150
% change year-on-year -0.38% +7.53% -14.75%

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 4,323 5,337 9,112
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.25% 34.30% 26.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,988 2,369 5,878
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 £52,738
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.29% -12.10%

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 23 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 77 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.92%) WordPress
5 14 (0.86%) CMS
6 13 (0.80%) Apache Spark
7 11 (0.67%) Confluence
7 11 (0.67%) SAS
8 10 (0.61%) IIS
9 9 (0.55%) Apache
10 4 (0.24%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.24%) PowerFactory
11 3 (0.18%) Artix
12 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.061%) Drupal
13 1 (0.061%) Resin
13 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 254 (15.55%) Microsoft Office
2 93 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 93 (5.70%) Microsoft Project
3 37 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 10 (0.61%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.43%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
7 6 (0.37%) CorelDRAW
7 6 (0.37%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.24%) FrameMaker
9 4 (0.24%) Revit
9 4 (0.24%) Simulink
9 4 (0.24%) Windchill
10 3 (0.18%) MadCap Flare
10 3 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.61%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.24%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.061%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.061%) HFM
8 1 (0.061%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.061%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.061%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 340 (20.82%) Azure
2 287 (17.58%) AWS
3 218 (13.35%) Microsoft 365
4 127 (7.78%) Power Platform
5 100 (6.12%) GCP
6 98 (6.00%) SaaS
7 92 (5.63%) Entra ID
8 35 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (2.02%) PowerApps
10 31 (1.90%) GitHub
11 30 (1.84%) Power Automate
12 28 (1.71%) Google Analytics
13 24 (1.47%) Serverless
14 21 (1.29%) Figma
15 15 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (0.92%) Snowflake
16 14 (0.86%) Mimecast
16 14 (0.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 14 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.37%) Firewall
2 34 (2.08%) Network Security
3 27 (1.65%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.53%) VPN
5 22 (1.35%) DNS
6 20 (1.22%) WAN
7 18 (1.10%) DHCP
8 14 (0.86%) Broadband
9 13 (0.80%) Internet
10 12 (0.73%) LAN
11 9 (0.55%) MPLS
11 9 (0.55%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.55%) Unified Communications
11 9 (0.55%) Wireless
12 8 (0.49%) LTE
12 8 (0.49%) 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
1 109 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 105 (6.43%) Power BI
3 41 (2.51%) MySQL
4 32 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (1.47%) Relational Database
6 22 (1.35%) Tableau
7 21 (1.29%) Metadata
8 18 (1.10%) BigQuery
9 16 (0.98%) OLTP
10 15 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (0.86%) MongoDB
11 14 (0.86%) Redis
11 14 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.80%) Delta Lake
12 13 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (0.73%) NoSQL
14 10 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (0.49%) Looker
Development Applications
1 77 (4.72%) Git
2 57 (3.49%) JIRA
3 12 (0.73%) Visual Studio
4 11 (0.67%) Postman
4 11 (0.67%) Selenium
5 10 (0.61%) GitLab
5 10 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.55%) WebDriver
7 8 (0.49%) MLflow
7 8 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.43%) Axure RP
8 7 (0.43%) Balsamiq
8 7 (0.43%) SoapUI
9 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.24%) LabVIEW
9 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.18%) Metasploit
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 776 (47.52%) Social Skills
2 372 (22.78%) Finance
3 313 (19.17%) Analytical Skills
4 242 (14.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 190 (11.64%) Public Sector
6 174 (10.66%) Law
7 122 (7.47%) Marketing
8 84 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
9 80 (4.90%) Retail
10 73 (4.47%) Legal
11 66 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
12 64 (3.92%) Banking
13 61 (3.74%) Manufacturing
14 60 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
15 54 (3.31%) Electronics
16 51 (3.12%) Back Office
17 47 (2.88%) French Language
18 35 (2.14%) Swedish Language
19 27 (1.65%) Advertising
20 26 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 307 (18.80%) Senior
2 292 (17.88%) Analyst
3 210 (12.86%) Developer
4 101 (6.18%) Graduate
5 99 (6.06%) Architect
6 94 (5.76%) Senior Manager
7 87 (5.33%) Lead
7 87 (5.33%) Support Engineer
8 86 (5.27%) Project Manager
9 85 (5.21%) Service Analyst
10 79 (4.84%) Service Desk Analyst
11 71 (4.35%) Business Analyst
12 66 (4.04%) Senior Project Manager
13 64 (3.92%) Software Developer
14 62 (3.80%) Graduate Developer
15 60 (3.67%) Software Engineer
16 59 (3.61%) Consultant
17 49 (3.00%) Graduate Software Developer
17 49 (3.00%) IT Support
18 46 (2.82%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (4.59%) HTML
2 72 (4.41%) .NET
3 70 (4.29%) CSS
4 52 (3.18%) React
5 41 (2.51%) jQuery
5 41 (2.51%) SOAP
6 40 (2.45%) REST
6 40 (2.45%) RESTful
7 34 (2.08%) Node.js
8 31 (1.90%) XML
9 29 (1.78%) Vue
10 22 (1.35%) PyTorch
11 21 (1.29%) Middleware
12 18 (1.10%) Lightning Web Components
12 18 (1.10%) Visualforce
13 17 (1.04%) JSON
13 17 (1.04%) TensorFlow
14 16 (0.98%) OAuth
15 15 (0.92%) ASP.NET
16 14 (0.86%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 96 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 84 (5.14%) Cloud Native
4 83 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (3.25%) Onboarding
6 35 (2.14%) Algorithms
6 35 (2.14%) Driving Licence
6 35 (2.14%) Security Posture
7 33 (2.02%) Data Structures
8 29 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (1.65%) Virtual Team
10 26 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.41%) Social Media
12 22 (1.35%) Cyberattack
13 20 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (1.04%) Data Centre
14 17 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
15 16 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
15 16 (0.98%) FMCG
16 13 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 134 (8.21%) Windows
2 106 (6.49%) Linux
3 50 (3.06%) Windows Server
4 41 (2.51%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.73%) Unix
6 8 (0.49%) Android
6 8 (0.49%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.24%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.061%) AIX
12 1 (0.061%) CentOS
12 1 (0.061%) Debian
12 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (26.88%) Agile
2 435 (26.64%) Computer Science
3 363 (22.23%) Problem-Solving
4 301 (18.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 232 (14.21%) ITIL
6 218 (13.35%) Customer Service
6 218 (13.35%) Mentoring
7 205 (12.55%) Project Management
8 188 (11.51%) AI
9 182 (11.15%) Coaching
10 180 (11.02%) Decision-Making
11 179 (10.96%) Analytics
12 169 (10.35%) Project Delivery
13 163 (9.98%) DevOps
14 162 (9.92%) CI/CD
14 162 (9.92%) Software Engineering
15 155 (9.49%) Cybersecurity
16 140 (8.57%) Customer Experience
17 129 (7.90%) Technology Strategy
18 128 (7.84%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 271 (16.60%) SQL
2 235 (14.39%) Python
3 152 (9.31%) C#
4 114 (6.98%) Java
5 108 (6.61%) JavaScript
6 65 (3.98%) C++
7 63 (3.86%) PHP
8 54 (3.31%) PowerShell
8 54 (3.31%) TypeScript
9 26 (1.59%) Bash
9 26 (1.59%) Go
9 26 (1.59%) PL/SQL
10 23 (1.41%) Rust
11 20 (1.22%) C
12 19 (1.16%) Apex Code
13 16 (0.98%) R
14 12 (0.73%) Bicep
15 9 (0.55%) Ruby
15 9 (0.55%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 293 (17.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 267 (16.35%) Security Cleared
3 224 (13.72%) SC Cleared
4 128 (7.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 112 (6.86%) Master's Degree
6 94 (5.76%) AWS Certification
7 82 (5.02%) MCSE
8 71 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 64 (3.92%) CISSP
10 50 (3.06%) Azure Certification
10 50 (3.06%) DBS Check
11 43 (2.63%) HNC
12 42 (2.57%) PhD
13 40 (2.45%) CISM
13 40 (2.45%) PMI Certification
14 34 (2.08%) CTC Cleared
15 32 (1.96%) DV Cleared
16 30 (1.84%) ACCA
17 29 (1.78%) CIMA
17 29 (1.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (7.47%) QA
2 64 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (3.86%) Accessibility
3 63 (3.86%) SLA
4 57 (3.49%) NIST
5 55 (3.37%) Data Quality
6 47 (2.88%) GDPR
7 30 (1.84%) GRC
8 22 (1.35%) PMO
9 19 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.86%) WCAG
12 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 11 (0.67%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.61%) NCSC
15 8 (0.49%) ISO 9001
16 6 (0.37%) COBIT
17 5 (0.31%) GAAP
17 5 (0.31%) IFRS
System Software
1 82 (5.02%) Active Directory
2 58 (3.55%) Docker
3 24 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.55%) vSphere
6 8 (0.49%) Firmware
7 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.37%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
12 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 54 (3.31%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.82%) Terraform
3 34 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.41%) Ansible
5 11 (0.67%) Grafana
5 11 (0.67%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.55%) Autotask
7 8 (0.49%) 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 (0.24%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.18%) Argo
12 3 (0.18%) Nmap
12 3 (0.18%) Plesk
12 3 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.12%) OpenView
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 400 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 108 (6.61%) ServiceNow
3 71 (4.35%) Cisco
4 60 (3.67%) Salesforce
5 47 (2.88%) Oracle
6 44 (2.69%) Google
7 36 (2.20%) SAP
8 34 (2.08%) Databricks
9 32 (1.96%) Adobe
10 25 (1.53%) VMware
11 19 (1.16%) HubSpot
12 16 (0.98%) Meraki
13 15 (0.92%) Citrix
14 14 (0.86%) Splunk
15 12 (0.73%) EMC
16 11 (0.67%) MuleSoft
16 11 (0.67%) Sage
16 11 (0.67%) Workday
17 9 (0.55%) Pardot
17 9 (0.55%) Red Hat