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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,615 2,243 4,104
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.98% 16.60% 12.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.84% 54.96% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 1,328 2,852
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,323
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,406
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 4,268 4,081 8,721
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.73% 30.21% 26.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,858 2,480 5,935
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £59,450 £57,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.90% -6.08%

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 April 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 64 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.93%) WordPress
6 11 (0.68%) CMS
6 11 (0.68%) Confluence
7 10 (0.62%) SAS
8 6 (0.37%) Apache
9 5 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.31%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.31%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.062%) Drupal
10 1 (0.062%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.062%) WebSphere
Applications
1 222 (13.75%) Microsoft Office
2 110 (6.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.80%) Chatbot
5 25 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
6 22 (1.36%) Adobe XD
7 20 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 10 (0.62%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.19%) AutoCAD
12 3 (0.19%) Sketch
13 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.12%) EPLAN
13 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
14 1 (0.062%) Solid Edge
14 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.19%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.062%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.062%) Raiser’s Edge
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
Cloud Services
1 358 (22.17%) Azure
2 320 (19.81%) AWS
3 228 (14.12%) Microsoft 365
4 124 (7.68%) GCP
5 121 (7.49%) Power Platform
6 88 (5.45%) SaaS
7 76 (4.71%) Entra ID
8 41 (2.54%) GitHub
8 41 (2.54%) Serverless
9 35 (2.17%) Figma
10 30 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.67%) Google Analytics
12 24 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
12 24 (1.49%) Power Automate
13 23 (1.42%) PowerApps
14 22 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
15 21 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (1.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 18 (1.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (0.93%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.54%) Firewall
2 21 (1.30%) DNS
2 21 (1.30%) WAN
3 17 (1.05%) Network Security
3 17 (1.05%) VPN
4 16 (0.99%) DHCP
5 13 (0.80%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.68%) Broadband
6 11 (0.68%) Internet
7 10 (0.62%) LAN
7 10 (0.62%) MPLS
7 10 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.56%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.56%) SSL
9 8 (0.50%) BGP
9 8 (0.50%) Unified Communications
10 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.43%) LTE
11 6 (0.37%) VoIP
11 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (6.56%) SQL Server
2 99 (6.13%) Power BI
3 35 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (2.11%) MySQL
5 29 (1.80%) Tableau
6 25 (1.55%) BigQuery
7 23 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (1.11%) Metadata
8 18 (1.11%) Relational Database
9 16 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (0.99%) NoSQL
10 15 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (0.93%) OLTP
11 14 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
14 11 (0.68%) MongoDB
14 11 (0.68%) Redis
15 10 (0.62%) Looker
Development Applications
1 72 (4.46%) Git
2 53 (3.28%) JIRA
3 27 (1.67%) Selenium
4 24 (1.49%) Balsamiq
5 22 (1.36%) Axure RP
6 21 (1.30%) Postman
6 21 (1.30%) WebDriver
7 19 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.11%) SoapUI
9 13 (0.80%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.68%) MLflow
11 10 (0.62%) GitLab
12 5 (0.31%) Babel
12 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
12 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
12 5 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.31%) webpack
13 4 (0.25%) Storybook
13 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 759 (47.00%) Social Skills
2 383 (23.72%) Finance
3 307 (19.01%) Analytical Skills
4 303 (18.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 221 (13.68%) Public Sector
6 172 (10.65%) Law
7 147 (9.10%) Marketing
8 88 (5.45%) Retail
9 76 (4.71%) French Language
10 74 (4.58%) Back Office
11 73 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
12 70 (4.33%) Banking
13 64 (3.96%) Legal
14 59 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (2.85%) Manufacturing
16 44 (2.72%) Telecoms
17 40 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
18 33 (2.04%) Electronics
19 27 (1.67%) Swedish Language
20 22 (1.36%) Billing
Job Titles
1 284 (17.59%) Analyst
2 251 (15.54%) Senior
3 195 (12.07%) Developer
4 104 (6.44%) Support Engineer
5 83 (5.14%) Service Analyst
6 81 (5.02%) Architect
6 81 (5.02%) Graduate
7 80 (4.95%) Service Desk Analyst
8 68 (4.21%) Business Analyst
9 62 (3.84%) Desktop Support
10 60 (3.72%) Desktop Engineer
10 60 (3.72%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 60 (3.72%) Lead
11 57 (3.53%) Graduate Developer
12 56 (3.47%) Site Engineer
12 56 (3.47%) Software Developer
13 53 (3.28%) Consultant
14 50 (3.10%) Graduate Software Developer
14 50 (3.10%) Senior Developer
15 49 (3.03%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (5.45%) .NET
2 82 (5.08%) HTML
3 72 (4.46%) CSS
4 57 (3.53%) SOAP
5 53 (3.28%) REST
6 50 (3.10%) RESTful
7 47 (2.91%) React
8 32 (1.98%) jQuery
9 31 (1.92%) Node.js
10 26 (1.61%) Kafka
10 26 (1.61%) PyTorch
11 25 (1.55%) OAuth
12 22 (1.36%) Lightning Web Components
12 22 (1.36%) Middleware
12 22 (1.36%) TensorFlow
12 22 (1.36%) Visualforce
13 20 (1.24%) XML
14 18 (1.11%) Django
15 17 (1.05%) gRPC
15 17 (1.05%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 115 (7.12%) Product Ownership
2 94 (5.82%) Blog
3 93 (5.76%) Management Information System
4 92 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
5 83 (5.14%) Cloud Native
6 60 (3.72%) Onboarding
7 41 (2.54%) Driving Licence
8 39 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
9 35 (2.17%) Data Structures
10 33 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
12 28 (1.73%) Security Posture
12 28 (1.73%) Social Media
13 23 (1.42%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
15 20 (1.24%) Data Centre
15 20 (1.24%) Virtual Team
16 16 (0.99%) AI Agents
16 16 (0.99%) Cyberattack
17 15 (0.93%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 150 (9.29%) Windows
2 105 (6.50%) Linux
3 69 (4.27%) Windows 10
4 31 (1.92%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.30%) Android
6 15 (0.93%) Unix
7 13 (0.80%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.19%) Debian
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.062%) AIX
12 1 (0.062%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.062%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (26.32%) Computer Science
2 360 (22.29%) Agile
3 352 (21.80%) Problem-Solving
4 300 (18.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 268 (16.59%) AI
6 267 (16.53%) Customer Service
7 237 (14.67%) ITIL
8 219 (13.56%) Analytics
9 209 (12.94%) Mentoring
10 182 (11.27%) Cybersecurity
11 170 (10.53%) DevOps
12 166 (10.28%) CI/CD
12 166 (10.28%) Decision-Making
13 160 (9.91%) Project Management
14 145 (8.98%) Software Engineering
15 133 (8.24%) Stakeholder Management
16 126 (7.80%) Scrum
17 125 (7.74%) Business Intelligence
17 125 (7.74%) Community of Practice
18 123 (7.62%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 261 (16.16%) SQL
2 258 (15.98%) Python
3 155 (9.60%) C#
4 148 (9.16%) Java
5 97 (6.01%) JavaScript
6 72 (4.46%) C++
7 61 (3.78%) TypeScript
8 56 (3.47%) PHP
9 49 (3.03%) Go
10 47 (2.91%) PowerShell
11 34 (2.11%) Bash
12 24 (1.49%) PL/SQL
13 23 (1.42%) Rust
14 22 (1.36%) Apex Code
15 18 (1.11%) R
16 17 (1.05%) C
17 12 (0.74%) Bicep
17 12 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (0.74%) Scala
18 9 (0.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 300 (18.58%) Computer Science Degree
2 299 (18.51%) Security Cleared
3 266 (16.47%) SC Cleared
4 144 (8.92%) Master's Degree
5 142 (8.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 103 (6.38%) AWS Certification
7 87 (5.39%) MCSE
8 60 (3.72%) CTC Cleared
8 60 (3.72%) PhD
9 54 (3.34%) CISSP
10 47 (2.91%) PMP
11 41 (2.54%) PMI Certification
12 39 (2.41%) ACCA
13 38 (2.35%) CIMA
14 36 (2.23%) Azure Certification
15 32 (1.98%) DBS Check
15 32 (1.98%) HNC
16 29 (1.80%) CISM
16 29 (1.80%) DV Cleared
17 26 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (7.49%) QA
2 78 (4.83%) Accessibility
3 77 (4.77%) SLA
4 64 (3.96%) GDPR
5 58 (3.59%) Data Quality
6 52 (3.22%) NIST
7 42 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 27 (1.67%) WCAG
9 25 (1.55%) GRC
10 18 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 17 (1.05%) PMO
12 13 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.56%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.50%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.37%) IFRS
16 5 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 4 (0.25%) GAAP
17 4 (0.25%) NCSC
18 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 76 (4.71%) Docker
2 75 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.50%) vSphere
5 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.19%) Firmware
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.062%) iptables
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.062%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 77 (4.77%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.10%) Terraform
3 37 (2.29%) Ansible
4 26 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.11%) Grafana
5 18 (1.11%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.50%) SCCM
7 6 (0.37%) Autotask
8 5 (0.31%) FTK
8 5 (0.31%) Nmap
8 5 (0.31%) Packer
8 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.12%) Argo
10 2 (0.12%) OpenView
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.12%) QRadar
10 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 351 (21.73%) Microsoft
2 104 (6.44%) ServiceNow
3 99 (6.13%) Cisco
4 69 (4.27%) Salesforce
5 53 (3.28%) Google
6 51 (3.16%) Oracle
7 43 (2.66%) Adobe
8 34 (2.11%) SAP
9 30 (1.86%) Databricks
10 23 (1.42%) VMware
11 22 (1.36%) PayPal
12 19 (1.18%) HubSpot
12 19 (1.18%) MuleSoft
13 12 (0.74%) Meraki
13 12 (0.74%) Sage
13 12 (0.74%) Splunk
14 11 (0.68%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.62%) Citrix
15 10 (0.62%) Workday
16 9 (0.56%) Pardot