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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,640 1,928 4,048
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.72% 15.02% 12.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.88% 52.12% 49.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,076 1,306 2,846
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,750
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.09% +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 4,112 3,699 8,231
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.38% 28.83% 26.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,730 2,448 5,962
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,836 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.58% +5.16% -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 3 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 57 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.61%) SAS
6 9 (0.55%) CMS
6 9 (0.55%) Confluence
6 9 (0.55%) WordPress
7 6 (0.37%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.30%) Apache
8 5 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
8 5 (0.30%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.30%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
9 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
Applications
1 227 (13.84%) Microsoft Office
2 123 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (2.13%) Chatbot
5 29 (1.77%) Adobe XD
6 19 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 11 (0.67%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.61%) InDesign
10 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
12 5 (0.30%) AutoCAD
13 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
13 3 (0.18%) Sketch
13 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
14 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
14 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
14 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
14 2 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.22%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.12%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.061%) Endur
8 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.061%) Primavera
8 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 350 (21.34%) Azure
2 347 (21.16%) AWS
3 244 (14.88%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (7.68%) Power Platform
5 123 (7.50%) GCP
6 103 (6.28%) SaaS
7 73 (4.45%) Entra ID
8 51 (3.11%) GitHub
9 48 (2.93%) Serverless
10 41 (2.50%) Figma
11 33 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
12 31 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
14 24 (1.46%) PowerApps
15 23 (1.40%) Power Automate
16 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 18 (1.10%) Google Analytics
17 18 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.38%) Firewall
2 20 (1.22%) WAN
3 19 (1.16%) DNS
3 19 (1.16%) Network Security
4 15 (0.91%) Unified Communications
4 15 (0.91%) VPN
5 14 (0.85%) DHCP
6 13 (0.79%) SSL
6 13 (0.79%) TCP/IP
7 12 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.67%) Internet
8 11 (0.67%) SD-WAN
9 10 (0.61%) Broadband
10 9 (0.55%) LAN
11 8 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
11 8 (0.49%) MPLS
12 6 (0.37%) BGP
12 6 (0.37%) LTE
12 6 (0.37%) VoIP
12 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (6.40%) Power BI
2 98 (5.98%) SQL Server
3 47 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
4 37 (2.26%) Tableau
5 35 (2.13%) MySQL
6 25 (1.52%) BigQuery
7 24 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (1.40%) NoSQL
9 22 (1.34%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.10%) Metadata
11 16 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (0.91%) OLTP
12 15 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.73%) Delta Lake
13 12 (0.73%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.73%) Redis
14 10 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 74 (4.51%) Git
2 54 (3.29%) JIRA
3 33 (2.01%) Selenium
4 26 (1.59%) Balsamiq
5 25 (1.52%) WebDriver
6 23 (1.40%) Axure RP
7 22 (1.34%) Postman
8 20 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
9 19 (1.16%) SoapUI
10 17 (1.04%) Jenkins
11 13 (0.79%) GitLab
12 11 (0.67%) MLflow
13 7 (0.43%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.43%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.37%) Babel
14 6 (0.37%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.37%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.37%) webpack
15 4 (0.24%) Storybook
15 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 771 (47.01%) Social Skills
2 399 (24.33%) Finance
3 319 (19.45%) Analytical Skills
4 300 (18.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 213 (12.99%) Public Sector
6 169 (10.30%) Law
7 151 (9.21%) Marketing
8 97 (5.91%) French Language
9 90 (5.49%) Retail
10 82 (5.00%) Banking
11 74 (4.51%) Legal
12 72 (4.39%) Back Office
13 57 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
14 55 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
15 51 (3.11%) Swedish Language
16 46 (2.80%) Manufacturing
16 46 (2.80%) Telecoms
17 36 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
18 31 (1.89%) Electronics
19 24 (1.46%) Billing
Job Titles
1 288 (17.56%) Analyst
2 253 (15.43%) Senior
3 189 (11.52%) Developer
4 109 (6.65%) Support Engineer
5 92 (5.61%) Service Analyst
5 92 (5.61%) Service Desk Analyst
6 77 (4.70%) Architect
7 65 (3.96%) Lead
8 62 (3.78%) Desktop Support
9 60 (3.66%) Business Analyst
9 60 (3.66%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (3.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 56 (3.41%) Graduate
10 56 (3.41%) Site Engineer
11 54 (3.29%) Consultant
12 53 (3.23%) Software Engineer
13 52 (3.17%) Senior Developer
14 42 (2.56%) SQL Developer
15 40 (2.44%) Software Developer
16 37 (2.26%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (6.16%) .NET
2 90 (5.49%) HTML
3 81 (4.94%) CSS
4 59 (3.60%) SOAP
5 58 (3.54%) React
6 56 (3.41%) REST
7 50 (3.05%) RESTful
8 32 (1.95%) Node.js
9 28 (1.71%) jQuery
9 28 (1.71%) Kafka
10 26 (1.59%) PyTorch
11 24 (1.46%) Middleware
11 24 (1.46%) OAuth
12 23 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
12 23 (1.40%) TensorFlow
12 23 (1.40%) Visualforce
13 22 (1.34%) XML
14 18 (1.10%) Django
14 18 (1.10%) Vue
15 17 (1.04%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.59%) Blog
2 102 (6.22%) Product Ownership
3 94 (5.73%) Self-Motivation
4 86 (5.24%) Management Information System
5 77 (4.70%) Cloud Native
6 68 (4.15%) Onboarding
7 47 (2.87%) Driving Licence
8 41 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
9 34 (2.07%) Data Structures
10 32 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.89%) Social Media
12 28 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
12 28 (1.71%) Security Posture
13 27 (1.65%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
15 21 (1.28%) Data Centre
16 18 (1.10%) Virtual Team
17 17 (1.04%) PMI
17 17 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
18 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 153 (9.33%) Windows
2 100 (6.10%) Linux
3 67 (4.09%) Windows 10
4 23 (1.40%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.28%) Android
6 19 (1.16%) Unix
7 10 (0.61%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.18%) Debian
10 3 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.061%) AIX
12 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.061%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (26.89%) Computer Science
2 381 (23.23%) Problem-Solving
3 342 (20.85%) Agile
4 304 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 290 (17.68%) Customer Service
6 281 (17.13%) AI
7 249 (15.18%) ITIL
8 229 (13.96%) Analytics
9 196 (11.95%) Mentoring
10 182 (11.10%) Cybersecurity
11 176 (10.73%) DevOps
12 168 (10.24%) CI/CD
13 166 (10.12%) Decision-Making
14 153 (9.33%) Project Management
15 150 (9.15%) Software Engineering
16 136 (8.29%) Stakeholder Management
17 135 (8.23%) Business Intelligence
18 126 (7.68%) Customer Experience
19 118 (7.20%) Roadmaps
20 114 (6.95%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 262 (15.98%) Python
2 252 (15.37%) SQL
3 150 (9.15%) C#
4 145 (8.84%) Java
5 111 (6.77%) JavaScript
6 73 (4.45%) C++
7 69 (4.21%) TypeScript
8 49 (2.99%) Go
9 48 (2.93%) PowerShell
10 43 (2.62%) PHP
11 36 (2.20%) Bash
12 24 (1.46%) Rust
13 23 (1.40%) Apex Code
13 23 (1.40%) PL/SQL
14 19 (1.16%) C
15 18 (1.10%) R
16 14 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (0.73%) Bicep
17 12 (0.73%) Scala
17 12 (0.73%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 312 (19.02%) Security Cleared
2 297 (18.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 278 (16.95%) SC Cleared
4 162 (9.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 144 (8.78%) Master's Degree
6 125 (7.62%) AWS Certification
7 101 (6.16%) MCSE
8 63 (3.84%) PhD
9 60 (3.66%) CTC Cleared
10 51 (3.11%) PMP
11 50 (3.05%) CISSP
12 49 (2.99%) ACCA
13 47 (2.87%) CIMA
14 44 (2.68%) PMI Certification
15 37 (2.26%) Azure Certification
16 31 (1.89%) DBS Check
16 31 (1.89%) DV Cleared
17 29 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
18 26 (1.59%) ISTQB
19 25 (1.52%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (8.05%) QA
2 82 (5.00%) Accessibility
3 81 (4.94%) SLA
4 69 (4.21%) GDPR
5 55 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 54 (3.29%) Data Quality
7 50 (3.05%) NIST
8 28 (1.71%) WCAG
9 26 (1.59%) GRC
10 20 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 15 (0.91%) PMO
12 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.73%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.55%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.43%) IFRS
14 7 (0.43%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.24%) ISO 26262
16 4 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 3 (0.18%) GAAP
System Software
1 78 (4.76%) Docker
2 67 (4.09%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.24%) vSphere
6 3 (0.18%) Firmware
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.061%) iptables
8 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 75 (4.57%) Kubernetes
2 55 (3.35%) Terraform
3 37 (2.26%) Ansible
4 24 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.34%) Grafana
6 21 (1.28%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 7 (0.43%) Nmap
9 6 (0.37%) Autotask
10 5 (0.30%) FTK
11 4 (0.24%) Packer
11 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.12%) OpenView
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
12 2 (0.12%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.061%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.061%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 375 (22.87%) Microsoft
2 116 (7.07%) ServiceNow
3 110 (6.71%) Cisco
4 77 (4.70%) Salesforce
5 54 (3.29%) Adobe
6 50 (3.05%) Google
7 47 (2.87%) Oracle
8 37 (2.26%) SAP
9 28 (1.71%) Databricks
9 28 (1.71%) PayPal
10 20 (1.22%) MuleSoft
11 18 (1.10%) VMware
12 16 (0.98%) HubSpot
13 13 (0.79%) Red Hat
13 13 (0.79%) Splunk
14 12 (0.73%) Sage
15 11 (0.67%) Zoho
16 10 (0.61%) IBM
16 10 (0.61%) Meraki
16 10 (0.61%) Workday