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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -15 +6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,607 3,075 4,280
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.37% 20.77% 12.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.39% 61.59% 47.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,021 1,245 2,870
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,438 £38,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £84,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 4,993 8,924
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.39% 33.73% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,925 2,306 5,895
10th Percentile £33,350 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £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 £88,541 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,664
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.49% -10.56%

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 30 May 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 70 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.93%) WordPress
5 12 (0.75%) Confluence
5 12 (0.75%) SAS
6 11 (0.68%) CMS
7 6 (0.37%) Apache
8 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.25%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
8 4 (0.25%) PowerFactory
9 3 (0.19%) Artix
9 3 (0.19%) IIS
10 1 (0.062%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.062%) Drupal
10 1 (0.062%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
Applications
1 258 (16.05%) Microsoft Office
2 95 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 89 (5.54%) Microsoft Project
4 38 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 12 (0.75%) Adobe XD
7 10 (0.62%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.44%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.44%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
9 6 (0.37%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.25%) Revit
10 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.25%) Windchill
11 3 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.19%) FrameMaker
11 3 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
12 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 15 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.25%) Sage 50
6 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.062%) HFM
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.062%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.062%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP GRC
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
1 341 (21.22%) Azure
2 287 (17.86%) AWS
3 221 (13.75%) Microsoft 365
4 124 (7.72%) Power Platform
5 105 (6.53%) GCP
6 90 (5.60%) SaaS
7 89 (5.54%) Entra ID
8 35 (2.18%) Serverless
9 33 (2.05%) GitHub
10 32 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
11 30 (1.87%) Google Analytics
12 29 (1.80%) PowerApps
13 28 (1.74%) Power Automate
14 27 (1.68%) Figma
15 17 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
16 15 (0.93%) Canva
16 15 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (0.93%) Mimecast
16 15 (0.93%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 15 (0.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.05%) Firewall
2 25 (1.56%) DNS
3 23 (1.43%) Network Security
4 18 (1.12%) DHCP
4 18 (1.12%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.12%) VPN
4 18 (1.12%) WAN
5 13 (0.81%) Internet
6 11 (0.68%) Broadband
7 10 (0.62%) Unified Communications
7 10 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.56%) LAN
9 8 (0.50%) LTE
9 8 (0.50%) MPLS
10 7 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (0.37%) BGP
11 6 (0.37%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.37%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.37%) SSL
11 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (6.29%) Power BI
2 100 (6.22%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.99%) MySQL
4 30 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.68%) Tableau
6 25 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (1.43%) Metadata
8 21 (1.31%) BigQuery
8 21 (1.31%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.12%) OLTP
10 16 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (0.81%) NoSQL
11 13 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (0.75%) Delta Lake
13 10 (0.62%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (0.62%) Redis
13 10 (0.62%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 73 (4.54%) Git
2 55 (3.42%) JIRA
3 22 (1.37%) Selenium
4 20 (1.24%) Postman
5 19 (1.18%) WebDriver
6 17 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
7 16 (1.00%) SoapUI
8 12 (0.75%) Axure RP
8 12 (0.75%) Balsamiq
9 11 (0.68%) MLflow
10 10 (0.62%) Jenkins
10 10 (0.62%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.37%) GitLab
13 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
14 4 (0.25%) Storybook
15 3 (0.19%) Babel
15 3 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 770 (47.92%) Social Skills
2 374 (23.27%) Finance
3 303 (18.86%) Analytical Skills
4 251 (15.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 193 (12.01%) Public Sector
6 183 (11.39%) Law
7 121 (7.53%) Marketing
8 82 (5.10%) Retail
9 79 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
10 76 (4.73%) Legal
11 65 (4.04%) Banking
12 64 (3.98%) Back Office
13 63 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
14 61 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
15 57 (3.55%) French Language
16 51 (3.17%) Manufacturing
17 50 (3.11%) Electronics
18 29 (1.80%) Telecoms
19 24 (1.49%) Advertising
20 22 (1.37%) Games
Job Titles
1 306 (19.04%) Senior
2 275 (17.11%) Analyst
3 202 (12.57%) Developer
4 102 (6.35%) Architect
5 97 (6.04%) Senior Manager
6 94 (5.85%) Support Engineer
7 88 (5.48%) Project Manager
8 86 (5.35%) Graduate
9 76 (4.73%) Service Analyst
10 75 (4.67%) Lead
11 70 (4.36%) Service Desk Analyst
12 68 (4.23%) Business Analyst
13 67 (4.17%) Senior Project Manager
14 59 (3.67%) Software Developer
15 58 (3.61%) Graduate Developer
16 55 (3.42%) Consultant
17 52 (3.24%) Software Engineer
18 51 (3.17%) Senior Developer
19 50 (3.11%) Desktop Support
20 49 (3.05%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (5.23%) HTML
2 78 (4.85%) .NET
3 64 (3.98%) CSS
4 53 (3.30%) SOAP
5 49 (3.05%) React
6 45 (2.80%) REST
7 38 (2.36%) RESTful
8 34 (2.12%) jQuery
9 31 (1.93%) Node.js
10 25 (1.56%) PyTorch
10 25 (1.56%) XML
11 22 (1.37%) Vue
12 21 (1.31%) TensorFlow
13 20 (1.24%) Middleware
14 19 (1.18%) Lightning Web Components
14 19 (1.18%) Visualforce
15 18 (1.12%) OAuth
16 14 (0.87%) Django
16 14 (0.87%) JSON
16 14 (0.87%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.34%) Product Ownership
2 94 (5.85%) Management Information System
3 81 (5.04%) Cloud Native
4 78 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
5 60 (3.73%) Onboarding
6 39 (2.43%) Driving Licence
7 36 (2.24%) Data Structures
8 30 (1.87%) Algorithms
8 30 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
9 26 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
10 25 (1.56%) Security Posture
11 24 (1.49%) Social Media
12 22 (1.37%) Cyberattack
12 22 (1.37%) Virtual Team
13 21 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
14 20 (1.24%) Blog
14 20 (1.24%) Data Centre
15 19 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
16 16 (1.00%) FMCG
17 15 (0.93%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 144 (8.96%) Windows
2 107 (6.66%) Linux
3 55 (3.42%) Windows 10
4 42 (2.61%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.81%) Unix
6 12 (0.75%) Android
6 12 (0.75%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.44%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.12%) CentOS
12 2 (0.12%) Debian
13 1 (0.062%) AIX
13 1 (0.062%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (27.57%) Agile
2 417 (25.95%) Computer Science
3 354 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
4 312 (19.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 229 (14.25%) ITIL
6 217 (13.50%) Customer Service
6 217 (13.50%) Mentoring
7 206 (12.82%) Project Management
8 191 (11.89%) Analytics
9 180 (11.20%) AI
10 175 (10.89%) Coaching
11 167 (10.39%) Project Delivery
12 165 (10.27%) Decision-Making
13 162 (10.08%) CI/CD
14 160 (9.96%) Cybersecurity
15 157 (9.77%) DevOps
16 151 (9.40%) Customer Experience
17 150 (9.33%) Software Engineering
18 134 (8.34%) Scrum
19 130 (8.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 264 (16.43%) SQL
2 237 (14.75%) Python
3 152 (9.46%) C#
4 128 (7.97%) Java
5 101 (6.29%) JavaScript
6 67 (4.17%) C++
7 57 (3.55%) PHP
8 54 (3.36%) TypeScript
9 51 (3.17%) PowerShell
10 32 (1.99%) Go
11 30 (1.87%) Bash
12 28 (1.74%) PL/SQL
13 23 (1.43%) Rust
14 20 (1.24%) Apex Code
14 20 (1.24%) C
15 17 (1.06%) R
16 12 (0.75%) Bicep
17 11 (0.68%) Scala
17 11 (0.68%) T-SQL
18 8 (0.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 285 (17.73%) Computer Science Degree
2 278 (17.30%) Security Cleared
3 243 (15.12%) SC Cleared
4 127 (7.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 115 (7.16%) Master's Degree
6 95 (5.91%) AWS Certification
7 75 (4.67%) MCSE
8 67 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 62 (3.86%) CISSP
10 53 (3.30%) DBS Check
11 52 (3.24%) Azure Certification
12 48 (2.99%) CTC Cleared
12 48 (2.99%) PMI Certification
13 39 (2.43%) PhD
14 37 (2.30%) CISM
15 36 (2.24%) HNC
16 35 (2.18%) PMP
17 32 (1.99%) ACCA
18 31 (1.93%) CIMA
18 31 (1.93%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (7.16%) QA
2 75 (4.67%) Accessibility
3 69 (4.29%) SLA
4 58 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 55 (3.42%) NIST
6 51 (3.17%) Data Quality
6 51 (3.17%) GDPR
7 27 (1.68%) GRC
8 20 (1.24%) PMO
8 20 (1.24%) WCAG
9 19 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 18 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 8 (0.50%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.50%) NCSC
13 8 (0.50%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.44%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.25%) ISO 9000
15 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 78 (4.85%) Active Directory
2 60 (3.73%) Docker
3 24 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.56%) vSphere
5 8 (0.50%) Firmware
5 8 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 60 (3.73%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.11%) Terraform
3 30 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (1.74%) Ansible
5 15 (0.93%) Grafana
5 15 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.62%) Autotask
7 8 (0.50%) SCCM
8 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.37%) Packer
10 5 (0.31%) FTK
11 4 (0.25%) Nmap
11 4 (0.25%) QRadar
11 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.19%) Argo
12 3 (0.19%) Plesk
13 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.12%) OpenView
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 372 (23.15%) Microsoft
2 96 (5.97%) ServiceNow
3 84 (5.23%) Cisco
4 59 (3.67%) Salesforce
5 55 (3.42%) Oracle
6 49 (3.05%) Google
7 38 (2.36%) SAP
8 35 (2.18%) Adobe
9 33 (2.05%) Databricks
10 25 (1.56%) VMware
11 19 (1.18%) HubSpot
12 14 (0.87%) Meraki
12 14 (0.87%) MuleSoft
13 12 (0.75%) Citrix
13 12 (0.75%) EMC
13 12 (0.75%) Sage
13 12 (0.75%) Splunk
14 11 (0.68%) Workday
15 9 (0.56%) Palantir
15 9 (0.56%) Pardot