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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,805 2,262 3,392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.86% 13.88% 13.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.41% 48.49% 48.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,072 1,223 2,357
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,318 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.10% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +8.18% -4.35%

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 5,062 4,665 6,943
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.23% 28.63% 26.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,562 2,427 5,063
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,504
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,312 £75,000 £74,125
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 28 January 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 60 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.68%) Confluence
4 18 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.57%) Tomcat
5 16 (0.57%) WebSphere
5 16 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
6 9 (0.32%) SAS
7 8 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.29%) IIS
8 7 (0.25%) CMS
8 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
9 6 (0.21%) WordPress
10 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.071%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.036%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,154 (41.14%) Chatbot
2 269 (9.59%) Microsoft Office
3 116 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 42 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (1.18%) Adobe XD
6 18 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 15 (0.53%) InDesign
8 15 (0.53%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.25%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.18%) Simulink
10 5 (0.18%) Sketch
11 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 3 (0.11%) Trello
13 2 (0.071%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.071%) OrCAD
13 2 (0.071%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.071%) Revit
14 1 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.11%) Primavera
6 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.036%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.036%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.036%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 377 (13.44%) Azure
2 349 (12.44%) AWS
3 290 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
4 132 (4.71%) Power Platform
5 96 (3.42%) GCP
5 96 (3.42%) SaaS
6 74 (2.64%) Entra ID
7 62 (2.21%) GitHub
8 60 (2.14%) Serverless
9 49 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
10 46 (1.64%) Figma
11 40 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
12 31 (1.11%) PowerApps
13 30 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
14 27 (0.96%) Power Automate
15 24 (0.86%) PaaS
16 21 (0.75%) Miro
17 20 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
17 20 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
18 15 (0.53%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.28%) Firewall
2 32 (1.14%) VPN
3 26 (0.93%) SSL
4 24 (0.86%) WAN
5 20 (0.71%) TCP/IP
6 19 (0.68%) LAN
6 19 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (0.61%) DNS
7 17 (0.61%) Unified Communications
8 14 (0.50%) DHCP
8 14 (0.50%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.43%) VLAN
10 11 (0.39%) Network Security
11 10 (0.36%) VoIP
12 7 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.21%) Internet
13 6 (0.21%) Wireless
14 5 (0.18%) Ethernet
15 4 (0.14%) BGP
15 4 (0.14%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (3.99%) SQL Server
2 107 (3.81%) Power BI
3 51 (1.82%) Tableau
4 50 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
5 39 (1.39%) MySQL
6 31 (1.11%) NoSQL
7 25 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (0.78%) BigQuery
9 18 (0.64%) GIS
10 17 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (0.61%) MongoDB
10 17 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.57%) DB2
12 15 (0.53%) Relational Database
13 14 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
15 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (0.39%) Metadata
15 11 (0.39%) OLTP
15 11 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 66 (2.35%) JIRA
2 55 (1.96%) Git
3 48 (1.71%) Selenium
4 39 (1.39%) WebDriver
5 32 (1.14%) Postman
6 29 (1.03%) SoapUI
6 29 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
7 27 (0.96%) Balsamiq
8 24 (0.86%) Axure RP
9 13 (0.46%) GitLab
9 13 (0.46%) Jenkins
10 10 (0.36%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.32%) MLflow
12 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.21%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.18%) ER Studio
14 5 (0.18%) JMeter
15 4 (0.14%) Babel
15 4 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 818 (29.16%) Social Skills
2 665 (23.71%) Analytical Skills
3 399 (14.22%) Finance
4 304 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 178 (6.35%) Public Sector
6 160 (5.70%) Marketing
7 133 (4.74%) Law
8 130 (4.63%) Retail
9 119 (4.24%) French Language
10 95 (3.39%) Swedish Language
11 67 (2.39%) Back Office
12 64 (2.28%) Banking
13 62 (2.21%) Legal
14 54 (1.93%) Telecoms
15 53 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
16 42 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
17 41 (1.46%) Manufacturing
18 35 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
19 31 (1.11%) Billing
20 27 (0.96%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,151 (41.03%) Trainer
2 304 (10.84%) Analyst
3 245 (8.73%) Senior
4 188 (6.70%) Developer
5 155 (5.53%) Content Editor
6 119 (4.24%) Service Analyst
6 119 (4.24%) Service Desk Analyst
7 109 (3.89%) Support Engineer
8 97 (3.46%) Support Specialist
9 96 (3.42%) Customer Support Specialist
10 85 (3.03%) Lead
11 76 (2.71%) Research Scientist
12 62 (2.21%) Desktop Support
13 61 (2.17%) Architect
13 61 (2.17%) Desktop Engineer
13 61 (2.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 56 (2.00%) Business Analyst
14 56 (2.00%) Site Engineer
15 51 (1.82%) Senior Developer
15 51 (1.82%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (4.71%) .NET
2 93 (3.32%) HTML
3 78 (2.78%) CSS
4 61 (2.17%) React
5 56 (2.00%) SOAP
6 48 (1.71%) RESTful
7 39 (1.39%) REST
8 31 (1.11%) .NET Framework
9 27 (0.96%) ASP.NET
10 26 (0.93%) Entity Framework
10 26 (0.93%) jQuery
11 24 (0.86%) Kafka
11 24 (0.86%) Node.js
12 19 (0.68%) LDAP
12 19 (0.68%) TensorFlow
13 17 (0.61%) gRPC
13 17 (0.61%) HTML5 Canvas
13 17 (0.61%) OAuth
13 17 (0.61%) PyTorch
14 16 (0.57%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 101 (3.60%) Blog
2 97 (3.46%) Molecular Biology
3 95 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
4 94 (3.35%) Management Information System
5 71 (2.53%) Product Ownership
6 57 (2.03%) Driving Licence
7 56 (2.00%) Onboarding
8 47 (1.68%) Cloud Native
9 45 (1.60%) Algorithms
10 41 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
11 36 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
12 32 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
13 30 (1.07%) Data Structures
13 30 (1.07%) Social Media
14 23 (0.82%) Data Centre
14 23 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
14 23 (0.82%) Security Posture
15 21 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
16 18 (0.64%) PMI
17 15 (0.53%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 165 (5.88%) Windows
2 88 (3.14%) Linux
3 73 (2.60%) Windows 10
4 37 (1.32%) Unix
5 27 (0.96%) Windows Server
6 21 (0.75%) Android
7 18 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.36%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.29%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.11%) Debian
11 3 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.071%) CentOS
13 1 (0.036%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,440 (51.34%) AI
2 1,163 (41.46%) Conversational UI
3 463 (16.51%) Computer Science
4 415 (14.80%) Customer Service
5 401 (14.30%) Problem-Solving
6 392 (13.98%) Chemistry
7 347 (12.37%) Agile
8 307 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 289 (10.30%) ITIL
10 235 (8.38%) Analytics
11 206 (7.34%) Cybersecurity
12 204 (7.27%) Content Writing
13 173 (6.17%) Decision-Making
14 171 (6.10%) DevOps
15 167 (5.95%) Mathematics
16 166 (5.92%) Mentoring
17 162 (5.78%) Project Management
18 147 (5.24%) Software Engineering
19 141 (5.03%) CRM
20 138 (4.92%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 256 (9.13%) Python
2 233 (8.31%) SQL
3 169 (6.02%) C#
4 162 (5.78%) Java
5 118 (4.21%) JavaScript
6 80 (2.85%) C++
7 75 (2.67%) TypeScript
8 42 (1.50%) PowerShell
9 41 (1.46%) Go
10 35 (1.25%) PHP
11 33 (1.18%) Bash
12 30 (1.07%) C
13 18 (0.64%) PL/SQL
14 15 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 13 (0.46%) Rust
16 12 (0.43%) Apex Code
16 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.43%) R
16 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
17 10 (0.36%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 705 (25.13%) Master's Degree
2 601 (21.43%) PhD
3 310 (11.05%) Security Cleared
4 308 (10.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 278 (9.91%) SC Cleared
6 202 (7.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 180 (6.42%) AWS Certification
8 132 (4.71%) MCSE
9 60 (2.14%) CTC Cleared
10 54 (1.93%) PMP
11 51 (1.82%) Azure Certification
11 51 (1.82%) DBS Check
12 50 (1.78%) CISSP
13 47 (1.68%) PMI Certification
14 41 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
15 40 (1.43%) ACCA
16 39 (1.39%) CIMA
16 39 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
17 37 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 35 (1.25%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (6.24%) QA
2 88 (3.14%) Accessibility
3 84 (2.99%) SLA
4 67 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 66 (2.35%) GDPR
6 44 (1.57%) NIST
7 42 (1.50%) Data Quality
8 34 (1.21%) WCAG
9 23 (0.82%) GRC
10 21 (0.75%) PMO
11 19 (0.68%) ISO 9001
12 10 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.29%) IFRS
14 7 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.25%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.21%) COBIT
16 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
16 5 (0.18%) ITGC
16 5 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 59 (2.10%) Docker
3 11 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.32%) Firmware
5 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.036%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.036%) iptables
8 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 62 (2.21%) Kubernetes
2 36 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (1.18%) Terraform
4 26 (0.93%) Ansible
5 19 (0.68%) Grafana
6 18 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.29%) Autotask
7 8 (0.29%) SCCM
8 7 (0.25%) Nmap
9 6 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.11%) Argo
10 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.071%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.071%) FTK
11 2 (0.071%) Puppet
12 1 (0.036%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.036%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 1 (0.036%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.036%) Kibana
12 1 (0.036%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1,149 (40.96%) PayPal
2 480 (17.11%) Microsoft
3 140 (4.99%) ServiceNow
4 106 (3.78%) Cisco
5 70 (2.50%) Salesforce
6 63 (2.25%) Adobe
7 55 (1.96%) Google
8 43 (1.53%) Oracle
9 31 (1.11%) SAP
10 22 (0.78%) IBM
10 22 (0.78%) Red Hat
11 20 (0.71%) Databricks
12 15 (0.53%) Sage
13 14 (0.50%) MuleSoft
13 14 (0.50%) Zoho
14 12 (0.43%) VMware
15 11 (0.39%) Citrix
15 11 (0.39%) NEC
15 11 (0.39%) Progress
16 9 (0.32%) Palo Alto