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 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 3,174 2,479 2,736
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 20.96% 12.98% 13.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.62% 48.42% 47.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 1,249 1,943
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,200 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +9.09%

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 5,236 5,120 5,781
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.58% 26.82% 27.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,421 2,613 4,317
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +0.88%

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 2 December 2025.

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 67 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.66%) Confluence
4 16 (0.50%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.50%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.50%) WebSphere Application Server
5 9 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.28%) IIS
6 8 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.22%) ArcGIS
7 7 (0.22%) Ethereum
7 7 (0.22%) WordPress
8 4 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
8 4 (0.13%) CMS
8 4 (0.13%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.095%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.095%) SAS
10 2 (0.063%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.063%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 1,478 (46.57%) Chatbot
2 233 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
3 151 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 49 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 35 (1.10%) Adobe XD
6 30 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
7 20 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 20 (0.63%) MS Visio
8 16 (0.50%) InDesign
9 10 (0.32%) Photoshop
10 8 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
11 6 (0.19%) AutoCAD
11 6 (0.19%) Sketch
11 6 (0.19%) Trello
12 5 (0.16%) Simulink
13 3 (0.095%) Blender
14 2 (0.063%) OrCAD
14 2 (0.063%) Revit
14 2 (0.063%) Spreadsheet
15 1 (0.032%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 32 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.60%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.13%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.13%) Primavera
6 4 (0.13%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.063%) Endur
7 2 (0.063%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.063%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.063%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.063%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.063%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.063%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.032%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.032%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.032%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.032%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 384 (12.10%) Azure
2 312 (9.83%) AWS
3 249 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
4 139 (4.38%) Power Platform
5 103 (3.25%) SaaS
6 78 (2.46%) GCP
7 76 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
8 67 (2.11%) GitHub
9 59 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
10 50 (1.58%) Entra ID
11 46 (1.45%) Figma
12 42 (1.32%) Serverless
13 39 (1.23%) Power Automate
14 33 (1.04%) PowerApps
15 29 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
16 27 (0.85%) PaaS
17 23 (0.72%) Miro
18 21 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
19 20 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
20 14 (0.44%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.29%) VPN
2 40 (1.26%) WAN
3 33 (1.04%) Firewall
4 28 (0.88%) LAN
5 24 (0.76%) SSL
5 24 (0.76%) Unified Communications
6 23 (0.72%) SD-WAN
7 22 (0.69%) TCP/IP
8 18 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (0.50%) VLAN
10 15 (0.47%) VoIP
11 13 (0.41%) DNS
11 13 (0.41%) Network Security
12 12 (0.38%) DHCP
13 11 (0.35%) 5G
14 10 (0.32%) Internet
15 8 (0.25%) Wireless
15 8 (0.25%) Wireshark
16 7 (0.22%) Ethernet
17 6 (0.19%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 104 (3.28%) Power BI
3 53 (1.67%) MySQL
4 47 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
5 37 (1.17%) Tableau
6 29 (0.91%) NoSQL
7 18 (0.57%) MongoDB
8 17 (0.54%) DB2
8 17 (0.54%) GIS
8 17 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (0.47%) Relational Database
11 14 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (0.35%) BigQuery
12 11 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
13 9 (0.28%) Metadata
14 8 (0.25%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.25%) Redis
15 7 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 59 (1.86%) JIRA
2 49 (1.54%) Git
3 33 (1.04%) Selenium
4 27 (0.85%) Balsamiq
5 25 (0.79%) WebDriver
6 24 (0.76%) Axure RP
7 19 (0.60%) Postman
8 18 (0.57%) SoapUI
8 18 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
9 15 (0.47%) GitLab
10 12 (0.38%) Jenkins
11 9 (0.28%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.19%) ER Studio
13 5 (0.16%) Babel
13 5 (0.16%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.16%) webpack
14 4 (0.13%) ERwin
14 4 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
14 4 (0.13%) SpecFlow
14 4 (0.13%) Toad
General
1 818 (25.77%) Analytical Skills
2 816 (25.71%) Social Skills
3 420 (13.23%) Finance
4 337 (10.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 185 (5.83%) Public Sector
6 176 (5.55%) Marketing
7 128 (4.03%) Law
8 125 (3.94%) Retail
9 101 (3.18%) French Language
10 95 (2.99%) Swedish Language
11 73 (2.30%) Legal
12 68 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
13 64 (2.02%) Telecoms
14 61 (1.92%) Banking
15 60 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
16 41 (1.29%) Local Government
17 40 (1.26%) Back Office
17 40 (1.26%) Manufacturing
18 34 (1.07%) Aerospace
18 34 (1.07%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,476 (46.50%) Trainer
2 264 (8.32%) Analyst
3 222 (6.99%) Senior
4 198 (6.24%) Developer
5 167 (5.26%) Content Editor
6 112 (3.53%) Support Specialist
7 104 (3.28%) Customer Support Specialist
8 95 (2.99%) Service Analyst
8 95 (2.99%) Service Desk Analyst
9 94 (2.96%) Research Scientist
10 89 (2.80%) Lead
11 76 (2.39%) Architect
12 67 (2.11%) Support Engineer
13 63 (1.98%) Microsoft Specialist
14 55 (1.73%) Software Engineer
15 53 (1.67%) Graduate
16 52 (1.64%) Designer
17 50 (1.58%) Consultant
18 45 (1.42%) Biostatistician
19 44 (1.39%) Customer Service Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (4.10%) .NET
2 103 (3.25%) CSS
3 84 (2.65%) HTML
4 62 (1.95%) React
5 44 (1.39%) ASP.NET
6 41 (1.29%) jQuery
7 36 (1.13%) RESTful
8 34 (1.07%) REST
9 31 (0.98%) SOAP
10 30 (0.95%) .NET Framework
10 30 (0.95%) Node.js
11 24 (0.76%) Entity Framework
11 24 (0.76%) Kafka
12 20 (0.63%) XML
13 19 (0.60%) LDAP
14 18 (0.57%) OAuth
15 16 (0.50%) HTML5 Canvas
15 16 (0.50%) LAPP Stack
15 16 (0.50%) OAuth2
15 16 (0.50%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 119 (3.75%) Molecular Biology
2 115 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
3 113 (3.56%) Management Information System
4 97 (3.06%) Blog
5 57 (1.80%) Onboarding
6 51 (1.61%) Driving Licence
7 50 (1.58%) Algorithms
8 47 (1.48%) Product Ownership
9 43 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 43 (1.35%) Data Centre
10 38 (1.20%) Cloud Native
11 37 (1.17%) Social Media
12 35 (1.10%) NHS
13 30 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
14 28 (0.88%) e-Learning
15 25 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
16 23 (0.72%) Data Structures
17 21 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
17 21 (0.66%) Security Posture
18 20 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 133 (4.19%) Windows
2 86 (2.71%) Linux
3 37 (1.17%) Unix
4 36 (1.13%) Windows 10
5 22 (0.69%) Windows Server
6 19 (0.60%) Android
7 17 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (0.50%) Apple iOS
8 16 (0.50%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.16%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.063%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.032%) AIX
12 1 (0.032%) CentOS
12 1 (0.032%) Debian
12 1 (0.032%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.032%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.032%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,787 (56.30%) AI
2 1,489 (46.91%) Conversational UI
3 534 (16.82%) Chemistry
4 532 (16.76%) Computer Science
5 434 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
6 372 (11.72%) Customer Service
7 359 (11.31%) Agile
8 281 (8.85%) Mathematics
9 233 (7.34%) ITIL
10 231 (7.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 220 (6.93%) Content Writing
12 207 (6.52%) Physics
13 206 (6.49%) Analytics
13 206 (6.49%) Project Management
14 199 (6.27%) Cybersecurity
15 195 (6.14%) Mentoring
16 177 (5.58%) DevOps
17 157 (4.95%) Decision-Making
18 153 (4.82%) CRM
19 152 (4.79%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 227 (7.15%) Python
2 225 (7.09%) SQL
3 176 (5.55%) C#
4 149 (4.69%) Java
5 114 (3.59%) JavaScript
6 86 (2.71%) C++
7 67 (2.11%) TypeScript
8 48 (1.51%) PHP
9 44 (1.39%) C
10 36 (1.13%) PowerShell
11 27 (0.85%) Go
12 21 (0.66%) Bash
13 17 (0.54%) MATLAB
14 16 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.44%) R
16 10 (0.32%) Kotlin
17 9 (0.28%) T-SQL
17 9 (0.28%) VBA
18 8 (0.25%) Apex Code
18 8 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 982 (30.94%) Master's Degree
2 881 (27.76%) PhD
3 324 (10.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 267 (8.41%) Security Cleared
5 236 (7.44%) SC Cleared
6 170 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 157 (4.95%) AWS Certification
8 108 (3.40%) MCSE
9 51 (1.61%) Azure Certification
10 50 (1.58%) PMP
11 47 (1.48%) DBS Check
12 45 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
12 45 (1.42%) DV Cleared
13 39 (1.23%) CISSP
14 38 (1.20%) CISM
15 37 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
16 34 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
17 33 (1.04%) ACCA
18 32 (1.01%) CIMA
18 32 (1.01%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (5.67%) QA
2 78 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 73 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 61 (1.92%) GDPR
5 44 (1.39%) SLA
6 42 (1.32%) NIST
7 37 (1.17%) ISO 9001
8 32 (1.01%) WCAG
9 30 (0.95%) Data Quality
10 29 (0.91%) PMO
11 16 (0.50%) GRC
12 10 (0.32%) SOC 2
13 9 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 8 (0.25%) COBIT
14 8 (0.25%) IFRS
15 7 (0.22%) ITGC
16 6 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.19%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.19%) SOC 1
System Software
1 74 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 43 (1.35%) Docker
3 24 (0.76%) Firmware
4 14 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.16%) vSphere
7 3 (0.095%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.032%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.032%) GPFS
8 1 (0.032%) iptables
8 1 (0.032%) Lustre
8 1 (0.032%) NFS
8 1 (0.032%) Postfix
8 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.032%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 56 (1.76%) Kubernetes
2 39 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (0.85%) Ansible
4 24 (0.76%) Terraform
5 11 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (0.32%) Grafana
7 9 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.19%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.16%) Autotask
10 3 (0.095%) Argo
10 3 (0.095%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.095%) Nmap
11 2 (0.063%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.063%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.063%) Puppet
12 1 (0.032%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 1 (0.032%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.032%) Kibana
12 1 (0.032%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.032%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,476 (46.50%) PayPal
2 526 (16.57%) Microsoft
3 123 (3.88%) ServiceNow
4 85 (2.68%) Adobe
5 67 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 66 (2.08%) Cisco
7 50 (1.58%) Google
8 36 (1.13%) SAP
9 29 (0.91%) Apple
10 27 (0.85%) Palo Alto
11 25 (0.79%) Oracle
12 24 (0.76%) Red Hat
13 22 (0.69%) IBM
14 17 (0.54%) VMware
15 14 (0.44%) Databricks
15 14 (0.44%) Sage
15 14 (0.44%) Zoho
16 12 (0.38%) Workday
17 11 (0.35%) Progress
18 10 (0.32%) NEC