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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,538 2,531 4,169
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.39% 17.61% 12.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.08% 56.21% 47.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 1,310 2,849
10th Percentile £26,125 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,059 £40,000 £39,747
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,375
90th Percentile £94,317 £83,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,565 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.02% +5.84% -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 4,263 4,503 8,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.24% 31.33% 26.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,875 2,449 5,892
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,115 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -7.19%

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 9 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 67 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.11%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.98%) WordPress
6 12 (0.78%) Confluence
7 11 (0.72%) CMS
8 10 (0.65%) SAS
9 6 (0.39%) Apache
10 5 (0.33%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
12 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
13 2 (0.13%) Artix
14 1 (0.065%) Drupal
14 1 (0.065%) Kinematics
14 1 (0.065%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.065%) PowerFactory
14 1 (0.065%) Umbraco
Applications
1 197 (12.81%) Microsoft Office
2 94 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.82%) Chatbot
5 24 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 18 (1.17%) Adobe XD
8 10 (0.65%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.46%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.39%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.33%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.13%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.13%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.13%) EPLAN
13 2 (0.13%) FrameMaker
13 2 (0.13%) MadCap Flare
13 2 (0.13%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.85%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.26%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.13%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.065%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.065%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.065%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.065%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.065%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.065%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.065%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 336 (21.85%) Azure
2 288 (18.73%) AWS
3 212 (13.78%) Microsoft 365
4 120 (7.80%) Power Platform
5 116 (7.54%) GCP
6 86 (5.59%) SaaS
7 79 (5.14%) Entra ID
8 39 (2.54%) GitHub
8 39 (2.54%) Serverless
9 32 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (1.95%) Figma
11 27 (1.76%) Power Automate
12 26 (1.69%) Google Analytics
12 26 (1.69%) PowerApps
13 18 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (1.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 17 (1.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 15 (0.98%) Canva
16 14 (0.91%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.80%) Firewall
2 20 (1.30%) DNS
2 20 (1.30%) Network Security
3 19 (1.24%) WAN
4 15 (0.98%) DHCP
4 15 (0.98%) VPN
5 12 (0.78%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.72%) Broadband
6 11 (0.72%) Internet
7 10 (0.65%) MPLS
7 10 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.59%) LAN
8 9 (0.59%) Unified Communications
9 8 (0.52%) BGP
9 8 (0.52%) SD-WAN
9 8 (0.52%) SSL
10 7 (0.46%) LTE
11 6 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.33%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.50%) SQL Server
2 98 (6.37%) Power BI
3 33 (2.15%) MySQL
3 33 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (1.82%) Tableau
5 25 (1.63%) BigQuery
6 24 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (1.30%) Metadata
7 20 (1.30%) Relational Database
8 18 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
9 17 (1.11%) OLTP
10 13 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (0.85%) NoSQL
11 12 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (0.78%) Delta Lake
11 12 (0.78%) Redis
11 12 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.72%) MongoDB
13 10 (0.65%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (0.65%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 70 (4.55%) Git
2 50 (3.25%) JIRA
3 26 (1.69%) Selenium
4 21 (1.37%) Postman
4 21 (1.37%) WebDriver
5 19 (1.24%) Team Foundation Server
6 18 (1.17%) Axure RP
6 18 (1.17%) Balsamiq
6 18 (1.17%) SoapUI
7 12 (0.78%) Jenkins
8 11 (0.72%) MLflow
9 9 (0.59%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.46%) GitLab
11 6 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.26%) Babel
12 4 (0.26%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.26%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.26%) Storybook
12 4 (0.26%) webpack
13 3 (0.20%) Cypress.io
General
1 712 (46.29%) Social Skills
2 359 (23.34%) Finance
3 302 (19.64%) Analytical Skills
4 272 (17.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 202 (13.13%) Public Sector
6 172 (11.18%) Law
7 135 (8.78%) Marketing
8 86 (5.59%) Retail
9 71 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
10 68 (4.42%) Banking
11 66 (4.29%) Back Office
12 63 (4.10%) Legal
13 62 (4.03%) French Language
14 59 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (2.99%) Manufacturing
16 42 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
17 38 (2.47%) Electronics
18 35 (2.28%) Telecoms
19 18 (1.17%) Games
20 17 (1.11%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 259 (16.84%) Analyst
2 244 (15.86%) Senior
3 207 (13.46%) Developer
4 92 (5.98%) Support Engineer
5 83 (5.40%) Graduate
6 82 (5.33%) Architect
7 72 (4.68%) Service Analyst
8 66 (4.29%) Business Analyst
8 66 (4.29%) Service Desk Analyst
9 64 (4.16%) Lead
10 59 (3.84%) Graduate Developer
10 59 (3.84%) Software Developer
11 53 (3.45%) Consultant
11 53 (3.45%) Desktop Support
11 53 (3.45%) Senior Developer
12 51 (3.32%) Desktop Engineer
12 51 (3.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 51 (3.32%) Graduate Software Developer
13 49 (3.19%) SQL Developer
14 48 (3.12%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (5.46%) HTML
2 81 (5.27%) .NET
3 70 (4.55%) CSS
4 58 (3.77%) SOAP
5 51 (3.32%) REST
6 45 (2.93%) React
6 45 (2.93%) RESTful
7 33 (2.15%) jQuery
7 33 (2.15%) Node.js
8 26 (1.69%) PyTorch
9 25 (1.63%) XML
10 22 (1.43%) TensorFlow
11 21 (1.37%) Kafka
11 21 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
11 21 (1.37%) Middleware
11 21 (1.37%) OAuth
11 21 (1.37%) Visualforce
11 21 (1.37%) Vue
12 17 (1.11%) Django
13 13 (0.85%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 117 (7.61%) Product Ownership
2 89 (5.79%) Management Information System
3 84 (5.46%) Cloud Native
4 73 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
5 58 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 52 (3.38%) Blog
7 41 (2.67%) Driving Licence
8 36 (2.34%) Data Structures
9 33 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
9 33 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.76%) Security Posture
11 24 (1.56%) Algorithms
11 24 (1.56%) Social Media
12 22 (1.43%) Cyberattack
12 22 (1.43%) Virtual Team
13 21 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
14 20 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
14 20 (1.30%) Data Centre
15 15 (0.98%) FMCG
15 15 (0.98%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 140 (9.10%) Windows
2 109 (7.09%) Linux
3 59 (3.84%) Windows 10
4 32 (2.08%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.04%) Android
6 13 (0.85%) Ubuntu
7 12 (0.78%) Unix
8 5 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.13%) CentOS
11 2 (0.13%) Debian
12 1 (0.065%) AIX
12 1 (0.065%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (27.50%) Computer Science
2 362 (23.54%) Agile
3 345 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
4 292 (18.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 230 (14.95%) AI
6 220 (14.30%) Customer Service
7 217 (14.11%) Mentoring
8 210 (13.65%) ITIL
9 189 (12.29%) Analytics
10 165 (10.73%) CI/CD
11 160 (10.40%) Cybersecurity
11 160 (10.40%) DevOps
12 152 (9.88%) Project Management
13 148 (9.62%) Decision-Making
14 146 (9.49%) Software Engineering
15 131 (8.52%) Stakeholder Management
16 127 (8.26%) Scrum
17 124 (8.06%) Community of Practice
18 119 (7.74%) Roadmaps
19 118 (7.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 257 (16.71%) SQL
2 250 (16.25%) Python
3 156 (10.14%) C#
4 141 (9.17%) Java
5 102 (6.63%) JavaScript
6 72 (4.68%) C++
7 59 (3.84%) PHP
8 57 (3.71%) TypeScript
9 45 (2.93%) PowerShell
10 41 (2.67%) Go
11 30 (1.95%) Bash
12 28 (1.82%) PL/SQL
13 23 (1.50%) Rust
14 21 (1.37%) Apex Code
15 20 (1.30%) C
16 18 (1.17%) R
17 12 (0.78%) Bicep
17 12 (0.78%) Scala
18 10 (0.65%) T-SQL
19 9 (0.59%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 298 (19.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 278 (18.08%) Security Cleared
3 243 (15.80%) SC Cleared
4 145 (9.43%) Master's Degree
5 125 (8.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 85 (5.53%) AWS Certification
7 73 (4.75%) MCSE
8 60 (3.90%) PhD
9 55 (3.58%) CISSP
10 51 (3.32%) CTC Cleared
11 43 (2.80%) PMI Certification
12 41 (2.67%) DBS Check
13 39 (2.54%) ACCA
14 38 (2.47%) Azure Certification
14 38 (2.47%) CIMA
15 36 (2.34%) PMP
16 32 (2.08%) HNC
17 30 (1.95%) CISM
17 30 (1.95%) DV Cleared
18 24 (1.56%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.89%) QA
2 79 (5.14%) Accessibility
3 66 (4.29%) SLA
4 57 (3.71%) GDPR
5 53 (3.45%) NIST
6 51 (3.32%) Data Quality
7 46 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 25 (1.63%) GRC
9 23 (1.50%) WCAG
10 17 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 16 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (1.04%) PMO
12 9 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.59%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.52%) SOC 2
14 7 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 5 (0.33%) NCSC
16 4 (0.26%) GAAP
16 4 (0.26%) IFRS
17 3 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 73 (4.75%) Active Directory
2 65 (4.23%) Docker
3 24 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.59%) vSphere
5 7 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.26%) Firmware
7 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 66 (4.29%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.25%) Terraform
3 34 (2.21%) Ansible
4 25 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.98%) Grafana
5 15 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.52%) SCCM
7 6 (0.39%) Autotask
7 6 (0.39%) Packer
7 6 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.33%) FTK
9 4 (0.26%) Nmap
9 4 (0.26%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.20%) Plesk
10 3 (0.20%) QRadar
11 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.13%) Argo
11 2 (0.13%) OpenView
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 346 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.92%) ServiceNow
3 85 (5.53%) Cisco
4 60 (3.90%) Salesforce
5 55 (3.58%) Oracle
6 49 (3.19%) Google
7 40 (2.60%) Adobe
8 34 (2.21%) SAP
9 33 (2.15%) Databricks
10 24 (1.56%) VMware
11 22 (1.43%) PayPal
12 19 (1.24%) HubSpot
13 18 (1.17%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.78%) Meraki
15 11 (0.72%) Sage
15 11 (0.72%) Splunk
15 11 (0.72%) Workday
16 10 (0.65%) Citrix
17 9 (0.59%) EMC
17 9 (0.59%) Red Hat