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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,799 2,238 3,664
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.50% 14.18% 13.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.58% 49.13% 48.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,067 1,235 2,570
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,700 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £41,051
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -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 5,036 4,555 7,519
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.49% 28.87% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,555 2,395 5,510
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,470
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
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 9 February 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 61 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 27 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (0.64%) Confluence
6 12 (0.43%) Tomcat
6 12 (0.43%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
7 11 (0.39%) SAS
8 9 (0.32%) WordPress
9 8 (0.29%) CMS
10 7 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
10 7 (0.25%) IIS
11 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.071%) Apache
13 2 (0.071%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1,154 (41.23%) Chatbot
2 265 (9.47%) Microsoft Office
3 124 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 43 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (1.18%) Adobe XD
6 18 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 15 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.54%) MS Visio
8 14 (0.50%) InDesign
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 2 (0.071%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.071%) OrCAD
12 2 (0.071%) Pro Tools
12 2 (0.071%) Revit
12 2 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.071%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.68%) 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%) Endur
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.036%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.036%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.036%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 368 (13.15%) Azure
2 356 (12.72%) AWS
3 293 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
4 137 (4.89%) Power Platform
5 99 (3.54%) GCP
6 96 (3.43%) SaaS
7 74 (2.64%) Entra ID
8 60 (2.14%) GitHub
9 59 (2.11%) Serverless
10 46 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
10 46 (1.64%) Figma
11 37 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
12 30 (1.07%) PowerApps
13 28 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
14 27 (0.96%) Power Automate
15 24 (0.86%) PaaS
16 21 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
16 21 (0.75%) Miro
17 16 (0.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 16 (0.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (1.39%) Firewall
2 28 (1.00%) VPN
3 22 (0.79%) SSL
4 21 (0.75%) TCP/IP
5 20 (0.71%) WAN
6 18 (0.64%) DNS
6 18 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (0.57%) Unified Communications
8 15 (0.54%) DHCP
9 14 (0.50%) SD-WAN
10 12 (0.43%) LAN
10 12 (0.43%) VLAN
11 11 (0.39%) Network Security
12 9 (0.32%) VoIP
13 8 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (0.25%) Wireless
15 6 (0.21%) Internet
16 5 (0.18%) BGP
16 5 (0.18%) Ethernet
16 5 (0.18%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (4.07%) Power BI
2 105 (3.75%) SQL Server
3 54 (1.93%) Tableau
4 47 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (1.36%) MySQL
6 29 (1.04%) NoSQL
7 27 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (0.86%) BigQuery
9 17 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (0.57%) MongoDB
10 16 (0.57%) Relational Database
11 15 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.46%) DB2
12 13 (0.46%) Metadata
12 13 (0.46%) OLTP
13 12 (0.43%) GIS
13 12 (0.43%) Redis
14 11 (0.39%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 60 (2.14%) JIRA
2 56 (2.00%) Git
3 42 (1.50%) Selenium
4 34 (1.21%) WebDriver
5 27 (0.96%) Balsamiq
5 27 (0.96%) Postman
6 25 (0.89%) SoapUI
6 25 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (0.86%) Axure RP
8 14 (0.50%) GitLab
9 13 (0.46%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.39%) MLflow
11 8 (0.29%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.21%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.18%) ER Studio
15 4 (0.14%) Babel
15 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
15 4 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 829 (29.62%) Social Skills
2 665 (23.76%) Analytical Skills
3 375 (13.40%) Finance
4 308 (11.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 186 (6.65%) Public Sector
6 163 (5.82%) Marketing
7 137 (4.89%) Law
8 132 (4.72%) Retail
9 122 (4.36%) French Language
10 95 (3.39%) Swedish Language
11 66 (2.36%) Back Office
12 63 (2.25%) Banking
13 58 (2.07%) Legal
14 55 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
15 54 (1.93%) Telecoms
16 41 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
17 39 (1.39%) Manufacturing
18 35 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
19 29 (1.04%) Billing
20 28 (1.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,153 (41.19%) Trainer
2 311 (11.11%) Analyst
3 250 (8.93%) Senior
4 187 (6.68%) Developer
5 155 (5.54%) Content Editor
6 123 (4.39%) Service Analyst
6 123 (4.39%) Service Desk Analyst
7 106 (3.79%) Support Engineer
8 96 (3.43%) Customer Support Specialist
8 96 (3.43%) Support Specialist
9 76 (2.72%) Research Scientist
10 72 (2.57%) Lead
11 63 (2.25%) Desktop Support
12 62 (2.22%) Architect
13 60 (2.14%) Desktop Engineer
13 60 (2.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 56 (2.00%) Site Engineer
15 54 (1.93%) Senior Developer
16 53 (1.89%) Business Analyst
17 52 (1.86%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (4.61%) .NET
2 92 (3.29%) HTML
3 76 (2.72%) CSS
4 59 (2.11%) React
5 57 (2.04%) SOAP
6 46 (1.64%) RESTful
7 43 (1.54%) REST
8 30 (1.07%) .NET Framework
9 28 (1.00%) Kafka
10 27 (0.96%) Node.js
11 25 (0.89%) Entity Framework
12 24 (0.86%) ASP.NET
13 23 (0.82%) jQuery
14 21 (0.75%) Middleware
14 21 (0.75%) TensorFlow
15 19 (0.68%) PyTorch
16 17 (0.61%) gRPC
16 17 (0.61%) HTML5 Canvas
16 17 (0.61%) OAuth
16 17 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (3.75%) Blog
2 97 (3.47%) Molecular Biology
3 88 (3.14%) Management Information System
4 87 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
5 77 (2.75%) Product Ownership
6 57 (2.04%) Driving Licence
6 57 (2.04%) Onboarding
7 52 (1.86%) Cloud Native
8 45 (1.61%) Algorithms
9 43 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
10 37 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
11 32 (1.14%) Data Structures
11 32 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
12 31 (1.11%) Social Media
13 23 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
13 23 (0.82%) Security Posture
14 19 (0.68%) Data Centre
15 17 (0.61%) PMI
16 16 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
17 15 (0.54%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 158 (5.64%) Windows
2 82 (2.93%) Linux
3 70 (2.50%) Windows 10
4 33 (1.18%) Unix
5 27 (0.96%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.79%) Android
7 14 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.25%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.11%) Debian
11 3 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.071%) CentOS
13 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,437 (51.34%) AI
2 1,163 (41.55%) Conversational UI
3 461 (16.47%) Computer Science
4 422 (15.08%) Customer Service
5 391 (13.97%) Chemistry
6 387 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
7 338 (12.08%) Agile
8 305 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 289 (10.33%) ITIL
10 231 (8.25%) Analytics
11 204 (7.29%) Content Writing
12 202 (7.22%) Cybersecurity
13 171 (6.11%) Mathematics
14 168 (6.00%) Decision-Making
14 168 (6.00%) DevOps
15 159 (5.68%) Mentoring
16 156 (5.57%) Project Management
17 148 (5.29%) CI/CD
17 148 (5.29%) Software Engineering
18 145 (5.18%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 267 (9.54%) Python
2 233 (8.32%) SQL
3 161 (5.75%) C#
4 160 (5.72%) Java
5 122 (4.36%) JavaScript
6 78 (2.79%) C++
7 75 (2.68%) TypeScript
8 43 (1.54%) Go
9 42 (1.50%) PowerShell
10 35 (1.25%) Bash
11 33 (1.18%) PHP
12 30 (1.07%) C
13 20 (0.71%) PL/SQL
14 16 (0.57%) Apex Code
14 16 (0.57%) Rust
15 15 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 13 (0.46%) R
17 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
17 12 (0.43%) Scala
17 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 698 (24.94%) Master's Degree
2 596 (21.29%) PhD
3 309 (11.04%) Security Cleared
4 302 (10.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 280 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 204 (7.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 179 (6.40%) AWS Certification
8 135 (4.82%) MCSE
9 60 (2.14%) CTC Cleared
10 53 (1.89%) PMP
11 50 (1.79%) Azure Certification
12 48 (1.71%) CISSP
13 45 (1.61%) PMI Certification
14 43 (1.54%) DBS Check
15 42 (1.50%) ACCA
16 41 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
16 41 (1.46%) CIMA
17 37 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
18 36 (1.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 32 (1.14%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (6.25%) QA
2 86 (3.07%) Accessibility
3 82 (2.93%) SLA
4 64 (2.29%) GDPR
4 64 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 43 (1.54%) Data Quality
5 43 (1.54%) NIST
6 34 (1.21%) WCAG
7 23 (0.82%) GRC
8 19 (0.68%) PMO
9 17 (0.61%) ISO 9001
10 13 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.29%) IFRS
13 6 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.21%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.21%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
14 5 (0.18%) COBIT
15 4 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 66 (2.36%) Docker
3 12 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.29%) 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%) iptables
8 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.036%) Xen
Systems Management
1 64 (2.29%) Kubernetes
2 38 (1.36%) Terraform
3 35 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (1.00%) Ansible
5 21 (0.75%) Grafana
6 20 (0.71%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.32%) Autotask
8 8 (0.29%) SCCM
9 7 (0.25%) Nmap
10 4 (0.14%) FTK
11 3 (0.11%) Argo
11 3 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.071%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.071%) Puppet
13 1 (0.036%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.036%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.036%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.036%) Ganglia
13 1 (0.036%) Kibana
13 1 (0.036%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,149 (41.05%) PayPal
2 469 (16.76%) Microsoft
3 144 (5.14%) ServiceNow
4 106 (3.79%) Cisco
5 77 (2.75%) Salesforce
6 62 (2.22%) Adobe
7 56 (2.00%) Google
8 49 (1.75%) Oracle
9 31 (1.11%) SAP
10 23 (0.82%) Databricks
11 18 (0.64%) IBM
11 18 (0.64%) Red Hat
12 17 (0.61%) MuleSoft
13 15 (0.54%) Sage
14 14 (0.50%) Zoho
15 13 (0.46%) HubSpot
15 13 (0.46%) VMware
16 12 (0.43%) Citrix
17 11 (0.39%) NEC
18 9 (0.32%) Progress