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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,809 2,241 3,495
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.77% 13.83% 13.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.46% 48.40% 49.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,078 1,209 2,434
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,900 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,357 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £62,500 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +10.57% -1.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.02% +7.27% -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 5,065 4,630 7,098
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.03% 28.57% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,568 2,406 5,182
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 £78,500 £75,000 £74,500
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 31 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 62 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.68%) Apache Spark
3 19 (0.68%) Confluence
4 17 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.57%) Tomcat
5 16 (0.57%) WebSphere
5 16 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
6 10 (0.36%) SAS
7 8 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.28%) 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 (41.08%) Chatbot
2 266 (9.47%) Microsoft Office
3 118 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 42 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (1.17%) Adobe XD
6 18 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 16 (0.57%) MS Visio
9 15 (0.53%) InDesign
10 7 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.25%) Photoshop
11 5 (0.18%) Simulink
11 5 (0.18%) Sketch
12 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
13 3 (0.11%) Trello
14 2 (0.071%) Avid Media Composer
14 2 (0.071%) OrCAD
14 2 (0.071%) Pro Tools
14 2 (0.071%) Revit
15 1 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.21%) 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%) Endur
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
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
1 376 (13.39%) Azure
2 352 (12.53%) AWS
3 291 (10.36%) Microsoft 365
4 137 (4.88%) Power Platform
5 97 (3.45%) GCP
5 97 (3.45%) SaaS
6 75 (2.67%) Entra ID
7 62 (2.21%) GitHub
8 61 (2.17%) Serverless
9 49 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
10 47 (1.67%) Figma
11 41 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
12 32 (1.14%) PowerApps
13 29 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
14 28 (1.00%) Power Automate
15 24 (0.85%) PaaS
16 22 (0.78%) Miro
17 21 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
18 17 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
19 15 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.35%) Firewall
2 31 (1.10%) VPN
3 26 (0.93%) SSL
4 24 (0.85%) WAN
5 21 (0.75%) TCP/IP
6 19 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (0.64%) DNS
8 16 (0.57%) LAN
8 16 (0.57%) Unified Communications
9 15 (0.53%) DHCP
10 14 (0.50%) SD-WAN
11 12 (0.43%) VLAN
12 11 (0.39%) Network Security
13 9 (0.32%) VoIP
14 7 (0.25%) 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
1 112 (3.99%) SQL Server
2 110 (3.92%) Power BI
3 52 (1.85%) Tableau
4 51 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
5 40 (1.42%) MySQL
6 31 (1.10%) NoSQL
7 26 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (0.82%) BigQuery
9 17 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (0.61%) MongoDB
9 17 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.57%) DB2
10 16 (0.57%) GIS
11 15 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.53%) Relational Database
12 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.43%) Metadata
14 11 (0.39%) OLTP
14 11 (0.39%) Redis
15 10 (0.36%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 66 (2.35%) JIRA
2 55 (1.96%) Git
3 47 (1.67%) Selenium
4 39 (1.39%) WebDriver
5 31 (1.10%) Postman
6 29 (1.03%) SoapUI
6 29 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
7 27 (0.96%) Balsamiq
8 24 (0.85%) Axure RP
9 13 (0.46%) GitLab
10 12 (0.43%) Jenkins
11 10 (0.36%) MLflow
12 9 (0.32%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.21%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.18%) ER Studio
16 4 (0.14%) Babel
16 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
16 4 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 820 (29.19%) Social Skills
2 665 (23.67%) Analytical Skills
3 395 (14.06%) Finance
4 307 (10.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 182 (6.48%) Public Sector
6 162 (5.77%) Marketing
7 135 (4.81%) Law
8 131 (4.66%) Retail
9 118 (4.20%) French Language
10 95 (3.38%) Swedish Language
11 67 (2.39%) Back Office
12 65 (2.31%) Banking
13 62 (2.21%) Legal
14 54 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
14 54 (1.92%) Telecoms
15 41 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
16 40 (1.42%) Manufacturing
17 36 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
18 31 (1.10%) Billing
19 27 (0.96%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,151 (40.98%) Trainer
2 305 (10.86%) Analyst
3 249 (8.86%) Senior
4 190 (6.76%) Developer
5 155 (5.52%) Content Editor
6 119 (4.24%) Service Analyst
6 119 (4.24%) Service Desk Analyst
7 107 (3.81%) Support Engineer
8 96 (3.42%) Customer Support Specialist
8 96 (3.42%) Support Specialist
9 81 (2.88%) Lead
10 76 (2.71%) Research Scientist
11 63 (2.24%) Architect
11 63 (2.24%) Desktop Support
12 61 (2.17%) Desktop Engineer
12 61 (2.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 56 (1.99%) Site Engineer
14 55 (1.96%) Business Analyst
15 52 (1.85%) Senior Developer
15 52 (1.85%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (4.77%) .NET
2 94 (3.35%) HTML
3 79 (2.81%) CSS
4 61 (2.17%) React
5 58 (2.06%) SOAP
6 48 (1.71%) RESTful
7 42 (1.50%) REST
8 31 (1.10%) .NET Framework
9 26 (0.93%) ASP.NET
9 26 (0.93%) jQuery
9 26 (0.93%) Kafka
9 26 (0.93%) Node.js
10 25 (0.89%) Entity Framework
11 20 (0.71%) TensorFlow
12 19 (0.68%) LDAP
12 19 (0.68%) Middleware
13 18 (0.64%) PyTorch
14 17 (0.61%) gRPC
14 17 (0.61%) HTML5 Canvas
14 17 (0.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 102 (3.63%) Blog
2 97 (3.45%) Molecular Biology
3 94 (3.35%) Management Information System
4 91 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
5 75 (2.67%) Product Ownership
6 56 (1.99%) Driving Licence
6 56 (1.99%) Onboarding
7 50 (1.78%) Cloud Native
8 45 (1.60%) Algorithms
9 42 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
10 37 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
11 32 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
12 31 (1.10%) Data Structures
13 30 (1.07%) Social Media
14 23 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
14 23 (0.82%) Security Posture
15 22 (0.78%) Data Centre
16 21 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
17 18 (0.64%) PMI
18 15 (0.53%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 165 (5.87%) Windows
2 85 (3.03%) 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 (0.28%) 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%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,440 (51.26%) AI
2 1,163 (41.40%) Conversational UI
3 460 (16.38%) Computer Science
4 416 (14.81%) Customer Service
5 397 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
6 392 (13.96%) Chemistry
7 351 (12.50%) Agile
8 313 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 288 (10.25%) ITIL
10 236 (8.40%) Analytics
11 204 (7.26%) Content Writing
12 203 (7.23%) Cybersecurity
13 173 (6.16%) Decision-Making
14 172 (6.12%) DevOps
15 168 (5.98%) Mathematics
16 166 (5.91%) Mentoring
17 161 (5.73%) Project Management
18 150 (5.34%) Software Engineering
19 143 (5.09%) CRM
20 142 (5.06%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 261 (9.29%) Python
2 232 (8.26%) SQL
3 170 (6.05%) C#
4 164 (5.84%) Java
5 121 (4.31%) JavaScript
6 81 (2.88%) C++
7 76 (2.71%) TypeScript
8 43 (1.53%) PowerShell
9 42 (1.50%) Go
10 36 (1.28%) PHP
11 34 (1.21%) Bash
12 31 (1.10%) C
13 18 (0.64%) PL/SQL
14 15 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.50%) Apex Code
15 14 (0.50%) Rust
16 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.43%) R
16 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 701 (24.96%) Master's Degree
2 599 (21.32%) PhD
3 313 (11.14%) Security Cleared
4 308 (10.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 282 (10.04%) SC Cleared
6 201 (7.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 179 (6.37%) AWS Certification
8 131 (4.66%) MCSE
9 60 (2.14%) CTC Cleared
10 53 (1.89%) PMP
11 51 (1.82%) Azure Certification
12 50 (1.78%) CISSP
13 47 (1.67%) DBS Check
14 46 (1.64%) PMI Certification
15 42 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
16 40 (1.42%) ACCA
17 39 (1.39%) CIMA
17 39 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
18 36 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 36 (1.28%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (6.23%) QA
2 89 (3.17%) Accessibility
3 84 (2.99%) SLA
4 67 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 66 (2.35%) GDPR
6 43 (1.53%) NIST
7 42 (1.50%) Data Quality
8 35 (1.25%) WCAG
9 23 (0.82%) GRC
10 22 (0.78%) PMO
11 19 (0.68%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.28%) IFRS
15 7 (0.25%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.21%) COBIT
16 6 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
17 5 (0.18%) ITGC
17 5 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 75 (2.67%) Active Directory
2 62 (2.21%) 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 63 (2.24%) Kubernetes
2 37 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (1.21%) Terraform
4 27 (0.96%) Ansible
5 20 (0.71%) Grafana
6 19 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.28%) Autotask
7 8 (0.28%) SCCM
8 7 (0.25%) Nmap
9 6 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.11%) Argo
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%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.036%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.036%) Ganglia
12 1 (0.036%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1,149 (40.90%) PayPal
2 477 (16.98%) Microsoft
3 142 (5.06%) ServiceNow
4 106 (3.77%) Cisco
5 73 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 63 (2.24%) Adobe
7 55 (1.96%) Google
8 46 (1.64%) Oracle
9 30 (1.07%) SAP
10 22 (0.78%) IBM
10 22 (0.78%) Red Hat
11 21 (0.75%) Databricks
12 16 (0.57%) MuleSoft
13 15 (0.53%) Sage
14 14 (0.50%) Zoho
15 12 (0.43%) Citrix
15 12 (0.43%) VMware
16 11 (0.39%) NEC
17 10 (0.36%) Progress
18 9 (0.32%) HubSpot