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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,496 2,256 3,700
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.17% 15.08% 13.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.54% 51.12% 49.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,064 1,252 2,631
10th Percentile £25,543 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,938 £45,000 £41,011
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £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 4,843 4,413 7,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.43% 29.50% 27.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,402 5,504
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,879 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,014 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,875 £88,750
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 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 65 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (0.68%) Confluence
6 11 (0.44%) SAS
7 10 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 10 (0.40%) WebSphere
7 10 (0.40%) WebSphere Application Server
7 10 (0.40%) WordPress
8 8 (0.32%) CMS
9 7 (0.28%) ArcGIS
10 6 (0.24%) Ethereum
10 6 (0.24%) IIS
11 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.20%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
13 3 (0.12%) Apache
14 2 (0.080%) Headless CMS
15 1 (0.040%) Kinematics
Applications
1 848 (33.97%) Chatbot
2 261 (10.46%) Microsoft Office
3 125 (5.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (1.24%) Adobe XD
6 16 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 13 (0.52%) MS Visio
8 12 (0.48%) InDesign
9 8 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
9 8 (0.32%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.16%) Simulink
11 4 (0.16%) Sketch
11 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.080%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.080%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.080%) Pro Tools
12 2 (0.080%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.16%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.12%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.080%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.080%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.080%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.080%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.080%) Primavera
8 1 (0.040%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.040%) Endur
8 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.040%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.040%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.040%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.040%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 371 (14.86%) AWS
2 362 (14.50%) Azure
3 298 (11.94%) Microsoft 365
4 138 (5.53%) Power Platform
5 110 (4.41%) GCP
6 106 (4.25%) SaaS
7 80 (3.21%) Entra ID
8 57 (2.28%) Serverless
9 53 (2.12%) GitHub
10 44 (1.76%) Figma
11 41 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
12 40 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
13 31 (1.24%) PowerApps
14 28 (1.12%) Power Automate
15 23 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (0.88%) PaaS
17 20 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
18 19 (0.76%) Miro
18 19 (0.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 19 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.68%) Firewall
2 23 (0.92%) VPN
3 21 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 20 (0.80%) DNS
4 20 (0.80%) SSL
5 19 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (0.72%) WAN
7 17 (0.68%) DHCP
7 17 (0.68%) Unified Communications
8 12 (0.48%) SD-WAN
8 12 (0.48%) VLAN
9 11 (0.44%) Network Security
10 9 (0.36%) LAN
11 8 (0.32%) Internet
11 8 (0.32%) VoIP
11 8 (0.32%) Wireless
12 7 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.20%) BGP
13 5 (0.20%) MPLS
13 5 (0.20%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (4.61%) Power BI
2 94 (3.77%) SQL Server
3 48 (1.92%) Tableau
4 45 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (1.32%) MySQL
6 27 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (1.08%) NoSQL
7 24 (0.96%) BigQuery
8 17 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (0.64%) Metadata
9 16 (0.64%) MongoDB
9 16 (0.64%) Relational Database
10 14 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (0.56%) OLTP
11 13 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (0.52%) DB2
12 12 (0.48%) Redis
13 11 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (0.44%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 65 (2.60%) Git
2 57 (2.28%) JIRA
3 38 (1.52%) Selenium
4 31 (1.24%) WebDriver
5 26 (1.04%) Balsamiq
5 26 (1.04%) Postman
6 24 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
7 23 (0.92%) Axure RP
7 23 (0.92%) SoapUI
8 16 (0.64%) GitLab
8 16 (0.64%) Jenkins
9 11 (0.44%) MLflow
10 7 (0.28%) Burp Suite
10 7 (0.28%) Metasploit
11 6 (0.24%) Babel
11 6 (0.24%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.24%) SpecFlow
11 6 (0.24%) webpack
12 4 (0.16%) ER Studio
12 4 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 818 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 621 (24.88%) Analytical Skills
3 372 (14.90%) Finance
4 306 (12.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 193 (7.73%) Public Sector
6 152 (6.09%) Law
7 142 (5.69%) Marketing
8 127 (5.09%) Retail
9 125 (5.01%) French Language
10 91 (3.65%) Swedish Language
11 75 (3.00%) Banking
12 70 (2.80%) Back Office
13 65 (2.60%) Legal
14 52 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
15 51 (2.04%) Telecoms
16 41 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
17 38 (1.52%) Manufacturing
18 36 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
19 31 (1.24%) Electronics
20 27 (1.08%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 850 (34.05%) Trainer
2 327 (13.10%) Analyst
3 258 (10.34%) Senior
4 185 (7.41%) Developer
5 124 (4.97%) Service Analyst
5 124 (4.97%) Service Desk Analyst
6 106 (4.25%) Support Engineer
7 102 (4.09%) Content Editor
8 75 (3.00%) Research Scientist
8 75 (3.00%) Support Specialist
9 73 (2.92%) Customer Support Specialist
10 66 (2.64%) Architect
10 66 (2.64%) Lead
11 62 (2.48%) Desktop Support
12 60 (2.40%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (2.40%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 59 (2.36%) Business Analyst
14 57 (2.28%) Senior Developer
15 56 (2.24%) Site Engineer
16 54 (2.16%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (4.77%) .NET
2 92 (3.69%) HTML
3 70 (2.80%) CSS
4 59 (2.36%) React
4 59 (2.36%) SOAP
5 47 (1.88%) RESTful
6 46 (1.84%) REST
7 29 (1.16%) Kafka
8 27 (1.08%) .NET Framework
8 27 (1.08%) Node.js
9 25 (1.00%) Entity Framework
10 23 (0.92%) Middleware
11 22 (0.88%) TensorFlow
12 21 (0.84%) OAuth
12 21 (0.84%) PyTorch
13 20 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
13 20 (0.80%) Visualforce
14 19 (0.76%) HTML5 Canvas
15 18 (0.72%) XML
16 17 (0.68%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 107 (4.29%) Blog
2 94 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
3 91 (3.65%) Product Ownership
4 89 (3.57%) Molecular Biology
5 85 (3.41%) Management Information System
6 64 (2.56%) Cloud Native
7 60 (2.40%) Onboarding
8 53 (2.12%) Driving Licence
9 43 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (1.68%) Algorithms
11 37 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
12 35 (1.40%) Social Media
13 34 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
14 32 (1.28%) Data Structures
15 24 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
16 22 (0.88%) Security Posture
17 18 (0.72%) Data Centre
18 17 (0.68%) PMI
19 16 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
20 15 (0.60%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 157 (6.29%) Windows
2 85 (3.41%) Linux
3 69 (2.76%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.00%) Windows Server
5 24 (0.96%) Unix
6 23 (0.92%) Android
7 13 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.32%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.12%) Debian
11 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.080%) CentOS
12 2 (0.080%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.040%) AIX
13 1 (0.040%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,130 (45.27%) AI
2 857 (34.33%) Conversational UI
3 456 (18.27%) Computer Science
4 392 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
5 388 (15.54%) Customer Service
6 344 (13.78%) Agile
7 326 (13.06%) Chemistry
8 305 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 291 (11.66%) ITIL
10 234 (9.38%) Analytics
11 195 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
12 183 (7.33%) Mentoring
13 175 (7.01%) DevOps
14 170 (6.81%) Mathematics
15 163 (6.53%) Decision-Making
16 154 (6.17%) CI/CD
17 153 (6.13%) Project Management
18 147 (5.89%) Software Engineering
19 145 (5.81%) CRM
20 141 (5.65%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 271 (10.86%) Python
2 232 (9.29%) SQL
3 154 (6.17%) C#
4 153 (6.13%) Java
5 126 (5.05%) JavaScript
6 74 (2.96%) TypeScript
7 70 (2.80%) C++
8 44 (1.76%) Go
9 42 (1.68%) PowerShell
10 35 (1.40%) Bash
11 28 (1.12%) C
12 26 (1.04%) PHP
13 21 (0.84%) PL/SQL
14 20 (0.80%) Apex Code
15 19 (0.76%) Rust
16 18 (0.72%) R
17 15 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 12 (0.48%) Kotlin
18 12 (0.48%) T-SQL
19 11 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 611 (24.48%) Master's Degree
2 514 (20.59%) PhD
3 325 (13.02%) Security Cleared
4 300 (12.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 293 (11.74%) SC Cleared
6 208 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 175 (7.01%) AWS Certification
8 135 (5.41%) MCSE
9 60 (2.40%) CTC Cleared
10 52 (2.08%) CISSP
11 50 (2.00%) PMP
12 47 (1.88%) Azure Certification
13 46 (1.84%) ACCA
14 45 (1.80%) CIMA
15 42 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
15 42 (1.68%) PMI Certification
16 37 (1.48%) DBS Check
17 36 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
18 33 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 32 (1.28%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (6.85%) QA
2 82 (3.29%) SLA
3 78 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 66 (2.64%) GDPR
5 63 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (1.92%) NIST
7 47 (1.88%) Data Quality
8 30 (1.20%) WCAG
9 21 (0.84%) GRC
10 15 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.56%) ISO 9001
12 13 (0.52%) PMO
13 12 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.36%) IFRS
14 9 (0.36%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.36%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.20%) ARP4761
17 3 (0.12%) COBIT
17 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 72 (2.88%) Docker
2 71 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.32%) Firmware
5 7 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.080%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.040%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.040%) iptables
8 1 (0.040%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.040%) vSphere
8 1 (0.040%) Xen
Systems Management
1 69 (2.76%) Kubernetes
2 42 (1.68%) Terraform
3 36 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 32 (1.28%) Ansible
5 23 (0.92%) Grafana
6 22 (0.88%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.44%) Autotask
8 8 (0.32%) SCCM
9 7 (0.28%) Nmap
10 5 (0.20%) FTK
11 3 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.080%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.080%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.040%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.040%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.040%) CASB
13 1 (0.040%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.040%) Kibana
13 1 (0.040%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.040%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 843 (33.77%) PayPal
2 462 (18.51%) Microsoft
3 143 (5.73%) ServiceNow
4 108 (4.33%) Cisco
5 80 (3.21%) Salesforce
6 59 (2.36%) Google
7 58 (2.32%) Adobe
8 47 (1.88%) Oracle
9 30 (1.20%) SAP
10 23 (0.92%) Databricks
11 20 (0.80%) MuleSoft
12 17 (0.68%) HubSpot
12 17 (0.68%) Red Hat
13 16 (0.64%) IBM
14 15 (0.60%) Sage
15 14 (0.56%) Zoho
16 12 (0.48%) Citrix
17 11 (0.44%) VMware
18 9 (0.36%) Palantir
19 8 (0.32%) Veeam