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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 13 13
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,947 2,291 2,563
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.32% 13.28% 13.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.10% 47.90% 46.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,110 1,190 1,766
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £33,875
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £44,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.56% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,875 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,655 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.94% -3.91% +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 5,072 4,783 5,540
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.25% 27.72% 28.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,462 2,505 4,053
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £46,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,781
90th Percentile £94,875 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,272 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.21% +3.08% -

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 22 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 60 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.71%) Confluence
4 16 (0.54%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.54%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
5 12 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.31%) IIS
8 8 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.24%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.17%) SAS
10 5 (0.17%) WordPress
11 4 (0.14%) CMS
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.068%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.034%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,262 (42.82%) Chatbot
2 247 (8.38%) Microsoft Office
3 143 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 47 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 35 (1.19%) Adobe XD
6 22 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 17 (0.58%) MS Visio
8 16 (0.54%) InDesign
9 8 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
9 8 (0.27%) Photoshop
10 7 (0.24%) Sketch
11 5 (0.17%) Simulink
12 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.14%) Trello
13 2 (0.068%) OrCAD
13 2 (0.068%) Revit
13 2 (0.068%) Spreadsheet
14 1 (0.034%) MicroStation
14 1 (0.034%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 28 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.10%) Primavera
8 3 (0.10%) ResourceLink
9 2 (0.068%) Endur
9 2 (0.068%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.068%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.068%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.068%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.034%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.034%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.034%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 387 (13.13%) Azure
2 335 (11.37%) AWS
3 256 (8.69%) Microsoft 365
4 133 (4.51%) Power Platform
5 100 (3.39%) SaaS
6 87 (2.95%) GCP
7 67 (2.27%) GitHub
8 65 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
9 56 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
10 49 (1.66%) Serverless
11 47 (1.59%) Figma
12 44 (1.49%) Entra ID
13 35 (1.19%) Power Automate
14 30 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (0.98%) PowerApps
16 26 (0.88%) PaaS
17 22 (0.75%) Miro
18 20 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
19 17 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
20 14 (0.48%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 44 (1.49%) VPN
2 36 (1.22%) Firewall
3 34 (1.15%) WAN
4 29 (0.98%) LAN
5 26 (0.88%) SSL
6 24 (0.81%) Unified Communications
7 22 (0.75%) TCP/IP
8 20 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (0.58%) DNS
9 17 (0.58%) SD-WAN
10 16 (0.54%) VLAN
11 15 (0.51%) VoIP
12 14 (0.48%) DHCP
13 13 (0.44%) Network Security
14 9 (0.31%) Internet
15 8 (0.27%) Wireshark
16 7 (0.24%) Wireless
17 6 (0.20%) Ethernet
17 6 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
17 6 (0.20%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (4.38%) SQL Server
2 100 (3.39%) Power BI
3 48 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (1.53%) MySQL
5 42 (1.43%) Tableau
6 28 (0.95%) NoSQL
7 19 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (0.61%) GIS
9 17 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.54%) DB2
10 16 (0.54%) MongoDB
11 15 (0.51%) Relational Database
12 13 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.44%) BigQuery
13 12 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.41%) Metadata
14 11 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (0.27%) Redis
16 7 (0.24%) Big Data
16 7 (0.24%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 64 (2.17%) JIRA
2 55 (1.87%) Git
3 44 (1.49%) Selenium
4 35 (1.19%) WebDriver
5 28 (0.95%) Postman
6 27 (0.92%) Balsamiq
6 27 (0.92%) SoapUI
6 27 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (0.81%) Axure RP
8 15 (0.51%) GitLab
9 14 (0.48%) Jenkins
10 10 (0.34%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.20%) Babel
11 6 (0.20%) ER Studio
11 6 (0.20%) Maven
11 6 (0.20%) webpack
12 5 (0.17%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.14%) Metasploit
13 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
13 4 (0.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 813 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 742 (25.18%) Analytical Skills
3 413 (14.01%) Finance
4 335 (11.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 185 (6.28%) Public Sector
6 157 (5.33%) Marketing
7 136 (4.61%) Law
8 117 (3.97%) Retail
9 111 (3.77%) French Language
10 95 (3.22%) Swedish Language
11 73 (2.48%) Legal
12 69 (2.34%) Telecoms
13 65 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
14 62 (2.10%) Banking
15 60 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
16 45 (1.53%) Back Office
17 38 (1.29%) Local Government
17 38 (1.29%) Manufacturing
18 32 (1.09%) Aerospace
19 31 (1.05%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,258 (42.69%) Trainer
2 279 (9.47%) Analyst
3 234 (7.94%) Senior
4 190 (6.45%) Developer
5 155 (5.26%) Content Editor
6 105 (3.56%) Service Analyst
6 105 (3.56%) Service Desk Analyst
7 104 (3.53%) Support Specialist
8 97 (3.29%) Customer Support Specialist
9 86 (2.92%) Lead
10 83 (2.82%) Architect
10 83 (2.82%) Research Scientist
11 81 (2.75%) Support Engineer
12 57 (1.93%) Microsoft Specialist
13 53 (1.80%) Software Engineer
14 49 (1.66%) Designer
15 47 (1.59%) Business Analyst
16 45 (1.53%) Consultant
17 43 (1.46%) Graduate
17 43 (1.46%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (4.61%) .NET
2 90 (3.05%) CSS
3 89 (3.02%) HTML
4 64 (2.17%) React
5 45 (1.53%) SOAP
6 43 (1.46%) RESTful
7 38 (1.29%) ASP.NET
7 38 (1.29%) REST
8 33 (1.12%) jQuery
9 31 (1.05%) .NET Framework
9 31 (1.05%) Node.js
10 26 (0.88%) Entity Framework
11 25 (0.85%) Kafka
12 20 (0.68%) XML
13 19 (0.64%) LDAP
14 18 (0.61%) OAuth
15 17 (0.58%) gRPC
16 16 (0.54%) ASP.NET Web API
16 16 (0.54%) LAPP Stack
16 16 (0.54%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 112 (3.80%) Management Information System
2 105 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
3 103 (3.50%) Molecular Biology
4 98 (3.33%) Blog
5 62 (2.10%) Onboarding
6 55 (1.87%) Driving Licence
7 52 (1.76%) Product Ownership
8 46 (1.56%) Data Centre
9 44 (1.49%) Algorithms
10 42 (1.43%) Cloud Native
11 41 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 35 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
13 29 (0.98%) Social Media
14 27 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
15 26 (0.88%) e-Learning
16 22 (0.75%) Data Structures
16 22 (0.75%) NHS
17 21 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
17 21 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
17 21 (0.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 138 (4.68%) Windows
2 94 (3.19%) Linux
3 43 (1.46%) Windows 10
4 38 (1.29%) Unix
5 23 (0.78%) Android
5 23 (0.78%) Windows Server
6 18 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (0.54%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.48%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.17%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.068%) Debian
12 1 (0.034%) CentOS
12 1 (0.034%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.034%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.034%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,571 (53.31%) AI
2 1,275 (43.26%) Conversational UI
3 490 (16.63%) Computer Science
4 458 (15.54%) Chemistry
5 422 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
6 379 (12.86%) Customer Service
7 363 (12.32%) Agile
8 257 (8.72%) ITIL
9 235 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 208 (7.06%) Cybersecurity
11 207 (7.02%) Mathematics
12 204 (6.92%) Content Writing
13 201 (6.82%) Analytics
14 191 (6.48%) Project Management
15 184 (6.24%) Mentoring
16 174 (5.90%) DevOps
17 168 (5.70%) Physics
18 159 (5.40%) Decision-Making
19 146 (4.95%) Software Engineering
20 137 (4.65%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 232 (7.87%) Python
2 231 (7.84%) SQL
3 176 (5.97%) C#
4 159 (5.40%) Java
5 114 (3.87%) JavaScript
6 78 (2.65%) C++
7 73 (2.48%) TypeScript
8 42 (1.43%) C
9 40 (1.36%) PHP
10 36 (1.22%) PowerShell
11 31 (1.05%) Go
12 24 (0.81%) Bash
13 15 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 14 (0.48%) R
15 12 (0.41%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.41%) T-SQL
16 11 (0.37%) MATLAB
16 11 (0.37%) PL/SQL
17 10 (0.34%) VBA
18 9 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 822 (27.89%) Master's Degree
2 716 (24.30%) PhD
3 328 (11.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 282 (9.57%) Security Cleared
5 252 (8.55%) SC Cleared
6 185 (6.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 168 (5.70%) AWS Certification
8 119 (4.04%) MCSE
9 53 (1.80%) Azure Certification
9 53 (1.80%) PMP
10 46 (1.56%) DBS Check
11 44 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
12 42 (1.43%) CISSP
13 41 (1.39%) DV Cleared
14 39 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 39 (1.32%) CISM
15 36 (1.22%) ACCA
15 36 (1.22%) PMI Certification
16 35 (1.19%) CIMA
16 35 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (6.18%) QA
2 83 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 78 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 58 (1.97%) GDPR
5 51 (1.73%) SLA
6 45 (1.53%) NIST
7 35 (1.19%) ISO 9001
8 33 (1.12%) WCAG
9 32 (1.09%) Data Quality
10 23 (0.78%) PMO
11 18 (0.61%) GRC
12 13 (0.44%) SOC 2
13 9 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 8 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.27%) IFRS
15 7 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.20%) ITGC
16 6 (0.20%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.20%) SOC 1
System Software
1 71 (2.41%) Active Directory
2 49 (1.66%) Docker
3 20 (0.68%) Firmware
4 13 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.17%) vSphere
7 4 (0.14%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.10%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.068%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.034%) iptables
10 1 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 62 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 40 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (1.02%) Ansible
4 27 (0.92%) Terraform
5 14 (0.48%) Grafana
6 13 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.20%) Autotask
8 6 (0.20%) RSA Archer
9 4 (0.14%) Nmap
10 3 (0.10%) Argo
10 3 (0.10%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.068%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.068%) Puppet
12 1 (0.034%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.034%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.034%) Ganglia
12 1 (0.034%) Kibana
12 1 (0.034%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.034%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1,258 (42.69%) PayPal
2 507 (17.20%) Microsoft
3 134 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 82 (2.78%) Adobe
5 75 (2.54%) Cisco
6 59 (2.00%) Salesforce
7 49 (1.66%) Google
8 33 (1.12%) SAP
9 30 (1.02%) Oracle
10 29 (0.98%) Apple
11 26 (0.88%) Palo Alto
12 23 (0.78%) Red Hat
13 21 (0.71%) IBM
14 18 (0.61%) Databricks
15 15 (0.51%) VMware
16 14 (0.48%) Sage
16 14 (0.48%) Zoho
17 12 (0.41%) Workday
18 11 (0.37%) MuleSoft
18 11 (0.37%) NEC