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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 13 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,630 1,940 4,036
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.58% 15.05% 12.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.52% 52.16% 48.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,074 1,324 2,826
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,284
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £54,647 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.96% +9.52% -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 4,125 3,719 8,241
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.25% 28.85% 26.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,743 2,475 5,950
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,560 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.10% +4.65% -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 6 April 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 59 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.61%) Confluence
5 10 (0.61%) SAS
6 9 (0.55%) CMS
6 9 (0.55%) WordPress
7 6 (0.37%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.31%) Apache
8 5 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
9 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.25%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.25%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.25%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.25%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.061%) Drupal
Applications
1 218 (13.37%) Microsoft Office
2 122 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (2.15%) Chatbot
5 29 (1.78%) Adobe XD
6 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 11 (0.67%) MS Visio
9 9 (0.55%) InDesign
10 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
12 5 (0.31%) AutoCAD
13 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
13 3 (0.18%) Sketch
13 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
14 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
14 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
14 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
14 2 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.23%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.12%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.061%) Endur
8 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.061%) Primavera
8 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 352 (21.60%) Azure
2 337 (20.67%) AWS
3 237 (14.54%) Microsoft 365
4 127 (7.79%) Power Platform
5 126 (7.73%) GCP
6 100 (6.13%) SaaS
7 74 (4.54%) Entra ID
8 52 (3.19%) GitHub
9 47 (2.88%) Serverless
10 43 (2.64%) Figma
11 32 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
12 31 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
13 25 (1.53%) PowerApps
14 23 (1.41%) Power Automate
15 19 (1.17%) Google Analytics
15 19 (1.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 19 (1.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 18 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.45%) Firewall
2 20 (1.23%) DNS
2 20 (1.23%) WAN
3 19 (1.17%) Network Security
4 16 (0.98%) VPN
5 15 (0.92%) DHCP
6 14 (0.86%) Unified Communications
7 13 (0.80%) TCP/IP
8 12 (0.74%) SSL
8 12 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.67%) Internet
10 10 (0.61%) Broadband
10 10 (0.61%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.55%) LAN
11 9 (0.55%) MPLS
12 8 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.43%) BGP
14 6 (0.37%) LTE
14 6 (0.37%) VoIP
14 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (6.44%) Power BI
2 96 (5.89%) SQL Server
3 47 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
4 37 (2.27%) MySQL
5 36 (2.21%) Tableau
6 26 (1.60%) BigQuery
7 25 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (1.41%) NoSQL
9 22 (1.35%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.10%) Metadata
11 16 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (0.92%) OLTP
12 15 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.74%) MongoDB
14 12 (0.74%) Redis
15 10 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 75 (4.60%) Git
2 57 (3.50%) JIRA
3 32 (1.96%) Selenium
4 26 (1.60%) Balsamiq
5 24 (1.47%) WebDriver
6 23 (1.41%) Axure RP
7 22 (1.35%) Postman
8 20 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 19 (1.17%) SoapUI
10 17 (1.04%) Jenkins
11 13 (0.80%) GitLab
12 11 (0.67%) MLflow
13 7 (0.43%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.43%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.37%) Babel
14 6 (0.37%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.37%) webpack
15 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
16 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
16 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 762 (46.75%) Social Skills
2 396 (24.29%) Finance
3 311 (19.08%) Analytical Skills
4 300 (18.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 213 (13.07%) Public Sector
6 169 (10.37%) Law
7 150 (9.20%) Marketing
8 89 (5.46%) Retail
9 88 (5.40%) French Language
10 78 (4.79%) Banking
11 73 (4.48%) Legal
12 72 (4.42%) Back Office
13 57 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
14 55 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (2.82%) Manufacturing
15 46 (2.82%) Telecoms
16 42 (2.58%) Swedish Language
17 36 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
18 31 (1.90%) Electronics
19 24 (1.47%) Billing
Job Titles
1 279 (17.12%) Analyst
2 253 (15.52%) Senior
3 190 (11.66%) Developer
4 108 (6.63%) Support Engineer
5 83 (5.09%) Service Analyst
5 83 (5.09%) Service Desk Analyst
6 78 (4.79%) Architect
7 64 (3.93%) Lead
8 62 (3.80%) Desktop Support
9 60 (3.68%) Business Analyst
9 60 (3.68%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (3.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 57 (3.50%) Graduate
11 56 (3.44%) Site Engineer
12 55 (3.37%) Consultant
13 53 (3.25%) Software Engineer
14 52 (3.19%) Senior Developer
15 42 (2.58%) SQL Developer
16 39 (2.39%) Software Developer
17 38 (2.33%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (6.07%) .NET
2 89 (5.46%) HTML
3 80 (4.91%) CSS
4 60 (3.68%) React
5 59 (3.62%) SOAP
6 56 (3.44%) REST
7 51 (3.13%) RESTful
8 32 (1.96%) Node.js
9 29 (1.78%) jQuery
10 28 (1.72%) Kafka
11 27 (1.66%) PyTorch
12 24 (1.47%) Middleware
12 24 (1.47%) OAuth
12 24 (1.47%) TensorFlow
13 23 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
13 23 (1.41%) Visualforce
14 22 (1.35%) XML
15 19 (1.17%) Vue
16 18 (1.10%) Django
17 17 (1.04%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.56%) Blog
2 104 (6.38%) Product Ownership
3 92 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
4 85 (5.21%) Management Information System
5 79 (4.85%) Cloud Native
6 67 (4.11%) Onboarding
7 46 (2.82%) Driving Licence
8 41 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
9 35 (2.15%) Data Structures
10 32 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
11 30 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (1.84%) Social Media
12 28 (1.72%) Algorithms
12 28 (1.72%) Security Posture
13 22 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (1.29%) Data Centre
15 18 (1.10%) Virtual Team
16 17 (1.04%) PMI
17 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
18 15 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 154 (9.45%) Windows
2 103 (6.32%) Linux
3 67 (4.11%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.53%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.29%) Android
6 19 (1.17%) Unix
7 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.18%) Debian
10 3 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.061%) AIX
12 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.061%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (27.06%) Computer Science
2 376 (23.07%) Problem-Solving
3 343 (21.04%) Agile
4 303 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 284 (17.42%) AI
6 278 (17.06%) Customer Service
7 240 (14.72%) ITIL
8 232 (14.23%) Analytics
9 197 (12.09%) Mentoring
10 183 (11.23%) Cybersecurity
11 179 (10.98%) DevOps
12 169 (10.37%) Decision-Making
13 168 (10.31%) CI/CD
14 155 (9.51%) Project Management
15 152 (9.33%) Software Engineering
16 136 (8.34%) Stakeholder Management
17 135 (8.28%) Business Intelligence
18 126 (7.73%) Customer Experience
19 118 (7.24%) Roadmaps
20 115 (7.06%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 263 (16.13%) Python
2 253 (15.52%) SQL
3 150 (9.20%) C#
4 145 (8.90%) Java
5 112 (6.87%) JavaScript
6 73 (4.48%) C++
7 70 (4.29%) TypeScript
8 49 (3.01%) Go
8 49 (3.01%) PowerShell
9 44 (2.70%) PHP
10 36 (2.21%) Bash
11 24 (1.47%) Rust
12 23 (1.41%) Apex Code
12 23 (1.41%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.17%) C
14 18 (1.10%) R
15 14 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.74%) Bicep
16 12 (0.74%) Scala
16 12 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 311 (19.08%) Security Cleared
2 297 (18.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 277 (16.99%) SC Cleared
4 152 (9.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 146 (8.96%) Master's Degree
6 115 (7.06%) AWS Certification
7 92 (5.64%) MCSE
8 64 (3.93%) PhD
9 60 (3.68%) CTC Cleared
10 51 (3.13%) PMP
11 50 (3.07%) CISSP
12 46 (2.82%) ACCA
13 44 (2.70%) CIMA
13 44 (2.70%) PMI Certification
14 38 (2.33%) Azure Certification
15 32 (1.96%) DV Cleared
16 31 (1.90%) DBS Check
17 29 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
18 26 (1.60%) HNC
18 26 (1.60%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (7.42%) QA
2 84 (5.15%) Accessibility
3 80 (4.91%) SLA
4 69 (4.23%) GDPR
5 55 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 54 (3.31%) Data Quality
7 51 (3.13%) NIST
8 28 (1.72%) WCAG
9 27 (1.66%) GRC
10 20 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.86%) PMO
12 13 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.67%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.55%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.43%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.37%) IFRS
17 4 (0.25%) ISO 26262
17 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.18%) GAAP
System Software
1 79 (4.85%) Docker
2 70 (4.29%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.37%) vSphere
5 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.18%) Firmware
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.061%) iptables
8 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (4.66%) Kubernetes
2 55 (3.37%) Terraform
3 38 (2.33%) Ansible
4 25 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.35%) Grafana
6 21 (1.29%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 7 (0.43%) Nmap
9 6 (0.37%) Autotask
10 5 (0.31%) FTK
11 4 (0.25%) Packer
11 4 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.18%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.12%) Argo
13 2 (0.12%) OpenView
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
14 1 (0.061%) EMC NetWorker
14 1 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 364 (22.33%) Microsoft
2 110 (6.75%) Cisco
3 108 (6.63%) ServiceNow
4 75 (4.60%) Salesforce
5 53 (3.25%) Adobe
6 51 (3.13%) Google
7 47 (2.88%) Oracle
8 37 (2.27%) SAP
9 30 (1.84%) Databricks
10 28 (1.72%) PayPal
11 20 (1.23%) MuleSoft
11 20 (1.23%) VMware
12 16 (0.98%) HubSpot
13 14 (0.86%) Splunk
14 12 (0.74%) Red Hat
14 12 (0.74%) Sage
15 11 (0.67%) Meraki
16 10 (0.61%) Citrix
16 10 (0.61%) Workday
16 10 (0.61%) Zoho