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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,673 3,395 3,187
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.51% 20.47% 12.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.29% 60.59% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,089 1,199 1,861
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,313 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £54,793 £53,818
% change year-on-year -4.18% +1.81% -10.30%

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 4,610 5,603 6,688
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.71% 33.78% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,055 2,495 3,944
10th Percentile £33,290 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,743 £41,250 £42,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 2 August 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 78 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.08%) Confluence
4 13 (0.78%) WordPress
5 12 (0.72%) CMS
5 12 (0.72%) IIS
6 11 (0.66%) Apache
6 11 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.60%) SAS
8 9 (0.54%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.24%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.24%) PowerFactory
10 3 (0.18%) Artix
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.060%) Drupal
12 1 (0.060%) Resin
12 1 (0.060%) Umbraco
Applications
1 235 (14.05%) Microsoft Office
2 102 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 102 (6.10%) Microsoft Project
3 37 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 14 (0.84%) Simulink
5 13 (0.78%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.60%) CorelDRAW
7 8 (0.48%) Adobe XD
7 8 (0.48%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.42%) Revit
8 7 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
9 5 (0.30%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.30%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.24%) FrameMaker
10 4 (0.24%) Trello
10 4 (0.24%) Windchill
11 3 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 12 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.36%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.24%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.12%) Shopify
6 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.060%) HFM
7 1 (0.060%) Primavera
7 1 (0.060%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.060%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.060%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.060%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.060%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 345 (20.62%) Azure
2 303 (18.11%) AWS
3 193 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
4 111 (6.63%) GCP
4 111 (6.63%) Power Platform
5 96 (5.74%) SaaS
6 63 (3.77%) Entra ID
7 33 (1.97%) Google Analytics
8 32 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (1.91%) GitHub
9 31 (1.85%) PowerApps
10 29 (1.73%) Power Automate
11 19 (1.14%) Figma
12 17 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
12 17 (1.02%) Snowflake
13 15 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (0.84%) PaaS
15 13 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.78%) Smartsheet
16 12 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.77%) Firewall
2 41 (2.45%) Network Security
3 35 (2.09%) TCP/IP
3 35 (2.09%) VPN
4 26 (1.55%) DNS
5 22 (1.32%) DHCP
6 20 (1.20%) LAN
6 20 (1.20%) WAN
7 17 (1.02%) Wireless
8 16 (0.96%) Unified Communications
9 13 (0.78%) Broadband
9 13 (0.78%) Internet
10 9 (0.54%) HTTP
10 9 (0.54%) MPLS
11 8 (0.48%) LTE
12 7 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.42%) Kerberos
12 7 (0.42%) VLAN
12 7 (0.42%) VoIP
12 7 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (6.99%) SQL Server
2 97 (5.80%) Power BI
3 44 (2.63%) MySQL
4 38 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
5 32 (1.91%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.73%) Metadata
7 22 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.02%) Redis
9 16 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (0.84%) Tableau
11 12 (0.72%) MongoDB
11 12 (0.72%) OLTP
11 12 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (0.60%) Data Lake
12 10 (0.60%) NoSQL
13 9 (0.54%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.48%) Big Data
15 6 (0.36%) Delta Lake
16 5 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (0.30%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 81 (4.84%) Git
2 62 (3.71%) JIRA
3 13 (0.78%) LabVIEW
4 12 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
5 11 (0.66%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.66%) Visual Studio
6 10 (0.60%) GitLab
7 9 (0.54%) Balsamiq
8 8 (0.48%) Axure RP
8 8 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
9 6 (0.36%) Selenium
10 5 (0.30%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.24%) Postman
11 4 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
11 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.24%) Subversion
12 3 (0.18%) JUnit
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.18%) Snyk
12 3 (0.18%) Storybook
General
1 762 (45.55%) Social Skills
2 383 (22.89%) Finance
3 329 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
4 305 (18.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 212 (12.67%) Public Sector
6 200 (11.95%) Law
7 106 (6.34%) Marketing
8 104 (6.22%) Organisational Skills
9 90 (5.38%) Electronics
10 74 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
11 72 (4.30%) Legal
12 63 (3.77%) Manufacturing
13 58 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
14 56 (3.35%) Retail
15 52 (3.11%) Aerospace
15 52 (3.11%) Banking
16 48 (2.87%) Swedish Language
17 44 (2.63%) French Language
18 43 (2.57%) Telecoms
19 25 (1.49%) Games
Job Titles
1 335 (20.02%) Senior
2 293 (17.51%) Analyst
3 199 (11.89%) Developer
4 113 (6.75%) Architect
5 106 (6.34%) Graduate
6 104 (6.22%) Lead
6 104 (6.22%) Senior Manager
7 98 (5.86%) Project Manager
8 86 (5.14%) Service Analyst
9 80 (4.78%) Service Desk Analyst
10 77 (4.60%) Software Developer
11 74 (4.42%) Software Engineer
12 72 (4.30%) Senior Project Manager
13 70 (4.18%) Business Analyst
14 69 (4.12%) Consultant
15 61 (3.65%) Graduate Developer
16 58 (3.47%) Systems Engineer
17 57 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
18 54 (3.23%) Support Engineer
19 52 (3.11%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (4.54%) CSS
2 73 (4.36%) .NET
3 66 (3.95%) HTML
4 61 (3.65%) React
5 42 (2.51%) jQuery
6 37 (2.21%) Node.js
7 35 (2.09%) RESTful
7 35 (2.09%) Vue
8 33 (1.97%) REST
8 33 (1.97%) XML
9 24 (1.43%) SOAP
10 22 (1.32%) .NET Core
11 21 (1.26%) ASP.NET
12 20 (1.20%) AngularJS
13 15 (0.90%) JSON
13 15 (0.90%) LDAP
13 15 (0.90%) PyTorch
14 14 (0.84%) .NET Framework
14 14 (0.84%) Entity Framework
14 14 (0.84%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.63%) Management Information System
2 100 (5.98%) Product Ownership
3 95 (5.68%) Cloud Native
4 82 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.57%) Algorithms
7 40 (2.39%) Driving Licence
8 33 (1.97%) Security Posture
9 29 (1.73%) Virtual Team
10 28 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.43%) Data Structures
11 24 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
13 22 (1.32%) FPGA
13 22 (1.32%) IoT
14 21 (1.26%) Cyberattack
15 19 (1.14%) Client/Server
15 19 (1.14%) Data Centre
16 18 (1.08%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 105 (6.28%) Linux
2 102 (6.10%) Windows
3 53 (3.17%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.66%) Embedded Linux
4 11 (0.66%) Unix
5 9 (0.54%) Android
6 8 (0.48%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.36%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.30%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.060%) AIX
11 1 (0.060%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 483 (28.87%) Agile
2 460 (27.50%) Computer Science
3 404 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
4 274 (16.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 255 (15.24%) Mentoring
6 224 (13.39%) AI
7 216 (12.91%) Project Management
8 215 (12.85%) ITIL
9 202 (12.07%) Project Delivery
10 185 (11.06%) Software Engineering
11 181 (10.82%) Coaching
11 181 (10.82%) Decision-Making
12 177 (10.58%) Customer Service
13 169 (10.10%) Technology Strategy
14 155 (9.26%) CI/CD
14 155 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
14 155 (9.26%) DevOps
15 154 (9.21%) Analytics
15 154 (9.21%) Stakeholder Management
16 142 (8.49%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 251 (15.00%) SQL
2 235 (14.05%) Python
3 155 (9.26%) C#
4 113 (6.75%) JavaScript
5 97 (5.80%) Java
6 76 (4.54%) C++
7 60 (3.59%) PHP
7 60 (3.59%) TypeScript
8 56 (3.35%) PowerShell
9 36 (2.15%) C
10 24 (1.43%) Rust
11 22 (1.32%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.26%) Go
13 19 (1.14%) PL/SQL
14 17 (1.02%) R
15 16 (0.96%) Bash
16 14 (0.84%) Bicep
17 13 (0.78%) Apex Code
18 10 (0.60%) VBA
19 9 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 317 (18.95%) Computer Science Degree
2 295 (17.63%) Security Cleared
3 243 (14.52%) SC Cleared
4 122 (7.29%) Master's Degree
5 121 (7.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 95 (5.68%) AWS Certification
7 78 (4.66%) MCSE
8 74 (4.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 71 (4.24%) DV Cleared
10 63 (3.77%) CISSP
11 58 (3.47%) PhD
12 52 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
13 46 (2.75%) HNC
14 45 (2.69%) Azure Certification
15 43 (2.57%) CISM
15 43 (2.57%) DBS Check
16 38 (2.27%) HND
17 33 (1.97%) PMI Certification
18 32 (1.91%) PMP
19 29 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (8.01%) QA
2 91 (5.44%) Accessibility
3 70 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 69 (4.12%) NIST
5 57 (3.41%) Data Quality
6 40 (2.39%) GDPR
7 33 (1.97%) SLA
8 27 (1.61%) PMO
9 24 (1.43%) GRC
10 20 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.96%) NCSC
12 15 (0.90%) WCAG
13 14 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (0.78%) PCI DSS
15 12 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 9 (0.54%) ISO 9001
16 9 (0.54%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.42%) SOC 2
18 5 (0.30%) IFRS
System Software
1 77 (4.60%) Active Directory
2 57 (3.41%) Docker
3 31 (1.85%) Firmware
4 24 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.54%) vSphere
7 6 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.060%) Xen
Systems Management
1 61 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.99%) Terraform
3 39 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (1.43%) Ansible
5 9 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.36%) Autotask
6 6 (0.36%) Grafana
6 6 (0.36%) Packer
6 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.30%) QRadar
8 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.18%) Argo
9 3 (0.18%) Plesk
9 3 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.12%) FTK
10 2 (0.12%) OpenView
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.060%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.060%) CASB
Vendors
1 411 (24.57%) Microsoft
2 106 (6.34%) ServiceNow
3 51 (3.05%) Google
4 46 (2.75%) Salesforce
5 43 (2.57%) Cisco
6 41 (2.45%) SAP
7 37 (2.21%) Oracle
8 27 (1.61%) Adobe
8 27 (1.61%) Databricks
9 25 (1.49%) VMware
10 19 (1.14%) HubSpot
11 16 (0.96%) EMC
12 14 (0.84%) Meraki
12 14 (0.84%) Splunk
13 13 (0.78%) Citrix
13 13 (0.78%) IBM
14 11 (0.66%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.60%) Xilinx
16 9 (0.54%) Sage
16 9 (0.54%) Siemens