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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -15 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,587 3,078 4,334
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.23% 20.71% 12.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.38% 61.44% 48.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,010 1,239 2,861
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,280 £38,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 4,246 5,010 8,992
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.02% 33.70% 26.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,901 2,313 5,890
10th Percentile £33,350 £27,336 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 5 June 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 72 (4.54%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.95%) WordPress
5 12 (0.76%) CMS
5 12 (0.76%) Confluence
6 11 (0.69%) SAS
7 6 (0.38%) Apache
8 5 (0.32%) IIS
9 4 (0.25%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.25%) PowerFactory
10 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.19%) Artix
10 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.063%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.063%) Drupal
11 1 (0.063%) Umbraco
Applications
1 255 (16.07%) Microsoft Office
2 92 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 90 (5.67%) Microsoft Project
4 38 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (0.63%) Adobe XD
6 10 (0.63%) AutoCAD
7 7 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.44%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
9 5 (0.32%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.32%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.25%) Revit
10 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.25%) Windchill
11 3 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.19%) FrameMaker
11 3 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
12 2 (0.13%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.13%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 16 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.63%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.25%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.063%) HFM
8 1 (0.063%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.063%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.063%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.063%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.063%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.063%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.063%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.063%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.063%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.063%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 340 (21.42%) Azure
2 281 (17.71%) AWS
3 223 (14.05%) Microsoft 365
4 124 (7.81%) Power Platform
5 102 (6.43%) GCP
6 90 (5.67%) Entra ID
7 88 (5.55%) SaaS
8 33 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (2.02%) GitHub
9 32 (2.02%) Serverless
10 30 (1.89%) PowerApps
11 29 (1.83%) Google Analytics
11 29 (1.83%) Power Automate
12 24 (1.51%) Figma
13 16 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (0.95%) Canva
14 15 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
14 15 (0.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 15 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 14 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.09%) Firewall
2 25 (1.58%) DNS
3 24 (1.51%) Network Security
4 21 (1.32%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.20%) DHCP
5 19 (1.20%) VPN
6 17 (1.07%) WAN
7 12 (0.76%) Internet
8 11 (0.69%) Broadband
9 10 (0.63%) Unified Communications
9 10 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.57%) LAN
11 8 (0.50%) LTE
11 8 (0.50%) MPLS
12 6 (0.38%) BGP
12 6 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.38%) Kerberos
12 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.38%) Wireless
13 5 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (6.49%) SQL Server
2 101 (6.36%) Power BI
3 36 (2.27%) MySQL
4 30 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.58%) Tableau
6 22 (1.39%) Metadata
7 21 (1.32%) Relational Database
8 20 (1.26%) BigQuery
9 17 (1.07%) OLTP
10 15 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (0.76%) Delta Lake
12 12 (0.76%) NoSQL
13 10 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.63%) MongoDB
13 10 (0.63%) Redis
14 9 (0.57%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 71 (4.47%) Git
2 53 (3.34%) JIRA
3 18 (1.13%) Selenium
4 17 (1.07%) Postman
5 16 (1.01%) WebDriver
6 14 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (0.82%) SoapUI
8 10 (0.63%) Axure RP
8 10 (0.63%) Balsamiq
8 10 (0.63%) MLflow
8 10 (0.63%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.57%) Jenkins
10 8 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.38%) GitLab
12 5 (0.32%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
13 4 (0.25%) Storybook
14 3 (0.19%) Babel
14 3 (0.19%) REST Assured
General
1 765 (48.20%) Social Skills
2 372 (23.44%) Finance
3 297 (18.71%) Analytical Skills
4 244 (15.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 189 (11.91%) Public Sector
6 180 (11.34%) Law
7 120 (7.56%) Marketing
8 81 (5.10%) Retail
9 80 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
10 73 (4.60%) Legal
11 64 (4.03%) Back Office
12 63 (3.97%) Banking
12 63 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
13 62 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
14 57 (3.59%) French Language
15 55 (3.47%) Manufacturing
16 50 (3.15%) Electronics
17 26 (1.64%) Telecoms
18 24 (1.51%) Advertising
19 21 (1.32%) Games
Job Titles
1 302 (19.03%) Senior
2 274 (17.27%) Analyst
3 199 (12.54%) Developer
4 97 (6.11%) Architect
5 96 (6.05%) Support Engineer
6 95 (5.99%) Senior Manager
7 91 (5.73%) Graduate
8 88 (5.55%) Project Manager
9 76 (4.79%) Service Analyst
10 74 (4.66%) Lead
11 70 (4.41%) Business Analyst
11 70 (4.41%) Service Desk Analyst
12 67 (4.22%) Senior Project Manager
13 59 (3.72%) Software Developer
14 57 (3.59%) Graduate Developer
15 55 (3.47%) Consultant
16 53 (3.34%) Software Engineer
17 50 (3.15%) Desktop Support
18 49 (3.09%) Graduate Software Developer
18 49 (3.09%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (4.98%) HTML
2 73 (4.60%) .NET
3 67 (4.22%) CSS
4 48 (3.02%) SOAP
5 47 (2.96%) React
6 43 (2.71%) REST
7 38 (2.39%) jQuery
8 36 (2.27%) RESTful
9 31 (1.95%) Node.js
10 26 (1.64%) XML
11 24 (1.51%) PyTorch
12 22 (1.39%) Vue
13 20 (1.26%) Middleware
13 20 (1.26%) TensorFlow
14 19 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
14 19 (1.20%) Visualforce
15 18 (1.13%) OAuth
16 15 (0.95%) JSON
17 13 (0.82%) Django
17 13 (0.82%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.44%) Product Ownership
2 93 (5.86%) Management Information System
3 82 (5.17%) Cloud Native
4 78 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
5 57 (3.59%) Onboarding
6 36 (2.27%) Driving Licence
7 35 (2.21%) Data Structures
8 31 (1.95%) Algorithms
9 28 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.64%) Security Posture
11 24 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.51%) Social Media
12 22 (1.39%) Cyberattack
12 22 (1.39%) Virtual Team
13 20 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
13 20 (1.26%) Data Centre
14 17 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (0.95%) FMCG
15 15 (0.95%) PMI
16 14 (0.88%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 147 (9.26%) Windows
2 101 (6.36%) Linux
3 55 (3.47%) Windows 10
4 45 (2.84%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.76%) Unix
6 11 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 10 (0.63%) Android
8 7 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
10 5 (0.32%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.13%) CentOS
12 2 (0.13%) Debian
12 2 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.063%) AIX
13 1 (0.063%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (27.66%) Agile
2 412 (25.96%) Computer Science
3 350 (22.05%) Problem-Solving
4 310 (19.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 231 (14.56%) ITIL
6 217 (13.67%) Customer Service
7 211 (13.30%) Mentoring
8 202 (12.73%) Project Management
9 189 (11.91%) Analytics
10 176 (11.09%) Coaching
11 171 (10.78%) AI
12 168 (10.59%) Project Delivery
13 164 (10.33%) Decision-Making
14 159 (10.02%) Cybersecurity
15 154 (9.70%) CI/CD
16 153 (9.64%) Customer Experience
16 153 (9.64%) DevOps
17 151 (9.51%) Software Engineering
18 130 (8.19%) Scrum
19 128 (8.07%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 264 (16.64%) SQL
2 228 (14.37%) Python
3 150 (9.45%) C#
4 126 (7.94%) Java
5 97 (6.11%) JavaScript
6 67 (4.22%) C++
7 61 (3.84%) PHP
8 52 (3.28%) PowerShell
9 50 (3.15%) TypeScript
10 31 (1.95%) Go
11 28 (1.76%) Bash
12 27 (1.70%) PL/SQL
13 23 (1.45%) Rust
14 20 (1.26%) Apex Code
15 19 (1.20%) C
16 17 (1.07%) R
17 12 (0.76%) Bicep
18 11 (0.69%) Scala
19 10 (0.63%) T-SQL
20 8 (0.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 281 (17.71%) Computer Science Degree
2 278 (17.52%) Security Cleared
3 242 (15.25%) SC Cleared
4 125 (7.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 110 (6.93%) Master's Degree
6 93 (5.86%) AWS Certification
7 74 (4.66%) MCSE
8 68 (4.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 62 (3.91%) CISSP
10 52 (3.28%) DBS Check
11 50 (3.15%) Azure Certification
12 48 (3.02%) CTC Cleared
13 46 (2.90%) PMI Certification
14 39 (2.46%) PhD
15 38 (2.39%) HNC
16 37 (2.33%) CISM
17 33 (2.08%) PMP
18 31 (1.95%) DV Cleared
19 29 (1.83%) ACCA
20 28 (1.76%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (7.12%) QA
2 71 (4.47%) Accessibility
2 71 (4.47%) SLA
3 59 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 55 (3.47%) NIST
5 51 (3.21%) Data Quality
6 50 (3.15%) GDPR
7 27 (1.70%) GRC
8 21 (1.32%) PMO
9 19 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 18 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 18 (1.13%) WCAG
11 12 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 8 (0.50%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.50%) NCSC
13 8 (0.50%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.38%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.32%) COBIT
16 4 (0.25%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 78 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.47%) Docker
3 24 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.57%) vSphere
5 8 (0.50%) Firmware
6 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 53 (3.34%) Kubernetes
2 47 (2.96%) Terraform
3 33 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (1.70%) Ansible
5 12 (0.76%) Grafana
5 12 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.63%) Autotask
7 8 (0.50%) SCCM
8 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.38%) Packer
10 5 (0.32%) FTK
11 4 (0.25%) Nmap
11 4 (0.25%) QRadar
11 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.19%) Argo
12 3 (0.19%) Plesk
13 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.13%) OpenView
13 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 372 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 97 (6.11%) ServiceNow
3 84 (5.29%) Cisco
4 59 (3.72%) Salesforce
5 52 (3.28%) Oracle
6 48 (3.02%) Google
7 38 (2.39%) SAP
8 34 (2.14%) Adobe
9 33 (2.08%) Databricks
10 25 (1.58%) VMware
11 19 (1.20%) HubSpot
12 14 (0.88%) Meraki
13 13 (0.82%) Citrix
13 13 (0.82%) MuleSoft
13 13 (0.82%) Splunk
14 12 (0.76%) EMC
15 11 (0.69%) Sage
15 11 (0.69%) Workday
16 9 (0.57%) Palantir
16 9 (0.57%) Pardot