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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,857 2,264 2,646
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.92% 13.75% 12.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.01% 48.43% 46.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,090 1,168 1,770
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,293 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,033 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% +1.69% +2.61%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.48% -3.33% +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 5,011 4,675 5,725
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.19% 28.38% 27.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,480 2,395 4,108
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,142
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,754 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +3.69% -0.74%
75th Percentile £78,312 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,550 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 9 January 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 56 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.70%) Confluence
4 16 (0.56%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.56%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.56%) WebSphere Application Server
5 15 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 13 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.28%) IIS
8 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 7 (0.25%) SAS
9 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.14%) WordPress
11 3 (0.11%) CMS
12 2 (0.070%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.035%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,206 (42.21%) Chatbot
2 244 (8.54%) Microsoft Office
3 134 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 45 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 37 (1.30%) Adobe XD
6 21 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 16 (0.56%) InDesign
7 16 (0.56%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.25%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.25%) Sketch
9 5 (0.18%) Simulink
10 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.14%) Trello
11 2 (0.070%) Avid Media Composer
11 2 (0.070%) OrCAD
11 2 (0.070%) Pro Tools
11 2 (0.070%) Revit
12 1 (0.035%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.63%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.11%) Primavera
6 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.070%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.070%) Endur
7 2 (0.070%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.070%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.070%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.070%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.035%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.035%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.035%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.035%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 376 (13.16%) Azure
2 338 (11.83%) AWS
3 254 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 127 (4.45%) Power Platform
5 92 (3.22%) SaaS
6 91 (3.19%) GCP
7 61 (2.14%) GitHub
8 56 (1.96%) Serverless
9 49 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (1.72%) Figma
10 48 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
11 41 (1.44%) Entra ID
12 30 (1.05%) PowerApps
13 29 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
14 28 (0.98%) Power Automate
15 25 (0.88%) PaaS
16 22 (0.77%) Miro
17 20 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
18 18 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
19 14 (0.49%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.44%) VPN
2 32 (1.12%) Firewall
2 32 (1.12%) WAN
3 27 (0.95%) LAN
4 26 (0.91%) SSL
5 24 (0.84%) Unified Communications
6 20 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (0.63%) TCP/IP
8 16 (0.56%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.49%) DNS
10 13 (0.46%) Network Security
10 13 (0.46%) VLAN
11 12 (0.42%) VoIP
12 11 (0.39%) DHCP
13 6 (0.21%) Internet
13 6 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.18%) Ethernet
14 5 (0.18%) Wireless
15 4 (0.14%) Modbus
15 4 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (3.99%) SQL Server
2 101 (3.54%) Power BI
3 48 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
3 48 (1.68%) Tableau
4 41 (1.44%) MySQL
5 28 (0.98%) NoSQL
6 22 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (0.67%) BigQuery
8 18 (0.63%) GIS
9 17 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.56%) DB2
11 15 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (0.53%) MongoDB
11 15 (0.53%) Relational Database
12 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.46%) Metadata
13 11 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
14 10 (0.35%) Redis
15 9 (0.32%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 68 (2.38%) JIRA
2 51 (1.79%) Git
3 50 (1.75%) Selenium
4 41 (1.44%) WebDriver
5 34 (1.19%) Postman
6 33 (1.16%) SoapUI
6 33 (1.16%) Team Foundation Server
7 29 (1.02%) Balsamiq
8 26 (0.91%) Axure RP
9 14 (0.49%) Jenkins
10 12 (0.42%) GitLab
11 10 (0.35%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.21%) ER Studio
13 6 (0.21%) MLflow
14 5 (0.18%) Babel
14 5 (0.18%) webpack
15 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
15 4 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 801 (28.04%) Social Skills
2 693 (24.26%) Analytical Skills
3 411 (14.39%) Finance
4 316 (11.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 183 (6.41%) Public Sector
6 153 (5.36%) Marketing
7 132 (4.62%) Law
8 122 (4.27%) Retail
9 115 (4.03%) French Language
10 95 (3.33%) Swedish Language
11 69 (2.42%) Legal
12 65 (2.28%) Telecoms
13 59 (2.07%) Banking
13 59 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
14 55 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (1.37%) Manufacturing
16 37 (1.30%) Back Office
17 31 (1.09%) Aerospace
18 30 (1.05%) Billing
19 29 (1.02%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,202 (42.07%) Trainer
2 292 (10.22%) Analyst
3 233 (8.16%) Senior
4 175 (6.13%) Developer
5 155 (5.43%) Content Editor
6 110 (3.85%) Service Analyst
6 110 (3.85%) Service Desk Analyst
7 102 (3.57%) Support Specialist
8 97 (3.40%) Customer Support Specialist
9 84 (2.94%) Lead
10 82 (2.87%) Research Scientist
11 80 (2.80%) Support Engineer
12 78 (2.73%) Architect
13 54 (1.89%) Business Analyst
14 51 (1.79%) Microsoft Specialist
15 50 (1.75%) Designer
16 47 (1.65%) Software Engineer
17 44 (1.54%) Senior Developer
18 43 (1.51%) Customer Service Representative
19 42 (1.47%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (4.73%) .NET
2 96 (3.36%) HTML
3 84 (2.94%) CSS
4 59 (2.07%) React
5 53 (1.86%) SOAP
6 43 (1.51%) RESTful
7 34 (1.19%) REST
8 31 (1.09%) ASP.NET
9 30 (1.05%) .NET Framework
10 29 (1.02%) jQuery
11 28 (0.98%) Node.js
12 25 (0.88%) Entity Framework
13 23 (0.81%) Kafka
14 19 (0.67%) LDAP
15 17 (0.60%) gRPC
16 16 (0.56%) LAPP Stack
16 16 (0.56%) WebSockets
16 16 (0.56%) WebSphere MQ
17 15 (0.53%) HTML5 Canvas
17 15 (0.53%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 101 (3.54%) Management Information System
2 99 (3.47%) Blog
2 99 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
3 97 (3.40%) Molecular Biology
4 60 (2.10%) Product Ownership
5 56 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 55 (1.93%) Driving Licence
7 43 (1.51%) Algorithms
8 41 (1.44%) Cloud Native
9 39 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 38 (1.33%) Data Centre
11 36 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
12 30 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (1.05%) Social Media
13 27 (0.95%) Data Structures
14 22 (0.77%) e-Learning
15 21 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
15 21 (0.74%) Security Posture
16 20 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
17 18 (0.63%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 132 (4.62%) Windows
2 87 (3.05%) Linux
3 41 (1.44%) Windows 10
4 37 (1.30%) Unix
5 23 (0.81%) Android
5 23 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 18 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.49%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.14%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.070%) Debian
12 1 (0.035%) CentOS
12 1 (0.035%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.035%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.035%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,510 (52.85%) AI
2 1,219 (42.67%) Conversational UI
3 460 (16.10%) Computer Science
4 415 (14.53%) Chemistry
5 408 (14.28%) Problem-Solving
6 379 (13.27%) Customer Service
7 353 (12.36%) Agile
8 259 (9.07%) ITIL
9 256 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 204 (7.14%) Content Writing
11 202 (7.07%) Analytics
12 198 (6.93%) Mathematics
13 194 (6.79%) Cybersecurity
14 176 (6.16%) Project Management
15 175 (6.13%) Mentoring
16 169 (5.92%) Decision-Making
17 163 (5.71%) Physics
18 159 (5.57%) DevOps
19 138 (4.83%) Software Engineering
20 133 (4.66%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 241 (8.44%) Python
2 232 (8.12%) SQL
3 170 (5.95%) C#
4 158 (5.53%) Java
5 115 (4.03%) JavaScript
6 74 (2.59%) C++
7 73 (2.56%) TypeScript
8 37 (1.30%) PowerShell
9 36 (1.26%) PHP
10 34 (1.19%) Go
11 33 (1.16%) C
12 29 (1.02%) Bash
13 15 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 15 (0.53%) PL/SQL
14 14 (0.49%) R
15 13 (0.46%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.42%) Kotlin
17 11 (0.39%) MATLAB
18 10 (0.35%) Scala
18 10 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 758 (26.53%) Master's Degree
2 655 (22.93%) PhD
3 307 (10.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 281 (9.84%) Security Cleared
5 247 (8.65%) SC Cleared
6 193 (6.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 175 (6.13%) AWS Certification
8 126 (4.41%) MCSE
9 55 (1.93%) PMP
10 52 (1.82%) Azure Certification
11 50 (1.75%) DBS Check
12 46 (1.61%) PMI Certification
13 45 (1.58%) CISSP
14 42 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
14 42 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
15 41 (1.44%) ACCA
16 40 (1.40%) CIMA
17 38 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 37 (1.30%) ISTQB
19 36 (1.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (6.23%) QA
2 87 (3.05%) Accessibility
3 66 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 61 (2.14%) GDPR
5 51 (1.79%) SLA
6 43 (1.51%) NIST
7 37 (1.30%) Data Quality
8 36 (1.26%) WCAG
9 27 (0.95%) ISO 9001
10 23 (0.81%) PMO
11 20 (0.70%) GRC
12 10 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 9 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 8 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.28%) IFRS
15 7 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
16 5 (0.18%) COBIT
16 5 (0.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 71 (2.49%) Active Directory
2 50 (1.75%) Docker
3 14 (0.49%) Firmware
4 12 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.14%) vSphere
7 3 (0.11%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.035%) iptables
9 1 (0.035%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.035%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.035%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 60 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 39 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (0.98%) Terraform
4 26 (0.91%) Ansible
5 16 (0.56%) Grafana
6 15 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (0.25%) Nmap
9 6 (0.21%) Autotask
10 3 (0.11%) Argo
10 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.11%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.070%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.070%) Puppet
11 2 (0.070%) SCCM
12 1 (0.035%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.035%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 1 (0.035%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.035%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.035%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1,202 (42.07%) PayPal
2 480 (16.80%) Microsoft
3 134 (4.69%) ServiceNow
4 78 (2.73%) Adobe
5 77 (2.70%) Cisco
6 59 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 53 (1.86%) Google
8 35 (1.23%) Oracle
9 33 (1.16%) SAP
10 25 (0.88%) Apple
11 23 (0.81%) Red Hat
12 22 (0.77%) Palo Alto
13 21 (0.74%) IBM
14 19 (0.67%) Databricks
15 17 (0.60%) Sage
16 14 (0.49%) Zoho
17 13 (0.46%) VMware
18 11 (0.39%) MuleSoft
18 11 (0.39%) NEC
18 11 (0.39%) Progress