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 18 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 13 13
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 3,374 2,498 2,870
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 22.23% 12.78% 13.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.68% 48.72% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,129 1,188 2,014
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £34,334
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +8.31%
75th Percentile £76,750 £77,313 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,500 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +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 5,383 5,127 6,099
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.46% 26.22% 28.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,445 2,512 4,474
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,275
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +1.77%

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 18 November 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 74 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (0.68%) Confluence
4 16 (0.47%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.47%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
5 9 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.27%) IIS
5 9 (0.27%) WordPress
6 7 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.21%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.12%) Apache Pulsar
8 4 (0.12%) CMS
8 4 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.12%) SAS
9 3 (0.089%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.059%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.059%) Moodle
10 2 (0.059%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 1,614 (47.84%) Chatbot
2 240 (7.11%) Microsoft Office
3 160 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 51 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 37 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
6 32 (0.95%) Adobe XD
7 20 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 20 (0.59%) MS Visio
8 16 (0.47%) InDesign
9 11 (0.33%) Photoshop
10 8 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
11 6 (0.18%) AutoCAD
11 6 (0.18%) Trello
12 5 (0.15%) Blender
12 5 (0.15%) Simulink
12 5 (0.15%) Sketch
13 3 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
14 2 (0.059%) OrCAD
14 2 (0.059%) Revit
15 1 (0.030%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 33 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.56%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.12%) Primavera
6 4 (0.12%) ResourceLink
6 4 (0.12%) Sage X3
6 4 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.12%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.059%) CA PPM
7 2 (0.059%) Endur
7 2 (0.059%) Magento
7 2 (0.059%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.059%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.059%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.059%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.059%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 381 (11.29%) Azure
2 307 (9.10%) AWS
3 257 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
4 150 (4.45%) Power Platform
5 105 (3.11%) SaaS
6 82 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
7 68 (2.02%) GCP
8 66 (1.96%) GitHub
9 62 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
10 48 (1.42%) Entra ID
11 42 (1.24%) Figma
12 39 (1.16%) Serverless
13 37 (1.10%) Power Automate
13 37 (1.10%) PowerApps
14 29 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
15 26 (0.77%) PaaS
16 22 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
17 21 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
17 21 (0.62%) Miro
18 16 (0.47%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 46 (1.36%) WAN
2 43 (1.27%) VPN
3 36 (1.07%) Firewall
4 30 (0.89%) LAN
5 26 (0.77%) SD-WAN
6 24 (0.71%) SSL
6 24 (0.71%) Unified Communications
7 23 (0.68%) TCP/IP
8 20 (0.59%) DNS
8 20 (0.59%) VLAN
8 20 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
9 19 (0.56%) DHCP
10 15 (0.44%) 5G
10 15 (0.44%) Network Security
10 15 (0.44%) VoIP
11 10 (0.30%) Internet
11 10 (0.30%) Wireless
12 8 (0.24%) Ethernet
12 8 (0.24%) Wireshark
13 6 (0.18%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (4.45%) SQL Server
2 111 (3.29%) Power BI
3 62 (1.84%) MySQL
4 48 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
5 45 (1.33%) Tableau
6 29 (0.86%) NoSQL
7 20 (0.59%) MongoDB
8 18 (0.53%) GIS
8 18 (0.53%) Relational Database
8 18 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (0.50%) DB2
10 16 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
13 9 (0.27%) Metadata
14 8 (0.24%) QGIS
14 8 (0.24%) Redis
15 7 (0.21%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.21%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 64 (1.90%) JIRA
2 52 (1.54%) Git
3 29 (0.86%) Selenium
4 24 (0.71%) Balsamiq
5 23 (0.68%) WebDriver
6 21 (0.62%) Axure RP
7 18 (0.53%) Postman
8 16 (0.47%) SoapUI
8 16 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
9 13 (0.39%) GitLab
10 10 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.30%) Jenkins
11 7 (0.21%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.18%) Babel
12 6 (0.18%) ER Studio
12 6 (0.18%) webpack
13 5 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 4 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
14 4 (0.12%) SpecFlow
14 4 (0.12%) Toad
General
1 933 (27.65%) Analytical Skills
2 868 (25.73%) Social Skills
3 440 (13.04%) Finance
4 320 (9.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 183 (5.42%) Marketing
6 171 (5.07%) Public Sector
7 137 (4.06%) Retail
8 122 (3.62%) Law
9 101 (2.99%) French Language
10 95 (2.82%) Swedish Language
11 80 (2.37%) Legal
12 78 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
13 68 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
14 60 (1.78%) Banking
15 59 (1.75%) Telecoms
16 49 (1.45%) Manufacturing
17 41 (1.22%) Back Office
17 41 (1.22%) Local Government
18 37 (1.10%) Electronics
19 35 (1.04%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,613 (47.81%) Trainer
2 280 (8.30%) Analyst
3 227 (6.73%) Senior
4 226 (6.70%) Developer
5 177 (5.25%) Content Editor
6 114 (3.38%) Support Specialist
7 106 (3.14%) Customer Support Specialist
8 103 (3.05%) Lead
9 96 (2.85%) Research Scientist
9 96 (2.85%) Service Analyst
9 96 (2.85%) Service Desk Analyst
10 77 (2.28%) Architect
11 68 (2.02%) Support Engineer
12 63 (1.87%) Microsoft Specialist
13 59 (1.75%) Consultant
13 59 (1.75%) Graduate
14 54 (1.60%) Systems Engineer
15 51 (1.51%) Business Analyst
16 50 (1.48%) Graduate Developer
16 50 (1.48%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (3.88%) .NET
2 116 (3.44%) CSS
3 94 (2.79%) HTML
4 63 (1.87%) React
5 51 (1.51%) ASP.NET
6 49 (1.45%) jQuery
7 35 (1.04%) Node.js
8 32 (0.95%) REST
9 31 (0.92%) RESTful
10 28 (0.83%) .NET Framework
10 28 (0.83%) SOAP
11 25 (0.74%) Kafka
12 22 (0.65%) Entity Framework
13 21 (0.62%) XML
14 20 (0.59%) OAuth
15 19 (0.56%) LDAP
16 17 (0.50%) OAuth2
17 16 (0.47%) LAPP Stack
17 16 (0.47%) WebSphere MQ
18 15 (0.44%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 126 (3.73%) Management Information System
2 121 (3.59%) Molecular Biology
3 116 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
4 75 (2.22%) Blog
5 61 (1.81%) Onboarding
6 53 (1.57%) Product Ownership
7 52 (1.54%) Driving Licence
8 51 (1.51%) Algorithms
8 51 (1.51%) Data Centre
9 44 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
10 43 (1.27%) Social Media
11 36 (1.07%) NHS
12 35 (1.04%) Cloud Native
13 34 (1.01%) e-Learning
14 29 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
15 24 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
16 23 (0.68%) Virtual Team
17 22 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
18 19 (0.56%) Data Structures
18 19 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 141 (4.18%) Windows
2 87 (2.58%) Linux
3 38 (1.13%) Unix
4 36 (1.07%) Windows 10
5 24 (0.71%) Windows Server
6 17 (0.50%) Mac OS
6 17 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (0.47%) Android
7 16 (0.47%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.15%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.089%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.030%) AIX
12 1 (0.030%) CentOS
12 1 (0.030%) Debian
12 1 (0.030%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.030%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,898 (56.25%) AI
2 1,624 (48.13%) Conversational UI
3 616 (18.26%) Chemistry
4 565 (16.75%) Computer Science
5 466 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
6 378 (11.20%) Agile
7 358 (10.61%) Customer Service
8 312 (9.25%) Mathematics
9 246 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 232 (6.88%) Content Writing
11 229 (6.79%) ITIL
12 226 (6.70%) Analytics
13 222 (6.58%) Physics
13 222 (6.58%) Project Management
14 210 (6.22%) Mentoring
15 200 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
16 180 (5.33%) DevOps
17 170 (5.04%) Decision-Making
18 164 (4.86%) CRM
19 163 (4.83%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 249 (7.38%) SQL
2 233 (6.91%) Python
3 187 (5.54%) C#
4 151 (4.48%) Java
5 125 (3.70%) JavaScript
6 92 (2.73%) C++
7 67 (1.99%) TypeScript
8 56 (1.66%) PHP
9 44 (1.30%) C
10 36 (1.07%) PowerShell
11 24 (0.71%) Go
12 22 (0.65%) MATLAB
13 20 (0.59%) Bash
14 16 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 15 (0.44%) R
16 11 (0.33%) T-SQL
17 10 (0.30%) VBA
18 8 (0.24%) Rust
18 8 (0.24%) Shell Script
19 7 (0.21%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1,085 (32.16%) Master's Degree
2 982 (29.10%) PhD
3 345 (10.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 280 (8.30%) Security Cleared
5 247 (7.32%) SC Cleared
6 175 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 155 (4.59%) AWS Certification
8 109 (3.23%) MCSE
9 55 (1.63%) DV Cleared
10 51 (1.51%) PMP
11 50 (1.48%) DBS Check
12 49 (1.45%) Azure Certification
13 46 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
14 38 (1.13%) CISSP
15 37 (1.10%) CISM
15 37 (1.10%) PMI Certification
16 36 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
17 34 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
18 31 (0.92%) ACCA
19 30 (0.89%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (5.57%) QA
2 78 (2.31%) Accessibility
3 74 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 65 (1.93%) GDPR
5 43 (1.27%) SLA
6 40 (1.19%) NIST
7 37 (1.10%) ISO 9001
8 35 (1.04%) PMO
9 30 (0.89%) Data Quality
9 30 (0.89%) WCAG
10 15 (0.44%) GRC
11 11 (0.33%) SOC 2
12 10 (0.30%) COBIT
13 9 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 9 (0.27%) ITGC
14 8 (0.24%) IFRS
15 7 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.21%) ISO 19650
16 6 (0.18%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.18%) SOC 1
System Software
1 75 (2.22%) Active Directory
2 39 (1.16%) Docker
3 27 (0.80%) Firmware
4 15 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.21%) vSphere
7 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.089%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.089%) GPFS
8 3 (0.089%) Lustre
8 3 (0.089%) NFS
9 1 (0.030%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.030%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.030%) iptables
9 1 (0.030%) Postfix
9 1 (0.030%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.030%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 37 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (0.62%) Ansible
3 21 (0.62%) Terraform
4 11 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (0.27%) Grafana
6 8 (0.24%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.18%) RSA Archer
8 5 (0.15%) Autotask
9 3 (0.089%) Argo
9 3 (0.089%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.089%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.089%) Nmap
10 1 (0.030%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.030%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.030%) Kibana
10 1 (0.030%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.030%) Puppet
10 1 (0.030%) SCCM
10 1 (0.030%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,613 (47.81%) PayPal
2 554 (16.42%) Microsoft
3 129 (3.82%) ServiceNow
4 85 (2.52%) Adobe
5 70 (2.07%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.96%) Cisco
7 49 (1.45%) Google
8 42 (1.24%) SAP
9 31 (0.92%) Apple
10 26 (0.77%) Oracle
10 26 (0.77%) Palo Alto
11 23 (0.68%) Red Hat
12 22 (0.65%) IBM
13 18 (0.53%) VMware
14 17 (0.50%) Sage
15 14 (0.41%) Zoho
16 13 (0.39%) Databricks
17 11 (0.33%) Workday
18 10 (0.30%) EMC
18 10 (0.30%) HP