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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,809 2,229 2,968
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.31% 13.68% 12.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.87% 47.98% 47.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,068 1,158 2,030
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,476
25th Percentile £39,280 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,033 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.48% +0.87% -

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 5,028 4,646 6,222
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.78% 28.52% 26.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,522 2,373 4,513
10th Percentile £30,500 £33,921 £32,750
25th Percentile £44,014 £45,441 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,114 £57,547
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +7.94% -4.09%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% +8.05% -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 20 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 59 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.68%) Confluence
4 17 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.57%) Tomcat
5 16 (0.57%) WebSphere
5 16 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
6 8 (0.28%) ArcGIS
6 8 (0.28%) IIS
6 8 (0.28%) SAS
7 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 6 (0.21%) CMS
9 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.18%) WordPress
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.071%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.036%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,154 (41.08%) Chatbot
2 272 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
3 122 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 44 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 36 (1.28%) Adobe XD
6 19 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 16 (0.57%) InDesign
9 15 (0.53%) MS Visio
10 7 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.25%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.21%) Sketch
12 5 (0.18%) Simulink
13 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
13 4 (0.14%) Trello
14 2 (0.071%) Avid Media Composer
14 2 (0.071%) OrCAD
14 2 (0.071%) Pro Tools
14 2 (0.071%) Revit
15 1 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.11%) Primavera
6 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.071%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.036%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.036%) Endur
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.036%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.036%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 375 (13.35%) Azure
2 347 (12.35%) AWS
3 288 (10.25%) Microsoft 365
4 128 (4.56%) Power Platform
5 97 (3.45%) GCP
6 94 (3.35%) SaaS
7 72 (2.56%) Entra ID
8 59 (2.10%) GitHub
9 57 (2.03%) Serverless
10 48 (1.71%) Figma
11 47 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
12 40 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (1.07%) PowerApps
14 28 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
15 26 (0.93%) Power Automate
16 24 (0.85%) PaaS
17 22 (0.78%) Miro
18 20 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
19 19 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
20 14 (0.50%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.25%) VPN
2 33 (1.17%) Firewall
3 27 (0.96%) WAN
4 26 (0.93%) SSL
5 22 (0.78%) LAN
6 19 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 19 (0.68%) Unified Communications
6 19 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (0.53%) SD-WAN
8 14 (0.50%) DNS
9 12 (0.43%) VLAN
10 11 (0.39%) DHCP
10 11 (0.39%) Network Security
10 11 (0.39%) VoIP
11 6 (0.21%) Internet
11 6 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.18%) Ethernet
12 5 (0.18%) Wireless
13 4 (0.14%) Modbus
13 4 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (3.92%) SQL Server
2 103 (3.67%) Power BI
3 50 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
4 49 (1.74%) Tableau
5 38 (1.35%) MySQL
6 30 (1.07%) NoSQL
7 24 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (0.75%) BigQuery
9 18 (0.64%) GIS
10 17 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (0.57%) DB2
11 16 (0.57%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.53%) Relational Database
13 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.46%) Metadata
14 12 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (0.39%) OLTP
16 10 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 65 (2.31%) JIRA
2 52 (1.85%) Git
3 49 (1.74%) Selenium
4 40 (1.42%) WebDriver
5 33 (1.17%) Postman
6 30 (1.07%) SoapUI
6 30 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
7 29 (1.03%) Balsamiq
8 26 (0.93%) Axure RP
9 13 (0.46%) Jenkins
10 12 (0.43%) GitLab
11 10 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.28%) MLflow
13 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.21%) ER Studio
14 6 (0.21%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.18%) JMeter
16 4 (0.14%) ERwin
16 4 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 817 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 673 (23.96%) Analytical Skills
3 399 (14.20%) Finance
4 312 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 183 (6.51%) Public Sector
6 155 (5.52%) Marketing
7 135 (4.81%) Law
8 123 (4.38%) Retail
9 119 (4.24%) French Language
10 95 (3.38%) Swedish Language
11 65 (2.31%) Back Office
12 63 (2.24%) Banking
13 61 (2.17%) Legal
14 60 (2.14%) Telecoms
15 56 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
16 46 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
17 42 (1.50%) Manufacturing
18 32 (1.14%) Billing
18 32 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
19 28 (1.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,150 (40.94%) Trainer
2 303 (10.79%) Analyst
3 239 (8.51%) Senior
4 178 (6.34%) Developer
5 155 (5.52%) Content Editor
6 119 (4.24%) Service Analyst
6 119 (4.24%) Service Desk Analyst
7 108 (3.84%) Support Engineer
8 99 (3.52%) Support Specialist
9 97 (3.45%) Customer Support Specialist
10 81 (2.88%) Lead
11 76 (2.71%) Research Scientist
12 69 (2.46%) Architect
13 62 (2.21%) Desktop Support
14 61 (2.17%) Desktop Engineer
14 61 (2.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 56 (1.99%) Business Analyst
15 56 (1.99%) Site Engineer
16 49 (1.74%) Software Engineer
17 48 (1.71%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (4.70%) .NET
2 94 (3.35%) HTML
3 79 (2.81%) CSS
4 59 (2.10%) React
5 54 (1.92%) SOAP
6 45 (1.60%) RESTful
7 37 (1.32%) REST
8 30 (1.07%) .NET Framework
9 28 (1.00%) ASP.NET
10 26 (0.93%) jQuery
11 25 (0.89%) Entity Framework
11 25 (0.89%) Node.js
12 24 (0.85%) Kafka
13 19 (0.68%) LDAP
14 17 (0.61%) gRPC
14 17 (0.61%) TensorFlow
15 16 (0.57%) LAPP Stack
15 16 (0.57%) OAuth
15 16 (0.57%) WebSockets
15 16 (0.57%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 99 (3.52%) Blog
2 97 (3.45%) Management Information System
2 97 (3.45%) Molecular Biology
3 96 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
4 67 (2.39%) Product Ownership
5 56 (1.99%) Onboarding
6 55 (1.96%) Driving Licence
7 45 (1.60%) Algorithms
8 44 (1.57%) Cloud Native
9 39 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
10 38 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (1.07%) Social Media
13 28 (1.00%) Data Centre
13 28 (1.00%) Data Structures
14 24 (0.85%) Security Posture
15 21 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
15 21 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
16 19 (0.68%) e-Learning
17 18 (0.64%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 166 (5.91%) Windows
2 89 (3.17%) Linux
3 74 (2.63%) Windows 10
4 38 (1.35%) Unix
5 26 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.78%) Android
7 18 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 11 (0.39%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.28%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.11%) Debian
13 2 (0.071%) CentOS
13 2 (0.071%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.071%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,444 (51.41%) AI
2 1,165 (41.47%) Conversational UI
3 457 (16.27%) Computer Science
4 410 (14.60%) Customer Service
5 401 (14.28%) Problem-Solving
6 393 (13.99%) Chemistry
7 350 (12.46%) Agile
8 302 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 292 (10.40%) ITIL
10 239 (8.51%) Analytics
11 218 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
12 204 (7.26%) Content Writing
13 173 (6.16%) Decision-Making
14 168 (5.98%) Mathematics
15 167 (5.95%) Mentoring
16 165 (5.87%) Project Management
17 164 (5.84%) DevOps
18 144 (5.13%) Software Engineering
19 137 (4.88%) ITSM
20 134 (4.77%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 251 (8.94%) Python
2 230 (8.19%) SQL
3 168 (5.98%) C#
4 157 (5.59%) Java
5 114 (4.06%) JavaScript
6 77 (2.74%) C++
7 71 (2.53%) TypeScript
8 41 (1.46%) PowerShell
9 38 (1.35%) Go
10 34 (1.21%) PHP
11 32 (1.14%) Bash
12 31 (1.10%) C
13 17 (0.61%) PL/SQL
14 15 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.50%) R
16 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.39%) MATLAB
17 11 (0.39%) Rust
18 10 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 702 (24.99%) Master's Degree
2 599 (21.32%) PhD
3 315 (11.21%) Security Cleared
4 304 (10.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 281 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 202 (7.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 179 (6.37%) AWS Certification
8 133 (4.73%) MCSE
9 60 (2.14%) CTC Cleared
10 56 (1.99%) PMP
11 51 (1.82%) Azure Certification
11 51 (1.82%) DBS Check
12 48 (1.71%) CISSP
12 48 (1.71%) PMI Certification
13 41 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
14 40 (1.42%) ACCA
15 39 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
15 39 (1.39%) CIMA
16 38 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 37 (1.32%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (6.30%) QA
2 90 (3.20%) Accessibility
3 83 (2.95%) SLA
4 65 (2.31%) GDPR
4 65 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 43 (1.53%) NIST
6 40 (1.42%) Data Quality
7 36 (1.28%) WCAG
8 23 (0.82%) GRC
8 23 (0.82%) PMO
9 22 (0.78%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.28%) IFRS
11 8 (0.28%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.21%) COBIT
14 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
14 5 (0.18%) ITGC
15 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 74 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 55 (1.96%) Docker
3 11 (0.39%) Firmware
3 11 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.11%) vSphere
7 2 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.071%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.036%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.036%) iptables
8 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 61 (2.17%) Kubernetes
2 37 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 32 (1.14%) Terraform
4 26 (0.93%) Ansible
5 18 (0.64%) Grafana
6 17 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.28%) SCCM
8 7 (0.25%) Autotask
8 7 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (0.25%) Nmap
9 3 (0.11%) Argo
9 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.071%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.071%) Puppet
10 2 (0.071%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.036%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.036%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.036%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.036%) FTK
11 1 (0.036%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1,149 (40.90%) PayPal
2 488 (17.37%) Microsoft
3 140 (4.98%) ServiceNow
4 107 (3.81%) Cisco
5 72 (2.56%) Adobe
6 64 (2.28%) Salesforce
7 53 (1.89%) Google
8 39 (1.39%) Oracle
9 33 (1.17%) SAP
10 22 (0.78%) Red Hat
11 21 (0.75%) IBM
12 20 (0.71%) Databricks
13 16 (0.57%) Palo Alto
13 16 (0.57%) Sage
14 15 (0.53%) Apple
15 14 (0.50%) Zoho
16 12 (0.43%) MuleSoft
16 12 (0.43%) VMware
17 11 (0.39%) NEC
17 11 (0.39%) Progress