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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,636 2,184 4,090
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.18% 16.40% 12.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.28% 54.27% 46.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,077 1,325 2,845
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,391
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 4,274 4,024 8,711
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.97% 30.21% 26.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,857 2,479 5,932
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,145
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £78,790 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,728 £57,500 £54,043
% change year-on-year +2.13% +6.40% -6.21%

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 April 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 63 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.86%) WordPress
6 11 (0.67%) CMS
6 11 (0.67%) Confluence
7 10 (0.61%) SAS
8 6 (0.37%) Apache
9 5 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.31%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.061%) Drupal
12 1 (0.061%) Moodle
12 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 213 (13.02%) Microsoft Office
2 112 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.14%) Chatbot
3 35 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.41%) Adobe XD
5 19 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.61%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.24%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.18%) InDesign
11 3 (0.18%) Sketch
12 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.04%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.061%) Endur
8 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 358 (21.88%) Azure
2 326 (19.93%) AWS
3 228 (13.94%) Microsoft 365
4 127 (7.76%) GCP
5 120 (7.33%) Power Platform
6 90 (5.50%) SaaS
7 76 (4.65%) Entra ID
8 44 (2.69%) GitHub
8 44 (2.69%) Serverless
9 36 (2.20%) Figma
10 30 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (1.59%) Google Analytics
12 24 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
12 24 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (1.34%) Power Automate
13 22 (1.34%) PowerApps
14 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 16 (0.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.63%) Firewall
2 21 (1.28%) DNS
2 21 (1.28%) WAN
3 18 (1.10%) VPN
4 17 (1.04%) Network Security
5 16 (0.98%) DHCP
6 14 (0.86%) TCP/IP
7 12 (0.73%) Internet
8 11 (0.67%) Broadband
9 10 (0.61%) LAN
9 10 (0.61%) MPLS
9 10 (0.61%) SSL
9 10 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.55%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.49%) BGP
11 8 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
11 8 (0.49%) Unified Communications
12 7 (0.43%) LTE
13 6 (0.37%) VoIP
13 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (6.30%) SQL Server
2 97 (5.93%) Power BI
3 39 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (2.20%) MySQL
5 30 (1.83%) Tableau
6 25 (1.53%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.22%) NoSQL
9 17 (1.04%) Metadata
9 17 (1.04%) Relational Database
10 16 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (0.86%) OLTP
13 13 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.73%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.73%) MongoDB
14 12 (0.73%) Redis
15 10 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 74 (4.52%) Git
2 53 (3.24%) JIRA
3 28 (1.71%) Selenium
4 26 (1.59%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.41%) Axure RP
6 21 (1.28%) Postman
6 21 (1.28%) WebDriver
7 19 (1.16%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.10%) SoapUI
9 15 (0.92%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.67%) GitLab
10 11 (0.67%) MLflow
11 6 (0.37%) Burp Suite
11 6 (0.37%) Metasploit
12 5 (0.31%) Babel
12 5 (0.31%) webpack
13 4 (0.24%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.24%) Storybook
13 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 756 (46.21%) Social Skills
2 396 (24.21%) Finance
3 315 (19.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 311 (19.01%) Analytical Skills
5 224 (13.69%) Public Sector
6 176 (10.76%) Law
7 149 (9.11%) Marketing
8 87 (5.32%) Retail
9 76 (4.65%) French Language
10 74 (4.52%) Back Office
11 73 (4.46%) Banking
12 71 (4.34%) Legal
13 70 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
14 58 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (2.81%) Manufacturing
16 44 (2.69%) Telecoms
17 39 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
18 32 (1.96%) Electronics
19 27 (1.65%) Swedish Language
20 22 (1.34%) Billing
Job Titles
1 290 (17.73%) Analyst
2 248 (15.16%) Senior
3 190 (11.61%) Developer
4 103 (6.30%) Support Engineer
5 83 (5.07%) Architect
5 83 (5.07%) Service Analyst
6 80 (4.89%) Service Desk Analyst
7 77 (4.71%) Graduate
8 70 (4.28%) Business Analyst
9 62 (3.79%) Desktop Support
10 60 (3.67%) Desktop Engineer
10 60 (3.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 58 (3.55%) Lead
12 56 (3.42%) Site Engineer
13 55 (3.36%) Consultant
14 53 (3.24%) Graduate Developer
15 51 (3.12%) Software Developer
15 51 (3.12%) Software Engineer
16 48 (2.93%) SQL Developer
17 46 (2.81%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (5.50%) .NET
2 82 (5.01%) HTML
3 75 (4.58%) CSS
4 57 (3.48%) SOAP
5 53 (3.24%) REST
5 53 (3.24%) RESTful
6 50 (3.06%) React
7 32 (1.96%) jQuery
7 32 (1.96%) Node.js
8 27 (1.65%) Kafka
9 26 (1.59%) PyTorch
10 25 (1.53%) OAuth
11 24 (1.47%) Middleware
12 23 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
12 23 (1.41%) Visualforce
13 22 (1.34%) TensorFlow
14 20 (1.22%) Vue
15 19 (1.16%) XML
16 18 (1.10%) Django
17 17 (1.04%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 114 (6.97%) Product Ownership
2 108 (6.60%) Blog
3 95 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
4 90 (5.50%) Management Information System
5 82 (5.01%) Cloud Native
6 60 (3.67%) Onboarding
7 44 (2.69%) Driving Licence
8 41 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
9 36 (2.20%) Data Structures
10 34 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (1.83%) Security Posture
13 28 (1.71%) Social Media
14 26 (1.59%) Algorithms
15 22 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
16 20 (1.22%) Virtual Team
17 19 (1.16%) Data Centre
18 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
18 16 (0.98%) Cyberattack
18 16 (0.98%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 150 (9.17%) Windows
2 106 (6.48%) Linux
3 68 (4.16%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.77%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.28%) Android
6 17 (1.04%) Unix
7 12 (0.73%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.18%) Debian
10 3 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.061%) AIX
12 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.061%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (26.96%) Computer Science
2 363 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
3 355 (21.70%) Agile
4 302 (18.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 290 (17.73%) AI
6 270 (16.50%) Customer Service
7 239 (14.61%) ITIL
8 225 (13.75%) Analytics
9 205 (12.53%) Mentoring
10 188 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
11 175 (10.70%) DevOps
12 170 (10.39%) Decision-Making
13 168 (10.27%) CI/CD
14 153 (9.35%) Project Management
15 150 (9.17%) Software Engineering
16 136 (8.31%) Stakeholder Management
17 124 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
18 123 (7.52%) Community of Practice
19 122 (7.46%) Scrum
20 119 (7.27%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 269 (16.44%) Python
2 262 (16.01%) SQL
3 155 (9.47%) C#
4 154 (9.41%) Java
5 101 (6.17%) JavaScript
6 75 (4.58%) C++
7 64 (3.91%) TypeScript
8 53 (3.24%) PHP
9 50 (3.06%) Go
10 49 (3.00%) PowerShell
11 36 (2.20%) Bash
12 23 (1.41%) Apex Code
12 23 (1.41%) Rust
13 21 (1.28%) PL/SQL
14 18 (1.10%) C
14 18 (1.10%) R
15 13 (0.79%) Bicep
15 13 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.73%) Scala
17 9 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 306 (18.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 306 (18.70%) Security Cleared
2 272 (16.63%) SC Cleared
3 145 (8.86%) Master's Degree
3 145 (8.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 108 (6.60%) AWS Certification
5 88 (5.38%) MCSE
6 61 (3.73%) PhD
7 60 (3.67%) CTC Cleared
8 53 (3.24%) CISSP
9 49 (3.00%) PMP
10 42 (2.57%) ACCA
11 41 (2.51%) PMI Certification
12 40 (2.44%) CIMA
13 37 (2.26%) Azure Certification
14 33 (2.02%) HNC
15 31 (1.89%) DV Cleared
16 29 (1.77%) DBS Check
17 28 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
18 27 (1.65%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (7.52%) QA
2 78 (4.77%) Accessibility
2 78 (4.77%) SLA
3 64 (3.91%) GDPR
4 58 (3.55%) Data Quality
5 55 (3.36%) NIST
6 47 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.77%) WCAG
8 26 (1.59%) GRC
9 19 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (1.04%) PMO
11 13 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.49%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.37%) IFRS
15 5 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 4 (0.24%) EMIR
16 4 (0.24%) ISO 26262
16 4 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 78 (4.77%) Docker
2 75 (4.58%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.49%) vSphere
5 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.18%) Firmware
8 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.061%) iptables
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 79 (4.83%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.12%) Terraform
3 37 (2.26%) Ansible
4 26 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.22%) Grafana
6 19 (1.16%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 6 (0.37%) Autotask
8 6 (0.37%) Nmap
9 5 (0.31%) FTK
9 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.24%) Packer
10 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.12%) Argo
11 2 (0.12%) OpenView
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.12%) QRadar
11 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 356 (21.76%) Microsoft
2 104 (6.36%) ServiceNow
3 101 (6.17%) Cisco
4 72 (4.40%) Salesforce
5 53 (3.24%) Google
6 50 (3.06%) Oracle
7 45 (2.75%) Adobe
8 35 (2.14%) SAP
9 29 (1.77%) Databricks
10 28 (1.71%) PayPal
11 22 (1.34%) VMware
12 20 (1.22%) MuleSoft
13 18 (1.10%) HubSpot
14 14 (0.86%) Splunk
15 12 (0.73%) Meraki
15 12 (0.73%) Sage
16 11 (0.67%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.61%) Citrix
17 10 (0.61%) Workday
18 9 (0.55%) Palantir