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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 13 11
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,631 1,937 4,040
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.74% 15.12% 13.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.10% 52.45% 49.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 1,313 2,834
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,075
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,221 £39,750
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 4,067 3,693 8,223
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.29% 28.83% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,694 2,449 5,948
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -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 1 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 56 (3.43%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (1.10%) Apache Spark
4 17 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.61%) SAS
6 9 (0.55%) CMS
6 9 (0.55%) WordPress
7 8 (0.49%) Confluence
8 5 (0.31%) Apache
8 5 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
8 5 (0.31%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.31%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.31%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.18%) IIS
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.061%) Kinematics
Applications
1 225 (13.80%) Microsoft Office
2 123 (7.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (2.15%) Chatbot
5 31 (1.90%) Adobe XD
6 18 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 12 (0.74%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.61%) InDesign
10 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
11 6 (0.37%) AutoCAD
12 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
12 3 (0.18%) Sketch
12 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 27 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (1.29%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.18%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.061%) Endur
8 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.061%) Primavera
8 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 347 (21.28%) Azure
2 344 (21.09%) AWS
3 249 (15.27%) Microsoft 365
4 130 (7.97%) Power Platform
5 123 (7.54%) GCP
6 106 (6.50%) SaaS
7 72 (4.41%) Entra ID
8 52 (3.19%) GitHub
9 49 (3.00%) Serverless
10 43 (2.64%) Figma
11 35 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
12 34 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (1.66%) PowerApps
14 26 (1.59%) Power Automate
15 25 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
16 24 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
17 19 (1.16%) PaaS
17 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 18 (1.10%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.33%) Firewall
2 20 (1.23%) DNS
3 19 (1.16%) WAN
4 17 (1.04%) Network Security
5 16 (0.98%) VPN
6 15 (0.92%) DHCP
6 15 (0.92%) Unified Communications
7 14 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (0.80%) SSL
8 13 (0.80%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.67%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.61%) Broadband
11 9 (0.55%) Internet
12 8 (0.49%) LAN
12 8 (0.49%) MPLS
13 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (0.37%) BGP
14 6 (0.37%) VoIP
14 6 (0.37%) Wireless
15 5 (0.31%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (6.56%) Power BI
2 100 (6.13%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (2.33%) Tableau
5 36 (2.21%) MySQL
6 26 (1.59%) BigQuery
7 25 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (1.47%) Relational Database
9 23 (1.41%) NoSQL
10 19 (1.16%) Metadata
11 16 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (0.92%) OLTP
13 12 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
13 12 (0.74%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.74%) Redis
14 10 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 75 (4.60%) Git
2 53 (3.25%) JIRA
3 33 (2.02%) Selenium
4 27 (1.66%) Balsamiq
5 25 (1.53%) WebDriver
6 24 (1.47%) Axure RP
7 22 (1.35%) Postman
8 20 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 19 (1.16%) SoapUI
10 17 (1.04%) Jenkins
11 13 (0.80%) GitLab
12 11 (0.67%) MLflow
13 7 (0.43%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.43%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.37%) Babel
14 6 (0.37%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.37%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.37%) webpack
15 4 (0.25%) Storybook
15 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 773 (47.39%) Social Skills
2 395 (24.22%) Finance
3 319 (19.56%) Analytical Skills
4 302 (18.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 208 (12.75%) Public Sector
6 169 (10.36%) Law
7 149 (9.14%) Marketing
8 97 (5.95%) French Language
9 89 (5.46%) Retail
10 82 (5.03%) Banking
11 74 (4.54%) Legal
12 72 (4.41%) Back Office
13 55 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
14 51 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
14 51 (3.13%) Swedish Language
15 46 (2.82%) Manufacturing
15 46 (2.82%) Telecoms
16 35 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
17 31 (1.90%) Electronics
18 24 (1.47%) Billing
Job Titles
1 288 (17.66%) Analyst
2 254 (15.57%) Senior
3 188 (11.53%) Developer
4 110 (6.74%) Support Engineer
5 92 (5.64%) Service Analyst
5 92 (5.64%) Service Desk Analyst
6 70 (4.29%) Architect
7 64 (3.92%) Lead
8 62 (3.80%) Desktop Support
9 60 (3.68%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (3.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 59 (3.62%) Business Analyst
11 56 (3.43%) Site Engineer
12 55 (3.37%) Consultant
13 54 (3.31%) Senior Developer
13 54 (3.31%) Software Engineer
14 51 (3.13%) Graduate
15 42 (2.58%) SQL Developer
16 37 (2.27%) Senior Analyst
16 37 (2.27%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (6.44%) .NET
2 93 (5.70%) HTML
3 84 (5.15%) CSS
4 60 (3.68%) React
5 59 (3.62%) SOAP
6 56 (3.43%) REST
7 49 (3.00%) RESTful
8 31 (1.90%) Node.js
9 28 (1.72%) jQuery
9 28 (1.72%) Kafka
10 26 (1.59%) PyTorch
11 24 (1.47%) Middleware
12 23 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
12 23 (1.41%) OAuth
12 23 (1.41%) TensorFlow
12 23 (1.41%) Visualforce
13 22 (1.35%) XML
14 20 (1.23%) .NET Framework
14 20 (1.23%) Entity Framework
15 17 (1.04%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.62%) Blog
2 102 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 94 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
4 85 (5.21%) Management Information System
5 78 (4.78%) Cloud Native
6 68 (4.17%) Onboarding
7 48 (2.94%) Driving Licence
8 40 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
9 32 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.96%) Data Structures
10 31 (1.90%) Social Media
11 29 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
12 27 (1.66%) Security Posture
13 26 (1.59%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
15 21 (1.29%) Data Centre
16 18 (1.10%) Virtual Team
17 17 (1.04%) PMI
17 17 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
18 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 156 (9.56%) Windows
2 99 (6.07%) Linux
3 67 (4.11%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.47%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.29%) Android
6 19 (1.16%) Unix
7 9 (0.55%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.18%) Debian
10 3 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
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
1 437 (26.79%) Computer Science
2 380 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
3 345 (21.15%) Agile
4 305 (18.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 292 (17.90%) Customer Service
6 284 (17.41%) AI
7 248 (15.21%) ITIL
8 232 (14.22%) Analytics
9 190 (11.65%) Mentoring
10 177 (10.85%) DevOps
11 176 (10.79%) Cybersecurity
12 168 (10.30%) CI/CD
13 163 (9.99%) Decision-Making
14 152 (9.32%) Software Engineering
15 151 (9.26%) Project Management
16 137 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
17 135 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
18 127 (7.79%) Customer Experience
19 120 (7.36%) Roadmaps
20 114 (6.99%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 257 (15.76%) Python
2 246 (15.08%) SQL
3 152 (9.32%) C#
4 143 (8.77%) Java
5 117 (7.17%) JavaScript
6 74 (4.54%) C++
7 68 (4.17%) TypeScript
8 48 (2.94%) Go
9 47 (2.88%) PowerShell
10 39 (2.39%) PHP
11 36 (2.21%) Bash
12 23 (1.41%) Apex Code
12 23 (1.41%) PL/SQL
12 23 (1.41%) Rust
13 20 (1.23%) C
14 15 (0.92%) R
15 14 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 13 (0.80%) T-SQL
17 12 (0.74%) Scala
18 11 (0.67%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 313 (19.19%) Security Cleared
2 297 (18.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 279 (17.11%) SC Cleared
4 164 (10.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 147 (9.01%) Master's Degree
6 125 (7.66%) AWS Certification
7 101 (6.19%) MCSE
8 63 (3.86%) PhD
9 60 (3.68%) CTC Cleared
10 50 (3.07%) PMP
11 49 (3.00%) ACCA
12 47 (2.88%) CIMA
13 46 (2.82%) CISSP
14 43 (2.64%) PMI Certification
15 39 (2.39%) Azure Certification
16 32 (1.96%) DBS Check
16 32 (1.96%) DV Cleared
17 29 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
18 26 (1.59%) HNC
18 26 (1.59%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (8.03%) QA
2 84 (5.15%) Accessibility
3 81 (4.97%) SLA
4 68 (4.17%) GDPR
5 54 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 50 (3.07%) Data Quality
7 47 (2.88%) NIST
8 29 (1.78%) WCAG
9 25 (1.53%) GRC
10 19 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.86%) PMO
12 12 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.74%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.55%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.49%) IFRS
15 7 (0.43%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 4 (0.25%) ISO 26262
17 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.18%) GAAP
System Software
1 77 (4.72%) Docker
2 66 (4.05%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.25%) vSphere
6 3 (0.18%) Firmware
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.061%) iptables
8 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 74 (4.54%) Kubernetes
2 55 (3.37%) Terraform
3 36 (2.21%) Ansible
4 26 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.35%) Grafana
6 21 (1.29%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 7 (0.43%) Nmap
9 6 (0.37%) Autotask
10 5 (0.31%) FTK
11 4 (0.25%) Packer
12 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.12%) Argo
13 2 (0.12%) OpenView
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
13 2 (0.12%) vCenter Server
14 1 (0.061%) EMC NetWorker
14 1 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 380 (23.30%) Microsoft
2 115 (7.05%) ServiceNow
3 110 (6.74%) Cisco
4 78 (4.78%) Salesforce
5 55 (3.37%) Adobe
6 52 (3.19%) Google
7 46 (2.82%) Oracle
8 38 (2.33%) SAP
9 29 (1.78%) Databricks
10 28 (1.72%) PayPal
11 20 (1.23%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.10%) VMware
13 16 (0.98%) HubSpot
14 13 (0.80%) Sage
15 12 (0.74%) Red Hat
15 12 (0.74%) Splunk
15 12 (0.74%) Zoho
16 11 (0.67%) IBM
17 10 (0.61%) Citrix
17 10 (0.61%) Meraki