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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,915 2,299 2,591
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.24% 13.43% 12.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.79% 47.96% 46.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,105 1,188 1,748
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.56% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £103,750 £90,000 £93,750
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 5,044 4,794 5,596
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.30% 28.01% 27.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,453 2,493 4,032
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +2.74% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,125
90th Percentile £92,900 £90,000 £91,934
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 31 December 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 60 (2.06%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.72%) Confluence
4 16 (0.55%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.55%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
5 13 (0.45%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.31%) IIS
8 8 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.24%) Ethereum
10 6 (0.21%) SAS
11 5 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.17%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.14%) CMS
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.14%) WordPress
13 2 (0.069%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.034%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,229 (42.16%) Chatbot
2 246 (8.44%) Microsoft Office
3 142 (4.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 48 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 36 (1.23%) Adobe XD
6 22 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 17 (0.58%) MS Visio
8 16 (0.55%) InDesign
9 8 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.24%) Photoshop
10 7 (0.24%) Sketch
11 5 (0.17%) Simulink
12 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.14%) Trello
13 2 (0.069%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.069%) OrCAD
13 2 (0.069%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.069%) Revit
14 1 (0.034%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.10%) Primavera
8 3 (0.10%) ResourceLink
9 2 (0.069%) Endur
9 2 (0.069%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.069%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.069%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.069%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.034%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.034%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 382 (13.10%) Azure
2 336 (11.53%) AWS
3 254 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
4 132 (4.53%) Power Platform
5 99 (3.40%) SaaS
6 88 (3.02%) GCP
7 69 (2.37%) GitHub
8 65 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
9 56 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
10 55 (1.89%) Serverless
11 48 (1.65%) Figma
12 41 (1.41%) Entra ID
13 34 (1.17%) Power Automate
14 30 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (0.99%) PowerApps
16 25 (0.86%) PaaS
17 22 (0.75%) Miro
18 20 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
19 17 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
20 14 (0.48%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.44%) VPN
2 34 (1.17%) Firewall
3 32 (1.10%) WAN
4 27 (0.93%) LAN
5 26 (0.89%) SSL
6 24 (0.82%) Unified Communications
7 22 (0.75%) TCP/IP
8 20 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (0.58%) DNS
10 16 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 16 (0.55%) VLAN
11 15 (0.51%) VoIP
12 14 (0.48%) DHCP
13 13 (0.45%) Network Security
14 9 (0.31%) Internet
15 7 (0.24%) Wireshark
16 6 (0.21%) Ethernet
16 6 (0.21%) Modbus
16 6 (0.21%) Wireless
17 5 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (4.19%) SQL Server
2 99 (3.40%) Power BI
3 48 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
4 44 (1.51%) Tableau
5 41 (1.41%) MySQL
6 28 (0.96%) NoSQL
7 19 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (0.62%) GIS
9 17 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.55%) BigQuery
10 16 (0.55%) DB2
11 15 (0.51%) MongoDB
11 15 (0.51%) Relational Database
12 14 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (0.41%) Metadata
15 11 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
16 9 (0.31%) Redis
17 8 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
17 8 (0.27%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 69 (2.37%) JIRA
2 54 (1.85%) Git
3 49 (1.68%) Selenium
4 40 (1.37%) WebDriver
5 33 (1.13%) Postman
6 32 (1.10%) SoapUI
6 32 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (0.96%) Balsamiq
8 25 (0.86%) Axure RP
9 14 (0.48%) Jenkins
10 13 (0.45%) GitLab
11 10 (0.34%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.21%) Babel
12 6 (0.21%) Burp Suite
12 6 (0.21%) ER Studio
12 6 (0.21%) Metasploit
12 6 (0.21%) webpack
13 5 (0.17%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
14 4 (0.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 819 (28.10%) Social Skills
2 722 (24.77%) Analytical Skills
3 415 (14.24%) Finance
4 333 (11.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 184 (6.31%) Public Sector
6 156 (5.35%) Marketing
7 138 (4.73%) Law
8 123 (4.22%) Retail
9 111 (3.81%) French Language
10 95 (3.26%) Swedish Language
11 71 (2.44%) Legal
12 68 (2.33%) Telecoms
13 64 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
14 61 (2.09%) Banking
15 60 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
16 45 (1.54%) Back Office
17 38 (1.30%) Manufacturing
18 35 (1.20%) Local Government
19 32 (1.10%) Aerospace
20 30 (1.03%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,225 (42.02%) Trainer
2 285 (9.78%) Analyst
3 235 (8.06%) Senior
4 188 (6.45%) Developer
5 155 (5.32%) Content Editor
6 105 (3.60%) Service Analyst
6 105 (3.60%) Service Desk Analyst
7 103 (3.53%) Support Specialist
8 97 (3.33%) Customer Support Specialist
9 84 (2.88%) Architect
9 84 (2.88%) Lead
10 82 (2.81%) Research Scientist
11 80 (2.74%) Support Engineer
12 57 (1.96%) Microsoft Specialist
13 52 (1.78%) Business Analyst
14 51 (1.75%) Designer
15 49 (1.68%) Software Engineer
16 45 (1.54%) Consultant
16 45 (1.54%) Senior Developer
17 43 (1.48%) Customer Service Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (4.73%) .NET
2 97 (3.33%) HTML
3 87 (2.98%) CSS
4 60 (2.06%) React
5 52 (1.78%) SOAP
6 44 (1.51%) RESTful
7 36 (1.23%) REST
8 33 (1.13%) ASP.NET
9 32 (1.10%) Node.js
10 31 (1.06%) .NET Framework
11 29 (0.99%) jQuery
12 26 (0.89%) Entity Framework
13 23 (0.79%) Kafka
14 21 (0.72%) XML
15 19 (0.65%) LDAP
16 17 (0.58%) gRPC
17 16 (0.55%) ASP.NET Web API
17 16 (0.55%) LAPP Stack
17 16 (0.55%) WebSockets
17 16 (0.55%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 111 (3.81%) Management Information System
2 107 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
3 98 (3.36%) Blog
3 98 (3.36%) Molecular Biology
4 62 (2.13%) Onboarding
5 54 (1.85%) Driving Licence
5 54 (1.85%) Product Ownership
6 45 (1.54%) Data Centre
7 42 (1.44%) Algorithms
8 41 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 41 (1.41%) Cloud Native
9 35 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
10 30 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (0.99%) Social Media
12 24 (0.82%) Data Structures
12 24 (0.82%) e-Learning
13 22 (0.75%) Security Posture
14 21 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
14 21 (0.72%) Mobile App
15 20 (0.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 135 (4.63%) Windows
2 92 (3.16%) Linux
3 41 (1.41%) Windows 10
4 37 (1.27%) Unix
5 23 (0.79%) Android
5 23 (0.79%) Windows Server
6 18 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (0.55%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.48%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.17%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.069%) Debian
12 1 (0.034%) CentOS
12 1 (0.034%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.034%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.034%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,538 (52.76%) AI
2 1,242 (42.61%) Conversational UI
3 479 (16.43%) Computer Science
4 438 (15.03%) Chemistry
5 420 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
6 379 (13.00%) Customer Service
7 365 (12.52%) Agile
8 256 (8.78%) ITIL
9 249 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 204 (7.00%) Content Writing
10 204 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
11 199 (6.83%) Mathematics
12 198 (6.79%) Analytics
13 193 (6.62%) Mentoring
14 189 (6.48%) Project Management
15 173 (5.93%) DevOps
16 165 (5.66%) Physics
17 162 (5.56%) Decision-Making
18 143 (4.91%) Software Engineering
19 134 (4.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 235 (8.06%) Python
2 227 (7.79%) SQL
3 179 (6.14%) C#
4 165 (5.66%) Java
5 121 (4.15%) JavaScript
6 76 (2.61%) TypeScript
7 74 (2.54%) C++
8 42 (1.44%) C
9 36 (1.23%) PHP
9 36 (1.23%) PowerShell
10 32 (1.10%) Go
11 26 (0.89%) Bash
12 15 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 14 (0.48%) PL/SQL
14 13 (0.45%) R
15 12 (0.41%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.41%) T-SQL
16 11 (0.38%) MATLAB
17 10 (0.34%) VBA
18 9 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 785 (26.93%) Master's Degree
2 680 (23.33%) PhD
3 327 (11.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 288 (9.88%) Security Cleared
5 252 (8.64%) SC Cleared
6 192 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 171 (5.87%) AWS Certification
8 121 (4.15%) MCSE
9 56 (1.92%) Azure Certification
10 53 (1.82%) PMP
11 49 (1.68%) DBS Check
12 44 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
12 44 (1.51%) PMI Certification
13 43 (1.48%) CISSP
14 41 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
15 39 (1.34%) ACCA
15 39 (1.34%) DV Cleared
16 38 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 38 (1.30%) CIMA
17 37 (1.27%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (6.17%) QA
2 86 (2.95%) Accessibility
3 77 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 58 (1.99%) GDPR
5 51 (1.75%) SLA
6 45 (1.54%) NIST
7 35 (1.20%) ISO 9001
7 35 (1.20%) WCAG
8 32 (1.10%) Data Quality
9 23 (0.79%) PMO
10 20 (0.69%) GRC
11 13 (0.45%) SOC 2
12 9 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 8 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.27%) IFRS
14 7 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.21%) NIST 800
15 6 (0.21%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.17%) ITGC
System Software
1 71 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 48 (1.65%) Docker
3 19 (0.65%) Firmware
4 14 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.17%) vSphere
7 3 (0.10%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.069%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.034%) iptables
9 1 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 60 (2.06%) Kubernetes
2 39 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (0.93%) Ansible
3 27 (0.93%) Terraform
4 15 (0.51%) Grafana
5 14 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.21%) Autotask
7 6 (0.21%) Nmap
7 6 (0.21%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.10%) Argo
8 3 (0.10%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.069%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.069%) Puppet
9 2 (0.069%) SCCM
10 1 (0.034%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.034%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.034%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.034%) Kibana
10 1 (0.034%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,225 (42.02%) PayPal
2 509 (17.46%) Microsoft
3 134 (4.60%) ServiceNow
4 83 (2.85%) Adobe
5 76 (2.61%) Cisco
6 59 (2.02%) Salesforce
7 51 (1.75%) Google
8 33 (1.13%) Oracle
9 32 (1.10%) SAP
10 29 (0.99%) Apple
11 26 (0.89%) Palo Alto
12 23 (0.79%) Red Hat
13 21 (0.72%) IBM
14 17 (0.58%) Databricks
15 15 (0.51%) Sage
15 15 (0.51%) VMware
16 14 (0.48%) Zoho
17 12 (0.41%) MuleSoft
17 12 (0.41%) Workday
18 11 (0.38%) NEC