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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 3 13
Rank change year-on-year -24 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,797 3,821 2,996
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.25% 23.13% 13.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.00% 63.86% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,116 1,000 1,402
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,725 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,767
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%

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 5,135 5,983 6,288
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.72% 36.22% 27.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,214 2,314 2,927
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.70% -3.79%

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 26 September 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
1 101 (5.62%) SharePoint
2 60 (3.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.22%) Confluence
4 15 (0.83%) IIS
5 11 (0.61%) CMS
6 9 (0.50%) SAS
7 8 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.39%) Apache
8 7 (0.39%) WordPress
9 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.22%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.22%) PowerFactory
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.17%) Artix
11 2 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
12 1 (0.056%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.056%) Resin
12 1 (0.056%) Umbraco
Applications
1 223 (12.41%) Microsoft Office
2 109 (6.07%) Microsoft Project
3 105 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (1.61%) AutoCAD
6 26 (1.45%) Simulink
7 23 (1.28%) Revit
8 14 (0.78%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.56%) CorelDRAW
10 9 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (0.33%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.33%) Trello
12 4 (0.22%) Autodesk Inventor
12 4 (0.22%) Autodesk Smoke
12 4 (0.22%) FrameMaker
12 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
12 4 (0.22%) Windchill
13 3 (0.17%) MadCap Flare
13 3 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.45%) Primavera
3 6 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.28%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.17%) Misys Midas
5 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.11%) Shopify
6 2 (0.11%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.056%) HFM
7 1 (0.056%) Magento
7 1 (0.056%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.056%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.056%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 359 (19.98%) Azure
2 281 (15.64%) AWS
3 206 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
4 105 (5.84%) GCP
5 103 (5.73%) Power Platform
6 88 (4.90%) SaaS
7 84 (4.67%) Entra ID
8 45 (2.50%) GitHub
9 35 (1.95%) Google Analytics
10 27 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (1.45%) Power Automate
12 25 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.39%) PowerApps
13 24 (1.34%) OneDrive
14 21 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
15 20 (1.11%) Snowflake
16 17 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
17 16 (0.89%) Figma
18 15 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
18 15 (0.83%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 79 (4.40%) Firewall
2 53 (2.95%) VPN
3 46 (2.56%) Network Security
3 46 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 38 (2.11%) DNS
5 33 (1.84%) DHCP
6 25 (1.39%) Wireless
7 24 (1.34%) LAN
8 20 (1.11%) WAN
9 12 (0.67%) Unified Communications
9 12 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
11 10 (0.56%) Ethernet
11 10 (0.56%) HTTP
12 9 (0.50%) Internet
12 9 (0.50%) VLAN
13 7 (0.39%) Broadband
13 7 (0.39%) MPLS
13 7 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (6.40%) SQL Server
2 93 (5.18%) Power BI
3 42 (2.34%) Metadata
4 38 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (2.11%) Relational Database
5 34 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.89%) MySQL
6 20 (1.11%) NoSQL
6 20 (1.11%) Redis
7 19 (1.06%) MongoDB
8 16 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (0.83%) Star Schema
10 13 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (0.72%) Big Data
10 13 (0.72%) Tableau
11 11 (0.61%) Data Lake
11 11 (0.61%) Data Mining
11 11 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (0.56%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.50%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 79 (4.40%) Git
2 67 (3.73%) JIRA
3 19 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (0.95%) LabVIEW
5 15 (0.83%) GitLab
6 9 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.50%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.45%) Balsamiq
8 7 (0.39%) Selenium
9 6 (0.33%) Axure RP
9 6 (0.33%) Subversion
9 6 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.28%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.22%) JUnit
11 4 (0.22%) Postman
11 4 (0.22%) Snyk
11 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.17%) NUnit
12 3 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.17%) RStudio
General
1 872 (48.53%) Social Skills
2 422 (23.48%) Finance
3 383 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
4 346 (19.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 216 (12.02%) Law
6 213 (11.85%) Public Sector
7 130 (7.23%) Electronics
8 127 (7.07%) Organisational Skills
9 118 (6.57%) Aerospace
10 100 (5.56%) Marketing
11 97 (5.40%) Presentation Skills
12 93 (5.18%) Manufacturing
13 70 (3.90%) Legal
14 69 (3.84%) Influencing Skills
15 64 (3.56%) Telecoms
16 53 (2.95%) Retail
17 49 (2.73%) Swedish Language
18 36 (2.00%) Military
19 32 (1.78%) French Language
19 32 (1.78%) Games
Job Titles
1 376 (20.92%) Senior
2 291 (16.19%) Analyst
3 163 (9.07%) Developer
4 138 (7.68%) Lead
5 119 (6.62%) Architect
6 114 (6.34%) Senior Manager
7 108 (6.01%) Project Manager
8 100 (5.56%) Graduate
9 87 (4.84%) Consultant
10 83 (4.62%) Senior Project Manager
11 80 (4.45%) Software Engineer
12 74 (4.12%) Service Analyst
13 72 (4.01%) Software Developer
14 71 (3.95%) Senior Analyst
15 68 (3.78%) Business Analyst
16 64 (3.56%) Systems Engineer
17 63 (3.51%) Service Desk Analyst
18 61 (3.39%) IT Support
19 56 (3.12%) Support Engineer
20 53 (2.95%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (3.84%) .NET
2 62 (3.45%) React
3 58 (3.23%) CSS
4 55 (3.06%) HTML
5 37 (2.06%) Node.js
6 35 (1.95%) Terraform
7 32 (1.78%) Vue
8 30 (1.67%) jQuery
9 28 (1.56%) .NET Core
9 28 (1.56%) AngularJS
9 28 (1.56%) RESTful
9 28 (1.56%) XML
10 25 (1.39%) REST
11 23 (1.28%) ASP.NET
12 19 (1.06%) Entity Framework
13 18 (1.00%) .NET Framework
14 13 (0.72%) ASP.NET Core
14 13 (0.72%) JSON
14 13 (0.72%) LDAP
15 12 (0.67%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 127 (7.07%) Management Information System
2 93 (5.18%) Product Ownership
3 89 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
4 71 (3.95%) Cloud Native
5 68 (3.78%) Driving Licence
6 51 (2.84%) Algorithms
7 50 (2.78%) Onboarding
8 40 (2.23%) FPGA
9 39 (2.17%) IoT
10 38 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 38 (2.11%) Security Posture
11 32 (1.78%) Data Centre
12 27 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
14 23 (1.28%) Client/Server
14 23 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
14 23 (1.28%) Data Structures
15 22 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.22%) Mobile App
16 21 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 127 (7.07%) Windows
2 89 (4.95%) Linux
3 64 (3.56%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.95%) Windows 10
5 14 (0.78%) Android
5 14 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
6 10 (0.56%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.56%) Unix
7 9 (0.50%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.28%) OpenVMS
10 4 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.17%) Debian
11 3 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
11 3 (0.17%) VMS
12 2 (0.11%) VxWorks
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (28.71%) Agile
2 472 (26.27%) Computer Science
3 465 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
4 332 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 269 (14.97%) Mentoring
6 263 (14.64%) AI
7 250 (13.91%) Project Delivery
8 237 (13.19%) ITIL
9 227 (12.63%) Project Management
10 207 (11.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 204 (11.35%) Software Engineering
12 199 (11.07%) Decision-Making
13 193 (10.74%) Customer Service
14 190 (10.57%) Coaching
15 180 (10.02%) Cybersecurity
16 170 (9.46%) Technology Strategy
17 163 (9.07%) Analytics
18 162 (9.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 149 (8.29%) PRINCE2
20 146 (8.12%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 245 (13.63%) Python
2 225 (12.52%) SQL
3 149 (8.29%) C#
4 108 (6.01%) JavaScript
5 80 (4.45%) Java
6 79 (4.40%) C++
7 59 (3.28%) PowerShell
8 57 (3.17%) TypeScript
9 46 (2.56%) PHP
10 43 (2.39%) C
11 37 (2.06%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.17%) Rust
13 20 (1.11%) R
14 18 (1.00%) Go
15 15 (0.83%) Bash
16 12 (0.67%) Embedded C++
16 12 (0.67%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.61%) Embedded C
18 10 (0.56%) SystemVerilog
19 8 (0.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 339 (18.86%) Security Cleared
2 320 (17.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 274 (15.25%) SC Cleared
4 115 (6.40%) Master's Degree
5 104 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 101 (5.62%) DV Cleared
7 85 (4.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 82 (4.56%) AWS Certification
9 80 (4.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 70 (3.90%) HNC
11 66 (3.67%) HND
12 63 (3.51%) CISSP
13 62 (3.45%) MCSE
14 56 (3.12%) PhD
15 52 (2.89%) Azure Certification
16 50 (2.78%) DBS Check
17 45 (2.50%) CISM
18 40 (2.23%) Chartered Engineer
19 30 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
20 27 (1.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (7.57%) QA
2 131 (7.29%) Accessibility
3 77 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 73 (4.06%) Data Quality
5 66 (3.67%) NIST
6 56 (3.12%) GDPR
7 34 (1.89%) PMO
7 34 (1.89%) SLA
8 20 (1.11%) NCSC
9 19 (1.06%) GRC
10 18 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 13 (0.72%) WCAG
13 11 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.61%) Def Stans
13 11 (0.61%) ISO 9001
14 10 (0.56%) NIST 800
14 10 (0.56%) PCI DSS
15 9 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 91 (5.06%) Active Directory
2 50 (2.78%) Docker
3 45 (2.50%) Firmware
4 22 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.67%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.45%) vSphere
9 5 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.056%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 60 (3.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (2.84%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.95%) Ansible
4 8 (0.45%) Functional Safety
4 8 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.33%) SCCM
6 5 (0.28%) QRadar
7 4 (0.22%) Autotask
7 4 (0.22%) Grafana
7 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.17%) Argo
8 3 (0.17%) Packer
8 3 (0.17%) Plesk
8 3 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.056%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 453 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 89 (4.95%) ServiceNow
3 57 (3.17%) Google
4 42 (2.34%) SAP
5 39 (2.17%) Cisco
6 36 (2.00%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.73%) Oracle
8 24 (1.34%) VMware
9 20 (1.11%) Adobe
10 19 (1.06%) Databricks
10 19 (1.06%) EMC
11 18 (1.00%) IBM
12 17 (0.95%) Siemens
13 16 (0.89%) YouTube
14 14 (0.78%) Splunk
15 13 (0.72%) Apple
15 13 (0.72%) Citrix
16 12 (0.67%) Informatica
16 12 (0.67%) Red Hat
16 12 (0.67%) Sage