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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,917 2,308 2,634
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.99% 13.41% 12.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.58% 48.00% 46.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,110 1,194 1,791
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,813 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,875 £90,000 £93,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,836 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.23% -3.61% +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 5,066 4,808 5,672
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.98% 27.95% 27.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,472 2,508 4,108
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,450
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,983 £46,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,781
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £91,250
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 27 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 (42.13%) Chatbot
2 248 (8.50%) Microsoft Office
3 143 (4.90%) 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%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 28 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.24%) 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
1 384 (13.16%) Azure
2 336 (11.52%) AWS
3 254 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
4 132 (4.53%) Power Platform
5 99 (3.39%) SaaS
6 87 (2.98%) GCP
7 68 (2.33%) GitHub
8 64 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
9 55 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
10 53 (1.82%) Serverless
11 48 (1.65%) Figma
12 43 (1.47%) Entra ID
13 34 (1.17%) Power Automate
14 30 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (0.99%) PowerApps
16 26 (0.89%) 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
1 128 (4.39%) SQL Server
2 100 (3.43%) Power BI
3 48 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (1.54%) MySQL
5 44 (1.51%) Tableau
6 29 (0.99%) NoSQL
7 19 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (0.62%) GIS
9 17 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.55%) DB2
10 16 (0.55%) MongoDB
11 15 (0.51%) BigQuery
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 8 (0.27%) OLTP
16 8 (0.27%) Redis
17 7 (0.24%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 67 (2.30%) JIRA
2 56 (1.92%) Git
3 47 (1.61%) Selenium
4 38 (1.30%) WebDriver
5 31 (1.06%) Postman
6 30 (1.03%) SoapUI
6 30 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (0.96%) Balsamiq
8 25 (0.86%) Axure RP
9 15 (0.51%) GitLab
10 14 (0.48%) Jenkins
11 10 (0.34%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.21%) Babel
12 6 (0.21%) ER Studio
12 6 (0.21%) Maven
12 6 (0.21%) webpack
13 5 (0.17%) Burp Suite
13 5 (0.17%) Metasploit
13 5 (0.17%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
General
1 827 (28.35%) Social Skills
2 724 (24.82%) Analytical Skills
3 419 (14.36%) Finance
4 335 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 185 (6.34%) Public Sector
6 155 (5.31%) Marketing
7 138 (4.73%) Law
8 122 (4.18%) Retail
9 111 (3.81%) French Language
10 95 (3.26%) Swedish Language
11 73 (2.50%) Legal
12 69 (2.37%) Telecoms
13 65 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
14 61 (2.09%) Banking
15 60 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
16 45 (1.54%) Back Office
17 39 (1.34%) Local Government
18 38 (1.30%) Manufacturing
19 32 (1.10%) Aerospace
20 30 (1.03%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,225 (42.00%) Trainer
2 280 (9.60%) Analyst
3 235 (8.06%) Senior
4 189 (6.48%) Developer
5 155 (5.31%) Content Editor
6 105 (3.60%) Service Analyst
6 105 (3.60%) Service Desk Analyst
7 104 (3.57%) Support Specialist
8 97 (3.33%) Customer Support Specialist
9 86 (2.95%) Lead
10 83 (2.85%) Architect
11 82 (2.81%) Research Scientist
12 80 (2.74%) Support Engineer
13 57 (1.95%) Microsoft Specialist
14 51 (1.75%) Designer
14 51 (1.75%) Software Engineer
15 47 (1.61%) Business Analyst
16 45 (1.54%) Consultant
17 44 (1.51%) Senior Developer
18 43 (1.47%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (4.73%) .NET
2 94 (3.22%) HTML
3 91 (3.12%) CSS
4 61 (2.09%) React
5 49 (1.68%) SOAP
6 44 (1.51%) RESTful
7 37 (1.27%) ASP.NET
7 37 (1.27%) REST
8 33 (1.13%) jQuery
9 32 (1.10%) Node.js
10 31 (1.06%) .NET Framework
11 26 (0.89%) Entity Framework
12 23 (0.79%) Kafka
13 21 (0.72%) XML
14 19 (0.65%) LDAP
15 17 (0.58%) gRPC
15 17 (0.58%) OAuth
16 16 (0.55%) ASP.NET Web API
16 16 (0.55%) LAPP Stack
16 16 (0.55%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 110 (3.77%) 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 56 (1.92%) Product Ownership
6 54 (1.85%) Driving Licence
7 45 (1.54%) Data Centre
8 42 (1.44%) Algorithms
9 41 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
9 41 (1.41%) Cloud Native
10 34 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
11 29 (0.99%) Social Media
12 28 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
13 24 (0.82%) Data Structures
13 24 (0.82%) e-Learning
14 21 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
14 21 (0.72%) Mobile App
14 21 (0.72%) NHS
14 21 (0.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 135 (4.63%) Windows
2 95 (3.26%) 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 1,539 (52.76%) AI
2 1,242 (42.58%) Conversational UI
3 483 (16.56%) Computer Science
4 438 (15.02%) Chemistry
5 419 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
6 379 (12.99%) Customer Service
7 366 (12.55%) Agile
8 256 (8.78%) ITIL
9 242 (8.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 206 (7.06%) Cybersecurity
11 204 (6.99%) Content Writing
12 202 (6.92%) Analytics
13 198 (6.79%) Mathematics
14 192 (6.58%) Project Management
15 188 (6.44%) Mentoring
16 173 (5.93%) DevOps
17 165 (5.66%) Physics
18 161 (5.52%) Decision-Making
19 144 (4.94%) Software Engineering
20 134 (4.59%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 233 (7.99%) Python
2 231 (7.92%) SQL
3 179 (6.14%) C#
4 165 (5.66%) Java
5 119 (4.08%) JavaScript
6 78 (2.67%) C++
7 74 (2.54%) TypeScript
8 42 (1.44%) C
9 40 (1.37%) PHP
10 36 (1.23%) PowerShell
11 32 (1.10%) Go
12 26 (0.89%) Bash
13 15 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 13 (0.45%) 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%) Scala
17 10 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 787 (26.98%) Master's Degree
2 681 (23.35%) PhD
3 329 (11.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 281 (9.63%) Security Cleared
5 251 (8.60%) SC Cleared
6 189 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 169 (5.79%) AWS Certification
8 120 (4.11%) MCSE
9 54 (1.85%) Azure Certification
10 53 (1.82%) PMP
11 47 (1.61%) DBS Check
12 43 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
13 42 (1.44%) CISSP
14 39 (1.34%) ACCA
14 39 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
14 39 (1.34%) DV Cleared
15 38 (1.30%) CIMA
16 37 (1.27%) CISM
16 37 (1.27%) PMI Certification
17 36 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (6.17%) QA
2 85 (2.91%) 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%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 8 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
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 (2.43%) Active Directory
2 48 (1.65%) Docker
3 19 (0.65%) Firmware
4 14 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.31%) 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 61 (2.09%) Kubernetes
2 39 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (0.99%) Ansible
4 27 (0.93%) Terraform
5 15 (0.51%) Grafana
6 14 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.21%) Autotask
8 6 (0.21%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.17%) Nmap
10 3 (0.10%) Argo
10 3 (0.10%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.069%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.069%) Puppet
11 2 (0.069%) SCCM
12 1 (0.034%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.034%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.034%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.034%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.034%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 1,225 (42.00%) PayPal
2 507 (17.38%) Microsoft
3 134 (4.59%) ServiceNow
4 83 (2.85%) Adobe
5 75 (2.57%) Cisco
6 58 (1.99%) Salesforce
7 50 (1.71%) Google
8 32 (1.10%) Oracle
8 32 (1.10%) SAP
9 29 (0.99%) Apple
10 26 (0.89%) Palo Alto
11 23 (0.79%) Red Hat
12 21 (0.72%) IBM
13 19 (0.65%) Databricks
14 15 (0.51%) Sage
14 15 (0.51%) VMware
15 14 (0.48%) Zoho
16 12 (0.41%) Workday
17 11 (0.38%) MuleSoft
17 11 (0.38%) NEC