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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,617 3,141 4,422
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.24% 20.78% 12.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.80% 61.44% 48.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 1,256 2,889
10th Percentile £28,800 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,280 £37,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 4,278 5,112 9,107
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.79% 33.82% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,937 2,349 5,923
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,319 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 11 June 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 73 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.93%) WordPress
5 14 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 13 (0.80%) CMS
7 12 (0.74%) Confluence
8 10 (0.62%) SAS
9 7 (0.43%) Apache
10 6 (0.37%) IIS
11 4 (0.25%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.25%) PowerFactory
12 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.19%) Artix
12 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.062%) Apache Pulsar
13 1 (0.062%) Drupal
13 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
Applications
1 257 (15.89%) Microsoft Office
2 93 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 92 (5.69%) Microsoft Project
4 39 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (0.62%) Adobe XD
6 10 (0.62%) AutoCAD
7 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
8 6 (0.37%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.25%) CorelDRAW
10 4 (0.25%) Revit
10 4 (0.25%) Windchill
11 3 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.19%) FrameMaker
11 3 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
12 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 16 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.62%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.25%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.062%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.062%) HFM
8 1 (0.062%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.062%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.062%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.062%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.062%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.062%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 343 (21.21%) Azure
2 284 (17.56%) AWS
3 221 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
4 127 (7.85%) Power Platform
5 102 (6.31%) GCP
6 91 (5.63%) Entra ID
6 91 (5.63%) SaaS
7 33 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
8 31 (1.92%) GitHub
9 30 (1.86%) PowerApps
9 30 (1.86%) Serverless
10 29 (1.79%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.79%) Power Automate
11 24 (1.48%) Figma
12 16 (0.99%) Snowflake
13 15 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (0.93%) Canva
13 15 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (0.87%) Mimecast
14 14 (0.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.15%) Firewall
2 29 (1.79%) Network Security
3 23 (1.42%) DNS
3 23 (1.42%) TCP/IP
4 22 (1.36%) VPN
5 18 (1.11%) WAN
6 17 (1.05%) DHCP
7 12 (0.74%) Internet
8 10 (0.62%) Broadband
8 10 (0.62%) LAN
8 10 (0.62%) Unified Communications
9 8 (0.49%) LTE
9 8 (0.49%) MPLS
9 8 (0.49%) SD-WAN
9 8 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.49%) Wireless
10 6 (0.37%) BGP
10 6 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.37%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (6.62%) SQL Server
2 104 (6.43%) Power BI
3 36 (2.23%) MySQL
4 30 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (1.61%) Tableau
6 24 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (1.42%) Relational Database
8 22 (1.36%) Metadata
9 20 (1.24%) BigQuery
10 17 (1.05%) OLTP
11 16 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (0.80%) Redis
14 12 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.74%) MongoDB
15 11 (0.68%) NoSQL
16 10 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (0.62%) Looker
Development Applications
1 69 (4.27%) Git
2 57 (3.53%) JIRA
3 18 (1.11%) Selenium
4 17 (1.05%) Postman
5 16 (0.99%) WebDriver
6 14 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (0.80%) SoapUI
8 11 (0.68%) Visual Studio
9 10 (0.62%) Axure RP
9 10 (0.62%) Balsamiq
9 10 (0.62%) Jenkins
9 10 (0.62%) MLflow
10 8 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.37%) GitLab
12 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
13 4 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 3 (0.19%) REST Assured
14 3 (0.19%) Storybook
General
1 773 (47.80%) Social Skills
2 374 (23.13%) Finance
3 299 (18.49%) Analytical Skills
4 240 (14.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 190 (11.75%) Public Sector
6 179 (11.07%) Law
7 123 (7.61%) Marketing
8 81 (5.01%) Organisational Skills
9 80 (4.95%) Retail
10 73 (4.51%) Legal
11 64 (3.96%) Back Office
11 64 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
12 63 (3.90%) Banking
13 62 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
14 58 (3.59%) Manufacturing
15 52 (3.22%) French Language
16 50 (3.09%) Electronics
17 28 (1.73%) Telecoms
18 25 (1.55%) Advertising
19 22 (1.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 302 (18.68%) Senior
2 281 (17.38%) Analyst
3 201 (12.43%) Developer
4 99 (6.12%) Architect
5 98 (6.06%) Support Engineer
6 96 (5.94%) Graduate
7 95 (5.88%) Senior Manager
8 89 (5.50%) Project Manager
9 79 (4.89%) Lead
10 75 (4.64%) Service Analyst
11 72 (4.45%) Business Analyst
12 69 (4.27%) Service Desk Analyst
13 67 (4.14%) Senior Project Manager
14 63 (3.90%) Software Developer
15 60 (3.71%) Graduate Developer
16 56 (3.46%) Consultant
17 53 (3.28%) Software Engineer
18 50 (3.09%) Desktop Support
19 49 (3.03%) Graduate Software Developer
20 48 (2.97%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (4.89%) HTML
2 74 (4.58%) .NET
3 67 (4.14%) CSS
4 49 (3.03%) React
5 48 (2.97%) SOAP
6 42 (2.60%) REST
7 40 (2.47%) jQuery
8 36 (2.23%) RESTful
9 33 (2.04%) Node.js
10 29 (1.79%) XML
11 26 (1.61%) Vue
12 24 (1.48%) PyTorch
13 19 (1.18%) Middleware
13 19 (1.18%) TensorFlow
14 18 (1.11%) Lightning Web Components
14 18 (1.11%) Visualforce
15 17 (1.05%) OAuth
16 16 (0.99%) JSON
17 13 (0.80%) AngularJS
17 13 (0.80%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 115 (7.11%) Product Ownership
2 93 (5.75%) Management Information System
3 84 (5.19%) Cloud Native
4 79 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
5 55 (3.40%) Onboarding
6 34 (2.10%) Data Structures
7 33 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 31 (1.92%) Algorithms
8 31 (1.92%) Security Posture
9 30 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.42%) Social Media
11 23 (1.42%) Virtual Team
12 22 (1.36%) Cyberattack
13 19 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (1.05%) Data Centre
14 17 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (0.93%) FMCG
15 15 (0.93%) PMI
16 14 (0.87%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 150 (9.28%) Windows
2 103 (6.37%) Linux
3 55 (3.40%) Windows 10
4 49 (3.03%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.80%) Unix
6 10 (0.62%) Android
6 10 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.12%) CentOS
10 2 (0.12%) Debian
10 2 (0.12%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.062%) AIX
11 1 (0.062%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (27.40%) Agile
2 424 (26.22%) Computer Science
3 356 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
4 318 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 235 (14.53%) ITIL
6 217 (13.42%) Customer Service
7 212 (13.11%) Mentoring
8 202 (12.49%) Project Management
9 192 (11.87%) Analytics
10 177 (10.95%) AI
11 176 (10.88%) Coaching
12 170 (10.51%) Project Delivery
13 168 (10.39%) Decision-Making
14 162 (10.02%) Cybersecurity
15 158 (9.77%) CI/CD
16 157 (9.71%) DevOps
17 156 (9.65%) Customer Experience
18 151 (9.34%) Software Engineering
19 129 (7.98%) Scrum
19 129 (7.98%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 272 (16.82%) SQL
2 230 (14.22%) Python
3 153 (9.46%) C#
4 125 (7.73%) Java
5 103 (6.37%) JavaScript
6 67 (4.14%) C++
7 62 (3.83%) PHP
8 54 (3.34%) PowerShell
9 50 (3.09%) TypeScript
10 31 (1.92%) Go
11 28 (1.73%) Bash
12 27 (1.67%) PL/SQL
13 23 (1.42%) Rust
14 19 (1.18%) Apex Code
15 18 (1.11%) R
16 17 (1.05%) C
17 13 (0.80%) Bicep
18 11 (0.68%) T-SQL
19 10 (0.62%) Scala
20 8 (0.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 287 (17.75%) Computer Science Degree
2 277 (17.13%) Security Cleared
3 240 (14.84%) SC Cleared
4 121 (7.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 109 (6.74%) Master's Degree
6 90 (5.57%) AWS Certification
7 73 (4.51%) MCSE
8 69 (4.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 63 (3.90%) CISSP
10 53 (3.28%) DBS Check
11 52 (3.22%) Azure Certification
12 48 (2.97%) CTC Cleared
13 46 (2.84%) PMI Certification
14 41 (2.54%) HNC
15 39 (2.41%) PhD
16 38 (2.35%) CISM
17 33 (2.04%) PMP
18 31 (1.92%) DV Cleared
19 29 (1.79%) ACCA
20 28 (1.73%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (6.93%) QA
2 74 (4.58%) SLA
3 68 (4.21%) Accessibility
4 62 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 57 (3.53%) NIST
6 52 (3.22%) Data Quality
7 48 (2.97%) GDPR
8 28 (1.73%) GRC
9 21 (1.30%) PMO
10 18 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 18 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (1.05%) WCAG
12 11 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 11 (0.68%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.56%) NCSC
14 8 (0.49%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.37%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.31%) COBIT
17 4 (0.25%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 78 (4.82%) Active Directory
2 57 (3.53%) Docker
3 24 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.56%) vSphere
5 8 (0.49%) Firmware
6 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 53 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 49 (3.03%) Terraform
3 34 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (1.55%) Ansible
5 12 (0.74%) Grafana
5 12 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.62%) Autotask
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 7 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.37%) Packer
10 5 (0.31%) FTK
11 4 (0.25%) Nmap
11 4 (0.25%) QRadar
11 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.19%) Argo
12 3 (0.19%) Plesk
13 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.12%) OpenView
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 382 (23.62%) Microsoft
2 99 (6.12%) ServiceNow
3 84 (5.19%) Cisco
4 58 (3.59%) Salesforce
5 53 (3.28%) Oracle
6 46 (2.84%) Google
7 38 (2.35%) SAP
8 34 (2.10%) Adobe
9 33 (2.04%) Databricks
10 25 (1.55%) VMware
11 19 (1.18%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.93%) Meraki
13 14 (0.87%) Citrix
14 13 (0.80%) Splunk
15 12 (0.74%) EMC
15 12 (0.74%) MuleSoft
16 11 (0.68%) Sage
16 11 (0.68%) Workday
17 9 (0.56%) Palantir
17 9 (0.56%) Pardot