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 25 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,516 2,274 3,680
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.30% 15.14% 13.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.68% 51.33% 49.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 1,259 2,604
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £31,075
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -4.88%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,625 £74,375
90th Percentile £101,250 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -4.35%

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 4,868 4,430 7,465
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.61% 29.50% 26.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,624 2,400 5,467
10th Percentile £30,821 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,913 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,014 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,875 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 25 February 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 64 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (0.68%) Confluence
6 11 (0.44%) SAS
6 11 (0.44%) Tomcat
6 11 (0.44%) WebSphere
6 11 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
7 9 (0.36%) WordPress
8 8 (0.32%) CMS
9 7 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.28%) Ethereum
10 6 (0.24%) IIS
11 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.20%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
13 3 (0.12%) Apache
14 2 (0.079%) Headless CMS
14 2 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 866 (34.42%) Chatbot
2 260 (10.33%) Microsoft Office
3 125 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (1.23%) Adobe XD
6 15 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 13 (0.52%) MS Visio
8 12 (0.48%) InDesign
9 7 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.28%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.16%) Simulink
10 4 (0.16%) Sketch
10 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.079%) Avid Media Composer
11 2 (0.079%) Pro Tools
11 2 (0.079%) Trello
12 1 (0.040%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 33 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.79%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.16%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.12%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.079%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.079%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.079%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.079%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.079%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.079%) Primavera
8 1 (0.040%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.040%) Endur
8 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.040%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.040%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.040%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 373 (14.83%) AWS
2 364 (14.47%) Azure
3 298 (11.84%) Microsoft 365
4 136 (5.41%) Power Platform
5 108 (4.29%) GCP
6 104 (4.13%) SaaS
7 80 (3.18%) Entra ID
8 58 (2.31%) Serverless
9 54 (2.15%) GitHub
10 44 (1.75%) Figma
11 41 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 39 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (1.19%) PowerApps
14 27 (1.07%) Power Automate
15 24 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (0.91%) PaaS
17 20 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
18 19 (0.76%) Miro
18 19 (0.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 19 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.63%) Firewall
2 23 (0.91%) VPN
3 21 (0.83%) SSL
3 21 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 20 (0.79%) DNS
5 19 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (0.72%) WAN
7 17 (0.68%) DHCP
8 16 (0.64%) Unified Communications
9 12 (0.48%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.48%) VLAN
10 11 (0.44%) Network Security
11 9 (0.36%) LAN
12 8 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
12 8 (0.32%) VoIP
12 8 (0.32%) Wireless
13 7 (0.28%) Internet
14 5 (0.20%) BGP
14 5 (0.20%) MPLS
14 5 (0.20%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (4.53%) Power BI
2 97 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 51 (2.03%) Tableau
4 46 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (1.35%) MySQL
6 28 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (1.11%) NoSQL
7 24 (0.95%) BigQuery
8 17 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (0.64%) MongoDB
9 16 (0.64%) Relational Database
10 15 (0.60%) Metadata
11 14 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.52%) DB2
12 13 (0.52%) OLTP
13 12 (0.48%) Redis
14 11 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (0.44%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 63 (2.50%) Git
2 57 (2.27%) JIRA
3 38 (1.51%) Selenium
4 31 (1.23%) WebDriver
5 26 (1.03%) Balsamiq
5 26 (1.03%) Postman
6 24 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
7 23 (0.91%) Axure RP
7 23 (0.91%) SoapUI
8 16 (0.64%) Jenkins
9 15 (0.60%) GitLab
10 11 (0.44%) MLflow
11 7 (0.28%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.28%) Metasploit
12 6 (0.24%) Babel
12 6 (0.24%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.24%) SpecFlow
12 6 (0.24%) webpack
13 4 (0.16%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
General
1 822 (32.67%) Social Skills
2 638 (25.36%) Analytical Skills
3 374 (14.86%) Finance
4 304 (12.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 192 (7.63%) Public Sector
6 149 (5.92%) Law
7 144 (5.72%) Marketing
8 126 (5.01%) Retail
9 125 (4.97%) French Language
10 91 (3.62%) Swedish Language
11 76 (3.02%) Banking
12 70 (2.78%) Back Office
13 65 (2.58%) Legal
14 53 (2.11%) Telecoms
15 52 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
16 41 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
17 39 (1.55%) Manufacturing
18 37 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
19 32 (1.27%) Electronics
20 27 (1.07%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 868 (34.50%) Trainer
2 326 (12.96%) Analyst
3 260 (10.33%) Senior
4 186 (7.39%) Developer
5 124 (4.93%) Service Analyst
5 124 (4.93%) Service Desk Analyst
6 108 (4.29%) Support Engineer
7 102 (4.05%) Content Editor
8 76 (3.02%) Research Scientist
9 75 (2.98%) Support Specialist
10 73 (2.90%) Customer Support Specialist
11 68 (2.70%) Lead
12 67 (2.66%) Architect
13 62 (2.46%) Desktop Support
14 60 (2.38%) Desktop Engineer
14 60 (2.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 58 (2.31%) Business Analyst
16 56 (2.23%) Site Engineer
17 55 (2.19%) Senior Developer
18 53 (2.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (4.77%) .NET
2 92 (3.66%) HTML
3 72 (2.86%) CSS
4 58 (2.31%) React
4 58 (2.31%) SOAP
5 46 (1.83%) REST
5 46 (1.83%) RESTful
6 28 (1.11%) Kafka
7 27 (1.07%) .NET Framework
7 27 (1.07%) Node.js
8 25 (0.99%) Entity Framework
9 24 (0.95%) Middleware
10 21 (0.83%) OAuth
10 21 (0.83%) TensorFlow
11 20 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
11 20 (0.79%) PyTorch
11 20 (0.79%) Visualforce
12 18 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
12 18 (0.72%) jQuery
13 17 (0.68%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 107 (4.25%) Blog
2 92 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
3 90 (3.58%) Product Ownership
4 89 (3.54%) Molecular Biology
5 87 (3.46%) Management Information System
6 63 (2.50%) Cloud Native
7 59 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 52 (2.07%) Driving Licence
9 43 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (1.67%) Algorithms
11 37 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
12 35 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
13 34 (1.35%) Social Media
14 32 (1.27%) Data Structures
15 24 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
16 22 (0.87%) Security Posture
17 19 (0.76%) Data Centre
18 17 (0.68%) PMI
19 16 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
20 15 (0.60%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 159 (6.32%) Windows
2 86 (3.42%) Linux
3 68 (2.70%) Windows 10
4 27 (1.07%) Unix
4 27 (1.07%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.91%) Android
6 14 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.12%) Debian
10 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.079%) CentOS
11 2 (0.079%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.040%) AIX
12 1 (0.040%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,151 (45.75%) AI
2 875 (34.78%) Conversational UI
3 457 (18.16%) Computer Science
4 388 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
5 387 (15.38%) Customer Service
6 344 (13.67%) Agile
6 344 (13.67%) Chemistry
7 306 (12.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 290 (11.53%) ITIL
9 237 (9.42%) Analytics
10 200 (7.95%) Cybersecurity
11 181 (7.19%) Mentoring
12 176 (7.00%) DevOps
13 170 (6.76%) Mathematics
14 167 (6.64%) Decision-Making
15 153 (6.08%) CI/CD
16 150 (5.96%) Project Management
17 147 (5.84%) CRM
18 145 (5.76%) Software Engineering
19 140 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 273 (10.85%) Python
2 234 (9.30%) SQL
3 156 (6.20%) Java
4 155 (6.16%) C#
5 127 (5.05%) JavaScript
6 75 (2.98%) TypeScript
7 72 (2.86%) C++
8 45 (1.79%) Go
9 44 (1.75%) PowerShell
10 35 (1.39%) Bash
11 28 (1.11%) C
12 27 (1.07%) PHP
13 20 (0.79%) Apex Code
13 20 (0.79%) PL/SQL
14 19 (0.76%) Rust
15 18 (0.72%) R
16 15 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (0.48%) Kotlin
17 12 (0.48%) T-SQL
18 11 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 630 (25.04%) Master's Degree
2 533 (21.18%) PhD
3 322 (12.80%) Security Cleared
4 301 (11.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 291 (11.57%) SC Cleared
6 208 (8.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 177 (7.03%) AWS Certification
8 136 (5.41%) MCSE
9 60 (2.38%) CTC Cleared
10 53 (2.11%) CISSP
11 50 (1.99%) PMP
12 48 (1.91%) Azure Certification
13 46 (1.83%) ACCA
14 45 (1.79%) CIMA
15 42 (1.67%) PMI Certification
16 41 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
17 39 (1.55%) DBS Check
18 36 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
19 34 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
20 33 (1.31%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (6.76%) QA
2 82 (3.26%) SLA
3 78 (3.10%) Accessibility
4 66 (2.62%) GDPR
5 65 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 49 (1.95%) NIST
7 47 (1.87%) Data Quality
8 30 (1.19%) WCAG
9 21 (0.83%) GRC
10 16 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.56%) ISO 9001
12 13 (0.52%) PMO
13 12 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.36%) IFRS
14 9 (0.36%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.36%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.20%) ARP4761
17 4 (0.16%) COBIT
17 4 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 72 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 71 (2.82%) Docker
3 11 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.32%) Firmware
5 7 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.079%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.079%) vSphere
9 1 (0.040%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.040%) iptables
9 1 (0.040%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.040%) Xen
Systems Management
1 68 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 41 (1.63%) Terraform
3 36 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 31 (1.23%) Ansible
5 22 (0.87%) Grafana
6 21 (0.83%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.44%) Autotask
8 8 (0.32%) SCCM
9 7 (0.28%) Nmap
10 5 (0.20%) FTK
11 3 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.079%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.079%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.040%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.040%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.040%) CASB
13 1 (0.040%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.040%) Kibana
13 1 (0.040%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.040%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 861 (34.22%) PayPal
2 463 (18.40%) Microsoft
3 143 (5.68%) ServiceNow
4 107 (4.25%) Cisco
5 81 (3.22%) Salesforce
6 60 (2.38%) Google
7 57 (2.27%) Adobe
8 48 (1.91%) Oracle
9 32 (1.27%) SAP
10 23 (0.91%) Databricks
11 20 (0.79%) MuleSoft
12 18 (0.72%) Red Hat
13 17 (0.68%) IBM
14 16 (0.64%) HubSpot
15 15 (0.60%) Sage
16 14 (0.56%) Zoho
17 12 (0.48%) Citrix
17 12 (0.48%) VMware
18 9 (0.36%) NEC
18 9 (0.36%) Palantir