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 2 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 2 13
Rank change year-on-year -26 +11 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,791 4,257 2,948
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.18% 25.23% 13.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.60% 66.52% 47.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,104 996 1,366
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
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 £76,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,762
% change year-on-year - -5.85% -7.06%

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 5,176 6,400 6,218
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.76% 37.94% 27.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,216 2,287 2,846
10th Percentile £33,013 £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 £75,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -1.72%

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 2 October 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
1 100 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 61 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.23%) Confluence
4 15 (0.84%) IIS
5 11 (0.61%) CMS
6 9 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.50%) SAS
7 7 (0.39%) Apache
7 7 (0.39%) WordPress
8 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.22%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
8 4 (0.22%) PowerFactory
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.17%) Artix
10 2 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.056%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.056%) Resin
11 1 (0.056%) Umbraco
Applications
1 225 (12.56%) Microsoft Office
2 108 (6.03%) Microsoft Project
3 104 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (1.62%) 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 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (0.34%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.34%) 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%) Chatbot
13 3 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.45%) Primavera
3 5 (0.28%) Sage 50
3 5 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.17%) Misys Midas
4 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.11%) iTrent
5 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.11%) Shopify
5 2 (0.11%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.056%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.056%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.056%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.056%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 357 (19.93%) Azure
2 279 (15.58%) AWS
3 208 (11.61%) Microsoft 365
4 102 (5.70%) GCP
5 101 (5.64%) Power Platform
6 88 (4.91%) SaaS
7 85 (4.75%) Entra ID
8 45 (2.51%) GitHub
9 32 (1.79%) Google Analytics
10 27 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (1.45%) Power Automate
12 25 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.40%) OneDrive
13 24 (1.34%) PowerApps
14 22 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
15 20 (1.12%) Snowflake
16 17 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
16 17 (0.95%) PaaS
17 16 (0.89%) Figma
18 14 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 80 (4.47%) Firewall
2 55 (3.07%) VPN
3 46 (2.57%) TCP/IP
4 44 (2.46%) Network Security
5 38 (2.12%) DNS
6 33 (1.84%) DHCP
7 25 (1.40%) Wireless
8 24 (1.34%) LAN
9 19 (1.06%) WAN
10 12 (0.67%) Unified Communications
10 12 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.61%) Ethernet
11 11 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (0.56%) HTTP
13 9 (0.50%) Internet
13 9 (0.50%) VLAN
14 7 (0.39%) Broadband
14 7 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (0.39%) WLAN
15 6 (0.34%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 92 (5.14%) Power BI
3 42 (2.35%) Metadata
4 36 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (2.01%) Relational Database
5 34 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.90%) MySQL
6 20 (1.12%) MongoDB
6 20 (1.12%) NoSQL
6 20 (1.12%) Redis
7 15 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (0.78%) Big Data
8 14 (0.78%) Star Schema
9 13 (0.73%) Data Mining
9 13 (0.73%) Tableau
10 12 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.61%) Data Lake
12 10 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (0.50%) GIS
13 9 (0.50%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 76 (4.24%) Git
2 64 (3.57%) JIRA
3 19 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (0.95%) LabVIEW
5 15 (0.84%) GitLab
6 9 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.50%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.45%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.34%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.34%) Selenium
8 6 (0.34%) Subversion
9 5 (0.28%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (0.22%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.22%) JUnit
10 4 (0.22%) Postman
10 4 (0.22%) Snyk
10 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.17%) NUnit
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
General
1 870 (48.58%) Social Skills
2 415 (23.17%) Finance
3 389 (21.72%) Analytical Skills
4 342 (19.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 210 (11.73%) Law
6 208 (11.61%) Public Sector
7 128 (7.15%) Electronics
8 125 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
9 118 (6.59%) Aerospace
10 97 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
11 95 (5.30%) Manufacturing
12 94 (5.25%) Marketing
13 71 (3.96%) Legal
14 69 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
15 64 (3.57%) Telecoms
16 55 (3.07%) Retail
17 49 (2.74%) Swedish Language
18 36 (2.01%) Military
19 32 (1.79%) French Language
19 32 (1.79%) Games
Job Titles
1 383 (21.38%) Senior
2 292 (16.30%) Analyst
3 159 (8.88%) Developer
4 137 (7.65%) Lead
5 118 (6.59%) Architect
6 116 (6.48%) Senior Manager
7 108 (6.03%) Project Manager
8 98 (5.47%) Graduate
9 86 (4.80%) Consultant
10 83 (4.63%) Senior Project Manager
11 82 (4.58%) Software Engineer
12 75 (4.19%) Service Analyst
13 71 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
14 68 (3.80%) Business Analyst
14 68 (3.80%) Software Developer
15 63 (3.52%) Service Desk Analyst
16 62 (3.46%) Systems Engineer
17 59 (3.29%) IT Support
18 55 (3.07%) Support Engineer
19 54 (3.02%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (3.80%) .NET
2 66 (3.69%) React
3 53 (2.96%) CSS
3 53 (2.96%) HTML
4 40 (2.23%) Node.js
5 36 (2.01%) Terraform
6 32 (1.79%) Vue
7 29 (1.62%) RESTful
8 28 (1.56%) .NET Core
8 28 (1.56%) AngularJS
9 27 (1.51%) XML
10 26 (1.45%) jQuery
11 23 (1.28%) REST
12 22 (1.23%) ASP.NET
13 19 (1.06%) Entity Framework
14 17 (0.95%) .NET Framework
15 13 (0.73%) ASP.NET Core
15 13 (0.73%) LDAP
15 13 (0.73%) PySpark
16 12 (0.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 128 (7.15%) Management Information System
2 92 (5.14%) Product Ownership
3 88 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
4 73 (4.08%) Driving Licence
5 71 (3.96%) Cloud Native
6 51 (2.85%) Algorithms
7 49 (2.74%) Onboarding
8 40 (2.23%) FPGA
9 39 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (2.18%) IoT
10 37 (2.07%) Security Posture
11 31 (1.73%) Data Centre
12 27 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
13 24 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
14 22 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
14 22 (1.23%) Client/Server
14 22 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
15 21 (1.17%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.17%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 121 (6.76%) Windows
2 85 (4.75%) Linux
3 62 (3.46%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.95%) Windows 10
5 15 (0.84%) Android
6 14 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
7 10 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.50%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.50%) Unix
9 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.28%) OpenVMS
11 4 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.17%) Debian
12 3 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
12 3 (0.17%) VMS
13 2 (0.11%) VxWorks
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (28.42%) Agile
2 472 (26.35%) Problem-Solving
3 470 (26.24%) Computer Science
4 332 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 272 (15.19%) AI
6 265 (14.80%) Mentoring
7 252 (14.07%) Project Delivery
8 238 (13.29%) ITIL
9 226 (12.62%) Project Management
10 210 (11.73%) Software Engineering
11 209 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management
12 202 (11.28%) Decision-Making
13 191 (10.66%) Customer Service
14 190 (10.61%) Coaching
15 183 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
16 166 (9.27%) Analytics
17 164 (9.16%) Technology Strategy
18 163 (9.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 149 (8.32%) PRINCE2
20 144 (8.04%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 246 (13.74%) Python
2 222 (12.40%) SQL
3 141 (7.87%) C#
4 111 (6.20%) JavaScript
5 75 (4.19%) Java
6 73 (4.08%) C++
7 60 (3.35%) TypeScript
8 59 (3.29%) PowerShell
9 42 (2.35%) PHP
10 41 (2.29%) C
11 37 (2.07%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.17%) R
13 20 (1.12%) Rust
14 17 (0.95%) Go
15 14 (0.78%) Bash
16 12 (0.67%) Embedded C++
16 12 (0.67%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.61%) Embedded C
18 10 (0.56%) Bicep
18 10 (0.56%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 331 (18.48%) Security Cleared
2 315 (17.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 267 (14.91%) SC Cleared
4 115 (6.42%) Master's Degree
5 103 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 100 (5.58%) DV Cleared
7 85 (4.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 82 (4.58%) AWS Certification
9 81 (4.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 76 (4.24%) HNC
11 73 (4.08%) HND
12 63 (3.52%) CISSP
13 62 (3.46%) MCSE
14 57 (3.18%) PhD
15 52 (2.90%) Azure Certification
16 51 (2.85%) DBS Check
17 45 (2.51%) CISM
18 40 (2.23%) Chartered Engineer
19 30 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
20 26 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (7.48%) QA
2 129 (7.20%) Accessibility
3 77 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 73 (4.08%) Data Quality
5 67 (3.74%) NIST
6 56 (3.13%) GDPR
7 34 (1.90%) PMO
8 33 (1.84%) SLA
9 20 (1.12%) NCSC
10 18 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
10 18 (1.01%) GRC
11 16 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (0.67%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.67%) 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
15 9 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 8 (0.45%) HAZOP
System Software
1 90 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 54 (3.02%) Docker
3 46 (2.57%) Firmware
4 20 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.67%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.39%) vSphere
9 5 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.056%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 61 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (2.96%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.84%) Ansible
4 9 (0.50%) Functional Safety
5 8 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.34%) SCCM
7 5 (0.28%) QRadar
8 4 (0.22%) Autotask
8 4 (0.22%) Grafana
8 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.17%) Argo
9 3 (0.17%) Plesk
9 3 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.11%) Packer
10 2 (0.11%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.056%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 453 (25.29%) Microsoft
2 89 (4.97%) ServiceNow
3 57 (3.18%) Google
4 41 (2.29%) SAP
5 38 (2.12%) Cisco
6 33 (1.84%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.73%) Oracle
8 22 (1.23%) VMware
9 20 (1.12%) Adobe
10 19 (1.06%) Databricks
11 18 (1.01%) EMC
11 18 (1.01%) IBM
12 17 (0.95%) Siemens
13 16 (0.89%) YouTube
14 13 (0.73%) Apple
14 13 (0.73%) Citrix
15 12 (0.67%) Informatica
15 12 (0.67%) Red Hat
15 12 (0.67%) Sage
15 12 (0.67%) Splunk