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 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 9 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,630 2,129 4,094
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.29% 16.14% 12.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.56% 54.56% 46.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 1,318 2,852
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,318
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 4,227 3,902 8,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.08% 29.58% 27.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,814 2,457 5,972
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,291
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.73% -4.52%
75th Percentile £78,797 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year +0.87% +5.50% -5.22%

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 16 April 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 60 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.80%) WordPress
6 12 (0.74%) CMS
7 11 (0.67%) Confluence
8 10 (0.61%) SAS
9 5 (0.31%) Apache
9 5 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.31%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.25%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.061%) Drupal
12 1 (0.061%) IIS
12 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 221 (13.56%) Microsoft Office
2 113 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.15%) Chatbot
3 35 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.41%) Adobe XD
5 18 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 17 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.61%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.25%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.25%) InDesign
10 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.18%) Sketch
12 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 18 (1.10%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.061%) Endur
7 1 (0.061%) Primavera
7 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.061%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 350 (21.47%) Azure
2 335 (20.55%) AWS
3 234 (14.36%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (7.73%) GCP
5 121 (7.42%) Power Platform
6 92 (5.64%) SaaS
7 75 (4.60%) Entra ID
8 45 (2.76%) GitHub
9 43 (2.64%) Serverless
10 37 (2.27%) Figma
11 29 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
14 24 (1.47%) Google Analytics
15 23 (1.41%) PowerApps
16 22 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
17 21 (1.29%) Power Automate
18 19 (1.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 19 (1.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
19 17 (1.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.64%) Firewall
2 21 (1.29%) DNS
2 21 (1.29%) WAN
3 18 (1.10%) VPN
4 17 (1.04%) Network Security
5 16 (0.98%) DHCP
6 14 (0.86%) TCP/IP
7 12 (0.74%) Internet
8 11 (0.67%) Broadband
8 11 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.61%) LAN
9 10 (0.61%) MPLS
9 10 (0.61%) SSL
10 9 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.55%) Unified Communications
11 8 (0.49%) BGP
11 8 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.43%) LTE
13 6 (0.37%) VoIP
13 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (6.20%) SQL Server
2 98 (6.01%) Power BI
3 41 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (2.33%) MySQL
5 32 (1.96%) Tableau
6 25 (1.53%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.23%) NoSQL
8 20 (1.23%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.04%) Metadata
10 16 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (0.86%) OLTP
12 14 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.74%) MongoDB
14 12 (0.74%) Redis
15 10 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 75 (4.60%) Git
2 55 (3.37%) JIRA
3 31 (1.90%) Selenium
4 26 (1.60%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.41%) Axure RP
5 23 (1.41%) WebDriver
6 21 (1.29%) Postman
7 19 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.10%) SoapUI
9 15 (0.92%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.67%) GitLab
10 11 (0.67%) MLflow
11 6 (0.37%) Babel
11 6 (0.37%) Burp Suite
11 6 (0.37%) Metasploit
11 6 (0.37%) webpack
12 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.31%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 767 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 396 (24.29%) Finance
3 310 (19.02%) Analytical Skills
4 305 (18.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 223 (13.68%) Public Sector
6 176 (10.80%) Law
7 149 (9.14%) Marketing
8 86 (5.28%) Retail
9 85 (5.21%) French Language
10 73 (4.48%) Banking
11 72 (4.42%) Back Office
11 72 (4.42%) Legal
12 66 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
13 58 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
14 46 (2.82%) Manufacturing
15 44 (2.70%) Telecoms
16 40 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
17 36 (2.21%) Swedish Language
18 33 (2.02%) Electronics
19 23 (1.41%) Billing
Job Titles
1 291 (17.85%) Analyst
2 249 (15.28%) Senior
3 192 (11.78%) Developer
4 104 (6.38%) Support Engineer
5 90 (5.52%) Service Analyst
6 89 (5.46%) Service Desk Analyst
7 82 (5.03%) Architect
8 68 (4.17%) Graduate
9 64 (3.93%) Business Analyst
10 62 (3.80%) Desktop Support
11 60 (3.68%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (3.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 57 (3.50%) Consultant
13 56 (3.44%) Lead
13 56 (3.44%) Site Engineer
14 50 (3.07%) Software Engineer
14 50 (3.07%) SQL Developer
15 49 (3.01%) Senior Developer
16 48 (2.94%) Software Developer
17 47 (2.88%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (5.71%) .NET
2 84 (5.15%) HTML
3 78 (4.79%) CSS
4 57 (3.50%) SOAP
5 54 (3.31%) REST
6 53 (3.25%) React
7 52 (3.19%) RESTful
8 32 (1.96%) jQuery
8 32 (1.96%) Node.js
9 27 (1.66%) Kafka
9 27 (1.66%) PyTorch
10 25 (1.53%) OAuth
11 24 (1.47%) Middleware
12 23 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
12 23 (1.41%) TensorFlow
12 23 (1.41%) Visualforce
13 21 (1.29%) XML
14 20 (1.23%) Vue
15 18 (1.10%) Django
16 17 (1.04%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.69%) Product Ownership
2 108 (6.63%) Blog
3 95 (5.83%) Self-Motivation
4 89 (5.46%) Management Information System
5 82 (5.03%) Cloud Native
6 61 (3.74%) Onboarding
7 42 (2.58%) Driving Licence
8 41 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
9 37 (2.27%) Data Structures
10 34 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (1.84%) Security Posture
13 26 (1.60%) Algorithms
13 26 (1.60%) Social Media
14 22 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
15 21 (1.29%) Data Centre
16 20 (1.23%) Virtual Team
17 17 (1.04%) Cyberattack
18 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
18 16 (0.98%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 151 (9.26%) Windows
2 105 (6.44%) Linux
3 68 (4.17%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.29%) Android
6 17 (1.04%) Unix
7 12 (0.74%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.18%) Debian
10 3 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.061%) AIX
12 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.061%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (26.93%) Computer Science
2 368 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 345 (21.17%) Agile
4 302 (18.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 285 (17.48%) AI
6 281 (17.24%) Customer Service
7 245 (15.03%) ITIL
8 225 (13.80%) Analytics
9 202 (12.39%) Mentoring
10 186 (11.41%) Cybersecurity
11 173 (10.61%) DevOps
12 167 (10.25%) Decision-Making
13 164 (10.06%) CI/CD
14 152 (9.33%) Software Engineering
15 150 (9.20%) Project Management
16 135 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
17 124 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
18 122 (7.48%) Community of Practice
19 118 (7.24%) Customer Experience
20 117 (7.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 263 (16.13%) Python
2 256 (15.71%) SQL
3 155 (9.51%) C#
4 150 (9.20%) Java
5 105 (6.44%) JavaScript
6 76 (4.66%) C++
7 64 (3.93%) TypeScript
8 50 (3.07%) PowerShell
9 49 (3.01%) Go
9 49 (3.01%) PHP
10 35 (2.15%) Bash
11 23 (1.41%) Apex Code
11 23 (1.41%) Rust
12 21 (1.29%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.17%) C
14 18 (1.10%) R
15 13 (0.80%) Bicep
15 13 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.74%) Scala
17 11 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 313 (19.20%) Security Cleared
2 301 (18.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 278 (17.06%) SC Cleared
4 154 (9.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 144 (8.83%) Master's Degree
6 117 (7.18%) AWS Certification
7 97 (5.95%) MCSE
8 62 (3.80%) PhD
9 60 (3.68%) CTC Cleared
10 51 (3.13%) CISSP
11 49 (3.01%) PMP
12 42 (2.58%) ACCA
13 41 (2.52%) PMI Certification
14 40 (2.45%) CIMA
15 34 (2.09%) Azure Certification
16 32 (1.96%) DV Cleared
17 29 (1.78%) DBS Check
17 29 (1.78%) HNC
18 27 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
19 25 (1.53%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (8.04%) QA
2 81 (4.97%) Accessibility
3 78 (4.79%) SLA
4 66 (4.05%) GDPR
5 55 (3.37%) Data Quality
6 54 (3.31%) NIST
7 47 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 29 (1.78%) WCAG
9 26 (1.60%) GRC
10 19 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.86%) PMO
12 13 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.43%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.37%) IFRS
16 5 (0.31%) ISO 9001
17 4 (0.25%) GAAP
17 4 (0.25%) MiFID
17 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 78 (4.79%) Docker
2 74 (4.54%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.49%) vSphere
5 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.18%) Firmware
8 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.061%) iptables
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 77 (4.72%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.07%) Terraform
3 37 (2.27%) Ansible
4 26 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.23%) Grafana
6 19 (1.17%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 6 (0.37%) Autotask
8 6 (0.37%) Nmap
9 5 (0.31%) FTK
9 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.25%) Packer
10 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.12%) Argo
11 2 (0.12%) OpenView
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.12%) QRadar
11 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 362 (22.21%) Microsoft
2 113 (6.93%) ServiceNow
3 103 (6.32%) Cisco
4 71 (4.36%) Salesforce
5 51 (3.13%) Google
6 49 (3.01%) Oracle
7 45 (2.76%) Adobe
8 36 (2.21%) SAP
9 28 (1.72%) Databricks
9 28 (1.72%) PayPal
10 22 (1.35%) VMware
11 20 (1.23%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.10%) HubSpot
13 14 (0.86%) Splunk
14 12 (0.74%) Meraki
15 11 (0.67%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.67%) Sage
16 10 (0.61%) Citrix
16 10 (0.61%) Workday
17 9 (0.55%) Palantir