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 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 13
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,881 2,258 2,648
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.18% 13.54% 12.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.52% 48.11% 46.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,089 1,158 1,786
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,280 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.56% +0.84% +3.48%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £91,592
UK median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.48% -3.33% +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 5,009 4,693 5,732
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.34% 28.14% 27.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,447 2,410 4,136
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,417
25th Percentile £42,635 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,754 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +2.92% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,000 £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 4 January 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 59 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.69%) Confluence
4 16 (0.56%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.56%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.56%) WebSphere Application Server
5 14 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.28%) IIS
8 7 (0.24%) Ethereum
8 7 (0.24%) SAS
9 5 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.14%) WordPress
11 3 (0.10%) CMS
12 2 (0.069%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.035%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,217 (42.24%) Chatbot
2 245 (8.50%) Microsoft Office
3 140 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 48 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 37 (1.28%) Adobe XD
6 21 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 16 (0.56%) InDesign
7 16 (0.56%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.24%) Sketch
9 5 (0.17%) Simulink
10 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.14%) Trello
11 2 (0.069%) Avid Media Composer
11 2 (0.069%) OrCAD
11 2 (0.069%) Pro Tools
11 2 (0.069%) Revit
12 1 (0.035%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.10%) Primavera
6 3 (0.10%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.069%) Endur
7 2 (0.069%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.069%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.069%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.069%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.035%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.035%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.035%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 373 (12.95%) Azure
2 333 (11.56%) AWS
3 254 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
4 129 (4.48%) Power Platform
5 95 (3.30%) SaaS
6 89 (3.09%) GCP
7 64 (2.22%) GitHub
8 55 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
8 55 (1.91%) Serverless
9 53 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
10 49 (1.70%) Figma
11 41 (1.42%) Entra ID
12 31 (1.08%) Power Automate
13 29 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
13 29 (1.01%) PowerApps
14 25 (0.87%) PaaS
15 22 (0.76%) Miro
16 20 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
17 17 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
18 14 (0.49%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.42%) VPN
2 33 (1.15%) Firewall
3 32 (1.11%) WAN
4 27 (0.94%) LAN
5 26 (0.90%) SSL
6 24 (0.83%) Unified Communications
7 20 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (0.66%) TCP/IP
9 16 (0.56%) SD-WAN
10 15 (0.52%) DNS
11 14 (0.49%) VLAN
12 13 (0.45%) Network Security
12 13 (0.45%) VoIP
13 12 (0.42%) DHCP
14 7 (0.24%) Internet
15 6 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.21%) Wireless
16 5 (0.17%) Ethernet
16 5 (0.17%) Modbus
16 5 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (3.96%) SQL Server
2 99 (3.44%) Power BI
3 48 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (1.60%) Tableau
5 41 (1.42%) MySQL
6 28 (0.97%) NoSQL
7 20 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (0.62%) GIS
9 17 (0.59%) BigQuery
9 17 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.56%) DB2
10 16 (0.56%) MongoDB
11 15 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (0.52%) Relational Database
12 13 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.42%) Metadata
14 11 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
15 10 (0.35%) Redis
16 9 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
16 9 (0.31%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 69 (2.40%) JIRA
2 52 (1.80%) Git
3 50 (1.74%) Selenium
4 41 (1.42%) WebDriver
5 34 (1.18%) Postman
6 33 (1.15%) SoapUI
6 33 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
7 29 (1.01%) Balsamiq
8 26 (0.90%) Axure RP
9 14 (0.49%) Jenkins
10 13 (0.45%) GitLab
11 10 (0.35%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.21%) Burp Suite
12 6 (0.21%) ER Studio
12 6 (0.21%) Metasploit
13 5 (0.17%) Babel
13 5 (0.17%) MLflow
13 5 (0.17%) webpack
14 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
14 4 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 809 (28.08%) Social Skills
2 707 (24.54%) Analytical Skills
3 413 (14.34%) Finance
4 329 (11.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 182 (6.32%) Public Sector
6 152 (5.28%) Marketing
7 134 (4.65%) Law
8 121 (4.20%) Retail
9 111 (3.85%) French Language
10 95 (3.30%) Swedish Language
11 71 (2.46%) Legal
12 66 (2.29%) Telecoms
13 62 (2.15%) Banking
14 59 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
14 59 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
15 40 (1.39%) Back Office
16 36 (1.25%) Manufacturing
17 32 (1.11%) Local Government
18 31 (1.08%) Aerospace
19 30 (1.04%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,213 (42.10%) Trainer
2 286 (9.93%) Analyst
3 231 (8.02%) Senior
4 179 (6.21%) Developer
5 155 (5.38%) Content Editor
6 105 (3.64%) Service Analyst
6 105 (3.64%) Service Desk Analyst
7 102 (3.54%) Support Specialist
8 97 (3.37%) Customer Support Specialist
9 84 (2.92%) Lead
10 83 (2.88%) Architect
11 82 (2.85%) Research Scientist
12 79 (2.74%) Support Engineer
13 57 (1.98%) Microsoft Specialist
14 53 (1.84%) Business Analyst
15 50 (1.74%) Designer
16 48 (1.67%) Software Engineer
17 44 (1.53%) Consultant
17 44 (1.53%) Senior Developer
18 43 (1.49%) Customer Service Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (4.72%) .NET
2 96 (3.33%) HTML
3 84 (2.92%) CSS
4 59 (2.05%) React
5 53 (1.84%) SOAP
6 43 (1.49%) RESTful
7 35 (1.21%) REST
8 32 (1.11%) ASP.NET
9 30 (1.04%) .NET Framework
10 29 (1.01%) jQuery
10 29 (1.01%) Node.js
11 25 (0.87%) Entity Framework
12 23 (0.80%) Kafka
13 19 (0.66%) LDAP
14 17 (0.59%) gRPC
14 17 (0.59%) XML
15 16 (0.56%) LAPP Stack
15 16 (0.56%) WebSockets
15 16 (0.56%) WebSphere MQ
16 15 (0.52%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 106 (3.68%) Management Information System
2 100 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
3 98 (3.40%) Blog
4 97 (3.37%) Molecular Biology
5 62 (2.15%) Onboarding
6 58 (2.01%) Product Ownership
7 54 (1.87%) Driving Licence
8 42 (1.46%) Algorithms
8 42 (1.46%) Data Centre
9 41 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
9 41 (1.42%) Cloud Native
10 35 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
11 30 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
12 29 (1.01%) Social Media
13 25 (0.87%) Data Structures
14 23 (0.80%) e-Learning
15 22 (0.76%) Security Posture
16 21 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
16 21 (0.73%) Mobile App
17 18 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 132 (4.58%) Windows
2 90 (3.12%) Linux
3 41 (1.42%) Windows 10
4 37 (1.28%) Unix
5 23 (0.80%) Android
5 23 (0.80%) Windows Server
6 18 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.49%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.14%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.069%) Debian
12 1 (0.035%) CentOS
12 1 (0.035%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.035%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.035%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,528 (53.04%) AI
2 1,230 (42.69%) Conversational UI
3 467 (16.21%) Computer Science
4 427 (14.82%) Chemistry
5 410 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
6 378 (13.12%) Customer Service
7 361 (12.53%) Agile
8 253 (8.78%) ITIL
9 252 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 204 (7.08%) Content Writing
11 201 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
12 200 (6.94%) Mathematics
13 198 (6.87%) Analytics
14 186 (6.46%) Mentoring
15 183 (6.35%) Project Management
16 165 (5.73%) Decision-Making
16 165 (5.73%) Physics
17 164 (5.69%) DevOps
18 141 (4.89%) Software Engineering
19 132 (4.58%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 238 (8.26%) Python
2 228 (7.91%) SQL
3 173 (6.00%) C#
4 161 (5.59%) Java
5 115 (3.99%) JavaScript
6 74 (2.57%) C++
7 73 (2.53%) TypeScript
8 36 (1.25%) C
8 36 (1.25%) PHP
8 36 (1.25%) PowerShell
9 33 (1.15%) Go
10 28 (0.97%) Bash
11 15 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 15 (0.52%) PL/SQL
12 13 (0.45%) R
13 12 (0.42%) Kotlin
13 12 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.38%) MATLAB
15 10 (0.35%) Scala
15 10 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 769 (26.69%) Master's Degree
2 668 (23.19%) PhD
3 313 (10.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 280 (9.72%) Security Cleared
5 246 (8.54%) SC Cleared
6 189 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 170 (5.90%) AWS Certification
8 120 (4.17%) MCSE
9 54 (1.87%) PMP
10 53 (1.84%) Azure Certification
11 49 (1.70%) DBS Check
12 45 (1.56%) PMI Certification
13 43 (1.49%) CISSP
14 42 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
15 41 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
16 40 (1.39%) ACCA
17 39 (1.35%) CIMA
18 38 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 37 (1.28%) DV Cleared
19 37 (1.28%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (6.14%) QA
2 87 (3.02%) Accessibility
3 70 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 57 (1.98%) GDPR
5 51 (1.77%) SLA
6 44 (1.53%) NIST
7 36 (1.25%) WCAG
8 32 (1.11%) Data Quality
9 30 (1.04%) ISO 9001
10 23 (0.80%) PMO
11 20 (0.69%) GRC
12 12 (0.42%) SOC 2
13 9 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 8 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.28%) IFRS
15 7 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.17%) ITGC
16 5 (0.17%) NIST 800
16 5 (0.17%) SOC 1
System Software
1 71 (2.46%) Active Directory
2 49 (1.70%) Docker
3 15 (0.52%) Firmware
4 12 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.14%) vSphere
8 3 (0.10%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.069%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.035%) iptables
10 1 (0.035%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 61 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 39 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (0.97%) Terraform
4 27 (0.94%) Ansible
5 16 (0.56%) Grafana
6 15 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.21%) Autotask
8 6 (0.21%) Nmap
9 5 (0.17%) RSA Archer
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 (0.035%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.035%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 1 (0.035%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.035%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.035%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1,213 (42.10%) PayPal
2 496 (17.22%) Microsoft
3 134 (4.65%) ServiceNow
4 82 (2.85%) Adobe
5 76 (2.64%) Cisco
6 58 (2.01%) Salesforce
7 52 (1.80%) Google
8 34 (1.18%) Oracle
9 31 (1.08%) SAP
10 29 (1.01%) Apple
11 26 (0.90%) Palo Alto
12 23 (0.80%) Red Hat
13 21 (0.73%) IBM
14 18 (0.62%) Databricks
15 16 (0.56%) Sage
16 14 (0.49%) Zoho
17 13 (0.45%) VMware
18 12 (0.42%) Workday
19 11 (0.38%) MuleSoft
19 11 (0.38%) NEC