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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,643 2,168 4,098
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.27% 16.40% 12.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.51% 54.78% 46.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,074 1,327 2,852
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,318
25th Percentile £36,938 £40,000 £39,234
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 £71,959
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 4,266 3,958 8,739
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.07% 29.94% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,842 2,482 5,959
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,125 £42,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £54,260
% change year-on-year +0.87% +5.97% -5.64%

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 18 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 62 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.85%) WordPress
6 12 (0.73%) CMS
7 11 (0.67%) Confluence
8 10 (0.61%) SAS
9 6 (0.37%) Apache
10 5 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.30%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
13 1 (0.061%) Drupal
13 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 222 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
2 113 (6.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.13%) Chatbot
3 35 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.40%) Adobe XD
5 19 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 17 (1.03%) 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 (0.24%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.18%) InDesign
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 20 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.10%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.061%) Endur
8 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.061%) Primavera
8 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 355 (21.61%) Azure
2 334 (20.33%) AWS
3 236 (14.36%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (7.67%) GCP
5 120 (7.30%) Power Platform
6 91 (5.54%) SaaS
7 76 (4.63%) Entra ID
8 45 (2.74%) GitHub
9 44 (2.68%) Serverless
10 37 (2.25%) Figma
11 30 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.58%) Google Analytics
13 25 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
14 24 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
15 22 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.34%) Power Automate
15 22 (1.34%) PowerApps
16 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 16 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.62%) Firewall
2 21 (1.28%) DNS
2 21 (1.28%) WAN
3 18 (1.10%) VPN
4 16 (0.97%) DHCP
4 16 (0.97%) Network Security
5 14 (0.85%) TCP/IP
6 12 (0.73%) Internet
7 11 (0.67%) Broadband
8 10 (0.61%) LAN
8 10 (0.61%) MPLS
8 10 (0.61%) SSL
8 10 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 8 (0.49%) BGP
10 8 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (0.49%) Unified Communications
11 7 (0.43%) LTE
12 6 (0.37%) VoIP
12 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 97 (5.90%) Power BI
3 40 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (2.19%) MySQL
5 30 (1.83%) Tableau
6 25 (1.52%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.22%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.10%) Relational Database
10 17 (1.03%) Metadata
11 16 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (0.85%) OLTP
14 13 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 12 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.73%) Delta Lake
15 12 (0.73%) MongoDB
15 12 (0.73%) Redis
16 10 (0.61%) Looker
Development Applications
1 74 (4.50%) Git
2 54 (3.29%) JIRA
3 28 (1.70%) Selenium
4 26 (1.58%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.40%) Axure RP
6 21 (1.28%) Postman
6 21 (1.28%) WebDriver
7 19 (1.16%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.10%) SoapUI
9 15 (0.91%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.67%) GitLab
10 11 (0.67%) MLflow
11 6 (0.37%) Burp Suite
11 6 (0.37%) Metasploit
12 5 (0.30%) Babel
12 5 (0.30%) webpack
13 4 (0.24%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.24%) Storybook
13 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 767 (46.68%) Social Skills
2 397 (24.16%) Finance
3 313 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 311 (18.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 222 (13.51%) Public Sector
6 176 (10.71%) Law
7 149 (9.07%) Marketing
8 86 (5.23%) Retail
9 85 (5.17%) French Language
10 74 (4.50%) Back Office
11 73 (4.44%) Banking
12 72 (4.38%) Legal
13 69 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
14 59 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
15 47 (2.86%) Manufacturing
16 45 (2.74%) Telecoms
17 40 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
18 36 (2.19%) Swedish Language
19 33 (2.01%) Electronics
20 23 (1.40%) Billing
Job Titles
1 297 (18.08%) Analyst
2 247 (15.03%) Senior
3 189 (11.50%) Developer
4 104 (6.33%) Support Engineer
5 91 (5.54%) Service Analyst
6 89 (5.42%) Service Desk Analyst
7 81 (4.93%) Architect
8 75 (4.56%) Graduate
9 69 (4.20%) Business Analyst
10 62 (3.77%) Desktop Support
11 60 (3.65%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (3.65%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 59 (3.59%) Lead
13 56 (3.41%) Site Engineer
14 55 (3.35%) Consultant
15 51 (3.10%) Graduate Developer
15 51 (3.10%) Software Engineer
16 49 (2.98%) Software Developer
17 48 (2.92%) SQL Developer
18 46 (2.80%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (5.48%) .NET
2 82 (4.99%) HTML
3 75 (4.56%) CSS
4 57 (3.47%) SOAP
5 53 (3.23%) REST
5 53 (3.23%) RESTful
6 51 (3.10%) React
7 32 (1.95%) jQuery
7 32 (1.95%) Node.js
8 27 (1.64%) Kafka
9 26 (1.58%) PyTorch
10 25 (1.52%) OAuth
11 24 (1.46%) Middleware
12 23 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
12 23 (1.40%) Visualforce
13 22 (1.34%) TensorFlow
14 20 (1.22%) Vue
15 19 (1.16%) XML
16 18 (1.10%) Django
17 17 (1.03%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 114 (6.94%) Product Ownership
2 108 (6.57%) Blog
3 95 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
4 90 (5.48%) Management Information System
5 82 (4.99%) Cloud Native
6 60 (3.65%) Onboarding
7 43 (2.62%) Driving Licence
8 41 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
9 36 (2.19%) Data Structures
10 34 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (1.83%) Security Posture
13 28 (1.70%) Social Media
14 26 (1.58%) Algorithms
15 22 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
16 20 (1.22%) Data Centre
16 20 (1.22%) Virtual Team
17 17 (1.03%) Cyberattack
18 16 (0.97%) AI Agents
18 16 (0.97%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 150 (9.13%) Windows
2 106 (6.45%) Linux
3 68 (4.14%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.77%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.28%) Android
6 17 (1.03%) Unix
7 12 (0.73%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.24%) 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
1 440 (26.78%) Computer Science
2 367 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
3 354 (21.55%) Agile
4 304 (18.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 290 (17.65%) AI
6 280 (17.04%) Customer Service
7 246 (14.97%) ITIL
8 225 (13.69%) Analytics
9 204 (12.42%) Mentoring
10 187 (11.38%) Cybersecurity
11 176 (10.71%) DevOps
12 171 (10.41%) Decision-Making
13 169 (10.29%) CI/CD
14 152 (9.25%) Project Management
14 152 (9.25%) Software Engineering
15 137 (8.34%) Stakeholder Management
16 124 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
17 123 (7.49%) Scrum
18 122 (7.43%) Community of Practice
19 119 (7.24%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 269 (16.37%) Python
2 262 (15.95%) SQL
3 154 (9.37%) Java
4 153 (9.31%) C#
5 102 (6.21%) JavaScript
6 75 (4.56%) C++
7 65 (3.96%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.10%) PHP
9 50 (3.04%) Go
10 49 (2.98%) PowerShell
11 36 (2.19%) Bash
12 23 (1.40%) Apex Code
12 23 (1.40%) Rust
13 21 (1.28%) PL/SQL
14 18 (1.10%) C
14 18 (1.10%) R
15 13 (0.79%) Bicep
15 13 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.73%) Scala
17 9 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 310 (18.87%) Security Cleared
2 304 (18.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 276 (16.80%) SC Cleared
4 154 (9.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 146 (8.89%) Master's Degree
6 117 (7.12%) AWS Certification
7 97 (5.90%) MCSE
8 61 (3.71%) PhD
9 60 (3.65%) CTC Cleared
10 52 (3.16%) CISSP
11 49 (2.98%) PMP
12 42 (2.56%) ACCA
13 41 (2.50%) PMI Certification
14 40 (2.43%) CIMA
15 37 (2.25%) Azure Certification
16 31 (1.89%) DV Cleared
16 31 (1.89%) HNC
17 29 (1.77%) DBS Check
18 28 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
19 26 (1.58%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (8.03%) QA
2 78 (4.75%) Accessibility
2 78 (4.75%) SLA
3 64 (3.90%) GDPR
4 58 (3.53%) Data Quality
5 54 (3.29%) NIST
6 46 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.77%) WCAG
8 26 (1.58%) GRC
9 19 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (1.03%) PMO
11 13 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.49%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.37%) IFRS
15 4 (0.24%) EMIR
15 4 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 4 (0.24%) ISO 26262
15 4 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 78 (4.75%) Docker
2 75 (4.56%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.49%) vSphere
5 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.24%) 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 79 (4.81%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.10%) Terraform
3 37 (2.25%) Ansible
4 26 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.22%) Grafana
6 19 (1.16%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 6 (0.37%) Autotask
8 6 (0.37%) Nmap
9 5 (0.30%) FTK
9 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.24%) Packer
10 4 (0.24%) 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%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 365 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 113 (6.88%) ServiceNow
3 101 (6.15%) Cisco
4 71 (4.32%) Salesforce
5 53 (3.23%) Google
6 50 (3.04%) Oracle
7 45 (2.74%) Adobe
8 35 (2.13%) SAP
9 29 (1.77%) Databricks
10 28 (1.70%) PayPal
11 22 (1.34%) VMware
12 20 (1.22%) MuleSoft
13 19 (1.16%) HubSpot
14 14 (0.85%) Splunk
15 12 (0.73%) Meraki
15 12 (0.73%) Sage
16 11 (0.67%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.61%) Citrix
17 10 (0.61%) Workday
18 9 (0.55%) Palantir