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 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 3 13
Rank change year-on-year -20 +10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,722 3,537 3,122
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.58% 21.30% 12.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.51% 61.50% 47.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,105 1,140 1,782
10th Percentile £28,826 £25,313 £32,000
25th Percentile £39,818 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,509 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £54,408
% change year-on-year -0.19% -3.32% -9.32%

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 4,717 5,751 6,561
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.77% 34.63% 26.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,067 2,448 3,798
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 14 August 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 86 (4.99%) SharePoint
2 41 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.10%) Confluence
4 14 (0.81%) IIS
5 11 (0.64%) CMS
6 10 (0.58%) Apache
6 10 (0.58%) WordPress
7 9 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.52%) SAS
8 8 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.23%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.23%) PowerFactory
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.17%) Artix
10 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.058%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.058%) Resin
11 1 (0.058%) Umbraco
Applications
1 231 (13.41%) Microsoft Office
2 105 (6.10%) Microsoft Project
3 99 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (1.34%) Simulink
6 15 (0.87%) AutoCAD
7 10 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 10 (0.58%) CorelDRAW
7 10 (0.58%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.52%) Adobe XD
8 9 (0.52%) Revit
9 7 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.29%) Trello
11 4 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.23%) FrameMaker
11 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.23%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.35%) Primavera
4 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.23%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.12%) Shopify
8 1 (0.058%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.058%) HFM
8 1 (0.058%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.058%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.058%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.058%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 356 (20.67%) Azure
2 303 (17.60%) AWS
3 196 (11.38%) Microsoft 365
4 111 (6.45%) GCP
5 107 (6.21%) Power Platform
6 90 (5.23%) SaaS
7 68 (3.95%) Entra ID
8 38 (2.21%) GitHub
8 38 (2.21%) Google Analytics
9 32 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (1.74%) PowerApps
11 28 (1.63%) Power Automate
12 20 (1.16%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.10%) Figma
14 18 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
16 13 (0.75%) PaaS
16 13 (0.75%) Smartsheet
17 12 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.01%) Firewall
2 45 (2.61%) Network Security
3 39 (2.26%) TCP/IP
3 39 (2.26%) VPN
4 29 (1.68%) DNS
5 26 (1.51%) DHCP
6 22 (1.28%) LAN
7 21 (1.22%) WAN
8 16 (0.93%) Wireless
9 15 (0.87%) Unified Communications
10 14 (0.81%) Internet
11 12 (0.70%) Broadband
12 10 (0.58%) HTTP
12 10 (0.58%) MPLS
13 9 (0.52%) VLAN
14 8 (0.46%) LTE
14 8 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (0.41%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (7.49%) SQL Server
2 94 (5.46%) Power BI
3 49 (2.85%) MySQL
4 44 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (2.09%) Relational Database
6 33 (1.92%) Metadata
7 24 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (1.10%) Redis
9 16 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 13 (0.75%) MongoDB
10 13 (0.75%) NoSQL
10 13 (0.75%) Tableau
11 12 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.64%) Data Lake
13 10 (0.58%) Big Data
13 10 (0.58%) OLTP
14 9 (0.52%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.41%) Star Schema
16 6 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (0.35%) Looker
Development Applications
1 87 (5.05%) Git
2 64 (3.72%) JIRA
3 16 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
4 15 (0.87%) LabVIEW
5 11 (0.64%) Balsamiq
5 11 (0.64%) GitLab
5 11 (0.64%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.58%) Visual Studio
7 9 (0.52%) Axure RP
8 8 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
9 7 (0.41%) Selenium
10 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.23%) JUnit
11 4 (0.23%) Postman
11 4 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
11 4 (0.23%) Snyk
11 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.23%) Subversion
12 3 (0.17%) NUnit
12 3 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 792 (45.99%) Social Skills
2 412 (23.93%) Finance
3 347 (20.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 334 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
5 222 (12.89%) Public Sector
6 208 (12.08%) Law
7 112 (6.50%) Electronics
8 107 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
9 103 (5.98%) Marketing
10 92 (5.34%) Aerospace
11 79 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
12 72 (4.18%) Manufacturing
13 69 (4.01%) Legal
14 58 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
15 48 (2.79%) Swedish Language
16 47 (2.73%) Telecoms
17 43 (2.50%) French Language
17 43 (2.50%) Retail
18 38 (2.21%) Banking
19 31 (1.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 343 (19.92%) Senior
2 281 (16.32%) Analyst
3 199 (11.56%) Developer
4 119 (6.91%) Lead
5 117 (6.79%) Architect
6 109 (6.33%) Graduate
7 106 (6.16%) Project Manager
7 106 (6.16%) Senior Manager
8 84 (4.88%) Software Developer
9 82 (4.76%) Service Analyst
10 79 (4.59%) Software Engineer
11 76 (4.41%) Senior Project Manager
11 76 (4.41%) Service Desk Analyst
12 75 (4.36%) Business Analyst
13 73 (4.24%) Consultant
14 62 (3.60%) Senior Analyst
14 62 (3.60%) Systems Engineer
15 60 (3.48%) Graduate Developer
16 56 (3.25%) IT Support
17 54 (3.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (4.65%) CSS
2 78 (4.53%) .NET
3 68 (3.95%) HTML
4 67 (3.89%) React
5 43 (2.50%) jQuery
6 40 (2.32%) Node.js
7 38 (2.21%) Vue
8 35 (2.03%) RESTful
9 31 (1.80%) REST
9 31 (1.80%) XML
10 29 (1.68%) .NET Core
11 26 (1.51%) AngularJS
12 23 (1.34%) ASP.NET
13 21 (1.22%) SOAP
14 20 (1.16%) Entity Framework
15 19 (1.10%) .NET Framework
16 17 (0.99%) PyTorch
17 15 (0.87%) JSON
18 14 (0.81%) LDAP
18 14 (0.81%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 102 (5.92%) Product Ownership
3 90 (5.23%) Cloud Native
4 83 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
5 52 (3.02%) Algorithms
6 48 (2.79%) Driving Licence
7 47 (2.73%) Onboarding
8 34 (1.97%) Security Posture
9 33 (1.92%) FPGA
10 29 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (1.68%) Virtual Team
11 25 (1.45%) Data Centre
12 24 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
12 24 (1.39%) IoT
13 23 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
14 22 (1.28%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.22%) Cyberattack
16 20 (1.16%) Client/Server
17 18 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 113 (6.56%) Windows
2 102 (5.92%) Linux
3 54 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.75%) Unix
5 10 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
6 8 (0.46%) Android
6 8 (0.46%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.29%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.058%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (29.91%) Agile
2 474 (27.53%) Computer Science
3 429 (24.91%) Problem-Solving
4 291 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 261 (15.16%) Mentoring
6 241 (14.00%) AI
7 222 (12.89%) Project Management
8 217 (12.60%) ITIL
9 216 (12.54%) Project Delivery
10 201 (11.67%) Software Engineering
11 185 (10.74%) Decision-Making
12 184 (10.69%) Coaching
13 179 (10.39%) Technology Strategy
14 175 (10.16%) Customer Service
15 162 (9.41%) Stakeholder Management
16 158 (9.18%) CI/CD
16 158 (9.18%) DevOps
17 155 (9.00%) Analytics
18 152 (8.83%) Cybersecurity
19 151 (8.77%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 242 (14.05%) SQL
2 241 (14.00%) Python
3 162 (9.41%) C#
4 120 (6.97%) JavaScript
5 94 (5.46%) Java
6 81 (4.70%) C++
7 63 (3.66%) TypeScript
8 59 (3.43%) PHP
9 57 (3.31%) PowerShell
10 38 (2.21%) C
11 34 (1.97%) MATLAB
12 22 (1.28%) Rust
13 21 (1.22%) Go
14 17 (0.99%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.81%) Bash
15 14 (0.81%) R
16 13 (0.75%) Bicep
17 11 (0.64%) Apex Code
18 10 (0.58%) VBA
19 9 (0.52%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 340 (19.74%) Security Cleared
2 330 (19.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 282 (16.38%) SC Cleared
4 133 (7.72%) Master's Degree
5 116 (6.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 101 (5.87%) DV Cleared
7 92 (5.34%) AWS Certification
8 84 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 74 (4.30%) MCSE
9 74 (4.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 69 (4.01%) PhD
11 64 (3.72%) CISSP
12 53 (3.08%) HNC
13 47 (2.73%) Azure Certification
14 46 (2.67%) HND
15 43 (2.50%) CISM
16 41 (2.38%) DBS Check
17 33 (1.92%) PMI Certification
18 32 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
18 32 (1.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (8.07%) QA
2 124 (7.20%) Accessibility
3 72 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 67 (3.89%) NIST
5 64 (3.72%) Data Quality
6 45 (2.61%) GDPR
7 37 (2.15%) SLA
8 28 (1.63%) PMO
9 24 (1.39%) GRC
10 20 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 18 (1.05%) NCSC
12 16 (0.93%) WCAG
13 14 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 11 (0.64%) PCI DSS
16 10 (0.58%) NIST 800
17 9 (0.52%) ISO 9001
18 5 (0.29%) Def Stans
18 5 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 85 (4.94%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.25%) Docker
3 44 (2.56%) Firmware
4 24 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.58%) vSphere
7 7 (0.41%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.29%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 62 (3.60%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.90%) Terraform
3 46 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (1.45%) Ansible
5 8 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.35%) Grafana
6 6 (0.35%) Packer
6 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.29%) QRadar
8 4 (0.23%) Autotask
8 4 (0.23%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.17%) Argo
9 3 (0.17%) Plesk
9 3 (0.17%) SCCM
9 3 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.12%) OpenView
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.058%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 419 (24.33%) Microsoft
2 101 (5.87%) ServiceNow
3 57 (3.31%) Google
4 46 (2.67%) SAP
5 45 (2.61%) Cisco
6 43 (2.50%) Salesforce
7 37 (2.15%) Oracle
8 26 (1.51%) VMware
9 25 (1.45%) Adobe
10 24 (1.39%) Databricks
11 19 (1.10%) EMC
12 15 (0.87%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.87%) Meraki
12 15 (0.87%) Siemens
13 14 (0.81%) IBM
13 14 (0.81%) Splunk
14 13 (0.75%) Red Hat
15 12 (0.70%) Citrix
16 11 (0.64%) Sage
16 11 (0.64%) Xilinx