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 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,609 2,254 3,678
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.16% 14.37% 13.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.22% 49.61% 48.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,070 1,273 2,574
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £31,075
25th Percentile £39,241 £45,000 £41,129
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,011
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.61% -4.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -4.35%

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 4,902 4,543 7,518
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.36% 28.96% 27.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,598 2,424 5,497
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,779
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,312 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,700 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 13 February 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 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.77%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.73%) Confluence
5 18 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.46%) Tomcat
6 12 (0.46%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.46%) WebSphere Application Server
7 11 (0.42%) SAS
8 9 (0.34%) WordPress
9 8 (0.31%) CMS
10 7 (0.27%) ArcGIS
10 7 (0.27%) Ethereum
10 7 (0.27%) IIS
11 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.19%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
12 4 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.077%) Apache
13 2 (0.077%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 946 (36.26%) Chatbot
2 263 (10.08%) Microsoft Office
3 121 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 32 (1.23%) Adobe XD
6 17 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 14 (0.54%) MS Visio
8 13 (0.50%) InDesign
9 7 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.27%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.19%) Simulink
11 4 (0.15%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.15%) Sketch
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
13 2 (0.077%) OrCAD
13 2 (0.077%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.077%) Revit
13 2 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.077%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.15%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.15%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.11%) Primavera
6 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.077%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.077%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.077%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.077%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.077%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.038%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.038%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.038%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.038%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.038%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.038%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 367 (14.07%) Azure
2 358 (13.72%) AWS
3 295 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
4 136 (5.21%) Power Platform
5 101 (3.87%) SaaS
6 100 (3.83%) GCP
7 77 (2.95%) Entra ID
8 60 (2.30%) GitHub
9 59 (2.26%) Serverless
10 46 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
11 45 (1.72%) Figma
12 38 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
13 31 (1.19%) PowerApps
14 28 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (1.03%) Power Automate
16 25 (0.96%) PaaS
17 21 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
17 21 (0.80%) Miro
18 16 (0.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 16 (0.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.57%) Firewall
2 27 (1.03%) VPN
3 22 (0.84%) SSL
4 21 (0.80%) TCP/IP
5 19 (0.73%) DNS
5 19 (0.73%) WAN
5 19 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (0.61%) Unified Communications
7 15 (0.57%) DHCP
8 13 (0.50%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.46%) Network Security
9 12 (0.46%) VLAN
10 11 (0.42%) LAN
11 9 (0.34%) Wireless
12 8 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
12 8 (0.31%) VoIP
13 6 (0.23%) Internet
14 5 (0.19%) BGP
14 5 (0.19%) Ethernet
14 5 (0.19%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (4.29%) Power BI
2 101 (3.87%) SQL Server
3 53 (2.03%) Tableau
4 46 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (1.30%) MySQL
6 28 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (1.07%) NoSQL
7 24 (0.92%) BigQuery
8 17 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (0.61%) MongoDB
9 16 (0.61%) Relational Database
10 15 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (0.54%) DB2
11 14 (0.54%) Metadata
12 13 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.50%) OLTP
13 12 (0.46%) Redis
14 11 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (0.42%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 62 (2.38%) JIRA
2 59 (2.26%) Git
3 42 (1.61%) Selenium
4 34 (1.30%) WebDriver
5 28 (1.07%) Postman
6 27 (1.03%) Balsamiq
7 25 (0.96%) SoapUI
7 25 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
8 24 (0.92%) Axure RP
9 14 (0.54%) GitLab
10 13 (0.50%) Jenkins
11 11 (0.42%) MLflow
12 8 (0.31%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.27%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.27%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.23%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.19%) Babel
15 5 (0.19%) ER Studio
15 5 (0.19%) webpack
16 4 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
General
1 834 (31.97%) Social Skills
2 627 (24.03%) Analytical Skills
3 375 (14.37%) Finance
4 314 (12.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 186 (7.13%) Public Sector
6 155 (5.94%) Marketing
7 142 (5.44%) Law
8 125 (4.79%) Retail
9 122 (4.68%) French Language
10 95 (3.64%) Swedish Language
11 72 (2.76%) Banking
12 68 (2.61%) Back Office
13 61 (2.34%) Legal
14 56 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
15 54 (2.07%) Telecoms
16 42 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
17 40 (1.53%) Manufacturing
18 36 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
19 31 (1.19%) Electronics
20 28 (1.07%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 946 (36.26%) Trainer
2 318 (12.19%) Analyst
3 255 (9.77%) Senior
4 186 (7.13%) Developer
5 123 (4.71%) Service Analyst
5 123 (4.71%) Service Desk Analyst
6 122 (4.68%) Content Editor
7 108 (4.14%) Support Engineer
8 77 (2.95%) Support Specialist
9 76 (2.91%) Customer Support Specialist
9 76 (2.91%) Research Scientist
10 72 (2.76%) Lead
11 65 (2.49%) Architect
12 63 (2.41%) Desktop Support
13 60 (2.30%) Desktop Engineer
13 60 (2.30%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 56 (2.15%) Site Engineer
15 55 (2.11%) Senior Developer
16 53 (2.03%) Software Engineer
17 52 (1.99%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (4.83%) .NET
2 93 (3.56%) HTML
3 73 (2.80%) CSS
4 59 (2.26%) React
5 57 (2.18%) SOAP
6 47 (1.80%) RESTful
7 44 (1.69%) REST
8 30 (1.15%) .NET Framework
9 28 (1.07%) Node.js
10 27 (1.03%) Kafka
11 25 (0.96%) Entity Framework
12 22 (0.84%) Middleware
13 21 (0.80%) TensorFlow
14 20 (0.77%) ASP.NET
15 19 (0.73%) jQuery
15 19 (0.73%) PyTorch
16 18 (0.69%) OAuth
17 17 (0.65%) gRPC
17 17 (0.65%) HTML5 Canvas
17 17 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 107 (4.10%) Blog
2 94 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
3 91 (3.49%) Molecular Biology
4 90 (3.45%) Management Information System
5 79 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 62 (2.38%) Onboarding
7 56 (2.15%) Driving Licence
8 53 (2.03%) Cloud Native
9 44 (1.69%) Algorithms
10 43 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
11 37 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
12 33 (1.26%) Data Structures
13 32 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
14 31 (1.19%) Social Media
15 24 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
15 24 (0.92%) Security Posture
16 21 (0.80%) Data Centre
17 17 (0.65%) PMI
18 16 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
18 16 (0.61%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 161 (6.17%) Windows
2 86 (3.30%) Linux
3 70 (2.68%) Windows 10
4 34 (1.30%) Unix
5 28 (1.07%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.84%) Android
7 14 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.31%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.11%) Debian
10 3 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.077%) CentOS
12 1 (0.038%) AIX
12 1 (0.038%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.038%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,236 (47.37%) AI
2 955 (36.60%) Conversational UI
3 469 (17.98%) Computer Science
4 395 (15.14%) Customer Service
5 385 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
6 344 (13.19%) Chemistry
7 336 (12.88%) Agile
8 308 (11.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 287 (11.00%) ITIL
10 238 (9.12%) Analytics
11 207 (7.93%) Cybersecurity
12 172 (6.59%) Mathematics
13 169 (6.48%) Decision-Making
14 168 (6.44%) DevOps
15 164 (6.29%) Mentoring
16 153 (5.86%) Project Management
17 151 (5.79%) Content Writing
18 149 (5.71%) CI/CD
18 149 (5.71%) CRM
19 147 (5.63%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 268 (10.27%) Python
2 231 (8.85%) SQL
3 159 (6.09%) C#
4 158 (6.06%) Java
5 124 (4.75%) JavaScript
6 76 (2.91%) TypeScript
7 75 (2.87%) C++
8 44 (1.69%) Go
8 44 (1.69%) PowerShell
9 35 (1.34%) Bash
10 30 (1.15%) C
10 30 (1.15%) PHP
11 20 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 17 (0.65%) Rust
13 16 (0.61%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.54%) R
16 12 (0.46%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.46%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 648 (24.84%) Master's Degree
2 545 (20.89%) PhD
3 313 (12.00%) Security Cleared
4 306 (11.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 282 (10.81%) SC Cleared
6 205 (7.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 178 (6.82%) AWS Certification
8 135 (5.17%) MCSE
9 60 (2.30%) CTC Cleared
10 51 (1.95%) PMP
11 50 (1.92%) CISSP
12 49 (1.88%) Azure Certification
13 43 (1.65%) ACCA
13 43 (1.65%) PMI Certification
14 42 (1.61%) CIMA
14 42 (1.61%) DBS Check
15 41 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
16 36 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
17 35 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 33 (1.26%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (6.67%) QA
2 87 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 82 (3.14%) SLA
4 68 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 66 (2.53%) GDPR
6 47 (1.80%) NIST
7 44 (1.69%) Data Quality
8 33 (1.26%) WCAG
9 22 (0.84%) GRC
10 17 (0.65%) ISO 9001
10 17 (0.65%) PMO
11 13 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.34%) IFRS
14 8 (0.31%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.31%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.19%) ARP4761
16 5 (0.19%) COBIT
17 4 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 71 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 66 (2.53%) Docker
3 12 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.34%) Firmware
5 7 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.038%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.038%) iptables
8 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.038%) Xen
Systems Management
1 64 (2.45%) Kubernetes
2 38 (1.46%) Terraform
3 36 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (1.03%) Ansible
5 21 (0.80%) Grafana
6 20 (0.77%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.38%) Autotask
8 8 (0.31%) SCCM
9 7 (0.27%) Nmap
10 5 (0.19%) FTK
11 3 (0.11%) Argo
11 3 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.077%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.077%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.038%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.038%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 1 (0.038%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.038%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.038%) Kibana
13 1 (0.038%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 941 (36.07%) PayPal
2 471 (18.05%) Microsoft
3 144 (5.52%) ServiceNow
4 107 (4.10%) Cisco
5 78 (2.99%) Salesforce
6 60 (2.30%) Adobe
7 56 (2.15%) Google
8 49 (1.88%) Oracle
9 35 (1.34%) SAP
10 23 (0.88%) Databricks
11 18 (0.69%) IBM
11 18 (0.69%) Red Hat
12 17 (0.65%) MuleSoft
13 15 (0.57%) Sage
14 14 (0.54%) HubSpot
14 14 (0.54%) Zoho
15 13 (0.50%) Citrix
15 13 (0.50%) VMware
16 11 (0.42%) NEC
17 9 (0.34%) Progress