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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,796 2,222 3,685
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.53% 13.99% 13.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.55% 48.78% 48.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,068 1,221 2,580
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,273 £45,000 £41,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £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 5,033 4,555 7,573
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.55% 28.68% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,550 2,395 5,538
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,305
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £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 7 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 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (0.64%) Confluence
6 13 (0.46%) Tomcat
6 13 (0.46%) WebSphere
6 13 (0.46%) WebSphere Application Server
7 11 (0.39%) SAS
8 8 (0.29%) CMS
8 8 (0.29%) WordPress
9 7 (0.25%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
9 7 (0.25%) IIS
10 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.072%) Apache
12 2 (0.072%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1,154 (41.27%) Chatbot
2 263 (9.41%) Microsoft Office
3 121 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 42 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (1.18%) Adobe XD
6 17 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 15 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.54%) MS Visio
8 14 (0.50%) InDesign
9 7 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.25%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.18%) Simulink
10 5 (0.18%) Sketch
11 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.072%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.072%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.072%) OrCAD
12 2 (0.072%) Pro Tools
12 2 (0.072%) Revit
12 2 (0.072%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.11%) Primavera
6 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.036%) Endur
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.036%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.036%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.036%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 375 (13.41%) Azure
2 351 (12.55%) AWS
3 292 (10.44%) Microsoft 365
4 138 (4.94%) Power Platform
5 99 (3.54%) GCP
6 96 (3.43%) SaaS
7 75 (2.68%) Entra ID
8 61 (2.18%) GitHub
9 59 (2.11%) Serverless
10 47 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
11 46 (1.65%) Figma
12 40 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
13 32 (1.14%) PowerApps
14 29 (1.04%) Power Automate
15 28 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
16 24 (0.86%) PaaS
17 21 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
17 21 (0.75%) Miro
18 16 (0.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 16 (0.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 40 (1.43%) Firewall
2 31 (1.11%) VPN
3 23 (0.82%) SSL
3 23 (0.82%) WAN
4 21 (0.75%) TCP/IP
5 19 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (0.64%) DNS
7 16 (0.57%) Unified Communications
8 15 (0.54%) DHCP
8 15 (0.54%) LAN
9 14 (0.50%) SD-WAN
10 12 (0.43%) VLAN
11 11 (0.39%) Network Security
12 9 (0.32%) VoIP
13 8 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (0.25%) Wireless
15 6 (0.21%) Internet
16 5 (0.18%) BGP
16 5 (0.18%) Ethernet
16 5 (0.18%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (4.01%) Power BI
2 105 (3.76%) SQL Server
3 52 (1.86%) Tableau
4 48 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (1.36%) MySQL
6 29 (1.04%) NoSQL
7 27 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (0.86%) BigQuery
9 17 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (0.57%) MongoDB
10 16 (0.57%) Relational Database
11 15 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (0.50%) DB2
13 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.46%) GIS
13 13 (0.46%) Metadata
13 13 (0.46%) OLTP
14 12 (0.43%) Redis
15 11 (0.39%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 61 (2.18%) JIRA
2 55 (1.97%) Git
3 42 (1.50%) Selenium
4 34 (1.22%) WebDriver
5 27 (0.97%) Balsamiq
5 27 (0.97%) Postman
6 25 (0.89%) SoapUI
6 25 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (0.86%) Axure RP
8 13 (0.46%) GitLab
8 13 (0.46%) Jenkins
9 11 (0.39%) MLflow
10 8 (0.29%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
12 6 (0.21%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.18%) ER Studio
14 4 (0.14%) Babel
14 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
14 4 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 820 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 661 (23.64%) Analytical Skills
3 381 (13.63%) Finance
4 313 (11.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 187 (6.69%) Public Sector
6 163 (5.83%) Marketing
7 138 (4.94%) Law
8 132 (4.72%) Retail
9 118 (4.22%) French Language
10 95 (3.40%) Swedish Language
11 66 (2.36%) Back Office
12 63 (2.25%) Banking
13 58 (2.07%) Legal
14 54 (1.93%) Telecoms
15 52 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
16 42 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
17 39 (1.39%) Manufacturing
18 35 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
19 29 (1.04%) Billing
20 28 (1.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,152 (41.20%) Trainer
2 305 (10.91%) Analyst
3 251 (8.98%) Senior
4 188 (6.72%) Developer
5 155 (5.54%) Content Editor
6 119 (4.26%) Service Analyst
6 119 (4.26%) Service Desk Analyst
7 107 (3.83%) Support Engineer
8 96 (3.43%) Customer Support Specialist
8 96 (3.43%) Support Specialist
9 76 (2.72%) Research Scientist
10 73 (2.61%) Lead
11 64 (2.29%) Architect
11 64 (2.29%) Desktop Support
12 61 (2.18%) Desktop Engineer
12 61 (2.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 56 (2.00%) Site Engineer
14 54 (1.93%) Senior Developer
15 53 (1.90%) Business Analyst
16 50 (1.79%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (4.58%) .NET
2 92 (3.29%) HTML
3 76 (2.72%) CSS
4 59 (2.11%) React
5 57 (2.04%) SOAP
6 46 (1.65%) RESTful
7 43 (1.54%) REST
8 30 (1.07%) .NET Framework
9 27 (0.97%) Kafka
9 27 (0.97%) Node.js
10 25 (0.89%) Entity Framework
11 24 (0.86%) ASP.NET
12 23 (0.82%) jQuery
13 21 (0.75%) Middleware
13 21 (0.75%) TensorFlow
14 19 (0.68%) PyTorch
15 18 (0.64%) HTML5 Canvas
16 17 (0.61%) gRPC
16 17 (0.61%) OAuth
16 17 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (3.72%) Blog
2 97 (3.47%) Molecular Biology
3 89 (3.18%) Management Information System
4 87 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
5 75 (2.68%) Product Ownership
6 57 (2.04%) Driving Licence
7 56 (2.00%) Onboarding
8 54 (1.93%) Cloud Native
9 45 (1.61%) Algorithms
10 43 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
11 37 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
12 32 (1.14%) Data Structures
12 32 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
13 30 (1.07%) Social Media
14 23 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
14 23 (0.82%) Security Posture
15 21 (0.75%) Data Centre
16 17 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
16 17 (0.61%) PMI
17 15 (0.54%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 162 (5.79%) Windows
2 83 (2.97%) Linux
3 72 (2.58%) Windows 10
4 34 (1.22%) Unix
5 27 (0.97%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.79%) Android
7 15 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.36%) Apple iOS
9 9 (0.32%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.29%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.11%) Debian
12 3 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
13 2 (0.072%) CentOS
14 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,439 (51.47%) AI
2 1,163 (41.60%) Conversational UI
3 457 (16.34%) Computer Science
4 418 (14.95%) Customer Service
5 391 (13.98%) Chemistry
6 387 (13.84%) Problem-Solving
7 339 (12.12%) Agile
8 305 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 288 (10.30%) ITIL
10 231 (8.26%) Analytics
11 204 (7.30%) Content Writing
11 204 (7.30%) Cybersecurity
12 171 (6.12%) Mathematics
13 169 (6.04%) DevOps
14 166 (5.94%) Decision-Making
15 161 (5.76%) Mentoring
16 158 (5.65%) Project Management
17 147 (5.26%) Software Engineering
18 145 (5.19%) CI/CD
19 142 (5.08%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 265 (9.48%) Python
2 232 (8.30%) SQL
3 162 (5.79%) C#
4 158 (5.65%) Java
5 123 (4.40%) JavaScript
6 78 (2.79%) C++
7 75 (2.68%) TypeScript
8 43 (1.54%) Go
8 43 (1.54%) PowerShell
9 35 (1.25%) Bash
10 33 (1.18%) PHP
11 30 (1.07%) C
12 20 (0.72%) PL/SQL
13 15 (0.54%) Apex Code
13 15 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 15 (0.54%) Rust
14 13 (0.46%) R
15 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.43%) Scala
15 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 698 (24.96%) Master's Degree
2 596 (21.32%) PhD
3 314 (11.23%) Security Cleared
4 302 (10.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 285 (10.19%) SC Cleared
6 201 (7.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 176 (6.29%) AWS Certification
8 131 (4.69%) MCSE
9 60 (2.15%) CTC Cleared
10 53 (1.90%) PMP
11 51 (1.82%) Azure Certification
12 49 (1.75%) CISSP
13 45 (1.61%) PMI Certification
14 44 (1.57%) DBS Check
15 42 (1.50%) ACCA
16 41 (1.47%) CIMA
17 40 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
18 39 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
19 36 (1.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
20 32 (1.14%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (6.08%) QA
2 86 (3.08%) Accessibility
3 83 (2.97%) SLA
4 65 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 64 (2.29%) GDPR
6 43 (1.54%) NIST
7 42 (1.50%) Data Quality
8 34 (1.22%) WCAG
9 23 (0.82%) GRC
10 19 (0.68%) PMO
11 17 (0.61%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.29%) IFRS
15 7 (0.25%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.21%) PCI DSS
17 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
17 5 (0.18%) COBIT
18 4 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 74 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 65 (2.32%) Docker
3 12 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.29%) Firmware
5 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.18%) 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 (0.036%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.036%) iptables
8 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.036%) Xen
Systems Management
1 63 (2.25%) Kubernetes
2 37 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (1.32%) Terraform
3 27 (0.97%) Ansible
4 20 (0.72%) Grafana
5 19 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.32%) Autotask
7 8 (0.29%) SCCM
8 7 (0.25%) Nmap
9 5 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.11%) Argo
10 3 (0.11%) FTK
11 2 (0.072%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.072%) Puppet
12 1 (0.036%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.036%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.036%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.036%) Ganglia
12 1 (0.036%) Kibana
12 1 (0.036%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,149 (41.09%) PayPal
2 473 (16.92%) Microsoft
3 141 (5.04%) ServiceNow
4 107 (3.83%) Cisco
5 75 (2.68%) Salesforce
6 63 (2.25%) Adobe
7 56 (2.00%) Google
8 48 (1.72%) Oracle
9 31 (1.11%) SAP
10 23 (0.82%) Databricks
11 19 (0.68%) IBM
11 19 (0.68%) Red Hat
12 17 (0.61%) MuleSoft
13 15 (0.54%) Sage
14 14 (0.50%) Zoho
15 13 (0.46%) VMware
16 12 (0.43%) Citrix
16 12 (0.43%) HubSpot
17 11 (0.39%) NEC
18 9 (0.32%) Progress