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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,815 2,257 2,714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.58% 13.74% 12.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.39% 48.18% 46.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,082 1,160 1,819
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,357 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.69% +2.61%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,125 £92,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.48% -3.33% +8.04%

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 4,992 4,685 5,819
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.96% 28.51% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,496 2,387 4,180
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,754 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +3.69% -0.74%
75th Percentile £78,563 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -

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 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 57 (2.02%) SharePoint
2 32 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.75%) Confluence
4 16 (0.57%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.57%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
5 15 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 14 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.28%) IIS
7 8 (0.28%) SAS
8 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.14%) CMS
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.14%) WordPress
11 2 (0.071%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.036%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,164 (41.35%) Chatbot
2 261 (9.27%) Microsoft Office
3 129 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 44 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 37 (1.31%) Adobe XD
6 19 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 16 (0.57%) InDesign
8 15 (0.53%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.25%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.25%) Sketch
10 5 (0.18%) Simulink
11 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.14%) Trello
12 2 (0.071%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.071%) OrCAD
12 2 (0.071%) Pro Tools
12 2 (0.071%) Revit
13 1 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.11%) Primavera
6 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.071%) Endur
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.036%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.036%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 373 (13.25%) Azure
2 345 (12.26%) AWS
3 271 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (4.48%) Power Platform
5 94 (3.34%) GCP
6 93 (3.30%) SaaS
7 60 (2.13%) GitHub
8 58 (2.06%) Entra ID
9 56 (1.99%) Serverless
10 49 (1.74%) Figma
11 46 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 43 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (1.07%) PowerApps
14 28 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
15 25 (0.89%) PaaS
15 25 (0.89%) Power Automate
16 22 (0.78%) Miro
17 20 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
18 18 (0.64%) Azure Data Factory
19 14 (0.50%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 40 (1.42%) VPN
2 32 (1.14%) Firewall
3 31 (1.10%) WAN
4 26 (0.92%) LAN
4 26 (0.92%) SSL
5 22 (0.78%) Unified Communications
6 20 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (0.67%) TCP/IP
8 16 (0.57%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.50%) DNS
10 12 (0.43%) Network Security
10 12 (0.43%) VLAN
10 12 (0.43%) VoIP
11 11 (0.39%) DHCP
12 6 (0.21%) Internet
12 6 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.18%) Ethernet
13 5 (0.18%) Wireless
14 4 (0.14%) Modbus
14 4 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (3.91%) SQL Server
2 102 (3.62%) Power BI
3 49 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
4 48 (1.71%) Tableau
5 38 (1.35%) MySQL
6 28 (0.99%) NoSQL
7 22 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (0.67%) BigQuery
9 18 (0.64%) GIS
10 17 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (0.57%) DB2
12 15 (0.53%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.53%) Relational Database
13 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.46%) Metadata
14 11 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
15 10 (0.36%) OLTP
15 10 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 68 (2.42%) JIRA
2 51 (1.81%) Git
3 50 (1.78%) Selenium
4 41 (1.46%) WebDriver
5 34 (1.21%) Postman
6 32 (1.14%) SoapUI
6 32 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
7 29 (1.03%) Balsamiq
8 26 (0.92%) Axure RP
9 14 (0.50%) Jenkins
10 12 (0.43%) GitLab
11 10 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
12 7 (0.25%) MLflow
13 6 (0.21%) ER Studio
14 5 (0.18%) SpecFlow
15 4 (0.14%) ERwin
15 4 (0.14%) JMeter
15 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
General
1 812 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 687 (24.40%) Analytical Skills
3 404 (14.35%) Finance
4 314 (11.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 182 (6.47%) Public Sector
6 151 (5.36%) Marketing
7 135 (4.80%) Law
8 121 (4.30%) Retail
9 119 (4.23%) French Language
10 95 (3.37%) Swedish Language
11 66 (2.34%) Legal
12 65 (2.31%) Telecoms
13 62 (2.20%) Banking
14 58 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
15 52 (1.85%) Back Office
16 49 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
17 40 (1.42%) Manufacturing
18 31 (1.10%) Billing
19 30 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
20 28 (0.99%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,159 (41.17%) Trainer
2 301 (10.69%) Analyst
3 234 (8.31%) Senior
4 175 (6.22%) Developer
5 155 (5.51%) Content Editor
6 117 (4.16%) Service Analyst
6 117 (4.16%) Service Desk Analyst
7 101 (3.59%) Support Specialist
8 97 (3.45%) Customer Support Specialist
9 94 (3.34%) Support Engineer
10 81 (2.88%) Lead
11 76 (2.70%) Research Scientist
12 74 (2.63%) Architect
13 56 (1.99%) Business Analyst
14 49 (1.74%) Designer
15 48 (1.71%) Desktop Support
16 47 (1.67%) Desktop Engineer
16 47 (1.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 46 (1.63%) Software Engineer
18 45 (1.60%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (4.69%) .NET
2 94 (3.34%) HTML
3 79 (2.81%) CSS
4 58 (2.06%) React
5 55 (1.95%) SOAP
6 43 (1.53%) RESTful
7 36 (1.28%) REST
8 30 (1.07%) .NET Framework
9 28 (0.99%) ASP.NET
10 26 (0.92%) jQuery
10 26 (0.92%) Node.js
11 25 (0.89%) Entity Framework
12 23 (0.82%) Kafka
13 19 (0.67%) LDAP
14 17 (0.60%) gRPC
15 16 (0.57%) LAPP Stack
15 16 (0.57%) WebSockets
15 16 (0.57%) WebSphere MQ
16 15 (0.53%) HTML5 Canvas
16 15 (0.53%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 99 (3.52%) Blog
2 97 (3.45%) Management Information System
2 97 (3.45%) Molecular Biology
2 97 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 62 (2.20%) Product Ownership
4 54 (1.92%) Onboarding
5 53 (1.88%) Driving Licence
6 44 (1.56%) Algorithms
7 43 (1.53%) Cloud Native
8 38 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 36 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
10 32 (1.14%) Data Centre
11 30 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (1.07%) Social Media
12 27 (0.96%) Data Structures
13 22 (0.78%) e-Learning
13 22 (0.78%) Security Posture
14 21 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
15 19 (0.67%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 150 (5.33%) Windows
2 88 (3.13%) Linux
3 59 (2.10%) Windows 10
4 38 (1.35%) Unix
5 24 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 23 (0.82%) Android
7 18 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (0.57%) Apple iOS
9 14 (0.50%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.28%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.11%) Debian
12 3 (0.11%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.071%) CentOS
14 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.036%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,457 (51.76%) AI
2 1,177 (41.81%) Conversational UI
3 447 (15.88%) Computer Science
4 405 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
5 403 (14.32%) Chemistry
6 395 (14.03%) Customer Service
7 352 (12.50%) Agile
8 282 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 280 (9.95%) ITIL
10 219 (7.78%) Analytics
11 204 (7.25%) Content Writing
11 204 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
12 169 (6.00%) Mentoring
12 169 (6.00%) Project Management
13 168 (5.97%) Decision-Making
13 168 (5.97%) Mathematics
14 160 (5.68%) DevOps
15 138 (4.90%) ITSM
15 138 (4.90%) Software Engineering
16 132 (4.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 247 (8.77%) Python
2 230 (8.17%) SQL
3 167 (5.93%) C#
4 155 (5.51%) Java
5 114 (4.05%) JavaScript
6 73 (2.59%) C++
7 71 (2.52%) TypeScript
8 38 (1.35%) PowerShell
9 35 (1.24%) Go
10 34 (1.21%) PHP
11 33 (1.17%) C
12 30 (1.07%) Bash
13 16 (0.57%) PL/SQL
14 15 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.50%) R
16 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.39%) MATLAB
18 10 (0.36%) Scala
18 10 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 715 (25.40%) Master's Degree
2 610 (21.67%) PhD
3 302 (10.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 298 (10.59%) Security Cleared
5 266 (9.45%) SC Cleared
6 200 (7.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 180 (6.39%) AWS Certification
8 132 (4.69%) MCSE
9 55 (1.95%) PMP
10 53 (1.88%) Azure Certification
11 48 (1.71%) DBS Check
12 47 (1.67%) PMI Certification
13 46 (1.63%) CISSP
14 44 (1.56%) CTC Cleared
15 42 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
16 41 (1.46%) ACCA
16 41 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
17 40 (1.42%) CIMA
18 38 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 37 (1.31%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (6.25%) QA
2 88 (3.13%) Accessibility
3 68 (2.42%) SLA
4 64 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 62 (2.20%) GDPR
6 43 (1.53%) NIST
7 37 (1.31%) Data Quality
8 36 (1.28%) WCAG
9 24 (0.85%) ISO 9001
9 24 (0.85%) PMO
10 19 (0.67%) GRC
11 10 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.32%) SOC 2
13 8 (0.28%) IFRS
14 7 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
15 5 (0.18%) COBIT
15 5 (0.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 75 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 53 (1.88%) Docker
3 12 (0.43%) Firmware
4 11 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.11%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.11%) vSphere
8 2 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.036%) iptables
9 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.036%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (2.20%) Kubernetes
2 41 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (1.10%) Terraform
4 27 (0.96%) Ansible
5 18 (0.64%) Grafana
6 17 (0.60%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (0.25%) Nmap
9 6 (0.21%) Autotask
10 5 (0.18%) SCCM
11 3 (0.11%) Argo
11 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.071%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.071%) Puppet
12 2 (0.071%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.036%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.036%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 1 (0.036%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.036%) Ganglia
13 1 (0.036%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,159 (41.17%) PayPal
2 484 (17.19%) Microsoft
3 138 (4.90%) ServiceNow
4 92 (3.27%) Cisco
5 76 (2.70%) Adobe
6 62 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 53 (1.88%) Google
8 36 (1.28%) Oracle
9 34 (1.21%) SAP
10 22 (0.78%) Apple
10 22 (0.78%) Red Hat
11 21 (0.75%) IBM
12 20 (0.71%) Databricks
12 20 (0.71%) Palo Alto
13 17 (0.60%) Sage
14 14 (0.50%) Zoho
15 12 (0.43%) MuleSoft
15 12 (0.43%) VMware
16 11 (0.39%) NEC
16 11 (0.39%) Progress