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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,561 2,506 4,150
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.55% 17.62% 12.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.60% 56.74% 47.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,034 1,305 2,854
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,203
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,593 £83,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 4,265 4,417 8,742
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.37% 31.06% 26.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,876 2,434 5,898
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,529 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,790 £54,296
% change year-on-year +7.55% +2.75% -7.19%

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 8 May 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 68 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.09%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.96%) WordPress
6 12 (0.77%) Confluence
7 11 (0.70%) CMS
8 10 (0.64%) SAS
9 6 (0.38%) Apache
10 5 (0.32%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.32%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.32%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
11 3 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
12 2 (0.13%) Artix
13 1 (0.064%) Drupal
13 1 (0.064%) Kinematics
13 1 (0.064%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.064%) PowerFactory
13 1 (0.064%) Umbraco
Applications
1 210 (13.45%) Microsoft Office
2 96 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.79%) Chatbot
5 24 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (1.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 18 (1.15%) Adobe XD
8 10 (0.64%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.45%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.32%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.13%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.13%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.13%) EPLAN
13 2 (0.13%) FrameMaker
13 2 (0.13%) MadCap Flare
13 2 (0.13%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.83%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.26%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.13%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.064%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.064%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.064%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.064%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.064%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.064%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.064%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.064%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.064%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 336 (21.52%) Azure
2 292 (18.71%) AWS
3 225 (14.41%) Microsoft 365
4 119 (7.62%) Power Platform
5 116 (7.43%) GCP
6 86 (5.51%) SaaS
7 79 (5.06%) Entra ID
8 39 (2.50%) GitHub
8 39 (2.50%) Serverless
9 31 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (1.92%) Figma
11 26 (1.67%) Power Automate
12 25 (1.60%) Google Analytics
12 25 (1.60%) PowerApps
13 18 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (1.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 17 (1.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 15 (0.96%) Canva
16 14 (0.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.75%) Firewall
2 20 (1.28%) DNS
2 20 (1.28%) Network Security
2 20 (1.28%) WAN
3 15 (0.96%) DHCP
3 15 (0.96%) VPN
4 12 (0.77%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.70%) Broadband
5 11 (0.70%) Internet
6 10 (0.64%) LAN
6 10 (0.64%) MPLS
6 10 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (0.58%) Unified Communications
8 8 (0.51%) BGP
8 8 (0.51%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.51%) SSL
9 7 (0.45%) LTE
10 6 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.32%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.41%) SQL Server
2 97 (6.21%) Power BI
3 33 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.05%) MySQL
5 28 (1.79%) Tableau
6 25 (1.60%) BigQuery
7 23 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.28%) Metadata
8 20 (1.28%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
10 17 (1.09%) OLTP
11 13 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (0.83%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (0.77%) Delta Lake
12 12 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.70%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.70%) Redis
14 10 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (0.64%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 70 (4.48%) Git
2 50 (3.20%) JIRA
3 26 (1.67%) Selenium
4 21 (1.35%) Postman
4 21 (1.35%) WebDriver
5 19 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
6 18 (1.15%) Axure RP
6 18 (1.15%) Balsamiq
6 18 (1.15%) SoapUI
7 12 (0.77%) Jenkins
8 11 (0.70%) MLflow
9 9 (0.58%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.45%) GitLab
11 6 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.26%) Babel
12 4 (0.26%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.26%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.26%) Storybook
12 4 (0.26%) webpack
13 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
General
1 733 (46.96%) Social Skills
2 359 (23.00%) Finance
3 300 (19.22%) Analytical Skills
4 282 (18.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 205 (13.13%) Public Sector
6 170 (10.89%) Law
7 138 (8.84%) Marketing
8 85 (5.45%) Retail
9 74 (4.74%) Back Office
10 72 (4.61%) Organisational Skills
11 68 (4.36%) Banking
12 66 (4.23%) French Language
13 62 (3.97%) Legal
14 59 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (2.95%) Manufacturing
16 42 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
17 38 (2.43%) Electronics
18 35 (2.24%) Telecoms
19 18 (1.15%) Games
20 17 (1.09%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 263 (16.85%) Analyst
2 241 (15.44%) Senior
3 206 (13.20%) Developer
4 101 (6.47%) Support Engineer
5 83 (5.32%) Architect
5 83 (5.32%) Graduate
6 76 (4.87%) Service Analyst
7 70 (4.48%) Service Desk Analyst
8 67 (4.29%) Business Analyst
9 62 (3.97%) Lead
10 61 (3.91%) Desktop Support
11 59 (3.78%) Desktop Engineer
11 59 (3.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 59 (3.78%) Graduate Developer
12 58 (3.72%) Software Developer
13 56 (3.59%) Site Engineer
14 53 (3.40%) Senior Developer
15 52 (3.33%) Consultant
16 51 (3.27%) Graduate Software Developer
17 49 (3.14%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (5.32%) HTML
2 81 (5.19%) .NET
3 69 (4.42%) CSS
4 58 (3.72%) SOAP
5 51 (3.27%) REST
6 44 (2.82%) React
6 44 (2.82%) RESTful
7 32 (2.05%) jQuery
7 32 (2.05%) Node.js
8 26 (1.67%) PyTorch
9 24 (1.54%) XML
10 22 (1.41%) TensorFlow
11 21 (1.35%) Kafka
11 21 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
11 21 (1.35%) Middleware
11 21 (1.35%) OAuth
11 21 (1.35%) Visualforce
12 19 (1.22%) Vue
13 18 (1.15%) Django
14 13 (0.83%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 117 (7.50%) Product Ownership
2 89 (5.70%) Management Information System
3 84 (5.38%) Cloud Native
4 75 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
5 65 (4.16%) Blog
6 59 (3.78%) Onboarding
7 41 (2.63%) Driving Licence
8 36 (2.31%) Data Structures
9 33 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
9 33 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.73%) Security Posture
11 26 (1.67%) Social Media
12 24 (1.54%) Algorithms
13 22 (1.41%) Cyberattack
13 22 (1.41%) Virtual Team
14 21 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
15 20 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
15 20 (1.28%) Data Centre
16 15 (0.96%) FMCG
16 15 (0.96%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 150 (9.61%) Windows
2 109 (6.98%) Linux
3 68 (4.36%) Windows 10
4 33 (2.11%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.02%) Android
6 14 (0.90%) Ubuntu
7 12 (0.77%) Unix
8 5 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.13%) CentOS
11 2 (0.13%) Debian
12 1 (0.064%) AIX
12 1 (0.064%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (27.03%) Computer Science
2 361 (23.13%) Agile
3 346 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
4 300 (19.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 240 (15.37%) AI
6 238 (15.25%) Customer Service
7 223 (14.29%) ITIL
8 216 (13.84%) Mentoring
9 195 (12.49%) Analytics
10 172 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
11 163 (10.44%) CI/CD
12 160 (10.25%) DevOps
13 156 (9.99%) Project Management
14 146 (9.35%) Decision-Making
15 145 (9.29%) Software Engineering
16 133 (8.52%) Stakeholder Management
17 127 (8.14%) Scrum
18 123 (7.88%) Community of Practice
19 119 (7.62%) Roadmaps
20 117 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 254 (16.27%) SQL
2 250 (16.02%) Python
3 155 (9.93%) C#
4 141 (9.03%) Java
5 99 (6.34%) JavaScript
6 72 (4.61%) C++
7 58 (3.72%) PHP
8 56 (3.59%) TypeScript
9 45 (2.88%) PowerShell
10 41 (2.63%) Go
11 30 (1.92%) Bash
12 28 (1.79%) PL/SQL
13 23 (1.47%) Rust
14 21 (1.35%) Apex Code
15 20 (1.28%) C
16 18 (1.15%) R
17 12 (0.77%) Bicep
17 12 (0.77%) Scala
18 10 (0.64%) T-SQL
19 9 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 296 (18.96%) Computer Science Degree
2 286 (18.32%) Security Cleared
3 251 (16.08%) SC Cleared
4 144 (9.22%) Master's Degree
5 130 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 89 (5.70%) AWS Certification
7 77 (4.93%) MCSE
8 60 (3.84%) PhD
9 59 (3.78%) CTC Cleared
10 55 (3.52%) CISSP
11 43 (2.75%) DBS Check
11 43 (2.75%) PMI Certification
12 39 (2.50%) PMP
13 38 (2.43%) ACCA
13 38 (2.43%) Azure Certification
14 37 (2.37%) CIMA
15 31 (1.99%) DV Cleared
15 31 (1.99%) HNC
16 30 (1.92%) CISM
17 24 (1.54%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (6.98%) QA
2 78 (5.00%) Accessibility
3 75 (4.80%) SLA
4 59 (3.78%) GDPR
5 53 (3.40%) NIST
6 50 (3.20%) Data Quality
7 45 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 25 (1.60%) GRC
9 23 (1.47%) WCAG
10 17 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
11 16 (1.02%) PMO
12 15 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.58%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.51%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 5 (0.32%) NCSC
17 4 (0.26%) GAAP
17 4 (0.26%) IFRS
18 3 (0.19%) MiFID
System Software
1 74 (4.74%) Active Directory
2 66 (4.23%) Docker
3 24 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.58%) vSphere
5 7 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.26%) Firmware
7 4 (0.26%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.064%) Xen
Systems Management
1 67 (4.29%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.20%) Terraform
3 35 (2.24%) Ansible
4 26 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.96%) Grafana
5 15 (0.96%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.51%) SCCM
7 6 (0.38%) Autotask
7 6 (0.38%) Packer
7 6 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.32%) FTK
9 4 (0.26%) Nmap
9 4 (0.26%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.19%) QRadar
11 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.13%) Argo
11 2 (0.13%) OpenView
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.13%) Plesk
11 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 351 (22.49%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.09%) ServiceNow
3 94 (6.02%) Cisco
4 59 (3.78%) Salesforce
5 56 (3.59%) Oracle
6 48 (3.07%) Google
7 40 (2.56%) Adobe
8 34 (2.18%) SAP
9 31 (1.99%) Databricks
10 24 (1.54%) VMware
11 22 (1.41%) PayPal
12 19 (1.22%) HubSpot
13 18 (1.15%) MuleSoft
14 13 (0.83%) Meraki
15 11 (0.70%) Splunk
15 11 (0.70%) Workday
16 10 (0.64%) Citrix
16 10 (0.64%) Red Hat
16 10 (0.64%) Sage
17 9 (0.58%) EMC