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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,804 2,238 3,354
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.98% 13.71% 13.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.48% 48.16% 48.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,064 1,196 2,337
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,280 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.10% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.26% +6.36% -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 5,054 4,647 6,906
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.40% 28.48% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,543 2,400 5,047
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,630 £46,250 £43,750
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 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,900 £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 26 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 59 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.68%) Confluence
4 18 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.57%) Tomcat
5 16 (0.57%) WebSphere
5 16 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
6 9 (0.32%) SAS
7 8 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.29%) IIS
8 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
9 6 (0.21%) CMS
10 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.18%) WordPress
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.071%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.036%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,154 (41.16%) Chatbot
2 271 (9.66%) Microsoft Office
3 121 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 45 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 34 (1.21%) Adobe XD
6 18 (0.64%) 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
10 6 (0.21%) Sketch
11 5 (0.18%) Simulink
12 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
13 3 (0.11%) Trello
14 2 (0.071%) Avid Media Composer
14 2 (0.071%) OrCAD
14 2 (0.071%) Pro Tools
14 2 (0.071%) Revit
15 1 (0.036%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 29 (1.03%) 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 (0.071%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.036%) Endur
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.036%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 375 (13.37%) Azure
2 348 (12.41%) AWS
3 289 (10.31%) Microsoft 365
4 131 (4.67%) Power Platform
5 96 (3.42%) GCP
6 94 (3.35%) SaaS
7 74 (2.64%) Entra ID
8 62 (2.21%) GitHub
9 60 (2.14%) Serverless
10 49 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
11 48 (1.71%) Figma
12 40 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
13 31 (1.11%) PowerApps
14 30 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (0.96%) Power Automate
16 24 (0.86%) PaaS
17 21 (0.75%) Miro
18 20 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
19 19 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
20 15 (0.53%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 34 (1.21%) Firewall
2 32 (1.14%) VPN
3 26 (0.93%) SSL
4 24 (0.86%) WAN
5 20 (0.71%) TCP/IP
6 19 (0.68%) LAN
7 18 (0.64%) Unified Communications
7 18 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (0.57%) DNS
9 14 (0.50%) SD-WAN
10 13 (0.46%) DHCP
11 12 (0.43%) VLAN
12 11 (0.39%) Network Security
13 10 (0.36%) VoIP
14 6 (0.21%) Internet
14 6 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (0.21%) Wireless
15 5 (0.18%) Ethernet
16 4 (0.14%) BGP
16 4 (0.14%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (3.99%) SQL Server
2 106 (3.78%) Power BI
3 50 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (1.78%) Tableau
4 39 (1.39%) MySQL
5 31 (1.11%) NoSQL
6 25 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (0.78%) BigQuery
8 18 (0.64%) GIS
9 17 (0.61%) MongoDB
9 17 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
10 16 (0.57%) DB2
11 15 (0.53%) Relational Database
12 14 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
14 11 (0.39%) Metadata
14 11 (0.39%) OLTP
14 11 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 66 (2.35%) JIRA
2 55 (1.96%) Git
3 48 (1.71%) Selenium
4 39 (1.39%) WebDriver
5 32 (1.14%) Postman
6 29 (1.03%) SoapUI
6 29 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
7 27 (0.96%) Balsamiq
8 24 (0.86%) Axure RP
9 13 (0.46%) GitLab
9 13 (0.46%) Jenkins
10 10 (0.36%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.32%) MLflow
12 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.21%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.18%) ER Studio
14 5 (0.18%) JMeter
15 4 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
15 4 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 817 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 669 (23.86%) Analytical Skills
3 400 (14.27%) Finance
4 304 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 177 (6.31%) Public Sector
6 158 (5.63%) Marketing
7 134 (4.78%) Law
8 125 (4.46%) Retail
9 119 (4.24%) French Language
10 95 (3.39%) Swedish Language
11 67 (2.39%) Back Office
12 64 (2.28%) Banking
13 63 (2.25%) Legal
14 56 (2.00%) Telecoms
15 54 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
16 44 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
17 40 (1.43%) Manufacturing
18 34 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
19 32 (1.14%) Billing
20 27 (0.96%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,151 (41.05%) Trainer
2 302 (10.77%) Analyst
3 244 (8.70%) Senior
4 185 (6.60%) Developer
5 155 (5.53%) Content Editor
6 119 (4.24%) Service Analyst
6 119 (4.24%) Service Desk Analyst
7 110 (3.92%) Support Engineer
8 97 (3.46%) Support Specialist
9 96 (3.42%) Customer Support Specialist
10 84 (3.00%) Lead
11 76 (2.71%) Research Scientist
12 62 (2.21%) Desktop Support
13 61 (2.18%) Architect
13 61 (2.18%) Desktop Engineer
13 61 (2.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 56 (2.00%) Business Analyst
14 56 (2.00%) Site Engineer
15 51 (1.82%) Software Engineer
16 49 (1.75%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (4.71%) .NET
2 92 (3.28%) HTML
3 78 (2.78%) CSS
4 60 (2.14%) React
5 56 (2.00%) SOAP
6 48 (1.71%) RESTful
7 39 (1.39%) REST
8 31 (1.11%) .NET Framework
9 27 (0.96%) ASP.NET
10 26 (0.93%) Entity Framework
10 26 (0.93%) jQuery
11 24 (0.86%) Kafka
11 24 (0.86%) Node.js
12 19 (0.68%) LDAP
12 19 (0.68%) TensorFlow
13 17 (0.61%) gRPC
13 17 (0.61%) HTML5 Canvas
13 17 (0.61%) OAuth
13 17 (0.61%) PyTorch
14 16 (0.57%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 100 (3.57%) Blog
2 97 (3.46%) Molecular Biology
3 96 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
4 94 (3.35%) Management Information System
5 71 (2.53%) Product Ownership
6 60 (2.14%) Onboarding
7 56 (2.00%) Driving Licence
8 47 (1.68%) Cloud Native
9 45 (1.60%) Algorithms
10 41 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
11 37 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
12 32 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
13 31 (1.11%) Social Media
14 29 (1.03%) Data Structures
15 23 (0.82%) Data Centre
15 23 (0.82%) Security Posture
16 22 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
17 21 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
18 17 (0.61%) AI Agents
18 17 (0.61%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 164 (5.85%) Windows
2 88 (3.14%) Linux
3 73 (2.60%) Windows 10
4 38 (1.36%) Unix
5 26 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.78%) Android
7 18 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 10 (0.36%) 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 (0.071%) CentOS
14 1 (0.036%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,442 (51.43%) AI
2 1,165 (41.55%) Conversational UI
3 462 (16.48%) Computer Science
4 414 (14.76%) Customer Service
5 402 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
6 393 (14.02%) Chemistry
7 349 (12.45%) Agile
8 307 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 289 (10.31%) ITIL
10 234 (8.35%) Analytics
11 204 (7.28%) Content Writing
11 204 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
12 172 (6.13%) Decision-Making
13 170 (6.06%) DevOps
14 168 (5.99%) Mathematics
15 167 (5.96%) Mentoring
16 163 (5.81%) Project Management
17 147 (5.24%) Software Engineering
18 139 (4.96%) CRM
19 138 (4.92%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 255 (9.09%) Python
2 231 (8.24%) SQL
3 169 (6.03%) C#
4 161 (5.74%) Java
5 117 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 80 (2.85%) C++
7 74 (2.64%) TypeScript
8 42 (1.50%) PowerShell
9 41 (1.46%) Go
10 35 (1.25%) PHP
11 32 (1.14%) Bash
12 30 (1.07%) C
13 17 (0.61%) PL/SQL
14 15 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 13 (0.46%) Rust
16 12 (0.43%) Apex Code
16 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.43%) R
16 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.39%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 703 (25.07%) Master's Degree
2 601 (21.43%) PhD
3 311 (11.09%) Security Cleared
4 307 (10.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 279 (9.95%) SC Cleared
6 201 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 180 (6.42%) AWS Certification
8 132 (4.71%) MCSE
9 60 (2.14%) CTC Cleared
10 54 (1.93%) PMP
11 51 (1.82%) Azure Certification
11 51 (1.82%) DBS Check
12 48 (1.71%) CISSP
13 46 (1.64%) PMI Certification
14 41 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
15 40 (1.43%) ACCA
16 39 (1.39%) CIMA
16 39 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
17 37 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 35 (1.25%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (6.28%) QA
2 89 (3.17%) Accessibility
3 84 (3.00%) SLA
4 66 (2.35%) GDPR
5 65 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 42 (1.50%) NIST
7 41 (1.46%) Data Quality
8 34 (1.21%) WCAG
9 22 (0.78%) GRC
9 22 (0.78%) PMO
10 19 (0.68%) ISO 9001
11 10 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.29%) IFRS
13 7 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.25%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.21%) COBIT
15 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
15 5 (0.18%) ITGC
15 5 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 59 (2.10%) Docker
3 11 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.32%) 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 Servers
7 3 (0.11%) vSphere
8 2 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.036%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.036%) iptables
9 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 61 (2.18%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 32 (1.14%) Terraform
4 26 (0.93%) Ansible
5 18 (0.64%) Grafana
6 17 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.29%) Autotask
7 8 (0.29%) SCCM
8 7 (0.25%) Nmap
9 6 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.11%) Argo
10 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.071%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.071%) FTK
11 2 (0.071%) Puppet
12 1 (0.036%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.036%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.036%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 1 (0.036%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.036%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1,149 (40.98%) PayPal
2 483 (17.23%) Microsoft
3 142 (5.06%) ServiceNow
4 106 (3.78%) Cisco
5 67 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 63 (2.25%) Adobe
7 55 (1.96%) Google
8 42 (1.50%) Oracle
9 32 (1.14%) SAP
10 22 (0.78%) IBM
10 22 (0.78%) Red Hat
11 20 (0.71%) Databricks
12 15 (0.53%) Sage
13 14 (0.50%) MuleSoft
13 14 (0.50%) Zoho
14 12 (0.43%) VMware
15 11 (0.39%) Citrix
15 11 (0.39%) NEC
15 11 (0.39%) Progress
16 9 (0.32%) Palo Alto