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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 3 13
Rank change year-on-year -24 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,771 3,544 2,942
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.23% 21.96% 12.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.82% 62.24% 47.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,101 998 1,414
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -8.33%

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 5,086 5,694 6,227
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.77% 35.28% 27.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,197 2,308 2,975
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,175 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,945 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,282
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.28% -4.00%

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 22 September 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 99 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 58 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (1.30%) Confluence
4 15 (0.85%) IIS
5 11 (0.62%) CMS
6 9 (0.51%) SAS
7 8 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.40%) Apache
8 7 (0.40%) WordPress
9 4 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.23%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.23%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.23%) PowerFactory
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.17%) Artix
11 1 (0.056%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.056%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.056%) Resin
11 1 (0.056%) Umbraco
Applications
1 221 (12.48%) Microsoft Office
2 107 (6.04%) Microsoft Project
3 102 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (1.58%) AutoCAD
6 26 (1.47%) Simulink
7 23 (1.30%) Revit
8 14 (0.79%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.56%) CorelDRAW
10 9 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (0.34%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.34%) Trello
12 4 (0.23%) Autodesk Inventor
12 4 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
12 4 (0.23%) FrameMaker
12 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
12 4 (0.23%) Windchill
13 3 (0.17%) MadCap Flare
13 3 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.45%) Primavera
3 7 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.28%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.17%) Misys Midas
5 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.11%) Shopify
6 2 (0.11%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.056%) HFM
7 1 (0.056%) Magento
7 1 (0.056%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.056%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.056%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 360 (20.33%) Azure
2 278 (15.70%) AWS
3 206 (11.63%) Microsoft 365
4 106 (5.99%) GCP
5 103 (5.82%) Power Platform
6 86 (4.86%) SaaS
7 83 (4.69%) Entra ID
8 46 (2.60%) GitHub
9 35 (1.98%) Google Analytics
10 27 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (1.47%) Power Automate
12 25 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.41%) PowerApps
13 23 (1.30%) OneDrive
14 20 (1.13%) Snowflake
15 19 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
17 16 (0.90%) Figma
18 15 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
18 15 (0.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (4.63%) Firewall
2 51 (2.88%) VPN
3 48 (2.71%) Network Security
4 46 (2.60%) TCP/IP
5 37 (2.09%) DNS
6 32 (1.81%) DHCP
7 25 (1.41%) LAN
8 23 (1.30%) Wireless
9 22 (1.24%) WAN
10 13 (0.73%) Unified Communications
10 13 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (0.56%) HTTP
12 10 (0.56%) Internet
13 9 (0.51%) Ethernet
13 9 (0.51%) VLAN
14 7 (0.40%) Broadband
14 7 (0.40%) MPLS
14 7 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (0.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (6.61%) SQL Server
2 93 (5.25%) Power BI
3 41 (2.32%) Metadata
4 37 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
4 37 (2.09%) Relational Database
5 35 (1.98%) MySQL
6 33 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (1.13%) Redis
8 19 (1.07%) MongoDB
8 19 (1.07%) NoSQL
9 16 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.85%) Star Schema
11 14 (0.79%) Tableau
12 13 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.73%) Big Data
13 11 (0.62%) Data Mining
13 11 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (0.56%) BigQuery
14 10 (0.56%) Data Lake
15 9 (0.51%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 79 (4.46%) Git
2 66 (3.73%) JIRA
3 18 (1.02%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (0.96%) LabVIEW
5 15 (0.85%) GitLab
6 9 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.51%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.45%) Balsamiq
8 7 (0.40%) Selenium
8 7 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
9 6 (0.34%) Axure RP
10 5 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.28%) Subversion
11 4 (0.23%) JUnit
11 4 (0.23%) Postman
11 4 (0.23%) Snyk
11 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.17%) NUnit
12 3 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.17%) RStudio
General
1 855 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 412 (23.26%) Finance
3 376 (21.23%) Analytical Skills
4 347 (19.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 215 (12.14%) Law
6 214 (12.08%) Public Sector
7 125 (7.06%) Electronics
8 124 (7.00%) Organisational Skills
9 114 (6.44%) Aerospace
10 101 (5.70%) Marketing
11 96 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
12 90 (5.08%) Manufacturing
13 68 (3.84%) Influencing Skills
14 65 (3.67%) Legal
15 60 (3.39%) Telecoms
16 52 (2.94%) Retail
17 49 (2.77%) Swedish Language
18 36 (2.03%) Military
19 33 (1.86%) French Language
20 32 (1.81%) Games
Job Titles
1 374 (21.12%) Senior
2 291 (16.43%) Analyst
3 161 (9.09%) Developer
4 134 (7.57%) Lead
5 117 (6.61%) Architect
6 113 (6.38%) Senior Manager
7 107 (6.04%) Project Manager
8 99 (5.59%) Graduate
9 83 (4.69%) Consultant
10 82 (4.63%) Senior Project Manager
11 79 (4.46%) Software Engineer
12 74 (4.18%) Service Analyst
13 73 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
14 72 (4.07%) Software Developer
15 70 (3.95%) Business Analyst
16 64 (3.61%) Systems Engineer
17 63 (3.56%) Service Desk Analyst
18 62 (3.50%) IT Support
19 57 (3.22%) Support Engineer
20 51 (2.88%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (3.84%) .NET
2 62 (3.50%) React
3 58 (3.27%) CSS
4 56 (3.16%) HTML
5 37 (2.09%) Node.js
5 37 (2.09%) Terraform
6 32 (1.81%) Vue
7 30 (1.69%) jQuery
8 28 (1.58%) .NET Core
8 28 (1.58%) RESTful
8 28 (1.58%) XML
9 27 (1.52%) AngularJS
10 24 (1.36%) REST
11 23 (1.30%) ASP.NET
12 19 (1.07%) Entity Framework
13 18 (1.02%) .NET Framework
14 13 (0.73%) ASP.NET Core
14 13 (0.73%) JSON
14 13 (0.73%) LDAP
15 12 (0.68%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 125 (7.06%) Management Information System
2 95 (5.36%) Product Ownership
3 88 (4.97%) Self-Motivation
4 71 (4.01%) Cloud Native
5 66 (3.73%) Driving Licence
6 53 (2.99%) Onboarding
7 49 (2.77%) Algorithms
8 37 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
8 37 (2.09%) Security Posture
9 36 (2.03%) FPGA
9 36 (2.03%) IoT
10 33 (1.86%) Data Centre
11 26 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
12 24 (1.36%) Data Structures
13 23 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
13 23 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
14 22 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
14 22 (1.24%) Client/Server
15 21 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
15 21 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 127 (7.17%) Windows
2 89 (5.03%) Linux
3 64 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.90%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.73%) Android
5 13 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
6 11 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 10 (0.56%) Unix
8 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.34%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.28%) OpenVMS
11 4 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.17%) Debian
12 3 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
12 3 (0.17%) VMS
13 2 (0.11%) VxWorks
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (28.68%) Agile
2 469 (26.48%) Computer Science
3 453 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
4 328 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 266 (15.02%) Mentoring
6 259 (14.62%) AI
7 246 (13.89%) Project Delivery
8 235 (13.27%) ITIL
9 222 (12.54%) Project Management
10 199 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 198 (11.18%) Software Engineering
12 195 (11.01%) Decision-Making
13 191 (10.78%) Customer Service
14 190 (10.73%) Coaching
15 175 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
16 171 (9.66%) Technology Strategy
17 163 (9.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 158 (8.92%) Analytics
19 145 (8.19%) Scrum
20 144 (8.13%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 241 (13.61%) Python
2 229 (12.93%) SQL
3 148 (8.36%) C#
4 107 (6.04%) JavaScript
5 77 (4.35%) C++
5 77 (4.35%) Java
6 58 (3.27%) PowerShell
7 57 (3.22%) TypeScript
8 47 (2.65%) PHP
9 40 (2.26%) C
10 37 (2.09%) MATLAB
11 21 (1.19%) Rust
12 20 (1.13%) R
13 18 (1.02%) Go
14 15 (0.85%) Bash
15 13 (0.73%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.62%) Embedded C++
17 10 (0.56%) Embedded C
17 10 (0.56%) SystemVerilog
18 9 (0.51%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 336 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 317 (17.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 273 (15.42%) SC Cleared
4 112 (6.32%) Master's Degree
5 102 (5.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 101 (5.70%) DV Cleared
7 83 (4.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 82 (4.63%) AWS Certification
9 79 (4.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 69 (3.90%) HNC
11 65 (3.67%) HND
12 64 (3.61%) CISSP
13 62 (3.50%) MCSE
14 56 (3.16%) PhD
15 50 (2.82%) Azure Certification
15 50 (2.82%) DBS Check
16 46 (2.60%) CISM
17 37 (2.09%) Chartered Engineer
18 32 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
19 28 (1.58%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (7.57%) QA
2 131 (7.40%) Accessibility
3 76 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 72 (4.07%) Data Quality
5 66 (3.73%) NIST
6 52 (2.94%) GDPR
7 34 (1.92%) SLA
8 31 (1.75%) PMO
9 20 (1.13%) NCSC
10 19 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
10 19 (1.07%) GRC
11 16 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 13 (0.73%) WCAG
13 12 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.62%) Def Stans
15 10 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.56%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.56%) PCI DSS
16 9 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 9 (0.51%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 93 (5.25%) Active Directory
2 50 (2.82%) Docker
3 44 (2.48%) Firmware
4 24 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.68%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.51%) vSphere
9 5 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.056%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 59 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.02%) Ansible
4 8 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.34%) SCCM
6 5 (0.28%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.28%) QRadar
7 4 (0.23%) Autotask
7 4 (0.23%) Grafana
7 4 (0.23%) Packer
7 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.17%) Argo
8 3 (0.17%) Plesk
8 3 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.056%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.056%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.056%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 445 (25.13%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.03%) ServiceNow
3 56 (3.16%) Google
4 43 (2.43%) SAP
5 42 (2.37%) Cisco
6 36 (2.03%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.75%) Oracle
8 26 (1.47%) VMware
9 20 (1.13%) Adobe
10 19 (1.07%) Databricks
11 18 (1.02%) EMC
12 17 (0.96%) IBM
13 16 (0.90%) YouTube
14 14 (0.79%) Siemens
14 14 (0.79%) Splunk
15 13 (0.73%) Apple
15 13 (0.73%) Citrix
16 12 (0.68%) Informatica
16 12 (0.68%) Red Hat
16 12 (0.68%) Sage