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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 4 13
Rank change year-on-year -20 +9 +1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,709 3,328 3,124
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.53% 20.24% 12.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.24% 59.87% 47.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 1,128 1,780
10th Percentile £28,863 £25,313 £32,450
25th Percentile £39,790 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,475 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £54,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% -2.59% -10.00%

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 4,716 5,559 6,574
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.78% 33.81% 26.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,092 2,440 3,805
10th Percentile £33,525 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £41,075 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £79,010 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 11 August 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 85 (4.97%) SharePoint
2 40 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.11%) Confluence
4 13 (0.76%) IIS
5 11 (0.64%) CMS
6 10 (0.59%) Apache
6 10 (0.59%) WordPress
7 9 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.53%) SAS
8 8 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.23%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.23%) PowerFactory
10 3 (0.18%) Artix
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.059%) Resin
12 1 (0.059%) Umbraco
Applications
1 231 (13.52%) Microsoft Office
2 105 (6.14%) Microsoft Project
3 100 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.17%) Simulink
6 15 (0.88%) AutoCAD
7 10 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 10 (0.59%) CorelDRAW
7 10 (0.59%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.53%) Revit
9 8 (0.47%) Adobe XD
10 7 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
11 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.29%) Trello
12 4 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
12 4 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.23%) FrameMaker
12 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
12 4 (0.23%) Photoshop
12 4 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.35%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.23%) Primavera
4 4 (0.23%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.18%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.12%) Shopify
7 1 (0.059%) HFM
7 1 (0.059%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.059%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.059%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.059%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.059%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 354 (20.71%) Azure
2 302 (17.67%) AWS
3 195 (11.41%) Microsoft 365
4 111 (6.50%) GCP
5 108 (6.32%) Power Platform
6 91 (5.32%) SaaS
7 69 (4.04%) Entra ID
8 37 (2.17%) Google Analytics
9 36 (2.11%) GitHub
10 31 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
10 31 (1.81%) PowerApps
11 28 (1.64%) Power Automate
12 20 (1.17%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.11%) Figma
14 18 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
16 16 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
17 13 (0.76%) Smartsheet
18 12 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
18 12 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 67 (3.92%) Firewall
2 44 (2.57%) Network Security
3 38 (2.22%) TCP/IP
4 36 (2.11%) VPN
5 27 (1.58%) DNS
6 24 (1.40%) DHCP
7 21 (1.23%) LAN
7 21 (1.23%) WAN
8 17 (0.99%) Wireless
9 15 (0.88%) Unified Communications
10 14 (0.82%) Internet
11 13 (0.76%) Broadband
12 10 (0.59%) HTTP
13 9 (0.53%) MPLS
14 8 (0.47%) LTE
14 8 (0.47%) VLAN
14 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (0.41%) Kerberos
15 7 (0.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 94 (5.50%) Power BI
3 47 (2.75%) MySQL
4 41 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 32 (1.87%) Metadata
7 23 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (1.11%) Redis
9 16 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 13 (0.76%) Tableau
11 12 (0.70%) MongoDB
11 12 (0.70%) NoSQL
11 12 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.64%) Data Lake
13 10 (0.59%) Big Data
13 10 (0.59%) OLTP
14 9 (0.53%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.35%) Looker
15 6 (0.35%) Star Schema
16 5 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 83 (4.86%) Git
2 64 (3.74%) JIRA
3 16 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
4 14 (0.82%) LabVIEW
5 11 (0.64%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.59%) Balsamiq
6 10 (0.59%) GitLab
6 10 (0.59%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.47%) Axure RP
7 8 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.41%) Selenium
9 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.23%) JUnit
10 4 (0.23%) Postman
10 4 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
10 4 (0.23%) Snyk
10 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.18%) Storybook
11 3 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 778 (45.52%) Social Skills
2 408 (23.87%) Finance
3 339 (19.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 332 (19.43%) Analytical Skills
5 221 (12.93%) Public Sector
6 206 (12.05%) Law
7 108 (6.32%) Electronics
8 107 (6.26%) Organisational Skills
9 106 (6.20%) Marketing
10 86 (5.03%) Aerospace
11 78 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
12 73 (4.27%) Manufacturing
13 71 (4.15%) Legal
14 57 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
15 49 (2.87%) Retail
16 48 (2.81%) Swedish Language
17 47 (2.75%) Telecoms
18 45 (2.63%) Banking
19 43 (2.52%) French Language
20 27 (1.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 342 (20.01%) Senior
2 285 (16.68%) Analyst
3 199 (11.64%) Developer
4 116 (6.79%) Lead
5 115 (6.73%) Architect
6 106 (6.20%) Graduate
6 106 (6.20%) Senior Manager
7 104 (6.09%) Project Manager
8 84 (4.92%) Software Developer
9 82 (4.80%) Service Analyst
10 76 (4.45%) Service Desk Analyst
10 76 (4.45%) Software Engineer
11 74 (4.33%) Senior Project Manager
12 73 (4.27%) Business Analyst
13 70 (4.10%) Consultant
14 61 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
14 61 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
15 60 (3.51%) Graduate Developer
16 55 (3.22%) IT Support
17 54 (3.16%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (4.51%) CSS
2 75 (4.39%) .NET
3 65 (3.80%) HTML
3 65 (3.80%) React
4 43 (2.52%) jQuery
5 40 (2.34%) Node.js
6 38 (2.22%) Vue
7 35 (2.05%) RESTful
8 32 (1.87%) REST
9 31 (1.81%) XML
10 27 (1.58%) .NET Core
11 24 (1.40%) AngularJS
12 23 (1.35%) ASP.NET
13 21 (1.23%) SOAP
14 18 (1.05%) Entity Framework
15 17 (0.99%) .NET Framework
16 16 (0.94%) PyTorch
17 15 (0.88%) JSON
17 15 (0.88%) LDAP
18 14 (0.82%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 113 (6.61%) Management Information System
2 101 (5.91%) Product Ownership
3 94 (5.50%) Cloud Native
4 85 (4.97%) Self-Motivation
5 49 (2.87%) Algorithms
6 48 (2.81%) Onboarding
7 45 (2.63%) Driving Licence
8 34 (1.99%) Security Posture
9 30 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (1.76%) FPGA
9 30 (1.76%) Virtual Team
10 24 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 24 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
11 23 (1.35%) Data Centre
11 23 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.35%) IoT
12 22 (1.29%) Cyberattack
13 21 (1.23%) Data Structures
14 20 (1.17%) Client/Server
15 18 (1.05%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 110 (6.44%) Windows
2 101 (5.91%) Linux
3 54 (3.16%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.76%) Unix
5 10 (0.59%) Embedded Linux
6 8 (0.47%) Android
6 8 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.29%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.059%) AIX
10 1 (0.059%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (29.72%) Agile
2 464 (27.15%) Computer Science
3 419 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
4 288 (16.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 265 (15.51%) Mentoring
6 240 (14.04%) AI
7 222 (12.99%) Project Management
8 214 (12.52%) ITIL
9 212 (12.40%) Project Delivery
10 192 (11.23%) Software Engineering
11 189 (11.06%) Coaching
12 183 (10.71%) Decision-Making
13 175 (10.24%) Customer Service
14 173 (10.12%) Technology Strategy
15 164 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
16 157 (9.19%) CI/CD
16 157 (9.19%) DevOps
17 155 (9.07%) Cybersecurity
18 154 (9.01%) Analytics
19 145 (8.48%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 244 (14.28%) SQL
2 236 (13.81%) Python
3 158 (9.25%) C#
4 116 (6.79%) JavaScript
5 95 (5.56%) Java
6 78 (4.56%) C++
7 63 (3.69%) TypeScript
8 59 (3.45%) PHP
9 58 (3.39%) PowerShell
10 36 (2.11%) C
11 31 (1.81%) MATLAB
12 22 (1.29%) Rust
13 21 (1.23%) Go
14 17 (0.99%) PL/SQL
14 17 (0.99%) R
15 14 (0.82%) Bash
16 13 (0.76%) Bicep
17 11 (0.64%) Apex Code
18 10 (0.59%) VBA
19 9 (0.53%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 325 (19.02%) Security Cleared
2 324 (18.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 268 (15.68%) SC Cleared
4 127 (7.43%) Master's Degree
5 117 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 94 (5.50%) DV Cleared
7 92 (5.38%) AWS Certification
8 78 (4.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 74 (4.33%) MCSE
9 74 (4.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 66 (3.86%) PhD
11 65 (3.80%) CISSP
12 52 (3.04%) HNC
13 46 (2.69%) Azure Certification
14 45 (2.63%) HND
15 43 (2.52%) CISM
15 43 (2.52%) DBS Check
16 35 (2.05%) PMI Certification
17 34 (1.99%) PMP
18 31 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (7.90%) QA
2 118 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 70 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 68 (3.98%) NIST
5 62 (3.63%) Data Quality
6 43 (2.52%) GDPR
7 36 (2.11%) SLA
8 28 (1.64%) PMO
9 24 (1.40%) GRC
10 19 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (0.99%) NCSC
12 15 (0.88%) WCAG
13 14 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 12 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.70%) PCI DSS
16 10 (0.59%) NIST 800
17 9 (0.53%) ISO 9001
18 6 (0.35%) SOC 2
19 5 (0.29%) Def Stans
System Software
1 84 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.28%) Docker
3 42 (2.46%) Firmware
4 24 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.59%) vSphere
7 6 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.35%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 62 (3.63%) Kubernetes
2 49 (2.87%) Terraform
3 44 (2.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (1.40%) Ansible
5 9 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.35%) Grafana
6 6 (0.35%) Packer
6 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.29%) Autotask
7 5 (0.29%) QRadar
8 4 (0.23%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.18%) Argo
9 3 (0.18%) Plesk
9 3 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.12%) OpenView
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.059%) CASB
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 417 (24.40%) Microsoft
2 101 (5.91%) ServiceNow
3 57 (3.34%) Google
4 45 (2.63%) SAP
5 44 (2.57%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.52%) Cisco
7 35 (2.05%) Oracle
8 25 (1.46%) VMware
9 24 (1.40%) Adobe
9 24 (1.40%) Databricks
10 19 (1.11%) EMC
11 16 (0.94%) HubSpot
12 14 (0.82%) IBM
12 14 (0.82%) Meraki
12 14 (0.82%) Siemens
12 14 (0.82%) Splunk
13 13 (0.76%) Citrix
14 12 (0.70%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.64%) Sage
15 11 (0.64%) Xilinx