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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 9 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,578 2,299 4,152
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.61% 16.27% 12.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.86% 54.22% 47.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,049 1,321 2,852
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,323
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,565 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.02% +1.03% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £88,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -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 4,281 4,240 8,757
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.36% 30.01% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,894 2,475 5,908
10th Percentile £31,750 £29,563 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,622 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +6.19% +4.06% -7.97%

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 6 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 65 (4.12%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.08%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.95%) WordPress
6 12 (0.76%) Confluence
7 11 (0.70%) CMS
8 10 (0.63%) 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 4 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
12 2 (0.13%) Artix
13 1 (0.063%) Drupal
13 1 (0.063%) Kinematics
13 1 (0.063%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.063%) PowerFactory
13 1 (0.063%) Umbraco
Applications
1 210 (13.31%) Microsoft Office
2 96 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.77%) Chatbot
5 24 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 19 (1.20%) Adobe XD
8 10 (0.63%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.44%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.25%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.13%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.13%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.13%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.13%) FrameMaker
12 2 (0.13%) MadCap Flare
12 2 (0.13%) Pro Tools
12 2 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.95%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.13%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.063%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.063%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.063%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.063%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.063%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.063%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.063%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.063%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.063%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.063%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 339 (21.48%) Azure
2 299 (18.95%) AWS
3 220 (13.94%) Microsoft 365
4 119 (7.54%) GCP
5 115 (7.29%) Power Platform
6 87 (5.51%) SaaS
7 78 (4.94%) Entra ID
8 41 (2.60%) Serverless
9 39 (2.47%) GitHub
10 31 (1.96%) Figma
11 30 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.65%) Google Analytics
13 25 (1.58%) Power Automate
14 23 (1.46%) PowerApps
15 18 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (1.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 17 (1.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (0.95%) Canva
18 13 (0.82%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.79%) Firewall
2 20 (1.27%) DNS
2 20 (1.27%) WAN
3 19 (1.20%) Network Security
4 15 (0.95%) DHCP
4 15 (0.95%) VPN
5 12 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.70%) Broadband
6 11 (0.70%) Internet
7 10 (0.63%) LAN
7 10 (0.63%) MPLS
7 10 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.57%) Unified Communications
9 8 (0.51%) BGP
9 8 (0.51%) SD-WAN
9 8 (0.51%) SSL
10 7 (0.44%) LTE
11 6 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.32%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.34%) SQL Server
2 95 (6.02%) Power BI
3 34 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.03%) MySQL
5 29 (1.84%) Tableau
6 25 (1.58%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (1.20%) Metadata
8 19 (1.20%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
10 17 (1.08%) OLTP
11 13 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (0.82%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (0.76%) Delta Lake
12 12 (0.76%) Redis
13 11 (0.70%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (0.63%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 71 (4.50%) Git
2 50 (3.17%) JIRA
3 26 (1.65%) Selenium
4 21 (1.33%) Postman
4 21 (1.33%) WebDriver
5 20 (1.27%) Balsamiq
6 19 (1.20%) Axure RP
6 19 (1.20%) Team Foundation Server
7 18 (1.14%) SoapUI
8 12 (0.76%) Jenkins
9 11 (0.70%) MLflow
10 7 (0.44%) GitLab
10 7 (0.44%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.25%) Babel
12 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.25%) Storybook
12 4 (0.25%) webpack
13 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
General
1 736 (46.64%) Social Skills
2 363 (23.00%) Finance
3 299 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
4 293 (18.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 211 (13.37%) Public Sector
6 171 (10.84%) Law
7 143 (9.06%) Marketing
8 85 (5.39%) Retail
9 74 (4.69%) Back Office
10 69 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
11 68 (4.31%) Banking
12 66 (4.18%) French Language
13 62 (3.93%) Legal
14 61 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (2.92%) Manufacturing
16 41 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
17 38 (2.41%) Telecoms
18 36 (2.28%) Electronics
19 18 (1.14%) Advertising
19 18 (1.14%) Games
Job Titles
1 260 (16.48%) Analyst
2 248 (15.72%) Senior
3 204 (12.93%) Developer
4 103 (6.53%) Support Engineer
5 85 (5.39%) Architect
6 82 (5.20%) Graduate
7 75 (4.75%) Service Analyst
8 70 (4.44%) Service Desk Analyst
9 68 (4.31%) Business Analyst
10 63 (3.99%) Lead
11 61 (3.87%) Desktop Support
12 59 (3.74%) Desktop Engineer
12 59 (3.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 59 (3.74%) Graduate Developer
13 58 (3.68%) Software Developer
14 56 (3.55%) Site Engineer
15 54 (3.42%) Senior Developer
16 52 (3.30%) Consultant
17 51 (3.23%) Graduate Software Developer
18 49 (3.11%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (5.20%) .NET
1 82 (5.20%) HTML
2 69 (4.37%) CSS
3 58 (3.68%) SOAP
4 52 (3.30%) REST
5 46 (2.92%) RESTful
6 44 (2.79%) React
7 33 (2.09%) Node.js
8 32 (2.03%) jQuery
9 26 (1.65%) PyTorch
10 23 (1.46%) Kafka
10 23 (1.46%) OAuth
10 23 (1.46%) XML
11 22 (1.39%) TensorFlow
12 21 (1.33%) Lightning Web Components
12 21 (1.33%) Middleware
12 21 (1.33%) Visualforce
13 19 (1.20%) Vue
14 18 (1.14%) Django
15 14 (0.89%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 119 (7.54%) Product Ownership
2 89 (5.64%) Management Information System
3 85 (5.39%) Cloud Native
4 79 (5.01%) Self-Motivation
5 74 (4.69%) Blog
6 59 (3.74%) Onboarding
7 42 (2.66%) Driving Licence
8 36 (2.28%) Data Structures
8 36 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
9 35 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.71%) Security Posture
11 26 (1.65%) Social Media
12 23 (1.46%) Algorithms
13 22 (1.39%) Cyberattack
13 22 (1.39%) Virtual Team
14 21 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
15 20 (1.27%) Data Centre
16 19 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
17 15 (0.95%) FMCG
17 15 (0.95%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 147 (9.32%) Windows
2 106 (6.72%) Linux
3 68 (4.31%) Windows 10
4 33 (2.09%) Windows Server
5 17 (1.08%) Android
6 14 (0.89%) Ubuntu
7 12 (0.76%) Unix
8 5 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.13%) CentOS
11 2 (0.13%) Debian
12 1 (0.063%) AIX
12 1 (0.063%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (26.55%) Computer Science
2 364 (23.07%) Agile
3 343 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 299 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 251 (15.91%) AI
6 242 (15.34%) Customer Service
7 224 (14.20%) ITIL
8 218 (13.81%) Mentoring
9 199 (12.61%) Analytics
10 178 (11.28%) Cybersecurity
11 164 (10.39%) CI/CD
12 163 (10.33%) DevOps
13 158 (10.01%) Project Management
14 147 (9.32%) Decision-Making
15 146 (9.25%) Software Engineering
16 132 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
17 126 (7.98%) Scrum
18 125 (7.92%) Community of Practice
19 120 (7.60%) Roadmaps
20 116 (7.35%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 253 (16.03%) Python
2 252 (15.97%) SQL
3 158 (10.01%) C#
4 143 (9.06%) Java
5 100 (6.34%) JavaScript
6 71 (4.50%) C++
7 59 (3.74%) TypeScript
8 58 (3.68%) PHP
9 47 (2.98%) PowerShell
10 45 (2.85%) Go
11 32 (2.03%) Bash
12 28 (1.77%) PL/SQL
13 23 (1.46%) Rust
14 21 (1.33%) Apex Code
15 19 (1.20%) C
16 18 (1.14%) R
17 12 (0.76%) Bicep
17 12 (0.76%) Scala
18 9 (0.57%) Ruby
18 9 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 294 (18.63%) Computer Science Degree
2 290 (18.38%) Security Cleared
3 255 (16.16%) SC Cleared
4 141 (8.94%) Master's Degree
5 132 (8.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 91 (5.77%) AWS Certification
7 77 (4.88%) MCSE
8 60 (3.80%) PhD
9 59 (3.74%) CTC Cleared
10 54 (3.42%) CISSP
11 45 (2.85%) PMP
12 43 (2.72%) PMI Certification
13 41 (2.60%) DBS Check
14 40 (2.53%) Azure Certification
15 38 (2.41%) ACCA
16 37 (2.34%) CIMA
17 32 (2.03%) HNC
18 30 (1.90%) CISM
19 29 (1.84%) DV Cleared
20 24 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (6.91%) QA
2 79 (5.01%) Accessibility
3 75 (4.75%) SLA
4 60 (3.80%) GDPR
5 54 (3.42%) NIST
6 52 (3.30%) Data Quality
7 46 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 25 (1.58%) GRC
9 24 (1.52%) WCAG
10 17 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
11 16 (1.01%) PMO
12 15 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.57%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.51%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 5 (0.32%) IFRS
16 5 (0.32%) NCSC
17 4 (0.25%) GAAP
18 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 73 (4.63%) Active Directory
2 69 (4.37%) Docker
3 24 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.57%) vSphere
5 7 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.25%) Firmware
7 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 70 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.17%) Terraform
3 35 (2.22%) Ansible
4 25 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.01%) Grafana
5 16 (1.01%) 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 (0.25%) Nmap
9 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.13%) Argo
10 2 (0.13%) OpenView
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.13%) Plesk
10 2 (0.13%) QRadar
10 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 348 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.02%) Cisco
2 95 (6.02%) ServiceNow
3 63 (3.99%) Salesforce
4 56 (3.55%) Oracle
5 50 (3.17%) Google
6 41 (2.60%) Adobe
7 34 (2.15%) SAP
8 31 (1.96%) Databricks
9 24 (1.52%) VMware
10 22 (1.39%) PayPal
11 19 (1.20%) HubSpot
12 18 (1.14%) MuleSoft
13 13 (0.82%) Meraki
14 11 (0.70%) Sage
14 11 (0.70%) Workday
15 10 (0.63%) Citrix
15 10 (0.63%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.63%) Splunk
16 9 (0.57%) Palantir