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 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,646 2,169 4,111
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.26% 16.33% 12.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.52% 54.20% 47.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,075 1,325 2,855
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,277
25th Percentile £37,125 £40,000 £39,299
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,098
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 4,273 4,002 8,745
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.05% 30.14% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,847 2,478 5,956
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £54,048
% change year-on-year +1.74% +6.39% -6.00%

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 19 April 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 62 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (1.15%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.85%) WordPress
6 11 (0.67%) CMS
6 11 (0.67%) Confluence
7 10 (0.61%) SAS
8 6 (0.36%) Apache
9 5 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.30%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.061%) Drupal
12 1 (0.061%) Moodle
12 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 222 (13.49%) Microsoft Office
2 113 (6.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.13%) Chatbot
3 35 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.40%) Adobe XD
5 19 (1.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 16 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.61%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.24%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.18%) InDesign
11 3 (0.18%) Sketch
12 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.09%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.061%) Endur
8 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 356 (21.63%) Azure
2 335 (20.35%) AWS
3 236 (14.34%) Microsoft 365
4 127 (7.72%) GCP
5 120 (7.29%) Power Platform
6 91 (5.53%) SaaS
7 76 (4.62%) Entra ID
8 44 (2.67%) GitHub
8 44 (2.67%) Serverless
9 36 (2.19%) Figma
10 30 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (1.58%) Google Analytics
12 24 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
12 24 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (1.34%) Power Automate
13 22 (1.34%) PowerApps
14 19 (1.15%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 19 (1.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 16 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.61%) Firewall
2 21 (1.28%) DNS
2 21 (1.28%) WAN
3 18 (1.09%) VPN
4 17 (1.03%) Network Security
5 16 (0.97%) DHCP
6 14 (0.85%) TCP/IP
7 12 (0.73%) Internet
8 11 (0.67%) Broadband
9 10 (0.61%) LAN
9 10 (0.61%) MPLS
9 10 (0.61%) SSL
9 10 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.55%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.49%) BGP
11 8 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
11 8 (0.49%) Unified Communications
12 7 (0.43%) LTE
13 6 (0.36%) VoIP
13 6 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (6.20%) SQL Server
2 97 (5.89%) Power BI
3 39 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (2.19%) MySQL
5 30 (1.82%) Tableau
6 25 (1.52%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.22%) NoSQL
9 17 (1.03%) Metadata
9 17 (1.03%) Relational Database
10 16 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (0.85%) OLTP
13 13 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.73%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.73%) MongoDB
14 12 (0.73%) Redis
15 10 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 74 (4.50%) Git
2 53 (3.22%) JIRA
3 28 (1.70%) Selenium
4 26 (1.58%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.40%) Axure RP
6 21 (1.28%) Postman
6 21 (1.28%) WebDriver
7 19 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.09%) SoapUI
9 15 (0.91%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.67%) GitLab
10 11 (0.67%) MLflow
11 6 (0.36%) Burp Suite
11 6 (0.36%) Metasploit
12 5 (0.30%) Babel
12 5 (0.30%) webpack
13 4 (0.24%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.24%) Storybook
13 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 767 (46.60%) Social Skills
2 396 (24.06%) Finance
3 315 (19.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 313 (19.02%) Analytical Skills
5 223 (13.55%) Public Sector
6 177 (10.75%) Law
7 149 (9.05%) Marketing
8 86 (5.22%) Retail
9 85 (5.16%) French Language
10 74 (4.50%) Back Office
11 73 (4.43%) Banking
12 72 (4.37%) Legal
13 69 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
14 59 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
15 47 (2.86%) Manufacturing
16 44 (2.67%) Telecoms
17 40 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
18 36 (2.19%) Swedish Language
19 33 (2.00%) Electronics
20 23 (1.40%) Billing
Job Titles
1 297 (18.04%) Analyst
2 248 (15.07%) Senior
3 189 (11.48%) Developer
4 104 (6.32%) Support Engineer
5 91 (5.53%) Service Analyst
6 89 (5.41%) Service Desk Analyst
7 82 (4.98%) Architect
8 76 (4.62%) Graduate
9 69 (4.19%) Business Analyst
10 62 (3.77%) Desktop Support
11 60 (3.65%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (3.65%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 59 (3.58%) Lead
13 56 (3.40%) Site Engineer
14 55 (3.34%) Consultant
15 52 (3.16%) Graduate Developer
16 51 (3.10%) Software Engineer
17 50 (3.04%) Software Developer
18 48 (2.92%) SQL Developer
19 46 (2.79%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (5.47%) .NET
2 82 (4.98%) HTML
3 75 (4.56%) CSS
4 57 (3.46%) SOAP
5 53 (3.22%) REST
5 53 (3.22%) RESTful
6 50 (3.04%) React
7 32 (1.94%) jQuery
7 32 (1.94%) Node.js
8 27 (1.64%) Kafka
9 26 (1.58%) PyTorch
10 25 (1.52%) OAuth
11 24 (1.46%) Middleware
12 23 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
12 23 (1.40%) Visualforce
13 22 (1.34%) TensorFlow
14 20 (1.22%) Vue
15 19 (1.15%) XML
16 18 (1.09%) Django
17 17 (1.03%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 114 (6.93%) Product Ownership
2 108 (6.56%) Blog
3 95 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
4 90 (5.47%) Management Information System
5 82 (4.98%) Cloud Native
6 60 (3.65%) Onboarding
7 44 (2.67%) Driving Licence
8 41 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
9 36 (2.19%) Data Structures
10 34 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (1.82%) Security Posture
13 28 (1.70%) Social Media
14 26 (1.58%) Algorithms
15 22 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
16 20 (1.22%) Data Centre
16 20 (1.22%) Virtual Team
17 16 (0.97%) AI Agents
17 16 (0.97%) Cyberattack
17 16 (0.97%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 150 (9.11%) Windows
2 106 (6.44%) Linux
3 68 (4.13%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.76%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.28%) Android
6 17 (1.03%) Unix
7 12 (0.73%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.18%) Debian
10 3 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.061%) AIX
12 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.061%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (26.67%) Computer Science
2 366 (22.24%) Problem-Solving
3 354 (21.51%) Agile
4 303 (18.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 290 (17.62%) AI
6 280 (17.01%) Customer Service
7 246 (14.95%) ITIL
8 225 (13.67%) Analytics
9 205 (12.45%) Mentoring
10 187 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
11 175 (10.63%) DevOps
12 171 (10.39%) Decision-Making
13 168 (10.21%) CI/CD
14 152 (9.23%) Project Management
15 150 (9.11%) Software Engineering
16 136 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
17 124 (7.53%) Business Intelligence
18 123 (7.47%) Community of Practice
19 122 (7.41%) Scrum
20 119 (7.23%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 269 (16.34%) Python
2 262 (15.92%) SQL
3 154 (9.36%) C#
3 154 (9.36%) Java
4 101 (6.14%) JavaScript
5 75 (4.56%) C++
6 64 (3.89%) TypeScript
7 52 (3.16%) PHP
8 50 (3.04%) Go
9 49 (2.98%) PowerShell
10 36 (2.19%) Bash
11 23 (1.40%) Apex Code
11 23 (1.40%) Rust
12 21 (1.28%) PL/SQL
13 18 (1.09%) C
13 18 (1.09%) R
14 13 (0.79%) Bicep
14 13 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (0.73%) Scala
16 9 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 309 (18.77%) Security Cleared
2 304 (18.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 275 (16.71%) SC Cleared
4 154 (9.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 146 (8.87%) Master's Degree
6 117 (7.11%) AWS Certification
7 97 (5.89%) MCSE
8 61 (3.71%) PhD
9 60 (3.65%) CTC Cleared
10 53 (3.22%) CISSP
11 49 (2.98%) PMP
12 42 (2.55%) ACCA
13 41 (2.49%) PMI Certification
14 40 (2.43%) CIMA
15 37 (2.25%) Azure Certification
16 33 (2.00%) HNC
17 31 (1.88%) DV Cleared
18 29 (1.76%) DBS Check
19 28 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
20 27 (1.64%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (8.02%) QA
2 78 (4.74%) Accessibility
2 78 (4.74%) SLA
3 64 (3.89%) GDPR
4 58 (3.52%) Data Quality
5 55 (3.34%) NIST
6 47 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.76%) WCAG
8 26 (1.58%) GRC
9 19 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (1.03%) PMO
11 13 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.49%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.36%) IFRS
15 5 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 4 (0.24%) EMIR
16 4 (0.24%) ISO 26262
16 4 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 78 (4.74%) Docker
2 75 (4.56%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.49%) vSphere
5 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.18%) Firmware
8 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.061%) iptables
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 79 (4.80%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.10%) Terraform
3 37 (2.25%) Ansible
4 26 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.22%) Grafana
6 19 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 6 (0.36%) Autotask
8 6 (0.36%) Nmap
9 5 (0.30%) FTK
9 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.24%) Packer
10 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.12%) Argo
11 2 (0.12%) OpenView
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.12%) QRadar
11 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 365 (22.17%) Microsoft
2 113 (6.87%) ServiceNow
3 101 (6.14%) Cisco
4 72 (4.37%) Salesforce
5 53 (3.22%) Google
6 50 (3.04%) Oracle
7 45 (2.73%) Adobe
8 35 (2.13%) SAP
9 29 (1.76%) Databricks
10 28 (1.70%) PayPal
11 22 (1.34%) VMware
12 20 (1.22%) MuleSoft
13 18 (1.09%) HubSpot
14 14 (0.85%) Splunk
15 12 (0.73%) Meraki
15 12 (0.73%) Sage
16 11 (0.67%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.61%) Citrix
17 10 (0.61%) Workday
18 9 (0.55%) Palantir