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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 13 13
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,965 2,310 2,582
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.35% 13.23% 13.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.24% 47.82% 46.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,113 1,204 1,787
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £44,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £104,750 £90,000 £93,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.79% -4.07% +9.09%

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 5,091 4,831 5,576
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.22% 27.67% 28.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,470 2,537 4,091
10th Percentile £30,242 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £46,044
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,641
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,875 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.58% +2.39% -

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 December 2025.

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 61 (2.06%) SharePoint
2 32 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.71%) Confluence
4 16 (0.54%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.54%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
5 12 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.30%) IIS
8 8 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.24%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.17%) SAS
10 5 (0.17%) WordPress
11 4 (0.13%) CMS
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.067%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.034%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,276 (43.04%) Chatbot
2 249 (8.40%) Microsoft Office
3 146 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 47 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 36 (1.21%) Adobe XD
6 22 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
7 18 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 17 (0.57%) MS Visio
9 16 (0.54%) InDesign
10 8 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
10 8 (0.27%) Photoshop
11 7 (0.24%) Sketch
12 5 (0.17%) Simulink
13 4 (0.13%) AutoCAD
13 4 (0.13%) Trello
14 2 (0.067%) OrCAD
14 2 (0.067%) Revit
14 2 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
15 1 (0.034%) MicroStation
15 1 (0.034%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 28 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.61%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.13%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.13%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.10%) Primavera
7 3 (0.10%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.067%) Endur
8 2 (0.067%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.067%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.067%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.067%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.034%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.034%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.034%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.034%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 387 (13.05%) Azure
2 336 (11.33%) AWS
3 257 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
4 134 (4.52%) Power Platform
5 100 (3.37%) SaaS
6 85 (2.87%) GCP
7 67 (2.26%) GitHub
8 65 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
9 56 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
10 50 (1.69%) Serverless
11 48 (1.62%) Figma
12 45 (1.52%) Entra ID
13 35 (1.18%) Power Automate
14 30 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (0.98%) PowerApps
16 26 (0.88%) PaaS
17 22 (0.74%) Miro
18 21 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
19 17 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
20 14 (0.47%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 43 (1.45%) VPN
2 36 (1.21%) Firewall
2 36 (1.21%) WAN
3 28 (0.94%) LAN
4 26 (0.88%) SSL
5 24 (0.81%) Unified Communications
6 22 (0.74%) TCP/IP
7 20 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (0.64%) SD-WAN
9 16 (0.54%) DNS
9 16 (0.54%) VLAN
10 15 (0.51%) VoIP
11 13 (0.44%) DHCP
11 13 (0.44%) Network Security
12 10 (0.34%) Internet
13 8 (0.27%) Wireless
13 8 (0.27%) Wireshark
14 6 (0.20%) Ethernet
14 6 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (0.20%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (4.45%) SQL Server
2 101 (3.41%) Power BI
3 48 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (1.52%) MySQL
5 42 (1.42%) Tableau
6 28 (0.94%) NoSQL
7 20 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (0.61%) GIS
9 17 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.54%) DB2
10 16 (0.54%) MongoDB
11 15 (0.51%) Relational Database
12 13 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.44%) BigQuery
13 11 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
13 11 (0.37%) Metadata
14 8 (0.27%) Redis
15 7 (0.24%) Big Data
15 7 (0.24%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 63 (2.12%) JIRA
2 55 (1.85%) Git
3 43 (1.45%) Selenium
4 34 (1.15%) WebDriver
5 28 (0.94%) Balsamiq
6 27 (0.91%) Postman
7 26 (0.88%) SoapUI
7 26 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
8 25 (0.84%) Axure RP
9 15 (0.51%) GitLab
10 14 (0.47%) Jenkins
11 10 (0.34%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.20%) Babel
12 6 (0.20%) ER Studio
12 6 (0.20%) Maven
12 6 (0.20%) webpack
13 5 (0.17%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.13%) Metasploit
14 4 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
14 4 (0.13%) SpecFlow
General
1 814 (27.45%) Social Skills
2 749 (25.26%) Analytical Skills
3 411 (13.86%) Finance
4 332 (11.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 184 (6.21%) Public Sector
6 157 (5.30%) Marketing
7 134 (4.52%) Law
8 117 (3.95%) Retail
9 111 (3.74%) French Language
10 95 (3.20%) Swedish Language
11 74 (2.50%) Legal
12 69 (2.33%) Telecoms
13 64 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
14 62 (2.09%) Banking
15 59 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
16 45 (1.52%) Back Office
17 40 (1.35%) Manufacturing
18 38 (1.28%) Local Government
19 32 (1.08%) Aerospace
19 32 (1.08%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,272 (42.90%) Trainer
2 281 (9.48%) Analyst
3 233 (7.86%) Senior
4 189 (6.37%) Developer
5 155 (5.23%) Content Editor
6 105 (3.54%) Service Analyst
6 105 (3.54%) Service Desk Analyst
6 105 (3.54%) Support Specialist
7 97 (3.27%) Customer Support Specialist
8 87 (2.93%) Lead
9 83 (2.80%) Research Scientist
10 82 (2.77%) Architect
11 81 (2.73%) Support Engineer
12 57 (1.92%) Microsoft Specialist
13 53 (1.79%) Software Engineer
14 51 (1.72%) Designer
15 47 (1.59%) Business Analyst
16 45 (1.52%) Consultant
17 44 (1.48%) Graduate
18 43 (1.45%) Customer Service Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (4.55%) .NET
2 92 (3.10%) CSS
3 89 (3.00%) HTML
4 64 (2.16%) React
5 43 (1.45%) RESTful
5 43 (1.45%) SOAP
6 38 (1.28%) ASP.NET
6 38 (1.28%) REST
7 33 (1.11%) jQuery
8 31 (1.05%) .NET Framework
8 31 (1.05%) Node.js
9 26 (0.88%) Entity Framework
10 25 (0.84%) Kafka
11 19 (0.64%) LDAP
11 19 (0.64%) XML
12 18 (0.61%) OAuth
13 17 (0.57%) gRPC
14 16 (0.54%) ASP.NET Web API
14 16 (0.54%) LAPP Stack
14 16 (0.54%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 112 (3.78%) Management Information System
2 109 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
3 103 (3.47%) Molecular Biology
4 98 (3.31%) Blog
5 63 (2.12%) Onboarding
6 54 (1.82%) Driving Licence
7 53 (1.79%) Product Ownership
8 46 (1.55%) Data Centre
9 45 (1.52%) Algorithms
10 41 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
11 40 (1.35%) Cloud Native
12 35 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
13 29 (0.98%) Social Media
14 28 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
15 26 (0.88%) e-Learning
16 22 (0.74%) Data Structures
16 22 (0.74%) NHS
17 21 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
17 21 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
17 21 (0.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 140 (4.72%) Windows
2 96 (3.24%) Linux
3 43 (1.45%) Windows 10
4 38 (1.28%) Unix
5 23 (0.78%) Android
5 23 (0.78%) Windows Server
6 18 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (0.54%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.51%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.17%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.067%) CentOS
12 2 (0.067%) Debian
13 1 (0.034%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.034%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.034%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,585 (53.46%) AI
2 1,289 (43.47%) Conversational UI
3 499 (16.83%) Computer Science
4 464 (15.65%) Chemistry
5 423 (14.27%) Problem-Solving
6 380 (12.82%) Customer Service
7 360 (12.14%) Agile
8 257 (8.67%) ITIL
9 234 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 216 (7.28%) Mathematics
11 208 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
12 204 (6.88%) Content Writing
13 203 (6.85%) Analytics
14 190 (6.41%) Project Management
15 184 (6.21%) Mentoring
16 174 (5.87%) DevOps
17 169 (5.70%) Physics
18 159 (5.36%) Decision-Making
19 146 (4.92%) Software Engineering
20 137 (4.62%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 236 (7.96%) Python
2 232 (7.82%) SQL
3 175 (5.90%) C#
4 158 (5.33%) Java
5 117 (3.95%) JavaScript
6 79 (2.66%) C++
7 73 (2.46%) TypeScript
8 43 (1.45%) C
9 40 (1.35%) PHP
10 37 (1.25%) PowerShell
11 30 (1.01%) Go
12 25 (0.84%) Bash
13 15 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 14 (0.47%) R
15 13 (0.44%) MATLAB
16 12 (0.40%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.40%) T-SQL
17 10 (0.34%) PL/SQL
17 10 (0.34%) VBA
18 9 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 836 (28.20%) Master's Degree
2 729 (24.59%) PhD
3 328 (11.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 280 (9.44%) Security Cleared
5 250 (8.43%) SC Cleared
6 185 (6.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 171 (5.77%) AWS Certification
8 119 (4.01%) MCSE
9 55 (1.85%) Azure Certification
10 52 (1.75%) PMP
11 46 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
12 45 (1.52%) DBS Check
13 43 (1.45%) CISSP
14 41 (1.38%) DV Cleared
15 40 (1.35%) CISM
16 38 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
17 36 (1.21%) ACCA
18 35 (1.18%) CIMA
18 35 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
18 35 (1.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (6.17%) QA
2 83 (2.80%) Accessibility
3 77 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 58 (1.96%) GDPR
5 51 (1.72%) SLA
6 45 (1.52%) NIST
7 35 (1.18%) ISO 9001
8 34 (1.15%) WCAG
9 32 (1.08%) Data Quality
10 23 (0.78%) PMO
11 18 (0.61%) GRC
12 13 (0.44%) SOC 2
13 9 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 8 (0.27%) IFRS
15 7 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.20%) ITGC
16 6 (0.20%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.20%) SOC 1
System Software
1 73 (2.46%) Active Directory
2 51 (1.72%) Docker
3 21 (0.71%) Firmware
4 14 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.17%) vSphere
7 3 (0.10%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.034%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.034%) iptables
9 1 (0.034%) Postfix
9 1 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 64 (2.16%) Kubernetes
2 40 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (1.01%) Ansible
4 26 (0.88%) Terraform
5 13 (0.44%) Grafana
6 12 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.20%) Autotask
8 6 (0.20%) RSA Archer
9 4 (0.13%) Nmap
10 3 (0.10%) Argo
10 3 (0.10%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.067%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.067%) Puppet
12 1 (0.034%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.034%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.034%) Ganglia
12 1 (0.034%) Kibana
12 1 (0.034%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.034%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1,272 (42.90%) PayPal
2 512 (17.27%) Microsoft
3 134 (4.52%) ServiceNow
4 84 (2.83%) Adobe
5 75 (2.53%) Cisco
6 59 (1.99%) Salesforce
7 49 (1.65%) Google
8 33 (1.11%) SAP
9 29 (0.98%) Apple
9 29 (0.98%) Oracle
10 26 (0.88%) Palo Alto
11 24 (0.81%) Red Hat
12 21 (0.71%) IBM
13 18 (0.61%) Databricks
14 16 (0.54%) VMware
15 14 (0.47%) Sage
15 14 (0.47%) Zoho
16 12 (0.40%) Workday
17 11 (0.37%) MuleSoft
17 11 (0.37%) NEC