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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,579 2,294 4,137
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.67% 16.86% 12.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.08% 55.83% 47.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,051 1,317 2,858
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,925
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,274
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,469
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £88,750
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 4,258 4,109 8,758
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.39% 30.20% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,874 2,463 5,930
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £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% -7.01%

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 3 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 1 (0.063%) Artix
12 1 (0.063%) Drupal
12 1 (0.063%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.063%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.063%) Umbraco
Applications
1 211 (13.36%) Microsoft Office
2 98 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.77%) Chatbot
5 25 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 20 (1.27%) Adobe XD
7 10 (0.63%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.44%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.25%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.13%) Avid Media Composer
11 2 (0.13%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.13%) EPLAN
11 2 (0.13%) FrameMaker
11 2 (0.13%) MadCap Flare
11 2 (0.13%) Pro Tools
11 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%) 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 (21.47%) Azure
2 300 (19.00%) AWS
3 220 (13.93%) Microsoft 365
4 117 (7.41%) GCP
5 112 (7.09%) Power Platform
6 88 (5.57%) SaaS
7 78 (4.94%) Entra ID
8 42 (2.66%) Serverless
9 40 (2.53%) GitHub
10 32 (2.03%) Figma
11 30 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.65%) Google Analytics
13 24 (1.52%) Power Automate
14 22 (1.39%) PowerApps
15 21 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
16 18 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (1.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 17 (1.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 15 (0.95%) Canva
19 14 (0.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.72%) Firewall
2 20 (1.27%) DNS
2 20 (1.27%) WAN
3 18 (1.14%) Network Security
4 16 (1.01%) VPN
5 15 (0.95%) DHCP
6 12 (0.76%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.70%) Broadband
7 11 (0.70%) Internet
8 10 (0.63%) LAN
8 10 (0.63%) MPLS
8 10 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.51%) BGP
9 8 (0.51%) SD-WAN
9 8 (0.51%) SSL
9 8 (0.51%) Unified Communications
10 7 (0.44%) LTE
11 6 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (0.38%) Wireless
12 5 (0.32%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (6.59%) SQL Server
2 91 (5.76%) Power BI
3 36 (2.28%) MySQL
4 34 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (1.84%) Tableau
6 24 (1.52%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (1.20%) Metadata
8 19 (1.20%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (0.95%) OLTP
11 14 (0.89%) NoSQL
12 13 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.76%) Delta Lake
14 11 (0.70%) Redis
15 10 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
15 10 (0.63%) MongoDB
15 10 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (0.63%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 71 (4.50%) Git
2 52 (3.29%) JIRA
3 26 (1.65%) Selenium
4 21 (1.33%) Balsamiq
4 21 (1.33%) Postman
4 21 (1.33%) WebDriver
5 20 (1.27%) 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 5 (0.32%) Babel
11 5 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.32%) webpack
12 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.25%) Storybook
13 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
General
1 738 (46.74%) Social Skills
2 367 (23.24%) Finance
3 297 (18.81%) Analytical Skills
4 294 (18.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 216 (13.68%) Public Sector
6 172 (10.89%) Law
7 144 (9.12%) Marketing
8 85 (5.38%) Retail
9 74 (4.69%) Back Office
10 68 (4.31%) Banking
11 66 (4.18%) French Language
11 66 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
12 62 (3.93%) Legal
12 62 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
13 47 (2.98%) Manufacturing
14 41 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
15 40 (2.53%) Telecoms
16 37 (2.34%) Electronics
17 19 (1.20%) Games
18 18 (1.14%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 261 (16.53%) Analyst
2 248 (15.71%) Senior
3 206 (13.05%) Developer
4 103 (6.52%) Support Engineer
5 85 (5.38%) Graduate
6 84 (5.32%) Architect
7 75 (4.75%) Service Analyst
8 70 (4.43%) Service Desk Analyst
9 69 (4.37%) Business Analyst
10 63 (3.99%) Lead
11 62 (3.93%) Desktop Support
11 62 (3.93%) Graduate Developer
11 62 (3.93%) Software Developer
12 60 (3.80%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (3.80%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 56 (3.55%) Site Engineer
14 55 (3.48%) Graduate Software Developer
15 53 (3.36%) Consultant
15 53 (3.36%) Senior Developer
16 52 (3.29%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (5.32%) .NET
2 82 (5.19%) HTML
3 75 (4.75%) CSS
4 56 (3.55%) SOAP
5 52 (3.29%) REST
6 47 (2.98%) RESTful
7 45 (2.85%) React
8 36 (2.28%) jQuery
9 31 (1.96%) Node.js
10 26 (1.65%) PyTorch
11 23 (1.46%) Kafka
11 23 (1.46%) OAuth
12 22 (1.39%) TensorFlow
13 21 (1.33%) Lightning Web Components
13 21 (1.33%) Middleware
13 21 (1.33%) Visualforce
14 20 (1.27%) XML
15 18 (1.14%) Vue
16 17 (1.08%) Django
17 14 (0.89%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 119 (7.54%) Product Ownership
2 90 (5.70%) Management Information System
3 85 (5.38%) Cloud Native
4 80 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
5 78 (4.94%) Blog
6 58 (3.67%) Onboarding
7 42 (2.66%) Driving Licence
8 35 (2.22%) Data Structures
8 35 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
9 34 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.71%) Security Posture
11 26 (1.65%) Social Media
12 22 (1.39%) Algorithms
12 22 (1.39%) Data Centre
12 22 (1.39%) Virtual Team
13 20 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
13 20 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
14 19 (1.20%) Cyberattack
15 15 (0.95%) FMCG
15 15 (0.95%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 148 (9.37%) Windows
2 105 (6.65%) Linux
3 69 (4.37%) Windows 10
4 31 (1.96%) 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%) Debian
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.13%) CentOS
12 1 (0.063%) AIX
12 1 (0.063%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.063%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (26.60%) Computer Science
2 365 (23.12%) Agile
3 339 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
4 298 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 250 (15.83%) AI
6 246 (15.58%) Customer Service
7 224 (14.19%) ITIL
8 217 (13.74%) Mentoring
9 198 (12.54%) Analytics
10 179 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
11 164 (10.39%) DevOps
12 163 (10.32%) CI/CD
13 159 (10.07%) Project Management
14 148 (9.37%) Decision-Making
15 145 (9.18%) Software Engineering
16 131 (8.30%) Stakeholder Management
17 127 (8.04%) Scrum
18 126 (7.98%) Community of Practice
19 117 (7.41%) Roadmaps
20 116 (7.35%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 254 (16.09%) SQL
2 248 (15.71%) Python
3 159 (10.07%) C#
4 146 (9.25%) Java
5 97 (6.14%) JavaScript
6 74 (4.69%) C++
7 62 (3.93%) PHP
8 60 (3.80%) TypeScript
9 45 (2.85%) Go
10 44 (2.79%) PowerShell
11 31 (1.96%) Bash
12 26 (1.65%) 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
1 297 (18.81%) Computer Science Degree
2 294 (18.62%) Security Cleared
3 260 (16.47%) SC Cleared
4 141 (8.93%) Master's Degree
5 131 (8.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 91 (5.76%) AWS Certification
7 77 (4.88%) MCSE
8 60 (3.80%) CTC Cleared
8 60 (3.80%) PhD
9 53 (3.36%) CISSP
10 45 (2.85%) PMP
11 43 (2.72%) PMI Certification
12 40 (2.53%) DBS Check
13 39 (2.47%) ACCA
13 39 (2.47%) Azure Certification
14 38 (2.41%) CIMA
15 32 (2.03%) HNC
16 29 (1.84%) CISM
17 28 (1.77%) DV Cleared
18 25 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (7.03%) QA
2 79 (5.00%) Accessibility
3 76 (4.81%) SLA
4 60 (3.80%) GDPR
5 53 (3.36%) NIST
6 49 (3.10%) Data Quality
7 44 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 25 (1.58%) GRC
8 25 (1.58%) WCAG
9 17 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.08%) PMO
10 14 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.57%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.51%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 5 (0.32%) IFRS
16 4 (0.25%) GAAP
16 4 (0.25%) NCSC
17 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 73 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 69 (4.37%) Docker
3 23 (1.46%) 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%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.063%) iptables
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 69 (4.37%) Kubernetes
2 49 (3.10%) 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%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.32%) FTK
8 5 (0.32%) Packer
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 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 97 (6.14%) Cisco
3 93 (5.89%) ServiceNow
4 63 (3.99%) Salesforce
5 54 (3.42%) Oracle
6 50 (3.17%) Google
7 42 (2.66%) Adobe
8 34 (2.15%) SAP
9 30 (1.90%) Databricks
10 23 (1.46%) VMware
11 22 (1.39%) PayPal
12 19 (1.20%) HubSpot
13 18 (1.14%) MuleSoft
14 13 (0.82%) Meraki
15 12 (0.76%) Sage
16 11 (0.70%) Workday
17 10 (0.63%) Citrix
17 10 (0.63%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.63%) Splunk
18 9 (0.57%) Palantir