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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,607 2,290 4,131
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.85% 16.96% 12.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.48% 55.66% 47.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,053 1,327 2,842
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,775
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,047
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,745 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +3.17% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £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 4,288 4,114 8,732
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.62% 30.46% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,875 2,466 5,899
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,018 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.70% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,300 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +4.35% +5.90% -6.08%

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 28 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 64 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (1.12%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.93%) WordPress
6 11 (0.68%) CMS
6 11 (0.68%) Confluence
7 10 (0.62%) SAS
8 6 (0.37%) Apache
8 6 (0.37%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.31%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.062%) Artix
10 1 (0.062%) Drupal
10 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.062%) WebSphere
Applications
1 217 (13.50%) Microsoft Office
2 109 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.80%) Chatbot
5 25 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
6 22 (1.37%) Adobe XD
7 20 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 10 (0.62%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.44%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.25%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.19%) Sketch
13 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.12%) EPLAN
13 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
14 1 (0.062%) Autodesk Inventor
14 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.00%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.19%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.062%) CiviCRM
9 1 (0.062%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.062%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.062%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.062%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.062%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.062%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.062%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.062%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.062%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 359 (22.34%) Azure
2 316 (19.66%) AWS
3 225 (14.00%) Microsoft 365
4 124 (7.72%) GCP
5 121 (7.53%) Power Platform
6 88 (5.48%) SaaS
7 77 (4.79%) Entra ID
8 41 (2.55%) GitHub
8 41 (2.55%) Serverless
9 35 (2.18%) Figma
10 30 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.68%) Google Analytics
12 23 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
12 23 (1.43%) Power Automate
13 22 (1.37%) PowerApps
14 21 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (1.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 18 (1.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 15 (0.93%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.61%) Firewall
2 20 (1.24%) DNS
2 20 (1.24%) WAN
3 18 (1.12%) Network Security
4 16 (1.00%) VPN
5 15 (0.93%) DHCP
6 12 (0.75%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.68%) Broadband
7 11 (0.68%) Internet
8 10 (0.62%) LAN
8 10 (0.62%) MPLS
8 10 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.56%) SSL
10 8 (0.50%) BGP
10 8 (0.50%) SD-WAN
10 8 (0.50%) Unified Communications
11 7 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.44%) LTE
12 6 (0.37%) VoIP
12 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (6.53%) SQL Server
2 99 (6.16%) Power BI
3 35 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (2.12%) MySQL
5 29 (1.80%) Tableau
6 25 (1.56%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (1.12%) Metadata
8 18 (1.12%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (1.00%) NoSQL
10 15 (0.93%) OLTP
11 14 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.75%) Delta Lake
14 11 (0.68%) MongoDB
14 11 (0.68%) Redis
15 10 (0.62%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 71 (4.42%) Git
2 53 (3.30%) JIRA
3 27 (1.68%) Selenium
4 24 (1.49%) Balsamiq
5 22 (1.37%) Axure RP
6 21 (1.31%) Postman
6 21 (1.31%) WebDriver
7 19 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.12%) SoapUI
9 13 (0.81%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.68%) MLflow
11 10 (0.62%) GitLab
12 5 (0.31%) Babel
12 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
12 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
12 5 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.31%) webpack
13 4 (0.25%) Storybook
13 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 753 (46.86%) Social Skills
2 380 (23.65%) Finance
3 312 (19.42%) Analytical Skills
4 288 (17.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 216 (13.44%) Public Sector
6 171 (10.64%) Law
7 143 (8.90%) Marketing
8 87 (5.41%) Retail
9 74 (4.60%) Back Office
10 73 (4.54%) Organisational Skills
11 72 (4.48%) French Language
12 71 (4.42%) Banking
13 64 (3.98%) Legal
14 58 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (2.86%) Manufacturing
16 44 (2.74%) Telecoms
17 40 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
18 35 (2.18%) Electronics
19 23 (1.43%) Swedish Language
20 22 (1.37%) Billing
Job Titles
1 282 (17.55%) Analyst
2 253 (15.74%) Senior
3 199 (12.38%) Developer
4 104 (6.47%) Support Engineer
5 83 (5.16%) Architect
6 82 (5.10%) Graduate
7 80 (4.98%) Service Analyst
8 76 (4.73%) Service Desk Analyst
9 69 (4.29%) Business Analyst
10 63 (3.92%) Lead
11 62 (3.86%) Desktop Support
12 60 (3.73%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (3.73%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 58 (3.61%) Graduate Developer
14 57 (3.55%) Software Developer
15 56 (3.48%) Site Engineer
16 53 (3.30%) Consultant
17 51 (3.17%) Graduate Software Developer
17 51 (3.17%) Senior Developer
18 49 (3.05%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.35%) .NET
2 81 (5.04%) HTML
3 71 (4.42%) CSS
4 57 (3.55%) SOAP
5 54 (3.36%) REST
6 50 (3.11%) RESTful
7 47 (2.92%) React
8 32 (1.99%) jQuery
9 31 (1.93%) Node.js
10 26 (1.62%) Kafka
10 26 (1.62%) OAuth
10 26 (1.62%) PyTorch
11 22 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
11 22 (1.37%) Middleware
11 22 (1.37%) TensorFlow
11 22 (1.37%) Visualforce
12 20 (1.24%) XML
13 18 (1.12%) Django
14 17 (1.06%) gRPC
14 17 (1.06%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.34%) Product Ownership
2 92 (5.72%) Management Information System
3 90 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
4 83 (5.16%) Cloud Native
5 80 (4.98%) Blog
6 57 (3.55%) Onboarding
7 41 (2.55%) Driving Licence
8 39 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
9 35 (2.18%) Data Structures
10 34 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
10 34 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (1.80%) Security Posture
12 27 (1.68%) Social Media
13 23 (1.43%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
15 20 (1.24%) Data Centre
15 20 (1.24%) Virtual Team
16 16 (1.00%) AI Agents
16 16 (1.00%) Cyberattack
17 15 (0.93%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 150 (9.33%) Windows
2 105 (6.53%) Linux
3 69 (4.29%) Windows 10
4 30 (1.87%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.31%) Android
6 15 (0.93%) Unix
7 13 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.19%) Debian
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
12 1 (0.062%) AIX
12 1 (0.062%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.062%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (26.57%) Computer Science
2 361 (22.46%) Agile
3 358 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
4 300 (18.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 255 (15.87%) AI
6 253 (15.74%) Customer Service
7 232 (14.44%) ITIL
8 218 (13.57%) Analytics
9 215 (13.38%) Mentoring
10 183 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
11 170 (10.58%) DevOps
12 166 (10.33%) CI/CD
12 166 (10.33%) Decision-Making
13 156 (9.71%) Project Management
14 146 (9.09%) Software Engineering
15 134 (8.34%) Stakeholder Management
16 126 (7.84%) Scrum
17 124 (7.72%) Community of Practice
18 123 (7.65%) Business Intelligence
19 117 (7.28%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 261 (16.24%) SQL
2 255 (15.87%) Python
3 154 (9.58%) C#
4 147 (9.15%) Java
5 96 (5.97%) JavaScript
6 72 (4.48%) C++
7 62 (3.86%) TypeScript
8 57 (3.55%) PHP
9 50 (3.11%) Go
10 46 (2.86%) PowerShell
11 33 (2.05%) Bash
12 26 (1.62%) PL/SQL
13 24 (1.49%) Rust
14 22 (1.37%) Apex Code
15 18 (1.12%) R
16 17 (1.06%) C
17 13 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 12 (0.75%) Bicep
18 12 (0.75%) Scala
19 9 (0.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 303 (18.86%) Computer Science Degree
2 300 (18.67%) Security Cleared
3 266 (16.55%) SC Cleared
4 145 (9.02%) Master's Degree
5 136 (8.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 99 (6.16%) AWS Certification
7 83 (5.16%) MCSE
8 60 (3.73%) CTC Cleared
8 60 (3.73%) PhD
9 56 (3.48%) CISSP
10 44 (2.74%) PMP
11 41 (2.55%) PMI Certification
12 39 (2.43%) ACCA
13 38 (2.36%) CIMA
14 37 (2.30%) DBS Check
15 36 (2.24%) Azure Certification
16 32 (1.99%) HNC
17 30 (1.87%) CISM
18 29 (1.80%) DV Cleared
19 25 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (7.28%) QA
2 78 (4.85%) Accessibility
3 77 (4.79%) SLA
4 64 (3.98%) GDPR
5 58 (3.61%) Data Quality
6 54 (3.36%) NIST
7 45 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 27 (1.68%) WCAG
9 26 (1.62%) GRC
10 18 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 17 (1.06%) PMO
12 13 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.56%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.50%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 6 (0.37%) IFRS
16 5 (0.31%) NCSC
17 4 (0.25%) GAAP
18 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 75 (4.67%) Active Directory
1 75 (4.67%) Docker
2 22 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.50%) vSphere
4 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.19%) Firmware
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.062%) iptables
9 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.062%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.11%) Terraform
3 37 (2.30%) Ansible
4 25 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.12%) Grafana
5 18 (1.12%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.50%) SCCM
7 6 (0.37%) Autotask
7 6 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.31%) FTK
8 5 (0.31%) Nmap
8 5 (0.31%) Packer
9 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.12%) Argo
10 2 (0.12%) OpenView
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.12%) QRadar
10 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 348 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 100 (6.22%) ServiceNow
3 97 (6.04%) Cisco
4 69 (4.29%) Salesforce
5 54 (3.36%) Oracle
6 52 (3.24%) Google
7 43 (2.68%) Adobe
8 35 (2.18%) SAP
9 30 (1.87%) Databricks
10 22 (1.37%) PayPal
10 22 (1.37%) VMware
11 19 (1.18%) HubSpot
11 19 (1.18%) MuleSoft
12 12 (0.75%) Meraki
12 12 (0.75%) Splunk
13 11 (0.68%) Red Hat
13 11 (0.68%) Sage
13 11 (0.68%) Workday
14 10 (0.62%) Citrix
15 9 (0.56%) Palantir