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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,614 2,208 4,071
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.03% 16.52% 12.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.91% 54.46% 46.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,062 1,329 2,836
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,318
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,000
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 £71,250
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 4,258 4,054 8,671
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.83% 30.33% 26.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,850 2,483 5,909
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £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 £78,797 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £86,500
UK median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +6.48% -6.59%

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 22 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 63 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.87%) 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%) Drupal
10 1 (0.062%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.062%) WebSphere
Applications
1 214 (13.26%) Microsoft Office
2 110 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.17%) Chatbot
3 35 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.43%) Adobe XD
5 19 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 17 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.62%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.19%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.19%) InDesign
11 3 (0.19%) Sketch
12 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.12%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.19%) 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 (0.062%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.062%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.062%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.062%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.062%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.062%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 359 (22.24%) Azure
2 326 (20.20%) AWS
3 229 (14.19%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (7.81%) GCP
5 118 (7.31%) Power Platform
6 93 (5.76%) SaaS
7 77 (4.77%) Entra ID
8 43 (2.66%) GitHub
8 43 (2.66%) Serverless
9 37 (2.29%) Figma
10 29 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (1.61%) Google Analytics
12 24 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
12 24 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (1.36%) Power Automate
13 22 (1.36%) PowerApps
14 18 (1.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 18 (1.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 15 (0.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.54%) Firewall
2 21 (1.30%) DNS
2 21 (1.30%) WAN
3 17 (1.05%) Network Security
3 17 (1.05%) VPN
4 16 (0.99%) DHCP
5 13 (0.81%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.68%) Broadband
6 11 (0.68%) Internet
7 10 (0.62%) LAN
7 10 (0.62%) MPLS
7 10 (0.62%) Unified Communications
7 10 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.56%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.56%) SSL
9 8 (0.50%) BGP
10 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.43%) LTE
11 6 (0.37%) VoIP
11 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (6.57%) SQL Server
2 95 (5.89%) Power BI
3 37 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (2.23%) MySQL
5 28 (1.73%) Tableau
6 25 (1.55%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (1.18%) NoSQL
9 17 (1.05%) Metadata
9 17 (1.05%) Relational Database
10 16 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (0.87%) OLTP
13 13 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.74%) MongoDB
15 11 (0.68%) Redis
16 10 (0.62%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 74 (4.58%) Git
2 54 (3.35%) JIRA
3 28 (1.73%) Selenium
4 25 (1.55%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.43%) Axure RP
6 21 (1.30%) Postman
6 21 (1.30%) WebDriver
7 19 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.12%) SoapUI
9 14 (0.87%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.68%) GitLab
10 11 (0.68%) MLflow
11 6 (0.37%) Burp Suite
11 6 (0.37%) Metasploit
12 5 (0.31%) Babel
12 5 (0.31%) webpack
13 4 (0.25%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.25%) Storybook
13 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 752 (46.59%) Social Skills
2 389 (24.10%) Finance
3 306 (18.96%) Analytical Skills
4 300 (18.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 217 (13.44%) Public Sector
6 175 (10.84%) Law
7 148 (9.17%) Marketing
8 90 (5.58%) Retail
9 76 (4.71%) French Language
10 74 (4.58%) Back Office
11 73 (4.52%) Banking
12 71 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
13 69 (4.28%) Legal
14 57 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
15 44 (2.73%) Manufacturing
15 44 (2.73%) Telecoms
16 39 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
17 31 (1.92%) Electronics
18 27 (1.67%) Swedish Language
19 22 (1.36%) Billing
Job Titles
1 285 (17.66%) Analyst
2 246 (15.24%) Senior
3 191 (11.83%) Developer
4 104 (6.44%) Support Engineer
5 83 (5.14%) Service Analyst
6 82 (5.08%) Architect
7 80 (4.96%) Service Desk Analyst
8 79 (4.89%) Graduate
9 68 (4.21%) Business Analyst
10 62 (3.84%) Desktop Support
11 60 (3.72%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (3.72%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 58 (3.59%) Lead
13 56 (3.47%) Site Engineer
14 55 (3.41%) Graduate Developer
15 54 (3.35%) Consultant
16 53 (3.28%) Software Developer
17 51 (3.16%) Software Engineer
18 48 (2.97%) Graduate Software Developer
18 48 (2.97%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (5.64%) .NET
2 82 (5.08%) HTML
3 75 (4.65%) CSS
4 56 (3.47%) SOAP
5 53 (3.28%) REST
5 53 (3.28%) RESTful
6 50 (3.10%) React
7 32 (1.98%) jQuery
7 32 (1.98%) Node.js
8 26 (1.61%) Kafka
8 26 (1.61%) PyTorch
9 25 (1.55%) OAuth
10 22 (1.36%) Lightning Web Components
10 22 (1.36%) Middleware
10 22 (1.36%) TensorFlow
10 22 (1.36%) Visualforce
11 20 (1.24%) Vue
12 19 (1.18%) Django
12 19 (1.18%) XML
13 17 (1.05%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 117 (7.25%) Product Ownership
2 94 (5.82%) Blog
3 92 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
4 89 (5.51%) Management Information System
5 83 (5.14%) Cloud Native
6 61 (3.78%) Onboarding
7 41 (2.54%) Driving Licence
8 40 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
9 36 (2.23%) Data Structures
10 32 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
10 32 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (1.86%) Security Posture
12 28 (1.73%) Social Media
13 24 (1.49%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
15 20 (1.24%) Virtual Team
16 19 (1.18%) Data Centre
17 16 (0.99%) AI Agents
17 16 (0.99%) Cyberattack
18 15 (0.93%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 148 (9.17%) Windows
2 104 (6.44%) Linux
3 68 (4.21%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.30%) Android
6 16 (0.99%) 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
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.062%) AIX
12 1 (0.062%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.062%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (26.89%) Computer Science
2 359 (22.24%) Problem-Solving
3 351 (21.75%) Agile
4 301 (18.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 276 (17.10%) AI
6 266 (16.48%) Customer Service
7 238 (14.75%) ITIL
8 220 (13.63%) Analytics
9 208 (12.89%) Mentoring
10 185 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
11 173 (10.72%) DevOps
12 167 (10.35%) CI/CD
13 166 (10.29%) Decision-Making
14 151 (9.36%) Project Management
15 150 (9.29%) Software Engineering
16 135 (8.36%) Stakeholder Management
17 123 (7.62%) Community of Practice
17 123 (7.62%) Scrum
18 122 (7.56%) Business Intelligence
19 115 (7.13%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 260 (16.11%) Python
2 258 (15.99%) SQL
3 155 (9.60%) C#
4 151 (9.36%) Java
5 99 (6.13%) JavaScript
6 73 (4.52%) C++
7 64 (3.97%) TypeScript
8 55 (3.41%) PHP
9 50 (3.10%) Go
10 47 (2.91%) PowerShell
11 35 (2.17%) Bash
12 24 (1.49%) Rust
13 22 (1.36%) Apex Code
13 22 (1.36%) PL/SQL
14 18 (1.12%) R
15 17 (1.05%) C
16 12 (0.74%) Bicep
16 12 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.74%) Scala
17 9 (0.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 302 (18.71%) Computer Science Degree
2 300 (18.59%) Security Cleared
3 267 (16.54%) SC Cleared
4 143 (8.86%) Master's Degree
4 143 (8.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 106 (6.57%) AWS Certification
6 88 (5.45%) MCSE
7 60 (3.72%) CTC Cleared
7 60 (3.72%) PhD
8 54 (3.35%) CISSP
9 47 (2.91%) PMP
10 41 (2.54%) PMI Certification
11 40 (2.48%) ACCA
12 38 (2.35%) CIMA
13 36 (2.23%) Azure Certification
14 33 (2.04%) HNC
15 32 (1.98%) DBS Check
16 29 (1.80%) DV Cleared
17 28 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
17 28 (1.73%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (7.62%) QA
2 79 (4.89%) Accessibility
3 77 (4.77%) SLA
4 65 (4.03%) GDPR
5 58 (3.59%) Data Quality
6 53 (3.28%) NIST
7 45 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 29 (1.80%) WCAG
9 25 (1.55%) GRC
10 19 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
11 17 (1.05%) 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%) IFRS
16 5 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 4 (0.25%) GAAP
17 4 (0.25%) NCSC
17 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 78 (4.83%) Docker
2 76 (4.71%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.50%) vSphere
5 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.19%) Firmware
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.062%) iptables
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.062%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (4.83%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.10%) Terraform
3 37 (2.29%) Ansible
4 26 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.18%) Grafana
5 19 (1.18%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.50%) SCCM
7 6 (0.37%) Autotask
7 6 (0.37%) Nmap
8 5 (0.31%) FTK
8 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.25%) 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%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 352 (21.81%) Microsoft
2 103 (6.38%) ServiceNow
3 101 (6.26%) Cisco
4 69 (4.28%) Salesforce
5 52 (3.22%) Google
6 51 (3.16%) Oracle
7 45 (2.79%) Adobe
8 33 (2.04%) SAP
9 29 (1.80%) Databricks
10 28 (1.73%) PayPal
11 22 (1.36%) VMware
12 19 (1.18%) MuleSoft
13 18 (1.12%) HubSpot
14 13 (0.81%) Splunk
15 12 (0.74%) Meraki
16 11 (0.68%) Red Hat
16 11 (0.68%) Sage
17 10 (0.62%) Citrix
17 10 (0.62%) Workday
18 9 (0.56%) Palantir