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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,559 2,604 4,197
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.41% 17.80% 12.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.75% 56.77% 47.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,025 1,280 2,861
10th Percentile £25,700 £25,313 £30,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,375
90th Percentile £93,100 £83,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -9.48%

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 4,242 4,587 8,766
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.89% 31.35% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,872 2,406 5,892
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,043
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.77% -9.21%

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 15 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 67 (4.30%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.96%) WordPress
5 12 (0.77%) Confluence
6 11 (0.71%) CMS
6 11 (0.71%) SAS
7 6 (0.38%) Apache
8 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.26%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.13%) Artix
9 2 (0.13%) PowerFactory
10 1 (0.064%) Drupal
10 1 (0.064%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.064%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.064%) Umbraco
Applications
1 224 (14.37%) Microsoft Office
2 95 (6.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 60 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
4 36 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 15 (0.96%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.58%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.45%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.45%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.45%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.19%) FrameMaker
11 3 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
12 2 (0.13%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.13%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.13%) Pro Tools
12 2 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.83%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.26%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.13%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.064%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.064%) HFM
8 1 (0.064%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.064%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.064%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.064%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.064%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.064%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.064%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.064%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 333 (21.36%) Azure
2 280 (17.96%) AWS
3 207 (13.28%) Microsoft 365
4 119 (7.63%) Power Platform
5 112 (7.18%) GCP
6 90 (5.77%) SaaS
7 81 (5.20%) Entra ID
8 37 (2.37%) Serverless
9 35 (2.25%) GitHub
10 31 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
11 29 (1.86%) Figma
12 27 (1.73%) Power Automate
13 25 (1.60%) Google Analytics
13 25 (1.60%) PowerApps
14 17 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
15 16 (1.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 16 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 15 (0.96%) Canva
17 14 (0.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.82%) Firewall
2 22 (1.41%) DNS
3 20 (1.28%) Network Security
4 19 (1.22%) WAN
5 16 (1.03%) DHCP
6 15 (0.96%) VPN
7 13 (0.83%) Internet
8 12 (0.77%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.71%) Broadband
10 10 (0.64%) Unified Communications
10 10 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.58%) LAN
11 9 (0.58%) MPLS
12 7 (0.45%) BGP
12 7 (0.45%) LTE
12 7 (0.45%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.45%) SSL
13 6 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.32%) RFID
14 5 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (6.29%) SQL Server
2 96 (6.16%) Power BI
3 33 (2.12%) MySQL
4 32 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (1.86%) Tableau
6 25 (1.60%) BigQuery
7 24 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (1.35%) Metadata
9 18 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (1.15%) Relational Database
10 17 (1.09%) OLTP
11 13 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (0.83%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (0.77%) Delta Lake
12 12 (0.77%) Redis
13 11 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (0.64%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.64%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 71 (4.55%) Git
2 52 (3.34%) JIRA
3 26 (1.67%) Selenium
4 21 (1.35%) Postman
4 21 (1.35%) WebDriver
5 19 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
6 18 (1.15%) SoapUI
7 15 (0.96%) Axure RP
7 15 (0.96%) Balsamiq
8 12 (0.77%) Jenkins
9 11 (0.71%) MLflow
10 9 (0.58%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.45%) GitLab
11 7 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.26%) Babel
12 4 (0.26%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.26%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.26%) Storybook
12 4 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 733 (47.02%) Social Skills
2 369 (23.67%) Finance
3 285 (18.28%) Analytical Skills
4 274 (17.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 198 (12.70%) Public Sector
6 169 (10.84%) Law
7 134 (8.60%) Marketing
8 85 (5.45%) Retail
9 71 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
10 67 (4.30%) Legal
11 66 (4.23%) Back Office
12 65 (4.17%) Banking
13 61 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
14 57 (3.66%) French Language
15 47 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
15 47 (3.01%) Manufacturing
16 40 (2.57%) Electronics
17 33 (2.12%) Telecoms
18 19 (1.22%) Games
18 19 (1.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 284 (18.22%) Senior
2 256 (16.42%) Analyst
3 203 (13.02%) Developer
4 92 (5.90%) Support Engineer
5 85 (5.45%) Architect
6 84 (5.39%) Graduate
7 72 (4.62%) Senior Manager
8 67 (4.30%) Lead
8 67 (4.30%) Service Analyst
9 65 (4.17%) Business Analyst
10 63 (4.04%) Project Manager
11 61 (3.91%) Service Desk Analyst
12 59 (3.78%) Graduate Developer
12 59 (3.78%) Software Developer
13 53 (3.40%) Consultant
14 52 (3.34%) Desktop Support
14 52 (3.34%) Senior Developer
14 52 (3.34%) Software Engineer
15 51 (3.27%) Graduate Software Developer
16 50 (3.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (5.26%) HTML
2 80 (5.13%) .NET
3 67 (4.30%) CSS
4 56 (3.59%) SOAP
5 48 (3.08%) REST
6 44 (2.82%) React
7 41 (2.63%) RESTful
8 34 (2.18%) jQuery
9 32 (2.05%) Node.js
10 25 (1.60%) PyTorch
11 24 (1.54%) XML
12 21 (1.35%) TensorFlow
13 20 (1.28%) Lightning Web Components
13 20 (1.28%) Middleware
13 20 (1.28%) Visualforce
13 20 (1.28%) Vue
14 19 (1.22%) OAuth
15 18 (1.15%) Kafka
16 17 (1.09%) Django
17 13 (0.83%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 117 (7.50%) Product Ownership
2 90 (5.77%) Management Information System
3 81 (5.20%) Cloud Native
4 74 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
5 59 (3.78%) Onboarding
6 52 (3.34%) Blog
7 42 (2.69%) Driving Licence
8 37 (2.37%) Data Structures
9 31 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
10 30 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
11 26 (1.67%) Algorithms
12 25 (1.60%) Security Posture
13 24 (1.54%) Social Media
14 22 (1.41%) Cyberattack
14 22 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
14 22 (1.41%) Virtual Team
15 21 (1.35%) Data Centre
16 20 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
17 16 (1.03%) FMCG
18 15 (0.96%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 140 (8.98%) Windows
2 111 (7.12%) Linux
3 58 (3.72%) Windows 10
4 33 (2.12%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.90%) Android
6 13 (0.83%) Ubuntu
7 12 (0.77%) Unix
8 5 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.13%) CentOS
11 2 (0.13%) Debian
12 1 (0.064%) AIX
12 1 (0.064%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (26.94%) Computer Science
2 398 (25.53%) Agile
3 346 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
4 298 (19.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 217 (13.92%) Customer Service
6 216 (13.86%) Mentoring
7 210 (13.47%) ITIL
8 208 (13.34%) AI
9 186 (11.93%) Analytics
10 185 (11.87%) Project Management
11 162 (10.39%) CI/CD
12 160 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
13 157 (10.07%) DevOps
14 149 (9.56%) Software Engineering
15 148 (9.49%) Decision-Making
16 147 (9.43%) Coaching
17 138 (8.85%) Project Delivery
18 134 (8.60%) Customer Experience
19 132 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
20 128 (8.21%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 255 (16.36%) SQL
2 244 (15.65%) Python
3 157 (10.07%) C#
4 136 (8.72%) Java
5 98 (6.29%) JavaScript
6 71 (4.55%) C++
7 59 (3.78%) PHP
8 56 (3.59%) TypeScript
9 47 (3.01%) PowerShell
10 37 (2.37%) Go
11 31 (1.99%) Bash
12 28 (1.80%) PL/SQL
13 22 (1.41%) Rust
14 21 (1.35%) C
15 20 (1.28%) Apex Code
16 18 (1.15%) R
17 12 (0.77%) Bicep
18 11 (0.71%) Scala
19 10 (0.64%) T-SQL
20 7 (0.45%) Perl
Qualifications
1 292 (18.73%) Computer Science Degree
2 272 (17.45%) Security Cleared
3 237 (15.20%) SC Cleared
4 121 (7.76%) Master's Degree
5 118 (7.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 82 (5.26%) AWS Certification
7 68 (4.36%) MCSE
8 56 (3.59%) CISSP
9 50 (3.21%) CTC Cleared
10 45 (2.89%) DBS Check
10 45 (2.89%) PMI Certification
11 42 (2.69%) Azure Certification
11 42 (2.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 40 (2.57%) PhD
13 39 (2.50%) ACCA
14 38 (2.44%) CIMA
14 38 (2.44%) PMP
15 36 (2.31%) HNC
16 31 (1.99%) DV Cleared
17 30 (1.92%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (6.67%) QA
2 79 (5.07%) Accessibility
3 66 (4.23%) SLA
4 56 (3.59%) GDPR
5 54 (3.46%) NIST
6 51 (3.27%) Data Quality
7 50 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 25 (1.60%) GRC
9 21 (1.35%) WCAG
10 18 (1.15%) PMO
11 17 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
11 17 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.58%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (0.51%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.38%) NCSC
16 4 (0.26%) GAAP
16 4 (0.26%) IFRS
17 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 72 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 62 (3.98%) Docker
3 24 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.58%) vSphere
5 7 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.26%) Firmware
8 4 (0.26%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.064%) Xen
Systems Management
1 63 (4.04%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.27%) Terraform
3 33 (2.12%) Ansible
4 26 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.03%) Grafana
5 16 (1.03%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.51%) SCCM
7 7 (0.45%) Autotask
8 6 (0.38%) Packer
8 6 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.32%) FTK
10 4 (0.26%) Nmap
10 4 (0.26%) QRadar
10 4 (0.26%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.19%) Plesk
12 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.13%) OpenView
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.064%) Argo
Vendors
1 341 (21.87%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.52%) ServiceNow
3 84 (5.39%) Cisco
4 58 (3.72%) Salesforce
5 55 (3.53%) Oracle
6 47 (3.01%) Google
7 38 (2.44%) Adobe
8 34 (2.18%) SAP
9 33 (2.12%) Databricks
10 24 (1.54%) VMware
11 19 (1.22%) HubSpot
12 17 (1.09%) MuleSoft
13 12 (0.77%) Meraki
13 12 (0.77%) Splunk
14 11 (0.71%) Sage
14 11 (0.71%) Workday
15 10 (0.64%) Citrix
16 9 (0.58%) EMC
16 9 (0.58%) Palantir
16 9 (0.58%) Pardot