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 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,348 2,061 3,978
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.88% 15.42% 13.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.06% 52.50% 49.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,068 1,317 2,807
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,318
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -4.72%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,665 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.96% +9.84% -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 4,690 3,926 8,077
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.73% 29.38% 26.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,608 2,451 5,860
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,500 £59,199 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +7.63% -4.35%

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 20 March 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 57 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 23 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.64%) Confluence
6 11 (0.47%) SAS
7 9 (0.38%) CMS
7 9 (0.38%) WordPress
8 7 (0.30%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.30%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.21%) Apache
9 5 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.21%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.17%) IIS
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.085%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.043%) Kinematics
Applications
1 734 (31.26%) Chatbot
2 241 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
3 122 (5.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 39 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 32 (1.36%) Adobe XD
6 18 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 13 (0.55%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.43%) InDesign
10 7 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.30%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
11 6 (0.26%) AutoCAD
12 3 (0.13%) EPLAN
12 3 (0.13%) Sketch
12 3 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.085%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.085%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.085%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.085%) Trello
Business Applications
1 30 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.94%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.21%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.17%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.13%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.13%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.085%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.085%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.085%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.085%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.043%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.043%) Endur
8 1 (0.043%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.043%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.043%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.043%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.043%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 357 (15.20%) AWS
2 349 (14.86%) Azure
3 266 (11.33%) Microsoft 365
4 132 (5.62%) Power Platform
5 116 (4.94%) GCP
6 108 (4.60%) SaaS
7 73 (3.11%) Entra ID
8 52 (2.21%) Serverless
9 50 (2.13%) GitHub
10 45 (1.92%) Figma
11 37 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
12 36 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (1.15%) Power Automate
13 27 (1.15%) PowerApps
14 23 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (0.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 21 (0.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 20 (0.85%) PaaS
17 19 (0.81%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.62%) Firewall
2 19 (0.81%) WAN
3 18 (0.77%) DNS
3 18 (0.77%) VPN
4 16 (0.68%) SSL
4 16 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (0.64%) DHCP
5 15 (0.64%) TCP/IP
6 14 (0.60%) Network Security
6 14 (0.60%) Unified Communications
7 12 (0.51%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.43%) Broadband
9 9 (0.38%) VLAN
10 8 (0.34%) Internet
10 8 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (0.34%) Wireless
11 7 (0.30%) LAN
11 7 (0.30%) MPLS
11 7 (0.30%) VoIP
12 6 (0.26%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (4.64%) Power BI
2 97 (4.13%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (1.75%) Tableau
5 36 (1.53%) MySQL
6 25 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (1.02%) BigQuery
7 24 (1.02%) NoSQL
8 19 (0.81%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.72%) Metadata
10 16 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (0.68%) OLTP
10 16 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (0.51%) DB2
12 12 (0.51%) Delta Lake
12 12 (0.51%) MongoDB
12 12 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 70 (2.98%) Git
2 57 (2.43%) JIRA
3 34 (1.45%) Selenium
4 28 (1.19%) Balsamiq
5 27 (1.15%) WebDriver
6 25 (1.06%) Axure RP
7 24 (1.02%) Postman
8 22 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
9 21 (0.89%) SoapUI
10 16 (0.68%) Jenkins
11 13 (0.55%) GitLab
12 11 (0.47%) MLflow
13 7 (0.30%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.30%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.26%) Babel
14 6 (0.26%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.26%) webpack
15 5 (0.21%) Cypress.io
16 4 (0.17%) ERwin
16 4 (0.17%) PowerDesigner
General
1 787 (33.52%) Social Skills
2 523 (22.27%) Analytical Skills
3 389 (16.57%) Finance
4 297 (12.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 200 (8.52%) Public Sector
6 165 (7.03%) Law
7 143 (6.09%) Marketing
8 131 (5.58%) Retail
9 110 (4.68%) French Language
10 79 (3.36%) Banking
11 74 (3.15%) Legal
12 71 (3.02%) Back Office
13 64 (2.73%) Swedish Language
14 51 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
15 49 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
16 47 (2.00%) Telecoms
17 45 (1.92%) Manufacturing
18 37 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
19 32 (1.36%) Electronics
20 24 (1.02%) Billing
Job Titles
1 736 (31.35%) Trainer
2 304 (12.95%) Analyst
3 261 (11.12%) Senior
4 190 (8.09%) Developer
5 109 (4.64%) Support Engineer
6 105 (4.47%) Service Analyst
6 105 (4.47%) Service Desk Analyst
7 102 (4.34%) Content Editor
8 77 (3.28%) Support Specialist
9 73 (3.11%) Customer Support Specialist
10 68 (2.90%) Research Scientist
11 67 (2.85%) Architect
12 65 (2.77%) Lead
13 62 (2.64%) Desktop Support
14 60 (2.56%) Business Analyst
14 60 (2.56%) Desktop Engineer
14 60 (2.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 59 (2.51%) Software Engineer
16 57 (2.43%) Senior Developer
17 56 (2.39%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (4.73%) .NET
2 93 (3.96%) HTML
3 80 (3.41%) CSS
4 62 (2.64%) React
4 62 (2.64%) SOAP
5 54 (2.30%) REST
6 50 (2.13%) RESTful
7 31 (1.32%) Node.js
8 29 (1.24%) Kafka
9 26 (1.11%) PyTorch
10 25 (1.06%) jQuery
10 25 (1.06%) Middleware
11 24 (1.02%) Lightning Web Components
11 24 (1.02%) Visualforce
12 23 (0.98%) OAuth
12 23 (0.98%) TensorFlow
13 22 (0.94%) Entity Framework
13 22 (0.94%) XML
14 21 (0.89%) .NET Framework
15 18 (0.77%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 108 (4.60%) Blog
2 101 (4.30%) Product Ownership
3 96 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
4 88 (3.75%) Management Information System
5 74 (3.15%) Cloud Native
6 73 (3.11%) Molecular Biology
7 63 (2.68%) Onboarding
8 53 (2.26%) Driving Licence
9 43 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
10 35 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
11 31 (1.32%) Social Media
12 30 (1.28%) Data Structures
13 27 (1.15%) Algorithms
14 24 (1.02%) Security Posture
15 22 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
16 19 (0.81%) Data Centre
17 18 (0.77%) PMI
18 17 (0.72%) Web Conferencing
19 16 (0.68%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 157 (6.69%) Windows
2 96 (4.09%) Linux
3 69 (2.94%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.98%) Unix
6 21 (0.89%) Android
7 10 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.38%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.34%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.26%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.13%) Debian
12 3 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
13 2 (0.085%) CentOS
13 2 (0.085%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.043%) AIX
14 1 (0.043%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.043%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 989 (42.12%) AI
2 747 (31.81%) Conversational UI
3 440 (18.74%) Computer Science
4 383 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
5 368 (15.67%) Customer Service
6 344 (14.65%) Agile
7 305 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 264 (11.24%) ITIL
9 230 (9.80%) Analytics
10 227 (9.67%) Chemistry
11 192 (8.18%) Mentoring
12 176 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
13 174 (7.41%) DevOps
14 162 (6.90%) Mathematics
15 161 (6.86%) CI/CD
16 160 (6.81%) Decision-Making
17 153 (6.52%) Software Engineering
18 149 (6.35%) Project Management
19 138 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
20 132 (5.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 261 (11.12%) Python
2 241 (10.26%) SQL
3 150 (6.39%) C#
4 146 (6.22%) Java
5 119 (5.07%) JavaScript
6 71 (3.02%) C++
6 71 (3.02%) TypeScript
7 46 (1.96%) Go
8 44 (1.87%) PowerShell
9 35 (1.49%) Bash
10 34 (1.45%) PHP
11 24 (1.02%) Apex Code
12 23 (0.98%) PL/SQL
13 21 (0.89%) Rust
14 20 (0.85%) C
15 16 (0.68%) R
16 15 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (0.51%) Scala
17 12 (0.51%) T-SQL
18 10 (0.43%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 495 (21.08%) Master's Degree
2 408 (17.38%) PhD
3 307 (13.07%) Security Cleared
4 298 (12.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 275 (11.71%) SC Cleared
6 182 (7.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 144 (6.13%) AWS Certification
8 114 (4.86%) MCSE
9 60 (2.56%) CTC Cleared
10 50 (2.13%) ACCA
11 49 (2.09%) PMP
12 48 (2.04%) CIMA
13 46 (1.96%) CISSP
14 42 (1.79%) PMI Certification
15 41 (1.75%) Azure Certification
16 34 (1.45%) DBS Check
17 31 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
17 31 (1.32%) DV Cleared
18 28 (1.19%) ISTQB
19 26 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (6.22%) QA
2 81 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 81 (3.45%) SLA
3 66 (2.81%) GDPR
4 55 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (2.09%) Data Quality
6 45 (1.92%) NIST
7 30 (1.28%) WCAG
8 23 (0.98%) GRC
9 17 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (0.64%) PMO
11 12 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.51%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.47%) IFRS
13 9 (0.38%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.30%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.17%) ISO 26262
16 4 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 3 (0.13%) GAAP
System Software
1 76 (3.24%) Docker
2 67 (2.85%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.13%) Firmware
5 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.085%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.085%) vSphere
7 1 (0.043%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.043%) iptables
7 1 (0.043%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.043%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.043%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.043%) Xen
Systems Management
1 72 (3.07%) Kubernetes
2 51 (2.17%) Terraform
3 35 (1.49%) Ansible
4 29 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (0.94%) Grafana
6 21 (0.89%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.34%) Autotask
7 8 (0.34%) SCCM
8 7 (0.30%) Nmap
9 5 (0.21%) FTK
10 3 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.085%) Argo
11 2 (0.085%) OpenView
11 2 (0.085%) Packer
11 2 (0.085%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.043%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.043%) Ganglia
12 1 (0.043%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.043%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.043%) Puppet
Vendors
1 727 (30.96%) PayPal
2 409 (17.42%) Microsoft
3 128 (5.45%) ServiceNow
4 108 (4.60%) Cisco
5 80 (3.41%) Salesforce
6 58 (2.47%) Adobe
7 51 (2.17%) Google
8 50 (2.13%) Oracle
9 34 (1.45%) SAP
10 29 (1.24%) Databricks
11 21 (0.89%) MuleSoft
12 16 (0.68%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.64%) Red Hat
13 15 (0.64%) VMware
14 14 (0.60%) Sage
15 13 (0.55%) IBM
15 13 (0.55%) Zoho
16 10 (0.43%) Citrix
16 10 (0.43%) Splunk
17 9 (0.38%) Palantir