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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,640 1,963 4,085
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.52% 15.19% 12.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.23% 52.32% 48.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,077 1,320 2,852
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,525
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,750
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,875 £88,750
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 4,181 3,752 8,382
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.27% 29.02% 26.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,780 2,480 5,995
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 9 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 60 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.67%) WordPress
6 10 (0.61%) CMS
6 10 (0.61%) Confluence
6 10 (0.61%) SAS
7 6 (0.37%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.30%) Apache
8 5 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
9 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.24%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.24%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
Applications
1 222 (13.54%) Microsoft Office
2 121 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.13%) Chatbot
3 35 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.77%) Adobe XD
5 19 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 11 (0.67%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
9 6 (0.37%) InDesign
10 4 (0.24%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.18%) Sketch
12 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.061%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 21 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.16%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.12%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.061%) Endur
8 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.061%) Primavera
8 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 358 (21.83%) Azure
2 347 (21.16%) AWS
3 240 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
4 128 (7.80%) GCP
5 126 (7.68%) Power Platform
6 95 (5.79%) SaaS
7 73 (4.45%) Entra ID
8 49 (2.99%) GitHub
9 46 (2.80%) Serverless
10 44 (2.68%) Figma
11 31 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
12 29 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (1.52%) PowerApps
14 24 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
14 24 (1.46%) Power Automate
15 22 (1.34%) Google Analytics
16 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 18 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.50%) Firewall
2 21 (1.28%) DNS
2 21 (1.28%) WAN
3 18 (1.10%) Network Security
3 18 (1.10%) VPN
4 16 (0.98%) DHCP
5 13 (0.79%) TCP/IP
6 12 (0.73%) SSL
6 12 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.67%) Broadband
7 11 (0.67%) Internet
7 11 (0.67%) Unified Communications
8 10 (0.61%) MPLS
8 10 (0.61%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.55%) LAN
10 8 (0.49%) BGP
10 8 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.43%) LTE
12 6 (0.37%) VoIP
12 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (6.34%) Power BI
2 100 (6.10%) SQL Server
3 49 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (2.44%) MySQL
5 34 (2.07%) Tableau
6 25 (1.52%) BigQuery
7 23 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (1.40%) NoSQL
7 23 (1.40%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.04%) Metadata
9 16 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (0.85%) OLTP
12 13 (0.79%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.73%) Delta Lake
13 12 (0.73%) Redis
14 10 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 76 (4.63%) Git
2 57 (3.48%) JIRA
3 32 (1.95%) Selenium
4 26 (1.59%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.40%) Axure RP
5 23 (1.40%) WebDriver
6 21 (1.28%) Postman
7 19 (1.16%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.10%) SoapUI
9 17 (1.04%) Jenkins
10 13 (0.79%) GitLab
11 11 (0.67%) MLflow
12 7 (0.43%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.43%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.37%) Babel
13 6 (0.37%) SpecFlow
13 6 (0.37%) webpack
14 5 (0.30%) Cypress.io
15 4 (0.24%) Storybook
15 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 769 (46.89%) Social Skills
2 405 (24.70%) Finance
3 315 (19.21%) Analytical Skills
4 302 (18.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 218 (13.29%) Public Sector
6 173 (10.55%) Law
7 148 (9.02%) Marketing
8 88 (5.37%) French Language
9 87 (5.30%) Retail
10 79 (4.82%) Banking
11 74 (4.51%) Legal
12 72 (4.39%) Back Office
13 60 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
14 55 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (2.80%) Telecoms
16 45 (2.74%) Manufacturing
17 41 (2.50%) Swedish Language
18 38 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
19 31 (1.89%) Electronics
20 24 (1.46%) Billing
Job Titles
1 292 (17.80%) Analyst
2 254 (15.49%) Senior
3 192 (11.71%) Developer
4 108 (6.59%) Support Engineer
5 88 (5.37%) Service Analyst
5 88 (5.37%) Service Desk Analyst
6 77 (4.70%) Architect
7 63 (3.84%) Business Analyst
7 63 (3.84%) Lead
8 62 (3.78%) Desktop Support
8 62 (3.78%) Graduate
9 60 (3.66%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (3.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 58 (3.54%) Consultant
11 56 (3.41%) Site Engineer
12 53 (3.23%) Software Engineer
13 50 (3.05%) Senior Developer
14 45 (2.74%) SQL Developer
15 43 (2.62%) Graduate Developer
15 43 (2.62%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (5.98%) .NET
2 87 (5.30%) HTML
3 83 (5.06%) CSS
4 59 (3.60%) React
5 57 (3.48%) SOAP
6 54 (3.29%) REST
7 52 (3.17%) RESTful
8 33 (2.01%) jQuery
9 32 (1.95%) Node.js
10 28 (1.71%) Kafka
11 27 (1.65%) PyTorch
12 24 (1.46%) Middleware
12 24 (1.46%) OAuth
13 23 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
13 23 (1.40%) TensorFlow
13 23 (1.40%) Visualforce
14 21 (1.28%) Vue
14 21 (1.28%) XML
15 19 (1.16%) Django
16 17 (1.04%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.52%) Blog
2 105 (6.40%) Product Ownership
3 94 (5.73%) Self-Motivation
4 86 (5.24%) Management Information System
5 82 (5.00%) Cloud Native
6 64 (3.90%) Onboarding
7 44 (2.68%) Driving Licence
8 41 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
9 36 (2.20%) Data Structures
10 33 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (1.83%) Security Posture
13 29 (1.77%) Social Media
14 27 (1.65%) Algorithms
15 22 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
16 21 (1.28%) Data Centre
17 20 (1.22%) Virtual Team
18 17 (1.04%) PMI
19 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
20 15 (0.91%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 155 (9.45%) Windows
2 106 (6.46%) Linux
3 67 (4.09%) Windows 10
4 27 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.28%) Android
5 21 (1.28%) Unix
6 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.18%) Debian
10 3 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.061%) AIX
12 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.061%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (26.95%) Computer Science
2 379 (23.11%) Problem-Solving
3 348 (21.22%) Agile
4 305 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 284 (17.32%) AI
5 284 (17.32%) Customer Service
6 247 (15.06%) ITIL
7 232 (14.15%) Analytics
8 201 (12.26%) Mentoring
9 183 (11.16%) Cybersecurity
10 177 (10.79%) DevOps
11 170 (10.37%) Decision-Making
12 167 (10.18%) CI/CD
13 156 (9.51%) Project Management
14 154 (9.39%) Software Engineering
15 138 (8.41%) Stakeholder Management
16 132 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
17 126 (7.68%) Customer Experience
18 118 (7.20%) Roadmaps
19 115 (7.01%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 268 (16.34%) Python
2 261 (15.91%) SQL
3 157 (9.57%) C#
4 150 (9.15%) Java
5 111 (6.77%) JavaScript
6 77 (4.70%) C++
7 68 (4.15%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.17%) PowerShell
9 49 (2.99%) Go
10 48 (2.93%) PHP
11 37 (2.26%) Bash
12 24 (1.46%) Rust
13 23 (1.40%) Apex Code
14 22 (1.34%) PL/SQL
15 19 (1.16%) C
16 18 (1.10%) R
17 14 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 13 (0.79%) Bicep
19 12 (0.73%) Scala
19 12 (0.73%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 314 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 303 (18.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 280 (17.07%) SC Cleared
4 157 (9.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 141 (8.60%) Master's Degree
6 120 (7.32%) AWS Certification
7 97 (5.91%) MCSE
8 62 (3.78%) PhD
9 60 (3.66%) CTC Cleared
10 50 (3.05%) CISSP
10 50 (3.05%) PMP
11 45 (2.74%) ACCA
12 43 (2.62%) CIMA
12 43 (2.62%) PMI Certification
13 36 (2.20%) Azure Certification
14 33 (2.01%) DV Cleared
15 29 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
15 29 (1.77%) DBS Check
16 25 (1.52%) CISM
16 25 (1.52%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (7.87%) QA
2 87 (5.30%) Accessibility
3 80 (4.88%) SLA
4 69 (4.21%) GDPR
5 55 (3.35%) Data Quality
6 52 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 52 (3.17%) NIST
7 29 (1.77%) WCAG
8 27 (1.65%) GRC
9 20 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (0.85%) PMO
11 13 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.49%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.43%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.30%) IFRS
17 4 (0.24%) EMIR
17 4 (0.24%) MiFID
17 4 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 83 (5.06%) Docker
2 71 (4.33%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.43%) vSphere
5 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.18%) Firmware
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.061%) iptables
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 80 (4.88%) Kubernetes
2 53 (3.23%) Terraform
3 39 (2.38%) Ansible
4 25 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.34%) Grafana
6 21 (1.28%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 7 (0.43%) Nmap
9 6 (0.37%) Autotask
10 5 (0.30%) FTK
11 4 (0.24%) Packer
11 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.12%) OpenView
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.061%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 368 (22.44%) Microsoft
2 113 (6.89%) ServiceNow
3 107 (6.52%) Cisco
4 73 (4.45%) Salesforce
5 51 (3.11%) Adobe
5 51 (3.11%) Google
6 48 (2.93%) Oracle
7 38 (2.32%) SAP
8 29 (1.77%) Databricks
9 28 (1.71%) PayPal
10 21 (1.28%) VMware
11 20 (1.22%) MuleSoft
12 17 (1.04%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.91%) Splunk
14 13 (0.79%) Red Hat
14 13 (0.79%) Sage
15 11 (0.67%) Meraki
16 10 (0.61%) Citrix
16 10 (0.61%) Workday
17 9 (0.55%) Veeam