Degree Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 12 14
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 4,897 4,268 4,280
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.27% 12.96% 12.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 64.35% 46.42% 45.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,608 2,688 2,943
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,395 £39,747 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.91% -9.51% +9.09%
75th Percentile £66,340 £70,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,375 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,600 £51,350 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.43% -14.42% +14.29%

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 7,610 9,195 9,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.17% 27.93% 26.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,082 5,503 5,867
10th Percentile £30,550 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Degree trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Degree.

Degree salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Degree over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Degree salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 86 (1.76%) SharePoint
2 64 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (0.47%) Jupyter
4 17 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.31%) Confluence
6 12 (0.25%) WordPress
7 11 (0.22%) CMS
8 9 (0.18%) SAS
9 8 (0.16%) PowerFactory
10 6 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
11 5 (0.10%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.082%) Apache
13 3 (0.061%) GemFire
13 3 (0.061%) IIS
13 3 (0.061%) Skype for Business
14 2 (0.041%) NServiceBus
14 2 (0.041%) SharePoint Server
14 2 (0.041%) ThingWorx
15 1 (0.020%) Alfresco
15 1 (0.020%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1,018 (20.79%) Chatbot
2 130 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 96 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
4 54 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
5 41 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 25 (0.51%) MS Visio
7 15 (0.31%) AutoCAD
8 13 (0.27%) Adobe XD
8 13 (0.27%) Trello
9 11 (0.22%) Photoshop
10 9 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
11 8 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 8 (0.16%) Blender
12 6 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
12 6 (0.12%) Revit
13 5 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
14 3 (0.061%) EPLAN
14 3 (0.061%) Simulink
15 2 (0.041%) Adobe Captivate
15 2 (0.041%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 30 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 12 (0.25%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.20%) Magento
4 10 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.18%) Shopify
6 8 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.12%) Infor M3
8 5 (0.10%) CA PPM
8 5 (0.10%) Pegasus Opera
9 4 (0.082%) ResourceLink
9 4 (0.082%) Sage X3
9 4 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.061%) Maximo
11 2 (0.041%) Elite 3E
11 2 (0.041%) Sage 200
12 1 (0.020%) CiviCRM
12 1 (0.020%) Payment Gateway
12 1 (0.020%) Raiser’s Edge
12 1 (0.020%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 582 (11.88%) Azure
2 408 (8.33%) AWS
3 270 (5.51%) GCP
4 238 (4.86%) Serverless
5 235 (4.80%) AWS Lambda
6 181 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
7 157 (3.21%) Power Platform
8 106 (2.16%) SaaS
9 89 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
10 63 (1.29%) Entra ID
11 62 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
12 43 (0.88%) GitHub
13 38 (0.78%) PowerApps
14 31 (0.63%) Power Automate
15 30 (0.61%) Snowflake
16 27 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
17 21 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
17 21 (0.43%) PaaS
18 20 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
19 16 (0.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1,068 (21.81%) Broadband
2 56 (1.14%) Firewall
3 46 (0.94%) WAN
4 37 (0.76%) DNS
5 35 (0.71%) Network Security
6 29 (0.59%) 5G
7 28 (0.57%) DHCP
8 25 (0.51%) SD-WAN
8 25 (0.51%) VLAN
8 25 (0.51%) VPN
9 23 (0.47%) TCP/IP
10 20 (0.41%) HTTP
11 19 (0.39%) Wireless
12 18 (0.37%) LAN
12 18 (0.37%) SAN
13 16 (0.33%) Unified Communications
14 15 (0.31%) Internet
15 13 (0.27%) VoIP
16 12 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
17 7 (0.14%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (3.06%) SQL Server
2 110 (2.25%) Power BI
3 67 (1.37%) MySQL
4 66 (1.35%) Big Data
5 62 (1.27%) Tableau
6 44 (0.90%) Relational Database
7 35 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (0.59%) NoSQL
9 25 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 20 (0.41%) Data Lake
11 19 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
12 14 (0.29%) DB2
12 14 (0.29%) Metadata
12 14 (0.29%) RDBMS
13 13 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.20%) OLTP
15 10 (0.20%) QGIS
15 10 (0.20%) Redis
16 9 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 79 (1.61%) Git
2 73 (1.49%) JIRA
3 25 (0.51%) Visual Studio
4 19 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 14 (0.29%) Axure RP
6 13 (0.27%) SpecFlow
7 12 (0.25%) Balsamiq
8 10 (0.20%) Moq
8 10 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 9 (0.18%) Subversion
10 7 (0.14%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.12%) Maven
12 5 (0.10%) GitLab
12 5 (0.10%) Gradle
12 5 (0.10%) webpack
13 4 (0.082%) Babel
13 4 (0.082%) Selenium
13 4 (0.082%) WebDriver
14 3 (0.061%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.061%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,639 (33.47%) Social Skills
2 1,011 (20.65%) Analytical Skills
3 683 (13.95%) Retail
4 615 (12.56%) Manufacturing
5 556 (11.35%) Finance
6 494 (10.09%) Presentation Skills
7 226 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 198 (4.04%) Dutch Language
8 198 (4.04%) Finnish Language
9 151 (3.08%) Marketing
10 131 (2.68%) Banking
11 123 (2.51%) Games
12 108 (2.21%) Public Sector
13 87 (1.78%) Multimedia
14 82 (1.67%) Law
15 69 (1.41%) Legal
16 50 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
17 49 (1.00%) Catalan Language
18 48 (0.98%) Electronics
19 37 (0.76%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,547 (31.59%) Trainer
2 626 (12.78%) Systems Engineer
3 578 (11.80%) Senior
4 325 (6.64%) Lead
5 288 (5.88%) Developer
6 264 (5.39%) Support Engineer
7 241 (4.92%) Analyst
8 220 (4.49%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 175 (3.57%) Engineering Manager
10 127 (2.59%) Software Engineer
11 87 (1.78%) Senior Manager
12 85 (1.74%) Graduate
13 81 (1.65%) Team Leader
14 79 (1.61%) Data Analyst
14 79 (1.61%) ServiceNow Manager
15 78 (1.59%) Senior Service Manager
16 77 (1.57%) Consultant
17 75 (1.53%) Architect
18 73 (1.49%) Data Scientist
19 67 (1.37%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 238 (4.86%) HTML
2 150 (3.06%) .NET
3 106 (2.16%) CSS
4 78 (1.59%) ASP.NET
5 62 (1.27%) Software Packaging
6 57 (1.16%) jQuery
7 45 (0.92%) Kafka
8 42 (0.86%) REST
9 41 (0.84%) Node.js
10 40 (0.82%) React
11 31 (0.63%) AngularJS
12 27 (0.55%) .NET Framework
13 25 (0.51%) XML
14 24 (0.49%) JSON
14 24 (0.49%) scikit-learn
14 24 (0.49%) TensorFlow
15 23 (0.47%) OAuth
15 23 (0.47%) SailPoint
16 22 (0.45%) Middleware
17 21 (0.43%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 547 (11.17%) Robotics
2 303 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
3 257 (5.25%) Management Information System
4 142 (2.90%) Product Ownership
5 121 (2.47%) Algorithms
6 80 (1.63%) Video\Live Streaming
7 67 (1.37%) Virtual Team
8 61 (1.25%) NHS
9 58 (1.18%) Social Media
10 48 (0.98%) Cyberattack
10 48 (0.98%) Onboarding
11 46 (0.94%) Data Centre
12 40 (0.82%) Molecular Biology
13 36 (0.74%) Cloud Native
14 34 (0.69%) Driving Licence
15 31 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
16 27 (0.55%) Data Structures
16 27 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
17 24 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
17 24 (0.49%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 397 (8.11%) Windows
2 222 (4.53%) Windows Server 2012
3 120 (2.45%) Linux
4 44 (0.90%) Windows 10
5 34 (0.69%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.45%) Unix
7 20 (0.41%) Android
8 15 (0.31%) Windows Vista
9 14 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (0.22%) Mac OS
12 9 (0.18%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.16%) CentOS
14 6 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 5 (0.10%) Apple iOS
15 5 (0.10%) Rocky
16 2 (0.041%) AIX
16 2 (0.041%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.041%) VMS
16 2 (0.041%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,860 (37.98%) Problem-Solving
2 1,842 (37.61%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1,462 (29.86%) Computer Science
4 1,079 (22.03%) Mentoring
5 1,020 (20.83%) Agile
6 1,019 (20.81%) Conversational UI
7 945 (19.30%) Machine Learning
8 795 (16.23%) Roadmaps
9 772 (15.76%) Broadcast Engineering
10 624 (12.74%) Data Privacy
11 618 (12.62%) Product Management
12 605 (12.35%) Cybersecurity
13 595 (12.15%) High Availability
14 582 (11.88%) Mathematics
15 571 (11.66%) LLM
16 561 (11.46%) Generative AI
17 539 (11.01%) Red Team
18 469 (9.58%) Systems Engineering
19 443 (9.05%) Chemistry
20 428 (8.74%) UML
Programming Languages
1 665 (13.58%) Python
2 500 (10.21%) SQL
3 477 (9.74%) MATLAB
4 372 (7.60%) C#
5 329 (6.72%) TypeScript
6 314 (6.41%) JavaScript
7 273 (5.57%) C++
8 217 (4.43%) Java
9 109 (2.23%) PHP
10 101 (2.06%) C
11 81 (1.65%) R
12 74 (1.51%) PowerShell
13 56 (1.14%) Rust
14 50 (1.02%) Ruby
15 49 (1.00%) Dart
16 28 (0.57%) PL/SQL
17 22 (0.45%) Bash
18 19 (0.39%) T-SQL
19 15 (0.31%) Scala
20 13 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,076 (21.97%) Computer Science Degree
2 1,037 (21.18%) PhD
3 943 (19.26%) Master's Degree
4 449 (9.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 219 (4.47%) Security Cleared
6 135 (2.76%) SC Cleared
7 88 (1.80%) DV Cleared
8 67 (1.37%) DBS Check
9 66 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 52 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
11 49 (1.00%) PMI Certification
12 44 (0.90%) AWS Certification
12 44 (0.90%) PMP
13 41 (0.84%) Azure Certification
14 40 (0.82%) CISSP
15 37 (0.76%) CISM
16 34 (0.69%) HNC
17 33 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
18 28 (0.57%) HND
19 22 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (2.31%) QA
2 71 (1.45%) GDPR
3 65 (1.33%) Accessibility
4 59 (1.20%) Data Quality
5 54 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 38 (0.78%) SLA
7 33 (0.67%) PMO
8 25 (0.51%) NIST
9 22 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 22 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 21 (0.43%) SOC 2
11 20 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 16 (0.33%) WCAG
13 14 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
14 12 (0.25%) GRC
15 11 (0.22%) PCI DSS
16 10 (0.20%) CDISC
16 10 (0.20%) NIST 800
17 9 (0.18%) COBIT
18 8 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 315 (6.43%) Active Directory
2 78 (1.59%) Docker
3 33 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (0.65%) Firmware
5 18 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
7 10 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.18%) vSphere
9 4 (0.082%) Dovecot
9 4 (0.082%) HDFS
9 4 (0.082%) Postfix
9 4 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.061%) GPFS
10 3 (0.061%) Lustre
10 3 (0.061%) NFS
11 1 (0.020%) Forefront TMG
11 1 (0.020%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.020%) KVM
11 1 (0.020%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 77 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 40 (0.82%) Terraform
3 31 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (0.37%) Prometheus
5 17 (0.35%) Grafana
6 15 (0.31%) Ansible
7 11 (0.22%) SCCM
8 8 (0.16%) RSA Archer
9 7 (0.14%) Functional Safety
10 6 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.10%) AirWatch
11 5 (0.10%) SCOM
11 5 (0.10%) SCOrch
12 4 (0.082%) Puppet
12 4 (0.082%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.061%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 3 (0.061%) SmoothWall
14 2 (0.041%) Argo
14 2 (0.041%) Cisco CUCM
14 2 (0.041%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1,015 (20.73%) PayPal
2 621 (12.68%) Microsoft
3 608 (12.42%) Google
4 589 (12.03%) Adobe
5 581 (11.86%) Databricks
6 215 (4.39%) Sun
7 105 (2.14%) ServiceNow
8 94 (1.92%) SAP
9 85 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 49 (1.00%) Cisco
11 40 (0.82%) VMware
12 36 (0.74%) Oracle
13 28 (0.57%) Apple
14 25 (0.51%) Okta
15 17 (0.35%) YouTube
16 14 (0.29%) Red Hat
17 13 (0.27%) Cognos
17 13 (0.27%) HP
18 12 (0.25%) Facebook
19 10 (0.20%) Pegasus