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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 13 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,635 1,941 4,050
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.50% 15.11% 12.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.33% 52.14% 48.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,079 1,323 2,833
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,318
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 £84,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £54,793 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.71% +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 4,157 3,723 8,312
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.14% 28.98% 26.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,767 2,474 5,962
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 £57,560 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.10% +4.65% -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 8 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 59 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.61%) Confluence
5 10 (0.61%) SAS
5 10 (0.61%) WordPress
6 9 (0.55%) CMS
7 6 (0.37%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.31%) Apache
8 5 (0.31%) 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%) Drupal
Applications
1 218 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 123 (7.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (2.14%) Chatbot
5 29 (1.77%) Adobe XD
6 19 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 11 (0.67%) MS Visio
9 9 (0.55%) InDesign
10 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
12 5 (0.31%) AutoCAD
13 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
14 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
14 3 (0.18%) Sketch
15 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
15 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
15 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
16 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.22%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
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%) Payment Gateway
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
1 354 (21.65%) Azure
2 336 (20.55%) AWS
3 238 (14.56%) Microsoft 365
4 127 (7.77%) Power Platform
5 125 (7.65%) GCP
6 102 (6.24%) SaaS
7 74 (4.53%) Entra ID
8 51 (3.12%) GitHub
9 47 (2.87%) Serverless
10 43 (2.63%) Figma
11 32 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
12 31 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
13 25 (1.53%) PowerApps
14 23 (1.41%) Power Automate
15 21 (1.28%) Google Analytics
16 19 (1.16%) PaaS
16 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.51%) Firewall
2 20 (1.22%) DNS
2 20 (1.22%) WAN
3 18 (1.10%) Network Security
4 17 (1.04%) VPN
5 15 (0.92%) DHCP
6 14 (0.86%) Unified Communications
7 13 (0.80%) TCP/IP
8 12 (0.73%) SSL
8 12 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.61%) Broadband
9 10 (0.61%) Internet
9 10 (0.61%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.55%) LAN
10 9 (0.55%) MPLS
11 8 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.43%) BGP
13 6 (0.37%) LTE
13 6 (0.37%) VoIP
13 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (6.42%) Power BI
2 97 (5.93%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (2.32%) MySQL
5 35 (2.14%) Tableau
6 25 (1.53%) BigQuery
7 24 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (1.41%) NoSQL
8 23 (1.41%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.04%) Metadata
10 16 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (0.86%) OLTP
13 12 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.73%) Delta Lake
13 12 (0.73%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.73%) Redis
14 10 (0.61%) Looker
Development Applications
1 77 (4.71%) Git
2 56 (3.43%) JIRA
3 32 (1.96%) Selenium
4 26 (1.59%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.41%) Axure RP
5 23 (1.41%) 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 (0.80%) 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 (0.31%) Cypress.io
15 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 765 (46.79%) Social Skills
2 397 (24.28%) Finance
3 315 (19.27%) Analytical Skills
4 303 (18.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 215 (13.15%) Public Sector
6 170 (10.40%) Law
7 152 (9.30%) Marketing
8 88 (5.38%) French Language
8 88 (5.38%) Retail
9 78 (4.77%) Banking
10 74 (4.53%) Legal
11 72 (4.40%) Back Office
12 59 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
13 55 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
14 46 (2.81%) Manufacturing
14 46 (2.81%) Telecoms
15 42 (2.57%) Swedish Language
16 36 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
17 31 (1.90%) Electronics
18 24 (1.47%) Billing
Job Titles
1 283 (17.31%) Analyst
2 255 (15.60%) Senior
3 188 (11.50%) Developer
4 108 (6.61%) Support Engineer
5 83 (5.08%) Service Analyst
5 83 (5.08%) Service Desk Analyst
6 77 (4.71%) Architect
7 65 (3.98%) Lead
8 62 (3.79%) Business Analyst
8 62 (3.79%) Desktop Support
9 60 (3.67%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (3.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 57 (3.49%) Graduate
11 56 (3.43%) Site Engineer
12 55 (3.36%) Consultant
13 53 (3.24%) Software Engineer
14 50 (3.06%) Senior Developer
15 41 (2.51%) SQL Developer
16 39 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
16 39 (2.39%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (6.06%) .NET
2 88 (5.38%) HTML
3 80 (4.89%) CSS
4 59 (3.61%) React
5 57 (3.49%) SOAP
6 55 (3.36%) REST
7 52 (3.18%) RESTful
8 33 (2.02%) Node.js
9 29 (1.77%) jQuery
10 28 (1.71%) Kafka
11 27 (1.65%) PyTorch
12 24 (1.47%) Middleware
12 24 (1.47%) OAuth
13 23 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
13 23 (1.41%) TensorFlow
13 23 (1.41%) Visualforce
14 21 (1.28%) XML
15 20 (1.22%) Vue
16 18 (1.10%) Django
17 17 (1.04%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.54%) Blog
2 104 (6.36%) Product Ownership
3 92 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
4 85 (5.20%) Management Information System
5 81 (4.95%) Cloud Native
6 67 (4.10%) Onboarding
7 46 (2.81%) Driving Licence
8 41 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
9 35 (2.14%) Data Structures
10 33 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.90%) Social Media
12 30 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
13 29 (1.77%) Security Posture
14 27 (1.65%) Algorithms
15 22 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
16 21 (1.28%) Data Centre
17 18 (1.10%) Virtual Team
18 17 (1.04%) PMI
19 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
19 16 (0.98%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 153 (9.36%) Windows
2 104 (6.36%) Linux
3 67 (4.10%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.53%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.28%) Android
6 19 (1.16%) Unix
7 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.43%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.18%) Debian
11 3 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.12%) CentOS
12 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.061%) AIX
13 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.061%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (26.91%) Computer Science
2 378 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
3 343 (20.98%) Agile
4 304 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 284 (17.37%) AI
6 279 (17.06%) Customer Service
7 241 (14.74%) ITIL
8 236 (14.43%) Analytics
9 198 (12.11%) Mentoring
10 184 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
11 179 (10.95%) DevOps
12 170 (10.40%) Decision-Making
13 169 (10.34%) CI/CD
14 155 (9.48%) Project Management
15 154 (9.42%) Software Engineering
16 137 (8.38%) Stakeholder Management
17 136 (8.32%) Business Intelligence
18 126 (7.71%) Customer Experience
19 118 (7.22%) Roadmaps
20 114 (6.97%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 264 (16.15%) Python
2 253 (15.47%) SQL
3 151 (9.24%) C#
4 144 (8.81%) Java
5 113 (6.91%) JavaScript
6 73 (4.46%) C++
7 69 (4.22%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.12%) PowerShell
9 49 (3.00%) Go
10 44 (2.69%) PHP
11 37 (2.26%) Bash
12 24 (1.47%) Rust
13 23 (1.41%) Apex Code
14 22 (1.35%) PL/SQL
15 19 (1.16%) C
16 18 (1.10%) R
17 14 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 13 (0.80%) Bicep
19 12 (0.73%) Scala
19 12 (0.73%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 313 (19.14%) Security Cleared
2 298 (18.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 279 (17.06%) SC Cleared
4 152 (9.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 144 (8.81%) Master's Degree
6 115 (7.03%) AWS Certification
7 92 (5.63%) MCSE
8 63 (3.85%) PhD
9 60 (3.67%) CTC Cleared
10 50 (3.06%) CISSP
10 50 (3.06%) PMP
11 46 (2.81%) ACCA
12 44 (2.69%) CIMA
13 43 (2.63%) PMI Certification
14 37 (2.26%) Azure Certification
15 32 (1.96%) DV Cleared
16 30 (1.83%) DBS Check
17 29 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
18 26 (1.59%) HNC
19 25 (1.53%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (7.58%) QA
2 85 (5.20%) Accessibility
3 80 (4.89%) SLA
4 69 (4.22%) GDPR
5 55 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 54 (3.30%) Data Quality
7 52 (3.18%) NIST
8 29 (1.77%) WCAG
9 27 (1.65%) GRC
10 20 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.86%) PMO
12 13 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.67%) ISO 9001
14 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.43%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.37%) IFRS
17 4 (0.24%) ISO 26262
17 4 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.18%) GAAP
System Software
1 82 (5.02%) Docker
2 71 (4.34%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.37%) vSphere
5 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.18%) Firmware
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.061%) iptables
8 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (4.77%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.30%) Terraform
3 38 (2.32%) Ansible
4 25 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.35%) Grafana
6 21 (1.28%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 7 (0.43%) Nmap
9 6 (0.37%) Autotask
10 5 (0.31%) FTK
11 4 (0.24%) Packer
11 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.18%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.12%) Argo
13 2 (0.12%) OpenView
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
14 1 (0.061%) EMC NetWorker
14 1 (0.061%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 369 (22.57%) Microsoft
2 110 (6.73%) Cisco
3 108 (6.61%) ServiceNow
4 75 (4.59%) Salesforce
5 54 (3.30%) Adobe
6 52 (3.18%) Google
7 46 (2.81%) Oracle
8 37 (2.26%) SAP
9 30 (1.83%) Databricks
10 28 (1.71%) PayPal
11 20 (1.22%) MuleSoft
11 20 (1.22%) VMware
12 17 (1.04%) HubSpot
13 14 (0.86%) Splunk
14 13 (0.80%) Red Hat
15 12 (0.73%) Sage
16 11 (0.67%) Meraki
17 10 (0.61%) Citrix
17 10 (0.61%) Workday
17 10 (0.61%) Zoho