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 24 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,508 2,261 3,701
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.30% 15.06% 13.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.64% 50.81% 49.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,053 1,252 2,612
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £41,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -4.88%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £73,875
90th Percentile £103,250 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -4.35%

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 4,857 4,450 7,505
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.62% 29.64% 27.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,611 2,389 5,491
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,930 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,014 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 24 February 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 64 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 18 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (0.68%) Confluence
6 11 (0.44%) SAS
6 11 (0.44%) Tomcat
6 11 (0.44%) WebSphere
6 11 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
7 9 (0.36%) WordPress
8 8 (0.32%) CMS
9 7 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.28%) Ethereum
10 6 (0.24%) IIS
11 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.20%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
13 2 (0.080%) Apache
13 2 (0.080%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 866 (34.53%) Chatbot
2 260 (10.37%) Microsoft Office
3 125 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (1.20%) Adobe XD
6 15 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 13 (0.52%) MS Visio
8 12 (0.48%) InDesign
9 7 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.28%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.16%) Simulink
10 4 (0.16%) Sketch
10 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.080%) Avid Media Composer
11 2 (0.080%) Pro Tools
11 2 (0.080%) Trello
12 1 (0.040%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 33 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.16%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.12%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.080%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.080%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.080%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.080%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.080%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.080%) Primavera
8 1 (0.040%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.040%) Endur
8 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.040%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.040%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.040%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 372 (14.83%) AWS
2 361 (14.39%) Azure
3 297 (11.84%) Microsoft 365
4 136 (5.42%) Power Platform
5 108 (4.31%) GCP
6 104 (4.15%) SaaS
7 79 (3.15%) Entra ID
8 57 (2.27%) Serverless
9 54 (2.15%) GitHub
10 43 (1.71%) Figma
11 41 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 39 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (1.20%) PowerApps
14 27 (1.08%) Power Automate
15 24 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (0.92%) PaaS
17 20 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
18 19 (0.76%) Miro
19 18 (0.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 18 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.63%) Firewall
2 23 (0.92%) VPN
3 21 (0.84%) SSL
3 21 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 20 (0.80%) DNS
5 19 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (0.72%) WAN
7 17 (0.68%) DHCP
8 16 (0.64%) Unified Communications
9 12 (0.48%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.48%) VLAN
10 11 (0.44%) Network Security
11 9 (0.36%) LAN
12 8 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
12 8 (0.32%) VoIP
12 8 (0.32%) Wireless
13 6 (0.24%) Internet
14 5 (0.20%) BGP
14 5 (0.20%) MPLS
14 5 (0.20%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (4.55%) Power BI
2 96 (3.83%) SQL Server
3 51 (2.03%) Tableau
4 45 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (1.36%) MySQL
6 28 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (1.12%) NoSQL
7 24 (0.96%) BigQuery
8 17 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (0.64%) MongoDB
9 16 (0.64%) Relational Database
10 14 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (0.56%) Metadata
11 13 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (0.52%) DB2
11 13 (0.52%) OLTP
12 12 (0.48%) Redis
13 11 (0.44%) Delta Lake
14 10 (0.40%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 63 (2.51%) Git
2 57 (2.27%) JIRA
3 38 (1.52%) Selenium
4 31 (1.24%) WebDriver
5 26 (1.04%) Postman
6 25 (1.00%) Balsamiq
7 23 (0.92%) SoapUI
7 23 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
8 22 (0.88%) Axure RP
9 16 (0.64%) Jenkins
10 15 (0.60%) GitLab
11 11 (0.44%) MLflow
12 7 (0.28%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.28%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.24%) Babel
13 6 (0.24%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.24%) SpecFlow
13 6 (0.24%) webpack
14 4 (0.16%) ER Studio
14 4 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
General
1 817 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 635 (25.32%) Analytical Skills
3 371 (14.79%) Finance
4 303 (12.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 188 (7.50%) Public Sector
6 147 (5.86%) Law
7 143 (5.70%) Marketing
8 126 (5.02%) Retail
9 125 (4.98%) French Language
10 91 (3.63%) Swedish Language
11 76 (3.03%) Banking
12 70 (2.79%) Back Office
13 65 (2.59%) Legal
14 53 (2.11%) Telecoms
15 52 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
16 40 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
17 39 (1.56%) Manufacturing
18 37 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
19 32 (1.28%) Electronics
20 27 (1.08%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 868 (34.61%) Trainer
2 326 (13.00%) Analyst
3 260 (10.37%) Senior
4 184 (7.34%) Developer
5 124 (4.94%) Service Analyst
5 124 (4.94%) Service Desk Analyst
6 108 (4.31%) Support Engineer
7 102 (4.07%) Content Editor
8 76 (3.03%) Research Scientist
9 74 (2.95%) Support Specialist
10 73 (2.91%) Customer Support Specialist
11 68 (2.71%) Lead
12 66 (2.63%) Architect
13 62 (2.47%) Desktop Support
14 60 (2.39%) Desktop Engineer
14 60 (2.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 58 (2.31%) Business Analyst
16 56 (2.23%) Site Engineer
17 55 (2.19%) Senior Developer
18 53 (2.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (4.70%) .NET
2 90 (3.59%) HTML
3 70 (2.79%) CSS
4 57 (2.27%) React
4 57 (2.27%) SOAP
5 45 (1.79%) REST
5 45 (1.79%) RESTful
6 28 (1.12%) Kafka
7 27 (1.08%) Node.js
8 26 (1.04%) .NET Framework
9 24 (0.96%) Entity Framework
10 23 (0.92%) Middleware
11 21 (0.84%) OAuth
11 21 (0.84%) TensorFlow
12 20 (0.80%) PyTorch
13 19 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
13 19 (0.76%) Visualforce
14 18 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
15 17 (0.68%) gRPC
15 17 (0.68%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 107 (4.27%) Blog
2 91 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
3 89 (3.55%) Molecular Biology
3 89 (3.55%) Product Ownership
4 87 (3.47%) Management Information System
5 63 (2.51%) Cloud Native
6 59 (2.35%) Onboarding
7 52 (2.07%) Driving Licence
8 43 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
9 42 (1.67%) Algorithms
10 37 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 35 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
12 33 (1.32%) Social Media
13 32 (1.28%) Data Structures
14 24 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
15 22 (0.88%) Security Posture
16 19 (0.76%) Data Centre
17 17 (0.68%) PMI
18 16 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
19 15 (0.60%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 157 (6.26%) Windows
2 86 (3.43%) Linux
3 68 (2.71%) Windows 10
4 27 (1.08%) Unix
5 26 (1.04%) Windows Server
6 23 (0.92%) Android
7 14 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.32%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.12%) Debian
11 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.080%) CentOS
12 2 (0.080%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.040%) AIX
13 1 (0.040%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,151 (45.89%) AI
2 875 (34.89%) Conversational UI
3 454 (18.10%) Computer Science
4 385 (15.35%) Customer Service
5 384 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
6 344 (13.72%) Chemistry
7 340 (13.56%) Agile
8 305 (12.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 289 (11.52%) ITIL
10 235 (9.37%) Analytics
11 199 (7.93%) Cybersecurity
12 179 (7.14%) Mentoring
13 173 (6.90%) DevOps
14 170 (6.78%) Mathematics
15 166 (6.62%) Decision-Making
16 152 (6.06%) CI/CD
17 150 (5.98%) Project Management
18 146 (5.82%) CRM
19 145 (5.78%) Software Engineering
20 140 (5.58%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 271 (10.81%) Python
2 232 (9.25%) SQL
3 155 (6.18%) Java
4 154 (6.14%) C#
5 124 (4.94%) JavaScript
6 75 (2.99%) TypeScript
7 72 (2.87%) C++
8 45 (1.79%) Go
9 43 (1.71%) PowerShell
10 35 (1.40%) Bash
11 28 (1.12%) C
12 27 (1.08%) PHP
13 20 (0.80%) PL/SQL
14 19 (0.76%) Apex Code
14 19 (0.76%) Rust
15 18 (0.72%) R
16 15 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (0.48%) Kotlin
17 12 (0.48%) T-SQL
18 11 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 629 (25.08%) Master's Degree
2 533 (21.25%) PhD
3 319 (12.72%) Security Cleared
4 300 (11.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 288 (11.48%) SC Cleared
6 207 (8.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 177 (7.06%) AWS Certification
8 136 (5.42%) MCSE
9 60 (2.39%) CTC Cleared
10 53 (2.11%) CISSP
11 50 (1.99%) PMP
12 48 (1.91%) Azure Certification
13 46 (1.83%) ACCA
14 45 (1.79%) CIMA
15 42 (1.67%) PMI Certification
16 41 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
17 38 (1.52%) DBS Check
18 36 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
19 34 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
20 33 (1.32%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (6.78%) QA
2 82 (3.27%) SLA
3 76 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 66 (2.63%) GDPR
5 65 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 49 (1.95%) NIST
7 46 (1.83%) Data Quality
8 29 (1.16%) WCAG
9 21 (0.84%) GRC
10 16 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.56%) ISO 9001
12 13 (0.52%) PMO
13 11 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.36%) IFRS
14 9 (0.36%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.36%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.20%) ARP4761
17 4 (0.16%) COBIT
17 4 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 71 (2.83%) Active Directory
1 71 (2.83%) Docker
2 10 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.32%) Firmware
4 7 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.080%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.080%) vSphere
8 1 (0.040%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.040%) iptables
8 1 (0.040%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.040%) Xen
Systems Management
1 68 (2.71%) Kubernetes
2 40 (1.59%) Terraform
3 35 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 31 (1.24%) Ansible
5 22 (0.88%) Grafana
6 21 (0.84%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.44%) Autotask
8 8 (0.32%) SCCM
9 7 (0.28%) Nmap
10 5 (0.20%) FTK
11 3 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.080%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.080%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.040%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.040%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.040%) CASB
13 1 (0.040%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.040%) Kibana
13 1 (0.040%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.040%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 861 (34.33%) PayPal
2 460 (18.34%) Microsoft
3 143 (5.70%) ServiceNow
4 107 (4.27%) Cisco
5 80 (3.19%) Salesforce
6 59 (2.35%) Google
7 56 (2.23%) Adobe
8 48 (1.91%) Oracle
9 31 (1.24%) SAP
10 22 (0.88%) Databricks
11 19 (0.76%) MuleSoft
12 18 (0.72%) Red Hat
13 17 (0.68%) IBM
14 16 (0.64%) HubSpot
15 15 (0.60%) Sage
16 14 (0.56%) Zoho
17 12 (0.48%) Citrix
18 11 (0.44%) VMware
19 9 (0.36%) NEC
19 9 (0.36%) Palantir