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 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,688 3,381 3,199
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.53% 20.49% 12.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.25% 60.52% 47.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,092 1,185 1,851
10th Percentile £28,525 £25,313 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,298 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £53,750 £53,555
% change year-on-year -2.33% +0.36% -10.74%

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 4,656 5,587 6,693
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.76% 33.86% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,075 2,476 3,921
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,747 £40,976 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 5 August 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 84 (4.98%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.07%) Confluence
4 13 (0.77%) IIS
5 12 (0.71%) WordPress
6 11 (0.65%) Apache
6 11 (0.65%) CMS
7 10 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.59%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.53%) SAS
9 4 (0.24%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.24%) PowerFactory
10 3 (0.18%) Artix
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.059%) Drupal
12 1 (0.059%) Resin
12 1 (0.059%) Umbraco
Applications
1 236 (13.98%) Microsoft Office
2 104 (6.16%) Microsoft Project
3 102 (6.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.95%) Simulink
6 14 (0.83%) AutoCAD
7 12 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 10 (0.59%) CorelDRAW
9 9 (0.53%) MS Visio
10 8 (0.47%) Adobe XD
10 8 (0.47%) Revit
10 8 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
11 5 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
11 5 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.30%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.30%) Photoshop
12 4 (0.24%) FrameMaker
12 4 (0.24%) Trello
12 4 (0.24%) Windchill
13 3 (0.18%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 12 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.36%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.24%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.12%) Primavera
6 2 (0.12%) Shopify
6 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.059%) HFM
7 1 (0.059%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.059%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.059%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.059%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.059%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 349 (20.68%) Azure
2 304 (18.01%) AWS
3 200 (11.85%) Microsoft 365
4 112 (6.64%) Power Platform
5 111 (6.58%) GCP
6 96 (5.69%) SaaS
7 68 (4.03%) Entra ID
8 35 (2.07%) GitHub
8 35 (2.07%) Google Analytics
9 33 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
10 32 (1.90%) PowerApps
11 29 (1.72%) Power Automate
12 19 (1.13%) Figma
12 19 (1.13%) Snowflake
13 17 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
14 15 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (0.77%) PaaS
15 13 (0.77%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.79%) Firewall
2 41 (2.43%) Network Security
3 36 (2.13%) TCP/IP
4 34 (2.01%) VPN
5 27 (1.60%) DNS
6 23 (1.36%) DHCP
7 20 (1.18%) LAN
7 20 (1.18%) WAN
8 17 (1.01%) Wireless
9 15 (0.89%) Unified Communications
10 14 (0.83%) Internet
11 13 (0.77%) Broadband
12 10 (0.59%) HTTP
13 9 (0.53%) MPLS
14 8 (0.47%) LTE
15 7 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (0.41%) Kerberos
15 7 (0.41%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.41%) VLAN
15 7 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (6.99%) SQL Server
2 98 (5.81%) Power BI
3 44 (2.61%) MySQL
4 39 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
5 32 (1.90%) Relational Database
6 30 (1.78%) Metadata
7 24 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (1.07%) Redis
9 16 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.89%) Tableau
11 12 (0.71%) MongoDB
11 12 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.65%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.65%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.65%) OLTP
13 10 (0.59%) Big Data
13 10 (0.59%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.36%) Delta Lake
15 5 (0.30%) GIS
15 5 (0.30%) Looker
Development Applications
1 81 (4.80%) Git
2 64 (3.79%) JIRA
3 13 (0.77%) LabVIEW
3 13 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
4 12 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.65%) GitLab
5 11 (0.65%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.53%) Balsamiq
7 8 (0.47%) Axure RP
7 8 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.41%) Selenium
9 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.30%) Postman
11 4 (0.24%) JUnit
11 4 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
11 4 (0.24%) Snyk
11 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.24%) Subversion
12 3 (0.18%) NUnit
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
General
1 768 (45.50%) Social Skills
2 390 (23.10%) Finance
3 334 (19.79%) Analytical Skills
4 312 (18.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 214 (12.68%) Public Sector
6 200 (11.85%) Law
7 106 (6.28%) Marketing
7 106 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
8 96 (5.69%) Electronics
9 74 (4.38%) Legal
9 74 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
10 66 (3.91%) Manufacturing
11 62 (3.67%) Aerospace
12 58 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
13 56 (3.32%) Retail
14 51 (3.02%) Banking
15 48 (2.84%) Swedish Language
16 44 (2.61%) French Language
16 44 (2.61%) Telecoms
17 25 (1.48%) Games
Job Titles
1 335 (19.85%) Senior
2 293 (17.36%) Analyst
3 201 (11.91%) Developer
4 112 (6.64%) Architect
5 106 (6.28%) Graduate
5 106 (6.28%) Lead
6 104 (6.16%) Senior Manager
7 99 (5.86%) Project Manager
8 86 (5.09%) Service Analyst
9 80 (4.74%) Service Desk Analyst
9 80 (4.74%) Software Developer
10 76 (4.50%) Software Engineer
11 73 (4.32%) Consultant
12 72 (4.27%) Senior Project Manager
13 71 (4.21%) Business Analyst
14 61 (3.61%) Graduate Developer
15 59 (3.50%) Systems Engineer
16 58 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
17 54 (3.20%) IT Support
18 53 (3.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (4.50%) CSS
2 73 (4.32%) .NET
3 65 (3.85%) HTML
4 63 (3.73%) React
5 43 (2.55%) jQuery
6 40 (2.37%) Node.js
7 36 (2.13%) RESTful
7 36 (2.13%) Vue
8 33 (1.95%) REST
9 31 (1.84%) XML
10 23 (1.36%) SOAP
11 22 (1.30%) .NET Core
12 21 (1.24%) AngularJS
12 21 (1.24%) ASP.NET
13 16 (0.95%) PyTorch
14 15 (0.89%) JSON
14 15 (0.89%) LDAP
15 14 (0.83%) .NET Framework
15 14 (0.83%) Middleware
15 14 (0.83%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 113 (6.69%) Management Information System
2 102 (6.04%) Product Ownership
3 95 (5.63%) Cloud Native
4 86 (5.09%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (3.14%) Onboarding
6 46 (2.73%) Algorithms
7 42 (2.49%) Driving Licence
8 33 (1.95%) Security Posture
9 29 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 29 (1.72%) Virtual Team
10 25 (1.48%) FPGA
11 24 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.42%) Data Structures
11 24 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
12 23 (1.36%) IoT
13 22 (1.30%) Cyberattack
14 21 (1.24%) Data Centre
15 19 (1.13%) Client/Server
16 18 (1.07%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 107 (6.34%) Windows
2 104 (6.16%) Linux
3 54 (3.20%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
4 11 (0.65%) Unix
5 9 (0.53%) Android
6 8 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.41%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.41%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.36%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.30%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.059%) AIX
11 1 (0.059%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (29.09%) Agile
2 462 (27.37%) Computer Science
3 409 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
4 277 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 258 (15.28%) Mentoring
6 232 (13.74%) AI
7 216 (12.80%) Project Management
8 214 (12.68%) ITIL
9 205 (12.14%) Project Delivery
10 187 (11.08%) Software Engineering
11 185 (10.96%) Decision-Making
12 184 (10.90%) Coaching
13 176 (10.43%) Customer Service
14 167 (9.89%) Technology Strategy
15 160 (9.48%) CI/CD
16 158 (9.36%) DevOps
17 157 (9.30%) Analytics
18 156 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
19 154 (9.12%) Cybersecurity
20 141 (8.35%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 250 (14.81%) SQL
2 239 (14.16%) Python
3 154 (9.12%) C#
4 115 (6.81%) JavaScript
5 99 (5.86%) Java
6 76 (4.50%) C++
7 63 (3.73%) TypeScript
8 60 (3.55%) PHP
9 57 (3.38%) PowerShell
10 36 (2.13%) C
11 26 (1.54%) MATLAB
12 24 (1.42%) Rust
13 23 (1.36%) Go
14 18 (1.07%) PL/SQL
15 17 (1.01%) R
16 16 (0.95%) Bash
17 13 (0.77%) Apex Code
17 13 (0.77%) Bicep
18 11 (0.65%) VBA
19 9 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 319 (18.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 304 (18.01%) Security Cleared
3 252 (14.93%) SC Cleared
4 123 (7.29%) Master's Degree
4 123 (7.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 95 (5.63%) AWS Certification
6 80 (4.74%) DV Cleared
7 78 (4.62%) MCSE
8 74 (4.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 64 (3.79%) CISSP
10 61 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 60 (3.55%) PhD
12 47 (2.78%) HNC
13 45 (2.67%) Azure Certification
14 43 (2.55%) CISM
14 43 (2.55%) DBS Check
15 38 (2.25%) HND
16 33 (1.95%) PMI Certification
17 32 (1.90%) PMP
18 29 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (8.00%) QA
2 100 (5.92%) Accessibility
3 70 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 69 (4.09%) NIST
5 60 (3.55%) Data Quality
6 41 (2.43%) GDPR
7 33 (1.95%) SLA
8 27 (1.60%) PMO
9 23 (1.36%) GRC
10 20 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.95%) NCSC
12 15 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
12 15 (0.89%) WCAG
13 13 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 12 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (0.71%) PCI DSS
15 9 (0.53%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.53%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.41%) SOC 2
17 5 (0.30%) IFRS
System Software
1 82 (4.86%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.32%) Docker
3 33 (1.95%) Firmware
4 24 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.53%) vSphere
7 6 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.059%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.059%) Xen
Systems Management
1 61 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.02%) Terraform
3 43 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (1.48%) Ansible
5 9 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.41%) Grafana
6 7 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Autotask
7 6 (0.36%) Packer
8 5 (0.30%) QRadar
9 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.18%) Argo
10 3 (0.18%) Plesk
10 3 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.12%) FTK
11 2 (0.12%) OpenView
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.12%) SCCM
11 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.059%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 419 (24.82%) Microsoft
2 105 (6.22%) ServiceNow
3 53 (3.14%) Google
4 45 (2.67%) Salesforce
5 42 (2.49%) Cisco
5 42 (2.49%) SAP
6 37 (2.19%) Oracle
7 26 (1.54%) Adobe
7 26 (1.54%) Databricks
8 25 (1.48%) VMware
9 18 (1.07%) HubSpot
10 16 (0.95%) EMC
11 14 (0.83%) Meraki
11 14 (0.83%) Splunk
12 13 (0.77%) Citrix
12 13 (0.77%) IBM
13 12 (0.71%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.65%) Siemens
15 10 (0.59%) Workday
15 10 (0.59%) Xilinx