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 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,460 2,133 3,931
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 14.79% 15.29% 13.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.44% 52.28% 48.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 1,301 2,782
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,025
25th Percentile £38,875 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -5.11%
75th Percentile £75,625 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -9.48% +10.37% -8.61%

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 4,782 4,080 8,031
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.76% 29.25% 26.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,587 2,444 5,843
10th Percentile £31,200 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £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 £72,761 £73,024
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £88,700
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +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 11 March 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 61 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.61%) Confluence
6 11 (0.45%) SAS
7 9 (0.37%) CMS
7 9 (0.37%) WordPress
8 8 (0.33%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.33%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
9 6 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.24%) IIS
10 5 (0.20%) Apache
10 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.20%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.20%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.081%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.041%) Kinematics
Applications
1 849 (34.51%) Chatbot
2 239 (9.72%) Microsoft Office
3 123 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 36 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 32 (1.30%) Adobe XD
6 15 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
8 13 (0.53%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.41%) InDesign
10 7 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.28%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
11 6 (0.24%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.16%) Sketch
12 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
13 3 (0.12%) EPLAN
13 3 (0.12%) Simulink
14 2 (0.081%) Avid Media Composer
14 2 (0.081%) Pro Tools
14 2 (0.081%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.85%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.16%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.12%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.081%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.081%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.081%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.081%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.081%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.041%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.041%) Endur
8 1 (0.041%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.041%) Primavera
8 1 (0.041%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.041%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.041%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 358 (14.55%) AWS
2 357 (14.51%) Azure
3 275 (11.18%) Microsoft 365
4 138 (5.61%) Power Platform
5 116 (4.72%) GCP
6 111 (4.51%) SaaS
7 76 (3.09%) Entra ID
8 54 (2.20%) Serverless
9 52 (2.11%) GitHub
10 45 (1.83%) Figma
11 41 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
11 41 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
12 30 (1.22%) PowerApps
13 27 (1.10%) Power Automate
14 22 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
14 22 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (0.81%) PaaS
15 20 (0.81%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 20 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 19 (0.77%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 39 (1.59%) Firewall
2 19 (0.77%) DNS
2 19 (0.77%) VPN
3 18 (0.73%) WAN
4 17 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (0.65%) DHCP
5 16 (0.65%) SSL
5 16 (0.65%) Unified Communications
6 15 (0.61%) TCP/IP
7 12 (0.49%) Network Security
7 12 (0.49%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.41%) Internet
8 10 (0.41%) VLAN
9 8 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (0.33%) LAN
9 8 (0.33%) VoIP
9 8 (0.33%) Wireless
10 5 (0.20%) Broadband
10 5 (0.20%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.20%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (4.72%) Power BI
2 96 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 47 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
4 44 (1.79%) Tableau
5 38 (1.54%) MySQL
6 28 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (1.02%) NoSQL
8 24 (0.98%) BigQuery
9 19 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 17 (0.69%) Metadata
10 17 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (0.65%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.61%) OLTP
13 14 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
14 13 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
15 12 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.49%) DB2
15 12 (0.49%) Delta Lake
15 12 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 71 (2.89%) Git
2 55 (2.24%) JIRA
3 36 (1.46%) Selenium
4 29 (1.18%) WebDriver
5 27 (1.10%) Balsamiq
6 25 (1.02%) Postman
7 24 (0.98%) Axure RP
8 23 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
9 22 (0.89%) SoapUI
10 16 (0.65%) Jenkins
11 15 (0.61%) GitLab
12 11 (0.45%) MLflow
13 7 (0.28%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.28%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.24%) Babel
14 6 (0.24%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.24%) webpack
15 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
16 4 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
16 4 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 795 (32.32%) Social Skills
2 621 (25.24%) Analytical Skills
3 380 (15.45%) Finance
4 293 (11.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 197 (8.01%) Public Sector
6 160 (6.50%) Law
7 142 (5.77%) Marketing
8 127 (5.16%) Retail
9 109 (4.43%) French Language
10 73 (2.97%) Banking
10 73 (2.97%) Swedish Language
11 69 (2.80%) Back Office
11 69 (2.80%) Legal
12 49 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
12 49 (1.99%) Telecoms
13 43 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
14 39 (1.59%) Manufacturing
15 37 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
16 29 (1.18%) Electronics
17 27 (1.10%) Billing
Job Titles
1 850 (34.55%) Trainer
2 315 (12.80%) Analyst
3 261 (10.61%) Senior
4 185 (7.52%) Developer
5 108 (4.39%) Service Analyst
5 108 (4.39%) Service Desk Analyst
6 105 (4.27%) Support Engineer
7 102 (4.15%) Content Editor
8 76 (3.09%) Support Specialist
9 75 (3.05%) Research Scientist
10 73 (2.97%) Customer Support Specialist
11 67 (2.72%) Lead
12 65 (2.64%) Architect
13 62 (2.52%) Business Analyst
13 62 (2.52%) Desktop Support
14 60 (2.44%) Desktop Engineer
14 60 (2.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 58 (2.36%) Software Engineer
16 57 (2.32%) Senior Developer
17 56 (2.28%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (4.84%) .NET
2 94 (3.82%) HTML
3 75 (3.05%) CSS
4 62 (2.52%) React
5 60 (2.44%) SOAP
6 50 (2.03%) REST
6 50 (2.03%) RESTful
7 30 (1.22%) Node.js
8 29 (1.18%) Kafka
9 26 (1.06%) .NET Framework
10 24 (0.98%) Entity Framework
10 24 (0.98%) Middleware
11 22 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
11 22 (0.89%) Visualforce
12 21 (0.85%) OAuth
12 21 (0.85%) TensorFlow
13 20 (0.81%) jQuery
13 20 (0.81%) PyTorch
14 19 (0.77%) XML
15 18 (0.73%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 108 (4.39%) Blog
2 97 (3.94%) Product Ownership
2 97 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
3 89 (3.62%) Molecular Biology
4 88 (3.58%) Management Information System
5 69 (2.80%) Cloud Native
6 59 (2.40%) Onboarding
7 53 (2.15%) Driving Licence
8 42 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
9 37 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 35 (1.42%) Algorithms
11 33 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
12 32 (1.30%) Social Media
13 30 (1.22%) Data Structures
14 22 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
14 22 (0.89%) Security Posture
15 19 (0.77%) Data Centre
16 17 (0.69%) PMI
16 17 (0.69%) Web Conferencing
17 15 (0.61%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 153 (6.22%) Windows
2 85 (3.46%) Linux
3 69 (2.80%) Windows 10
4 24 (0.98%) Android
5 23 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.89%) Unix
7 11 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 8 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.28%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.12%) Debian
12 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
13 2 (0.081%) CentOS
13 2 (0.081%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.041%) AIX
14 1 (0.041%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.041%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,109 (45.08%) AI
2 858 (34.88%) Conversational UI
3 448 (18.21%) Computer Science
4 386 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
5 369 (15.00%) Customer Service
6 348 (14.15%) Agile
7 327 (13.29%) Chemistry
8 309 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 270 (10.98%) ITIL
10 234 (9.51%) Analytics
11 186 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
11 186 (7.56%) Mentoring
12 178 (7.24%) DevOps
13 167 (6.79%) Mathematics
14 164 (6.67%) CI/CD
15 161 (6.54%) Decision-Making
16 154 (6.26%) Project Management
17 152 (6.18%) Software Engineering
18 139 (5.65%) Business Intelligence
19 127 (5.16%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 267 (10.85%) Python
2 239 (9.72%) SQL
3 154 (6.26%) C#
4 149 (6.06%) Java
5 124 (5.04%) JavaScript
6 73 (2.97%) TypeScript
7 70 (2.85%) C++
8 45 (1.83%) Go
9 42 (1.71%) PowerShell
10 35 (1.42%) Bash
11 29 (1.18%) PHP
12 23 (0.93%) C
13 22 (0.89%) Apex Code
13 22 (0.89%) PL/SQL
14 20 (0.81%) Rust
15 17 (0.69%) R
16 15 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 13 (0.53%) T-SQL
18 12 (0.49%) Scala
19 11 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 608 (24.72%) Master's Degree
2 517 (21.02%) PhD
3 318 (12.93%) Security Cleared
4 299 (12.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 286 (11.63%) SC Cleared
6 188 (7.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 152 (6.18%) AWS Certification
8 118 (4.80%) MCSE
9 60 (2.44%) CTC Cleared
10 50 (2.03%) ACCA
11 49 (1.99%) PMP
12 48 (1.95%) CIMA
12 48 (1.95%) CISSP
13 43 (1.75%) Azure Certification
14 41 (1.67%) PMI Certification
15 35 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
15 35 (1.42%) DBS Check
16 33 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
17 30 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 29 (1.18%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (6.22%) QA
2 82 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 81 (3.29%) SLA
4 65 (2.64%) GDPR
5 56 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 49 (1.99%) Data Quality
7 44 (1.79%) NIST
8 31 (1.26%) WCAG
9 21 (0.85%) GRC
10 15 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.57%) PMO
12 12 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.49%) ISO 9001
13 11 (0.45%) IFRS
14 9 (0.37%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.33%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 4 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.12%) GAAP
18 3 (0.12%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 72 (2.93%) Docker
2 66 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.20%) Firmware
6 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.081%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.081%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.041%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.041%) iptables
8 1 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.041%) Xen
Systems Management
1 71 (2.89%) Kubernetes
2 48 (1.95%) Terraform
3 33 (1.34%) Ansible
4 31 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (0.93%) Grafana
6 22 (0.89%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.37%) Autotask
8 8 (0.33%) SCCM
9 7 (0.28%) Nmap
10 5 (0.20%) FTK
11 3 (0.12%) Argo
11 3 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.041%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.041%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.041%) CASB
12 1 (0.041%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.041%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.041%) Kibana
12 1 (0.041%) Packer
12 1 (0.041%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 843 (34.27%) PayPal
2 416 (16.91%) Microsoft
3 130 (5.28%) ServiceNow
4 107 (4.35%) Cisco
5 80 (3.25%) Salesforce
6 58 (2.36%) Adobe
7 56 (2.28%) Google
8 48 (1.95%) Oracle
9 32 (1.30%) SAP
10 25 (1.02%) Databricks
11 21 (0.85%) MuleSoft
12 17 (0.69%) HubSpot
13 16 (0.65%) Red Hat
14 15 (0.61%) Sage
15 14 (0.57%) IBM
15 14 (0.57%) Zoho
16 12 (0.49%) Citrix
16 12 (0.49%) VMware
17 9 (0.37%) Palantir
18 8 (0.33%) Workday