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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 12 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,494 2,224 3,759
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.01% 15.37% 13.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.43% 51.87% 49.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,067 1,249 2,662
10th Percentile £25,240 £26,500 £31,025
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -7.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £73,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £59,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.13% +8.64% -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 4,849 4,288 7,665
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.19% 29.64% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,621 2,384 5,576
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £73,750 £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 4 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 63 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.64%) Confluence
6 11 (0.44%) SAS
7 10 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 10 (0.40%) WebSphere
7 10 (0.40%) WebSphere Application Server
7 10 (0.40%) WordPress
8 9 (0.36%) CMS
9 6 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.24%) Ethereum
9 6 (0.24%) IIS
10 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.20%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.16%) Apache
11 4 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.080%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.040%) Kinematics
Applications
1 848 (34.00%) Chatbot
2 260 (10.43%) Microsoft Office
3 125 (5.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 39 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (1.24%) Adobe XD
6 17 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 13 (0.52%) MS Visio
8 12 (0.48%) InDesign
9 8 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
9 8 (0.32%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.16%) Simulink
11 4 (0.16%) Sketch
11 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.080%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.080%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.080%) Pro Tools
12 2 (0.080%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.84%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.28%) 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 (0.080%) 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%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.040%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.040%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.040%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 369 (14.80%) AWS
2 360 (14.43%) Azure
3 297 (11.91%) Microsoft 365
4 138 (5.53%) Power Platform
5 112 (4.49%) GCP
6 111 (4.45%) SaaS
7 80 (3.21%) Entra ID
8 56 (2.25%) Serverless
9 52 (2.09%) GitHub
10 44 (1.76%) Figma
11 41 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
12 40 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (1.20%) PowerApps
14 27 (1.08%) Power Automate
15 22 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
17 20 (0.80%) PaaS
18 19 (0.76%) Miro
18 19 (0.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 19 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (1.72%) Firewall
2 23 (0.92%) VPN
3 21 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 20 (0.80%) DNS
4 20 (0.80%) SSL
5 19 (0.76%) WAN
5 19 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (0.68%) DHCP
6 17 (0.68%) Unified Communications
7 13 (0.52%) SD-WAN
8 12 (0.48%) Network Security
8 12 (0.48%) VLAN
9 9 (0.36%) Internet
9 9 (0.36%) LAN
10 8 (0.32%) VoIP
10 8 (0.32%) Wireless
11 7 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.20%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.20%) MPLS
12 5 (0.20%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (4.65%) Power BI
2 95 (3.81%) SQL Server
3 47 (1.88%) Tableau
4 45 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (1.40%) MySQL
6 28 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (1.00%) NoSQL
8 24 (0.96%) BigQuery
9 17 (0.68%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (0.64%) Metadata
10 16 (0.64%) MongoDB
11 14 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (0.56%) OLTP
12 13 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.52%) DB2
13 12 (0.48%) Delta Lake
13 12 (0.48%) Redis
14 11 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 67 (2.69%) Git
2 57 (2.29%) JIRA
3 38 (1.52%) Selenium
4 31 (1.24%) WebDriver
5 26 (1.04%) Balsamiq
5 26 (1.04%) Postman
6 24 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
7 23 (0.92%) Axure RP
7 23 (0.92%) SoapUI
8 16 (0.64%) GitLab
8 16 (0.64%) Jenkins
9 11 (0.44%) MLflow
10 7 (0.28%) Burp Suite
10 7 (0.28%) Metasploit
11 6 (0.24%) Babel
11 6 (0.24%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.24%) SpecFlow
11 6 (0.24%) webpack
12 4 (0.16%) ER Studio
12 4 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 824 (33.04%) Social Skills
2 626 (25.10%) Analytical Skills
3 373 (14.96%) Finance
4 299 (11.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 193 (7.74%) Public Sector
6 154 (6.17%) Law
7 146 (5.85%) Marketing
8 127 (5.09%) Retail
9 125 (5.01%) French Language
10 91 (3.65%) Swedish Language
11 75 (3.01%) Banking
12 70 (2.81%) Back Office
13 67 (2.69%) Legal
14 52 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
15 51 (2.04%) Telecoms
16 43 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
17 38 (1.52%) Manufacturing
18 37 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
19 29 (1.16%) Electronics
20 27 (1.08%) Billing
Job Titles
1 850 (34.08%) Trainer
2 332 (13.31%) Analyst
3 259 (10.38%) Senior
4 182 (7.30%) Developer
5 124 (4.97%) Service Analyst
5 124 (4.97%) Service Desk Analyst
6 108 (4.33%) Support Engineer
7 102 (4.09%) Content Editor
8 76 (3.05%) Support Specialist
9 75 (3.01%) Research Scientist
10 73 (2.93%) Customer Support Specialist
11 67 (2.69%) Architect
11 67 (2.69%) Lead
12 62 (2.49%) Desktop Support
13 60 (2.41%) Business Analyst
13 60 (2.41%) Desktop Engineer
13 60 (2.41%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 56 (2.25%) Senior Developer
14 56 (2.25%) Site Engineer
15 54 (2.17%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (4.77%) .NET
2 94 (3.77%) HTML
3 72 (2.89%) CSS
4 60 (2.41%) React
5 59 (2.37%) SOAP
6 48 (1.92%) RESTful
7 47 (1.88%) REST
8 30 (1.20%) Kafka
9 29 (1.16%) Node.js
10 26 (1.04%) .NET Framework
11 24 (0.96%) Entity Framework
12 23 (0.92%) Middleware
13 21 (0.84%) OAuth
13 21 (0.84%) TensorFlow
14 20 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
14 20 (0.80%) PyTorch
14 20 (0.80%) Visualforce
15 18 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
15 18 (0.72%) XML
16 17 (0.68%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 107 (4.29%) Blog
2 96 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 92 (3.69%) Product Ownership
4 89 (3.57%) Molecular Biology
5 87 (3.49%) Management Information System
6 65 (2.61%) Cloud Native
7 60 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 53 (2.13%) Driving Licence
9 42 (1.68%) Algorithms
9 42 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
10 37 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 35 (1.40%) Social Media
12 34 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
13 32 (1.28%) Data Structures
14 22 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
14 22 (0.88%) Security Posture
15 20 (0.80%) Data Centre
16 17 (0.68%) PMI
17 16 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
18 15 (0.60%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 158 (6.34%) Windows
2 84 (3.37%) Linux
3 69 (2.77%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.00%) Windows Server
5 24 (0.96%) Android
5 24 (0.96%) Unix
6 13 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.36%) 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 1,123 (45.03%) AI
2 857 (34.36%) Conversational UI
3 455 (18.24%) Computer Science
4 392 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
5 391 (15.68%) Customer Service
6 340 (13.63%) Agile
7 326 (13.07%) Chemistry
8 308 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 293 (11.75%) ITIL
10 237 (9.50%) Analytics
11 197 (7.90%) Cybersecurity
12 181 (7.26%) Mentoring
13 173 (6.94%) DevOps
14 169 (6.78%) Mathematics
15 163 (6.54%) Decision-Making
16 155 (6.21%) CI/CD
17 153 (6.13%) Project Management
18 147 (5.89%) Software Engineering
19 141 (5.65%) Business Intelligence
20 140 (5.61%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 271 (10.87%) Python
2 234 (9.38%) SQL
3 153 (6.13%) C#
4 152 (6.09%) Java
5 126 (5.05%) JavaScript
6 74 (2.97%) TypeScript
7 67 (2.69%) C++
8 44 (1.76%) Go
9 42 (1.68%) PowerShell
10 35 (1.40%) Bash
11 26 (1.04%) C
11 26 (1.04%) PHP
12 21 (0.84%) PL/SQL
13 20 (0.80%) Apex Code
14 19 (0.76%) Rust
15 18 (0.72%) R
16 15 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (0.48%) Scala
17 12 (0.48%) T-SQL
18 11 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 608 (24.38%) Master's Degree
2 514 (20.61%) PhD
3 322 (12.91%) Security Cleared
4 300 (12.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 291 (11.67%) SC Cleared
6 208 (8.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 174 (6.98%) AWS Certification
8 135 (5.41%) MCSE
9 60 (2.41%) CTC Cleared
10 53 (2.13%) CISSP
11 49 (1.96%) PMP
12 48 (1.92%) ACCA
13 47 (1.88%) Azure Certification
14 46 (1.84%) CIMA
15 42 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
16 41 (1.64%) PMI Certification
17 37 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
17 37 (1.48%) DBS Check
18 33 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 32 (1.28%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (6.86%) QA
2 84 (3.37%) SLA
3 79 (3.17%) Accessibility
4 66 (2.65%) GDPR
5 63 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (1.92%) Data Quality
6 48 (1.92%) NIST
7 30 (1.20%) WCAG
8 21 (0.84%) GRC
9 15 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 13 (0.52%) PMO
12 12 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.40%) 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%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.12%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 71 (2.85%) Active Directory
1 71 (2.85%) Docker
2 10 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.28%) Firmware
3 7 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.080%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.040%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.040%) iptables
6 1 (0.040%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.040%) vSphere
6 1 (0.040%) Xen
Systems Management
1 68 (2.73%) Kubernetes
2 42 (1.68%) Terraform
3 36 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 32 (1.28%) Ansible
5 23 (0.92%) Grafana
6 22 (0.88%) 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
11 3 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.080%) Jamf Pro
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
1 843 (33.80%) PayPal
2 454 (18.20%) Microsoft
3 143 (5.73%) ServiceNow
4 109 (4.37%) Cisco
5 81 (3.25%) Salesforce
6 59 (2.37%) Adobe
6 59 (2.37%) Google
7 48 (1.92%) Oracle
8 29 (1.16%) SAP
9 24 (0.96%) Databricks
10 20 (0.80%) MuleSoft
11 18 (0.72%) HubSpot
12 17 (0.68%) Red Hat
13 16 (0.64%) IBM
14 15 (0.60%) Sage
15 14 (0.56%) Zoho
16 12 (0.48%) Citrix
17 11 (0.44%) VMware
18 9 (0.36%) Palantir
19 8 (0.32%) Veeam