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 18 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,797 2,255 2,922
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.27% 13.72% 12.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.91% 48.15% 47.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,070 1,172 1,992
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,280 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,033 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% +2.56% +1.74%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £91,866
UK median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -9.48% - +2.65%

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 5,003 4,683 6,146
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.67% 28.49% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,507 2,397 4,457
10th Percentile £30,500 £33,750 £32,863
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.84% -2.50%
75th Percentile £78,312 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,509 £56,000
% change year-on-year -7.58% +6.27% -2.61%

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 18 January 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 56 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.72%) Confluence
4 16 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.57%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.57%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
5 15 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 8 (0.29%) IIS
6 8 (0.29%) SAS
7 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
8 5 (0.18%) CMS
8 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 5 (0.18%) WordPress
9 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.072%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.036%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,154 (41.26%) Chatbot
2 256 (9.15%) Microsoft Office
3 124 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 45 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 36 (1.29%) Adobe XD
6 19 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 17 (0.61%) InDesign
8 15 (0.54%) MS Visio
9 8 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
9 8 (0.29%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.21%) Sketch
11 5 (0.18%) Simulink
12 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.14%) Trello
13 2 (0.072%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.072%) OrCAD
13 2 (0.072%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.072%) Revit
14 1 (0.036%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 26 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.11%) Primavera
6 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.072%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.036%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.036%) Endur
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.036%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 373 (13.34%) Azure
2 346 (12.37%) AWS
3 271 (9.69%) Microsoft 365
4 129 (4.61%) Power Platform
5 96 (3.43%) GCP
6 94 (3.36%) SaaS
7 59 (2.11%) GitHub
8 57 (2.04%) Serverless
9 56 (2.00%) Entra ID
10 49 (1.75%) Figma
11 46 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
12 40 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (1.07%) PowerApps
14 28 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
15 26 (0.93%) Power Automate
16 25 (0.89%) PaaS
17 22 (0.79%) Miro
18 20 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
19 18 (0.64%) Azure Data Factory
20 14 (0.50%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.29%) VPN
2 32 (1.14%) Firewall
3 28 (1.00%) WAN
4 26 (0.93%) SSL
5 23 (0.82%) LAN
6 20 (0.72%) Unified Communications
7 19 (0.68%) TCP/IP
7 19 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (0.54%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.50%) DNS
10 12 (0.43%) VLAN
11 11 (0.39%) DHCP
11 11 (0.39%) Network Security
11 11 (0.39%) VoIP
12 6 (0.21%) Internet
12 6 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.18%) Ethernet
13 5 (0.18%) Wireless
14 4 (0.14%) 5G
14 4 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 104 (3.72%) Power BI
3 50 (1.79%) Tableau
4 49 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (1.36%) MySQL
6 28 (1.00%) NoSQL
7 23 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (0.72%) BigQuery
9 18 (0.64%) GIS
10 17 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (0.57%) DB2
12 15 (0.54%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.54%) Relational Database
13 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.46%) Metadata
14 12 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (0.39%) OLTP
16 10 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 66 (2.36%) JIRA
2 52 (1.86%) Git
3 49 (1.75%) Selenium
4 40 (1.43%) WebDriver
5 33 (1.18%) Postman
6 30 (1.07%) SoapUI
6 30 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
7 29 (1.04%) Balsamiq
8 26 (0.93%) Axure RP
9 14 (0.50%) Jenkins
10 12 (0.43%) GitLab
11 10 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.29%) MLflow
13 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.21%) ER Studio
14 6 (0.21%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.18%) JMeter
16 4 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
16 4 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 804 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 677 (24.20%) Analytical Skills
3 401 (14.34%) Finance
4 314 (11.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 183 (6.54%) Public Sector
6 156 (5.58%) Marketing
7 136 (4.86%) Law
8 124 (4.43%) Retail
9 119 (4.25%) French Language
10 95 (3.40%) Swedish Language
11 63 (2.25%) Banking
12 62 (2.22%) Legal
13 60 (2.15%) Telecoms
14 57 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
15 50 (1.79%) Back Office
16 48 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
17 41 (1.47%) Manufacturing
18 32 (1.14%) Billing
18 32 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
19 28 (1.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,150 (41.12%) Trainer
2 302 (10.80%) Analyst
3 234 (8.37%) Senior
4 177 (6.33%) Developer
5 155 (5.54%) Content Editor
6 117 (4.18%) Service Analyst
6 117 (4.18%) Service Desk Analyst
7 99 (3.54%) Support Specialist
8 97 (3.47%) Customer Support Specialist
9 94 (3.36%) Support Engineer
10 80 (2.86%) Lead
11 76 (2.72%) Research Scientist
12 72 (2.57%) Architect
13 56 (2.00%) Business Analyst
14 49 (1.75%) Designer
15 47 (1.68%) Desktop Support
15 47 (1.68%) Software Engineer
16 46 (1.64%) Desktop Engineer
16 46 (1.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 46 (1.64%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (4.68%) .NET
2 94 (3.36%) HTML
3 79 (2.82%) CSS
4 58 (2.07%) React
5 54 (1.93%) SOAP
6 44 (1.57%) RESTful
7 37 (1.32%) REST
8 30 (1.07%) .NET Framework
9 28 (1.00%) ASP.NET
10 26 (0.93%) jQuery
10 26 (0.93%) Node.js
11 25 (0.89%) Entity Framework
12 23 (0.82%) Kafka
13 19 (0.68%) LDAP
14 17 (0.61%) gRPC
14 17 (0.61%) TensorFlow
15 16 (0.57%) LAPP Stack
15 16 (0.57%) OAuth
15 16 (0.57%) WebSockets
15 16 (0.57%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 99 (3.54%) Blog
2 97 (3.47%) Management Information System
2 97 (3.47%) Molecular Biology
3 96 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
4 67 (2.40%) Product Ownership
5 54 (1.93%) Driving Licence
5 54 (1.93%) Onboarding
6 45 (1.61%) Algorithms
7 44 (1.57%) Cloud Native
8 38 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 38 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
9 31 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
9 31 (1.11%) Social Media
10 30 (1.07%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.00%) Data Structures
12 24 (0.86%) Security Posture
13 22 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
15 20 (0.72%) e-Learning
16 18 (0.64%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 150 (5.36%) Windows
2 88 (3.15%) Linux
3 57 (2.04%) Windows 10
4 38 (1.36%) Unix
5 26 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.79%) Android
7 18 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (0.46%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.43%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.29%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.11%) Debian
13 2 (0.072%) CentOS
13 2 (0.072%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.072%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,446 (51.70%) AI
2 1,165 (41.65%) Conversational UI
3 454 (16.23%) Computer Science
4 400 (14.30%) Problem-Solving
5 393 (14.05%) Chemistry
5 393 (14.05%) Customer Service
6 350 (12.51%) Agile
7 284 (10.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 275 (9.83%) ITIL
9 223 (7.97%) Analytics
10 204 (7.29%) Content Writing
11 203 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
12 172 (6.15%) Decision-Making
13 168 (6.01%) Mathematics
14 166 (5.93%) Mentoring
14 166 (5.93%) Project Management
15 162 (5.79%) DevOps
16 141 (5.04%) Software Engineering
17 137 (4.90%) ITSM
18 132 (4.72%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 250 (8.94%) Python
2 228 (8.15%) SQL
3 167 (5.97%) C#
4 156 (5.58%) Java
5 114 (4.08%) JavaScript
6 76 (2.72%) C++
7 71 (2.54%) TypeScript
8 41 (1.47%) PowerShell
9 37 (1.32%) Go
10 34 (1.22%) PHP
11 31 (1.11%) Bash
11 31 (1.11%) C
12 17 (0.61%) PL/SQL
13 15 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 14 (0.50%) R
15 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
16 11 (0.39%) MATLAB
17 10 (0.36%) Scala
17 10 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 701 (25.06%) Master's Degree
2 598 (21.38%) PhD
3 303 (10.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 300 (10.73%) Security Cleared
5 266 (9.51%) SC Cleared
6 200 (7.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 180 (6.44%) AWS Certification
8 131 (4.68%) MCSE
9 56 (2.00%) PMP
10 52 (1.86%) Azure Certification
11 51 (1.82%) DBS Check
12 48 (1.72%) CISSP
12 48 (1.72%) PMI Certification
13 44 (1.57%) CTC Cleared
14 41 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
15 40 (1.43%) ACCA
16 39 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
16 39 (1.39%) CIMA
17 38 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 37 (1.32%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (6.33%) QA
2 88 (3.15%) Accessibility
3 67 (2.40%) SLA
4 65 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 64 (2.29%) GDPR
6 43 (1.54%) NIST
7 38 (1.36%) Data Quality
8 36 (1.29%) WCAG
9 23 (0.82%) GRC
9 23 (0.82%) PMO
10 22 (0.79%) ISO 9001
11 10 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.29%) IFRS
12 8 (0.29%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.21%) COBIT
15 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
15 5 (0.18%) ITGC
16 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 73 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 54 (1.93%) Docker
3 11 (0.39%) Firmware
3 11 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.11%) vSphere
7 2 (0.072%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.036%) iptables
8 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 61 (2.18%) Kubernetes
2 38 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 32 (1.14%) Terraform
4 27 (0.97%) Ansible
5 18 (0.64%) Grafana
6 17 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (0.25%) Autotask
8 7 (0.25%) Nmap
9 6 (0.21%) SCCM
10 3 (0.11%) Argo
10 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.072%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.072%) Puppet
11 2 (0.072%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.036%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.036%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.036%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.036%) Ganglia
12 1 (0.036%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,149 (41.08%) PayPal
2 475 (16.98%) Microsoft
3 138 (4.93%) ServiceNow
4 91 (3.25%) Cisco
5 74 (2.65%) Adobe
6 63 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 53 (1.89%) Google
8 39 (1.39%) Oracle
9 35 (1.25%) SAP
10 22 (0.79%) Red Hat
11 21 (0.75%) IBM
12 20 (0.72%) Databricks
13 18 (0.64%) Apple
13 18 (0.64%) Palo Alto
14 16 (0.57%) Sage
15 14 (0.50%) Zoho
16 12 (0.43%) MuleSoft
16 12 (0.43%) VMware
17 11 (0.39%) NEC
17 11 (0.39%) Progress