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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,804 2,231 3,097
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.12% 13.61% 12.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.60% 47.87% 48.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,070 1,165 2,140
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £31,544
25th Percentile £39,293 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,408 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.99% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.48% +0.87% -

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 5,043 4,661 6,434
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.58% 28.43% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,540 2,390 4,689
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,404 £32,603
25th Percentile £44,196 £45,456 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,159 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +8.10% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% +8.05% -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 22 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 58 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.68%) Confluence
4 17 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.57%) Tomcat
5 16 (0.57%) WebSphere
5 16 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
6 9 (0.32%) SAS
7 8 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.29%) IIS
8 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
9 6 (0.21%) CMS
10 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.18%) WordPress
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.071%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.036%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,154 (41.16%) Chatbot
2 272 (9.70%) Microsoft Office
3 121 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 44 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 36 (1.28%) Adobe XD
6 18 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 16 (0.57%) InDesign
8 15 (0.53%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.25%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.21%) Sketch
11 5 (0.18%) Simulink
12 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
13 3 (0.11%) Trello
14 2 (0.071%) Avid Media Composer
14 2 (0.071%) OrCAD
14 2 (0.071%) Pro Tools
14 2 (0.071%) Revit
15 1 (0.036%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 26 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.25%) 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 (0.071%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.071%) 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
1 372 (13.27%) Azure
2 345 (12.30%) AWS
3 286 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
4 128 (4.56%) Power Platform
5 94 (3.35%) GCP
6 92 (3.28%) SaaS
7 72 (2.57%) Entra ID
8 60 (2.14%) GitHub
9 58 (2.07%) Serverless
10 48 (1.71%) Figma
11 47 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
12 39 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (1.07%) PowerApps
14 29 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
15 25 (0.89%) Power Automate
16 24 (0.86%) PaaS
17 22 (0.78%) Miro
18 20 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
19 19 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
20 15 (0.53%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.28%) VPN
2 33 (1.18%) Firewall
3 27 (0.96%) WAN
4 26 (0.93%) SSL
5 22 (0.78%) LAN
6 20 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (0.68%) TCP/IP
7 19 (0.68%) Unified Communications
8 15 (0.53%) 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
12 6 (0.21%) Wireless
13 5 (0.18%) Ethernet
14 4 (0.14%) BGP
14 4 (0.14%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (3.96%) SQL Server
2 104 (3.71%) Power BI
3 50 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
4 49 (1.75%) Tableau
5 38 (1.36%) MySQL
6 31 (1.11%) NoSQL
7 24 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (0.75%) 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
11 16 (0.57%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.53%) Relational Database
13 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (0.43%) Metadata
15 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (0.39%) OLTP
16 10 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 65 (2.32%) JIRA
2 52 (1.85%) 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 (1.03%) Balsamiq
8 26 (0.93%) Axure RP
9 12 (0.43%) GitLab
10 11 (0.39%) Jenkins
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%) Cucumber
16 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
General
1 816 (29.10%) Social Skills
2 671 (23.93%) Analytical Skills
3 400 (14.27%) Finance
4 310 (11.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 180 (6.42%) Public Sector
6 156 (5.56%) Marketing
7 133 (4.74%) Law
8 125 (4.46%) Retail
9 119 (4.24%) French Language
10 95 (3.39%) Swedish Language
11 65 (2.32%) Back Office
12 64 (2.28%) Banking
13 61 (2.18%) Legal
14 57 (2.03%) Telecoms
15 54 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
16 45 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
17 42 (1.50%) Manufacturing
18 34 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
19 32 (1.14%) Billing
20 27 (0.96%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,150 (41.01%) Trainer
2 302 (10.77%) Analyst
3 238 (8.49%) Senior
4 181 (6.46%) Developer
5 155 (5.53%) Content Editor
6 119 (4.24%) Service Analyst
6 119 (4.24%) Service Desk Analyst
7 108 (3.85%) Support Engineer
8 99 (3.53%) Support Specialist
9 97 (3.46%) Customer Support Specialist
10 82 (2.92%) Lead
11 76 (2.71%) Research Scientist
12 69 (2.46%) Architect
13 62 (2.21%) Desktop Support
14 61 (2.18%) Desktop Engineer
14 61 (2.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 56 (2.00%) Site Engineer
16 55 (1.96%) Business Analyst
17 50 (1.78%) Software Engineer
18 47 (1.68%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (4.78%) .NET
2 94 (3.35%) HTML
3 79 (2.82%) CSS
4 60 (2.14%) React
5 56 (2.00%) SOAP
6 46 (1.64%) RESTful
7 39 (1.39%) REST
8 31 (1.11%) .NET Framework
9 28 (1.00%) ASP.NET
10 26 (0.93%) Entity Framework
10 26 (0.93%) jQuery
11 24 (0.86%) Kafka
12 23 (0.82%) Node.js
13 19 (0.68%) LDAP
14 17 (0.61%) gRPC
14 17 (0.61%) TensorFlow
15 16 (0.57%) ASP.NET Web API
15 16 (0.57%) LAPP Stack
15 16 (0.57%) OAuth
15 16 (0.57%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 99 (3.53%) Blog
2 97 (3.46%) Molecular Biology
3 96 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
4 95 (3.39%) Management Information System
5 68 (2.43%) Product Ownership
6 57 (2.03%) Onboarding
7 55 (1.96%) Driving Licence
8 46 (1.64%) Cloud Native
9 44 (1.57%) Algorithms
10 40 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
11 37 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
12 31 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
13 30 (1.07%) Social Media
14 29 (1.03%) Data Centre
14 29 (1.03%) Data Structures
15 24 (0.86%) Security Posture
16 22 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
17 21 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
18 18 (0.64%) e-Learning
19 17 (0.61%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 164 (5.85%) Windows
2 87 (3.10%) Linux
3 74 (2.64%) Windows 10
4 38 (1.36%) Unix
5 25 (0.89%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.78%) Android
7 18 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 11 (0.39%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.29%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.11%) Debian
13 2 (0.071%) CentOS
13 2 (0.071%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.071%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,444 (51.50%) AI
2 1,165 (41.55%) Conversational UI
3 455 (16.23%) Computer Science
4 414 (14.76%) Customer Service
5 400 (14.27%) Problem-Solving
6 393 (14.02%) Chemistry
7 348 (12.41%) Agile
8 307 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 291 (10.38%) ITIL
10 238 (8.49%) Analytics
11 217 (7.74%) Cybersecurity
12 204 (7.28%) Content Writing
13 173 (6.17%) Decision-Making
14 168 (5.99%) Mentoring
15 167 (5.96%) Mathematics
16 165 (5.88%) DevOps
17 163 (5.81%) Project Management
18 145 (5.17%) Software Engineering
19 138 (4.92%) ITSM
20 135 (4.81%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 251 (8.95%) Python
2 231 (8.24%) SQL
3 169 (6.03%) C#
4 158 (5.63%) Java
5 115 (4.10%) JavaScript
6 78 (2.78%) C++
7 72 (2.57%) TypeScript
8 41 (1.46%) PowerShell
9 39 (1.39%) Go
10 34 (1.21%) PHP
11 32 (1.14%) Bash
12 31 (1.11%) C
13 17 (0.61%) PL/SQL
14 15 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.43%) R
15 12 (0.43%) Rust
15 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
16 11 (0.39%) Apex Code
16 11 (0.39%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 702 (25.04%) Master's Degree
2 598 (21.33%) PhD
3 316 (11.27%) Security Cleared
4 307 (10.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 282 (10.06%) SC Cleared
6 201 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 179 (6.38%) AWS Certification
8 133 (4.74%) MCSE
9 60 (2.14%) CTC Cleared
10 55 (1.96%) PMP
11 50 (1.78%) Azure Certification
12 49 (1.75%) DBS Check
13 48 (1.71%) CISSP
14 47 (1.68%) PMI Certification
15 41 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
16 40 (1.43%) ACCA
16 40 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
17 39 (1.39%) CIMA
18 38 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 37 (1.32%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (6.21%) QA
2 90 (3.21%) Accessibility
3 83 (2.96%) SLA
4 65 (2.32%) GDPR
4 65 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (1.57%) NIST
6 40 (1.43%) Data Quality
7 36 (1.28%) WCAG
8 23 (0.82%) GRC
8 23 (0.82%) PMO
9 20 (0.71%) ISO 9001
10 10 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.29%) IFRS
11 8 (0.29%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.21%) COBIT
14 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
14 5 (0.18%) ITGC
14 5 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 56 (2.00%) 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 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.071%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.036%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.036%) iptables
8 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 59 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 36 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (1.11%) Terraform
4 24 (0.86%) Ansible
5 18 (0.64%) Grafana
6 17 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.29%) SCCM
8 7 (0.25%) Autotask
8 7 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (0.25%) Nmap
9 3 (0.11%) Argo
9 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.071%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.071%) Puppet
10 2 (0.071%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.036%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.036%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.036%) FTK
11 1 (0.036%) Ganglia
11 1 (0.036%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1,149 (40.98%) PayPal
2 487 (17.37%) Microsoft
3 141 (5.03%) ServiceNow
4 108 (3.85%) Cisco
5 71 (2.53%) Adobe
6 67 (2.39%) Salesforce
7 52 (1.85%) Google
8 39 (1.39%) Oracle
9 32 (1.14%) SAP
10 22 (0.78%) Red Hat
11 21 (0.75%) IBM
12 20 (0.71%) Databricks
13 16 (0.57%) Sage
14 15 (0.53%) Apple
14 15 (0.53%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.50%) Zoho
16 13 (0.46%) MuleSoft
17 12 (0.43%) VMware
18 11 (0.39%) NEC
18 11 (0.39%) Progress