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 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,642 2,025 4,089
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.49% 15.59% 12.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.01% 52.93% 48.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,078 1,316 2,850
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,375 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 4,209 3,826 8,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.32% 29.46% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,799 2,481 5,985
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,500 £43,750 £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 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 10 April 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 60 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.73%) CMS
6 11 (0.67%) WordPress
7 10 (0.61%) Confluence
7 10 (0.61%) SAS
8 6 (0.37%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.30%) Apache
9 5 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
10 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
10 4 (0.24%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.12%) IIS
12 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 222 (13.52%) Microsoft Office
2 122 (7.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (2.13%) Chatbot
5 24 (1.46%) Adobe XD
6 18 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 11 (0.67%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
10 6 (0.37%) InDesign
11 4 (0.24%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
12 3 (0.18%) Sketch
13 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
14 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.16%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.12%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.061%) Endur
8 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.061%) Primavera
8 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 356 (21.68%) Azure
2 346 (21.07%) AWS
3 235 (14.31%) Microsoft 365
4 129 (7.86%) GCP
5 126 (7.67%) Power Platform
6 95 (5.79%) SaaS
7 73 (4.45%) Entra ID
8 49 (2.98%) GitHub
9 46 (2.80%) Serverless
10 39 (2.38%) Figma
11 31 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
12 29 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (1.52%) PowerApps
14 24 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
14 24 (1.46%) Power Automate
15 22 (1.34%) Google Analytics
16 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 18 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.56%) Firewall
2 21 (1.28%) DNS
2 21 (1.28%) WAN
3 18 (1.10%) VPN
4 16 (0.97%) DHCP
4 16 (0.97%) Network Security
5 13 (0.79%) TCP/IP
6 12 (0.73%) SSL
7 11 (0.67%) Broadband
7 11 (0.67%) Internet
7 11 (0.67%) Unified Communications
7 11 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.61%) MPLS
8 10 (0.61%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.55%) LAN
10 8 (0.49%) BGP
10 8 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.43%) LTE
12 6 (0.37%) VoIP
12 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (6.33%) Power BI
2 100 (6.09%) SQL Server
3 49 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (2.44%) MySQL
5 34 (2.07%) Tableau
6 25 (1.52%) BigQuery
7 23 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (1.40%) NoSQL
7 23 (1.40%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.04%) Metadata
9 16 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (0.85%) OLTP
12 13 (0.79%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.73%) Delta Lake
13 12 (0.73%) Redis
14 10 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 76 (4.63%) Git
2 57 (3.47%) JIRA
3 32 (1.95%) Selenium
4 26 (1.58%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.40%) Axure RP
5 23 (1.40%) WebDriver
6 21 (1.28%) Postman
7 19 (1.16%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.10%) SoapUI
9 17 (1.04%) Jenkins
10 13 (0.79%) GitLab
11 11 (0.67%) MLflow
12 7 (0.43%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.43%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.37%) Babel
13 6 (0.37%) SpecFlow
13 6 (0.37%) webpack
14 5 (0.30%) Cypress.io
15 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 773 (47.08%) Social Skills
2 408 (24.85%) Finance
3 316 (19.24%) Analytical Skills
4 305 (18.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 223 (13.58%) Public Sector
6 178 (10.84%) Law
7 150 (9.14%) Marketing
8 88 (5.36%) French Language
8 88 (5.36%) Retail
9 79 (4.81%) Banking
10 74 (4.51%) Legal
11 72 (4.38%) Back Office
12 61 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
13 57 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
14 46 (2.80%) Manufacturing
14 46 (2.80%) Telecoms
15 41 (2.50%) Swedish Language
16 39 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
17 31 (1.89%) Electronics
18 24 (1.46%) Billing
Job Titles
1 293 (17.84%) Analyst
2 256 (15.59%) Senior
3 192 (11.69%) Developer
4 109 (6.64%) Support Engineer
5 88 (5.36%) Service Analyst
5 88 (5.36%) Service Desk Analyst
6 79 (4.81%) Architect
7 65 (3.96%) Business Analyst
8 63 (3.84%) Graduate
9 62 (3.78%) Desktop Support
10 60 (3.65%) Desktop Engineer
10 60 (3.65%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 59 (3.59%) Lead
12 58 (3.53%) Consultant
13 56 (3.41%) Site Engineer
14 53 (3.23%) Software Engineer
15 50 (3.05%) Senior Developer
16 45 (2.74%) SQL Developer
17 43 (2.62%) Graduate Developer
17 43 (2.62%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (5.91%) .NET
2 87 (5.30%) HTML
3 82 (4.99%) CSS
4 58 (3.53%) React
5 57 (3.47%) SOAP
6 53 (3.23%) REST
7 52 (3.17%) RESTful
8 33 (2.01%) jQuery
9 32 (1.95%) Node.js
10 28 (1.71%) Kafka
11 27 (1.64%) PyTorch
12 24 (1.46%) Middleware
12 24 (1.46%) OAuth
13 23 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
13 23 (1.40%) TensorFlow
13 23 (1.40%) Visualforce
14 21 (1.28%) Vue
14 21 (1.28%) XML
15 19 (1.16%) Django
16 17 (1.04%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.58%) Blog
1 108 (6.58%) Product Ownership
2 95 (5.79%) Self-Motivation
3 87 (5.30%) Management Information System
4 84 (5.12%) Cloud Native
5 64 (3.90%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.68%) Driving Licence
7 41 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (2.19%) Data Structures
9 32 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (1.89%) Security Posture
11 29 (1.77%) Social Media
12 27 (1.64%) Algorithms
13 22 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (1.28%) Data Centre
15 20 (1.22%) Virtual Team
16 16 (0.97%) AI Agents
16 16 (0.97%) Cyberattack
16 16 (0.97%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 155 (9.44%) Windows
2 107 (6.52%) Linux
3 67 (4.08%) Windows 10
4 27 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.28%) Android
5 21 (1.28%) Unix
6 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.18%) Debian
10 3 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.061%) AIX
12 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.061%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (27.10%) Computer Science
2 382 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
3 350 (21.32%) Agile
4 308 (18.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 286 (17.42%) AI
6 283 (17.24%) Customer Service
7 248 (15.10%) ITIL
8 230 (14.01%) Analytics
9 202 (12.30%) Mentoring
10 182 (11.08%) Cybersecurity
11 179 (10.90%) DevOps
12 171 (10.41%) Decision-Making
13 168 (10.23%) CI/CD
14 156 (9.50%) Software Engineering
15 151 (9.20%) Project Management
16 136 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
17 132 (8.04%) Business Intelligence
18 121 (7.37%) Customer Experience
19 120 (7.31%) Community of Practice
20 117 (7.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 267 (16.26%) Python
2 259 (15.77%) SQL
3 156 (9.50%) C#
4 150 (9.14%) Java
5 110 (6.70%) JavaScript
6 76 (4.63%) C++
7 68 (4.14%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.11%) PowerShell
9 49 (2.98%) Go
10 48 (2.92%) PHP
11 37 (2.25%) Bash
12 24 (1.46%) Rust
13 23 (1.40%) Apex Code
14 22 (1.34%) PL/SQL
15 18 (1.10%) C
15 18 (1.10%) R
16 14 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 13 (0.79%) Bicep
18 12 (0.73%) Scala
18 12 (0.73%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 317 (19.31%) Security Cleared
2 306 (18.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 282 (17.17%) SC Cleared
4 157 (9.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 141 (8.59%) Master's Degree
6 120 (7.31%) AWS Certification
7 97 (5.91%) MCSE
8 62 (3.78%) PhD
9 60 (3.65%) CTC Cleared
10 51 (3.11%) CISSP
11 50 (3.05%) PMP
12 45 (2.74%) ACCA
13 43 (2.62%) CIMA
14 42 (2.56%) PMI Certification
15 36 (2.19%) Azure Certification
16 32 (1.95%) DV Cleared
17 30 (1.83%) DBS Check
18 29 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
19 25 (1.52%) CISM
19 25 (1.52%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (7.86%) QA
2 83 (5.05%) Accessibility
3 80 (4.87%) SLA
4 69 (4.20%) GDPR
5 55 (3.35%) Data Quality
6 53 (3.23%) NIST
7 50 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 29 (1.77%) WCAG
9 27 (1.64%) GRC
10 20 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.85%) PMO
12 13 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.49%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.43%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.30%) IFRS
18 4 (0.24%) EMIR
18 4 (0.24%) ISO 26262
18 4 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 83 (5.05%) Docker
2 71 (4.32%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.43%) vSphere
5 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.18%) Firmware
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.061%) iptables
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 80 (4.87%) Kubernetes
2 53 (3.23%) Terraform
3 39 (2.38%) Ansible
4 25 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.34%) Grafana
6 21 (1.28%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 7 (0.43%) Nmap
9 6 (0.37%) Autotask
10 5 (0.30%) FTK
11 4 (0.24%) Packer
11 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.12%) OpenView
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.061%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 367 (22.35%) Microsoft
2 113 (6.88%) ServiceNow
3 106 (6.46%) Cisco
4 72 (4.38%) Salesforce
5 51 (3.11%) Google
6 48 (2.92%) Oracle
7 46 (2.80%) Adobe
8 37 (2.25%) SAP
9 29 (1.77%) Databricks
10 28 (1.71%) PayPal
11 21 (1.28%) VMware
12 20 (1.22%) MuleSoft
13 17 (1.04%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.91%) Splunk
15 13 (0.79%) Red Hat
15 13 (0.79%) Sage
16 11 (0.67%) Meraki
17 10 (0.61%) Citrix
17 10 (0.61%) Workday
18 9 (0.55%) Palantir