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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -16 +7 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,664 3,417 4,212
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.81% 20.75% 13.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.19% 61.78% 48.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,093 1,260 2,702
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year - +0.46% -8.75%
75th Percentile £74,475 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £85,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year - +7.11% -14.42%

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 4,474 5,531 8,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.99% 33.58% 26.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,068 2,475 5,526
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £89,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 July 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 85 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.96%) CMS
3 16 (0.96%) WordPress
4 15 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.84%) Confluence
6 12 (0.72%) SAS
7 10 (0.60%) Apache
7 10 (0.60%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.60%) IIS
8 4 (0.24%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.24%) PowerFactory
9 3 (0.18%) Artix
10 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.060%) Drupal
11 1 (0.060%) Resin
11 1 (0.060%) Umbraco
Applications
1 263 (15.81%) Microsoft Office
2 98 (5.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 98 (5.89%) Microsoft Project
3 43 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 10 (0.60%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.60%) CorelDRAW
6 7 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.42%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
7 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.36%) Simulink
8 5 (0.30%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.24%) FrameMaker
9 4 (0.24%) Revit
9 4 (0.24%) Trello
9 4 (0.24%) Windchill
10 3 (0.18%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 16 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.42%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.42%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.24%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.12%) Shopify
7 1 (0.060%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.060%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.060%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.060%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.060%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.060%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.060%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.060%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.060%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 345 (20.73%) Azure
2 294 (17.67%) AWS
3 226 (13.58%) Microsoft 365
4 127 (7.63%) Power Platform
5 104 (6.25%) GCP
6 102 (6.13%) SaaS
7 95 (5.71%) Entra ID
8 36 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
9 34 (2.04%) PowerApps
10 32 (1.92%) Power Automate
11 30 (1.80%) GitHub
12 26 (1.56%) Google Analytics
13 19 (1.14%) Figma
14 18 (1.08%) Serverless
15 17 (1.02%) Snowflake
16 16 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
16 16 (0.96%) PaaS
17 15 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
18 14 (0.84%) Canva
18 14 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.79%) Firewall
2 39 (2.34%) Network Security
3 33 (1.98%) TCP/IP
3 33 (1.98%) VPN
4 25 (1.50%) DNS
5 22 (1.32%) WAN
6 21 (1.26%) DHCP
7 17 (1.02%) LAN
8 16 (0.96%) Wireless
9 14 (0.84%) Broadband
10 13 (0.78%) Internet
11 10 (0.60%) Unified Communications
11 10 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.54%) MPLS
12 9 (0.54%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.48%) LTE
14 6 (0.36%) BGP
14 6 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (0.36%) Kerberos
14 6 (0.36%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (6.61%) SQL Server
2 105 (6.31%) Power BI
3 41 (2.46%) MySQL
4 33 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (1.50%) Relational Database
6 22 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (1.26%) Metadata
8 17 (1.02%) Tableau
9 16 (0.96%) Redis
9 16 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (0.84%) MongoDB
10 14 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.78%) NoSQL
11 13 (0.78%) OLTP
12 12 (0.72%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.54%) Delta Lake
14 8 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.48%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 82 (4.93%) Git
2 58 (3.49%) JIRA
3 13 (0.78%) Visual Studio
4 11 (0.66%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.60%) GitLab
6 9 (0.54%) LabVIEW
7 8 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
8 6 (0.36%) Selenium
9 5 (0.30%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.30%) Balsamiq
9 5 (0.30%) MLflow
9 5 (0.30%) Postman
9 5 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
10 4 (0.24%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.18%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.18%) JMeter
11 3 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 776 (46.63%) Social Skills
2 348 (20.91%) Finance
3 311 (18.69%) Analytical Skills
4 255 (15.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 195 (11.72%) Public Sector
6 178 (10.70%) Law
7 119 (7.15%) Marketing
8 96 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
9 73 (4.39%) Electronics
10 72 (4.33%) Legal
11 68 (4.09%) Retail
12 63 (3.79%) Manufacturing
13 62 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
14 60 (3.61%) Banking
15 58 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
16 52 (3.13%) Back Office
17 42 (2.52%) French Language
18 40 (2.40%) Swedish Language
19 31 (1.86%) Telecoms
20 28 (1.68%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 327 (19.65%) Senior
2 289 (17.37%) Analyst
3 208 (12.50%) Developer
4 104 (6.25%) Architect
4 104 (6.25%) Graduate
5 100 (6.01%) Senior Manager
6 95 (5.71%) Lead
7 92 (5.53%) Project Manager
8 90 (5.41%) Support Engineer
9 86 (5.17%) Service Analyst
10 80 (4.81%) Service Desk Analyst
11 71 (4.27%) Senior Project Manager
11 71 (4.27%) Software Engineer
12 70 (4.21%) Software Developer
13 65 (3.91%) Business Analyst
14 61 (3.67%) Graduate Developer
15 60 (3.61%) Consultant
16 55 (3.31%) IT Support
17 50 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
18 49 (2.94%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (4.15%) CSS
2 64 (3.85%) .NET
3 62 (3.73%) HTML
4 56 (3.37%) React
5 41 (2.46%) jQuery
5 41 (2.46%) RESTful
6 40 (2.40%) REST
7 36 (2.16%) Node.js
8 34 (2.04%) Vue
9 32 (1.92%) XML
10 30 (1.80%) SOAP
11 20 (1.20%) Middleware
12 19 (1.14%) PyTorch
13 17 (1.02%) Lightning Web Components
13 17 (1.02%) Visualforce
14 16 (0.96%) JSON
15 15 (0.90%) ASP.NET
15 15 (0.90%) OAuth
16 14 (0.84%) .NET Core
16 14 (0.84%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 102 (6.13%) Product Ownership
2 101 (6.07%) Management Information System
3 93 (5.59%) Cloud Native
4 83 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
5 57 (3.43%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.46%) Driving Licence
7 37 (2.22%) Algorithms
8 34 (2.04%) Security Posture
9 27 (1.62%) Data Structures
9 27 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
9 27 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (1.62%) Virtual Team
10 25 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
11 22 (1.32%) Cyberattack
11 22 (1.32%) Social Media
12 21 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (1.08%) Client/Server
14 17 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
14 17 (1.02%) Data Centre
14 17 (1.02%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 139 (8.35%) Windows
2 111 (6.67%) Linux
3 54 (3.25%) Windows Server
4 42 (2.52%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.72%) Unix
6 11 (0.66%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (0.48%) Android
7 8 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.48%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.42%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.30%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.060%) AIX
11 1 (0.060%) CentOS
11 1 (0.060%) Debian
11 1 (0.060%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (26.98%) Computer Science
2 441 (26.50%) Agile
3 375 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
4 300 (18.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 240 (14.42%) ITIL
6 231 (13.88%) Mentoring
7 215 (12.92%) Customer Service
8 211 (12.68%) Project Management
9 200 (12.02%) AI
10 187 (11.24%) Project Delivery
11 179 (10.76%) Coaching
11 179 (10.76%) Decision-Making
12 177 (10.64%) Analytics
13 176 (10.58%) Software Engineering
14 172 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
15 168 (10.10%) CI/CD
15 168 (10.10%) DevOps
16 147 (8.83%) Technology Strategy
17 140 (8.41%) Customer Experience
18 136 (8.17%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 259 (15.56%) SQL
2 238 (14.30%) Python
3 145 (8.71%) C#
4 105 (6.31%) JavaScript
5 102 (6.13%) Java
6 76 (4.57%) C++
7 62 (3.73%) PHP
8 60 (3.61%) TypeScript
9 56 (3.37%) PowerShell
10 32 (1.92%) C
11 29 (1.74%) Rust
12 23 (1.38%) Go
13 22 (1.32%) Bash
14 21 (1.26%) PL/SQL
15 18 (1.08%) Apex Code
16 15 (0.90%) Bicep
16 15 (0.90%) R
17 11 (0.66%) MATLAB
18 9 (0.54%) Ruby
18 9 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 303 (18.21%) Computer Science Degree
2 277 (16.65%) Security Cleared
3 236 (14.18%) SC Cleared
4 124 (7.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 120 (7.21%) Master's Degree
6 93 (5.59%) AWS Certification
7 79 (4.75%) MCSE
8 72 (4.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 66 (3.97%) CISSP
10 49 (2.94%) Azure Certification
10 49 (2.94%) PhD
11 48 (2.88%) DBS Check
12 46 (2.76%) HNC
13 45 (2.70%) CISM
14 43 (2.58%) DV Cleared
15 35 (2.10%) CTC Cleared
16 33 (1.98%) PMI Certification
17 31 (1.86%) HND
18 30 (1.80%) PMP
19 29 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (7.57%) QA
2 73 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (4.03%) NIST
4 65 (3.91%) SLA
5 62 (3.73%) Accessibility
6 51 (3.06%) Data Quality
7 45 (2.70%) GDPR
8 29 (1.74%) GRC
9 24 (1.44%) PMO
10 21 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 14 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
12 14 (0.84%) PCI DSS
13 13 (0.78%) NCSC
14 12 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (0.72%) WCAG
15 8 (0.48%) ISO 9001
16 6 (0.36%) COBIT
17 5 (0.30%) GAAP
17 5 (0.30%) IFRS
System Software
1 82 (4.93%) Active Directory
2 59 (3.55%) Docker
3 26 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.84%) Firmware
5 12 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.54%) vSphere
7 6 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.060%) Xen
Systems Management
1 58 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.00%) Terraform
3 39 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (1.44%) Ansible
5 9 (0.54%) Autotask
5 9 (0.54%) Grafana
5 9 (0.54%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.36%) Packer
7 6 (0.36%) SCCM
8 5 (0.30%) FTK
8 5 (0.30%) QRadar
9 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.18%) Argo
10 3 (0.18%) Plesk
10 3 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.12%) OpenView
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.060%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 419 (25.18%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 71 (4.27%) Cisco
4 56 (3.37%) Salesforce
5 42 (2.52%) Oracle
6 41 (2.46%) Google
7 36 (2.16%) SAP
8 30 (1.80%) Adobe
8 30 (1.80%) Databricks
9 27 (1.62%) VMware
10 20 (1.20%) HubSpot
11 18 (1.08%) Citrix
12 16 (0.96%) Meraki
13 14 (0.84%) EMC
13 14 (0.84%) Splunk
14 11 (0.66%) IBM
15 10 (0.60%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.60%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.60%) Workday
16 9 (0.54%) Pardot