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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 7 11
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,582 2,290 4,138
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.73% 17.01% 12.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.14% 55.65% 47.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,052 1,326 2,853
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,745 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +3.17% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,435 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.24% +9.40% -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 4,259 4,115 8,756
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.51% 30.57% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,873 2,471 5,924
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £72,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +4.35% +5.90% -6.39%

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 30 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 65 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (1.14%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.95%) WordPress
6 12 (0.76%) Confluence
7 11 (0.70%) CMS
8 10 (0.63%) SAS
9 6 (0.38%) Apache
9 6 (0.38%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.32%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.32%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.063%) Artix
11 1 (0.063%) Drupal
11 1 (0.063%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.063%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.063%) Umbraco
Applications
1 212 (13.40%) Microsoft Office
2 95 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.83%) Chatbot
5 25 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
6 21 (1.33%) Adobe XD
7 20 (1.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 10 (0.63%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.44%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.25%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.19%) Sketch
13 2 (0.13%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.13%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.13%) EPLAN
13 2 (0.13%) Pro Tools
14 1 (0.063%) Autodesk Inventor
14 1 (0.063%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.01%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.19%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.063%) CiviCRM
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.063%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.063%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.063%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.063%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.063%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.063%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.063%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 347 (21.93%) Azure
2 307 (19.41%) AWS
3 221 (13.97%) Microsoft 365
4 124 (7.84%) GCP
5 106 (6.70%) Power Platform
6 87 (5.50%) SaaS
7 77 (4.87%) Entra ID
8 41 (2.59%) Serverless
9 39 (2.47%) GitHub
10 34 (2.15%) Figma
11 30 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.64%) Google Analytics
13 24 (1.52%) Power Automate
14 23 (1.45%) PowerApps
15 20 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (1.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 18 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 15 (0.95%) Canva
19 14 (0.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.72%) Firewall
2 20 (1.26%) DNS
2 20 (1.26%) WAN
3 18 (1.14%) Network Security
4 16 (1.01%) VPN
5 15 (0.95%) DHCP
6 12 (0.76%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.70%) Broadband
7 11 (0.70%) Internet
8 10 (0.63%) LAN
8 10 (0.63%) MPLS
8 10 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.51%) BGP
9 8 (0.51%) SD-WAN
9 8 (0.51%) SSL
9 8 (0.51%) Unified Communications
10 7 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.44%) LTE
11 6 (0.38%) VoIP
11 6 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (6.19%) SQL Server
2 85 (5.37%) Power BI
3 35 (2.21%) MySQL
4 33 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (1.77%) Tableau
6 25 (1.58%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (1.14%) Metadata
8 18 (1.14%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (0.95%) NoSQL
10 15 (0.95%) OLTP
11 13 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (0.76%) Delta Lake
13 11 (0.70%) Redis
14 10 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (0.63%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.63%) Pinecone
14 10 (0.63%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 70 (4.42%) Git
2 52 (3.29%) JIRA
3 27 (1.71%) Selenium
4 22 (1.39%) Balsamiq
5 21 (1.33%) Axure RP
5 21 (1.33%) Postman
5 21 (1.33%) WebDriver
6 19 (1.20%) Team Foundation Server
7 18 (1.14%) SoapUI
8 13 (0.82%) Jenkins
9 11 (0.70%) MLflow
10 8 (0.51%) GitLab
11 5 (0.32%) Babel
11 5 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.32%) webpack
12 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.25%) Storybook
12 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
General
1 739 (46.71%) Social Skills
2 371 (23.45%) Finance
3 298 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
4 288 (18.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 215 (13.59%) Public Sector
6 171 (10.81%) Law
7 143 (9.04%) Marketing
8 85 (5.37%) Retail
9 74 (4.68%) Back Office
10 71 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
11 70 (4.42%) Banking
12 66 (4.17%) French Language
13 64 (4.05%) Legal
14 59 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
15 45 (2.84%) Manufacturing
16 43 (2.72%) Telecoms
17 40 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
18 35 (2.21%) Electronics
19 19 (1.20%) Advertising
19 19 (1.20%) Games
Job Titles
1 262 (16.56%) Analyst
2 251 (15.87%) Senior
3 204 (12.90%) Developer
4 104 (6.57%) Support Engineer
5 85 (5.37%) Graduate
6 82 (5.18%) Architect
7 74 (4.68%) Service Analyst
8 70 (4.42%) Business Analyst
8 70 (4.42%) Service Desk Analyst
9 63 (3.98%) Lead
10 62 (3.92%) Desktop Support
10 62 (3.92%) Graduate Developer
11 61 (3.86%) Software Developer
12 60 (3.79%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (3.79%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 56 (3.54%) Site Engineer
14 55 (3.48%) Graduate Software Developer
15 52 (3.29%) Consultant
15 52 (3.29%) Senior Developer
15 52 (3.29%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (5.37%) .NET
2 81 (5.12%) HTML
3 74 (4.68%) CSS
4 57 (3.60%) SOAP
5 54 (3.41%) REST
6 49 (3.10%) RESTful
7 46 (2.91%) React
8 35 (2.21%) jQuery
9 31 (1.96%) Node.js
10 26 (1.64%) Kafka
10 26 (1.64%) OAuth
10 26 (1.64%) PyTorch
11 22 (1.39%) Lightning Web Components
11 22 (1.39%) Middleware
11 22 (1.39%) TensorFlow
11 22 (1.39%) Visualforce
12 20 (1.26%) XML
13 17 (1.07%) Django
13 17 (1.07%) gRPC
14 16 (1.01%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.46%) Product Ownership
2 90 (5.69%) Management Information System
3 85 (5.37%) Cloud Native
4 80 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
5 79 (4.99%) Blog
6 58 (3.67%) Onboarding
7 40 (2.53%) Driving Licence
8 39 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
9 35 (2.21%) Data Structures
10 34 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
11 27 (1.71%) Security Posture
11 27 (1.71%) Social Media
12 22 (1.39%) Algorithms
12 22 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
12 22 (1.39%) Virtual Team
13 21 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
14 20 (1.26%) Data Centre
15 16 (1.01%) AI Agents
15 16 (1.01%) Cyberattack
16 15 (0.95%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 150 (9.48%) Windows
2 105 (6.64%) Linux
3 69 (4.36%) Windows 10
4 31 (1.96%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.33%) Android
6 14 (0.88%) Ubuntu
6 14 (0.88%) Unix
7 5 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.19%) Debian
9 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.13%) CentOS
11 1 (0.063%) AIX
11 1 (0.063%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.063%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (27.05%) Computer Science
2 360 (22.76%) Agile
3 343 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
4 296 (18.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 253 (15.99%) AI
6 246 (15.55%) Customer Service
7 225 (14.22%) ITIL
8 217 (13.72%) Mentoring
9 200 (12.64%) Analytics
10 183 (11.57%) Cybersecurity
11 167 (10.56%) DevOps
12 164 (10.37%) CI/CD
13 155 (9.80%) Project Management
14 148 (9.36%) Decision-Making
15 143 (9.04%) Software Engineering
16 133 (8.41%) Stakeholder Management
17 124 (7.84%) Community of Practice
17 124 (7.84%) Scrum
18 117 (7.40%) Customer Experience
19 114 (7.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 252 (15.93%) Python
2 249 (15.74%) SQL
3 158 (9.99%) C#
4 148 (9.36%) Java
5 97 (6.13%) JavaScript
6 74 (4.68%) C++
7 62 (3.92%) TypeScript
8 61 (3.86%) PHP
9 49 (3.10%) Go
10 45 (2.84%) PowerShell
11 32 (2.02%) Bash
12 26 (1.64%) PL/SQL
13 24 (1.52%) Rust
14 22 (1.39%) Apex Code
15 18 (1.14%) C
15 18 (1.14%) R
16 12 (0.76%) Bicep
16 12 (0.76%) Scala
17 9 (0.57%) Ruby
17 9 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 305 (19.28%) Computer Science Degree
2 295 (18.65%) Security Cleared
3 261 (16.50%) SC Cleared
4 144 (9.10%) Master's Degree
5 130 (8.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 92 (5.82%) AWS Certification
7 76 (4.80%) MCSE
8 60 (3.79%) CTC Cleared
8 60 (3.79%) PhD
9 55 (3.48%) CISSP
10 44 (2.78%) PMP
11 41 (2.59%) PMI Certification
12 39 (2.47%) ACCA
13 38 (2.40%) CIMA
14 37 (2.34%) Azure Certification
14 37 (2.34%) DBS Check
15 32 (2.02%) HNC
16 29 (1.83%) CISM
16 29 (1.83%) DV Cleared
17 24 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (7.08%) QA
2 77 (4.87%) Accessibility
3 76 (4.80%) SLA
4 63 (3.98%) GDPR
5 53 (3.35%) NIST
6 45 (2.84%) Data Quality
7 43 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 26 (1.64%) WCAG
9 25 (1.58%) GRC
10 17 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (1.07%) PMO
11 13 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.57%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.51%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 6 (0.38%) IFRS
15 5 (0.32%) NCSC
16 4 (0.25%) GAAP
17 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 76 (4.80%) Active Directory
2 72 (4.55%) Docker
3 23 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.57%) vSphere
5 7 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.19%) Firmware
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.063%) iptables
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.063%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 73 (4.61%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.16%) Terraform
3 37 (2.34%) Ansible
4 25 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.14%) Grafana
5 18 (1.14%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.51%) SCCM
7 6 (0.38%) Autotask
7 6 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.32%) FTK
8 5 (0.32%) Packer
9 4 (0.25%) Nmap
9 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.13%) Argo
10 2 (0.13%) OpenView
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.13%) QRadar
10 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.063%) CASB
Vendors
1 346 (21.87%) Microsoft
2 97 (6.13%) Cisco
3 93 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 67 (4.24%) Salesforce
5 53 (3.35%) Oracle
6 51 (3.22%) Google
7 42 (2.65%) Adobe
8 34 (2.15%) SAP
9 30 (1.90%) Databricks
10 23 (1.45%) VMware
11 22 (1.39%) PayPal
12 19 (1.20%) HubSpot
12 19 (1.20%) MuleSoft
13 13 (0.82%) Meraki
14 12 (0.76%) Splunk
15 11 (0.70%) Sage
15 11 (0.70%) Workday
16 10 (0.63%) Citrix
16 10 (0.63%) Red Hat
17 9 (0.57%) Palantir