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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,649 3,395 3,477
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.55% 20.57% 12.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.43% 60.95% 47.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,092 1,207 2,082
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,313 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,475 £70,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £88,148 £85,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%

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 4,527 5,570 7,276
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.72% 33.74% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,043 2,474 4,425
10th Percentile £33,270 £29,306 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,197 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 27 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 81 (4.91%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.09%) Confluence
4 14 (0.85%) WordPress
5 13 (0.79%) CMS
6 12 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.67%) Apache
7 11 (0.67%) IIS
7 11 (0.67%) SAS
8 10 (0.61%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.24%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.24%) PowerFactory
10 3 (0.18%) Artix
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.061%) Drupal
12 1 (0.061%) Resin
12 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 234 (14.19%) Microsoft Office
2 103 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 101 (6.12%) Microsoft Project
4 38 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 11 (0.67%) AutoCAD
6 11 (0.67%) Simulink
7 10 (0.61%) CorelDRAW
8 8 (0.49%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.36%) Adobe XD
11 5 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
11 5 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.30%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.30%) Photoshop
11 5 (0.30%) Revit
12 4 (0.24%) FrameMaker
12 4 (0.24%) Trello
12 4 (0.24%) Windchill
13 3 (0.18%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 13 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.36%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.24%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.24%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.12%) Shopify
7 1 (0.061%) HFM
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.061%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.061%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.061%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 345 (20.92%) Azure
2 304 (18.44%) AWS
3 194 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 117 (7.10%) Power Platform
5 110 (6.67%) GCP
6 98 (5.94%) SaaS
7 64 (3.88%) Entra ID
8 34 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (2.06%) GitHub
9 32 (1.94%) PowerApps
10 30 (1.82%) Google Analytics
10 30 (1.82%) Power Automate
11 18 (1.09%) Figma
11 18 (1.09%) Snowflake
12 16 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (0.91%) PaaS
14 14 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (0.85%) Serverless
15 13 (0.79%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.82%) Firewall
2 39 (2.37%) Network Security
3 36 (2.18%) TCP/IP
4 35 (2.12%) VPN
5 26 (1.58%) DNS
6 22 (1.33%) DHCP
7 21 (1.27%) WAN
8 19 (1.15%) LAN
9 18 (1.09%) Wireless
10 14 (0.85%) Unified Communications
11 13 (0.79%) Broadband
11 13 (0.79%) Internet
12 9 (0.55%) MPLS
13 8 (0.49%) HTTP
13 8 (0.49%) LTE
13 8 (0.49%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (0.42%) Kerberos
14 7 (0.42%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (6.97%) SQL Server
2 101 (6.12%) Power BI
3 43 (2.61%) MySQL
4 37 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (1.82%) Relational Database
6 27 (1.64%) Metadata
7 23 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.03%) Redis
9 16 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (0.97%) Tableau
10 13 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (0.73%) MongoDB
11 12 (0.73%) OLTP
12 11 (0.67%) NoSQL
13 10 (0.61%) BigQuery
13 10 (0.61%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.49%) Big Data
15 7 (0.42%) Delta Lake
16 6 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (0.36%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 79 (4.79%) Git
2 63 (3.82%) JIRA
3 12 (0.73%) LabVIEW
4 11 (0.67%) GitLab
4 11 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.67%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
6 8 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
7 7 (0.42%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.36%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.30%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.30%) Selenium
10 4 (0.24%) Postman
10 4 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
10 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.24%) Subversion
11 3 (0.18%) JUnit
11 3 (0.18%) MLflow
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.18%) Storybook
General
1 750 (45.48%) Social Skills
2 363 (22.01%) Finance
3 322 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
4 282 (17.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 208 (12.61%) Public Sector
6 191 (11.58%) Law
7 111 (6.73%) Marketing
8 99 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
9 84 (5.09%) Electronics
10 74 (4.49%) Legal
11 69 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
12 60 (3.64%) Manufacturing
12 60 (3.64%) Retail
13 58 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
14 53 (3.21%) Banking
15 48 (2.91%) Swedish Language
16 41 (2.49%) French Language
17 40 (2.43%) Telecoms
18 37 (2.24%) Aerospace
19 24 (1.46%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 325 (19.71%) Senior
2 295 (17.89%) Analyst
3 203 (12.31%) Developer
4 110 (6.67%) Architect
5 106 (6.43%) Graduate
6 103 (6.25%) Senior Manager
7 102 (6.19%) Lead
8 95 (5.76%) Project Manager
9 86 (5.22%) Service Analyst
10 80 (4.85%) Service Desk Analyst
11 76 (4.61%) Software Developer
12 72 (4.37%) Senior Project Manager
12 72 (4.37%) Software Engineer
13 69 (4.18%) Business Analyst
14 67 (4.06%) Consultant
15 61 (3.70%) Graduate Developer
16 56 (3.40%) Support Engineer
17 54 (3.27%) IT Support
18 53 (3.21%) Senior Analyst
18 53 (3.21%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (4.37%) CSS
2 71 (4.31%) .NET
3 63 (3.82%) HTML
4 60 (3.64%) React
5 42 (2.55%) jQuery
6 39 (2.37%) Node.js
7 37 (2.24%) RESTful
8 36 (2.18%) REST
9 35 (2.12%) Vue
10 33 (2.00%) XML
11 25 (1.52%) SOAP
12 20 (1.21%) .NET Core
12 20 (1.21%) ASP.NET
13 18 (1.09%) AngularJS
14 17 (1.03%) JSON
15 16 (0.97%) Middleware
15 16 (0.97%) PyTorch
16 15 (0.91%) LDAP
17 14 (0.85%) OAuth
17 14 (0.85%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 105 (6.37%) Management Information System
2 101 (6.12%) Product Ownership
3 95 (5.76%) Cloud Native
4 79 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
5 50 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.49%) Algorithms
7 38 (2.30%) Driving Licence
8 32 (1.94%) Security Posture
9 29 (1.76%) Virtual Team
10 28 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (1.46%) Data Structures
11 24 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
13 22 (1.33%) IoT
14 21 (1.27%) Cyberattack
15 20 (1.21%) Social Media
16 19 (1.15%) Client/Server
17 17 (1.03%) Data Centre
18 16 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 104 (6.31%) Linux
2 101 (6.12%) Windows
3 53 (3.21%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
4 11 (0.67%) Unix
5 8 (0.49%) Android
5 8 (0.49%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.36%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.30%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.061%) AIX
10 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (28.44%) Agile
2 456 (27.65%) Computer Science
3 387 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
4 264 (16.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 246 (14.92%) Mentoring
6 216 (13.10%) AI
7 215 (13.04%) Project Management
8 213 (12.92%) ITIL
9 195 (11.83%) Project Delivery
10 181 (10.98%) Software Engineering
11 180 (10.92%) Decision-Making
12 179 (10.86%) Coaching
13 176 (10.67%) Customer Service
14 164 (9.95%) Technology Strategy
15 159 (9.64%) CI/CD
16 157 (9.52%) DevOps
17 153 (9.28%) Analytics
18 147 (8.91%) Cybersecurity
18 147 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
19 136 (8.25%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 257 (15.59%) SQL
2 238 (14.43%) Python
3 150 (9.10%) C#
4 110 (6.67%) JavaScript
5 97 (5.88%) Java
6 74 (4.49%) C++
7 62 (3.76%) TypeScript
8 61 (3.70%) PHP
9 57 (3.46%) PowerShell
10 37 (2.24%) C
11 24 (1.46%) Rust
12 21 (1.27%) Go
13 20 (1.21%) PL/SQL
14 18 (1.09%) MATLAB
15 17 (1.03%) Bash
15 17 (1.03%) R
16 14 (0.85%) Apex Code
16 14 (0.85%) Bicep
17 10 (0.61%) VBA
18 9 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 317 (19.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 272 (16.49%) Security Cleared
3 227 (13.77%) SC Cleared
4 122 (7.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 116 (7.03%) Master's Degree
6 95 (5.76%) AWS Certification
7 78 (4.73%) MCSE
8 72 (4.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 63 (3.82%) CISSP
10 58 (3.52%) DV Cleared
11 52 (3.15%) PhD
12 46 (2.79%) Azure Certification
13 44 (2.67%) CISM
13 44 (2.67%) DBS Check
14 42 (2.55%) HNC
15 39 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
16 32 (1.94%) HND
16 32 (1.94%) PMI Certification
17 30 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
17 30 (1.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (8.07%) QA
2 77 (4.67%) Accessibility
3 71 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 68 (4.12%) NIST
5 55 (3.34%) Data Quality
6 38 (2.30%) GDPR
7 32 (1.94%) SLA
8 25 (1.52%) PMO
9 24 (1.46%) GRC
10 22 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
11 15 (0.91%) NCSC
12 13 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 13 (0.79%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.79%) WCAG
13 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.55%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.49%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.42%) SOC 2
17 5 (0.30%) IFRS
System Software
1 77 (4.67%) Active Directory
2 58 (3.52%) Docker
3 25 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.46%) Firmware
5 13 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.55%) vSphere
7 6 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 60 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.03%) Terraform
3 39 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (1.52%) Ansible
5 8 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.42%) Autotask
6 7 (0.42%) Grafana
6 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Packer
8 5 (0.30%) QRadar
9 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.18%) Argo
10 3 (0.18%) FTK
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 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.061%) SCCM
Vendors
1 405 (24.56%) Microsoft
2 108 (6.55%) ServiceNow
3 49 (2.97%) Salesforce
4 46 (2.79%) Google
5 41 (2.49%) Oracle
6 40 (2.43%) Cisco
7 37 (2.24%) SAP
8 28 (1.70%) Databricks
9 27 (1.64%) Adobe
10 26 (1.58%) VMware
11 21 (1.27%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.91%) EMC
12 15 (0.91%) Meraki
13 14 (0.85%) Citrix
13 14 (0.85%) Splunk
14 12 (0.73%) IBM
15 11 (0.67%) Red Hat
16 9 (0.55%) Sage
16 9 (0.55%) Workday
16 9 (0.55%) Xilinx