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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 3 13
Rank change year-on-year -23 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,760 3,423 3,016
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.35% 21.10% 12.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.58% 61.23% 47.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,105 1,030 1,513
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,975 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £89,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £53,065 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.06% -3.52% -8.33%

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 4,947 5,590 6,352
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.66% 34.46% 27.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,146 2,360 3,159
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,500 £34,398
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,857 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% -0.24% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.25%

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 September 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 95 (5.40%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (1.31%) Confluence
4 15 (0.85%) IIS
5 10 (0.57%) CMS
6 9 (0.51%) SAS
7 8 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.40%) Apache
8 7 (0.40%) WordPress
9 6 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.23%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.23%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.23%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle Spatial
10 4 (0.23%) PowerFactory
11 3 (0.17%) Artix
12 1 (0.057%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.057%) Resin
12 1 (0.057%) Umbraco
Applications
1 227 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 110 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
3 107 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (1.48%) Simulink
6 22 (1.25%) AutoCAD
7 19 (1.08%) Revit
8 13 (0.74%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.57%) CorelDRAW
10 7 (0.40%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
12 5 (0.28%) Trello
13 4 (0.23%) FrameMaker
13 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
13 4 (0.23%) Windchill
14 3 (0.17%) Autodesk Inventor
14 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
14 3 (0.17%) MadCap Flare
14 3 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.45%) Primavera
3 7 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.28%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.17%) Misys Midas
5 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.11%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.11%) Shopify
7 1 (0.057%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.057%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.057%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.057%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.057%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 358 (20.34%) Azure
2 284 (16.14%) AWS
3 205 (11.65%) Microsoft 365
4 106 (6.02%) Power Platform
5 104 (5.91%) GCP
6 84 (4.77%) SaaS
7 79 (4.49%) Entra ID
8 46 (2.61%) GitHub
9 36 (2.05%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.53%) PowerApps
12 25 (1.42%) Power Automate
13 23 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (1.14%) Snowflake
15 19 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
15 19 (1.08%) OneDrive
16 18 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
17 17 (0.97%) Figma
18 16 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
19 14 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 80 (4.55%) Firewall
2 49 (2.78%) Network Security
3 48 (2.73%) VPN
4 46 (2.61%) TCP/IP
5 34 (1.93%) DNS
6 30 (1.70%) DHCP
7 26 (1.48%) LAN
8 25 (1.42%) WAN
9 19 (1.08%) Wireless
10 13 (0.74%) Unified Communications
11 11 (0.63%) Broadband
11 11 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.57%) HTTP
13 9 (0.51%) Internet
13 9 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
13 9 (0.51%) MPLS
13 9 (0.51%) VLAN
14 8 (0.45%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.40%) Ethernet
15 7 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (6.99%) SQL Server
2 94 (5.34%) Power BI
3 39 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
4 37 (2.10%) MySQL
5 34 (1.93%) Metadata
6 32 (1.82%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.14%) Redis
9 17 (0.97%) MongoDB
9 17 (0.97%) NoSQL
10 16 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (0.80%) Tableau
12 12 (0.68%) Big Data
12 12 (0.68%) Star Schema
13 11 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (0.57%) Data Lake
15 9 (0.51%) BigQuery
16 7 (0.40%) Amazon QuickSight
16 7 (0.40%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 83 (4.72%) Git
2 70 (3.98%) JIRA
3 18 (1.02%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (0.97%) LabVIEW
5 13 (0.74%) GitLab
6 9 (0.51%) Balsamiq
6 9 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.51%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
7 7 (0.40%) Axure RP
7 7 (0.40%) Selenium
8 6 (0.34%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.23%) JUnit
9 4 (0.23%) Postman
9 4 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
9 4 (0.23%) Snyk
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.23%) Subversion
10 3 (0.17%) RStudio
10 3 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 853 (48.47%) Social Skills
2 415 (23.58%) Finance
3 367 (20.85%) Analytical Skills
4 354 (20.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 226 (12.84%) Law
6 212 (12.05%) Public Sector
7 122 (6.93%) Electronics
8 118 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
9 107 (6.08%) Aerospace
10 101 (5.74%) Marketing
11 100 (5.68%) Presentation Skills
12 85 (4.83%) Manufacturing
13 69 (3.92%) Legal
14 64 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
15 59 (3.35%) Telecoms
16 49 (2.78%) Retail
17 48 (2.73%) Swedish Language
18 41 (2.33%) French Language
19 34 (1.93%) Banking
19 34 (1.93%) Military
Job Titles
1 366 (20.80%) Senior
2 288 (16.36%) Analyst
3 172 (9.77%) Developer
4 126 (7.16%) Lead
5 117 (6.65%) Architect
6 111 (6.31%) Senior Manager
7 106 (6.02%) Graduate
8 104 (5.91%) Project Manager
9 79 (4.49%) Senior Project Manager
10 78 (4.43%) Consultant
11 77 (4.38%) Service Analyst
11 77 (4.38%) Software Developer
12 76 (4.32%) Software Engineer
13 74 (4.20%) Senior Analyst
14 72 (4.09%) Business Analyst
15 69 (3.92%) Service Desk Analyst
16 66 (3.75%) Systems Engineer
17 65 (3.69%) IT Support
18 61 (3.47%) Support Engineer
19 53 (3.01%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (3.86%) .NET
2 66 (3.75%) CSS
3 62 (3.52%) React
4 58 (3.30%) HTML
5 43 (2.44%) Terraform
6 38 (2.16%) Node.js
7 35 (1.99%) jQuery
8 32 (1.82%) Vue
9 31 (1.76%) XML
10 29 (1.65%) RESTful
11 28 (1.59%) .NET Core
12 26 (1.48%) AngularJS
13 23 (1.31%) ASP.NET
13 23 (1.31%) REST
14 19 (1.08%) Entity Framework
15 18 (1.02%) .NET Framework
16 15 (0.85%) JSON
16 15 (0.85%) PyTorch
17 14 (0.80%) SOAP
18 13 (0.74%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (6.93%) Management Information System
2 99 (5.63%) Product Ownership
3 85 (4.83%) Self-Motivation
4 78 (4.43%) Cloud Native
5 60 (3.41%) Driving Licence
6 57 (3.24%) Onboarding
7 51 (2.90%) Algorithms
8 37 (2.10%) Security Posture
9 33 (1.88%) FPGA
10 32 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
11 31 (1.76%) Data Centre
11 31 (1.76%) IoT
12 30 (1.70%) Virtual Team
13 28 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
14 23 (1.31%) Client/Server
14 23 (1.31%) Data Structures
14 23 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
15 22 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
16 19 (1.08%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 133 (7.56%) Windows
2 104 (5.91%) Linux
3 64 (3.64%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.80%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.74%) Unix
6 12 (0.68%) Android
6 12 (0.68%) Embedded Linux
6 12 (0.68%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.28%) OpenVMS
10 3 (0.17%) Debian
10 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.17%) VMS
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.057%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.057%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (28.75%) Agile
2 463 (26.31%) Computer Science
3 442 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
4 317 (18.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 266 (15.11%) Mentoring
6 259 (14.72%) AI
7 247 (14.03%) Project Delivery
8 232 (13.18%) ITIL
9 222 (12.61%) Project Management
10 197 (11.19%) Software Engineering
11 195 (11.08%) Coaching
12 194 (11.02%) Customer Service
13 190 (10.80%) Decision-Making
14 189 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
15 175 (9.94%) Technology Strategy
16 160 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
17 155 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 151 (8.58%) Scrum
19 150 (8.52%) Analytics
20 146 (8.30%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 244 (13.86%) Python
2 231 (13.13%) SQL
3 153 (8.69%) C#
4 105 (5.97%) JavaScript
5 83 (4.72%) Java
6 80 (4.55%) C++
7 59 (3.35%) PowerShell
8 56 (3.18%) TypeScript
9 53 (3.01%) PHP
10 41 (2.33%) C
11 37 (2.10%) MATLAB
12 19 (1.08%) Go
12 19 (1.08%) R
13 18 (1.02%) Rust
14 16 (0.91%) Bash
15 14 (0.80%) PL/SQL
16 12 (0.68%) Bicep
17 11 (0.63%) Embedded C++
18 10 (0.57%) Embedded C
19 9 (0.51%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 336 (19.09%) Security Cleared
2 321 (18.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 274 (15.57%) SC Cleared
4 121 (6.88%) Master's Degree
5 106 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 103 (5.85%) DV Cleared
7 86 (4.89%) AWS Certification
8 83 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 76 (4.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 68 (3.86%) MCSE
11 66 (3.75%) PhD
12 65 (3.69%) CISSP
13 64 (3.64%) HNC
14 59 (3.35%) HND
15 49 (2.78%) Azure Certification
16 46 (2.61%) CISM
16 46 (2.61%) DBS Check
17 35 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
18 32 (1.82%) PMI Certification
19 30 (1.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (7.84%) QA
2 125 (7.10%) Accessibility
3 76 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 68 (3.86%) NIST
5 67 (3.81%) Data Quality
6 49 (2.78%) GDPR
7 36 (2.05%) SLA
8 30 (1.70%) PMO
9 22 (1.25%) GRC
10 20 (1.14%) NCSC
11 19 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (0.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.80%) WCAG
14 13 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.57%) NIST 800
16 10 (0.57%) PCI DSS
17 9 (0.51%) Def Stans
17 9 (0.51%) ISO 9001
18 7 (0.40%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 95 (5.40%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.13%) Docker
3 44 (2.50%) Firmware
4 28 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.63%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.63%) vSphere
8 6 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.28%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.057%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 56 (3.18%) Kubernetes
2 55 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.25%) Ansible
4 8 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.34%) Packer
6 5 (0.28%) QRadar
6 5 (0.28%) SCCM
7 4 (0.23%) Autotask
7 4 (0.23%) Functional Safety
7 4 (0.23%) Grafana
7 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.23%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.17%) Argo
8 3 (0.17%) Plesk
8 3 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.057%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.057%) OpenView
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.057%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 442 (25.11%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.28%) ServiceNow
3 53 (3.01%) Google
4 48 (2.73%) Cisco
4 48 (2.73%) SAP
5 35 (1.99%) Salesforce
6 33 (1.88%) Oracle
7 30 (1.70%) VMware
8 23 (1.31%) Databricks
9 20 (1.14%) Adobe
9 20 (1.14%) EMC
10 16 (0.91%) IBM
10 16 (0.91%) Splunk
11 14 (0.80%) Meraki
11 14 (0.80%) YouTube
12 13 (0.74%) Apple
12 13 (0.74%) Citrix
12 13 (0.74%) Red Hat
12 13 (0.74%) Siemens
13 12 (0.68%) Sage