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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 3 13
Rank change year-on-year -24 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,713 3,408 3,021
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.33% 21.24% 12.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.90% 61.77% 47.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,080 1,032 1,567
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,389 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £52,500 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -7.12% -5.79%
75th Percentile £73,931 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,175 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -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 4,772 5,517 6,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.41% 34.38% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,073 2,316 3,306
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,250 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%

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 4 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 90 (5.25%) SharePoint
2 46 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.23%) Confluence
4 15 (0.88%) IIS
5 10 (0.58%) CMS
6 9 (0.53%) SAS
7 8 (0.47%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.41%) Apache
8 7 (0.41%) WordPress
9 6 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.23%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.23%) PowerFactory
11 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.18%) Artix
11 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.058%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.058%) Resin
12 1 (0.058%) Umbraco
Applications
1 223 (13.02%) Microsoft Office
2 108 (6.30%) Microsoft Project
3 104 (6.07%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.40%) Simulink
6 16 (0.93%) AutoCAD
7 13 (0.76%) MS Visio
7 13 (0.76%) Revit
8 10 (0.58%) CorelDRAW
9 7 (0.41%) Adobe XD
10 6 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
11 5 (0.29%) Trello
12 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.23%) FrameMaker
12 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
12 4 (0.23%) Windchill
13 3 (0.18%) Autodesk Inventor
13 3 (0.18%) MadCap Flare
13 3 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.35%) Primavera
4 5 (0.29%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.18%) Misys Midas
6 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.18%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.12%) Shopify
8 1 (0.058%) HFM
8 1 (0.058%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.058%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.058%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.058%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 349 (20.37%) Azure
2 283 (16.52%) AWS
3 201 (11.73%) Microsoft 365
4 107 (6.25%) Power Platform
5 105 (6.13%) GCP
6 82 (4.79%) SaaS
7 73 (4.26%) Entra ID
8 43 (2.51%) GitHub
9 36 (2.10%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.58%) PowerApps
12 25 (1.46%) Power Automate
13 23 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (1.17%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (0.99%) Figma
16 17 (0.99%) OneDrive
17 15 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 76 (4.44%) Firewall
2 47 (2.74%) Network Security
3 46 (2.69%) VPN
4 42 (2.45%) TCP/IP
5 33 (1.93%) DNS
6 29 (1.69%) DHCP
7 24 (1.40%) LAN
8 21 (1.23%) WAN
9 15 (0.88%) Wireless
10 13 (0.76%) Unified Communications
11 11 (0.64%) Broadband
12 10 (0.58%) HTTP
12 10 (0.58%) Internet
13 9 (0.53%) MPLS
13 9 (0.53%) VLAN
14 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (0.35%) Ethernet
16 6 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
16 6 (0.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (7.12%) SQL Server
2 95 (5.55%) Power BI
3 40 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
4 37 (2.16%) MySQL
5 34 (1.98%) Metadata
5 34 (1.98%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (1.17%) Redis
8 17 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 17 (0.99%) NoSQL
9 16 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (0.82%) Tableau
11 12 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (0.70%) Star Schema
12 11 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (0.64%) Big Data
13 10 (0.58%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.53%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.47%) OLTP
16 7 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 82 (4.79%) Git
2 66 (3.85%) JIRA
3 17 (0.99%) LabVIEW
4 16 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
5 12 (0.70%) GitLab
6 9 (0.53%) Balsamiq
6 9 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.53%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.41%) Axure RP
8 7 (0.41%) Selenium
9 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.23%) JUnit
10 4 (0.23%) Postman
10 4 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
10 4 (0.23%) Snyk
10 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.23%) Subversion
11 3 (0.18%) RStudio
11 3 (0.18%) Storybook
General
1 828 (48.34%) Social Skills
2 412 (24.05%) Finance
3 357 (20.84%) Analytical Skills
4 352 (20.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 224 (13.08%) Law
6 208 (12.14%) Public Sector
7 117 (6.83%) Electronics
8 115 (6.71%) Organisational Skills
9 101 (5.90%) Marketing
10 99 (5.78%) Aerospace
11 96 (5.60%) Presentation Skills
12 76 (4.44%) Manufacturing
13 68 (3.97%) Legal
14 64 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
15 55 (3.21%) Telecoms
16 48 (2.80%) Swedish Language
17 47 (2.74%) Retail
18 42 (2.45%) French Language
19 34 (1.98%) Banking
20 32 (1.87%) Military
Job Titles
1 358 (20.90%) Senior
2 285 (16.64%) Analyst
3 173 (10.10%) Developer
4 121 (7.06%) Lead
5 114 (6.65%) Architect
6 109 (6.36%) Senior Manager
7 105 (6.13%) Graduate
8 104 (6.07%) Project Manager
9 78 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
9 78 (4.55%) Service Analyst
10 76 (4.44%) Software Developer
10 76 (4.44%) Software Engineer
11 75 (4.38%) Consultant
12 74 (4.32%) Senior Analyst
13 71 (4.14%) Business Analyst
13 71 (4.14%) Service Desk Analyst
14 63 (3.68%) IT Support
15 61 (3.56%) Systems Engineer
16 57 (3.33%) Support Engineer
17 53 (3.09%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (3.97%) .NET
2 66 (3.85%) CSS
3 62 (3.62%) React
4 59 (3.44%) HTML
5 45 (2.63%) Terraform
6 38 (2.22%) Node.js
7 35 (2.04%) jQuery
8 33 (1.93%) Vue
9 32 (1.87%) XML
10 30 (1.75%) RESTful
11 28 (1.63%) .NET Core
12 26 (1.52%) AngularJS
13 25 (1.46%) REST
14 23 (1.34%) ASP.NET
15 19 (1.11%) Entity Framework
16 18 (1.05%) .NET Framework
17 15 (0.88%) JSON
17 15 (0.88%) PyTorch
17 15 (0.88%) SOAP
18 13 (0.76%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 122 (7.12%) Management Information System
2 98 (5.72%) Product Ownership
3 81 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
4 79 (4.61%) Cloud Native
5 53 (3.09%) Driving Licence
6 52 (3.04%) Onboarding
7 50 (2.92%) Algorithms
8 36 (2.10%) Security Posture
9 32 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
9 32 (1.87%) FPGA
10 30 (1.75%) Virtual Team
11 29 (1.69%) IoT
12 28 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
13 27 (1.58%) Data Centre
14 23 (1.34%) Client/Server
14 23 (1.34%) Data Structures
14 23 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
15 22 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
16 21 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
17 19 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 126 (7.36%) Windows
2 98 (5.72%) Linux
3 61 (3.56%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.76%) Unix
5 11 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
6 10 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.47%) Android
8 7 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.29%) OpenVMS
11 3 (0.18%) VMS
12 2 (0.12%) Debian
12 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.058%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (29.07%) Agile
2 454 (26.50%) Computer Science
3 425 (24.81%) Problem-Solving
4 309 (18.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 256 (14.94%) Mentoring
6 251 (14.65%) AI
7 239 (13.95%) Project Delivery
8 230 (13.43%) ITIL
9 219 (12.78%) Project Management
10 194 (11.33%) Software Engineering
11 193 (11.27%) Coaching
12 191 (11.15%) Customer Service
13 189 (11.03%) Decision-Making
14 176 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
15 173 (10.10%) Technology Strategy
16 153 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
17 152 (8.87%) Analytics
18 149 (8.70%) DevOps
18 149 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 148 (8.64%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 243 (14.19%) Python
2 232 (13.54%) SQL
3 152 (8.87%) C#
4 105 (6.13%) JavaScript
5 82 (4.79%) Java
6 77 (4.50%) C++
7 57 (3.33%) PowerShell
7 57 (3.33%) TypeScript
8 53 (3.09%) PHP
9 39 (2.28%) C
10 35 (2.04%) MATLAB
11 19 (1.11%) Go
12 18 (1.05%) Rust
13 17 (0.99%) R
14 15 (0.88%) Bash
14 15 (0.88%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.70%) Bicep
16 9 (0.53%) Embedded C
16 9 (0.53%) Embedded C++
16 9 (0.53%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 323 (18.86%) Security Cleared
2 316 (18.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 266 (15.53%) SC Cleared
4 119 (6.95%) Master's Degree
5 106 (6.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 102 (5.95%) DV Cleared
7 87 (5.08%) AWS Certification
8 83 (4.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 75 (4.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 70 (4.09%) MCSE
11 64 (3.74%) CISSP
11 64 (3.74%) PhD
12 59 (3.44%) HNC
13 54 (3.15%) HND
14 47 (2.74%) Azure Certification
15 45 (2.63%) CISM
16 42 (2.45%) DBS Check
17 34 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
18 32 (1.87%) PMI Certification
19 30 (1.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (8.06%) QA
2 120 (7.01%) Accessibility
3 75 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 67 (3.91%) NIST
5 66 (3.85%) Data Quality
6 47 (2.74%) GDPR
7 36 (2.10%) SLA
8 28 (1.63%) PMO
9 23 (1.34%) GRC
10 20 (1.17%) NCSC
11 19 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.82%) WCAG
14 13 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.58%) NIST 800
16 10 (0.58%) PCI DSS
17 9 (0.53%) ISO 9001
18 8 (0.47%) Def Stans
19 7 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 90 (5.25%) Active Directory
2 52 (3.04%) Docker
3 44 (2.57%) Firmware
4 26 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.64%) vSphere
7 10 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 10 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.29%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.058%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.058%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 57 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (1.23%) Ansible
4 8 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.35%) Packer
6 5 (0.29%) QRadar
7 4 (0.23%) Autotask
7 4 (0.23%) Grafana
7 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.23%) SCCM
7 4 (0.23%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.18%) Argo
8 3 (0.18%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.18%) Plesk
8 3 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.058%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.058%) OpenView
10 1 (0.058%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.058%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 431 (25.16%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.55%) ServiceNow
3 52 (3.04%) Google
4 50 (2.92%) SAP
5 44 (2.57%) Cisco
6 36 (2.10%) Salesforce
7 33 (1.93%) Oracle
8 28 (1.63%) VMware
9 22 (1.28%) Databricks
10 20 (1.17%) Adobe
10 20 (1.17%) EMC
11 16 (0.93%) Splunk
12 14 (0.82%) IBM
12 14 (0.82%) Meraki
13 13 (0.76%) Siemens
13 13 (0.76%) YouTube
14 12 (0.70%) Citrix
14 12 (0.70%) HubSpot
14 12 (0.70%) Red Hat
14 12 (0.70%) Sage