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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 3 13
Rank change year-on-year -22 +10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,724 3,507 3,081
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.43% 21.21% 12.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.20% 61.85% 46.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,092 1,118 1,713
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,818 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £51,957 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -5.53% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £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 4,762 5,670 6,601
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.52% 34.30% 26.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,071 2,432 3,647
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £32,999
25th Percentile £46,500 £40,840 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -1.71% -2.50%
75th Percentile £79,744 £75,900 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £87,500
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 26 August 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 88 (5.10%) SharePoint
2 44 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.22%) Confluence
4 15 (0.87%) IIS
5 11 (0.64%) CMS
6 9 (0.52%) Apache
6 9 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.52%) SAS
7 8 (0.46%) WordPress
8 7 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.23%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.23%) PowerFactory
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.17%) Artix
10 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.058%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.058%) Resin
11 1 (0.058%) Umbraco
Applications
1 222 (12.88%) Microsoft Office
2 106 (6.15%) Microsoft Project
3 98 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.39%) Simulink
6 16 (0.93%) AutoCAD
7 13 (0.75%) MS Visio
8 12 (0.70%) Revit
9 10 (0.58%) CorelDRAW
10 8 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 8 (0.46%) Adobe XD
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 (0.17%) Autodesk Inventor
13 3 (0.17%) MadCap Flare
13 3 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 12 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.35%) Primavera
4 4 (0.23%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
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 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.12%) Shopify
7 1 (0.058%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.058%) HFM
7 1 (0.058%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.058%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.058%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 352 (20.42%) Azure
2 290 (16.82%) AWS
3 195 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
4 108 (6.26%) GCP
5 103 (5.97%) Power Platform
6 86 (4.99%) SaaS
7 73 (4.23%) Entra ID
8 41 (2.38%) GitHub
9 37 (2.15%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.57%) PowerApps
12 25 (1.45%) Power Automate
13 20 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (1.16%) Snowflake
14 18 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
14 18 (1.04%) Figma
14 18 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (0.87%) OneDrive
16 14 (0.81%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (4.41%) Firewall
2 47 (2.73%) Network Security
3 44 (2.55%) VPN
4 40 (2.32%) TCP/IP
5 32 (1.86%) DNS
6 28 (1.62%) DHCP
7 22 (1.28%) LAN
8 20 (1.16%) WAN
9 15 (0.87%) Wireless
10 14 (0.81%) Unified Communications
11 13 (0.75%) Internet
12 11 (0.64%) Broadband
13 10 (0.58%) HTTP
14 9 (0.52%) MPLS
14 9 (0.52%) VLAN
15 8 (0.46%) LTE
16 7 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
16 7 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (0.41%) SD-WAN
16 7 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (7.13%) SQL Server
2 90 (5.22%) Power BI
3 42 (2.44%) MySQL
4 41 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (2.03%) Relational Database
6 32 (1.86%) Metadata
7 26 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.16%) Redis
9 16 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (0.81%) Tableau
11 13 (0.75%) MongoDB
11 13 (0.75%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.64%) Big Data
13 11 (0.64%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.52%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.52%) OLTP
15 8 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.46%) Star Schema
16 6 (0.35%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 83 (4.81%) Git
2 67 (3.89%) JIRA
3 16 (0.93%) LabVIEW
3 16 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
4 13 (0.75%) GitLab
5 10 (0.58%) Balsamiq
6 9 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.52%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.46%) Axure RP
7 8 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
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 (0.17%) RStudio
11 3 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 824 (47.80%) Social Skills
2 420 (24.36%) Finance
3 355 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
4 351 (20.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 226 (13.11%) Law
6 212 (12.30%) Public Sector
7 112 (6.50%) Electronics
8 111 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
9 103 (5.97%) Marketing
10 96 (5.57%) Aerospace
11 95 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
12 74 (4.29%) Manufacturing
13 66 (3.83%) Legal
14 64 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
15 51 (2.96%) Telecoms
16 48 (2.78%) Swedish Language
17 46 (2.67%) Retail
18 40 (2.32%) French Language
19 36 (2.09%) Banking
20 31 (1.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 354 (20.53%) Senior
2 287 (16.65%) Analyst
3 183 (10.61%) Developer
4 122 (7.08%) Lead
5 116 (6.73%) Architect
6 109 (6.32%) Senior Manager
7 107 (6.21%) Graduate
7 107 (6.21%) Project Manager
8 79 (4.58%) Software Developer
9 77 (4.47%) Senior Project Manager
9 77 (4.47%) Service Analyst
10 76 (4.41%) Software Engineer
11 75 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
12 71 (4.12%) Business Analyst
12 71 (4.12%) Consultant
12 71 (4.12%) Service Desk Analyst
13 61 (3.54%) IT Support
13 61 (3.54%) Systems Engineer
14 58 (3.36%) Support Engineer
15 56 (3.25%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (4.12%) .NET
1 71 (4.12%) CSS
2 65 (3.77%) React
3 62 (3.60%) HTML
4 49 (2.84%) Terraform
5 41 (2.38%) Node.js
6 38 (2.20%) jQuery
7 36 (2.09%) Vue
8 32 (1.86%) RESTful
9 31 (1.80%) XML
10 28 (1.62%) .NET Core
10 28 (1.62%) REST
11 26 (1.51%) AngularJS
12 23 (1.33%) ASP.NET
13 19 (1.10%) Entity Framework
14 18 (1.04%) .NET Framework
15 17 (0.99%) SOAP
16 15 (0.87%) JSON
16 15 (0.87%) PyTorch
17 14 (0.81%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (7.08%) Management Information System
2 97 (5.63%) Product Ownership
3 83 (4.81%) Cloud Native
4 81 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
5 52 (3.02%) Driving Licence
6 51 (2.96%) Algorithms
7 49 (2.84%) Onboarding
8 35 (2.03%) Security Posture
9 32 (1.86%) FPGA
10 30 (1.74%) Virtual Team
11 29 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
12 28 (1.62%) IoT
13 27 (1.57%) Data Centre
14 24 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
15 23 (1.33%) Data Structures
15 23 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
15 23 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
16 22 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
17 21 (1.22%) Client/Server
18 19 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 121 (7.02%) Windows
2 99 (5.74%) Linux
3 58 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.75%) Unix
5 11 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
8 8 (0.46%) Android
9 7 (0.41%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.29%) OpenVMS
12 3 (0.17%) VMS
13 2 (0.12%) Debian
13 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
13 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
13 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.058%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (29.18%) Agile
2 459 (26.62%) Computer Science
3 423 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
4 311 (18.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 257 (14.91%) Mentoring
6 251 (14.56%) AI
7 239 (13.86%) Project Delivery
8 227 (13.17%) ITIL
9 224 (12.99%) Project Management
10 196 (11.37%) Software Engineering
11 194 (11.25%) Coaching
12 192 (11.14%) Decision-Making
13 186 (10.79%) Customer Service
14 175 (10.15%) Technology Strategy
15 171 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
16 154 (8.93%) Analytics
16 154 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
17 153 (8.87%) CI/CD
18 151 (8.76%) DevOps
19 148 (8.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 241 (13.98%) Python
2 236 (13.69%) SQL
3 153 (8.87%) C#
4 108 (6.26%) JavaScript
5 85 (4.93%) Java
6 78 (4.52%) C++
7 60 (3.48%) TypeScript
8 58 (3.36%) PowerShell
9 55 (3.19%) PHP
10 39 (2.26%) C
11 35 (2.03%) MATLAB
12 20 (1.16%) Go
12 20 (1.16%) Rust
13 16 (0.93%) PL/SQL
13 16 (0.93%) R
14 15 (0.87%) Bash
15 14 (0.81%) Bicep
16 9 (0.52%) Embedded C
16 9 (0.52%) SystemVerilog
17 8 (0.46%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 327 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 322 (18.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 269 (15.60%) SC Cleared
4 127 (7.37%) Master's Degree
5 109 (6.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 102 (5.92%) DV Cleared
7 87 (5.05%) AWS Certification
8 84 (4.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 74 (4.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 70 (4.06%) MCSE
11 66 (3.83%) PhD
12 64 (3.71%) CISSP
13 56 (3.25%) HNC
14 51 (2.96%) HND
15 47 (2.73%) Azure Certification
16 44 (2.55%) CISM
17 41 (2.38%) DBS Check
18 34 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
18 34 (1.97%) PMI Certification
19 32 (1.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (8.06%) QA
2 123 (7.13%) Accessibility
3 74 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 66 (3.83%) NIST
5 65 (3.77%) Data Quality
6 43 (2.49%) GDPR
7 38 (2.20%) SLA
8 29 (1.68%) PMO
9 24 (1.39%) GRC
10 19 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 19 (1.10%) NCSC
11 15 (0.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 15 (0.87%) WCAG
12 13 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.58%) NIST 800
14 10 (0.58%) PCI DSS
15 9 (0.52%) ISO 9001
16 7 (0.41%) Def Stans
17 5 (0.29%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 89 (5.16%) Active Directory
2 53 (3.07%) Docker
3 44 (2.55%) Firmware
4 25 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.64%) vSphere
7 9 (0.52%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.52%) 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%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 58 (3.36%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.28%) Ansible
4 9 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.35%) Packer
6 5 (0.29%) Grafana
6 5 (0.29%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.29%) QRadar
7 4 (0.23%) Autotask
7 4 (0.23%) SCCM
7 4 (0.23%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.17%) Argo
8 3 (0.17%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.17%) Plesk
8 3 (0.17%) 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
1 422 (24.48%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.51%) ServiceNow
3 53 (3.07%) Google
4 49 (2.84%) SAP
5 45 (2.61%) Cisco
6 38 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 35 (2.03%) Oracle
8 27 (1.57%) VMware
9 24 (1.39%) Databricks
10 23 (1.33%) Adobe
11 20 (1.16%) EMC
12 16 (0.93%) Splunk
13 15 (0.87%) Meraki
14 14 (0.81%) HubSpot
14 14 (0.81%) IBM
14 14 (0.81%) Siemens
15 12 (0.70%) Citrix
15 12 (0.70%) Red Hat
15 12 (0.70%) YouTube
16 11 (0.64%) Sage