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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 13 11
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,625 1,947 4,047
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.74% 15.18% 13.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.25% 52.56% 49.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 1,317 2,836
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,125
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,240 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -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 4,037 3,704 8,227
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.19% 28.87% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,667 2,451 5,951
10th Percentile £31,125 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -4.35%

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 31 March 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 56 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (1.17%) Apache Spark
4 17 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.62%) SAS
6 9 (0.55%) CMS
6 9 (0.55%) WordPress
7 8 (0.49%) Confluence
8 6 (0.37%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.37%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.31%) Apache
9 5 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.31%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.18%) IIS
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.062%) Kinematics
Applications
1 225 (13.85%) Microsoft Office
2 124 (7.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (2.15%) Chatbot
5 31 (1.91%) Adobe XD
6 18 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 12 (0.74%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.62%) InDesign
10 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
11 6 (0.37%) AutoCAD
12 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
12 3 (0.18%) Sketch
12 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 27 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (1.29%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.18%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.062%) Endur
8 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.062%) Primavera
8 1 (0.062%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.062%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.062%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 348 (21.42%) Azure
2 346 (21.29%) AWS
3 251 (15.45%) Microsoft 365
4 130 (8.00%) Power Platform
5 121 (7.45%) GCP
6 106 (6.52%) SaaS
7 73 (4.49%) Entra ID
8 52 (3.20%) GitHub
9 49 (3.02%) Serverless
10 43 (2.65%) Figma
11 35 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
12 34 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (1.66%) PowerApps
14 26 (1.60%) Power Automate
15 25 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
17 19 (1.17%) PaaS
17 19 (1.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 19 (1.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 18 (1.11%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.40%) Firewall
2 20 (1.23%) DNS
3 19 (1.17%) WAN
4 17 (1.05%) VPN
5 16 (0.98%) Network Security
6 15 (0.92%) DHCP
6 15 (0.92%) SSL
6 15 (0.92%) Unified Communications
7 14 (0.86%) TCP/IP
7 14 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.68%) SD-WAN
9 10 (0.62%) Broadband
10 9 (0.55%) Internet
11 8 (0.49%) LAN
11 8 (0.49%) MPLS
12 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.37%) BGP
13 6 (0.37%) VLAN
13 6 (0.37%) VoIP
13 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (6.58%) Power BI
2 100 (6.15%) SQL Server
3 49 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (2.34%) Tableau
5 36 (2.22%) MySQL
6 25 (1.54%) BigQuery
6 25 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (1.42%) NoSQL
7 23 (1.42%) Relational Database
8 19 (1.17%) Metadata
9 16 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (0.92%) OLTP
10 15 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
12 12 (0.74%) MongoDB
12 12 (0.74%) Redis
13 11 (0.68%) DB2
Development Applications
1 75 (4.62%) Git
2 53 (3.26%) JIRA
3 33 (2.03%) Selenium
4 27 (1.66%) Balsamiq
5 25 (1.54%) WebDriver
6 24 (1.48%) Axure RP
7 22 (1.35%) Postman
8 20 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 19 (1.17%) SoapUI
10 17 (1.05%) Jenkins
11 13 (0.80%) GitLab
12 11 (0.68%) MLflow
13 7 (0.43%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.43%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.37%) Babel
14 6 (0.37%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.37%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.37%) webpack
15 4 (0.25%) Storybook
15 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 770 (47.38%) Social Skills
2 388 (23.88%) Finance
3 318 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
4 297 (18.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 204 (12.55%) Public Sector
6 165 (10.15%) Law
7 147 (9.05%) Marketing
8 97 (5.97%) French Language
9 88 (5.42%) Retail
10 82 (5.05%) Banking
11 74 (4.55%) Legal
12 72 (4.43%) Back Office
13 54 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
14 51 (3.14%) Swedish Language
15 50 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
16 47 (2.89%) Telecoms
17 46 (2.83%) Manufacturing
18 35 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
19 32 (1.97%) Electronics
20 24 (1.48%) Billing
Job Titles
1 286 (17.60%) Analyst
2 255 (15.69%) Senior
3 189 (11.63%) Developer
4 110 (6.77%) Support Engineer
5 92 (5.66%) Service Analyst
5 92 (5.66%) Service Desk Analyst
6 69 (4.25%) Architect
7 64 (3.94%) Lead
8 62 (3.82%) Desktop Support
9 60 (3.69%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (3.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 58 (3.57%) Business Analyst
11 56 (3.45%) Site Engineer
12 54 (3.32%) Consultant
12 54 (3.32%) Senior Developer
12 54 (3.32%) Software Engineer
13 51 (3.14%) Graduate
14 42 (2.58%) SQL Developer
15 37 (2.28%) Senior Analyst
15 37 (2.28%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (6.46%) .NET
2 93 (5.72%) HTML
3 84 (5.17%) CSS
4 60 (3.69%) React
5 59 (3.63%) SOAP
6 56 (3.45%) REST
7 49 (3.02%) RESTful
8 31 (1.91%) Node.js
9 28 (1.72%) jQuery
9 28 (1.72%) Kafka
10 26 (1.60%) PyTorch
11 24 (1.48%) Middleware
11 24 (1.48%) OAuth
12 23 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
12 23 (1.42%) TensorFlow
12 23 (1.42%) Visualforce
13 22 (1.35%) XML
14 20 (1.23%) .NET Framework
14 20 (1.23%) Entity Framework
15 17 (1.05%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.65%) Blog
2 101 (6.22%) Product Ownership
3 94 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
4 87 (5.35%) Management Information System
5 77 (4.74%) Cloud Native
6 69 (4.25%) Onboarding
7 49 (3.02%) Driving Licence
8 41 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
9 32 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
10 31 (1.91%) Data Structures
10 31 (1.91%) Social Media
11 29 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
12 26 (1.60%) Algorithms
12 26 (1.60%) Security Posture
13 22 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
14 20 (1.23%) Data Centre
15 18 (1.11%) Virtual Team
16 17 (1.05%) PMI
16 17 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
17 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 156 (9.60%) Windows
2 100 (6.15%) Linux
3 67 (4.12%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.54%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.29%) Android
5 21 (1.29%) Unix
6 9 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.18%) Debian
9 3 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.12%) CentOS
10 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.062%) AIX
11 1 (0.062%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.062%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 438 (26.95%) Computer Science
2 380 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
3 341 (20.98%) Agile
4 303 (18.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 293 (18.03%) Customer Service
6 285 (17.54%) AI
7 250 (15.38%) ITIL
8 229 (14.09%) Analytics
9 188 (11.57%) Mentoring
10 177 (10.89%) Cybersecurity
10 177 (10.89%) DevOps
11 166 (10.22%) CI/CD
12 163 (10.03%) Decision-Making
13 151 (9.29%) Project Management
13 151 (9.29%) Software Engineering
14 137 (8.43%) Business Intelligence
15 133 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 127 (7.82%) Customer Experience
17 120 (7.38%) Roadmaps
18 113 (6.95%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 258 (15.88%) Python
2 245 (15.08%) SQL
3 151 (9.29%) C#
4 143 (8.80%) Java
5 117 (7.20%) JavaScript
6 73 (4.49%) C++
7 68 (4.18%) TypeScript
8 47 (2.89%) Go
8 47 (2.89%) PowerShell
9 39 (2.40%) PHP
10 35 (2.15%) Bash
11 23 (1.42%) Apex Code
11 23 (1.42%) PL/SQL
12 22 (1.35%) Rust
13 19 (1.17%) C
14 16 (0.98%) R
15 15 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.74%) Scala
16 12 (0.74%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 309 (19.02%) Security Cleared
2 298 (18.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 275 (16.92%) SC Cleared
4 165 (10.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 148 (9.11%) Master's Degree
6 127 (7.82%) AWS Certification
7 101 (6.22%) MCSE
8 63 (3.88%) PhD
9 60 (3.69%) CTC Cleared
10 50 (3.08%) PMP
11 49 (3.02%) ACCA
12 47 (2.89%) CIMA
13 46 (2.83%) CISSP
14 43 (2.65%) PMI Certification
15 40 (2.46%) Azure Certification
16 33 (2.03%) DBS Check
17 32 (1.97%) DV Cleared
18 30 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
19 26 (1.60%) HNC
19 26 (1.60%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (8.06%) QA
2 84 (5.17%) Accessibility
3 82 (5.05%) SLA
4 67 (4.12%) GDPR
5 54 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 49 (3.02%) Data Quality
7 46 (2.83%) NIST
8 29 (1.78%) WCAG
9 25 (1.54%) GRC
10 19 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.86%) PMO
12 13 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.74%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.55%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.49%) IFRS
16 7 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.43%) SOC 2
17 4 (0.25%) ISO 26262
17 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.18%) GAAP
System Software
1 77 (4.74%) Docker
2 68 (4.18%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.25%) vSphere
6 3 (0.18%) Firmware
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.062%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.062%) iptables
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.062%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 75 (4.62%) Kubernetes
2 55 (3.38%) Terraform
3 37 (2.28%) Ansible
4 27 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.35%) Grafana
6 21 (1.29%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 7 (0.43%) Autotask
8 7 (0.43%) Nmap
9 5 (0.31%) FTK
10 4 (0.25%) Packer
11 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.12%) OpenView
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
12 2 (0.12%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.062%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.062%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 383 (23.57%) Microsoft
2 116 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 111 (6.83%) Cisco
4 78 (4.80%) Salesforce
5 55 (3.38%) Adobe
6 51 (3.14%) Google
7 46 (2.83%) Oracle
8 37 (2.28%) SAP
9 29 (1.78%) Databricks
10 28 (1.72%) PayPal
11 20 (1.23%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.11%) VMware
13 16 (0.98%) HubSpot
14 13 (0.80%) Red Hat
14 13 (0.80%) Sage
15 12 (0.74%) IBM
15 12 (0.74%) Splunk
15 12 (0.74%) Zoho
16 10 (0.62%) Citrix
16 10 (0.62%) Meraki