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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 2 13
Rank change year-on-year -26 +11 0
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,761 4,117 2,823
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.02% 24.91% 13.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.92% 66.45% 49.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,082 1,013 1,304
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,549 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £90,000 £89,700
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -4.17%

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 5,192 6,196 5,725
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.71% 37.49% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,180 2,277 2,696
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,956 £34,577
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 14 October 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
1 101 (5.74%) SharePoint
2 58 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.02%) Confluence
4 15 (0.85%) IIS
5 10 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.51%) SAS
7 8 (0.45%) CMS
7 8 (0.45%) WordPress
8 7 (0.40%) Apache
9 4 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.23%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.23%) Office Communications Server
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.23%) PowerFactory
10 3 (0.17%) Artix
11 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.11%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.057%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.057%) Resin
Applications
1 206 (11.70%) Microsoft Office
2 109 (6.19%) Microsoft Project
3 100 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 39 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (1.87%) AutoCAD
6 27 (1.53%) Simulink
7 25 (1.42%) Revit
8 16 (0.91%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.57%) CorelDRAW
10 9 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (0.34%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.34%) Trello
12 4 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 4 (0.23%) Autodesk Inventor
12 4 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
12 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
12 4 (0.23%) Windchill
13 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
13 3 (0.17%) FrameMaker
13 3 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 15 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.45%) Primavera
3 5 (0.28%) Sage 50
3 5 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.17%) Misys Midas
4 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.11%) iTrent
5 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.11%) Shopify
5 2 (0.11%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.057%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.057%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.057%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.057%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.057%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.057%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 345 (19.59%) Azure
2 254 (14.42%) AWS
3 190 (10.79%) Microsoft 365
4 99 (5.62%) Power Platform
5 97 (5.51%) GCP
6 89 (5.05%) SaaS
7 86 (4.88%) Entra ID
8 45 (2.56%) GitHub
9 28 (1.59%) Power Automate
10 27 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (1.53%) Google Analytics
11 26 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (1.48%) OneDrive
12 25 (1.42%) PowerApps
13 23 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
14 22 (1.25%) Snowflake
15 19 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
16 18 (1.02%) PaaS
17 14 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
18 13 (0.74%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 75 (4.26%) Firewall
2 55 (3.12%) VPN
3 46 (2.61%) TCP/IP
4 43 (2.44%) Network Security
5 38 (2.16%) DNS
6 33 (1.87%) DHCP
7 27 (1.53%) Wireless
8 23 (1.31%) LAN
9 17 (0.97%) WAN
10 14 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.68%) Ethernet
11 12 (0.68%) Unified Communications
12 11 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
13 10 (0.57%) HTTP
14 9 (0.51%) VLAN
15 7 (0.40%) WLAN
16 6 (0.34%) Broadband
16 6 (0.34%) Internet
16 6 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (0.34%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (5.96%) SQL Server
2 90 (5.11%) Power BI
3 42 (2.39%) Metadata
4 36 (2.04%) Relational Database
5 33 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (1.59%) MySQL
8 22 (1.25%) Redis
9 19 (1.08%) MongoDB
9 19 (1.08%) NoSQL
10 16 (0.91%) Data Mining
11 15 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (0.80%) Big Data
13 13 (0.74%) Star Schema
13 13 (0.74%) Tableau
14 12 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (0.68%) Data Lake
14 12 (0.68%) GIS
15 9 (0.51%) Amazon QuickSight
15 9 (0.51%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 73 (4.15%) Git
2 59 (3.35%) JIRA
3 20 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (0.97%) LabVIEW
5 15 (0.85%) GitLab
6 9 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.51%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.45%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.34%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.34%) Selenium
8 6 (0.34%) Subversion
9 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.28%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.28%) Postman
9 5 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (0.23%) JUnit
10 4 (0.23%) Snyk
10 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.17%) NUnit
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
General
1 852 (48.38%) Social Skills
2 405 (23.00%) Finance
3 394 (22.37%) Analytical Skills
4 326 (18.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 201 (11.41%) Law
6 192 (10.90%) Public Sector
7 134 (7.61%) Electronics
8 127 (7.21%) Aerospace
9 122 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
10 101 (5.74%) Manufacturing
11 94 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
12 89 (5.05%) Marketing
13 76 (4.32%) Legal
14 65 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
14 65 (3.69%) Telecoms
15 60 (3.41%) Retail
16 41 (2.33%) Swedish Language
17 37 (2.10%) Military
18 35 (1.99%) Automotive
19 33 (1.87%) Games
Job Titles
1 382 (21.69%) Senior
2 262 (14.88%) Analyst
3 143 (8.12%) Developer
4 138 (7.84%) Lead
5 117 (6.64%) Senior Manager
6 110 (6.25%) Architect
7 109 (6.19%) Project Manager
8 87 (4.94%) Software Engineer
9 86 (4.88%) Consultant
10 85 (4.83%) Senior Project Manager
11 84 (4.77%) Graduate
12 65 (3.69%) Senior Analyst
12 65 (3.69%) Systems Engineer
13 61 (3.46%) Business Analyst
13 61 (3.46%) IT Support
14 57 (3.24%) Software Developer
15 55 (3.12%) Support Analyst
16 54 (3.07%) Service Analyst
17 52 (2.95%) Support Engineer
18 46 (2.61%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (3.80%) .NET
2 64 (3.63%) React
3 57 (3.24%) HTML
4 53 (3.01%) CSS
5 42 (2.39%) Node.js
6 37 (2.10%) Terraform
7 29 (1.65%) Vue
8 28 (1.59%) .NET Core
8 28 (1.59%) XML
9 26 (1.48%) AngularJS
10 25 (1.42%) REST
10 25 (1.42%) RESTful
11 23 (1.31%) ASP.NET
12 22 (1.25%) jQuery
13 19 (1.08%) Entity Framework
14 17 (0.97%) .NET Framework
15 13 (0.74%) ASP.NET Core
15 13 (0.74%) JSON
16 12 (0.68%) Web Services
17 11 (0.62%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 126 (7.16%) Management Information System
2 88 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
3 85 (4.83%) Product Ownership
4 77 (4.37%) Driving Licence
5 66 (3.75%) Cloud Native
6 53 (3.01%) Onboarding
7 50 (2.84%) Algorithms
8 42 (2.39%) FPGA
8 42 (2.39%) IoT
9 35 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
10 34 (1.93%) Security Posture
11 33 (1.87%) Data Centre
12 29 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
13 25 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
13 25 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
14 22 (1.25%) Client/Server
14 22 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
15 21 (1.19%) Mobile App
15 21 (1.19%) Robotics
16 20 (1.14%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 120 (6.81%) Windows
2 79 (4.49%) Linux
3 60 (3.41%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.97%) Windows 10
5 15 (0.85%) Android
6 14 (0.80%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.51%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.45%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.34%) Unix
10 5 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
10 5 (0.28%) macOS
10 5 (0.28%) OpenVMS
10 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.23%) Robot Operating System
12 3 (0.17%) Debian
12 3 (0.17%) VMS
13 2 (0.11%) VxWorks
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (28.62%) Agile
2 487 (27.65%) Problem-Solving
3 450 (25.55%) Computer Science
4 338 (19.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 282 (16.01%) AI
6 261 (14.82%) Mentoring
7 255 (14.48%) Project Delivery
8 226 (12.83%) Project Management
9 219 (12.44%) ITIL
10 218 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 210 (11.93%) Software Engineering
12 200 (11.36%) Decision-Making
13 187 (10.62%) Coaching
14 183 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
15 182 (10.34%) Customer Service
16 159 (9.03%) Analytics
17 157 (8.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 156 (8.86%) Technology Strategy
19 150 (8.52%) PRINCE2
20 145 (8.23%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 245 (13.91%) Python
2 203 (11.53%) SQL
3 123 (6.98%) C#
4 116 (6.59%) JavaScript
5 72 (4.09%) C++
6 65 (3.69%) Java
7 59 (3.35%) TypeScript
8 57 (3.24%) PowerShell
9 44 (2.50%) C
10 38 (2.16%) MATLAB
11 30 (1.70%) PHP
12 22 (1.25%) Rust
13 19 (1.08%) R
14 15 (0.85%) Go
15 14 (0.80%) Bash
16 12 (0.68%) Embedded C
16 12 (0.68%) Embedded C++
16 12 (0.68%) PL/SQL
17 10 (0.57%) SystemVerilog
18 8 (0.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 320 (18.17%) Security Cleared
2 289 (16.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 256 (14.54%) SC Cleared
4 118 (6.70%) Master's Degree
5 98 (5.57%) DV Cleared
6 85 (4.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 84 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 82 (4.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 80 (4.54%) HNC
10 77 (4.37%) HND
11 67 (3.80%) AWS Certification
12 61 (3.46%) PhD
13 59 (3.35%) Azure Certification
13 59 (3.35%) CISSP
14 51 (2.90%) DBS Check
15 45 (2.56%) Chartered Engineer
16 44 (2.50%) CISM
17 43 (2.44%) MCSE
18 31 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
19 27 (1.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (7.38%) Accessibility
2 111 (6.30%) QA
3 75 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 68 (3.86%) Data Quality
5 60 (3.41%) GDPR
5 60 (3.41%) NIST
6 34 (1.93%) SLA
7 33 (1.87%) PMO
8 19 (1.08%) NCSC
9 17 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (0.91%) GRC
11 14 (0.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (0.68%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.68%) WCAG
13 11 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.62%) Def Stans
13 11 (0.62%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.57%) IEC 61508
14 10 (0.57%) NIST 800
15 9 (0.51%) DO-254
System Software
1 87 (4.94%) Active Directory
2 52 (2.95%) Docker
3 51 (2.90%) Firmware
4 17 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.74%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.17%) vSphere
10 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.057%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 63 (3.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.85%) Ansible
4 12 (0.68%) Functional Safety
5 7 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.34%) SCCM
7 4 (0.23%) Autotask
7 4 (0.23%) Grafana
7 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.23%) QRadar
8 3 (0.17%) Argo
8 3 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.11%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.11%) Packer
9 2 (0.11%) Plesk
Vendors
1 443 (25.16%) Microsoft
2 72 (4.09%) ServiceNow
3 61 (3.46%) Google
4 40 (2.27%) SAP
5 37 (2.10%) Cisco
6 33 (1.87%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.76%) Oracle
8 21 (1.19%) EMC
8 21 (1.19%) Siemens
9 19 (1.08%) IBM
9 19 (1.08%) VMware
10 17 (0.97%) Adobe
10 17 (0.97%) YouTube
11 16 (0.91%) Databricks
12 14 (0.80%) Thales
13 13 (0.74%) Apple
13 13 (0.74%) Citrix
14 12 (0.68%) Informatica
15 11 (0.62%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.62%) Sage