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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,803 2,251 2,902
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.28% 13.71% 12.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.94% 48.25% 47.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,075 1,165 1,972
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,280 £45,000 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £60,000 £58,200
Median % change year-on-year -11.56% +3.09% +1.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £92,443
UK median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £58,106
% change year-on-year -9.48% -0.18% +3.76%

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 5,011 4,665 6,138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.68% 28.42% 26.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,512 2,383 4,435
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,404 £32,863
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,896 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.84% -2.50%
75th Percentile £78,312 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,875 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,518 £56,000
% change year-on-year -7.59% +6.28% -2.61%

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 17 January 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 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.71%) Confluence
4 16 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.57%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.57%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
5 15 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 8 (0.29%) IIS
6 8 (0.29%) SAS
7 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
8 5 (0.18%) CMS
8 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 5 (0.18%) WordPress
9 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.071%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.036%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,154 (41.17%) Chatbot
2 256 (9.13%) Microsoft Office
3 124 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 45 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 36 (1.28%) Adobe XD
6 19 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 17 (0.61%) InDesign
8 15 (0.54%) MS Visio
9 8 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
9 8 (0.29%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.21%) Sketch
11 5 (0.18%) Simulink
12 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.14%) Trello
13 2 (0.071%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.071%) OrCAD
13 2 (0.071%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.071%) Revit
14 1 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.11%) Primavera
6 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.071%) Endur
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.071%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.036%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.036%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.036%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 374 (13.34%) Azure
2 347 (12.38%) AWS
3 271 (9.67%) Microsoft 365
4 129 (4.60%) Power Platform
5 96 (3.42%) GCP
6 94 (3.35%) SaaS
7 59 (2.10%) GitHub
8 57 (2.03%) Serverless
9 56 (2.00%) Entra ID
10 49 (1.75%) Figma
11 46 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
12 40 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (1.07%) PowerApps
14 28 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
15 26 (0.93%) Power Automate
16 25 (0.89%) PaaS
17 22 (0.78%) Miro
18 20 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
19 18 (0.64%) Azure Data Factory
20 14 (0.50%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.32%) VPN
2 32 (1.14%) Firewall
3 28 (1.00%) WAN
4 26 (0.93%) SSL
5 23 (0.82%) LAN
6 21 (0.75%) Unified Communications
7 19 (0.68%) TCP/IP
7 19 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (0.54%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.50%) DNS
10 12 (0.43%) Network Security
10 12 (0.43%) VLAN
11 11 (0.39%) DHCP
11 11 (0.39%) VoIP
12 6 (0.21%) Internet
12 6 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.18%) Ethernet
13 5 (0.18%) Wireless
14 4 (0.14%) Modbus
14 4 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (3.92%) SQL Server
2 104 (3.71%) Power BI
3 50 (1.78%) Tableau
4 49 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (1.36%) MySQL
6 28 (1.00%) NoSQL
7 23 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (0.71%) BigQuery
9 18 (0.64%) GIS
10 17 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (0.57%) DB2
12 15 (0.54%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.54%) Relational Database
13 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.46%) Metadata
14 12 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (0.39%) OLTP
16 10 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 65 (2.32%) JIRA
2 52 (1.86%) Git
3 49 (1.75%) Selenium
4 40 (1.43%) WebDriver
5 33 (1.18%) Postman
6 30 (1.07%) SoapUI
6 30 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
7 29 (1.03%) Balsamiq
8 26 (0.93%) Axure RP
9 14 (0.50%) Jenkins
10 12 (0.43%) GitLab
11 10 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.29%) MLflow
13 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.21%) ER Studio
14 6 (0.21%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.18%) JMeter
16 4 (0.14%) ERwin
16 4 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
General
1 806 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 679 (24.22%) Analytical Skills
3 403 (14.38%) Finance
4 314 (11.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 183 (6.53%) Public Sector
6 155 (5.53%) Marketing
7 136 (4.85%) Law
8 124 (4.42%) Retail
9 119 (4.25%) French Language
10 95 (3.39%) Swedish Language
11 63 (2.25%) Banking
11 63 (2.25%) Legal
12 60 (2.14%) Telecoms
13 58 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
14 52 (1.86%) Back Office
15 48 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
16 41 (1.46%) Manufacturing
17 32 (1.14%) Billing
17 32 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
18 28 (1.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,150 (41.03%) Trainer
2 305 (10.88%) Analyst
3 236 (8.42%) Senior
4 177 (6.31%) Developer
5 155 (5.53%) Content Editor
6 117 (4.17%) Service Analyst
6 117 (4.17%) Service Desk Analyst
7 99 (3.53%) Support Specialist
8 97 (3.46%) Customer Support Specialist
9 94 (3.35%) Support Engineer
10 81 (2.89%) Lead
11 76 (2.71%) Research Scientist
12 72 (2.57%) Architect
13 58 (2.07%) Business Analyst
14 49 (1.75%) Designer
15 47 (1.68%) Desktop Support
15 47 (1.68%) Software Engineer
16 46 (1.64%) Desktop Engineer
16 46 (1.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 46 (1.64%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (4.67%) .NET
2 94 (3.35%) HTML
3 79 (2.82%) CSS
4 58 (2.07%) React
5 54 (1.93%) SOAP
6 44 (1.57%) RESTful
7 37 (1.32%) REST
8 30 (1.07%) .NET Framework
9 28 (1.00%) ASP.NET
10 26 (0.93%) jQuery
10 26 (0.93%) Node.js
11 25 (0.89%) Entity Framework
12 23 (0.82%) Kafka
13 19 (0.68%) LDAP
14 17 (0.61%) gRPC
15 16 (0.57%) LAPP Stack
15 16 (0.57%) OAuth
15 16 (0.57%) TensorFlow
15 16 (0.57%) WebSockets
15 16 (0.57%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 99 (3.53%) Blog
2 97 (3.46%) Management Information System
2 97 (3.46%) Molecular Biology
2 97 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
3 67 (2.39%) Product Ownership
4 54 (1.93%) Driving Licence
4 54 (1.93%) Onboarding
5 44 (1.57%) Algorithms
5 44 (1.57%) Cloud Native
6 38 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 38 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
7 31 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
8 30 (1.07%) Data Centre
8 30 (1.07%) Social Media
9 28 (1.00%) Data Structures
10 24 (0.86%) Security Posture
11 22 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
12 21 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
13 20 (0.71%) e-Learning
14 18 (0.64%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 151 (5.39%) Windows
2 89 (3.18%) Linux
3 57 (2.03%) Windows 10
4 38 (1.36%) Unix
5 26 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.78%) Android
7 18 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (0.46%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.43%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.29%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.11%) Debian
12 3 (0.11%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.071%) CentOS
14 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.036%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,445 (51.55%) AI
2 1,165 (41.56%) Conversational UI
3 454 (16.20%) Computer Science
4 401 (14.31%) Problem-Solving
5 394 (14.06%) Customer Service
6 393 (14.02%) Chemistry
7 352 (12.56%) Agile
8 285 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 276 (9.85%) ITIL
10 222 (7.92%) Analytics
11 204 (7.28%) Content Writing
11 204 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
12 171 (6.10%) Decision-Making
13 168 (5.99%) Mathematics
13 168 (5.99%) Project Management
14 167 (5.96%) Mentoring
15 162 (5.78%) DevOps
16 140 (4.99%) Software Engineering
17 137 (4.89%) ITSM
18 132 (4.71%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 250 (8.92%) Python
2 229 (8.17%) SQL
3 167 (5.96%) C#
4 156 (5.57%) Java
5 114 (4.07%) JavaScript
6 75 (2.68%) C++
7 71 (2.53%) TypeScript
8 41 (1.46%) PowerShell
9 37 (1.32%) Go
10 34 (1.21%) PHP
11 32 (1.14%) C
12 31 (1.11%) Bash
13 17 (0.61%) PL/SQL
14 15 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.50%) R
16 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.39%) MATLAB
18 10 (0.36%) Scala
18 10 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 702 (25.04%) Master's Degree
2 599 (21.37%) PhD
3 304 (10.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 301 (10.74%) Security Cleared
5 266 (9.49%) SC Cleared
6 201 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 180 (6.42%) AWS Certification
8 132 (4.71%) MCSE
9 56 (2.00%) PMP
10 52 (1.86%) Azure Certification
11 50 (1.78%) DBS Check
12 48 (1.71%) CISSP
12 48 (1.71%) PMI Certification
13 44 (1.57%) CTC Cleared
14 41 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
14 41 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
15 40 (1.43%) ACCA
16 39 (1.39%) CIMA
17 38 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 37 (1.32%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (6.31%) QA
2 88 (3.14%) Accessibility
3 66 (2.35%) SLA
4 65 (2.32%) GDPR
4 65 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 43 (1.53%) NIST
6 38 (1.36%) Data Quality
7 36 (1.28%) WCAG
8 23 (0.82%) GRC
8 23 (0.82%) PMO
9 22 (0.78%) ISO 9001
10 10 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.29%) IFRS
11 8 (0.29%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.21%) COBIT
13 6 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
14 5 (0.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 73 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 54 (1.93%) Docker
3 12 (0.43%) Firmware
3 12 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.11%) vSphere
7 2 (0.071%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.071%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.036%) iptables
8 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 61 (2.18%) Kubernetes
2 38 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 32 (1.14%) Terraform
4 27 (0.96%) Ansible
5 18 (0.64%) Grafana
6 17 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (0.25%) Autotask
8 7 (0.25%) Nmap
9 6 (0.21%) SCCM
10 3 (0.11%) Argo
10 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.071%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.071%) Puppet
11 2 (0.071%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.036%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 1 (0.036%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.036%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.036%) Ganglia
12 1 (0.036%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,149 (40.99%) PayPal
2 476 (16.98%) Microsoft
3 138 (4.92%) ServiceNow
4 91 (3.25%) Cisco
5 74 (2.64%) Adobe
6 63 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 53 (1.89%) Google
8 39 (1.39%) Oracle
9 35 (1.25%) SAP
10 22 (0.78%) Red Hat
11 21 (0.75%) IBM
12 20 (0.71%) Databricks
13 18 (0.64%) Apple
13 18 (0.64%) Palo Alto
14 16 (0.57%) Sage
15 14 (0.50%) Zoho
16 13 (0.46%) VMware
17 12 (0.43%) MuleSoft
18 11 (0.39%) NEC
18 11 (0.39%) Progress