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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 3 13
Rank change year-on-year -21 +10 0
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,731 3,532 3,078
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.50% 21.30% 12.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.36% 61.89% 47.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,104 1,123 1,718
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,350 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,818 £36,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,550 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.45% -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 4,761 5,707 6,525
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.62% 34.42% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,089 2,434 3,658
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £32,996
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,000 £43,387
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.86% -3.33%
75th Percentile £79,688 £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 23 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 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 44 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.21%) Confluence
4 15 (0.87%) IIS
5 11 (0.64%) CMS
6 10 (0.58%) Apache
7 9 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.52%) SAS
7 9 (0.52%) WordPress
8 8 (0.46%) 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 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
2 106 (6.12%) Microsoft Project
3 97 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (1.33%) Simulink
6 16 (0.92%) AutoCAD
7 12 (0.69%) MS Visio
8 11 (0.64%) Revit
9 10 (0.58%) CorelDRAW
10 9 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 9 (0.52%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
12 5 (0.29%) Trello
13 4 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
13 4 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
13 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
13 4 (0.23%) FrameMaker
13 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
13 4 (0.23%) Photoshop
13 4 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.35%) Primavera
4 4 (0.23%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
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%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
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 MM
7 1 (0.058%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 357 (20.62%) Azure
2 291 (16.81%) AWS
3 196 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
4 108 (6.24%) GCP
5 105 (6.07%) Power Platform
6 89 (5.14%) SaaS
7 74 (4.27%) Entra ID
8 40 (2.31%) GitHub
9 38 (2.20%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (1.62%) PowerApps
12 26 (1.50%) Power Automate
13 20 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (1.16%) Snowflake
14 19 (1.10%) Figma
15 18 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (0.81%) OneDrive
17 14 (0.81%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (4.39%) Firewall
2 47 (2.72%) Network Security
3 43 (2.48%) VPN
4 39 (2.25%) TCP/IP
5 32 (1.85%) DNS
6 28 (1.62%) DHCP
7 22 (1.27%) LAN
8 20 (1.16%) WAN
9 15 (0.87%) Wireless
10 14 (0.81%) Internet
10 14 (0.81%) Unified Communications
11 11 (0.64%) Broadband
12 10 (0.58%) HTTP
13 9 (0.52%) MPLS
13 9 (0.52%) VLAN
14 8 (0.46%) LTE
15 7 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
15 7 (0.40%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (7.28%) SQL Server
2 92 (5.31%) Power BI
3 44 (2.54%) MySQL
4 42 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (2.02%) Relational Database
6 33 (1.91%) Metadata
7 26 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.16%) Redis
9 16 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (0.81%) Tableau
11 13 (0.75%) MongoDB
11 13 (0.75%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.69%) 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%) Looker
Development Applications
1 86 (4.97%) Git
2 67 (3.87%) JIRA
3 16 (0.92%) LabVIEW
3 16 (0.92%) Rational DOORS
4 13 (0.75%) GitLab
5 11 (0.64%) Balsamiq
6 9 (0.52%) Axure RP
6 9 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.52%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.40%) 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%) NUnit
11 3 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 823 (47.54%) Social Skills
2 421 (24.32%) Finance
3 356 (20.57%) Analytical Skills
4 354 (20.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 229 (13.23%) Law
6 218 (12.59%) Public Sector
7 112 (6.47%) Electronics
8 111 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
9 104 (6.01%) Marketing
10 96 (5.55%) Presentation Skills
11 95 (5.49%) Aerospace
12 73 (4.22%) Manufacturing
13 66 (3.81%) Legal
14 63 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
15 50 (2.89%) Telecoms
16 48 (2.77%) Swedish Language
17 46 (2.66%) Retail
18 40 (2.31%) French Language
19 36 (2.08%) Banking
20 31 (1.79%) Military
Job Titles
1 356 (20.57%) Senior
2 285 (16.46%) Analyst
3 189 (10.92%) Developer
4 120 (6.93%) Lead
5 116 (6.70%) Architect
6 109 (6.30%) Senior Manager
7 107 (6.18%) Graduate
7 107 (6.18%) Project Manager
8 80 (4.62%) Software Developer
9 77 (4.45%) Senior Project Manager
9 77 (4.45%) Service Analyst
10 76 (4.39%) Software Engineer
11 73 (4.22%) Senior Analyst
12 71 (4.10%) Consultant
12 71 (4.10%) Service Desk Analyst
13 70 (4.04%) Business Analyst
14 61 (3.52%) Systems Engineer
15 60 (3.47%) IT Support
16 59 (3.41%) Support Engineer
17 56 (3.24%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (4.39%) CSS
2 75 (4.33%) .NET
3 68 (3.93%) React
4 67 (3.87%) HTML
5 50 (2.89%) Terraform
6 43 (2.48%) Node.js
7 39 (2.25%) jQuery
8 37 (2.14%) Vue
9 34 (1.96%) RESTful
10 30 (1.73%) XML
11 29 (1.68%) .NET Core
11 29 (1.68%) REST
12 26 (1.50%) AngularJS
13 23 (1.33%) ASP.NET
14 20 (1.16%) Entity Framework
15 19 (1.10%) .NET Framework
16 18 (1.04%) SOAP
17 16 (0.92%) PyTorch
18 15 (0.87%) JSON
19 14 (0.81%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (7.05%) Management Information System
2 98 (5.66%) Product Ownership
3 85 (4.91%) Cloud Native
4 83 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (3.06%) Driving Licence
6 52 (3.00%) Algorithms
7 48 (2.77%) Onboarding
8 35 (2.02%) Security Posture
9 32 (1.85%) FPGA
10 30 (1.73%) Virtual Team
11 29 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
12 28 (1.62%) Data Centre
12 28 (1.62%) IoT
13 24 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
14 23 (1.33%) Data Structures
14 23 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
14 23 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
15 22 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
16 20 (1.16%) Client/Server
17 19 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 122 (7.05%) Windows
2 99 (5.72%) Linux
3 58 (3.35%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.75%) Unix
5 10 (0.58%) Ubuntu
5 10 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (0.46%) Android
8 7 (0.40%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.29%) OpenVMS
11 3 (0.17%) 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
1 505 (29.17%) Agile
2 469 (27.09%) Computer Science
3 429 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
4 310 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 257 (14.85%) Mentoring
6 246 (14.21%) AI
7 237 (13.69%) Project Delivery
8 228 (13.17%) ITIL
9 226 (13.06%) Project Management
10 198 (11.44%) Software Engineering
11 194 (11.21%) Decision-Making
12 188 (10.86%) Coaching
13 182 (10.51%) Customer Service
14 179 (10.34%) Technology Strategy
15 169 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
16 155 (8.95%) CI/CD
17 154 (8.90%) DevOps
18 153 (8.84%) Analytics
18 153 (8.84%) Cybersecurity
19 149 (8.61%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 242 (13.98%) Python
2 241 (13.92%) SQL
3 157 (9.07%) C#
4 116 (6.70%) JavaScript
5 86 (4.97%) Java
6 77 (4.45%) C++
7 63 (3.64%) TypeScript
8 59 (3.41%) PowerShell
9 55 (3.18%) PHP
10 38 (2.20%) C
11 34 (1.96%) MATLAB
12 20 (1.16%) Go
12 20 (1.16%) Rust
13 16 (0.92%) PL/SQL
14 15 (0.87%) Bash
14 15 (0.87%) R
15 14 (0.81%) Bicep
16 9 (0.52%) SystemVerilog
16 9 (0.52%) VBA
17 8 (0.46%) RPG
Qualifications
1 333 (19.24%) Security Cleared
2 327 (18.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 275 (15.89%) SC Cleared
4 130 (7.51%) Master's Degree
5 111 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 101 (5.83%) DV Cleared
7 87 (5.03%) AWS Certification
8 84 (4.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 74 (4.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 70 (4.04%) MCSE
11 67 (3.87%) PhD
12 64 (3.70%) CISSP
13 55 (3.18%) HNC
14 50 (2.89%) HND
15 47 (2.72%) Azure Certification
16 44 (2.54%) CISM
17 42 (2.43%) DBS Check
18 34 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
18 34 (1.96%) PMI Certification
19 32 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (7.97%) QA
2 126 (7.28%) Accessibility
3 73 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 66 (3.81%) Data Quality
4 66 (3.81%) NIST
5 45 (2.60%) GDPR
6 39 (2.25%) SLA
7 29 (1.68%) PMO
8 24 (1.39%) GRC
9 20 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 19 (1.10%) NCSC
11 16 (0.92%) WCAG
12 15 (0.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 13 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
13 13 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.58%) NIST 800
14 10 (0.58%) PCI DSS
15 9 (0.52%) ISO 9001
16 7 (0.40%) Def Stans
17 4 (0.23%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 89 (5.14%) Active Directory
2 53 (3.06%) Docker
3 43 (2.48%) Firmware
4 26 (1.50%) 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 (3.35%) Kubernetes
2 51 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.27%) 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%) Plesk
8 3 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
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
1 423 (24.44%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.49%) ServiceNow
3 54 (3.12%) Google
4 49 (2.83%) SAP
5 45 (2.60%) Cisco
6 39 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 35 (2.02%) Oracle
8 28 (1.62%) VMware
9 25 (1.44%) Adobe
10 24 (1.39%) Databricks
11 20 (1.16%) EMC
12 16 (0.92%) Splunk
13 15 (0.87%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.87%) Meraki
13 15 (0.87%) Siemens
14 14 (0.81%) IBM
15 12 (0.69%) Citrix
15 12 (0.69%) Red Hat
16 11 (0.64%) Sage
16 11 (0.64%) Xilinx