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 19 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 3 13
Rank change year-on-year -23 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,785 3,554 3,027
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.29% 21.79% 12.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.05% 62.13% 47.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,109 1,014 1,460
10th Percentile £28,901 £29,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -6.78% -1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,800 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.57% -4.00% -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 5,092 5,720 6,377
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.78% 35.06% 27.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,205 2,338 3,073
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,881
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.58% -4.48%

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 19 September 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 98 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 56 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (1.29%) Confluence
4 15 (0.84%) IIS
5 11 (0.62%) CMS
6 9 (0.50%) SAS
7 8 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.39%) Apache
8 7 (0.39%) WordPress
9 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.22%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.22%) PowerFactory
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.17%) Artix
11 1 (0.056%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.056%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.056%) Resin
11 1 (0.056%) Umbraco
Applications
1 222 (12.44%) Microsoft Office
2 109 (6.11%) Microsoft Project
3 104 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (1.51%) AutoCAD
6 26 (1.46%) Simulink
7 22 (1.23%) Revit
8 14 (0.78%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.56%) CorelDRAW
10 9 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (0.34%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.34%) Trello
12 4 (0.22%) Autodesk Inventor
12 4 (0.22%) Autodesk Smoke
12 4 (0.22%) FrameMaker
12 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
12 4 (0.22%) Windchill
13 3 (0.17%) MadCap Flare
13 3 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.45%) Primavera
3 7 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.28%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.17%) Misys Midas
5 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.11%) Shopify
6 2 (0.11%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.056%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.056%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.056%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.056%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.056%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 366 (20.50%) Azure
2 282 (15.80%) AWS
3 204 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
4 106 (5.94%) GCP
5 104 (5.83%) Power Platform
6 87 (4.87%) SaaS
7 83 (4.65%) Entra ID
8 45 (2.52%) GitHub
9 35 (1.96%) Google Analytics
10 27 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (1.46%) Power Automate
12 25 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.40%) PowerApps
13 22 (1.23%) OneDrive
14 20 (1.12%) Snowflake
15 19 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
17 16 (0.90%) Figma
18 15 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
18 15 (0.84%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (4.59%) Firewall
2 51 (2.86%) VPN
3 48 (2.69%) Network Security
4 46 (2.58%) TCP/IP
5 38 (2.13%) DNS
6 33 (1.85%) DHCP
7 25 (1.40%) LAN
8 23 (1.29%) WAN
9 22 (1.23%) Wireless
10 13 (0.73%) Unified Communications
11 12 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
13 10 (0.56%) HTTP
13 10 (0.56%) Internet
14 9 (0.50%) Ethernet
14 9 (0.50%) VLAN
15 8 (0.45%) MPLS
16 7 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (0.39%) SD-WAN
16 7 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (6.89%) SQL Server
2 94 (5.27%) Power BI
3 41 (2.30%) Metadata
4 37 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
4 37 (2.07%) Relational Database
5 35 (1.96%) MySQL
6 33 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (1.12%) Redis
8 19 (1.06%) MongoDB
8 19 (1.06%) NoSQL
9 16 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.84%) Star Schema
11 14 (0.78%) Tableau
12 13 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.73%) Big Data
13 11 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (0.56%) BigQuery
14 10 (0.56%) Data Lake
15 9 (0.50%) Amazon QuickSight
15 9 (0.50%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 80 (4.48%) Git
2 70 (3.92%) JIRA
3 18 (1.01%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (0.95%) LabVIEW
5 15 (0.84%) GitLab
6 10 (0.56%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.50%) Visual Studio
8 8 (0.45%) Balsamiq
9 7 (0.39%) Selenium
9 7 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (0.34%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.28%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.28%) Subversion
12 4 (0.22%) JUnit
12 4 (0.22%) Postman
12 4 (0.22%) Snyk
12 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 3 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
13 3 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
13 3 (0.17%) RStudio
General
1 864 (48.40%) Social Skills
2 420 (23.53%) Finance
3 377 (21.12%) Analytical Skills
4 350 (19.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 219 (12.27%) Law
6 216 (12.10%) Public Sector
7 127 (7.11%) Electronics
8 123 (6.89%) Organisational Skills
9 114 (6.39%) Aerospace
10 99 (5.55%) Marketing
11 97 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
12 92 (5.15%) Manufacturing
13 68 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
14 67 (3.75%) Legal
15 60 (3.36%) Telecoms
16 51 (2.86%) Retail
17 49 (2.75%) Swedish Language
18 36 (2.02%) Military
19 35 (1.96%) French Language
20 32 (1.79%) Games
Job Titles
1 372 (20.84%) Senior
2 290 (16.25%) Analyst
3 168 (9.41%) Developer
4 134 (7.51%) Lead
5 117 (6.55%) Architect
6 114 (6.39%) Senior Manager
7 107 (5.99%) Project Manager
8 106 (5.94%) Graduate
9 82 (4.59%) Consultant
9 82 (4.59%) Senior Project Manager
10 78 (4.37%) Software Engineer
11 77 (4.31%) Software Developer
12 73 (4.09%) Service Analyst
13 72 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
14 70 (3.92%) Business Analyst
15 65 (3.64%) Systems Engineer
16 63 (3.53%) IT Support
16 63 (3.53%) Service Desk Analyst
17 58 (3.25%) Support Engineer
18 52 (2.91%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (3.81%) .NET
2 63 (3.53%) CSS
3 62 (3.47%) React
4 57 (3.19%) HTML
5 38 (2.13%) Terraform
6 37 (2.07%) Node.js
7 35 (1.96%) jQuery
8 32 (1.79%) Vue
9 30 (1.68%) XML
10 28 (1.57%) .NET Core
10 28 (1.57%) RESTful
11 27 (1.51%) AngularJS
12 24 (1.34%) REST
13 23 (1.29%) ASP.NET
14 19 (1.06%) Entity Framework
15 18 (1.01%) .NET Framework
16 14 (0.78%) SOAP
17 13 (0.73%) ASP.NET Core
17 13 (0.73%) JSON
17 13 (0.73%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 126 (7.06%) Management Information System
2 97 (5.43%) Product Ownership
3 87 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
4 74 (4.15%) Cloud Native
5 66 (3.70%) Driving Licence
6 57 (3.19%) Onboarding
7 49 (2.75%) Algorithms
8 37 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (2.02%) FPGA
9 36 (2.02%) IoT
9 36 (2.02%) Security Posture
10 33 (1.85%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.57%) Virtual Team
12 27 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.34%) Data Structures
14 23 (1.29%) Client/Server
14 23 (1.29%) Embedded Systems
15 22 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
16 21 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
17 20 (1.12%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 129 (7.23%) Windows
2 94 (5.27%) Linux
3 65 (3.64%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.90%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.73%) Android
5 13 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
6 12 (0.67%) Unix
7 11 (0.62%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.34%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.28%) OpenVMS
11 4 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.17%) Debian
12 3 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
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
1 515 (28.85%) Agile
2 476 (26.67%) Computer Science
3 454 (25.43%) Problem-Solving
4 330 (18.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 272 (15.24%) Mentoring
6 259 (14.51%) AI
7 249 (13.95%) Project Delivery
8 235 (13.17%) ITIL
9 226 (12.66%) Project Management
10 202 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
11 199 (11.15%) Software Engineering
12 197 (11.04%) Decision-Making
13 193 (10.81%) Coaching
14 192 (10.76%) Customer Service
15 172 (9.64%) Technology Strategy
16 171 (9.58%) Cybersecurity
17 162 (9.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 158 (8.85%) Analytics
19 148 (8.29%) Scrum
20 145 (8.12%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 242 (13.56%) Python
2 237 (13.28%) SQL
3 154 (8.63%) C#
4 107 (5.99%) JavaScript
5 82 (4.59%) Java
6 80 (4.48%) C++
7 58 (3.25%) PowerShell
8 55 (3.08%) TypeScript
9 53 (2.97%) PHP
10 41 (2.30%) C
11 37 (2.07%) MATLAB
12 20 (1.12%) R
13 19 (1.06%) Rust
14 18 (1.01%) Go
15 15 (0.84%) Bash
16 14 (0.78%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.62%) Embedded C++
18 10 (0.56%) Bicep
18 10 (0.56%) Embedded C
18 10 (0.56%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 339 (18.99%) Security Cleared
2 323 (18.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 276 (15.46%) SC Cleared
4 114 (6.39%) Master's Degree
5 102 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 102 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 83 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 82 (4.59%) AWS Certification
8 79 (4.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 70 (3.92%) HNC
10 66 (3.70%) HND
11 65 (3.64%) CISSP
12 62 (3.47%) MCSE
13 58 (3.25%) PhD
14 50 (2.80%) Azure Certification
14 50 (2.80%) DBS Check
15 46 (2.58%) CISM
16 36 (2.02%) Chartered Engineer
17 32 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
18 29 (1.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (7.56%) QA
2 132 (7.39%) Accessibility
3 76 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 72 (4.03%) Data Quality
5 68 (3.81%) NIST
6 55 (3.08%) GDPR
7 36 (2.02%) SLA
8 31 (1.74%) PMO
9 20 (1.12%) GRC
9 20 (1.12%) NCSC
10 19 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 13 (0.73%) WCAG
13 12 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.62%) Def Stans
15 10 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.56%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.56%) PCI DSS
16 9 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 9 (0.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 94 (5.27%) Active Directory
2 51 (2.86%) Docker
3 44 (2.46%) Firmware
4 25 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.67%) Hyper-V
7 10 (0.56%) vSphere
8 6 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.28%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.056%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 58 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (2.97%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.12%) Ansible
4 8 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.34%) SCCM
6 5 (0.28%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.28%) QRadar
7 4 (0.22%) Autotask
7 4 (0.22%) Grafana
7 4 (0.22%) Packer
7 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.22%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.17%) Argo
8 3 (0.17%) Plesk
8 3 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.056%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.056%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.056%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 450 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.04%) ServiceNow
3 57 (3.19%) Google
4 45 (2.52%) SAP
5 42 (2.35%) Cisco
6 35 (1.96%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.79%) Oracle
8 27 (1.51%) VMware
9 20 (1.12%) Adobe
10 19 (1.06%) Databricks
11 18 (1.01%) EMC
12 17 (0.95%) IBM
13 16 (0.90%) Splunk
13 16 (0.90%) YouTube
14 15 (0.84%) Siemens
15 13 (0.73%) Apple
15 13 (0.73%) Citrix
16 12 (0.67%) Informatica
16 12 (0.67%) Red Hat
16 12 (0.67%) Sage