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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,612 2,225 4,086
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.00% 16.62% 12.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.90% 54.71% 46.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,062 1,331 2,849
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,464
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,000
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 £71,820
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 4,253 4,067 8,700
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.75% 30.39% 26.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,853 2,483 5,932
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £42,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,497 £57,500 £54,151
% change year-on-year +1.73% +6.19% -6.33%

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 April 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 63 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.87%) WordPress
6 11 (0.68%) CMS
6 11 (0.68%) Confluence
7 10 (0.62%) SAS
8 6 (0.37%) Apache
8 6 (0.37%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.31%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.062%) Drupal
10 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.062%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.062%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 214 (13.28%) Microsoft Office
2 111 (6.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.17%) Chatbot
3 35 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.43%) Adobe XD
5 19 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 17 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.62%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.19%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.19%) InDesign
11 3 (0.19%) Sketch
12 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.12%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.19%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.062%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.062%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.062%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.062%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.062%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.062%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 357 (22.15%) Azure
2 322 (19.98%) AWS
3 229 (14.21%) Microsoft 365
4 124 (7.69%) GCP
5 120 (7.44%) Power Platform
6 92 (5.71%) SaaS
7 77 (4.78%) Entra ID
8 43 (2.67%) Serverless
9 42 (2.61%) GitHub
10 37 (2.30%) Figma
11 30 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.61%) Google Analytics
13 24 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
13 24 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
14 23 (1.43%) Power Automate
14 23 (1.43%) PowerApps
15 21 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (1.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 18 (1.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (0.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.54%) Firewall
2 21 (1.30%) DNS
2 21 (1.30%) WAN
3 17 (1.05%) Network Security
3 17 (1.05%) VPN
4 16 (0.99%) DHCP
5 13 (0.81%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.68%) Broadband
6 11 (0.68%) Internet
7 10 (0.62%) LAN
7 10 (0.62%) MPLS
7 10 (0.62%) Unified Communications
7 10 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.56%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.56%) SSL
9 8 (0.50%) BGP
10 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.43%) LTE
11 6 (0.37%) VoIP
11 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (6.51%) SQL Server
2 97 (6.02%) Power BI
3 36 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
4 35 (2.17%) MySQL
5 29 (1.80%) Tableau
6 25 (1.55%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (1.18%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.05%) Metadata
9 17 (1.05%) NoSQL
10 16 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (0.87%) OLTP
12 14 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
15 11 (0.68%) MongoDB
15 11 (0.68%) Redis
16 10 (0.62%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 74 (4.59%) Git
2 54 (3.35%) JIRA
3 28 (1.74%) Selenium
4 25 (1.55%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.43%) Axure RP
6 21 (1.30%) Postman
6 21 (1.30%) WebDriver
7 19 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.12%) SoapUI
9 13 (0.81%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.68%) MLflow
11 10 (0.62%) GitLab
12 5 (0.31%) Babel
12 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
12 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
12 5 (0.31%) webpack
13 4 (0.25%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.25%) Storybook
13 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 751 (46.59%) Social Skills
2 386 (23.95%) Finance
3 304 (18.86%) Analytical Skills
4 300 (18.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 219 (13.59%) Public Sector
6 176 (10.92%) Law
7 148 (9.18%) Marketing
8 88 (5.46%) Retail
9 76 (4.71%) French Language
10 74 (4.59%) Back Office
11 71 (4.40%) Banking
11 71 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
12 70 (4.34%) Legal
13 57 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
14 44 (2.73%) Manufacturing
14 44 (2.73%) Telecoms
15 39 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
16 32 (1.99%) Electronics
17 27 (1.67%) Swedish Language
18 22 (1.36%) Billing
Job Titles
1 284 (17.62%) Analyst
2 244 (15.14%) Senior
3 192 (11.91%) Developer
4 104 (6.45%) Support Engineer
5 83 (5.15%) Service Analyst
6 81 (5.02%) Architect
7 80 (4.96%) Service Desk Analyst
8 79 (4.90%) Graduate
9 68 (4.22%) Business Analyst
10 62 (3.85%) Desktop Support
11 60 (3.72%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (3.72%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 60 (3.72%) Lead
12 56 (3.47%) Site Engineer
13 55 (3.41%) Graduate Developer
14 54 (3.35%) Consultant
15 53 (3.29%) Software Developer
16 50 (3.10%) Software Engineer
17 48 (2.98%) Graduate Software Developer
17 48 (2.98%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (5.58%) .NET
2 84 (5.21%) HTML
3 75 (4.65%) CSS
4 56 (3.47%) SOAP
5 53 (3.29%) REST
6 52 (3.23%) RESTful
7 50 (3.10%) React
8 32 (1.99%) Node.js
9 31 (1.92%) jQuery
10 26 (1.61%) Kafka
10 26 (1.61%) PyTorch
11 25 (1.55%) OAuth
12 22 (1.36%) Lightning Web Components
12 22 (1.36%) Middleware
12 22 (1.36%) TensorFlow
12 22 (1.36%) Visualforce
13 19 (1.18%) Vue
13 19 (1.18%) XML
14 18 (1.12%) Django
15 17 (1.05%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 117 (7.26%) Product Ownership
2 94 (5.83%) Blog
3 92 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 92 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 83 (5.15%) Cloud Native
5 62 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (2.48%) Driving Licence
7 36 (2.23%) Data Structures
8 32 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 32 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
9 28 (1.74%) Security Posture
9 28 (1.74%) Social Media
10 24 (1.49%) Algorithms
11 22 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
12 20 (1.24%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.24%) Virtual Team
13 16 (0.99%) AI Agents
13 16 (0.99%) Cyberattack
14 15 (0.93%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 147 (9.12%) Windows
2 103 (6.39%) Linux
3 68 (4.22%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.30%) Android
6 15 (0.93%) Unix
7 13 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.19%) Debian
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.062%) AIX
12 1 (0.062%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.062%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (26.80%) Computer Science
2 353 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
3 350 (21.71%) Agile
4 300 (18.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 273 (16.94%) AI
6 266 (16.50%) Customer Service
7 237 (14.70%) ITIL
8 219 (13.59%) Analytics
9 210 (13.03%) Mentoring
10 187 (11.60%) Cybersecurity
11 171 (10.61%) DevOps
12 165 (10.24%) CI/CD
13 164 (10.17%) Decision-Making
14 151 (9.37%) Project Management
15 149 (9.24%) Software Engineering
16 134 (8.31%) Stakeholder Management
17 124 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
17 124 (7.69%) Scrum
18 123 (7.63%) Community of Practice
19 116 (7.20%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 257 (15.94%) Python
1 257 (15.94%) SQL
2 155 (9.62%) C#
3 150 (9.31%) Java
4 100 (6.20%) JavaScript
5 72 (4.47%) C++
6 64 (3.97%) TypeScript
7 55 (3.41%) PHP
8 50 (3.10%) Go
9 46 (2.85%) PowerShell
10 34 (2.11%) Bash
11 24 (1.49%) Rust
12 22 (1.36%) Apex Code
12 22 (1.36%) PL/SQL
13 18 (1.12%) R
14 17 (1.05%) C
15 12 (0.74%) Bicep
15 12 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (0.74%) Scala
16 9 (0.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 301 (18.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 298 (18.49%) Security Cleared
3 265 (16.44%) SC Cleared
4 144 (8.93%) Master's Degree
5 142 (8.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 105 (6.51%) AWS Certification
7 87 (5.40%) MCSE
8 60 (3.72%) CTC Cleared
8 60 (3.72%) PhD
9 54 (3.35%) CISSP
10 47 (2.92%) PMP
11 41 (2.54%) PMI Certification
12 40 (2.48%) ACCA
13 38 (2.36%) CIMA
14 36 (2.23%) Azure Certification
15 32 (1.99%) DBS Check
15 32 (1.99%) HNC
16 29 (1.80%) CISM
16 29 (1.80%) DV Cleared
17 26 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (7.63%) QA
2 79 (4.90%) Accessibility
3 77 (4.78%) SLA
4 64 (3.97%) GDPR
5 57 (3.54%) Data Quality
6 52 (3.23%) NIST
7 44 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 29 (1.80%) WCAG
9 25 (1.55%) GRC
10 18 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 17 (1.05%) PMO
12 13 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.56%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.50%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.37%) IFRS
16 5 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 4 (0.25%) GAAP
17 4 (0.25%) NCSC
17 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 76 (4.71%) Active Directory
1 76 (4.71%) Docker
2 22 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.50%) vSphere
4 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.19%) Firmware
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.062%) iptables
9 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.062%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 49 (3.04%) Terraform
3 36 (2.23%) Ansible
4 26 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.12%) Grafana
5 18 (1.12%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.50%) SCCM
7 6 (0.37%) Autotask
8 5 (0.31%) FTK
8 5 (0.31%) Nmap
8 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.25%) Packer
9 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.12%) Argo
10 2 (0.12%) OpenView
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.12%) QRadar
10 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 352 (21.84%) Microsoft
2 103 (6.39%) ServiceNow
3 100 (6.20%) Cisco
4 69 (4.28%) Salesforce
5 52 (3.23%) Google
6 50 (3.10%) Oracle
7 45 (2.79%) Adobe
8 33 (2.05%) SAP
9 29 (1.80%) Databricks
10 28 (1.74%) PayPal
11 22 (1.36%) VMware
12 19 (1.18%) MuleSoft
13 18 (1.12%) HubSpot
14 12 (0.74%) Meraki
14 12 (0.74%) Splunk
15 11 (0.68%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.68%) Sage
16 10 (0.62%) Citrix
16 10 (0.62%) Workday
17 9 (0.56%) Palantir