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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 9 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,627 2,120 4,051
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.31% 16.18% 12.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.66% 54.33% 46.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,064 1,318 2,826
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,318
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,750
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 £72,469
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 4,209 3,902 8,716
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.09% 29.78% 27.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,801 2,452 5,935
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £42,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,661 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year +0.28% +5.50% -5.22%

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 15 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 61 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.11%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.68%) CMS
4 11 (0.68%) Confluence
4 11 (0.68%) WordPress
5 10 (0.61%) SAS
6 6 (0.37%) Ethereum
7 5 (0.31%) Apache
7 5 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
8 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.25%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.061%) Drupal
10 1 (0.061%) IIS
10 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 221 (13.58%) Microsoft Office
2 115 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (2.15%) Chatbot
5 23 (1.41%) Adobe XD
6 18 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 10 (0.61%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
10 6 (0.37%) InDesign
11 4 (0.25%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
12 3 (0.18%) Sketch
13 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
14 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.11%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.061%) Endur
8 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.061%) Primavera
8 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 355 (21.82%) Azure
2 340 (20.90%) AWS
3 237 (14.57%) Microsoft 365
4 127 (7.81%) GCP
5 122 (7.50%) Power Platform
6 94 (5.78%) SaaS
7 74 (4.55%) Entra ID
8 46 (2.83%) GitHub
9 45 (2.77%) Serverless
10 37 (2.27%) Figma
11 29 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
12 28 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
14 24 (1.48%) PowerApps
15 23 (1.41%) Google Analytics
15 23 (1.41%) Power Automate
16 22 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (1.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 19 (1.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 17 (1.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.58%) Firewall
2 21 (1.29%) DNS
3 20 (1.23%) WAN
4 18 (1.11%) VPN
5 16 (0.98%) DHCP
5 16 (0.98%) Network Security
6 13 (0.80%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.68%) Broadband
7 11 (0.68%) Internet
7 11 (0.68%) Unified Communications
7 11 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.61%) MPLS
8 10 (0.61%) SSL
9 9 (0.55%) LAN
9 9 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 8 (0.49%) BGP
10 8 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.43%) LTE
12 6 (0.37%) VoIP
12 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (6.27%) SQL Server
2 99 (6.08%) Power BI
3 41 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (2.34%) MySQL
5 32 (1.97%) Tableau
6 26 (1.60%) BigQuery
7 23 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.23%) NoSQL
8 20 (1.23%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.04%) Metadata
10 16 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.80%) OLTP
14 12 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.74%) MongoDB
14 12 (0.74%) Redis
15 10 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 75 (4.61%) Git
2 55 (3.38%) JIRA
3 31 (1.91%) Selenium
4 26 (1.60%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.41%) Axure RP
5 23 (1.41%) WebDriver
6 21 (1.29%) Postman
7 19 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.11%) SoapUI
9 15 (0.92%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.68%) GitLab
10 11 (0.68%) MLflow
11 7 (0.43%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.43%) Metasploit
12 6 (0.37%) Babel
12 6 (0.37%) webpack
13 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.31%) SpecFlow
14 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 763 (46.90%) Social Skills
2 398 (24.46%) Finance
3 306 (18.81%) Analytical Skills
4 303 (18.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 222 (13.64%) Public Sector
6 175 (10.76%) Law
7 150 (9.22%) Marketing
8 88 (5.41%) Retail
9 85 (5.22%) French Language
10 77 (4.73%) Banking
11 72 (4.43%) Back Office
12 71 (4.36%) Legal
13 65 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
14 57 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (2.83%) Manufacturing
16 44 (2.70%) Telecoms
17 39 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
18 36 (2.21%) Swedish Language
19 33 (2.03%) Electronics
20 23 (1.41%) Billing
Job Titles
1 290 (17.82%) Analyst
2 252 (15.49%) Senior
3 191 (11.74%) Developer
4 104 (6.39%) Support Engineer
5 90 (5.53%) Service Analyst
6 89 (5.47%) Service Desk Analyst
7 80 (4.92%) Architect
8 68 (4.18%) Graduate
9 63 (3.87%) Business Analyst
10 62 (3.81%) Desktop Support
11 60 (3.69%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (3.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 56 (3.44%) Consultant
12 56 (3.44%) Site Engineer
13 55 (3.38%) Lead
14 50 (3.07%) Software Engineer
15 49 (3.01%) SQL Developer
16 48 (2.95%) Senior Developer
16 48 (2.95%) Software Developer
17 47 (2.89%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (5.78%) .NET
2 84 (5.16%) HTML
3 79 (4.86%) CSS
4 56 (3.44%) SOAP
5 53 (3.26%) React
5 53 (3.26%) REST
6 52 (3.20%) RESTful
7 32 (1.97%) jQuery
7 32 (1.97%) Node.js
8 27 (1.66%) Kafka
8 27 (1.66%) PyTorch
9 24 (1.48%) Middleware
9 24 (1.48%) OAuth
10 23 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
10 23 (1.41%) TensorFlow
10 23 (1.41%) Visualforce
11 20 (1.23%) Vue
11 20 (1.23%) XML
12 18 (1.11%) Django
13 17 (1.04%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.64%) Blog
1 108 (6.64%) Product Ownership
2 95 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
3 88 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 82 (5.04%) Cloud Native
5 63 (3.87%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
6 41 (2.52%) Driving Licence
7 37 (2.27%) Data Structures
8 32 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 32 (1.97%) Security Posture
9 31 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.66%) Social Media
11 26 (1.60%) Algorithms
12 22 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (1.29%) Data Centre
14 20 (1.23%) Virtual Team
15 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
15 16 (0.98%) Cyberattack
15 16 (0.98%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 150 (9.22%) Windows
2 105 (6.45%) Linux
3 68 (4.18%) Windows 10
4 28 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.29%) Android
6 17 (1.04%) Unix
7 12 (0.74%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.18%) Debian
10 3 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.061%) AIX
12 1 (0.061%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.061%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (27.17%) Computer Science
2 370 (22.74%) Problem-Solving
3 343 (21.08%) Agile
4 300 (18.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 286 (17.58%) AI
6 281 (17.27%) Customer Service
7 244 (15.00%) ITIL
8 227 (13.95%) Analytics
9 199 (12.23%) Mentoring
10 183 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
11 173 (10.63%) DevOps
12 172 (10.57%) Decision-Making
13 164 (10.08%) CI/CD
14 153 (9.40%) Software Engineering
15 149 (9.16%) Project Management
16 135 (8.30%) Stakeholder Management
17 128 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
18 120 (7.38%) Community of Practice
19 118 (7.25%) Customer Experience
20 116 (7.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 263 (16.16%) Python
2 256 (15.73%) SQL
3 157 (9.65%) C#
4 151 (9.28%) Java
5 107 (6.58%) JavaScript
6 76 (4.67%) C++
7 66 (4.06%) TypeScript
8 50 (3.07%) Go
9 49 (3.01%) PHP
9 49 (3.01%) PowerShell
10 35 (2.15%) Bash
11 24 (1.48%) Rust
12 23 (1.41%) Apex Code
13 20 (1.23%) PL/SQL
14 19 (1.17%) C
15 18 (1.11%) R
16 14 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 13 (0.80%) Bicep
18 12 (0.74%) Scala
19 11 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 314 (19.30%) Security Cleared
2 303 (18.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 280 (17.21%) SC Cleared
4 156 (9.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 145 (8.91%) Master's Degree
6 119 (7.31%) AWS Certification
7 98 (6.02%) MCSE
8 62 (3.81%) PhD
9 60 (3.69%) CTC Cleared
10 52 (3.20%) CISSP
11 50 (3.07%) PMP
12 43 (2.64%) ACCA
13 42 (2.58%) PMI Certification
14 41 (2.52%) CIMA
15 36 (2.21%) Azure Certification
16 32 (1.97%) DV Cleared
17 29 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
17 29 (1.78%) DBS Check
17 29 (1.78%) HNC
18 26 (1.60%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (8.05%) QA
2 81 (4.98%) Accessibility
3 78 (4.79%) SLA
4 67 (4.12%) GDPR
5 55 (3.38%) Data Quality
6 54 (3.32%) NIST
7 50 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 29 (1.78%) WCAG
9 26 (1.60%) GRC
10 20 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.86%) PMO
12 13 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.43%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.43%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.31%) IFRS
17 4 (0.25%) EMIR
17 4 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 4 (0.25%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 78 (4.79%) Docker
2 73 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.49%) vSphere
5 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.18%) Firmware
8 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.061%) iptables
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 77 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.13%) Terraform
3 37 (2.27%) Ansible
4 26 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.23%) Grafana
6 19 (1.17%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 7 (0.43%) Nmap
9 6 (0.37%) Autotask
10 5 (0.31%) FTK
11 4 (0.25%) Packer
11 4 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.12%) OpenView
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.061%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 365 (22.43%) Microsoft
2 113 (6.95%) ServiceNow
3 106 (6.52%) Cisco
4 72 (4.43%) Salesforce
5 51 (3.13%) Google
6 47 (2.89%) Oracle
7 45 (2.77%) Adobe
8 36 (2.21%) SAP
9 29 (1.78%) Databricks
10 28 (1.72%) PayPal
11 22 (1.35%) VMware
12 20 (1.23%) MuleSoft
13 16 (0.98%) HubSpot
14 13 (0.80%) Splunk
15 12 (0.74%) Meraki
15 12 (0.74%) Sage
16 11 (0.68%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.61%) Citrix
17 10 (0.61%) Workday
18 9 (0.55%) Palantir