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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,792 2,254 2,726
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.68% 13.72% 12.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.47% 48.28% 46.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 1,162 1,831
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,280 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +1.69% +2.61%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.48% -3.33% +8.31%

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 4,944 4,669 5,856
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.07% 28.41% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,457 2,383 4,210
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £59,528
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.56% -0.79%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,300 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,499 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% -

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 12 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 53 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.72%) Confluence
4 16 (0.57%) Tomcat
4 16 (0.57%) WebSphere
4 16 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
5 15 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 14 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.29%) IIS
8 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 7 (0.25%) SAS
9 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.14%) WordPress
11 3 (0.11%) CMS
12 2 (0.072%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.036%) Luigi
Applications
1 1,165 (41.73%) Chatbot
2 246 (8.81%) Microsoft Office
3 128 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 42 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 37 (1.33%) Adobe XD
6 19 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 16 (0.57%) InDesign
8 14 (0.50%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.25%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.25%) Sketch
10 5 (0.18%) Simulink
11 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.14%) Trello
12 2 (0.072%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.072%) OrCAD
12 2 (0.072%) Pro Tools
12 2 (0.072%) Revit
13 1 (0.036%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 25 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.11%) Primavera
6 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.072%) Endur
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.072%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.036%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 370 (13.25%) Azure
2 342 (12.25%) AWS
3 257 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (4.51%) Power Platform
5 92 (3.30%) GCP
5 92 (3.30%) SaaS
6 60 (2.15%) GitHub
7 56 (2.01%) Serverless
8 49 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (1.76%) Figma
9 45 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
10 41 (1.47%) Entra ID
11 29 (1.04%) PowerApps
12 28 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
13 27 (0.97%) Power Automate
14 25 (0.90%) PaaS
15 22 (0.79%) Miro
16 20 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
17 18 (0.64%) Azure Data Factory
18 14 (0.50%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 40 (1.43%) VPN
2 32 (1.15%) Firewall
3 31 (1.11%) WAN
4 26 (0.93%) LAN
4 26 (0.93%) SSL
5 22 (0.79%) Unified Communications
6 20 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (0.68%) TCP/IP
8 16 (0.57%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.50%) DNS
10 12 (0.43%) VLAN
10 12 (0.43%) VoIP
11 11 (0.39%) DHCP
11 11 (0.39%) Network Security
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 (3.94%) SQL Server
2 100 (3.58%) Power BI
3 49 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
4 48 (1.72%) Tableau
5 38 (1.36%) MySQL
6 28 (1.00%) NoSQL
7 22 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (0.68%) BigQuery
9 18 (0.64%) GIS
10 17 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.57%) DB2
12 15 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (0.54%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.54%) Relational Database
13 13 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.47%) Metadata
14 11 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
15 10 (0.36%) OLTP
15 10 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 67 (2.40%) JIRA
2 49 (1.76%) Git
2 49 (1.76%) Selenium
3 40 (1.43%) WebDriver
4 33 (1.18%) Postman
5 32 (1.15%) SoapUI
5 32 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
6 29 (1.04%) Balsamiq
7 26 (0.93%) Axure RP
8 14 (0.50%) Jenkins
9 12 (0.43%) GitLab
10 10 (0.36%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
12 6 (0.21%) ER Studio
12 6 (0.21%) MLflow
13 4 (0.14%) Babel
13 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
13 4 (0.14%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 791 (28.33%) Social Skills
2 684 (24.50%) Analytical Skills
3 405 (14.51%) Finance
4 318 (11.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 178 (6.38%) Public Sector
6 152 (5.44%) Marketing
7 132 (4.73%) Law
8 122 (4.37%) Retail
9 119 (4.26%) French Language
10 95 (3.40%) Swedish Language
11 65 (2.33%) Legal
11 65 (2.33%) Telecoms
12 61 (2.18%) Banking
13 57 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
14 53 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
15 38 (1.36%) Manufacturing
16 36 (1.29%) Back Office
17 30 (1.07%) Billing
18 29 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
19 28 (1.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,161 (41.58%) Trainer
2 294 (10.53%) Analyst
3 228 (8.17%) Senior
4 172 (6.16%) Developer
5 155 (5.55%) Content Editor
6 115 (4.12%) Service Analyst
6 115 (4.12%) Service Desk Analyst
7 101 (3.62%) Support Specialist
8 97 (3.47%) Customer Support Specialist
9 81 (2.90%) Lead
10 78 (2.79%) Support Engineer
11 76 (2.72%) Architect
11 76 (2.72%) Research Scientist
12 54 (1.93%) Business Analyst
13 51 (1.83%) Microsoft Specialist
14 50 (1.79%) Designer
15 46 (1.65%) Software Engineer
16 43 (1.54%) Customer Service Representative
16 43 (1.54%) Senior Developer
17 42 (1.50%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (4.69%) .NET
2 94 (3.37%) HTML
3 79 (2.83%) CSS
4 58 (2.08%) React
5 53 (1.90%) SOAP
6 43 (1.54%) RESTful
7 33 (1.18%) 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 (0.90%) 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%) WebSockets
15 16 (0.57%) WebSphere MQ
16 15 (0.54%) OAuth
16 15 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (3.55%) Blog
1 99 (3.55%) Management Information System
2 97 (3.47%) Molecular Biology
3 96 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
4 60 (2.15%) Product Ownership
5 53 (1.90%) Driving Licence
5 53 (1.90%) Onboarding
6 44 (1.58%) Algorithms
7 41 (1.47%) Cloud Native
8 39 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 36 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
10 34 (1.22%) Data Centre
11 30 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (1.07%) Social Media
12 27 (0.97%) Data Structures
13 22 (0.79%) e-Learning
13 22 (0.79%) Security Posture
14 21 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
15 20 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 132 (4.73%) Windows
2 86 (3.08%) Linux
3 41 (1.47%) Windows 10
4 37 (1.33%) Unix
5 24 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 23 (0.82%) Android
7 17 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (0.57%) Apple iOS
9 14 (0.50%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.11%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.072%) Debian
13 1 (0.036%) CentOS
13 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.036%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,466 (52.51%) AI
2 1,178 (42.19%) Conversational UI
3 445 (15.94%) Computer Science
4 405 (14.51%) Chemistry
5 399 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 382 (13.68%) Customer Service
7 349 (12.50%) Agile
8 261 (9.35%) ITIL
9 252 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 204 (7.31%) Content Writing
11 202 (7.23%) Analytics
12 190 (6.81%) Cybersecurity
13 172 (6.16%) Mentoring
14 171 (6.12%) Project Management
15 167 (5.98%) Decision-Making
15 167 (5.98%) Mathematics
16 158 (5.66%) DevOps
17 138 (4.94%) ITSM
18 137 (4.91%) Software Engineering
19 132 (4.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 243 (8.70%) Python
2 230 (8.24%) SQL
3 165 (5.91%) C#
4 154 (5.52%) Java
5 112 (4.01%) JavaScript
6 72 (2.58%) C++
7 71 (2.54%) TypeScript
8 38 (1.36%) PowerShell
9 34 (1.22%) Go
9 34 (1.22%) PHP
10 33 (1.18%) C
11 29 (1.04%) Bash
12 16 (0.57%) PL/SQL
13 15 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 14 (0.50%) R
15 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
16 11 (0.39%) MATLAB
17 10 (0.36%) Scala
17 10 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 714 (25.57%) Master's Degree
2 612 (21.92%) PhD
3 299 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 277 (9.92%) Security Cleared
5 244 (8.74%) SC Cleared
6 197 (7.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 180 (6.45%) AWS Certification
8 130 (4.66%) MCSE
9 55 (1.97%) PMP
10 52 (1.86%) Azure Certification
11 47 (1.68%) DBS Check
12 46 (1.65%) PMI Certification
13 45 (1.61%) CISSP
14 41 (1.47%) ACCA
14 41 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
15 40 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
15 40 (1.43%) CIMA
16 38 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 36 (1.29%) DV Cleared
17 36 (1.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (6.41%) QA
2 86 (3.08%) Accessibility
3 63 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 61 (2.18%) GDPR
5 51 (1.83%) SLA
6 42 (1.50%) NIST
7 37 (1.33%) Data Quality
8 36 (1.29%) WCAG
9 24 (0.86%) ISO 9001
10 23 (0.82%) PMO
11 19 (0.68%) GRC
12 10 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.32%) SOC 2
14 8 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.29%) IFRS
15 7 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
16 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
16 5 (0.18%) COBIT
16 5 (0.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 72 (2.58%) Active Directory
2 52 (1.86%) Docker
3 13 (0.47%) Firmware
4 11 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.11%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.11%) vSphere
8 2 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.036%) iptables
9 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.036%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 60 (2.15%) Kubernetes
2 39 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (1.00%) Terraform
4 26 (0.93%) Ansible
5 16 (0.57%) Grafana
6 15 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (0.25%) Nmap
9 6 (0.21%) Autotask
10 3 (0.11%) Argo
10 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.11%) SCCM
11 2 (0.072%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.072%) Puppet
11 2 (0.072%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.036%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.036%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.036%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 1 (0.036%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.036%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,161 (41.58%) PayPal
2 477 (17.08%) Microsoft
3 138 (4.94%) ServiceNow
4 78 (2.79%) Adobe
5 76 (2.72%) Cisco
6 59 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 53 (1.90%) Google
8 36 (1.29%) Oracle
9 33 (1.18%) SAP
10 24 (0.86%) Apple
11 22 (0.79%) Palo Alto
11 22 (0.79%) Red Hat
12 21 (0.75%) IBM
13 19 (0.68%) Databricks
14 17 (0.61%) Sage
15 14 (0.50%) Zoho
16 12 (0.43%) VMware
17 11 (0.39%) MuleSoft
17 11 (0.39%) NEC
17 11 (0.39%) Progress