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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -15 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,588 3,086 4,314
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.30% 20.72% 12.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.40% 61.55% 48.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 1,247 2,861
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,313 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,438 £38,750 £39,747
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 4,246 5,014 8,980
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.20% 33.67% 26.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,891 2,318 5,899
10th Percentile £33,350 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,835 £42,031 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 2 June 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 72 (4.53%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.94%) WordPress
5 12 (0.76%) CMS
5 12 (0.76%) Confluence
6 11 (0.69%) SAS
7 6 (0.38%) Apache
8 4 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.25%) IIS
8 4 (0.25%) PowerFactory
9 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.19%) Artix
9 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.063%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.063%) Drupal
10 1 (0.063%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.063%) Umbraco
Applications
1 258 (16.25%) Microsoft Office
2 93 (5.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 89 (5.60%) Microsoft Project
4 38 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 12 (0.76%) Adobe XD
7 10 (0.63%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.44%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
9 6 (0.38%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.25%) Revit
11 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.25%) Windchill
12 3 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
12 3 (0.19%) FrameMaker
12 3 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
13 2 (0.13%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.13%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 16 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.63%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.25%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.063%) HFM
8 1 (0.063%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.063%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.063%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.063%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.063%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.063%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.063%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.063%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.063%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.063%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 338 (21.28%) Azure
2 282 (17.76%) AWS
3 222 (13.98%) Microsoft 365
4 124 (7.81%) Power Platform
5 103 (6.49%) GCP
6 89 (5.60%) SaaS
7 88 (5.54%) Entra ID
8 34 (2.14%) Serverless
9 33 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
10 32 (2.02%) GitHub
11 30 (1.89%) Google Analytics
11 30 (1.89%) PowerApps
12 29 (1.83%) Power Automate
13 26 (1.64%) Figma
14 16 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (0.94%) Canva
15 15 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (0.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 15 (0.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 14 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.02%) Firewall
2 25 (1.57%) DNS
3 23 (1.45%) Network Security
4 19 (1.20%) VPN
5 18 (1.13%) DHCP
5 18 (1.13%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.13%) WAN
6 13 (0.82%) Internet
7 11 (0.69%) Broadband
8 10 (0.63%) Unified Communications
8 10 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.57%) LAN
10 8 (0.50%) LTE
10 8 (0.50%) MPLS
11 6 (0.38%) BGP
11 6 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (0.38%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.38%) SSL
11 6 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (6.36%) Power BI
2 99 (6.23%) SQL Server
3 32 (2.02%) MySQL
4 29 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (1.64%) Tableau
6 25 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (1.45%) Metadata
8 21 (1.32%) BigQuery
8 21 (1.32%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.07%) OLTP
10 15 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (0.76%) Delta Lake
12 12 (0.76%) NoSQL
13 10 (0.63%) Redis
14 9 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (0.57%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 72 (4.53%) Git
2 54 (3.40%) JIRA
3 21 (1.32%) Selenium
4 19 (1.20%) Postman
5 18 (1.13%) WebDriver
6 16 (1.01%) Team Foundation Server
7 15 (0.94%) SoapUI
8 12 (0.76%) Axure RP
8 12 (0.76%) Balsamiq
9 10 (0.63%) Jenkins
9 10 (0.63%) MLflow
9 10 (0.63%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.38%) GitLab
12 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
13 4 (0.25%) Storybook
14 3 (0.19%) Babel
14 3 (0.19%) REST Assured
General
1 764 (48.11%) Social Skills
2 369 (23.24%) Finance
3 299 (18.83%) Analytical Skills
4 244 (15.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 189 (11.90%) Public Sector
6 181 (11.40%) Law
7 121 (7.62%) Marketing
8 81 (5.10%) Retail
9 80 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
10 74 (4.66%) Legal
11 64 (4.03%) Back Office
12 63 (3.97%) Banking
12 63 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
13 62 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
14 57 (3.59%) French Language
15 54 (3.40%) Manufacturing
16 50 (3.15%) Electronics
17 26 (1.64%) Telecoms
18 24 (1.51%) Advertising
19 22 (1.39%) Games
Job Titles
1 301 (18.95%) Senior
2 273 (17.19%) Analyst
3 200 (12.59%) Developer
4 101 (6.36%) Architect
5 95 (5.98%) Senior Manager
5 95 (5.98%) Support Engineer
6 88 (5.54%) Project Manager
7 86 (5.42%) Graduate
8 76 (4.79%) Service Analyst
9 74 (4.66%) Lead
10 70 (4.41%) Service Desk Analyst
11 68 (4.28%) Business Analyst
12 67 (4.22%) Senior Project Manager
13 59 (3.72%) Software Developer
14 57 (3.59%) Graduate Developer
15 55 (3.46%) Consultant
16 51 (3.21%) Software Engineer
17 50 (3.15%) Desktop Support
17 50 (3.15%) Senior Developer
18 49 (3.09%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (5.16%) HTML
2 75 (4.72%) .NET
3 64 (4.03%) CSS
4 51 (3.21%) SOAP
5 48 (3.02%) React
6 44 (2.77%) REST
7 35 (2.20%) RESTful
8 34 (2.14%) jQuery
9 31 (1.95%) Node.js
10 26 (1.64%) XML
11 24 (1.51%) PyTorch
12 22 (1.39%) Vue
13 20 (1.26%) Middleware
13 20 (1.26%) TensorFlow
14 19 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
14 19 (1.20%) Visualforce
15 18 (1.13%) OAuth
16 14 (0.88%) JSON
17 13 (0.82%) Django
17 13 (0.82%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 119 (7.49%) Product Ownership
2 94 (5.92%) Management Information System
3 80 (5.04%) Cloud Native
4 79 (4.97%) Self-Motivation
5 58 (3.65%) Onboarding
6 37 (2.33%) Driving Licence
7 35 (2.20%) Data Structures
8 31 (1.95%) Algorithms
9 30 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (1.57%) Security Posture
11 24 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.51%) Social Media
12 22 (1.39%) Cyberattack
12 22 (1.39%) Virtual Team
13 21 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
14 20 (1.26%) Data Centre
15 18 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
16 15 (0.94%) FMCG
16 15 (0.94%) PMI
17 14 (0.88%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 144 (9.07%) Windows
2 104 (6.55%) Linux
3 55 (3.46%) Windows 10
4 43 (2.71%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.76%) Unix
6 11 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.57%) Android
8 7 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
10 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
13 2 (0.13%) CentOS
13 2 (0.13%) Debian
14 1 (0.063%) AIX
14 1 (0.063%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (27.64%) Agile
2 409 (25.76%) Computer Science
3 347 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
4 310 (19.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 229 (14.42%) ITIL
6 215 (13.54%) Mentoring
7 213 (13.41%) Customer Service
8 206 (12.97%) Project Management
9 189 (11.90%) Analytics
10 175 (11.02%) Coaching
11 170 (10.71%) AI
12 165 (10.39%) Project Delivery
13 162 (10.20%) Decision-Making
14 158 (9.95%) Cybersecurity
15 157 (9.89%) CI/CD
16 154 (9.70%) DevOps
17 151 (9.51%) Customer Experience
18 149 (9.38%) Software Engineering
19 130 (8.19%) Scrum
20 129 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 259 (16.31%) SQL
2 231 (14.55%) Python
3 151 (9.51%) C#
4 127 (8.00%) Java
5 101 (6.36%) JavaScript
6 64 (4.03%) C++
7 57 (3.59%) PHP
8 53 (3.34%) TypeScript
9 51 (3.21%) PowerShell
10 31 (1.95%) Go
11 29 (1.83%) Bash
12 27 (1.70%) PL/SQL
13 23 (1.45%) Rust
14 20 (1.26%) Apex Code
15 19 (1.20%) C
16 17 (1.07%) R
17 12 (0.76%) Bicep
18 11 (0.69%) Scala
19 10 (0.63%) T-SQL
20 8 (0.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 279 (17.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 276 (17.38%) Security Cleared
3 241 (15.18%) SC Cleared
4 127 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 111 (6.99%) Master's Degree
6 95 (5.98%) AWS Certification
7 75 (4.72%) MCSE
8 67 (4.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 62 (3.90%) CISSP
10 53 (3.34%) DBS Check
11 51 (3.21%) Azure Certification
12 48 (3.02%) CTC Cleared
12 48 (3.02%) PMI Certification
13 39 (2.46%) PhD
14 38 (2.39%) HNC
15 37 (2.33%) CISM
16 35 (2.20%) PMP
17 31 (1.95%) DV Cleared
18 29 (1.83%) ACCA
19 28 (1.76%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (7.12%) QA
2 75 (4.72%) Accessibility
3 69 (4.35%) SLA
4 58 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 55 (3.46%) NIST
6 51 (3.21%) Data Quality
6 51 (3.21%) GDPR
7 27 (1.70%) GRC
8 20 (1.26%) PMO
8 20 (1.26%) WCAG
9 19 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 18 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 8 (0.50%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.50%) NCSC
13 8 (0.50%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.44%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.25%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 78 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.46%) Docker
3 24 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.57%) vSphere
5 8 (0.50%) Firmware
5 8 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 55 (3.46%) Kubernetes
2 49 (3.09%) Terraform
3 30 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (1.70%) Ansible
5 14 (0.88%) Grafana
5 14 (0.88%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.63%) Autotask
7 8 (0.50%) SCCM
8 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.38%) Packer
10 5 (0.31%) FTK
11 4 (0.25%) Nmap
11 4 (0.25%) QRadar
11 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.19%) Argo
12 3 (0.19%) Plesk
13 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.13%) OpenView
13 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 372 (23.43%) Microsoft
2 96 (6.05%) ServiceNow
3 84 (5.29%) Cisco
4 58 (3.65%) Salesforce
5 53 (3.34%) Oracle
6 50 (3.15%) Google
7 38 (2.39%) SAP
8 36 (2.27%) Adobe
9 33 (2.08%) Databricks
10 25 (1.57%) VMware
11 19 (1.20%) HubSpot
12 14 (0.88%) Meraki
12 14 (0.88%) MuleSoft
13 13 (0.82%) Citrix
14 12 (0.76%) EMC
14 12 (0.76%) Splunk
15 11 (0.69%) Sage
15 11 (0.69%) Workday
16 9 (0.57%) Palantir
16 9 (0.57%) Pardot