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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,920 1,955 4,024
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.38% 15.20% 13.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 44.37% 52.24% 49.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,067 1,319 2,823
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,620 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -7.56%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,560 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.79% +9.64% -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 4,327 3,742 8,186
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.64% 29.09% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,665 2,455 5,928
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £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 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -4.35%

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 28 March 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 57 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.04%) Apache Spark
4 18 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.57%) SAS
6 9 (0.47%) CMS
6 9 (0.47%) Confluence
6 9 (0.47%) WordPress
7 6 (0.31%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.31%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (0.26%) Apache
8 5 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
8 5 (0.26%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.16%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.16%) IIS
9 3 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.10%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.052%) Kinematics
Applications
1 318 (16.56%) Chatbot
2 226 (11.77%) Microsoft Office
3 123 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 39 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (1.61%) Adobe XD
6 17 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 12 (0.63%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.52%) InDesign
10 7 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.36%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
11 6 (0.31%) AutoCAD
12 3 (0.16%) EPLAN
12 3 (0.16%) Sketch
12 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.10%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.10%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.10%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 27 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (1.09%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.21%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.16%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.052%) Endur
8 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.052%) Primavera
8 1 (0.052%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.052%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.052%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.052%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 352 (18.33%) Azure
2 349 (18.18%) AWS
3 253 (13.18%) Microsoft 365
4 131 (6.82%) Power Platform
5 122 (6.35%) GCP
6 106 (5.52%) SaaS
7 74 (3.85%) Entra ID
8 52 (2.71%) GitHub
9 50 (2.60%) Serverless
10 43 (2.24%) Figma
11 35 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
12 33 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (1.41%) PowerApps
14 26 (1.35%) Power Automate
15 25 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
17 19 (0.99%) PaaS
17 19 (0.99%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 19 (0.99%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 18 (0.94%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.03%) Firewall
2 19 (0.99%) DNS
2 19 (0.99%) WAN
3 17 (0.89%) Network Security
4 16 (0.83%) VPN
5 15 (0.78%) DHCP
5 15 (0.78%) SSL
5 15 (0.78%) Unified Communications
5 15 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (0.73%) TCP/IP
7 12 (0.63%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.52%) Broadband
9 9 (0.47%) Internet
10 8 (0.42%) LAN
11 7 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.36%) MPLS
11 7 (0.36%) VLAN
11 7 (0.36%) Wireless
12 6 (0.31%) VoIP
13 5 (0.26%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (5.63%) Power BI
2 100 (5.21%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (1.98%) Tableau
5 36 (1.88%) MySQL
6 25 (1.30%) BigQuery
6 25 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (1.20%) NoSQL
8 22 (1.15%) Relational Database
9 19 (0.99%) Metadata
10 16 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (0.78%) OLTP
11 15 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.63%) Delta Lake
13 12 (0.63%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.63%) Redis
14 11 (0.57%) DB2
Development Applications
1 74 (3.85%) Git
2 53 (2.76%) JIRA
3 33 (1.72%) Selenium
4 27 (1.41%) Balsamiq
5 26 (1.35%) WebDriver
6 24 (1.25%) Axure RP
7 23 (1.20%) Postman
8 21 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
9 20 (1.04%) SoapUI
10 17 (0.89%) Jenkins
11 13 (0.68%) GitLab
12 11 (0.57%) MLflow
13 7 (0.36%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.36%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.31%) Babel
14 6 (0.31%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.31%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.31%) webpack
15 4 (0.21%) Storybook
15 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 775 (40.36%) Social Skills
2 390 (20.31%) Finance
3 380 (19.79%) Analytical Skills
4 298 (15.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 204 (10.63%) Public Sector
6 167 (8.70%) Law
7 146 (7.60%) Marketing
8 110 (5.73%) Retail
9 98 (5.10%) French Language
10 82 (4.27%) Banking
11 75 (3.91%) Legal
12 72 (3.75%) Back Office
13 56 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
14 51 (2.66%) Swedish Language
15 50 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
16 47 (2.45%) Manufacturing
16 47 (2.45%) Telecoms
17 35 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
18 33 (1.72%) Electronics
19 24 (1.25%) Billing
Job Titles
1 320 (16.67%) Trainer
2 289 (15.05%) Analyst
3 256 (13.33%) Senior
4 189 (9.84%) Developer
5 110 (5.73%) Support Engineer
6 92 (4.79%) Service Analyst
6 92 (4.79%) Service Desk Analyst
7 70 (3.65%) Architect
8 64 (3.33%) Lead
9 62 (3.23%) Desktop Support
10 60 (3.13%) Desktop Engineer
10 60 (3.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 59 (3.07%) Business Analyst
12 56 (2.92%) Site Engineer
12 56 (2.92%) Software Engineer
13 54 (2.81%) Consultant
13 54 (2.81%) Senior Developer
14 51 (2.66%) Graduate
15 48 (2.50%) Content Editor
16 45 (2.34%) Research Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (5.47%) .NET
2 93 (4.84%) HTML
3 84 (4.38%) CSS
4 60 (3.13%) React
4 60 (3.13%) SOAP
5 56 (2.92%) REST
6 49 (2.55%) RESTful
7 31 (1.61%) Node.js
8 29 (1.51%) Kafka
9 28 (1.46%) jQuery
10 26 (1.35%) PyTorch
11 25 (1.30%) OAuth
12 24 (1.25%) Middleware
13 23 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
13 23 (1.20%) TensorFlow
13 23 (1.20%) Visualforce
14 22 (1.15%) XML
15 20 (1.04%) .NET Framework
15 20 (1.04%) Entity Framework
16 17 (0.89%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 108 (5.63%) Blog
2 101 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 94 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
4 90 (4.69%) Management Information System
5 78 (4.06%) Cloud Native
6 69 (3.59%) Onboarding
7 51 (2.66%) Driving Licence
8 43 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
9 33 (1.72%) Molecular Biology
10 32 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
10 32 (1.67%) Data Structures
11 31 (1.61%) Social Media
12 30 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
13 27 (1.41%) Algorithms
14 26 (1.35%) Security Posture
15 22 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
16 20 (1.04%) Data Centre
17 18 (0.94%) Virtual Team
18 17 (0.89%) PMI
18 17 (0.89%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 157 (8.18%) Windows
2 100 (5.21%) Linux
3 68 (3.54%) Windows 10
4 26 (1.35%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.09%) Android
5 21 (1.09%) Unix
6 9 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 9 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.16%) Debian
8 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.10%) CentOS
9 2 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.052%) AIX
10 1 (0.052%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.052%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 571 (29.74%) AI
2 444 (23.13%) Computer Science
3 383 (19.95%) Problem-Solving
4 342 (17.81%) Agile
5 331 (17.24%) Conversational UI
6 329 (17.14%) Customer Service
7 304 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 253 (13.18%) ITIL
9 230 (11.98%) Analytics
10 193 (10.05%) Mentoring
11 178 (9.27%) Cybersecurity
12 175 (9.11%) DevOps
13 166 (8.65%) CI/CD
14 162 (8.44%) Decision-Making
15 153 (7.97%) Software Engineering
16 150 (7.81%) Project Management
17 137 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
18 133 (6.93%) Stakeholder Management
19 127 (6.61%) Customer Experience
20 119 (6.20%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 263 (13.70%) Python
2 245 (12.76%) SQL
3 152 (7.92%) C#
4 147 (7.66%) Java
5 117 (6.09%) JavaScript
6 73 (3.80%) C++
7 69 (3.59%) TypeScript
8 47 (2.45%) Go
8 47 (2.45%) PowerShell
9 39 (2.03%) PHP
10 35 (1.82%) Bash
11 23 (1.20%) Apex Code
11 23 (1.20%) PL/SQL
12 22 (1.15%) Rust
13 19 (0.99%) C
14 16 (0.83%) R
15 15 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.63%) Scala
16 12 (0.63%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.57%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 306 (15.94%) Security Cleared
2 303 (15.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 272 (14.17%) SC Cleared
4 257 (13.39%) Master's Degree
5 172 (8.96%) PhD
6 167 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 128 (6.67%) AWS Certification
8 101 (5.26%) MCSE
9 60 (3.13%) CTC Cleared
10 50 (2.60%) ACCA
11 49 (2.55%) PMP
12 48 (2.50%) CIMA
13 46 (2.40%) CISSP
14 42 (2.19%) PMI Certification
15 41 (2.14%) Azure Certification
16 33 (1.72%) DBS Check
17 31 (1.61%) DV Cleared
18 30 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
19 27 (1.41%) ISTQB
20 26 (1.35%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (6.72%) QA
2 83 (4.32%) Accessibility
3 82 (4.27%) SLA
4 67 (3.49%) GDPR
5 55 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 49 (2.55%) Data Quality
7 47 (2.45%) NIST
8 28 (1.46%) WCAG
9 24 (1.25%) GRC
10 19 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.73%) PMO
12 13 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.63%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.47%) IFRS
14 9 (0.47%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.36%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.21%) ISO 26262
16 4 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 3 (0.16%) GAAP
System Software
1 76 (3.96%) Docker
2 70 (3.65%) Active Directory
3 17 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.16%) Firmware
6 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.16%) vSphere
7 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.052%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.052%) iptables
8 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.052%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.052%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.052%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 56 (2.92%) Terraform
3 37 (1.93%) Ansible
4 28 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.15%) Grafana
6 21 (1.09%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.47%) SCCM
8 7 (0.36%) Autotask
8 7 (0.36%) Nmap
9 5 (0.26%) FTK
10 4 (0.21%) Packer
11 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.10%) Argo
12 2 (0.10%) OpenView
12 2 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.10%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.052%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.052%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.052%) Puppet
Vendors
1 390 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 311 (16.20%) PayPal
3 116 (6.04%) ServiceNow
4 111 (5.78%) Cisco
5 77 (4.01%) Salesforce
6 57 (2.97%) Adobe
7 51 (2.66%) Google
8 48 (2.50%) Oracle
9 37 (1.93%) SAP
10 29 (1.51%) Databricks
11 20 (1.04%) MuleSoft
12 17 (0.89%) VMware
13 16 (0.83%) HubSpot
14 13 (0.68%) Red Hat
14 13 (0.68%) Sage
15 12 (0.63%) IBM
15 12 (0.63%) Zoho
16 11 (0.57%) Splunk
17 10 (0.52%) Citrix
17 10 (0.52%) Meraki