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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,816 2,254 3,668
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.38% 14.38% 13.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.39% 49.58% 48.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,078 1,267 2,575
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £31,100
25th Percentile £39,059 £45,000 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £62,500 £55,571
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +12.47% -3.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £104,125 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -4.35%

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 5,084 4,546 7,514
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.37% 29.01% 27.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,581 2,423 5,505
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 11 February 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 62 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 27 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (0.67%) Confluence
5 12 (0.43%) Tomcat
5 12 (0.43%) WebSphere
5 12 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
6 11 (0.39%) SAS
7 10 (0.36%) WordPress
8 8 (0.28%) CMS
9 7 (0.25%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.25%) Ethereum
9 7 (0.25%) IIS
10 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.18%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.071%) Apache
12 2 (0.071%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1,146 (40.70%) Chatbot
2 266 (9.45%) Microsoft Office
3 124 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 42 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (1.17%) Adobe XD
6 18 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 15 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.53%) MS Visio
8 14 (0.50%) InDesign
9 8 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 8 (0.28%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.18%) Simulink
10 5 (0.18%) Sketch
11 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
13 2 (0.071%) OrCAD
13 2 (0.071%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.071%) Revit
13 2 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.071%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.11%) Primavera
6 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.071%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.036%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.036%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.036%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.036%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.036%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 370 (13.14%) Azure
2 359 (12.75%) AWS
3 295 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
4 138 (4.90%) Power Platform
5 100 (3.55%) GCP
5 100 (3.55%) SaaS
6 75 (2.66%) Entra ID
7 60 (2.13%) GitHub
8 59 (2.10%) Serverless
9 47 (1.67%) Figma
10 46 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
11 37 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
12 30 (1.07%) PowerApps
13 28 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
14 27 (0.96%) Power Automate
15 25 (0.89%) PaaS
16 21 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
16 21 (0.75%) Miro
17 16 (0.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 16 (0.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (1.38%) Firewall
2 28 (0.99%) VPN
3 22 (0.78%) SSL
4 21 (0.75%) TCP/IP
5 20 (0.71%) WAN
6 19 (0.67%) DNS
6 19 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (0.57%) Unified Communications
8 15 (0.53%) DHCP
9 14 (0.50%) SD-WAN
10 12 (0.43%) LAN
10 12 (0.43%) VLAN
11 11 (0.39%) Network Security
12 9 (0.32%) VoIP
13 8 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
13 8 (0.28%) Wireless
14 6 (0.21%) Internet
15 5 (0.18%) BGP
15 5 (0.18%) Ethernet
15 5 (0.18%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (4.08%) Power BI
2 105 (3.73%) SQL Server
3 54 (1.92%) Tableau
4 47 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (1.35%) MySQL
6 29 (1.03%) NoSQL
7 28 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (0.85%) BigQuery
9 17 (0.60%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (0.57%) MongoDB
11 15 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (0.50%) Metadata
13 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.46%) DB2
13 13 (0.46%) OLTP
14 12 (0.43%) Redis
15 11 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
15 11 (0.39%) GIS
Development Applications
1 62 (2.20%) JIRA
2 59 (2.10%) Git
3 42 (1.49%) Selenium
4 34 (1.21%) WebDriver
5 28 (0.99%) Postman
6 27 (0.96%) Balsamiq
7 25 (0.89%) SoapUI
7 25 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
8 24 (0.85%) Axure RP
9 14 (0.50%) GitLab
10 13 (0.46%) Jenkins
11 11 (0.39%) MLflow
12 8 (0.28%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.21%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.18%) Babel
15 5 (0.18%) ER Studio
15 5 (0.18%) webpack
16 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
General
1 840 (29.83%) Social Skills
2 665 (23.62%) Analytical Skills
3 380 (13.49%) Finance
4 312 (11.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 187 (6.64%) Public Sector
6 164 (5.82%) Marketing
7 140 (4.97%) Law
8 138 (4.90%) Retail
9 122 (4.33%) French Language
10 95 (3.37%) Swedish Language
11 68 (2.41%) Back Office
12 67 (2.38%) Banking
13 60 (2.13%) Legal
14 55 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
14 55 (1.95%) Telecoms
15 43 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
16 40 (1.42%) Manufacturing
17 37 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
18 31 (1.10%) Electronics
19 29 (1.03%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,145 (40.66%) Trainer
2 317 (11.26%) Analyst
3 257 (9.13%) Senior
4 191 (6.78%) Developer
5 155 (5.50%) Content Editor
6 123 (4.37%) Service Analyst
6 123 (4.37%) Service Desk Analyst
7 107 (3.80%) Support Engineer
8 96 (3.41%) Customer Support Specialist
8 96 (3.41%) Support Specialist
9 76 (2.70%) Research Scientist
10 73 (2.59%) Lead
11 63 (2.24%) Architect
11 63 (2.24%) Desktop Support
12 60 (2.13%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (2.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 56 (1.99%) Senior Developer
13 56 (1.99%) Site Engineer
14 55 (1.95%) Business Analyst
15 53 (1.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (4.62%) .NET
2 93 (3.30%) HTML
3 77 (2.73%) CSS
4 60 (2.13%) React
5 57 (2.02%) SOAP
6 47 (1.67%) RESTful
7 43 (1.53%) REST
8 30 (1.07%) .NET Framework
9 28 (0.99%) Kafka
9 28 (0.99%) Node.js
10 25 (0.89%) Entity Framework
11 24 (0.85%) ASP.NET
12 23 (0.82%) jQuery
13 21 (0.75%) Middleware
13 21 (0.75%) TensorFlow
14 19 (0.67%) PyTorch
15 17 (0.60%) gRPC
15 17 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
15 17 (0.60%) OAuth
15 17 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (3.73%) Blog
2 97 (3.44%) Molecular Biology
3 92 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
4 89 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 80 (2.84%) Product Ownership
6 61 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 57 (2.02%) Driving Licence
8 53 (1.88%) Cloud Native
9 45 (1.60%) Algorithms
10 44 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
11 37 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
12 35 (1.24%) Data Structures
13 32 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
13 32 (1.14%) Social Media
14 24 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
14 24 (0.85%) Security Posture
15 21 (0.75%) Data Centre
16 17 (0.60%) PMI
17 16 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
18 15 (0.53%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 159 (5.65%) Windows
2 85 (3.02%) Linux
3 70 (2.49%) Windows 10
4 33 (1.17%) Unix
5 28 (0.99%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.78%) Android
7 14 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.25%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.11%) Debian
11 3 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.071%) CentOS
13 1 (0.036%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,434 (50.92%) AI
2 1,155 (41.02%) Conversational UI
3 472 (16.76%) Computer Science
4 423 (15.02%) Customer Service
5 393 (13.96%) Problem-Solving
6 383 (13.60%) Chemistry
7 343 (12.18%) Agile
8 308 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 290 (10.30%) ITIL
10 238 (8.45%) Analytics
11 205 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
12 204 (7.24%) Content Writing
13 172 (6.11%) Mathematics
14 171 (6.07%) Decision-Making
15 170 (6.04%) DevOps
16 162 (5.75%) Mentoring
17 155 (5.50%) Project Management
18 150 (5.33%) Software Engineering
19 149 (5.29%) CI/CD
20 147 (5.22%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 268 (9.52%) Python
2 236 (8.38%) SQL
3 163 (5.79%) C#
4 162 (5.75%) Java
5 124 (4.40%) JavaScript
6 79 (2.81%) C++
7 77 (2.73%) TypeScript
8 44 (1.56%) Go
9 43 (1.53%) PowerShell
10 35 (1.24%) Bash
11 34 (1.21%) PHP
12 30 (1.07%) C
13 20 (0.71%) PL/SQL
14 17 (0.60%) Rust
15 16 (0.57%) Apex Code
16 15 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 13 (0.46%) R
18 12 (0.43%) Kotlin
18 12 (0.43%) Scala
18 12 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 694 (24.64%) Master's Degree
2 590 (20.95%) PhD
3 316 (11.22%) Security Cleared
4 309 (10.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 285 (10.12%) SC Cleared
6 205 (7.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 179 (6.36%) AWS Certification
8 135 (4.79%) MCSE
9 60 (2.13%) CTC Cleared
10 52 (1.85%) PMP
11 50 (1.78%) Azure Certification
11 50 (1.78%) CISSP
12 44 (1.56%) PMI Certification
13 43 (1.53%) ACCA
13 43 (1.53%) DBS Check
14 42 (1.49%) CIMA
15 41 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
16 37 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
17 36 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 33 (1.17%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (6.21%) QA
2 87 (3.09%) Accessibility
3 82 (2.91%) SLA
4 68 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 65 (2.31%) GDPR
6 47 (1.67%) NIST
7 45 (1.60%) Data Quality
8 34 (1.21%) WCAG
9 23 (0.82%) GRC
10 17 (0.60%) ISO 9001
10 17 (0.60%) PMO
11 13 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.32%) IFRS
14 7 (0.25%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.25%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.18%) ARP4761
16 5 (0.18%) COBIT
17 4 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (2.49%) Active Directory
2 66 (2.34%) Docker
3 12 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.32%) Firmware
5 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.036%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.036%) iptables
8 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.036%) Xen
Systems Management
1 64 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 38 (1.35%) Terraform
3 35 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (0.99%) Ansible
5 21 (0.75%) Grafana
6 20 (0.71%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.36%) Autotask
8 8 (0.28%) SCCM
9 7 (0.25%) Nmap
10 4 (0.14%) FTK
11 3 (0.11%) Argo
11 3 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.071%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.071%) Puppet
13 1 (0.036%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.036%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.036%) Ganglia
13 1 (0.036%) Kibana
13 1 (0.036%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.036%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1,141 (40.52%) PayPal
2 471 (16.73%) Microsoft
3 144 (5.11%) ServiceNow
4 107 (3.80%) Cisco
5 77 (2.73%) Salesforce
6 62 (2.20%) Adobe
7 56 (1.99%) Google
8 49 (1.74%) Oracle
9 34 (1.21%) SAP
10 23 (0.82%) Databricks
11 18 (0.64%) IBM
11 18 (0.64%) Red Hat
12 17 (0.60%) MuleSoft
13 15 (0.53%) Sage
14 14 (0.50%) HubSpot
14 14 (0.50%) Zoho
15 13 (0.46%) VMware
16 12 (0.43%) Citrix
17 11 (0.39%) NEC
18 9 (0.32%) Progress