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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 9 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,641 2,146 4,106
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.31% 16.23% 12.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.65% 54.58% 46.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,071 1,327 2,862
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,313 £30,318
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,747
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 £72,500
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 4,246 3,932 8,757
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.09% 29.73% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,826 2,477 5,976
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,813 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £54,196
% change year-on-year +0.87% +6.10% -5.75%

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 17 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 62 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.79%) WordPress
6 12 (0.73%) CMS
7 11 (0.67%) Confluence
8 10 (0.61%) SAS
9 6 (0.37%) Apache
10 5 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.30%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
13 1 (0.061%) Drupal
13 1 (0.061%) Moodle
13 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 223 (13.59%) Microsoft Office
2 114 (6.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.13%) Chatbot
3 35 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.40%) Adobe XD
5 18 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 17 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.61%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.24%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.24%) InDesign
10 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.18%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.18%) Sketch
12 2 (0.12%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.12%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.10%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
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%) 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
1 352 (21.45%) Azure
2 334 (20.35%) AWS
3 237 (14.44%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (7.68%) GCP
5 121 (7.37%) Power Platform
6 93 (5.67%) SaaS
7 76 (4.63%) Entra ID
8 45 (2.74%) GitHub
9 44 (2.68%) Serverless
10 37 (2.25%) Figma
11 30 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.52%) Google Analytics
13 24 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (1.40%) PowerApps
15 22 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.34%) Power Automate
16 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 19 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 16 (0.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.62%) Firewall
2 21 (1.28%) DNS
2 21 (1.28%) WAN
3 18 (1.10%) VPN
4 16 (0.98%) DHCP
4 16 (0.98%) Network Security
5 14 (0.85%) TCP/IP
6 12 (0.73%) Internet
7 11 (0.67%) Broadband
8 10 (0.61%) LAN
8 10 (0.61%) MPLS
8 10 (0.61%) SSL
8 10 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.55%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.55%) Unified Communications
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 99 (6.03%) SQL Server
2 98 (5.97%) Power BI
3 42 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (2.32%) MySQL
5 30 (1.83%) Tableau
6 25 (1.52%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.22%) NoSQL
8 20 (1.22%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.04%) Metadata
10 16 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (0.85%) OLTP
13 13 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.73%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.73%) MongoDB
14 12 (0.73%) Redis
15 10 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 77 (4.69%) Git
2 55 (3.35%) JIRA
3 29 (1.77%) Selenium
4 26 (1.58%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.40%) Axure RP
6 21 (1.28%) Postman
6 21 (1.28%) WebDriver
7 19 (1.16%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.10%) SoapUI
9 15 (0.91%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.67%) GitLab
10 11 (0.67%) MLflow
11 6 (0.37%) Babel
11 6 (0.37%) Burp Suite
11 6 (0.37%) Metasploit
11 6 (0.37%) webpack
12 5 (0.30%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.24%) Storybook
13 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 769 (46.86%) Social Skills
2 398 (24.25%) Finance
3 312 (19.01%) Analytical Skills
4 308 (18.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 221 (13.47%) Public Sector
6 175 (10.66%) Law
7 149 (9.08%) Marketing
8 86 (5.24%) Retail
9 85 (5.18%) French Language
10 73 (4.45%) Back Office
10 73 (4.45%) Banking
11 72 (4.39%) Legal
12 67 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
13 58 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
14 47 (2.86%) Manufacturing
15 45 (2.74%) Telecoms
16 40 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
17 36 (2.19%) Swedish Language
18 33 (2.01%) Electronics
19 23 (1.40%) Billing
Job Titles
1 296 (18.04%) Analyst
2 250 (15.23%) Senior
3 189 (11.52%) Developer
4 104 (6.34%) Support Engineer
5 91 (5.55%) Service Analyst
6 89 (5.42%) Service Desk Analyst
7 81 (4.94%) Architect
8 72 (4.39%) Graduate
9 68 (4.14%) Business Analyst
10 62 (3.78%) Desktop Support
11 60 (3.66%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (3.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 58 (3.53%) Lead
13 57 (3.47%) Consultant
14 56 (3.41%) Site Engineer
15 52 (3.17%) Software Engineer
16 48 (2.93%) Graduate Developer
16 48 (2.93%) Senior Developer
16 48 (2.93%) SQL Developer
17 46 (2.80%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (5.61%) .NET
2 85 (5.18%) HTML
3 78 (4.75%) CSS
4 57 (3.47%) SOAP
5 54 (3.29%) React
6 53 (3.23%) REST
6 53 (3.23%) RESTful
7 33 (2.01%) Node.js
8 32 (1.95%) jQuery
9 27 (1.65%) Kafka
9 27 (1.65%) PyTorch
10 25 (1.52%) OAuth
11 24 (1.46%) Middleware
12 23 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
12 23 (1.40%) TensorFlow
12 23 (1.40%) Visualforce
13 21 (1.28%) Vue
14 19 (1.16%) XML
15 18 (1.10%) Django
16 17 (1.04%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 113 (6.89%) Product Ownership
2 108 (6.58%) Blog
3 94 (5.73%) Self-Motivation
4 90 (5.48%) Management Information System
5 82 (5.00%) Cloud Native
6 61 (3.72%) Onboarding
7 43 (2.62%) Driving Licence
8 41 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
9 36 (2.19%) Data Structures
10 33 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (1.83%) Security Posture
13 27 (1.65%) Social Media
14 26 (1.58%) Algorithms
15 22 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
16 21 (1.28%) Data Centre
17 20 (1.22%) Virtual Team
18 17 (1.04%) Cyberattack
19 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
19 16 (0.98%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 150 (9.14%) Windows
2 106 (6.46%) Linux
3 68 (4.14%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.77%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.28%) Android
6 17 (1.04%) Unix
7 12 (0.73%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.24%) 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
1 440 (26.81%) Computer Science
2 368 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
3 348 (21.21%) Agile
4 304 (18.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 289 (17.61%) AI
6 280 (17.06%) Customer Service
7 246 (14.99%) ITIL
8 225 (13.71%) Analytics
9 201 (12.25%) Mentoring
10 185 (11.27%) Cybersecurity
11 175 (10.66%) DevOps
12 169 (10.30%) CI/CD
12 169 (10.30%) Decision-Making
13 155 (9.45%) Software Engineering
14 151 (9.20%) Project Management
15 137 (8.35%) Stakeholder Management
16 126 (7.68%) Business Intelligence
17 122 (7.43%) Scrum
18 121 (7.37%) Community of Practice
19 119 (7.25%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 266 (16.21%) Python
2 257 (15.66%) SQL
3 153 (9.32%) C#
4 151 (9.20%) Java
5 106 (6.46%) JavaScript
6 75 (4.57%) C++
7 66 (4.02%) TypeScript
8 50 (3.05%) Go
9 49 (2.99%) PHP
9 49 (2.99%) PowerShell
10 35 (2.13%) Bash
11 23 (1.40%) Apex Code
11 23 (1.40%) Rust
12 21 (1.28%) PL/SQL
13 18 (1.10%) C
13 18 (1.10%) R
14 13 (0.79%) Bicep
14 13 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (0.73%) Scala
16 9 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 311 (18.95%) Security Cleared
2 301 (18.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 276 (16.82%) SC Cleared
4 155 (9.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 147 (8.96%) Master's Degree
6 117 (7.13%) AWS Certification
7 97 (5.91%) MCSE
8 62 (3.78%) PhD
9 60 (3.66%) CTC Cleared
10 51 (3.11%) CISSP
11 49 (2.99%) PMP
12 42 (2.56%) ACCA
13 41 (2.50%) PMI Certification
14 40 (2.44%) CIMA
15 37 (2.25%) Azure Certification
16 31 (1.89%) DV Cleared
16 31 (1.89%) HNC
17 29 (1.77%) DBS Check
18 27 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
19 25 (1.52%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (8.04%) QA
2 79 (4.81%) Accessibility
3 78 (4.75%) SLA
4 66 (4.02%) GDPR
5 56 (3.41%) Data Quality
6 53 (3.23%) NIST
7 46 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 29 (1.77%) WCAG
9 26 (1.58%) GRC
10 19 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
11 17 (1.04%) PMO
12 13 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.43%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.37%) IFRS
16 5 (0.30%) ISO 9001
17 4 (0.24%) GAAP
17 4 (0.24%) MiFID
17 4 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 78 (4.75%) Docker
2 75 (4.57%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.49%) vSphere
5 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.24%) 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 78 (4.75%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.05%) Terraform
3 37 (2.25%) Ansible
4 26 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.22%) Grafana
6 19 (1.16%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 6 (0.37%) Autotask
8 6 (0.37%) Nmap
9 5 (0.30%) FTK
9 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.24%) Packer
10 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.12%) Argo
11 2 (0.12%) OpenView
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.12%) QRadar
11 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 365 (22.24%) Microsoft
2 113 (6.89%) ServiceNow
3 102 (6.22%) Cisco
4 71 (4.33%) Salesforce
5 51 (3.11%) Google
6 50 (3.05%) Oracle
7 45 (2.74%) Adobe
8 36 (2.19%) SAP
9 29 (1.77%) Databricks
10 28 (1.71%) PayPal
11 22 (1.34%) VMware
12 20 (1.22%) MuleSoft
13 18 (1.10%) HubSpot
14 14 (0.85%) Splunk
15 12 (0.73%) Meraki
16 11 (0.67%) Red Hat
16 11 (0.67%) Sage
17 10 (0.61%) Citrix
17 10 (0.61%) Workday
18 9 (0.55%) Palantir