Hybrid/Remote Machine Learning Job Trends

Machine Learning (ML)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 35 110
Rank change year-on-year -27 +75 -17
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 848 1,166 753
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.91% 7.07% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.72% 7.59% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 552 252 554
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +2.19%
75th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £138,375 £103,375
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +3.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Machine Learning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,957 15,368 25,424
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.85% 93.21% 88.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,054 9,086 18,978
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,711
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Machine Learning and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Machine Learning job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Machine Learning
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Machine Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Machine Learning over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Machine Learning salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Machine Learning
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 24 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.71%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.06%) Apache
5 6 (0.71%) SAS
6 3 (0.35%) Confluence
7 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.12%) CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.35%) Blender
2 3 (0.35%) Maya
3 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.12%) HFM
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 404 (47.64%) Azure
2 248 (29.25%) AWS
3 224 (26.42%) Azure AI
4 145 (17.10%) GCP
5 91 (10.73%) Azure DevOps
6 89 (10.50%) Azure Machine Learning
7 87 (10.26%) GitHub
7 87 (10.26%) Snowflake
8 77 (9.08%) GitHub Copilot
9 71 (8.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 63 (7.43%) Power Platform
11 43 (5.07%) Azure Data Factory
12 40 (4.72%) SaaS
13 23 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
14 22 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (2.36%) Amazon Bedrock
15 20 (2.36%) Power Automate
16 19 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (2.24%) OneDrive
16 19 (2.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 133 (15.68%) Broadband
2 30 (3.54%) Internet
3 10 (1.18%) Firewall
4 7 (0.83%) 5G
5 6 (0.71%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.71%) Network Security
6 2 (0.24%) ATM
6 2 (0.24%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.24%) DNS
6 2 (0.24%) UWB
6 2 (0.24%) VLAN
6 2 (0.24%) VPN
6 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.24%) WireGuard
6 2 (0.24%) Wireless
7 1 (0.12%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (20.75%) MongoDB
2 172 (20.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (7.08%) SQL Server
4 59 (6.96%) Power BI
5 46 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (4.48%) Metadata
7 31 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (2.71%) Big Data
9 17 (2.00%) Delta Lake
10 15 (1.77%) Data Lake
10 15 (1.77%) Tableau
11 11 (1.30%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.18%) Data Vault
12 10 (1.18%) Looker
13 8 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.83%) NoSQL
14 7 (0.83%) Relational Database
15 4 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 25 (2.95%) Git
2 14 (1.65%) Claude Code
2 14 (1.65%) MLflow
3 11 (1.30%) GitLab
3 11 (1.30%) JIRA
4 5 (0.59%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.24%) Appium
5 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.24%) Selenium
6 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.12%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.12%) Mocha
6 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 199 (23.47%) Finance
2 160 (18.87%) Social Skills
3 96 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (7.08%) Banking
5 59 (6.96%) Marketing
6 39 (4.60%) Games
7 36 (4.25%) Advertising
8 33 (3.89%) Public Sector
9 32 (3.77%) Law
10 31 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (2.95%) Legal
11 25 (2.95%) Retail
12 14 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.06%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.06%) Legal Technology
14 8 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.83%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 252 (29.72%) Developer
2 156 (18.40%) .NET Developer
3 144 (16.98%) Senior
4 100 (11.79%) Lead
5 91 (10.73%) Data Scientist
6 82 (9.67%) Architect
7 59 (6.96%) Software Engineer
8 53 (6.25%) Data Engineer
9 44 (5.19%) Data Manager
9 44 (5.19%) Senior Data Scientist
10 43 (5.07%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 42 (4.95%) Engineering Manager
11 42 (4.95%) Finance Manager
12 36 (4.25%) Data Architect
13 35 (4.13%) Lead Data Scientist
14 33 (3.89%) Senior Developer
15 32 (3.77%) Consultant
16 31 (3.66%) Scala Engineer
17 27 (3.18%) Lead Developer
18 26 (3.07%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (21.93%) .NET
2 162 (19.10%) .NET Core
3 154 (18.16%) ASP.NET
3 154 (18.16%) ASP.NET Core
3 154 (18.16%) ML.NET
4 118 (13.92%) React
5 116 (13.68%) RESTful
6 103 (12.15%) CSS
7 102 (12.03%) Blazor
8 100 (11.79%) HTML
9 83 (9.79%) PyTorch
10 74 (8.73%) TensorFlow
11 56 (6.60%) LangChain
12 45 (5.31%) gRPC
13 34 (4.01%) Node.js
14 32 (3.77%) LangGraph
15 27 (3.18%) Hugging Face
16 25 (2.95%) PySpark
17 24 (2.83%) scikit-learn
18 23 (2.71%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 108 (12.74%) Cloud Native
2 100 (11.79%) Video\Live Streaming
3 92 (10.85%) Distributed Systems
4 52 (6.13%) Over-the-Top Content
5 47 (5.54%) Product Ownership
6 46 (5.42%) AI Agents
7 45 (5.31%) Algorithms
8 34 (4.01%) Low-Code
9 32 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (3.30%) Social Media
11 25 (2.95%) Mobile App
12 20 (2.36%) Digital TV
13 18 (2.12%) BBC
13 18 (2.12%) Blog
14 17 (2.00%) iPhone
15 15 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (1.42%) Life Science
16 12 (1.42%) Social Network
17 11 (1.30%) Data Structures
18 10 (1.18%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.12%) Android
2 12 (1.42%) Linux
3 6 (0.71%) Windows
4 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (80.54%) AI
2 280 (33.02%) CI/CD
3 271 (31.96%) Agile
4 239 (28.18%) Data Science
5 216 (25.47%) Roadmaps
6 214 (25.24%) Full-Stack Development
7 203 (23.94%) Software Engineering
8 170 (20.05%) Analytics
9 156 (18.40%) DevOps
10 140 (16.51%) Mentoring
11 127 (14.98%) LLM
12 126 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
13 125 (14.74%) Data Engineering
14 124 (14.62%) Generative AI
15 104 (12.26%) Technical Leadership
16 100 (11.79%) Decision-Making
17 97 (11.44%) Data Governance
18 95 (11.20%) Infrastructure as Code
19 92 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
20 91 (10.73%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 379 (44.69%) Python
2 334 (39.39%) SQL
3 193 (22.76%) C#
4 135 (15.92%) JavaScript
5 88 (10.38%) Go
6 64 (7.55%) Scala
7 58 (6.84%) TypeScript
8 41 (4.83%) Java
9 27 (3.18%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.65%) Bicep
11 10 (1.18%) R
12 8 (0.94%) Bash
12 8 (0.94%) PHP
13 7 (0.83%) C
13 7 (0.83%) C++
14 6 (0.71%) Rust
15 5 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
17 2 (0.24%) Ada
17 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (8.96%) Degree
2 46 (5.42%) Security Cleared
3 33 (3.89%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.12%) PhD
5 16 (1.89%) Azure Certification
5 16 (1.89%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.65%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.53%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.06%) SnowPro
11 8 (0.94%) CISSP
12 4 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.24%) ACCA
13 2 (0.24%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.24%) CIMA
13 2 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.24%) GIAC
13 2 (0.24%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.72%) Data Quality
2 23 (2.71%) QA
3 20 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.24%) GDPR
5 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (0.35%) IFRS
6 3 (0.35%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.35%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.24%) JTAG
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 157 (18.51%) Docker
2 55 (6.49%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.71%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.47%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 108 (12.74%) Kubernetes
2 45 (5.31%) Terraform
3 7 (0.83%) Grafana
3 7 (0.83%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.35%) Istio
6 3 (0.35%) linkerd
6 3 (0.35%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.35%) Puppet
7 2 (0.24%) Ansible
7 2 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.24%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.24%) Podman
8 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 299 (35.26%) Microsoft
2 120 (14.15%) Databricks
3 64 (7.55%) Google
4 45 (5.31%) Typelevel
5 37 (4.36%) Facebook
6 21 (2.48%) Yahoo!
7 20 (2.36%) Adobe
8 18 (2.12%) Foundry
9 17 (2.00%) Apple
9 17 (2.00%) Sony
10 15 (1.77%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.83%) SAP
12 5 (0.59%) Oracle
12 5 (0.59%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.47%) HighQ
13 4 (0.47%) Legatics
13 4 (0.47%) Salesforce
14 3 (0.35%) Palantir
15 2 (0.24%) Atlassian
15 2 (0.24%) New Relic