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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 33 98
Rank change year-on-year -30 +65 0
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 737 1,177 975
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.71% 7.69% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.54% 8.13% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 445 263 753
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £78,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% +20.77% -5.68%
75th Percentile £95,000 £99,237 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £145,540 £101,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £79,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.36% +13.21% -

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 16,250 14,485 30,759
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.82% 94.60% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,711 8,403 23,769
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 15 June 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 25 (3.39%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.26%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.95%) Apache
5 6 (0.81%) SAS
6 3 (0.41%) CMS
7 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (0.81%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.41%) Blender
2 3 (0.41%) Maya
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.95%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.14%) HFM
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 339 (46.00%) Azure
2 228 (30.94%) AWS
3 159 (21.57%) Azure AI
4 139 (18.86%) GCP
5 99 (13.43%) Azure Machine Learning
6 74 (10.04%) Snowflake
7 68 (9.23%) Power Platform
8 64 (8.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 59 (8.01%) Azure DevOps
10 52 (7.06%) GitHub
11 45 (6.11%) GitHub Copilot
12 37 (5.02%) SaaS
13 35 (4.75%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (3.12%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
16 21 (2.85%) Vertex AI
17 20 (2.71%) Power Automate
18 19 (2.58%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 19 (2.58%) OneDrive
18 19 (2.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 135 (18.32%) Broadband
2 15 (2.04%) Internet
3 10 (1.36%) Firewall
4 7 (0.95%) 5G
5 6 (0.81%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.81%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) DNS
6 2 (0.27%) VLAN
6 2 (0.27%) VPN
6 2 (0.27%) WireGuard
7 1 (0.14%) 4G
7 1 (0.14%) LTE
7 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (15.88%) MongoDB
2 116 (15.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 63 (8.55%) Power BI
3 63 (8.55%) SQL Server
4 44 (5.97%) PostgreSQL
5 32 (4.34%) Data Warehouse
6 31 (4.21%) Metadata
7 21 (2.85%) Tableau
8 18 (2.44%) Big Data
9 16 (2.17%) BigQuery
10 15 (2.04%) Delta Lake
10 15 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (2.04%) Looker
11 11 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.36%) Apache Iceberg
13 9 (1.22%) Data Lake
13 9 (1.22%) NoSQL
13 9 (1.22%) Pinecone
14 8 (1.09%) Relational Database
14 8 (1.09%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 20 (2.71%) MLflow
2 16 (2.17%) Git
3 10 (1.36%) GitLab
4 7 (0.95%) JIRA
5 6 (0.81%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.41%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.14%) Appium
7 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.14%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 177 (24.02%) Finance
2 152 (20.62%) Social Skills
3 96 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (6.11%) Banking
5 35 (4.75%) Marketing
6 34 (4.61%) Games
7 31 (4.21%) Retail
8 28 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (3.53%) Public Sector
10 25 (3.39%) Law
11 22 (2.99%) Legal
12 21 (2.85%) Advertising
13 13 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.09%) Publishing
16 7 (0.95%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (0.68%) Legal Technology
18 5 (0.68%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 188 (25.51%) Developer
2 133 (18.05%) Senior
3 95 (12.89%) .NET Developer
3 95 (12.89%) Lead
4 83 (11.26%) Data Scientist
5 60 (8.14%) Architect
6 56 (7.60%) Software Engineer
7 55 (7.46%) Data Engineer
8 43 (5.83%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 42 (5.70%) Data Manager
9 42 (5.70%) Engineering Manager
10 35 (4.75%) Senior Data Scientist
11 33 (4.48%) Finance Manager
12 31 (4.21%) Senior Developer
13 30 (4.07%) Consultant
13 30 (4.07%) Scala Engineer
14 29 (3.93%) Data Architect
14 29 (3.93%) Machine Learning Engineer
15 26 (3.53%) Lead Data Scientist
16 25 (3.39%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (16.96%) .NET
2 106 (14.38%) .NET Core
3 92 (12.48%) ASP.NET
3 92 (12.48%) ASP.NET Core
3 92 (12.48%) ML.NET
4 87 (11.80%) PyTorch
5 84 (11.40%) React
6 83 (11.26%) RESTful
7 78 (10.58%) TensorFlow
8 70 (9.50%) CSS
9 69 (9.36%) HTML
10 62 (8.41%) Blazor
11 47 (6.38%) gRPC
12 41 (5.56%) LangChain
13 31 (4.21%) Node.js
14 24 (3.26%) Hugging Face
15 23 (3.12%) JSON
16 22 (2.99%) REST
17 20 (2.71%) Microsoft Graph
18 19 (2.58%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 101 (13.70%) Video\Live Streaming
2 85 (11.53%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (11.13%) Cloud Native
4 53 (7.19%) Over-the-Top Content
5 50 (6.78%) Product Ownership
6 44 (5.97%) Algorithms
7 36 (4.88%) Low-Code
8 31 (4.21%) AI Agents
9 23 (3.12%) Greenfield Project
10 22 (2.99%) Social Media
11 17 (2.31%) Mobile App
12 15 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.76%) Blog
13 13 (1.76%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.76%) Digital TV
14 12 (1.63%) BBC
15 11 (1.49%) iPhone
15 11 (1.49%) Social Network
16 10 (1.36%) Life Science
16 10 (1.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.49%) Android
2 10 (1.36%) Linux
3 3 (0.41%) Windows
4 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.27%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (76.66%) AI
2 239 (32.43%) CI/CD
3 229 (31.07%) Agile
4 221 (29.99%) Data Science
5 191 (25.92%) Roadmaps
6 189 (25.64%) Software Engineering
7 152 (20.62%) Full-Stack Development
8 151 (20.49%) Analytics
9 129 (17.50%) DevOps
10 127 (17.23%) Data Engineering
11 124 (16.82%) Generative AI
12 118 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
13 116 (15.74%) Mentoring
14 98 (13.30%) LLM
15 96 (13.03%) Data Governance
16 87 (11.80%) Continuous Improvement
16 87 (11.80%) Decision-Making
17 85 (11.53%) Clean Code
18 83 (11.26%) Infrastructure as Code
19 81 (10.99%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 361 (48.98%) Python
2 270 (36.64%) SQL
3 131 (17.77%) C#
4 102 (13.84%) Go
5 101 (13.70%) JavaScript
6 63 (8.55%) Scala
7 50 (6.78%) TypeScript
8 47 (6.38%) Java
9 27 (3.66%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.76%) Bash
11 12 (1.63%) R
12 10 (1.36%) Rust
13 9 (1.22%) C++
14 8 (1.09%) Bicep
14 8 (1.09%) PHP
15 6 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
17 3 (0.41%) C
18 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
19 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (10.85%) Degree
2 35 (4.75%) Security Cleared
3 23 (3.12%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.71%) PhD
5 16 (2.17%) Master's Degree
6 14 (1.90%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.76%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.63%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.09%) CISSP
11 7 (0.95%) ACCA
11 7 (0.95%) CIMA
12 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.54%) CISA
14 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.41%) SnowPro
15 2 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (0.27%) GIAC
15 2 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
15 2 (0.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.24%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.85%) GDPR
3 20 (2.71%) QA
4 17 (2.31%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.41%) IFRS
5 3 (0.41%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.41%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 126 (17.10%) Docker
2 55 (7.46%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 73 (9.91%) Kubernetes
2 33 (4.48%) Terraform
3 8 (1.09%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.54%) Grafana
6 3 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.27%) Istio
7 2 (0.27%) linkerd
7 2 (0.27%) Podman
7 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.27%) Puppet
8 1 (0.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 228 (30.94%) Microsoft
2 102 (13.84%) Databricks
3 45 (6.11%) Google
3 45 (6.11%) Typelevel
4 21 (2.85%) Facebook
5 20 (2.71%) Adobe
6 14 (1.90%) Foundry
6 14 (1.90%) OpenAI
7 11 (1.49%) Apple
7 11 (1.49%) Sony
7 11 (1.49%) Yahoo!
8 10 (1.36%) Palantir
9 9 (1.22%) Salesforce
10 7 (0.95%) SAP
11 6 (0.81%) Oracle
12 4 (0.54%) HighQ
12 4 (0.54%) Legatics
12 4 (0.54%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.27%) IBM
13 2 (0.27%) Informatica