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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 35 109
Rank change year-on-year -27 +74 -13
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 823 1,174 852
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.85% 7.12% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.66% 7.63% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 536 258 638
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +1.71%
75th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £141,015 £102,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% -

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 17,646 15,385 28,336
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.65% 93.30% 88.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,860 9,109 21,557
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%

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 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 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.55%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.97%) Apache
5 6 (0.73%) SAS
6 2 (0.24%) Confluence
6 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (0.61%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.36%) Blender
2 3 (0.36%) Maya
3 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
1 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) HFM
2 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 400 (48.60%) Azure
2 243 (29.53%) AWS
3 224 (27.22%) Azure AI
4 144 (17.50%) GCP
5 93 (11.30%) Azure Machine Learning
6 89 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
7 85 (10.33%) GitHub
8 84 (10.21%) Snowflake
9 76 (9.23%) GitHub Copilot
10 70 (8.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 61 (7.41%) Power Platform
12 42 (5.10%) Azure Data Factory
13 40 (4.86%) SaaS
14 23 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.43%) Power Automate
17 19 (2.31%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
17 19 (2.31%) OneDrive
17 19 (2.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 134 (16.28%) Broadband
2 30 (3.65%) Internet
3 10 (1.22%) Firewall
4 7 (0.85%) 5G
5 6 (0.73%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.73%) 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 (21.39%) MongoDB
2 172 (20.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (7.29%) SQL Server
4 57 (6.93%) Power BI
5 45 (5.47%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (4.62%) Metadata
7 34 (4.13%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (2.19%) Big Data
8 18 (2.19%) Delta Lake
9 15 (1.82%) Tableau
10 14 (1.70%) BigQuery
10 14 (1.70%) Data Lake
11 12 (1.46%) Looker
12 9 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.09%) Data Vault
12 9 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (0.85%) Relational Database
15 6 (0.73%) Apache Iceberg
16 5 (0.61%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 19 (2.31%) Git
2 13 (1.58%) MLflow
3 12 (1.46%) Claude Code
4 10 (1.22%) GitLab
5 9 (1.09%) JIRA
6 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.24%) Selenium
8 1 (0.12%) Appium
8 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.12%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.12%) Mocha
8 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 184 (22.36%) Finance
2 162 (19.68%) Social Skills
3 92 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (6.93%) Banking
5 52 (6.32%) Marketing
6 36 (4.37%) Advertising
6 36 (4.37%) Games
7 34 (4.13%) Public Sector
8 31 (3.77%) Law
9 28 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (3.04%) Retail
11 23 (2.79%) Legal
12 13 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.97%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.85%) Legal Technology
16 6 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.61%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 251 (30.50%) Developer
2 157 (19.08%) .NET Developer
3 137 (16.65%) Senior
4 100 (12.15%) Lead
5 84 (10.21%) Data Scientist
6 79 (9.60%) Architect
7 55 (6.68%) Software Engineer
8 51 (6.20%) Data Engineer
9 44 (5.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 43 (5.22%) Senior Data Scientist
11 42 (5.10%) Engineering Manager
12 41 (4.98%) Data Manager
13 39 (4.74%) Finance Manager
14 36 (4.37%) Data Architect
15 34 (4.13%) Lead Data Scientist
16 32 (3.89%) Consultant
16 32 (3.89%) Senior Developer
17 31 (3.77%) Scala Engineer
18 27 (3.28%) Lead Developer
18 27 (3.28%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (22.72%) .NET
2 162 (19.68%) .NET Core
3 154 (18.71%) ASP.NET
3 154 (18.71%) ASP.NET Core
3 154 (18.71%) ML.NET
4 115 (13.97%) React
4 115 (13.97%) RESTful
5 104 (12.64%) CSS
6 103 (12.52%) Blazor
7 101 (12.27%) HTML
8 86 (10.45%) PyTorch
9 78 (9.48%) TensorFlow
10 51 (6.20%) LangChain
11 46 (5.59%) gRPC
12 30 (3.65%) Node.js
13 28 (3.40%) LangGraph
14 27 (3.28%) Hugging Face
15 23 (2.79%) JSON
15 23 (2.79%) PySpark
15 23 (2.79%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 102 (12.39%) Cloud Native
2 101 (12.27%) Video\Live Streaming
3 90 (10.94%) Distributed Systems
4 53 (6.44%) Over-the-Top Content
5 48 (5.83%) Product Ownership
6 42 (5.10%) AI Agents
7 40 (4.86%) Algorithms
8 34 (4.13%) Low-Code
9 33 (4.01%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (3.40%) Social Media
11 24 (2.92%) Mobile App
12 20 (2.43%) Digital TV
13 18 (2.19%) BBC
14 17 (2.07%) iPhone
15 15 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (1.58%) Blog
17 12 (1.46%) Life Science
17 12 (1.46%) Social Network
18 11 (1.34%) Data Structures
19 10 (1.22%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.07%) Android
2 12 (1.46%) Linux
3 5 (0.61%) Windows
4 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 658 (79.95%) AI
2 276 (33.54%) CI/CD
3 263 (31.96%) Agile
4 228 (27.70%) Data Science
5 212 (25.76%) Full-Stack Development
6 207 (25.15%) Roadmaps
7 200 (24.30%) Software Engineering
8 159 (19.32%) Analytics
9 154 (18.71%) DevOps
10 139 (16.89%) Mentoring
11 124 (15.07%) Data Engineering
12 123 (14.95%) Generative AI
13 120 (14.58%) LLM
13 120 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
14 101 (12.27%) Technical Leadership
15 98 (11.91%) Decision-Making
16 95 (11.54%) Data Governance
17 91 (11.06%) Infrastructure as Code
18 90 (10.94%) Data Architecture
19 88 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 369 (44.84%) Python
2 327 (39.73%) SQL
3 194 (23.57%) C#
4 135 (16.40%) JavaScript
5 90 (10.94%) Go
6 65 (7.90%) Scala
7 56 (6.80%) TypeScript
8 44 (5.35%) Java
9 27 (3.28%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.58%) Bicep
11 9 (1.09%) Bash
11 9 (1.09%) PHP
12 8 (0.97%) C++
12 8 (0.97%) R
13 7 (0.85%) C
13 7 (0.85%) Rust
14 5 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.24%) Ada
16 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (8.99%) Degree
2 43 (5.22%) Security Cleared
3 30 (3.65%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.43%) PhD
5 16 (1.94%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.58%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.46%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.97%) CISSP
11 8 (0.97%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.36%) ACCA
12 3 (0.36%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.36%) CIMA
12 3 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.24%) GIAC
13 2 (0.24%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.24%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.93%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.43%) QA
3 19 (2.31%) GDPR
4 17 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.36%) IFRS
5 3 (0.36%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.36%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.24%) JTAG
7 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 152 (18.47%) Docker
2 55 (6.68%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.49%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 102 (12.39%) Kubernetes
2 41 (4.98%) Terraform
3 8 (0.97%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.61%) Grafana
6 4 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.24%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.24%) Istio
7 2 (0.24%) linkerd
7 2 (0.24%) Podman
7 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.24%) Puppet
8 1 (0.12%) Ansible
8 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 295 (35.84%) Microsoft
2 113 (13.73%) Databricks
3 63 (7.65%) Google
4 45 (5.47%) Typelevel
5 37 (4.50%) Facebook
6 21 (2.55%) Yahoo!
7 20 (2.43%) Adobe
8 18 (2.19%) Foundry
9 17 (2.07%) Apple
9 17 (2.07%) Sony
10 13 (1.58%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.85%) SAP
12 6 (0.73%) Oracle
13 5 (0.61%) Palantir
13 5 (0.61%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.61%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.49%) HighQ
14 4 (0.49%) Legatics
15 2 (0.24%) Atlassian
15 2 (0.24%) Informatica