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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 78 102
Rank change year-on-year -19 +24 -13
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 459 540 877
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.69% 4.04% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 4.24% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 277 312 666
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,688 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £89,063 £87,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £118,625 £101,875
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -

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 14,463 12,740 27,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.85% 95.23% 91.98%
Number of salaries quoted 9,528 8,782 22,888
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 21 March 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 29 (6.32%) Apache Spark
2 19 (4.14%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.96%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.53%) CMS
5 5 (1.09%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (0.87%) Apache
6 4 (0.87%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.87%) Confluence
7 3 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.22%) Kinematics
Applications
1 6 (1.31%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.65%) Trello
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.44%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (2.18%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.44%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 216 (47.06%) Azure
2 169 (36.82%) AWS
3 114 (24.84%) GCP
4 60 (13.07%) Azure Machine Learning
4 60 (13.07%) Power Platform
5 41 (8.93%) Azure AI
6 30 (6.54%) Snowflake
7 24 (5.23%) SaaS
8 19 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 18 (3.92%) Vertex AI
10 17 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (3.05%) Amazon S3
11 14 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (3.05%) Serverless
12 13 (2.83%) GitHub
13 12 (2.61%) Amazon SageMaker
13 12 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (2.40%) Dagster
14 11 (2.40%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 77 (16.78%) Broadband
2 5 (1.09%) Kerberos
3 3 (0.65%) Network Security
4 2 (0.44%) Firewall
4 2 (0.44%) InfiniBand
5 1 (0.22%) LTE
5 1 (0.22%) Modbus
5 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (11.33%) Power BI
2 35 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (6.54%) SQL Server
4 26 (5.66%) Tableau
5 23 (5.01%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (4.36%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (4.36%) MongoDB
7 18 (3.92%) Metadata
8 16 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (3.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 14 (3.05%) BigQuery
11 13 (2.83%) Data Lake
12 12 (2.61%) Looker
13 11 (2.40%) Apache Iceberg
13 11 (2.40%) Delta Lake
13 11 (2.40%) NoSQL
14 10 (2.18%) Big Data
14 10 (2.18%) Pinecone
14 10 (2.18%) Weaviate
15 6 (1.31%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 19 (4.14%) MLflow
2 15 (3.27%) Git
3 5 (1.09%) Claude Code
3 5 (1.09%) JIRA
4 4 (0.87%) GitLab
5 3 (0.65%) Selenium
5 3 (0.65%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.44%) ERwin
6 2 (0.44%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.44%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.22%) Appium
7 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
General
1 129 (28.10%) Social Skills
2 101 (22.00%) Finance
3 74 (16.12%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (6.32%) Public Sector
5 27 (5.88%) Retail
6 26 (5.66%) Marketing
7 19 (4.14%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.49%) Games
10 15 (3.27%) Legal
11 14 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.61%) Law
13 11 (2.40%) Publishing
14 10 (2.18%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.53%) Banking
16 7 (1.53%) Financial Institution
17 6 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
18 5 (1.09%) Advertising
18 5 (1.09%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 97 (21.13%) Senior
2 66 (14.38%) Lead
3 61 (13.29%) Developer
4 47 (10.24%) Data Engineer
5 37 (8.06%) Software Engineer
6 33 (7.19%) Data Scientist
7 27 (5.88%) Architect
8 26 (5.66%) Consultant
9 25 (5.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 24 (5.23%) Scala Engineer
11 20 (4.36%) Analyst
12 19 (4.14%) Engineering Manager
12 19 (4.14%) Operations Engineer
13 17 (3.70%) .NET Developer
13 17 (3.70%) Data Manager
14 16 (3.49%) Data Analyst
14 16 (3.49%) Machine Learning Engineer
15 14 (3.05%) Data Consultant
16 13 (2.83%) Data Architect
17 12 (2.61%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (11.33%) gRPC
2 48 (10.46%) PyTorch
3 43 (9.37%) TensorFlow
4 37 (8.06%) React
5 28 (6.10%) REST
6 27 (5.88%) .NET
6 27 (5.88%) Kafka
6 27 (5.88%) RESTful
7 21 (4.58%) Node.js
8 18 (3.92%) .NET Core
9 17 (3.70%) LangChain
10 15 (3.27%) CSS
10 15 (3.27%) HTML
10 15 (3.27%) OAuth
11 13 (2.83%) AngularJS
11 13 (2.83%) ASP.NET
11 13 (2.83%) ASP.NET Core
11 13 (2.83%) Blazor
11 13 (2.83%) ML.NET
12 11 (2.40%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 58 (12.64%) Distributed Systems
2 55 (11.98%) Video\Live Streaming
3 51 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 51 (11.11%) Product Ownership
4 40 (8.71%) Algorithms
4 40 (8.71%) Over-the-Top Content
5 26 (5.66%) AI Agents
6 14 (3.05%) Low-Code
7 12 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.40%) Data Structures
9 10 (2.18%) FMCG
9 10 (2.18%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.31%) Educational Technology
11 6 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.31%) Social Media
12 5 (1.09%) Blog
13 4 (0.87%) Robotics
13 4 (0.87%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.27%) Android
1 15 (3.27%) Linux
2 11 (2.40%) Windows
3 5 (1.09%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.65%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (0.65%) Unix
6 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (75.38%) AI
2 157 (34.20%) Data Science
3 149 (32.46%) CI/CD
4 142 (30.94%) Analytics
5 124 (27.02%) Agile
6 110 (23.97%) Software Engineering
7 104 (22.66%) Roadmaps
8 94 (20.48%) DevOps
9 87 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
10 77 (16.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 77 (16.78%) Decision-Making
11 75 (16.34%) Containerisation
12 74 (16.12%) Microservices
13 72 (15.69%) LLM
14 71 (15.47%) Clean Code
14 71 (15.47%) Mentoring
15 70 (15.25%) Data Engineering
15 70 (15.25%) Generative AI
16 69 (15.03%) Coaching
17 64 (13.94%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 244 (53.16%) Python
2 123 (26.80%) SQL
3 79 (17.21%) Go
4 54 (11.76%) Scala
5 48 (10.46%) Java
6 33 (7.19%) C#
7 32 (6.97%) JavaScript
8 23 (5.01%) TypeScript
9 19 (4.14%) Bash
10 16 (3.49%) PHP
10 16 (3.49%) R
11 15 (3.27%) PowerShell
12 14 (3.05%) C++
13 7 (1.53%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.31%) Rust
15 5 (1.09%) Bicep
16 4 (0.87%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
18 1 (0.22%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 89 (19.39%) Degree
2 28 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 20 (4.36%) PhD
5 19 (4.14%) Master's Degree
5 19 (4.14%) SC Cleared
6 14 (3.05%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.18%) ACCA
7 10 (2.18%) CIMA
7 10 (2.18%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.09%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.87%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.87%) CISA
9 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.44%) CISSP
10 2 (0.44%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.44%) OSCE
10 2 (0.44%) OSCP
10 2 (0.44%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.54%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.58%) GDPR
3 15 (3.27%) QA
4 5 (1.09%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.87%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.44%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 91 (19.83%) Docker
2 19 (4.14%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.53%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.44%) Ceph
5 2 (0.44%) Lustre
5 2 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 52 (11.33%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.45%) Terraform
3 9 (1.96%) Ansible
4 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.87%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.44%) SCCM
6 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) Grafana
Vendors
1 84 (18.30%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.33%) Databricks
3 36 (7.84%) Typelevel
4 27 (5.88%) Google
5 12 (2.61%) Palantir
5 12 (2.61%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.40%) OpenAI
7 10 (2.18%) Foundry
8 7 (1.53%) Adobe
9 5 (1.09%) Ericsson
9 5 (1.09%) Mavenir
9 5 (1.09%) Nokia
10 4 (0.87%) Facebook
10 4 (0.87%) SAP
11 3 (0.65%) Dell
11 3 (0.65%) Mercator
12 2 (0.44%) Apple
12 2 (0.44%) Northgate
12 2 (0.44%) Sony
12 2 (0.44%) Yahoo!