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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 34 101
Rank change year-on-year -28 +67 -1
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 775 1,169 941
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.79% 7.48% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.62% 7.93% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 484 257 727
10th Percentile £45,900 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +1.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £147,780 £101,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -0.32%

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 16,791 14,738 29,927
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.17% 94.32% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,235 8,589 23,073
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,500 £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 £79,625 £75,750
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 27 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 24 (3.10%) Apache Spark
1 24 (3.10%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.94%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.03%) Apache
4 6 (0.77%) SAS
5 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.13%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (0.77%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.39%) Blender
2 3 (0.39%) Maya
3 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.77%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.13%) HFM
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 369 (47.61%) Azure
2 236 (30.45%) AWS
3 188 (24.26%) Azure AI
4 141 (18.19%) GCP
5 96 (12.39%) Azure Machine Learning
6 76 (9.81%) Snowflake
7 72 (9.29%) Azure DevOps
8 67 (8.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 67 (8.65%) GitHub
9 65 (8.39%) Power Platform
10 58 (7.48%) GitHub Copilot
11 38 (4.90%) Azure Data Factory
11 38 (4.90%) SaaS
12 23 (2.97%) Azure Logic Apps
13 22 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
14 20 (2.58%) Power Automate
14 20 (2.58%) Vertex AI
15 19 (2.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (2.45%) OneDrive
15 19 (2.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 135 (17.42%) Broadband
2 21 (2.71%) Internet
3 10 (1.29%) Firewall
4 7 (0.90%) 5G
5 6 (0.77%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.77%) Network Security
6 2 (0.26%) DNS
6 2 (0.26%) VLAN
6 2 (0.26%) VPN
6 2 (0.26%) WireGuard
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) LTE
7 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (18.45%) MongoDB
2 140 (18.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 61 (7.87%) SQL Server
4 60 (7.74%) Power BI
5 43 (5.55%) PostgreSQL
6 35 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (4.52%) Metadata
7 18 (2.32%) Big Data
7 18 (2.32%) Tableau
8 16 (2.06%) BigQuery
8 16 (2.06%) Delta Lake
9 13 (1.68%) Looker
10 12 (1.55%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (1.03%) Apache Iceberg
12 8 (1.03%) Relational Database
13 7 (0.90%) Pinecone
14 6 (0.77%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 17 (2.19%) MLflow
2 15 (1.94%) Git
3 10 (1.29%) GitLab
4 7 (0.90%) JIRA
5 6 (0.77%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.26%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) Appium
8 1 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.13%) Mocha
General
1 184 (23.74%) Finance
2 158 (20.39%) Social Skills
3 96 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (6.45%) Banking
5 41 (5.29%) Marketing
6 35 (4.52%) Games
7 33 (4.26%) Public Sector
8 29 (3.74%) Retail
9 28 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (3.48%) Advertising
11 25 (3.23%) Law
12 21 (2.71%) Legal
13 13 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.03%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.90%) Publishing
17 6 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (0.65%) Legal Technology
18 5 (0.65%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 214 (27.61%) Developer
2 131 (16.90%) Senior
3 122 (15.74%) .NET Developer
4 104 (13.42%) Lead
5 86 (11.10%) Data Scientist
6 65 (8.39%) Architect
7 54 (6.97%) Software Engineer
8 53 (6.84%) Data Engineer
9 43 (5.55%) Engineering Manager
10 42 (5.42%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 42 (5.42%) Data Manager
11 41 (5.29%) Senior Data Scientist
12 33 (4.26%) Data Architect
12 33 (4.26%) Finance Manager
12 33 (4.26%) Lead Data Scientist
13 31 (4.00%) Consultant
14 30 (3.87%) Scala Engineer
14 30 (3.87%) Senior Developer
15 28 (3.61%) Machine Learning Engineer
16 27 (3.48%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (19.61%) .NET
2 130 (16.77%) .NET Core
3 119 (15.35%) ASP.NET
3 119 (15.35%) ASP.NET Core
3 119 (15.35%) ML.NET
4 98 (12.65%) RESTful
5 97 (12.52%) React
6 90 (11.61%) PyTorch
7 84 (10.84%) CSS
8 82 (10.58%) HTML
9 81 (10.45%) Blazor
9 81 (10.45%) TensorFlow
10 46 (5.94%) gRPC
11 44 (5.68%) LangChain
12 30 (3.87%) Node.js
13 26 (3.35%) Hugging Face
14 23 (2.97%) JSON
15 22 (2.84%) REST
15 22 (2.84%) scikit-learn
16 21 (2.71%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 102 (13.16%) Video\Live Streaming
2 93 (12.00%) Cloud Native
3 88 (11.35%) Distributed Systems
4 54 (6.97%) Over-the-Top Content
5 49 (6.32%) Product Ownership
6 41 (5.29%) Algorithms
7 35 (4.52%) Low-Code
8 34 (4.39%) AI Agents
9 26 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
10 24 (3.10%) Social Media
11 20 (2.58%) Mobile App
12 17 (2.19%) Digital TV
13 15 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.81%) BBC
14 14 (1.81%) iPhone
15 13 (1.68%) Blog
15 13 (1.68%) Data Structures
15 13 (1.68%) Social Network
16 11 (1.42%) Life Science
17 10 (1.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.81%) Android
2 9 (1.16%) Linux
3 3 (0.39%) Windows
4 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.26%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 604 (77.94%) AI
2 255 (32.90%) CI/CD
3 243 (31.35%) Agile
4 224 (28.90%) Data Science
5 197 (25.42%) Roadmaps
6 194 (25.03%) Software Engineering
7 179 (23.10%) Full-Stack Development
8 156 (20.13%) Analytics
9 141 (18.19%) DevOps
10 134 (17.29%) Mentoring
11 126 (16.26%) Data Engineering
12 124 (16.00%) Generative AI
13 119 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
14 109 (14.06%) LLM
15 98 (12.65%) Decision-Making
16 96 (12.39%) Data Governance
17 94 (12.13%) Technical Leadership
18 88 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
18 88 (11.35%) Infrastructure as Code
19 84 (10.84%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 360 (46.45%) Python
2 293 (37.81%) SQL
3 156 (20.13%) C#
4 116 (14.97%) JavaScript
5 95 (12.26%) Go
6 65 (8.39%) Scala
7 54 (6.97%) TypeScript
8 44 (5.68%) Java
9 27 (3.48%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.42%) Bicep
11 10 (1.29%) Bash
11 10 (1.29%) R
12 9 (1.16%) C++
12 9 (1.16%) PHP
13 8 (1.03%) Rust
14 5 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.39%) C
17 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
18 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (10.32%) Degree
2 41 (5.29%) Security Cleared
3 27 (3.48%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.58%) PhD
5 17 (2.19%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.06%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.68%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.55%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.03%) CISSP
10 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.77%) ACCA
11 6 (0.77%) CIMA
11 6 (0.77%) SnowPro
12 4 (0.52%) CISA
13 3 (0.39%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.26%) GIAC
14 2 (0.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (7.23%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.71%) GDPR
3 19 (2.45%) QA
4 17 (2.19%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.39%) IFRS
5 3 (0.39%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.39%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 135 (17.42%) Docker
2 55 (7.10%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.77%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.39%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 83 (10.71%) Kubernetes
2 38 (4.90%) Terraform
3 9 (1.16%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.52%) Grafana
6 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.26%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.26%) Istio
7 2 (0.26%) linkerd
7 2 (0.26%) Podman
7 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.26%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 257 (33.16%) Microsoft
2 105 (13.55%) Databricks
3 51 (6.58%) Google
4 45 (5.81%) Typelevel
5 28 (3.61%) Facebook
6 20 (2.58%) Adobe
7 17 (2.19%) Foundry
8 13 (1.68%) Apple
8 13 (1.68%) Sony
8 13 (1.68%) Yahoo!
9 12 (1.55%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.03%) Palantir
10 8 (1.03%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.90%) SAP
12 6 (0.77%) Oracle
13 4 (0.52%) HighQ
13 4 (0.52%) Legatics
13 4 (0.52%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.26%) IBM
14 2 (0.26%) Informatica