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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 33 111
Rank change year-on-year -28 +78 -16
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 872 1,160 710
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.98% 7.05% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.80% 7.57% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 566 250 521
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,475 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £139,505 £102,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +3.45%

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 18,155 15,315 23,472
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.94% 93.04% 88.02%
Number of salaries quoted 13,190 9,035 17,224
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 29 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 (2.75%) Apache Spark
1 24 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.26%) Apache
3 9 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.69%) SAS
5 3 (0.34%) Confluence
6 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.11%) CMS
7 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.34%) Blender
2 3 (0.34%) Maya
3 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.11%) HFM
2 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 411 (47.13%) Azure
2 246 (28.21%) AWS
3 225 (25.80%) Azure AI
4 138 (15.83%) GCP
5 92 (10.55%) Azure DevOps
6 91 (10.44%) Snowflake
7 90 (10.32%) GitHub
8 88 (10.09%) Azure Machine Learning
9 78 (8.94%) GitHub Copilot
10 74 (8.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 61 (7.00%) Power Platform
12 45 (5.16%) Azure Data Factory
13 38 (4.36%) SaaS
14 23 (2.64%) Amazon Bedrock
14 23 (2.64%) Azure Logic Apps
15 21 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
15 21 (2.41%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (2.29%) Power Automate
17 19 (2.18%) OneDrive
17 19 (2.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 119 (13.65%) Broadband
2 30 (3.44%) Internet
3 12 (1.38%) Firewall
4 7 (0.80%) 5G
4 7 (0.80%) Kerberos
4 7 (0.80%) Network Security
5 2 (0.23%) ATM
5 2 (0.23%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.23%) DNS
5 2 (0.23%) UWB
5 2 (0.23%) VLAN
5 2 (0.23%) VPN
5 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.23%) WireGuard
5 2 (0.23%) Wireless
6 1 (0.11%) 4G
6 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.11%) LAN
6 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (20.18%) MongoDB
2 172 (19.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 59 (6.77%) SQL Server
4 57 (6.54%) Power BI
5 45 (5.16%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (4.24%) Metadata
7 31 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (2.64%) Big Data
9 18 (2.06%) Delta Lake
10 16 (1.83%) Data Lake
11 14 (1.61%) Tableau
12 12 (1.38%) Data Vault
13 9 (1.03%) BigQuery
13 9 (1.03%) Looker
14 8 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
14 8 (0.92%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.80%) Relational Database
16 6 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
17 4 (0.46%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 31 (3.56%) Git
2 16 (1.83%) Claude Code
2 16 (1.83%) MLflow
3 11 (1.26%) GitLab
3 11 (1.26%) JIRA
4 6 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.23%) Appium
5 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.23%) Selenium
5 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.11%) Mocha
6 1 (0.11%) NUnit
6 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 221 (25.34%) Finance
2 158 (18.12%) Social Skills
3 100 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (7.68%) Marketing
5 63 (7.22%) Banking
6 40 (4.59%) Games
7 36 (4.13%) Advertising
7 36 (4.13%) Public Sector
8 33 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (3.67%) Law
10 28 (3.21%) Legal
11 25 (2.87%) Retail
12 17 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.03%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.03%) Legal Technology
14 8 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.80%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.57%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 250 (28.67%) Developer
2 156 (17.89%) .NET Developer
3 147 (16.86%) Senior
4 100 (11.47%) Lead
5 98 (11.24%) Data Scientist
6 89 (10.21%) Architect
7 59 (6.77%) Software Engineer
8 49 (5.62%) Data Engineer
9 48 (5.50%) Senior Data Scientist
10 45 (5.16%) Data Manager
10 45 (5.16%) Finance Manager
11 43 (4.93%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 41 (4.70%) Engineering Manager
13 39 (4.47%) Data Architect
14 37 (4.24%) Lead Data Scientist
15 34 (3.90%) Senior Developer
16 31 (3.56%) Consultant
17 27 (3.10%) Lead Developer
17 27 (3.10%) Python Engineer
18 26 (2.98%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (21.44%) .NET
2 162 (18.58%) .NET Core
3 154 (17.66%) ASP.NET
3 154 (17.66%) ASP.NET Core
3 154 (17.66%) ML.NET
4 118 (13.53%) React
4 118 (13.53%) RESTful
5 103 (11.81%) CSS
6 102 (11.70%) Blazor
7 100 (11.47%) HTML
8 80 (9.17%) PyTorch
9 70 (8.03%) TensorFlow
10 59 (6.77%) LangChain
11 36 (4.13%) gRPC
12 35 (4.01%) LangGraph
12 35 (4.01%) Node.js
13 27 (3.10%) Hugging Face
13 27 (3.10%) PySpark
14 25 (2.87%) scikit-learn
15 24 (2.75%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 111 (12.73%) Cloud Native
2 86 (9.86%) Video\Live Streaming
3 84 (9.63%) Distributed Systems
4 51 (5.85%) AI Agents
5 47 (5.39%) Algorithms
6 46 (5.28%) Product Ownership
7 42 (4.82%) Over-the-Top Content
8 34 (3.90%) Low-Code
9 32 (3.67%) Blog
10 30 (3.44%) Greenfield Project
11 28 (3.21%) Social Media
12 26 (2.98%) Mobile App
13 20 (2.29%) Digital TV
14 18 (2.06%) BBC
15 17 (1.95%) iPhone
16 16 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
17 12 (1.38%) Hedge funds
17 12 (1.38%) Life Science
17 12 (1.38%) Social Network
18 11 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.06%) Android
2 12 (1.38%) Linux
3 6 (0.69%) Windows
4 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 715 (82.00%) AI
2 278 (31.88%) Agile
3 271 (31.08%) CI/CD
4 240 (27.52%) Data Science
5 224 (25.69%) Roadmaps
6 215 (24.66%) Full-Stack Development
7 200 (22.94%) Software Engineering
8 185 (21.22%) Analytics
9 159 (18.23%) DevOps
10 139 (15.94%) Mentoring
11 135 (15.48%) LLM
12 125 (14.33%) Data Engineering
13 124 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
14 119 (13.65%) Generative AI
15 103 (11.81%) Technical Leadership
16 100 (11.47%) Data Governance
16 100 (11.47%) Decision-Making
17 97 (11.12%) Continuous Improvement
18 94 (10.78%) Infrastructure as Code
19 93 (10.67%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 379 (43.46%) Python
2 341 (39.11%) SQL
3 195 (22.36%) C#
4 136 (15.60%) JavaScript
5 78 (8.94%) Go
6 58 (6.65%) TypeScript
7 57 (6.54%) Scala
8 42 (4.82%) Java
9 28 (3.21%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.83%) Bicep
11 11 (1.26%) R
12 8 (0.92%) C
12 8 (0.92%) C++
13 7 (0.80%) Bash
13 7 (0.80%) PHP
13 7 (0.80%) Rust
14 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.34%) Ada
16 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (9.52%) Degree
2 55 (6.31%) Security Cleared
3 37 (4.24%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.52%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.18%) PhD
6 18 (2.06%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.83%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.49%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.26%) SnowPro
10 9 (1.03%) CISSP
11 6 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.23%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.23%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.23%) GIAC
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.23%) SANS
14 1 (0.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.22%) Data Quality
2 26 (2.98%) QA
3 22 (2.52%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.06%) GDPR
5 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.34%) IFRS
7 3 (0.34%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.34%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.23%) JTAG
8 2 (0.23%) SLA
9 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.11%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 150 (17.20%) Docker
2 55 (6.31%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.46%) Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 109 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 46 (5.28%) Terraform
3 7 (0.80%) Grafana
3 7 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.69%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.34%) Ansible
6 3 (0.34%) Istio
6 3 (0.34%) linkerd
6 3 (0.34%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.34%) Puppet
7 2 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.23%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.23%) Podman
8 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.11%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 303 (34.75%) Microsoft
2 129 (14.79%) Databricks
3 66 (7.57%) Google
4 37 (4.24%) Facebook
5 36 (4.13%) Typelevel
6 21 (2.41%) Yahoo!
7 20 (2.29%) Adobe
8 18 (2.06%) Foundry
9 17 (1.95%) Apple
9 17 (1.95%) Sony
10 15 (1.72%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.80%) SAP
12 5 (0.57%) Oracle
12 5 (0.57%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.46%) HighQ
13 4 (0.46%) Legatics
14 3 (0.34%) Salesforce
15 2 (0.23%) IBM
15 2 (0.23%) New Relic
15 2 (0.23%) Palantir