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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 73 82
Rank change year-on-year -40 +9 +13
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 356 714 731
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.34% 4.17% 3.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 4.49% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 251 392 480
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,320
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,750 £53,737
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £86,063 £90,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £100,000 £101,185
UK median annual salary £80,000 £77,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% +2.67% +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 13,453 15,904 19,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.47% 92.97% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,559 9,534 15,518
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 December 2025.

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 21 (5.90%) Apache Spark
2 18 (5.06%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.53%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.97%) Apache Solr
5 7 (1.97%) CMS
6 5 (1.40%) Apache Pulsar
7 4 (1.12%) Confluence
8 3 (0.84%) Apache
9 2 (0.56%) Luigi
10 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.28%) Kinematics
Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Chatbot
1 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.84%) Trello
4 2 (0.56%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.56%) Sketch
4 2 (0.56%) Weka
5 1 (0.28%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.28%) Blender
Business Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.12%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.56%) Adaptiv
4 2 (0.56%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 180 (50.56%) Azure
2 118 (33.15%) AWS
3 66 (18.54%) GCP
4 47 (13.20%) Power Platform
5 31 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (7.58%) SaaS
7 26 (7.30%) Entra ID
8 25 (7.02%) Azure Machine Learning
9 19 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (4.78%) Serverless
11 14 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (3.65%) Amazon S3
12 13 (3.65%) Microsoft Purview
13 12 (3.37%) GitHub
13 12 (3.37%) Snowflake
14 11 (3.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (2.81%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (2.81%) dbt
16 9 (2.53%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.40%) Broadband
2 3 (0.84%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.56%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.28%) Modbus
4 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (11.52%) Power BI
2 30 (8.43%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (5.34%) Tableau
4 18 (5.06%) NoSQL
5 16 (4.49%) SQL Server
6 13 (3.65%) Data Lake
6 13 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (3.37%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (3.09%) Metadata
9 10 (2.81%) Looker
9 10 (2.81%) MySQL
10 9 (2.53%) Big Data
11 8 (2.25%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.97%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.69%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.40%) Apache Iceberg
14 5 (1.40%) Data Mining
14 5 (1.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (5.34%) Git
2 13 (3.65%) MLflow
3 7 (1.97%) JIRA
4 4 (1.12%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.56%) ERwin
6 2 (0.56%) Selenium
6 2 (0.56%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.56%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.28%) GitLab
General
1 99 (27.81%) Social Skills
2 90 (25.28%) Finance
3 57 (16.01%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.43%) Marketing
5 24 (6.74%) Retail
6 22 (6.18%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.18%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.93%) Games
8 11 (3.09%) Law
9 10 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.97%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.69%) Legal
13 5 (1.40%) Back Office
13 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.12%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.12%) Automotive
14 4 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.12%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (13.76%) Senior
2 46 (12.92%) Lead
3 40 (11.24%) Data Engineer
4 27 (7.58%) Software Engineer
5 25 (7.02%) Architect
5 25 (7.02%) Data Scientist
5 25 (7.02%) Developer
6 19 (5.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 16 (4.49%) Consultant
8 15 (4.21%) Analyst
9 11 (3.09%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (2.81%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 10 (2.81%) Operations Engineer
10 10 (2.81%) Product Owner
11 9 (2.53%) Applications Engineer
12 8 (2.25%) Azure Data Engineer
12 8 (2.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 8 (2.25%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 8 (2.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 8 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.43%) Kafka
2 26 (7.30%) TensorFlow
3 25 (7.02%) PyTorch
4 24 (6.74%) Node.js
5 23 (6.46%) React
6 22 (6.18%) gRPC
7 21 (5.90%) RESTful
8 19 (5.34%) REST
9 17 (4.78%) scikit-learn
10 13 (3.65%) Spring
10 13 (3.65%) WebSockets
11 12 (3.37%) FastAPI
11 12 (3.37%) Pandas
11 12 (3.37%) Spring Boot
12 11 (3.09%) Hugging Face
13 10 (2.81%) RabbitMQ
14 9 (2.53%) AngularJS
15 8 (2.25%) NumPy
15 8 (2.25%) OAuth
15 8 (2.25%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 54 (15.17%) Product Ownership
2 45 (12.64%) Cloud Native
3 30 (8.43%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (7.58%) Algorithms
5 24 (6.74%) AI Agents
6 11 (3.09%) Reinsurance
7 8 (2.25%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.25%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.97%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.97%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.69%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (1.69%) CUDA
9 6 (1.69%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.69%) Mobile Games
9 6 (1.69%) Sports Betting
10 5 (1.40%) Educational Technology
11 4 (1.12%) FMCG
11 4 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.12%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.34%) Windows
2 17 (4.78%) Android
3 15 (4.21%) Linux
4 8 (2.25%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.97%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.84%) Unix
7 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (80.90%) AI
2 145 (40.73%) Analytics
3 108 (30.34%) Data Science
4 101 (28.37%) DevOps
5 97 (27.25%) Agile
6 90 (25.28%) CI/CD
7 82 (23.03%) Roadmaps
8 63 (17.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 63 (17.70%) Software Engineering
9 58 (16.29%) Decision-Making
10 57 (16.01%) LLM
11 56 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
12 53 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
13 52 (14.61%) Computer Science
14 49 (13.76%) Data Pipeline
15 46 (12.92%) Data Engineering
16 44 (12.36%) Containerisation
17 42 (11.80%) Coaching
18 41 (11.52%) Microservices
18 41 (11.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 178 (50.00%) Python
2 93 (26.12%) SQL
3 39 (10.96%) Java
4 28 (7.87%) Bash
5 26 (7.30%) PowerShell
5 26 (7.30%) R
6 25 (7.02%) Go
7 20 (5.62%) JavaScript
8 16 (4.49%) C++
8 16 (4.49%) TypeScript
9 14 (3.93%) PHP
9 14 (3.93%) Scala
10 10 (2.81%) C#
11 8 (2.25%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.40%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.12%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.84%) Bicep
14 3 (0.84%) Rust
15 2 (0.56%) C
Qualifications
1 75 (21.07%) Degree
2 29 (8.15%) Computer Science Degree
2 29 (8.15%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.21%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.25%) PhD
6 6 (1.69%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.12%) ACCA
7 4 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.12%) CIMA
7 4 (1.12%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.84%) PMP
9 2 (0.56%) CFA
9 2 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.56%) OSCE
9 2 (0.56%) OSCP
9 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.58%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.65%) GDPR
3 7 (1.97%) QA
4 4 (1.12%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.12%) EU AI Act
4 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.56%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.56%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.28%) HL7
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 51 (14.33%) Docker
2 18 (5.06%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (3.09%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.81%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.56%) Ceph
5 2 (0.56%) Lustre
5 2 (0.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 56 (15.73%) Kubernetes
2 34 (9.55%) Terraform
3 18 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (3.93%) Ansible
5 8 (2.25%) SCCM
6 2 (0.56%) Argo
6 2 (0.56%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.56%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.56%) Puppet
7 1 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.28%) Istio
7 1 (0.28%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 59 (16.57%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.67%) Databricks
3 18 (5.06%) Google
4 15 (4.21%) OpenAI
5 12 (3.37%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.40%) Ericsson
6 5 (1.40%) Mavenir
6 5 (1.40%) Nokia
6 5 (1.40%) SAP
6 5 (1.40%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.12%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.12%) Genesys
7 4 (1.12%) HubSpot
7 4 (1.12%) Palantir
7 4 (1.12%) Talend
7 4 (1.12%) Zoho
8 3 (0.84%) Adobe
8 3 (0.84%) Dell
8 3 (0.84%) Mercator
9 2 (0.56%) Murex