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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 74 92
Rank change year-on-year -34 +18 +6
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 385 654 891
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 4.17% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 4.40% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 246 343 670
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,813 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.58% -7.05%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £127,500 £108,500 £100,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.60% +10.00% -

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 13,929 14,866 25,619
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.27% 94.76% 92.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,007 8,893 21,194
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,760
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,549
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.09% -7.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,700 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 13 February 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 23 (5.97%) Apache Spark
2 17 (4.42%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.60%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.82%) Apache Solr
6 6 (1.56%) CMS
7 5 (1.30%) Apache Pulsar
8 4 (1.04%) Confluence
9 3 (0.78%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.52%) Apache
11 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.26%) Kinematics
Applications
1 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.04%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.78%) Trello
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.52%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (2.60%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.52%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.52%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 190 (49.35%) Azure
2 130 (33.77%) AWS
3 81 (21.04%) GCP
4 54 (14.03%) Power Platform
5 36 (9.35%) Azure Machine Learning
6 32 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (7.01%) Entra ID
8 24 (6.23%) SaaS
9 18 (4.68%) Serverless
10 17 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (3.90%) Azure AI
12 14 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (3.64%) Microsoft Purview
12 14 (3.64%) Snowflake
13 12 (3.12%) Amazon S3
14 11 (2.86%) Amazon SageMaker
15 10 (2.60%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (2.60%) Vertex AI
16 9 (2.34%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (2.34%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.53%) Broadband
2 4 (1.04%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.52%) InfiniBand
3 2 (0.52%) Network Security
4 1 (0.26%) Firewall
4 1 (0.26%) LTE
4 1 (0.26%) Modbus
4 1 (0.26%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.95%) Power BI
2 34 (8.83%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (7.01%) Tableau
4 19 (4.94%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (4.16%) SQL Server
6 14 (3.64%) Amazon Redshift
6 14 (3.64%) Metadata
7 13 (3.38%) BigQuery
8 12 (3.12%) Data Lake
8 12 (3.12%) NoSQL
9 11 (2.86%) Apache Iceberg
9 11 (2.86%) Looker
10 10 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.60%) Pinecone
10 10 (2.60%) Weaviate
11 9 (2.34%) Big Data
11 9 (2.34%) Delta Lake
11 9 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (2.08%) MySQL
13 6 (1.56%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 20 (5.19%) MLflow
2 14 (3.64%) Git
3 6 (1.56%) JIRA
4 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.52%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.52%) ERwin
5 2 (0.52%) Selenium
5 2 (0.52%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.52%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.26%) GitLab
General
1 103 (26.75%) Social Skills
2 100 (25.97%) Finance
3 62 (16.10%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.53%) Public Sector
5 26 (6.75%) Marketing
6 25 (6.49%) Retail
7 19 (4.94%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.64%) Games
9 13 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.86%) Law
11 10 (2.60%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.60%) Publishing
12 9 (2.34%) Legal
13 7 (1.82%) Banking
13 7 (1.82%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.30%) Back Office
15 5 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (1.04%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 64 (16.62%) Senior
2 53 (13.77%) Lead
3 42 (10.91%) Data Engineer
4 37 (9.61%) Developer
4 37 (9.61%) Software Engineer
5 33 (8.57%) Data Scientist
6 24 (6.23%) Consultant
7 21 (5.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 20 (5.19%) Architect
9 17 (4.42%) Analyst
10 16 (4.16%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 15 (3.90%) Operations Engineer
12 14 (3.64%) Data Analyst
13 13 (3.38%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
14 12 (3.12%) Data Consultant
14 12 (3.12%) Scala Engineer
15 10 (2.60%) Commercial Analyst
15 10 (2.60%) Commercial Data Analyst
15 10 (2.60%) Senior Consultant
16 9 (2.34%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (10.39%) PyTorch
2 39 (10.13%) TensorFlow
3 35 (9.09%) gRPC
4 33 (8.57%) React
5 27 (7.01%) Kafka
6 22 (5.71%) RESTful
7 21 (5.45%) Node.js
7 21 (5.45%) REST
8 14 (3.64%) Spring
8 14 (3.64%) Spring Boot
9 13 (3.38%) AngularJS
10 12 (3.12%) .NET
11 10 (2.60%) LangChain
12 9 (2.34%) Faiss
12 9 (2.34%) OAuth
12 9 (2.34%) PySpark
12 9 (2.34%) vLLM
12 9 (2.34%) WebSockets
13 8 (2.08%) Blazor
13 8 (2.08%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.51%) Product Ownership
2 46 (11.95%) Cloud Native
3 43 (11.17%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (8.83%) Algorithms
5 25 (6.49%) Video\Live Streaming
6 22 (5.71%) AI Agents
7 21 (5.45%) Over-the-Top Content
8 11 (2.86%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (2.60%) FMCG
10 8 (2.08%) Low-Code
10 8 (2.08%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.56%) Educational Technology
11 6 (1.56%) Mobile Games
11 6 (1.56%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.04%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (1.04%) Blog
12 4 (1.04%) Linked Data
12 4 (1.04%) Robotics
12 4 (1.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.19%) Windows
2 18 (4.68%) Linux
3 16 (4.16%) Android
4 7 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.56%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.78%) Robot Operating System
6 3 (0.78%) Unix
7 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (76.62%) AI
2 145 (37.66%) Analytics
3 132 (34.29%) Data Science
4 122 (31.69%) CI/CD
5 99 (25.71%) DevOps
6 93 (24.16%) Agile
7 87 (22.60%) Software Engineering
8 86 (22.34%) Roadmaps
9 74 (19.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 66 (17.14%) Coaching
11 64 (16.62%) Decision-Making
11 64 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
12 61 (15.84%) Containerisation
13 60 (15.58%) Data Pipeline
14 58 (15.06%) MLOps
15 57 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
15 57 (14.81%) LLM
16 53 (13.77%) Computer Science
16 53 (13.77%) Microservices
17 51 (13.25%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 204 (52.99%) Python
2 94 (24.42%) SQL
3 53 (13.77%) Go
4 47 (12.21%) Java
5 33 (8.57%) Scala
6 31 (8.05%) Bash
7 27 (7.01%) PowerShell
8 24 (6.23%) JavaScript
9 23 (5.97%) R
10 18 (4.68%) C++
11 17 (4.42%) PHP
12 16 (4.16%) C#
12 16 (4.16%) TypeScript
13 8 (2.08%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.56%) Rust
15 3 (0.78%) Bicep
15 3 (0.78%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.52%) C
16 2 (0.52%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (21.04%) Degree
2 31 (8.05%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (7.27%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.64%) Master's Degree
5 12 (3.12%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.60%) ACCA
6 10 (2.60%) CIMA
6 10 (2.60%) PhD
7 7 (1.82%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.56%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.04%) CISA
9 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.78%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.52%) OSCE
11 2 (0.52%) OSCP
11 2 (0.52%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.31%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.19%) GDPR
3 5 (1.30%) QA
4 4 (1.04%) EU AI Act
4 4 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.52%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 68 (17.66%) Docker
2 18 (4.68%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (3.12%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.52%) Ceph
5 2 (0.52%) Lustre
5 2 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 50 (12.99%) Kubernetes
2 35 (9.09%) Terraform
3 18 (4.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.12%) Ansible
5 8 (2.08%) SCCM
6 3 (0.78%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.26%) Argo
7 1 (0.26%) Grafana
7 1 (0.26%) Istio
7 1 (0.26%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.35%) Databricks
3 18 (4.68%) Typelevel
4 16 (4.16%) Google
5 14 (3.64%) OpenAI
5 14 (3.64%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.12%) Palantir
7 5 (1.30%) Ericsson
7 5 (1.30%) Mavenir
7 5 (1.30%) Nokia
7 5 (1.30%) SAP
8 3 (0.78%) Dell
8 3 (0.78%) Foundry
8 3 (0.78%) Mercator
9 2 (0.52%) Adobe
9 2 (0.52%) Civica
9 2 (0.52%) Murex
9 2 (0.52%) Northgate
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle
9 2 (0.52%) Orchard