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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 34 109
Rank change year-on-year -30 +75 -14
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 831 1,164 760
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.85% 7.07% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.65% 7.58% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 541 252 559
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +2.19%
75th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £138,375 £102,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +3.81%

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 17,875 15,362 25,786
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 93.25% 88.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,022 9,082 19,277
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%

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 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 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.41%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.96%) Apache
5 6 (0.72%) SAS
6 2 (0.24%) Confluence
6 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (0.60%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.36%) Blender
2 3 (0.36%) Maya
3 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.12%) HFM
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 401 (48.26%) Azure
2 245 (29.48%) AWS
3 224 (26.96%) Azure AI
4 144 (17.33%) GCP
5 91 (10.95%) Azure Machine Learning
6 90 (10.83%) Azure DevOps
7 85 (10.23%) GitHub
7 85 (10.23%) Snowflake
8 76 (9.15%) GitHub Copilot
9 70 (8.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 60 (7.22%) Power Platform
11 42 (5.05%) Azure Data Factory
12 39 (4.69%) SaaS
13 23 (2.77%) Azure Logic Apps
14 22 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (2.41%) Amazon Bedrock
15 20 (2.41%) Power Automate
16 19 (2.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (2.29%) OneDrive
16 19 (2.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 133 (16.00%) Broadband
2 30 (3.61%) Internet
3 10 (1.20%) Firewall
4 7 (0.84%) 5G
5 6 (0.72%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.72%) Network Security
6 2 (0.24%) ATM
6 2 (0.24%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.24%) DNS
6 2 (0.24%) UWB
6 2 (0.24%) VLAN
6 2 (0.24%) VPN
6 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.24%) WireGuard
6 2 (0.24%) Wireless
7 1 (0.12%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (21.18%) MongoDB
2 172 (20.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (7.22%) SQL Server
4 56 (6.74%) Power BI
5 45 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (4.45%) Metadata
7 31 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (2.29%) Big Data
9 17 (2.05%) Delta Lake
10 14 (1.68%) Data Lake
11 13 (1.56%) BigQuery
12 12 (1.44%) Tableau
13 11 (1.32%) Looker
14 9 (1.08%) Data Vault
15 8 (0.96%) Amazon Athena
15 8 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.84%) Relational Database
17 5 (0.60%) Apache Iceberg
18 4 (0.48%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 22 (2.65%) Git
2 15 (1.81%) MLflow
3 14 (1.68%) Claude Code
4 10 (1.20%) GitLab
4 10 (1.20%) JIRA
5 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.24%) Selenium
7 1 (0.12%) Appium
7 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.12%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.12%) Mocha
7 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 191 (22.98%) Finance
2 158 (19.01%) Social Skills
3 92 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (7.34%) Banking
5 55 (6.62%) Marketing
6 37 (4.45%) Games
7 36 (4.33%) Advertising
8 34 (4.09%) Public Sector
9 31 (3.73%) Law
10 29 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (3.01%) Retail
12 24 (2.89%) Legal
13 13 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.08%) Financial Institution
15 8 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.84%) Legal Technology
16 7 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.72%) Telecoms
18 4 (0.48%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 252 (30.32%) Developer
2 157 (18.89%) .NET Developer
3 139 (16.73%) Senior
4 98 (11.79%) Lead
5 88 (10.59%) Data Scientist
6 81 (9.75%) Architect
7 55 (6.62%) Software Engineer
8 51 (6.14%) Data Engineer
9 44 (5.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 44 (5.29%) Data Manager
10 43 (5.17%) Senior Data Scientist
11 42 (5.05%) Engineering Manager
11 42 (5.05%) Finance Manager
12 35 (4.21%) Data Architect
13 34 (4.09%) Lead Data Scientist
14 33 (3.97%) Senior Developer
15 32 (3.85%) Consultant
16 31 (3.73%) Scala Engineer
17 27 (3.25%) Lead Developer
18 26 (3.13%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (22.50%) .NET
2 162 (19.49%) .NET Core
3 154 (18.53%) ASP.NET
3 154 (18.53%) ASP.NET Core
3 154 (18.53%) ML.NET
4 116 (13.96%) React
4 116 (13.96%) RESTful
5 104 (12.52%) CSS
6 103 (12.39%) Blazor
7 101 (12.15%) HTML
8 83 (9.99%) PyTorch
9 76 (9.15%) TensorFlow
10 57 (6.86%) LangChain
11 45 (5.42%) gRPC
12 33 (3.97%) LangGraph
13 31 (3.73%) Node.js
14 27 (3.25%) Hugging Face
15 24 (2.89%) scikit-learn
16 23 (2.77%) JSON
16 23 (2.77%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 105 (12.64%) Cloud Native
2 100 (12.03%) Video\Live Streaming
3 91 (10.95%) Distributed Systems
4 52 (6.26%) Over-the-Top Content
5 48 (5.78%) Product Ownership
6 45 (5.42%) AI Agents
7 39 (4.69%) Algorithms
8 34 (4.09%) Low-Code
9 32 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (3.37%) Social Media
11 24 (2.89%) Mobile App
12 20 (2.41%) Digital TV
13 18 (2.17%) BBC
14 17 (2.05%) iPhone
15 16 (1.93%) Blog
16 15 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
17 12 (1.44%) Life Science
17 12 (1.44%) Social Network
18 11 (1.32%) Data Structures
19 10 (1.20%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.05%) Android
2 13 (1.56%) Linux
3 6 (0.72%) Windows
4 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 666 (80.14%) AI
2 277 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 266 (32.01%) Agile
4 234 (28.16%) Data Science
5 213 (25.63%) Full-Stack Development
6 211 (25.39%) Roadmaps
7 199 (23.95%) Software Engineering
8 159 (19.13%) Analytics
9 154 (18.53%) DevOps
10 139 (16.73%) Mentoring
11 124 (14.92%) Generative AI
11 124 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
12 123 (14.80%) Data Engineering
12 123 (14.80%) LLM
13 101 (12.15%) Technical Leadership
14 95 (11.43%) Decision-Making
15 94 (11.31%) Data Governance
16 91 (10.95%) Infrastructure as Code
17 89 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
17 89 (10.71%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 369 (44.40%) Python
2 325 (39.11%) SQL
3 194 (23.35%) C#
4 135 (16.25%) JavaScript
5 88 (10.59%) Go
6 64 (7.70%) Scala
7 56 (6.74%) TypeScript
8 43 (5.17%) Java
9 27 (3.25%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.56%) Bicep
11 8 (0.96%) Bash
11 8 (0.96%) PHP
11 8 (0.96%) R
12 7 (0.84%) C
12 7 (0.84%) C++
13 6 (0.72%) Rust
14 5 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.24%) Ada
16 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (8.78%) Degree
2 43 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 30 (3.61%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.29%) PhD
5 16 (1.93%) Azure Certification
6 14 (1.68%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.56%) DBS Check
7 13 (1.56%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (0.96%) CISSP
10 8 (0.96%) SnowPro
11 4 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.36%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.24%) ACCA
13 2 (0.24%) CIMA
13 2 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.24%) GIAC
13 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.24%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.74%) Data Quality
2 22 (2.65%) QA
3 19 (2.29%) GDPR
4 17 (2.05%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.36%) IFRS
5 3 (0.36%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.36%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.24%) JTAG
7 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 152 (18.29%) Docker
2 55 (6.62%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.72%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.48%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 103 (12.39%) Kubernetes
2 41 (4.93%) Terraform
3 7 (0.84%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.60%) Grafana
6 4 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.24%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.24%) Istio
7 2 (0.24%) linkerd
7 2 (0.24%) Podman
7 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.24%) Puppet
8 1 (0.12%) Ansible
8 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 296 (35.62%) Microsoft
2 117 (14.08%) Databricks
3 63 (7.58%) Google
4 45 (5.42%) Typelevel
5 37 (4.45%) Facebook
6 21 (2.53%) Yahoo!
7 20 (2.41%) Adobe
8 18 (2.17%) Foundry
9 17 (2.05%) Apple
9 17 (2.05%) Sony
10 13 (1.56%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.84%) SAP
12 5 (0.60%) Oracle
12 5 (0.60%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.48%) HighQ
13 4 (0.48%) Legatics
13 4 (0.48%) Palantir
13 4 (0.48%) Salesforce
14 3 (0.36%) IBM
15 2 (0.24%) Atlassian