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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 35 75
Rank change year-on-year -30 +40 +20
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 893 1,072 853
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.70% 6.60% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 7.08% 4.16%
Number of salaries quoted 583 234 509
10th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +8.74%
75th Percentile £107,500 £101,875 £87,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £132,500 £102,750
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% -

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 19,632 15,135 20,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.43% 93.17% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,097 8,610 12,632
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 16 September 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 21 (2.35%) Apache Spark
1 21 (2.35%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.68%) Apache
3 12 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.67%) SAS
5 5 (0.56%) Confluence
6 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 12 (1.34%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) Blender
3 3 (0.34%) Maya
4 2 (0.22%) Weka
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.11%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 1 (0.11%) HFM
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 401 (44.90%) Azure
2 251 (28.11%) AWS
3 217 (24.30%) Azure AI
4 121 (13.55%) GCP
5 118 (13.21%) Snowflake
6 97 (10.86%) GitHub
7 89 (9.97%) Azure DevOps
8 80 (8.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 79 (8.85%) Azure Machine Learning
10 77 (8.62%) GitHub Copilot
11 61 (6.83%) Power Platform
12 45 (5.04%) Azure Data Factory
13 44 (4.93%) Amazon Bedrock
14 40 (4.48%) SaaS
15 38 (4.26%) Anthropic Claude
16 25 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
17 21 (2.35%) Amazon S3
17 21 (2.35%) Azure Databricks
18 18 (2.02%) Azure Logic Apps
18 18 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 65 (7.28%) Broadband
2 30 (3.36%) Internet
3 12 (1.34%) Firewall
4 9 (1.01%) 5G
5 5 (0.56%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.56%) Network Security
6 4 (0.45%) VPN
7 3 (0.34%) BGP
7 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.34%) LAN
7 3 (0.34%) OSPF
7 3 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.34%) WAN
8 2 (0.22%) ATM
8 2 (0.22%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.22%) DNS
8 2 (0.22%) VLAN
8 2 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.22%) WireGuard
8 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (18.48%) MongoDB
2 164 (18.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 59 (6.61%) SQL Server
4 58 (6.49%) Power BI
5 45 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
6 44 (4.93%) Metadata
7 38 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
8 27 (3.02%) Big Data
9 20 (2.24%) Delta Lake
10 18 (2.02%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.90%) Data Vault
12 16 (1.79%) NoSQL
12 16 (1.79%) Tableau
13 12 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
14 10 (1.12%) Looker
15 8 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
16 7 (0.78%) BigQuery
16 7 (0.78%) Hadoop
16 7 (0.78%) Relational Database
16 7 (0.78%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 35 (3.92%) Claude Code
1 35 (3.92%) Git
2 18 (2.02%) MLflow
3 13 (1.46%) JIRA
4 8 (0.90%) GitLab
4 8 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.56%) Poetry
5 5 (0.56%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.34%) Appium
7 3 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.34%) Mercurial
7 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.22%) Selenium
9 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.11%) Mocha
9 1 (0.11%) NUnit
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 302 (33.82%) Finance
2 149 (16.69%) Social Skills
3 113 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (10.64%) Banking
5 83 (9.29%) Marketing
6 45 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (3.92%) Law
7 35 (3.92%) Public Sector
7 35 (3.92%) Retail
8 34 (3.81%) Games
9 33 (3.70%) Advertising
10 29 (3.25%) Legal
11 19 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.46%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.12%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.12%) Legal Technology
13 10 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.78%) Electronics
15 7 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 224 (25.08%) Developer
2 149 (16.69%) .NET Developer
3 139 (15.57%) Senior
4 120 (13.44%) Architect
5 102 (11.42%) Data Scientist
6 98 (10.97%) Lead
7 66 (7.39%) Finance Manager
8 60 (6.72%) Software Engineer
9 52 (5.82%) Senior Data Scientist
10 48 (5.38%) Data Engineer
11 46 (5.15%) Data Manager
12 45 (5.04%) Data Architect
13 42 (4.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 40 (4.48%) Lead Data Scientist
15 37 (4.14%) Engineering Manager
16 34 (3.81%) Enterprise Architect
17 30 (3.36%) Machine Learning Engineer
18 29 (3.25%) Senior Developer
19 27 (3.02%) Consultant
20 21 (2.35%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (19.82%) .NET
2 154 (17.25%) .NET Core
3 149 (16.69%) ASP.NET
3 149 (16.69%) ASP.NET Core
3 149 (16.69%) ML.NET
4 114 (12.77%) RESTful
5 111 (12.43%) React
6 98 (10.97%) Blazor
7 94 (10.53%) CSS
8 91 (10.19%) HTML
9 78 (8.73%) PyTorch
10 73 (8.17%) TensorFlow
11 68 (7.61%) LangChain
12 59 (6.61%) Terraform
13 46 (5.15%) LangGraph
14 33 (3.70%) PySpark
15 32 (3.58%) Node.js
16 26 (2.91%) Hugging Face
17 23 (2.58%) scikit-learn
18 22 (2.46%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 116 (12.99%) Cloud Native
2 75 (8.40%) AI Agents
3 67 (7.50%) Blog
4 63 (7.05%) Distributed Systems
5 49 (5.49%) Algorithms
6 48 (5.38%) Video\Live Streaming
7 38 (4.26%) Product Ownership
8 33 (3.70%) Hedge funds
9 31 (3.47%) Mobile App
10 29 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
10 29 (3.25%) Social Media
11 25 (2.80%) Low-Code
12 20 (2.24%) Credit Risk
13 19 (2.13%) BBC
13 19 (2.13%) Digital TV
14 17 (1.90%) iPhone
15 16 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
16 15 (1.68%) Onboarding
17 14 (1.57%) Over-the-Top Content
18 12 (1.34%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.24%) Android
2 15 (1.68%) Linux
3 7 (0.78%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.56%) Windows
5 3 (0.34%) Unix
6 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 766 (85.78%) AI
2 262 (29.34%) Agile
3 251 (28.11%) Roadmaps
4 246 (27.55%) Data Science
5 243 (27.21%) CI/CD
6 211 (23.63%) Analytics
7 198 (22.17%) Full-Stack Development
8 178 (19.93%) Software Engineering
9 152 (17.02%) DevOps
10 139 (15.57%) LLM
11 128 (14.33%) Data Engineering
12 126 (14.11%) Mentoring
13 125 (14.00%) Generative AI
14 108 (12.09%) Data Governance
15 107 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
16 105 (11.76%) Data Architecture
17 100 (11.20%) Technical Leadership
18 92 (10.30%) Fintech
19 91 (10.19%) Continuous Improvement
20 90 (10.08%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 370 (41.43%) SQL
2 353 (39.53%) Python
3 185 (20.72%) C#
4 133 (14.89%) JavaScript
5 54 (6.05%) TypeScript
6 42 (4.70%) Go
7 36 (4.03%) Java
8 30 (3.36%) Scala
9 24 (2.69%) PowerShell
10 18 (2.02%) Bicep
11 13 (1.46%) C++
11 13 (1.46%) R
12 10 (1.12%) C
13 9 (1.01%) Rust
14 7 (0.78%) Swift
15 6 (0.67%) Bash
15 6 (0.67%) PHP
16 5 (0.56%) Ada
17 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 88 (9.85%) Degree
2 74 (8.29%) Security Cleared
3 50 (5.60%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.81%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.13%) Azure Certification
5 19 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (1.79%) SnowPro
7 15 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.46%) PhD
9 9 (1.01%) DBS Check
10 8 (0.90%) CISSP
11 5 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.45%) CCNP
13 3 (0.34%) CCDP
14 2 (0.22%) GIAC
14 2 (0.22%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (10.19%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.02%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.69%) QA
4 15 (1.68%) GDPR
5 9 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.45%) IFRS
7 4 (0.45%) IFRS 17
7 4 (0.45%) SLA
7 4 (0.45%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.34%) MIL-STD-1553
9 2 (0.22%) COPPA
9 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.22%) JTAG
10 1 (0.11%) GRC
10 1 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 130 (14.56%) Docker
2 55 (6.16%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.67%) Firmware
4 3 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.34%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 116 (12.99%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.46%) Grafana
3 10 (1.12%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.67%) Ansible
4 6 (0.67%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.34%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.34%) Istio
6 3 (0.34%) linkerd
6 3 (0.34%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.34%) Puppet
7 2 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.22%) Podman
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.11%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 296 (33.15%) Microsoft
2 153 (17.13%) Databricks
3 55 (6.16%) Google
4 36 (4.03%) Facebook
5 21 (2.35%) Yahoo!
6 17 (1.90%) Apple
6 17 (1.90%) OpenAI
6 17 (1.90%) Sony
7 16 (1.79%) Adobe
8 12 (1.34%) Foundry
9 11 (1.23%) SAP
10 9 (1.01%) Typelevel
11 5 (0.56%) Oracle
11 5 (0.56%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.45%) HighQ
12 4 (0.45%) Legatics
13 3 (0.34%) Cisco
13 3 (0.34%) Forcepoint
13 3 (0.34%) Juniper
13 3 (0.34%) SonicWALL