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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 37 103
Rank change year-on-year -34 +66 -7
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 620 1,057 924
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.33% 7.14% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 7.51% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 383 274 726
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,325 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.13% +10.76% -6.40%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,125 £87,500
90th Percentile £123,969 £137,625 £101,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +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 15,402 14,083 29,565
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 95.07% 91.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10,940 8,654 23,358
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,208 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.35% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.97%

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 May 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 26 (4.19%) Apache Spark
2 25 (4.03%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.97%) SAS
5 5 (0.81%) Apache
5 5 (0.81%) CMS
6 3 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.16%) Kinematics
Applications
1 6 (0.97%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.61%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) HFM
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.16%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 288 (46.45%) Azure
2 206 (33.23%) AWS
3 133 (21.45%) GCP
4 115 (18.55%) Azure AI
5 100 (16.13%) Azure Machine Learning
6 76 (12.26%) Power Platform
7 72 (11.61%) Snowflake
8 60 (9.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 36 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
10 30 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
10 30 (4.84%) GitHub
11 29 (4.68%) SaaS
12 23 (3.71%) Azure Logic Apps
12 23 (3.71%) GitHub Copilot
12 23 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
13 21 (3.39%) Power Automate
14 19 (3.06%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 19 (3.06%) OneDrive
14 19 (3.06%) PowerApps
14 19 (3.06%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 116 (18.71%) Broadband
2 9 (1.45%) Firewall
3 7 (1.13%) 5G
3 7 (1.13%) Internet
4 6 (0.97%) Network Security
5 5 (0.81%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.32%) DNS
6 2 (0.32%) VLAN
6 2 (0.32%) VPN
6 2 (0.32%) WireGuard
7 1 (0.16%) 4G
7 1 (0.16%) LTE
7 1 (0.16%) Modbus
7 1 (0.16%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (12.42%) Azure SQL Database
2 69 (11.13%) Power BI
3 68 (10.97%) MongoDB
4 65 (10.48%) SQL Server
5 33 (5.32%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (4.03%) Tableau
8 20 (3.23%) Metadata
9 17 (2.74%) Looker
10 16 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (2.42%) BigQuery
12 13 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (2.10%) Delta Lake
13 11 (1.77%) NoSQL
13 11 (1.77%) Pinecone
14 10 (1.61%) Apache Iceberg
14 10 (1.61%) Big Data
14 10 (1.61%) Weaviate
15 9 (1.45%) Data Lake
16 7 (1.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (3.55%) MLflow
2 15 (2.42%) Git
3 6 (0.97%) GitLab
4 5 (0.81%) Claude Code
5 4 (0.65%) JIRA
6 3 (0.48%) Selenium
7 2 (0.32%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.32%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.16%) Appium
8 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
General
1 148 (23.87%) Finance
2 139 (22.42%) Social Skills
3 81 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (5.48%) Retail
5 28 (4.52%) Banking
5 28 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (4.19%) Marketing
7 24 (3.87%) Law
8 23 (3.71%) Games
8 23 (3.71%) Public Sector
9 22 (3.55%) Legal
10 14 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (1.94%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.77%) Publishing
13 10 (1.61%) Advertising
13 10 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.13%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.81%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.65%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 127 (20.48%) Senior
2 116 (18.71%) Developer
3 76 (12.26%) Lead
4 61 (9.84%) Data Scientist
5 52 (8.39%) .NET Developer
6 50 (8.06%) Software Engineer
7 47 (7.58%) Architect
8 44 (7.10%) Data Engineer
9 43 (6.94%) Data Manager
10 40 (6.45%) Engineering Manager
11 33 (5.32%) Finance Manager
12 32 (5.16%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 31 (5.00%) Consultant
14 30 (4.84%) Scala Engineer
15 27 (4.35%) Senior Developer
16 23 (3.71%) Data Architect
17 22 (3.55%) Senior Data Scientist
18 21 (3.39%) Machine Learning Engineer
19 19 (3.06%) Python Engineer
20 17 (2.74%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (13.39%) .NET
2 66 (10.65%) .NET Core
3 57 (9.19%) PyTorch
3 57 (9.19%) React
4 54 (8.71%) gRPC
4 54 (8.71%) RESTful
5 50 (8.06%) TensorFlow
6 49 (7.90%) ASP.NET
6 49 (7.90%) ASP.NET Core
6 49 (7.90%) ML.NET
7 48 (7.74%) CSS
7 48 (7.74%) HTML
8 33 (5.32%) Blazor
9 26 (4.19%) LangChain
9 26 (4.19%) REST
10 25 (4.03%) Node.js
11 22 (3.55%) JSON
11 22 (3.55%) Kafka
12 19 (3.06%) HTML5 Canvas
12 19 (3.06%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 82 (13.23%) Video\Live Streaming
2 76 (12.26%) Distributed Systems
3 59 (9.52%) Cloud Native
4 51 (8.23%) Over-the-Top Content
5 46 (7.42%) Product Ownership
6 41 (6.61%) Algorithms
7 31 (5.00%) AI Agents
8 29 (4.68%) Low-Code
9 17 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
9 17 (2.74%) Social Media
10 15 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.77%) Data Structures
11 11 (1.77%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.61%) Blog
12 10 (1.61%) Cyberattack
12 10 (1.61%) FMCG
12 10 (1.61%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.45%) Digital TV
13 9 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (1.29%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.10%) Android
2 9 (1.45%) Linux
3 4 (0.65%) Windows
4 3 (0.48%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.32%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (73.71%) AI
2 194 (31.29%) Agile
3 189 (30.48%) CI/CD
4 188 (30.32%) Data Science
5 152 (24.52%) Software Engineering
6 146 (23.55%) Analytics
7 145 (23.39%) Roadmaps
8 124 (20.00%) Data Engineering
9 109 (17.58%) DevOps
10 100 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
11 95 (15.32%) Full-Stack Development
12 91 (14.68%) Data Governance
13 89 (14.35%) Generative AI
14 88 (14.19%) Clean Code
14 88 (14.19%) Mentoring
15 84 (13.55%) Microservices
16 82 (13.23%) LLM
17 80 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
18 76 (12.26%) Data Architecture
19 74 (11.94%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 295 (47.58%) Python
2 220 (35.48%) SQL
3 101 (16.29%) Go
4 86 (13.87%) C#
5 72 (11.61%) JavaScript
6 63 (10.16%) Scala
7 48 (7.74%) Java
8 42 (6.77%) TypeScript
9 26 (4.19%) PowerShell
10 17 (2.74%) R
11 13 (2.10%) Bash
12 12 (1.94%) C++
13 10 (1.61%) Rust
14 8 (1.29%) PHP
15 7 (1.13%) Bicep
16 6 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
18 3 (0.48%) C
18 3 (0.48%) T-SQL
19 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (14.52%) Degree
2 30 (4.84%) Security Cleared
3 21 (3.39%) PhD
4 18 (2.90%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.58%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.26%) DBS Check
7 12 (1.94%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.77%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.61%) ACCA
9 10 (1.61%) CIMA
10 7 (1.13%) CISSP
11 4 (0.65%) CISA
12 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.32%) GIAC
13 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.32%) SANS
14 1 (0.16%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.65%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.39%) GDPR
2 21 (3.39%) QA
3 13 (2.10%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.48%) IFRS
4 3 (0.48%) IFRS 17
4 3 (0.48%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 108 (17.42%) Docker
2 55 (8.87%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 59 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.19%) Terraform
3 6 (0.97%) Kubeflow
4 5 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.32%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 2 (0.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.32%) Podman
6 1 (0.16%) Ansible
6 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 177 (28.55%) Microsoft
2 97 (15.65%) Databricks
3 45 (7.26%) Typelevel
4 35 (5.65%) Google
5 21 (3.39%) Adobe
6 12 (1.94%) Palantir
6 12 (1.94%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.77%) Foundry
7 11 (1.77%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.61%) Facebook
9 6 (0.97%) Apple
9 6 (0.97%) SAP
9 6 (0.97%) Sony
9 6 (0.97%) Yahoo!
10 4 (0.65%) Oracle
11 3 (0.48%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.32%) Ericsson
12 2 (0.32%) IBM
12 2 (0.32%) Informatica
12 2 (0.32%) Nokia