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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 87 108
Rank change year-on-year +4 +21 -14
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 526 477 880
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.94% 3.57% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 3.77% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 329 297 687
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £110,000 £91,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £137,000 £132,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £77,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% +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 14,857 12,645 29,601
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.17% 94.76% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10,372 8,952 23,522
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +7.21% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.86%

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 April 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 29 (5.51%) Apache Spark
2 19 (3.61%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.33%) CMS
4 5 (0.95%) Apache
4 5 (0.95%) Apache Pulsar
5 3 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.38%) Confluence
7 1 (0.19%) Kinematics
Applications
1 7 (1.33%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.57%) Trello
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.90%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.38%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 254 (48.29%) Azure
2 191 (36.31%) AWS
3 132 (25.10%) GCP
4 104 (19.77%) Azure Machine Learning
5 79 (15.02%) Azure AI
6 72 (13.69%) Snowflake
7 66 (12.55%) Power Platform
8 59 (11.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 25 (4.75%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (3.80%) SaaS
11 18 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (3.42%) Azure Logic Apps
11 18 (3.42%) Vertex AI
12 16 (3.04%) Power Automate
13 14 (2.66%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 14 (2.66%) Amazon SageMaker
13 14 (2.66%) GitHub
13 14 (2.66%) OneDrive
13 14 (2.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 94 (17.87%) Broadband
2 8 (1.52%) Firewall
3 5 (0.95%) Kerberos
3 5 (0.95%) Network Security
4 2 (0.38%) DNS
4 2 (0.38%) VLAN
4 2 (0.38%) VPN
4 2 (0.38%) WireGuard
5 1 (0.19%) LTE
5 1 (0.19%) Modbus
5 1 (0.19%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (12.74%) SQL Server
2 59 (11.22%) Power BI
3 41 (7.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (5.70%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (4.56%) Tableau
6 21 (3.99%) Metadata
6 21 (3.99%) MongoDB
7 16 (3.04%) Elasticsearch
7 16 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (2.85%) Looker
9 14 (2.66%) BigQuery
10 13 (2.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (2.47%) Data Lake
11 12 (2.28%) Delta Lake
12 11 (2.09%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.90%) Pinecone
13 10 (1.90%) Weaviate
14 9 (1.71%) Apache Iceberg
15 7 (1.33%) Big Data
15 7 (1.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (3.80%) MLflow
2 14 (2.66%) Git
3 7 (1.33%) JIRA
4 5 (0.95%) Claude Code
5 4 (0.76%) GitLab
6 3 (0.57%) Selenium
7 2 (0.38%) ERwin
7 2 (0.38%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.38%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.19%) Appium
8 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
General
1 137 (26.05%) Finance
2 133 (25.29%) Social Skills
3 71 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.51%) Retail
5 22 (4.18%) Marketing
6 21 (3.99%) Banking
6 21 (3.99%) Public Sector
7 20 (3.80%) Law
7 20 (3.80%) Legal
8 18 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.04%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.28%) Games
12 11 (2.09%) Publishing
13 9 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.33%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.95%) Advertising
15 5 (0.95%) Back Office
15 5 (0.95%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (20.72%) Senior
2 65 (12.36%) Developer
3 63 (11.98%) Lead
4 46 (8.75%) Data Engineer
4 46 (8.75%) Software Engineer
5 41 (7.79%) Engineering Manager
6 40 (7.60%) Data Manager
7 38 (7.22%) Architect
7 38 (7.22%) Data Scientist
8 33 (6.27%) Finance Manager
9 30 (5.70%) Scala Engineer
10 28 (5.32%) Consultant
11 23 (4.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 22 (4.18%) Data Architect
13 19 (3.61%) Operations Engineer
14 18 (3.42%) Analyst
14 18 (3.42%) Senior Developer
15 17 (3.23%) Machine Learning Engineer
16 16 (3.04%) .NET Developer
17 15 (2.85%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (11.60%) gRPC
2 48 (9.13%) PyTorch
3 41 (7.79%) React
3 41 (7.79%) TensorFlow
4 37 (7.03%) .NET
5 29 (5.51%) REST
6 27 (5.13%) .NET Core
6 27 (5.13%) Kafka
6 27 (5.13%) RESTful
7 24 (4.56%) CSS
7 24 (4.56%) HTML
8 22 (4.18%) Node.js
9 17 (3.23%) JSON
9 17 (3.23%) LangChain
10 15 (2.85%) OAuth
11 14 (2.66%) HTML5 Canvas
11 14 (2.66%) Microsoft Graph
11 14 (2.66%) SPFx
12 13 (2.47%) ASP.NET Core
12 13 (2.47%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 65 (12.36%) Video\Live Streaming
2 63 (11.98%) Distributed Systems
3 50 (9.51%) Cloud Native
3 50 (9.51%) Over-the-Top Content
4 49 (9.32%) Product Ownership
5 34 (6.46%) Algorithms
6 27 (5.13%) AI Agents
7 14 (2.66%) Low-Code
8 13 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (2.47%) Social Media
9 12 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (2.09%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.90%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.90%) FMCG
12 7 (1.33%) Blog
12 7 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
14 5 (0.95%) Educational Technology
14 5 (0.95%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.66%) Android
2 8 (1.52%) Linux
3 5 (0.95%) Windows
4 4 (0.76%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.57%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.57%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (73.38%) AI
2 166 (31.56%) Agile
3 162 (30.80%) Data Science
4 157 (29.85%) CI/CD
5 137 (26.05%) Roadmaps
6 136 (25.86%) Analytics
7 119 (22.62%) Software Engineering
8 117 (22.24%) Data Engineering
9 96 (18.25%) DevOps
10 91 (17.30%) Microservices
11 86 (16.35%) Data Governance
11 86 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
12 80 (15.21%) Clean Code
13 77 (14.64%) Containerisation
13 77 (14.64%) Data Architecture
14 76 (14.45%) Coaching
14 76 (14.45%) Mentoring
15 74 (14.07%) Decision-Making
16 73 (13.88%) Generative AI
16 73 (13.88%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 243 (46.20%) Python
2 169 (32.13%) SQL
3 90 (17.11%) Go
4 64 (12.17%) Scala
5 45 (8.56%) Java
6 42 (7.98%) C#
7 41 (7.79%) JavaScript
8 36 (6.84%) TypeScript
9 21 (3.99%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.85%) R
11 14 (2.66%) Bash
12 12 (2.28%) C++
13 10 (1.90%) PHP
14 7 (1.33%) Rust
15 6 (1.14%) Bicep
16 4 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.76%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.57%) T-SQL
18 2 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
19 1 (0.19%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 86 (16.35%) Degree
2 26 (4.94%) Security Cleared
3 24 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (3.99%) PhD
5 18 (3.42%) Master's Degree
5 18 (3.42%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.47%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.47%) DBS Check
7 10 (1.90%) ACCA
7 10 (1.90%) CIMA
8 7 (1.33%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.14%) CISSP
10 4 (0.76%) CISA
11 3 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.38%) GIAC
12 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.38%) SANS
12 2 (0.38%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.32%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.99%) GDPR
3 19 (3.61%) QA
4 8 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.38%) EU AI Act
5 2 (0.38%) IFRS
5 2 (0.38%) IFRS 17
5 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.38%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 95 (18.06%) Docker
2 57 (10.84%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.95%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (9.32%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.99%) Terraform
3 5 (0.95%) Kubeflow
4 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.38%) Ansible
5 2 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.38%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.38%) Podman
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 133 (25.29%) Microsoft
2 97 (18.44%) Databricks
3 45 (8.56%) Typelevel
4 27 (5.13%) Google
5 16 (3.04%) Adobe
6 12 (2.28%) Palantir
6 12 (2.28%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.90%) Foundry
7 10 (1.90%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.95%) Ericsson
8 5 (0.95%) Mavenir
8 5 (0.95%) Nokia
9 4 (0.76%) Facebook
9 4 (0.76%) SAP
10 2 (0.38%) Civica
10 2 (0.38%) Mercator
10 2 (0.38%) Northgate
10 2 (0.38%) Orchard
10 2 (0.38%) Sony
10 2 (0.38%) Yahoo!