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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 35 76
Rank change year-on-year -27 +41 +22
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 907 1,082 842
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.79% 6.67% 3.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.64% 7.16% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 581 243 515
10th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,026 £80,000 £72,900
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% +9.74% +8.00%
75th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £132,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,026 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.22% +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 19,546 15,102 20,547
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.74% 93.04% 87.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14,050 8,683 12,951
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £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 12 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 22 (2.43%) Apache Spark
1 22 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.76%) Apache
3 14 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.66%) SAS
5 5 (0.55%) Confluence
6 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 12 (1.32%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.33%) Blender
3 3 (0.33%) 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
1 407 (44.87%) Azure
2 257 (28.34%) AWS
3 221 (24.37%) Azure AI
4 124 (13.67%) GCP
5 114 (12.57%) Snowflake
6 98 (10.80%) GitHub
7 89 (9.81%) Azure DevOps
8 81 (8.93%) Azure Machine Learning
9 80 (8.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 78 (8.60%) GitHub Copilot
11 63 (6.95%) Power Platform
12 47 (5.18%) Azure Data Factory
13 41 (4.52%) Amazon Bedrock
14 40 (4.41%) SaaS
15 35 (3.86%) Anthropic Claude
16 26 (2.87%) Microsoft Purview
17 24 (2.65%) Amazon S3
18 21 (2.32%) Azure Databricks
19 19 (2.09%) Azure Logic Apps
19 19 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 84 (9.26%) Broadband
2 30 (3.31%) Internet
3 12 (1.32%) Firewall
4 9 (0.99%) 5G
5 5 (0.55%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.55%) Network Security
6 4 (0.44%) VPN
7 3 (0.33%) BGP
7 3 (0.33%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.33%) LAN
7 3 (0.33%) OSPF
7 3 (0.33%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.33%) 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
1 171 (18.85%) MongoDB
2 166 (18.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (6.62%) Power BI
4 59 (6.50%) SQL Server
5 50 (5.51%) PostgreSQL
6 43 (4.74%) Metadata
7 40 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (3.09%) Big Data
9 20 (2.21%) Delta Lake
10 18 (1.98%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.87%) Data Vault
11 17 (1.87%) NoSQL
11 17 (1.87%) Tableau
12 13 (1.43%) Amazon Athena
13 10 (1.10%) Looker
14 8 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (0.77%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.77%) Hadoop
15 7 (0.77%) Relational Database
15 7 (0.77%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 36 (3.97%) Git
2 32 (3.53%) Claude Code
3 17 (1.87%) MLflow
4 13 (1.43%) JIRA
5 9 (0.99%) GitLab
6 8 (0.88%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.55%) Poetry
7 5 (0.55%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.33%) Appium
9 3 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.33%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.33%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.22%) Selenium
11 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.11%) Mocha
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 296 (32.64%) Finance
2 152 (16.76%) Social Skills
3 117 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (10.03%) Banking
5 82 (9.04%) Marketing
6 43 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (4.30%) Games
8 35 (3.86%) Public Sector
9 34 (3.75%) Law
10 33 (3.64%) Advertising
11 31 (3.42%) Retail
12 28 (3.09%) Legal
13 19 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.43%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.10%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.10%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.77%) Electronics
16 7 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.77%) Military
Job Titles
1 229 (25.25%) Developer
2 150 (16.54%) .NET Developer
3 144 (15.88%) Senior
4 117 (12.90%) Architect
5 102 (11.25%) Data Scientist
6 101 (11.14%) Lead
7 63 (6.95%) Finance Manager
8 61 (6.73%) Software Engineer
9 54 (5.95%) Senior Data Scientist
10 50 (5.51%) Data Engineer
11 46 (5.07%) Data Manager
12 44 (4.85%) Data Architect
13 43 (4.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 40 (4.41%) Lead Data Scientist
15 39 (4.30%) Engineering Manager
16 31 (3.42%) Enterprise Architect
16 31 (3.42%) Senior Developer
17 30 (3.31%) Machine Learning Engineer
18 27 (2.98%) Consultant
19 22 (2.43%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (19.85%) .NET
2 156 (17.20%) .NET Core
3 150 (16.54%) ASP.NET
3 150 (16.54%) ASP.NET Core
3 150 (16.54%) ML.NET
4 115 (12.68%) RESTful
5 112 (12.35%) React
6 98 (10.80%) Blazor
7 96 (10.58%) CSS
8 93 (10.25%) HTML
9 83 (9.15%) PyTorch
10 73 (8.05%) TensorFlow
11 70 (7.72%) LangChain
12 58 (6.39%) Terraform
13 46 (5.07%) LangGraph
14 34 (3.75%) PySpark
15 33 (3.64%) Node.js
16 27 (2.98%) Hugging Face
16 27 (2.98%) scikit-learn
17 23 (2.54%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 118 (13.01%) Cloud Native
2 70 (7.72%) AI Agents
3 66 (7.28%) Blog
4 64 (7.06%) Distributed Systems
5 55 (6.06%) Video\Live Streaming
6 54 (5.95%) Algorithms
7 43 (4.74%) Product Ownership
8 31 (3.42%) Mobile App
9 30 (3.31%) Hedge funds
9 30 (3.31%) Low-Code
10 29 (3.20%) Social Media
11 28 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
12 20 (2.21%) Credit Risk
12 20 (2.21%) Digital TV
13 19 (2.09%) BBC
14 17 (1.87%) iPhone
15 16 (1.76%) Over-the-Top Content
15 16 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
16 15 (1.65%) Onboarding
17 12 (1.32%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.21%) Android
2 15 (1.65%) Linux
3 7 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.55%) Windows
5 3 (0.33%) Unix
6 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 779 (85.89%) AI
2 271 (29.88%) Agile
3 248 (27.34%) Data Science
4 246 (27.12%) CI/CD
5 245 (27.01%) Roadmaps
6 210 (23.15%) Analytics
7 206 (22.71%) Full-Stack Development
8 189 (20.84%) Software Engineering
9 152 (16.76%) DevOps
10 148 (16.32%) LLM
11 133 (14.66%) Data Engineering
12 131 (14.44%) Generative AI
13 129 (14.22%) Mentoring
14 114 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
15 109 (12.02%) Data Governance
16 104 (11.47%) Technical Leadership
17 103 (11.36%) Data Architecture
18 100 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
19 95 (10.47%) Data Modelling
19 95 (10.47%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 373 (41.12%) Python
1 373 (41.12%) SQL
2 188 (20.73%) C#
3 135 (14.88%) JavaScript
4 56 (6.17%) TypeScript
5 49 (5.40%) Go
6 43 (4.74%) Java
7 33 (3.64%) Scala
8 25 (2.76%) PowerShell
9 18 (1.98%) Bicep
10 13 (1.43%) C++
10 13 (1.43%) R
11 10 (1.10%) C
12 9 (0.99%) Rust
13 7 (0.77%) Swift
14 6 (0.66%) Bash
14 6 (0.66%) PHP
15 5 (0.55%) Ada
16 3 (0.33%) Ada 95
16 3 (0.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 91 (10.03%) Degree
2 74 (8.16%) Security Cleared
3 50 (5.51%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.75%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.21%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.09%) Master's Degree
6 19 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (1.87%) PhD
8 16 (1.76%) SnowPro
9 15 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.99%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.88%) CISSP
13 5 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
14 4 (0.44%) CCNP
15 3 (0.33%) CCDP
16 2 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.22%) ISTQB
16 2 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (10.14%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.09%) Accessibility
2 28 (3.09%) QA
3 14 (1.54%) GDPR
4 9 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.44%) IFRS
6 4 (0.44%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.44%) SLA
6 4 (0.44%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.33%) MIL-STD-1553
8 2 (0.22%) COPPA
8 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.22%) JTAG
9 1 (0.11%) GRC
9 1 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 134 (14.77%) Docker
2 55 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.66%) Firmware
4 3 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.33%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 117 (12.90%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.43%) Grafana
3 9 (0.99%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.66%) Ansible
4 6 (0.66%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.33%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.33%) Istio
6 3 (0.33%) linkerd
6 3 (0.33%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.33%) 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
1 298 (32.86%) Microsoft
2 152 (16.76%) Databricks
3 63 (6.95%) Google
4 36 (3.97%) Facebook
5 21 (2.32%) Yahoo!
6 17 (1.87%) Adobe
6 17 (1.87%) Apple
6 17 (1.87%) OpenAI
6 17 (1.87%) Sony
7 15 (1.65%) Foundry
8 11 (1.21%) SAP
8 11 (1.21%) Typelevel
9 5 (0.55%) Oracle
9 5 (0.55%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.44%) HighQ
10 4 (0.44%) Legatics
11 3 (0.33%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.33%) Perforce
11 3 (0.33%) SonicWALL
11 3 (0.33%) VMware