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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 33 99
Rank change year-on-year -28 +66 -1
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 754 1,174 979
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.75% 7.61% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.58% 8.05% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 459 260 760
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £79,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% +21.92% -5.55%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £146,670 £101,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £79,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.36% +13.21% -0.64%

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 16,449 14,587 30,837
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 94.52% 88.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11,886 8,474 23,847
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 19 June 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 25 (3.32%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.06%) Apache
5 6 (0.80%) SAS
6 2 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.40%) Blender
2 3 (0.40%) Maya
3 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.93%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.13%) HFM
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 351 (46.55%) Azure
2 230 (30.50%) AWS
3 172 (22.81%) Azure AI
4 141 (18.70%) GCP
5 97 (12.86%) Azure Machine Learning
6 75 (9.95%) Snowflake
7 69 (9.15%) Power Platform
8 65 (8.62%) Azure DevOps
8 65 (8.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 57 (7.56%) GitHub
10 50 (6.63%) GitHub Copilot
11 37 (4.91%) SaaS
12 36 (4.77%) Azure Data Factory
13 23 (3.05%) Azure Logic Apps
14 22 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
15 21 (2.79%) Vertex AI
16 20 (2.65%) Power Automate
17 19 (2.52%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (2.52%) OneDrive
17 19 (2.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 135 (17.90%) Broadband
2 18 (2.39%) Internet
3 10 (1.33%) Firewall
4 7 (0.93%) 5G
5 6 (0.80%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.80%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) DNS
6 2 (0.27%) VLAN
6 2 (0.27%) VPN
6 2 (0.27%) WireGuard
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) LTE
7 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (17.11%) MongoDB
2 126 (16.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 64 (8.49%) Power BI
4 63 (8.36%) SQL Server
5 42 (5.57%) PostgreSQL
6 34 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (4.38%) Metadata
8 20 (2.65%) Tableau
9 17 (2.25%) Big Data
9 17 (2.25%) BigQuery
10 15 (1.99%) Delta Lake
11 14 (1.86%) Looker
12 13 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.46%) Data Lake
14 9 (1.19%) Apache Iceberg
14 9 (1.19%) NoSQL
15 8 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
15 8 (1.06%) Pinecone
15 8 (1.06%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (2.52%) MLflow
2 16 (2.12%) Git
3 10 (1.33%) GitLab
4 7 (0.93%) JIRA
5 6 (0.80%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.13%) Appium
7 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 181 (24.01%) Finance
2 154 (20.42%) Social Skills
3 95 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (6.37%) Banking
5 39 (5.17%) Marketing
6 34 (4.51%) Games
7 30 (3.98%) Public Sector
7 30 (3.98%) Retail
8 28 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (3.32%) Law
10 24 (3.18%) Advertising
11 22 (2.92%) Legal
12 13 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.19%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.06%) Publishing
15 6 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.66%) Legal Technology
16 5 (0.66%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 201 (26.66%) Developer
2 131 (17.37%) Senior
3 107 (14.19%) .NET Developer
4 99 (13.13%) Lead
5 85 (11.27%) Data Scientist
6 64 (8.49%) Architect
7 54 (7.16%) Data Engineer
7 54 (7.16%) Software Engineer
8 43 (5.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 42 (5.57%) Data Manager
9 42 (5.57%) Engineering Manager
10 37 (4.91%) Senior Data Scientist
11 33 (4.38%) Finance Manager
12 32 (4.24%) Data Architect
13 30 (3.98%) Consultant
13 30 (3.98%) Scala Engineer
13 30 (3.98%) Senior Developer
14 29 (3.85%) Lead Data Scientist
15 28 (3.71%) Machine Learning Engineer
16 27 (3.58%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (18.17%) .NET
2 116 (15.38%) .NET Core
3 104 (13.79%) ASP.NET
3 104 (13.79%) ASP.NET Core
3 104 (13.79%) ML.NET
4 90 (11.94%) React
4 90 (11.94%) RESTful
5 89 (11.80%) PyTorch
6 79 (10.48%) TensorFlow
7 75 (9.95%) CSS
8 74 (9.81%) HTML
9 72 (9.55%) Blazor
10 46 (6.10%) gRPC
11 42 (5.57%) LangChain
12 28 (3.71%) Node.js
13 26 (3.45%) Hugging Face
14 23 (3.05%) JSON
15 22 (2.92%) REST
16 20 (2.65%) Microsoft Graph
16 20 (2.65%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 102 (13.53%) Video\Live Streaming
2 86 (11.41%) Cloud Native
3 85 (11.27%) Distributed Systems
4 54 (7.16%) Over-the-Top Content
5 50 (6.63%) Product Ownership
6 44 (5.84%) Algorithms
7 35 (4.64%) Low-Code
8 32 (4.24%) AI Agents
9 25 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
10 23 (3.05%) Social Media
11 19 (2.52%) Mobile App
12 15 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.86%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.86%) Digital TV
14 13 (1.72%) BBC
14 13 (1.72%) Blog
14 13 (1.72%) iPhone
15 11 (1.46%) Social Network
16 10 (1.33%) Life Science
16 10 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.72%) Android
2 9 (1.19%) Linux
3 3 (0.40%) Windows
4 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.27%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (76.92%) AI
2 243 (32.23%) CI/CD
3 235 (31.17%) Agile
4 225 (29.84%) Data Science
5 194 (25.73%) Roadmaps
6 190 (25.20%) Software Engineering
7 164 (21.75%) Full-Stack Development
8 152 (20.16%) Analytics
9 133 (17.64%) DevOps
10 127 (16.84%) Data Engineering
11 125 (16.58%) Generative AI
12 124 (16.45%) Mentoring
13 117 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
14 103 (13.66%) LLM
15 96 (12.73%) Data Governance
16 90 (11.94%) Decision-Making
17 88 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
18 84 (11.14%) Infrastructure as Code
18 84 (11.14%) Technical Leadership
19 83 (11.01%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 361 (47.88%) Python
2 283 (37.53%) SQL
3 142 (18.83%) C#
4 106 (14.06%) JavaScript
5 100 (13.26%) Go
6 64 (8.49%) Scala
7 50 (6.63%) TypeScript
8 45 (5.97%) Java
9 27 (3.58%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.59%) R
11 11 (1.46%) Bash
12 9 (1.19%) Bicep
12 9 (1.19%) C++
12 9 (1.19%) Rust
13 8 (1.06%) PHP
14 6 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.40%) C
17 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
18 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (10.48%) Degree
2 39 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 26 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.65%) PhD
5 16 (2.12%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.12%) Master's Degree
6 13 (1.72%) DBS Check
7 12 (1.59%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.06%) CISSP
10 7 (0.93%) ACCA
10 7 (0.93%) CIMA
11 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.53%) CISA
12 4 (0.53%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.27%) GIAC
14 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (6.63%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.79%) GDPR
3 20 (2.65%) QA
4 17 (2.25%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.40%) IFRS
5 3 (0.40%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.40%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 127 (16.84%) Docker
2 55 (7.29%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 76 (10.08%) Kubernetes
2 34 (4.51%) Terraform
3 9 (1.19%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.53%) Grafana
6 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.27%) Istio
7 2 (0.27%) linkerd
7 2 (0.27%) Podman
7 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.27%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 240 (31.83%) Microsoft
2 103 (13.66%) Databricks
3 49 (6.50%) Google
4 45 (5.97%) Typelevel
5 25 (3.32%) Facebook
6 20 (2.65%) Adobe
7 15 (1.99%) Foundry
8 12 (1.59%) Apple
8 12 (1.59%) OpenAI
8 12 (1.59%) Sony
8 12 (1.59%) Yahoo!
9 9 (1.19%) Palantir
9 9 (1.19%) Salesforce
10 7 (0.93%) SAP
11 6 (0.80%) Oracle
12 4 (0.53%) HighQ
12 4 (0.53%) Legatics
12 4 (0.53%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.27%) IBM
13 2 (0.27%) Informatica