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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 35 74
Rank change year-on-year -33 +39 +20
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 858 1,077 855
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.45% 6.40% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 6.82% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 552 229 488
10th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £40,875
25th Percentile £53,506 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +8.00%
75th Percentile £105,313 £100,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £136,125 £132,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +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 20,104 15,790 19,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.81% 93.84% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,346 8,455 11,710
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%

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 3 October 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 23 (2.68%) Apache Spark
2 18 (2.10%) Apache
3 16 (1.86%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.70%) Confluence
5 6 (0.70%) SAS
6 2 (0.23%) IIS
6 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 12 (1.40%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.35%) Blender
3 3 (0.35%) Maya
4 2 (0.23%) Weka
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 1 (0.12%) Actimize
2 1 (0.12%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 371 (43.24%) Azure
2 248 (28.90%) AWS
3 181 (21.10%) Azure AI
4 120 (13.99%) GCP
5 104 (12.12%) GitHub
6 90 (10.49%) Snowflake
7 89 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
8 79 (9.21%) GitHub Copilot
9 56 (6.53%) Power Platform
10 48 (5.59%) Azure Machine Learning
11 47 (5.48%) Amazon Bedrock
12 43 (5.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 43 (5.01%) SaaS
13 41 (4.78%) Anthropic Claude
14 39 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
15 27 (3.15%) Microsoft Purview
16 21 (2.45%) Azure Databricks
16 21 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (2.21%) Amazon S3
18 18 (2.10%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 53 (6.18%) Broadband
2 30 (3.50%) Internet
3 12 (1.40%) Firewall
4 9 (1.05%) 5G
5 5 (0.58%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.58%) Network Security
6 4 (0.47%) VPN
7 3 (0.35%) BGP
7 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.35%) LAN
7 3 (0.35%) OSPF
7 3 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.35%) WAN
8 2 (0.23%) ATM
8 2 (0.23%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.23%) DNS
8 2 (0.23%) HTTP
8 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.23%) WireGuard
8 2 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (19.23%) MongoDB
2 152 (17.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 52 (6.06%) Power BI
4 51 (5.94%) Metadata
5 50 (5.83%) PostgreSQL
6 39 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
7 30 (3.50%) Big Data
8 24 (2.80%) SQL Server
9 21 (2.45%) Data Lake
10 20 (2.33%) Delta Lake
11 19 (2.21%) Tableau
12 17 (1.98%) Data Vault
12 17 (1.98%) NoSQL
13 11 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
13 11 (1.28%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.28%) Looker
14 10 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
16 7 (0.82%) Relational Database
16 7 (0.82%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 40 (4.66%) Claude Code
2 38 (4.43%) Git
3 22 (2.56%) MLflow
4 16 (1.86%) JIRA
5 9 (1.05%) GitLab
6 8 (0.93%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.58%) Poetry
7 5 (0.58%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.35%) Appium
9 3 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.35%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.23%) Selenium
11 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.12%) Mocha
11 1 (0.12%) NUnit
11 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 277 (32.28%) Finance
2 149 (17.37%) Social Skills
3 115 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (11.19%) Banking
5 85 (9.91%) Marketing
6 47 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 39 (4.55%) Retail
8 38 (4.43%) Law
9 37 (4.31%) Games
10 33 (3.85%) Advertising
10 33 (3.85%) Legal
11 16 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.52%) Aerospace
13 12 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.28%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.17%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.82%) Electronics
16 7 (0.82%) Military
Job Titles
1 213 (24.83%) Developer
2 148 (17.25%) .NET Developer
3 136 (15.85%) Senior
4 115 (13.40%) Architect
5 108 (12.59%) Data Scientist
6 93 (10.84%) Lead
7 59 (6.88%) Software Engineer
8 56 (6.53%) Senior Data Scientist
9 51 (5.94%) Data Engineer
10 50 (5.83%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 47 (5.48%) Finance Manager
12 38 (4.43%) Data Architect
12 38 (4.43%) Lead Data Scientist
13 37 (4.31%) Enterprise Architect
14 32 (3.73%) Machine Learning Engineer
15 29 (3.38%) Consultant
16 23 (2.68%) Data Manager
16 23 (2.68%) Python Engineer
17 22 (2.56%) Analyst
17 22 (2.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (20.16%) .NET
2 148 (17.25%) .NET Core
2 148 (17.25%) ASP.NET
2 148 (17.25%) ASP.NET Core
2 148 (17.25%) ML.NET
3 115 (13.40%) RESTful
4 102 (11.89%) React
5 97 (11.31%) Blazor
6 90 (10.49%) CSS
7 86 (10.02%) HTML
8 79 (9.21%) PyTorch
9 74 (8.62%) TensorFlow
10 70 (8.16%) LangChain
11 66 (7.69%) Terraform
12 48 (5.59%) LangGraph
13 33 (3.85%) PySpark
14 27 (3.15%) Hugging Face
15 25 (2.91%) Node.js
16 22 (2.56%) scikit-learn
17 19 (2.21%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 116 (13.52%) Cloud Native
2 80 (9.32%) AI Agents
3 67 (7.81%) Blog
4 57 (6.64%) Distributed Systems
5 49 (5.71%) Algorithms
6 37 (4.31%) Product Ownership
6 37 (4.31%) Video\Live Streaming
7 36 (4.20%) Hedge funds
8 31 (3.61%) Mobile App
9 29 (3.38%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (3.26%) Social Media
11 24 (2.80%) Low-Code
12 21 (2.45%) Credit Risk
13 19 (2.21%) BBC
13 19 (2.21%) Digital TV
14 17 (1.98%) iPhone
15 15 (1.75%) Onboarding
15 15 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
16 13 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
17 12 (1.40%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.33%) Android
2 15 (1.75%) Linux
3 7 (0.82%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.82%) Windows
4 3 (0.35%) Unix
5 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 742 (86.48%) AI
2 254 (29.60%) Data Science
3 244 (28.44%) CI/CD
4 223 (25.99%) Agile
5 214 (24.94%) Analytics
5 214 (24.94%) Roadmaps
6 190 (22.14%) Full-Stack Development
7 175 (20.40%) Software Engineering
8 146 (17.02%) DevOps
9 141 (16.43%) LLM
10 128 (14.92%) Generative AI
11 124 (14.45%) Mentoring
12 100 (11.66%) Problem-Solving
13 98 (11.42%) Technical Leadership
14 93 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 93 (10.84%) Validation
15 92 (10.72%) Data Modelling
16 91 (10.61%) Data Engineering
16 91 (10.61%) Fintech
17 90 (10.49%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 368 (42.89%) Python
2 344 (40.09%) SQL
3 180 (20.98%) C#
4 122 (14.22%) JavaScript
5 46 (5.36%) TypeScript
6 44 (5.13%) Java
7 35 (4.08%) Go
8 23 (2.68%) Scala
9 22 (2.56%) PowerShell
10 19 (2.21%) Bicep
11 17 (1.98%) R
12 13 (1.52%) Rust
13 12 (1.40%) C++
14 10 (1.17%) C
15 7 (0.82%) Bash
15 7 (0.82%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.82%) Swift
16 6 (0.70%) PHP
17 5 (0.58%) Ada
18 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (10.26%) Degree
2 80 (9.32%) Security Cleared
3 56 (6.53%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.96%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.56%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (1.86%) SnowPro
8 15 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.17%) PhD
11 9 (1.05%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.93%) CISSP
13 5 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
14 4 (0.47%) CCNP
15 3 (0.35%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.35%) CCDP
16 2 (0.23%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.23%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (11.54%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.15%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.68%) GDPR
4 21 (2.45%) QA
5 10 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.70%) COPPA
7 4 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.47%) SLA
8 3 (0.35%) IFRS
8 3 (0.35%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.35%) MIL-STD-1553
8 3 (0.35%) NIST
8 3 (0.35%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.23%) JTAG
10 1 (0.12%) GRC
System Software
1 128 (14.92%) Docker
2 21 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.70%) Firmware
5 5 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) NFS
Systems Management
1 124 (14.45%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.86%) Grafana
3 12 (1.40%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.70%) Ansible
5 5 (0.58%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.35%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.35%) Istio
6 3 (0.35%) linkerd
6 3 (0.35%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.35%) Puppet
7 2 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.23%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.23%) Podman
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 248 (28.90%) Microsoft
2 124 (14.45%) Databricks
3 62 (7.23%) Google
4 35 (4.08%) Facebook
5 20 (2.33%) OpenAI
5 20 (2.33%) Yahoo!
6 16 (1.86%) Apple
6 16 (1.86%) Sony
7 13 (1.52%) Foundry
8 12 (1.40%) Adobe
9 10 (1.17%) SAP
10 5 (0.58%) New Relic
10 5 (0.58%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.58%) VMware
11 4 (0.47%) HighQ
11 4 (0.47%) Legatics
11 4 (0.47%) Oracle
11 4 (0.47%) Splunk
12 3 (0.35%) Cisco
12 3 (0.35%) Juniper