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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 75 85
Rank change year-on-year -39 +10 +11
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 377 659 910
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.35% 4.19% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 4.43% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 249 343 677
10th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.58% -7.05%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £102,500 £101,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £77,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.65% +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 13,892 14,889 25,667
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.42% 94.66% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,854 8,791 21,222
10th Percentile £30,038 £36,250 £34,784
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,477
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 10 February 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 (6.63%) Apache Spark
2 19 (5.04%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.65%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.86%) Apache Solr
6 6 (1.59%) CMS
7 5 (1.33%) Apache Pulsar
8 4 (1.06%) Confluence
9 3 (0.80%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.53%) Apache
10 2 (0.53%) Luigi
11 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.27%) Kinematics
Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.06%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.80%) Trello
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.53%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (2.65%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.53%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.53%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 190 (50.40%) Azure
2 125 (33.16%) AWS
3 75 (19.89%) GCP
4 55 (14.59%) Power Platform
5 36 (9.55%) Azure Machine Learning
6 32 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (6.90%) Entra ID
8 24 (6.37%) SaaS
9 18 (4.77%) Serverless
10 17 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (4.24%) Azure AI
12 15 (3.98%) Snowflake
13 14 (3.71%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (3.71%) Microsoft Purview
14 13 (3.45%) Amazon S3
15 11 (2.92%) Amazon SageMaker
16 10 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
16 10 (2.65%) GitHub
16 10 (2.65%) Vertex AI
17 9 (2.39%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.31%) Broadband
2 3 (0.80%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.53%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.27%) LTE
4 1 (0.27%) Modbus
4 1 (0.27%) Network Security
4 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (12.20%) Power BI
2 35 (9.28%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (7.16%) Tableau
4 19 (5.04%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (4.24%) NoSQL
5 16 (4.24%) SQL Server
6 14 (3.71%) Amazon Redshift
6 14 (3.71%) Metadata
7 13 (3.45%) BigQuery
8 12 (3.18%) Data Lake
9 11 (2.92%) Apache Iceberg
9 11 (2.92%) Looker
9 11 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.65%) Pinecone
10 10 (2.65%) Weaviate
11 9 (2.39%) Big Data
11 9 (2.39%) Delta Lake
11 9 (2.39%) MySQL
12 7 (1.86%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (5.31%) MLflow
2 14 (3.71%) Git
3 6 (1.59%) JIRA
4 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.53%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.53%) ERwin
5 2 (0.53%) Selenium
5 2 (0.53%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.53%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.27%) GitLab
General
1 103 (27.32%) Social Skills
2 100 (26.53%) Finance
3 62 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.16%) Marketing
4 27 (7.16%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.63%) Retail
6 19 (5.04%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.71%) Games
8 13 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.18%) Law
10 10 (2.65%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.65%) Publishing
11 7 (1.86%) Banking
11 7 (1.86%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.59%) Legal
13 5 (1.33%) Back Office
13 5 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.06%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 65 (17.24%) Senior
2 54 (14.32%) Lead
3 43 (11.41%) Data Engineer
4 34 (9.02%) Developer
4 34 (9.02%) Software Engineer
5 33 (8.75%) Data Scientist
6 22 (5.84%) Consultant
7 21 (5.57%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 19 (5.04%) Architect
9 17 (4.51%) Analyst
10 16 (4.24%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 15 (3.98%) Operations Engineer
12 14 (3.71%) Data Analyst
13 13 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
14 12 (3.18%) Data Consultant
15 10 (2.65%) Commercial Analyst
15 10 (2.65%) Commercial Data Analyst
16 9 (2.39%) Data Architect
16 9 (2.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 9 (2.39%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (10.88%) PyTorch
2 39 (10.34%) TensorFlow
3 32 (8.49%) React
4 29 (7.69%) Kafka
5 27 (7.16%) gRPC
6 22 (5.84%) Node.js
6 22 (5.84%) RESTful
7 21 (5.57%) REST
8 14 (3.71%) Spring
8 14 (3.71%) Spring Boot
9 13 (3.45%) AngularJS
10 12 (3.18%) .NET
11 10 (2.65%) LangChain
12 9 (2.39%) Faiss
12 9 (2.39%) PySpark
12 9 (2.39%) vLLM
12 9 (2.39%) WebSockets
13 8 (2.12%) FastAPI
13 8 (2.12%) OAuth
13 8 (2.12%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.79%) Product Ownership
2 46 (12.20%) Cloud Native
3 37 (9.81%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (9.55%) Algorithms
5 23 (6.10%) AI Agents
6 16 (4.24%) Video\Live Streaming
7 13 (3.45%) Data Structures
8 12 (3.18%) Over-the-Top Content
9 11 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (2.65%) FMCG
10 10 (2.65%) Low-Code
11 8 (2.12%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.59%) Mobile Games
13 5 (1.33%) Distributed Computing
13 5 (1.33%) Educational Technology
14 4 (1.06%) Blog
14 4 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.06%) Robotics
14 4 (1.06%) Sports Betting
14 4 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.31%) Windows
2 18 (4.77%) Linux
3 16 (4.24%) Android
4 7 (1.86%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.59%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.80%) Robot Operating System
6 3 (0.80%) Unix
7 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (78.51%) AI
2 145 (38.46%) Analytics
3 124 (32.89%) Data Science
4 113 (29.97%) CI/CD
5 100 (26.53%) DevOps
6 94 (24.93%) Agile
7 84 (22.28%) Roadmaps
8 77 (20.42%) Software Engineering
9 73 (19.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 64 (16.98%) Decision-Making
11 60 (15.92%) Data Pipeline
12 58 (15.38%) MLOps
13 57 (15.12%) Business Intelligence
13 57 (15.12%) LLM
14 56 (14.85%) Coaching
14 56 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
15 53 (14.06%) Computer Science
15 53 (14.06%) Generative AI
16 52 (13.79%) Containerisation
17 48 (12.73%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 201 (53.32%) Python
2 99 (26.26%) SQL
3 49 (13.00%) Java
4 44 (11.67%) Go
5 32 (8.49%) Bash
6 26 (6.90%) PowerShell
6 26 (6.90%) Scala
7 24 (6.37%) JavaScript
8 23 (6.10%) R
9 18 (4.77%) C++
9 18 (4.77%) TypeScript
10 17 (4.51%) PHP
11 16 (4.24%) C#
12 8 (2.12%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.59%) Rust
14 3 (0.80%) Bicep
14 3 (0.80%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.80%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.53%) C
15 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (21.22%) Degree
2 31 (8.22%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (7.43%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.71%) Master's Degree
5 12 (3.18%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.65%) ACCA
6 10 (2.65%) CIMA
6 10 (2.65%) PhD
7 7 (1.86%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.33%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.06%) CISA
9 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.80%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.53%) OSCE
11 2 (0.53%) OSCP
11 2 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.49%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.77%) GDPR
3 5 (1.33%) QA
4 4 (1.06%) EU AI Act
4 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.53%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 60 (15.92%) Docker
2 18 (4.77%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (2.92%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.53%) Ceph
5 2 (0.53%) Lustre
5 2 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 52 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 36 (9.55%) Terraform
3 18 (4.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (3.71%) Ansible
5 8 (2.12%) SCCM
6 3 (0.80%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.53%) Argo
7 2 (0.53%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.53%) Puppet
8 1 (0.27%) Grafana
8 1 (0.27%) Istio
8 1 (0.27%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 66 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.08%) Databricks
3 16 (4.24%) Google
4 15 (3.98%) OpenAI
5 14 (3.71%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.18%) Palantir
7 9 (2.39%) Typelevel
8 5 (1.33%) Ericsson
8 5 (1.33%) Mavenir
8 5 (1.33%) Nokia
8 5 (1.33%) SAP
9 3 (0.80%) Dell
9 3 (0.80%) Foundry
9 3 (0.80%) Mercator
10 2 (0.53%) Adobe
10 2 (0.53%) Civica
10 2 (0.53%) Murex
10 2 (0.53%) Northgate
10 2 (0.53%) Oracle
10 2 (0.53%) Orchard