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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 76 87
Rank change year-on-year -33 +11 +10
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 359 685 739
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 4.16% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 4.45% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 252 367 500
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £54,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
75th Percentile £98,125 £86,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £132,500 £100,000 £100,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £77,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% +2.67% +7.14%

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 13,165 15,405 20,125
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.43% 93.51% 93.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8,370 9,087 16,278
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,875 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 January 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 21 (5.85%) Apache Spark
2 18 (5.01%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.51%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.95%) Apache Solr
5 7 (1.95%) CMS
6 5 (1.39%) Apache Pulsar
7 4 (1.11%) Confluence
8 2 (0.56%) Apache
8 2 (0.56%) Luigi
9 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.28%) Kinematics
Applications
1 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.39%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.84%) Trello
4 2 (0.56%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.56%) Sketch
4 2 (0.56%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.67%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.56%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.56%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 193 (53.76%) Azure
2 117 (32.59%) AWS
3 65 (18.11%) GCP
4 53 (14.76%) Power Platform
5 31 (8.64%) Azure Machine Learning
6 30 (8.36%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (7.24%) Entra ID
7 26 (7.24%) SaaS
8 21 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (5.01%) Serverless
10 14 (3.90%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (3.90%) Azure AI
11 13 (3.62%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.62%) GitHub
11 13 (3.62%) Microsoft Purview
11 13 (3.62%) Snowflake
12 11 (3.06%) dbt
13 10 (2.79%) Amazon SageMaker
13 10 (2.79%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (2.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.67%) Broadband
2 3 (0.84%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.56%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.28%) Modbus
4 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (12.81%) Power BI
2 32 (8.91%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (6.41%) Tableau
4 18 (5.01%) SQL Server
5 17 (4.74%) NoSQL
6 15 (4.18%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (3.90%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (3.34%) Data Lake
9 11 (3.06%) Looker
10 10 (2.79%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.79%) BigQuery
10 10 (2.79%) Metadata
10 10 (2.79%) MongoDB
10 10 (2.79%) MySQL
10 10 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (2.51%) Big Data
12 7 (1.95%) Apache Iceberg
13 6 (1.67%) Hadoop
13 6 (1.67%) Pinecone
13 6 (1.67%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 19 (5.29%) Git
2 15 (4.18%) MLflow
3 7 (1.95%) JIRA
4 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.56%) ERwin
5 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.56%) Selenium
5 2 (0.56%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.56%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.28%) GitLab
General
1 99 (27.58%) Social Skills
2 93 (25.91%) Finance
3 58 (16.16%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.64%) Marketing
5 24 (6.69%) Retail
6 23 (6.41%) Public Sector
7 22 (6.13%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.90%) Games
9 10 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.51%) Law
11 7 (1.95%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.95%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.67%) Publishing
13 5 (1.39%) Back Office
13 5 (1.39%) Legal
13 5 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.11%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.11%) Automotive
14 4 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (14.76%) Senior
2 45 (12.53%) Lead
3 39 (10.86%) Data Engineer
4 30 (8.36%) Developer
5 29 (8.08%) Data Scientist
6 26 (7.24%) Software Engineer
7 23 (6.41%) Architect
8 19 (5.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 17 (4.74%) Consultant
10 16 (4.46%) Analyst
11 12 (3.34%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 12 (3.34%) Operations Engineer
12 10 (2.79%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (2.79%) Product Owner
13 9 (2.51%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
14 8 (2.23%) Applications Engineer
14 8 (2.23%) Data Architect
14 8 (2.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 8 (2.23%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 8 (2.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.80%) Kafka
2 27 (7.52%) React
3 26 (7.24%) PyTorch
3 26 (7.24%) TensorFlow
4 23 (6.41%) Node.js
4 23 (6.41%) RESTful
5 20 (5.57%) gRPC
6 19 (5.29%) REST
7 13 (3.62%) scikit-learn
7 13 (3.62%) Spring
8 12 (3.34%) Pandas
8 12 (3.34%) Spring Boot
9 11 (3.06%) .NET
9 11 (3.06%) WebSockets
10 10 (2.79%) FastAPI
11 9 (2.51%) AngularJS
12 8 (2.23%) NumPy
12 8 (2.23%) OAuth
12 8 (2.23%) OAuth2
12 8 (2.23%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 54 (15.04%) Product Ownership
2 43 (11.98%) Cloud Native
3 30 (8.36%) Algorithms
4 28 (7.80%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (6.96%) AI Agents
6 9 (2.51%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.23%) Low-Code
7 8 (2.23%) Reinsurance
7 8 (2.23%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.67%) FMCG
8 6 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.67%) Mobile Games
8 6 (1.67%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.67%) Sports Betting
9 5 (1.39%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (1.39%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (1.39%) Educational Technology
9 5 (1.39%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.11%) Linked Data
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.29%) Windows
2 18 (5.01%) Android
3 15 (4.18%) Linux
4 8 (2.23%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.95%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.84%) Unix
7 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (80.78%) AI
2 150 (41.78%) Analytics
3 115 (32.03%) Data Science
4 101 (28.13%) DevOps
5 99 (27.58%) Agile
6 91 (25.35%) CI/CD
7 83 (23.12%) Roadmaps
8 67 (18.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 59 (16.43%) Decision-Making
9 59 (16.43%) Software Engineering
10 56 (15.60%) Business Intelligence
10 56 (15.60%) Data Pipeline
10 56 (15.60%) LLM
11 53 (14.76%) Computer Science
11 53 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
12 49 (13.65%) Data Engineering
13 43 (11.98%) Coaching
13 43 (11.98%) MLOps
14 42 (11.70%) Containerisation
15 39 (10.86%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 176 (49.03%) Python
2 97 (27.02%) SQL
3 41 (11.42%) Java
4 28 (7.80%) Bash
5 27 (7.52%) Go
5 27 (7.52%) R
6 26 (7.24%) PowerShell
7 24 (6.69%) JavaScript
8 17 (4.74%) TypeScript
9 16 (4.46%) Scala
10 15 (4.18%) C++
11 14 (3.90%) C#
11 14 (3.90%) PHP
12 8 (2.23%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (1.11%) MATLAB
14 4 (1.11%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.84%) Rust
16 2 (0.56%) Bicep
16 2 (0.56%) C
Qualifications
1 79 (22.01%) Degree
2 29 (8.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 29 (8.08%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.90%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.23%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.23%) PhD
6 6 (1.67%) ACCA
6 6 (1.67%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.67%) CIMA
7 4 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.11%) CISA
7 4 (1.11%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.56%) OSCE
9 2 (0.56%) OSCP
9 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.64%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.18%) GDPR
3 6 (1.67%) QA
4 4 (1.11%) EU AI Act
4 4 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.56%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.56%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 49 (13.65%) Docker
2 18 (5.01%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (3.06%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.56%) Ceph
5 2 (0.56%) Lustre
5 2 (0.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 52 (14.48%) Kubernetes
2 33 (9.19%) Terraform
3 18 (5.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (3.90%) Ansible
5 8 (2.23%) SCCM
6 2 (0.56%) Argo
6 2 (0.56%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.56%) Puppet
7 1 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.28%) Istio
7 1 (0.28%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.28%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 64 (17.83%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.86%) Databricks
3 20 (5.57%) Google
4 17 (4.74%) OpenAI
5 13 (3.62%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.95%) Palantir
7 5 (1.39%) Ericsson
7 5 (1.39%) Mavenir
7 5 (1.39%) Nokia
7 5 (1.39%) SAP
8 4 (1.11%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.11%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.11%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.11%) Talend
8 4 (1.11%) Zoho
9 3 (0.84%) Adobe
9 3 (0.84%) Dell
9 3 (0.84%) Genesys
9 3 (0.84%) Mercator
10 2 (0.56%) Murex