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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 38 93
Rank change year-on-year -19 +55 0
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 931 1,106 734
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.08% 6.68% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.94% 7.18% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 583 250 530
10th Percentile £46,500 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% +7.41%
75th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £128,794 £135,250 £102,625
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +3.45%

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 18,830 15,402 21,672
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.54% 92.96% 87.66%
Number of salaries quoted 13,568 8,927 15,410
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,584 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 15 August 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 26 (2.79%) Apache Spark
2 23 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.29%) Apache
4 10 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.64%) SAS
6 5 (0.54%) Confluence
7 2 (0.21%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (1.07%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.32%) Blender
3 3 (0.32%) Maya
4 1 (0.11%) Trello
4 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.11%) HFM
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 416 (44.68%) Azure
2 251 (26.96%) AWS
3 226 (24.27%) Azure AI
4 137 (14.72%) GCP
5 99 (10.63%) Snowflake
6 94 (10.10%) Azure DevOps
6 94 (10.10%) GitHub
7 87 (9.34%) Azure Machine Learning
8 79 (8.49%) GitHub Copilot
9 78 (8.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 64 (6.87%) Power Platform
11 49 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
12 37 (3.97%) SaaS
13 29 (3.11%) Amazon Bedrock
14 24 (2.58%) Microsoft Purview
15 23 (2.47%) Anthropic Claude
16 22 (2.36%) Azure Logic Apps
17 20 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
18 19 (2.04%) Amazon S3
18 19 (2.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 112 (12.03%) Broadband
2 30 (3.22%) Internet
3 13 (1.40%) Firewall
4 7 (0.75%) 5G
5 6 (0.64%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.64%) Network Security
6 3 (0.32%) BGP
6 3 (0.32%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.32%) LAN
6 3 (0.32%) OSPF
6 3 (0.32%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.32%) VPN
6 3 (0.32%) WAN
7 2 (0.21%) ATM
7 2 (0.21%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.21%) DNS
7 2 (0.21%) VLAN
7 2 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.21%) WireGuard
7 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (19.12%) MongoDB
2 174 (18.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 62 (6.66%) Power BI
4 58 (6.23%) SQL Server
5 47 (5.05%) PostgreSQL
6 44 (4.73%) Metadata
7 34 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
8 25 (2.69%) Big Data
9 19 (2.04%) Delta Lake
10 18 (1.93%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.61%) Data Vault
11 15 (1.61%) Tableau
12 13 (1.40%) NoSQL
13 9 (0.97%) Looker
14 8 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
14 8 (0.86%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.75%) Relational Database
15 7 (0.75%) Semantic Layer
16 6 (0.64%) Hadoop
17 5 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 39 (4.19%) Git
2 21 (2.26%) Claude Code
3 16 (1.72%) MLflow
4 13 (1.40%) JIRA
5 11 (1.18%) GitLab
6 8 (0.86%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.43%) Appium
7 4 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.43%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.32%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.32%) Mercurial
8 3 (0.32%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.21%) Selenium
10 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.11%) Mocha
10 1 (0.11%) NUnit
10 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 272 (29.22%) Finance
2 168 (18.05%) Social Skills
3 125 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (9.02%) Marketing
5 70 (7.52%) Banking
6 42 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (4.30%) Games
8 39 (4.19%) Public Sector
9 36 (3.87%) Advertising
10 34 (3.65%) Law
11 31 (3.33%) Legal
12 27 (2.90%) Retail
13 26 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.29%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.07%) Legal Technology
16 9 (0.97%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.75%) Electronics
17 7 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 247 (26.53%) Developer
2 157 (16.86%) .NET Developer
3 154 (16.54%) Senior
4 107 (11.49%) Lead
5 102 (10.96%) Architect
6 99 (10.63%) Data Scientist
7 63 (6.77%) Software Engineer
8 53 (5.69%) Senior Data Scientist
9 51 (5.48%) Finance Manager
10 48 (5.16%) Data Engineer
11 46 (4.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 46 (4.94%) Data Manager
12 42 (4.51%) Data Architect
13 41 (4.40%) Engineering Manager
13 41 (4.40%) Lead Data Scientist
14 34 (3.65%) Senior Developer
15 27 (2.90%) Consultant
15 27 (2.90%) Machine Learning Engineer
16 26 (2.79%) Python Engineer
17 25 (2.69%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (20.41%) .NET
2 164 (17.62%) .NET Core
3 156 (16.76%) ASP.NET
3 156 (16.76%) ASP.NET Core
3 156 (16.76%) ML.NET
4 119 (12.78%) React
5 118 (12.67%) RESTful
6 103 (11.06%) Blazor
7 102 (10.96%) CSS
8 99 (10.63%) HTML
9 84 (9.02%) PyTorch
10 74 (7.95%) TensorFlow
11 65 (6.98%) LangChain
12 41 (4.40%) LangGraph
13 35 (3.76%) Node.js
14 30 (3.22%) PySpark
15 27 (2.90%) gRPC
15 27 (2.90%) Hugging Face
16 25 (2.69%) JSON
16 25 (2.69%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 111 (11.92%) Cloud Native
2 77 (8.27%) Distributed Systems
2 77 (8.27%) Video\Live Streaming
3 62 (6.66%) Blog
4 59 (6.34%) AI Agents
5 54 (5.80%) Algorithms
6 48 (5.16%) Product Ownership
7 33 (3.54%) Over-the-Top Content
8 32 (3.44%) Low-Code
8 32 (3.44%) Mobile App
9 30 (3.22%) Social Media
10 29 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (2.15%) Digital TV
12 18 (1.93%) BBC
12 18 (1.93%) Credit Risk
12 18 (1.93%) Hedge funds
12 18 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.83%) iPhone
14 14 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.15%) Android
2 15 (1.61%) Linux
3 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.54%) Windows
4 3 (0.32%) Unix
5 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (84.21%) AI
2 291 (31.26%) Agile
3 268 (28.79%) CI/CD
4 250 (26.85%) Data Science
5 246 (26.42%) Roadmaps
6 217 (23.31%) Full-Stack Development
7 214 (22.99%) Analytics
8 202 (21.70%) Software Engineering
9 162 (17.40%) DevOps
10 152 (16.33%) LLM
11 141 (15.15%) Mentoring
12 133 (14.29%) Generative AI
12 133 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
13 130 (13.96%) Data Engineering
14 106 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
14 106 (11.39%) Technical Leadership
15 105 (11.28%) Data Governance
15 105 (11.28%) Decision-Making
16 99 (10.63%) Data Architecture
17 96 (10.31%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 391 (42.00%) Python
2 367 (39.42%) SQL
3 198 (21.27%) C#
4 140 (15.04%) JavaScript
5 67 (7.20%) Go
6 60 (6.44%) TypeScript
7 50 (5.37%) Scala
8 44 (4.73%) Java
9 27 (2.90%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.93%) Bicep
11 13 (1.40%) C++
11 13 (1.40%) R
12 10 (1.07%) C
13 9 (0.97%) Rust
14 8 (0.86%) PHP
15 6 (0.64%) Bash
16 5 (0.54%) Ada
16 5 (0.54%) Swift
17 4 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 97 (10.42%) Degree
2 73 (7.84%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.76%) DV Cleared
5 23 (2.47%) Master's Degree
5 23 (2.47%) PhD
6 19 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 17 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.50%) SnowPro
10 13 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.97%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.86%) CISSP
13 4 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.32%) CCDP
14 3 (0.32%) CCNP
14 3 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.21%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.21%) GIAC
15 2 (0.21%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (8.81%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.44%) QA
3 29 (3.11%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.61%) GDPR
5 8 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.43%) IFRS
7 4 (0.43%) IFRS 17
7 4 (0.43%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.32%) MIL-STD-1553
8 3 (0.32%) SLA
9 2 (0.21%) JTAG
10 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 150 (16.11%) Docker
2 55 (5.91%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.64%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.54%) Firmware
5 3 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 118 (12.67%) Kubernetes
2 49 (5.26%) Terraform
3 9 (0.97%) Grafana
4 7 (0.75%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.64%) Ansible
5 6 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.32%) Istio
7 3 (0.32%) linkerd
7 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.32%) Puppet
8 2 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.21%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 2 (0.21%) Podman
9 1 (0.11%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 307 (32.98%) Microsoft
2 139 (14.93%) Databricks
3 69 (7.41%) Google
4 38 (4.08%) Facebook
5 27 (2.90%) Typelevel
6 21 (2.26%) Yahoo!
7 19 (2.04%) Adobe
8 18 (1.93%) Foundry
9 17 (1.83%) Apple
9 17 (1.83%) Sony
10 15 (1.61%) OpenAI
11 12 (1.29%) SAP
12 5 (0.54%) Oracle
12 5 (0.54%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.43%) HighQ
13 4 (0.43%) Legatics
14 3 (0.32%) Palo Alto
14 3 (0.32%) Perforce
14 3 (0.32%) SonicWALL
14 3 (0.32%) VMware