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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 35 105
Rank change year-on-year -26 +70 -7
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 823 1,178 901
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.88% 7.15% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 7.65% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 536 263 684
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +1.71%
75th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £88,125
90th Percentile £118,750 £145,540 £102,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -2.10%

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 17,578 15,394 28,768
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.84% 93.48% 88.98%
Number of salaries quoted 12,832 9,111 21,964
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 10 July 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 24 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.55%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.97%) Apache
5 6 (0.73%) SAS
6 2 (0.24%) Confluence
6 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (0.73%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.36%) Blender
2 3 (0.36%) Maya
3 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.12%) HFM
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 401 (48.72%) Azure
2 242 (29.40%) AWS
3 225 (27.34%) Azure AI
4 145 (17.62%) GCP
5 94 (11.42%) Azure Machine Learning
6 89 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
7 85 (10.33%) GitHub
8 81 (9.84%) Snowflake
9 76 (9.23%) GitHub Copilot
10 70 (8.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 60 (7.29%) Power Platform
12 42 (5.10%) Azure Data Factory
13 40 (4.86%) SaaS
14 23 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.43%) Power Automate
17 19 (2.31%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
17 19 (2.31%) OneDrive
17 19 (2.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 134 (16.28%) Broadband
2 30 (3.65%) Internet
3 10 (1.22%) Firewall
4 7 (0.85%) 5G
5 6 (0.73%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.73%) Network Security
6 3 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.36%) Wireless
7 2 (0.24%) ATM
7 2 (0.24%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.24%) DNS
7 2 (0.24%) UWB
7 2 (0.24%) VLAN
7 2 (0.24%) VPN
7 2 (0.24%) WireGuard
8 1 (0.12%) 4G
8 1 (0.12%) LTE
8 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (21.39%) MongoDB
2 172 (20.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (7.29%) SQL Server
4 56 (6.80%) Power BI
5 46 (5.59%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (4.62%) Metadata
7 35 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (2.19%) Big Data
8 18 (2.19%) Delta Lake
9 15 (1.82%) BigQuery
9 15 (1.82%) Data Lake
10 14 (1.70%) Tableau
11 12 (1.46%) Looker
12 9 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.09%) Data Vault
12 9 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
13 8 (0.97%) Relational Database
14 6 (0.73%) Apache Iceberg
15 5 (0.61%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 19 (2.31%) Git
2 14 (1.70%) MLflow
3 10 (1.22%) GitLab
4 9 (1.09%) Claude Code
4 9 (1.09%) JIRA
5 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.24%) Selenium
7 1 (0.12%) Appium
7 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.12%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.12%) Mocha
7 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 182 (22.11%) Finance
2 163 (19.81%) Social Skills
3 94 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (6.56%) Banking
5 51 (6.20%) Marketing
6 36 (4.37%) Advertising
6 36 (4.37%) Games
7 34 (4.13%) Public Sector
8 30 (3.65%) Law
9 29 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (3.40%) Retail
11 21 (2.55%) Legal
12 14 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.97%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.61%) Legal Technology
16 5 (0.61%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 251 (30.50%) Developer
2 157 (19.08%) .NET Developer
3 135 (16.40%) Senior
4 102 (12.39%) Lead
5 84 (10.21%) Data Scientist
6 76 (9.23%) Architect
7 57 (6.93%) Software Engineer
8 54 (6.56%) Data Engineer
9 44 (5.35%) Senior Data Scientist
10 43 (5.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 43 (5.22%) Engineering Manager
11 42 (5.10%) Data Manager
12 36 (4.37%) Data Architect
12 36 (4.37%) Finance Manager
13 34 (4.13%) Lead Data Scientist
14 32 (3.89%) Senior Developer
15 31 (3.77%) Scala Engineer
16 30 (3.65%) Consultant
17 27 (3.28%) Lead Developer
18 26 (3.16%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (22.72%) .NET
2 162 (19.68%) .NET Core
3 154 (18.71%) ASP.NET
3 154 (18.71%) ASP.NET Core
3 154 (18.71%) ML.NET
4 117 (14.22%) React
5 115 (13.97%) RESTful
6 104 (12.64%) CSS
7 103 (12.52%) Blazor
8 101 (12.27%) HTML
9 87 (10.57%) PyTorch
10 78 (9.48%) TensorFlow
11 48 (5.83%) LangChain
12 46 (5.59%) gRPC
13 30 (3.65%) Node.js
14 27 (3.28%) Hugging Face
15 24 (2.92%) LangGraph
16 23 (2.79%) JSON
16 23 (2.79%) PySpark
17 22 (2.67%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 102 (12.39%) Cloud Native
2 101 (12.27%) Video\Live Streaming
3 90 (10.94%) Distributed Systems
4 53 (6.44%) Over-the-Top Content
5 47 (5.71%) Product Ownership
6 40 (4.86%) AI Agents
6 40 (4.86%) Algorithms
7 34 (4.13%) Greenfield Project
7 34 (4.13%) Low-Code
8 28 (3.40%) Social Media
9 24 (2.92%) Mobile App
10 20 (2.43%) Digital TV
11 18 (2.19%) BBC
12 17 (2.07%) iPhone
13 15 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.70%) Blog
15 12 (1.46%) Data Structures
15 12 (1.46%) Life Science
15 12 (1.46%) Social Network
16 10 (1.22%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.07%) Android
2 13 (1.58%) Linux
3 5 (0.61%) Windows
4 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 657 (79.83%) AI
2 276 (33.54%) CI/CD
3 266 (32.32%) Agile
4 225 (27.34%) Data Science
5 214 (26.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 202 (24.54%) Roadmaps
6 202 (24.54%) Software Engineering
7 157 (19.08%) Analytics
7 157 (19.08%) DevOps
8 139 (16.89%) Mentoring
9 125 (15.19%) Data Engineering
10 123 (14.95%) Generative AI
11 122 (14.82%) Problem-Solving
12 119 (14.46%) LLM
13 100 (12.15%) Technical Leadership
14 99 (12.03%) Decision-Making
15 93 (11.30%) Data Governance
16 91 (11.06%) Infrastructure as Code
17 90 (10.94%) Data Architecture
18 89 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 369 (44.84%) Python
2 327 (39.73%) SQL
3 194 (23.57%) C#
4 135 (16.40%) JavaScript
5 92 (11.18%) Go
6 65 (7.90%) Scala
7 56 (6.80%) TypeScript
8 47 (5.71%) Java
9 27 (3.28%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.58%) Bicep
11 9 (1.09%) Bash
11 9 (1.09%) C++
11 9 (1.09%) PHP
11 9 (1.09%) Rust
12 8 (0.97%) R
13 7 (0.85%) C
14 5 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.24%) Ada
16 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (9.23%) Degree
2 45 (5.47%) Security Cleared
3 31 (3.77%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.43%) PhD
5 17 (2.07%) Azure Certification
6 16 (1.94%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.70%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.58%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.97%) CISSP
10 8 (0.97%) SnowPro
11 4 (0.49%) ACCA
11 4 (0.49%) CIMA
12 3 (0.36%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.24%) GIAC
13 2 (0.24%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.24%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.93%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.43%) QA
3 19 (2.31%) GDPR
4 17 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.36%) IFRS
5 3 (0.36%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.36%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.24%) JTAG
7 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 153 (18.59%) Docker
2 55 (6.68%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.49%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 104 (12.64%) Kubernetes
2 42 (5.10%) Terraform
3 8 (0.97%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.61%) Grafana
6 4 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.24%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.24%) Istio
7 2 (0.24%) linkerd
7 2 (0.24%) Podman
7 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.24%) Puppet
8 1 (0.12%) Ansible
8 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 296 (35.97%) Microsoft
2 111 (13.49%) Databricks
3 63 (7.65%) Google
4 45 (5.47%) Typelevel
5 37 (4.50%) Facebook
6 21 (2.55%) Yahoo!
7 20 (2.43%) Adobe
8 18 (2.19%) Foundry
9 17 (2.07%) Apple
9 17 (2.07%) Sony
10 13 (1.58%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.85%) SAP
12 6 (0.73%) Oracle
12 6 (0.73%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.61%) Palantir
13 5 (0.61%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.49%) HighQ
14 4 (0.49%) Legatics
15 2 (0.24%) Atlassian
15 2 (0.24%) Informatica