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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 84 101
Rank change year-on-year -6 +17 -10
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 492 504 892
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.92% 3.90% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 4.11% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 303 305 671
10th Percentile £45,250 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £91,202 £87,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £121,500 £101,250
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 14,170 12,263 28,453
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.10% 94.89% 91.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,712 8,858 23,219
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,959
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 29 March 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 29 (5.89%) Apache Spark
2 19 (3.86%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.42%) CMS
5 5 (1.02%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (0.81%) Apache
6 4 (0.81%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.61%) Confluence
7 3 (0.61%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.20%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (1.22%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.61%) Trello
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.41%) Weka
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (2.03%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.41%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 239 (48.58%) Azure
2 182 (36.99%) AWS
3 126 (25.61%) GCP
4 81 (16.46%) Azure Machine Learning
5 63 (12.80%) Power Platform
6 59 (11.99%) Azure AI
7 51 (10.37%) Snowflake
8 37 (7.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 22 (4.47%) SaaS
10 18 (3.66%) Vertex AI
11 17 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (2.85%) Amazon S3
13 14 (2.85%) Serverless
14 13 (2.64%) Amazon SageMaker
14 13 (2.64%) GitHub
15 12 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (2.24%) Dagster
17 10 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 87 (17.68%) Broadband
2 5 (1.02%) Kerberos
3 3 (0.61%) Network Security
4 2 (0.41%) Firewall
4 2 (0.41%) InfiniBand
5 1 (0.20%) LTE
5 1 (0.20%) Modbus
5 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (11.38%) Power BI
2 48 (9.76%) SQL Server
3 35 (7.11%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (5.89%) Azure SQL Database
5 26 (5.28%) Tableau
6 20 (4.07%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (4.07%) Metadata
6 20 (4.07%) MongoDB
7 16 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (2.85%) Amazon Redshift
8 14 (2.85%) BigQuery
9 13 (2.64%) Data Lake
10 12 (2.44%) Looker
11 11 (2.24%) Delta Lake
11 11 (2.24%) NoSQL
12 10 (2.03%) Apache Iceberg
12 10 (2.03%) Big Data
12 10 (2.03%) Pinecone
12 10 (2.03%) Weaviate
13 6 (1.22%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 19 (3.86%) MLflow
2 15 (3.05%) Git
3 5 (1.02%) Claude Code
4 4 (0.81%) GitLab
4 4 (0.81%) JIRA
5 3 (0.61%) Selenium
5 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.41%) ERwin
6 2 (0.41%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.41%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.20%) Appium
7 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
General
1 129 (26.22%) Social Skills
2 121 (24.59%) Finance
3 75 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (5.69%) Public Sector
5 27 (5.49%) Retail
6 25 (5.08%) Marketing
7 18 (3.66%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.25%) Games
10 15 (3.05%) Legal
11 14 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.44%) Banking
12 12 (2.44%) Law
13 11 (2.24%) Publishing
14 9 (1.83%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.42%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.02%) Advertising
17 5 (1.02%) Back Office
17 5 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 101 (20.53%) Senior
2 68 (13.82%) Lead
3 66 (13.41%) Developer
4 48 (9.76%) Data Engineer
5 43 (8.74%) Software Engineer
6 34 (6.91%) Data Scientist
7 32 (6.50%) Architect
8 30 (6.10%) Engineering Manager
8 30 (6.10%) Scala Engineer
9 29 (5.89%) Data Manager
10 27 (5.49%) Consultant
11 25 (5.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 22 (4.47%) Finance Manager
13 20 (4.07%) Analyst
14 19 (3.86%) Operations Engineer
15 17 (3.46%) .NET Developer
15 17 (3.46%) Data Architect
16 16 (3.25%) Data Analyst
16 16 (3.25%) Machine Learning Engineer
17 15 (3.05%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (12.40%) gRPC
2 49 (9.96%) PyTorch
3 44 (8.94%) TensorFlow
4 40 (8.13%) React
5 30 (6.10%) .NET
6 28 (5.69%) REST
7 27 (5.49%) Kafka
7 27 (5.49%) RESTful
8 23 (4.67%) Node.js
9 20 (4.07%) .NET Core
10 17 (3.46%) CSS
10 17 (3.46%) HTML
10 17 (3.46%) LangChain
11 15 (3.05%) OAuth
12 13 (2.64%) AngularJS
12 13 (2.64%) ASP.NET
12 13 (2.64%) ASP.NET Core
12 13 (2.64%) Blazor
12 13 (2.64%) ML.NET
13 12 (2.44%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 67 (13.62%) Distributed Systems
2 65 (13.21%) Video\Live Streaming
3 51 (10.37%) Cloud Native
4 50 (10.16%) Over-the-Top Content
5 48 (9.76%) Product Ownership
6 41 (8.33%) Algorithms
7 26 (5.28%) AI Agents
8 14 (2.85%) Low-Code
9 12 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (2.24%) Data Structures
11 10 (2.03%) FMCG
11 10 (2.03%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.22%) Educational Technology
13 6 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
13 6 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.22%) Social Media
14 5 (1.02%) Blog
15 4 (0.81%) Robotics
15 4 (0.81%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.05%) Android
1 15 (3.05%) Linux
2 10 (2.03%) Windows
3 5 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.61%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (0.61%) Unix
6 2 (0.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (74.80%) AI
2 166 (33.74%) Data Science
3 158 (32.11%) CI/CD
4 143 (29.07%) Agile
5 141 (28.66%) Analytics
6 122 (24.80%) Software Engineering
7 120 (24.39%) Roadmaps
8 96 (19.51%) DevOps
8 96 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
9 93 (18.90%) Data Engineering
10 86 (17.48%) Microservices
11 84 (17.07%) Containerisation
12 80 (16.26%) Clean Code
13 78 (15.85%) Decision-Making
14 76 (15.45%) Coaching
14 76 (15.45%) Mentoring
15 73 (14.84%) Data Governance
16 72 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
16 72 (14.63%) Generative AI
16 72 (14.63%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 252 (51.22%) Python
2 145 (29.47%) SQL
3 88 (17.89%) Go
4 63 (12.80%) Scala
5 48 (9.76%) Java
6 37 (7.52%) JavaScript
7 36 (7.32%) C#
8 28 (5.69%) TypeScript
9 17 (3.46%) Bash
10 16 (3.25%) PHP
10 16 (3.25%) R
11 14 (2.85%) C++
11 14 (2.85%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.42%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.22%) Rust
14 5 (1.02%) Bicep
14 5 (1.02%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (18.09%) Degree
2 28 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (5.49%) Security Cleared
4 21 (4.27%) PhD
5 20 (4.07%) Master's Degree
6 19 (3.86%) SC Cleared
7 15 (3.05%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.03%) ACCA
8 10 (2.03%) CIMA
8 10 (2.03%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.02%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.81%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.81%) CISA
11 2 (0.41%) CISSP
11 2 (0.41%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.41%) OSCE
11 2 (0.41%) OSCP
11 2 (0.41%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.30%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.47%) GDPR
3 15 (3.05%) QA
4 5 (1.02%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.81%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.41%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.20%) IFRS
7 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.20%) SLA
7 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 100 (20.33%) Docker
2 37 (7.52%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.22%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.41%) Ceph
5 2 (0.41%) Lustre
5 2 (0.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 52 (10.57%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.67%) Terraform
3 9 (1.83%) Ansible
4 5 (1.02%) Kubeflow
5 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.20%) Grafana
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 108 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 74 (15.04%) Databricks
3 45 (9.15%) Typelevel
4 27 (5.49%) Google
5 12 (2.44%) Palantir
5 12 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.24%) OpenAI
7 10 (2.03%) Foundry
8 9 (1.83%) Adobe
9 5 (1.02%) Ericsson
9 5 (1.02%) Mavenir
9 5 (1.02%) Nokia
9 5 (1.02%) SAP
10 4 (0.81%) Facebook
11 3 (0.61%) Dell
11 3 (0.61%) Mercator
12 2 (0.41%) Apple
12 2 (0.41%) Informatica
12 2 (0.41%) Oracle
12 2 (0.41%) Sony