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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 35 108
Rank change year-on-year -27 +73 -13
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 870 1,159 731
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.98% 7.03% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.80% 7.55% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 556 250 535
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,400 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,775 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,375 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +5.82%

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 18,117 15,347 24,174
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.98% 93.11% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13,143 9,074 17,866
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 26 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 25 (2.87%) Apache Spark
2 24 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.26%) Apache
4 10 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.69%) SAS
6 3 (0.34%) Confluence
7 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.34%) Blender
2 3 (0.34%) Maya
3 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.11%) HFM
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 410 (47.13%) Azure
2 251 (28.85%) AWS
3 225 (25.86%) Azure AI
4 147 (16.90%) GCP
5 92 (10.57%) Azure DevOps
6 90 (10.34%) GitHub
7 89 (10.23%) Azure Machine Learning
8 88 (10.11%) Snowflake
9 78 (8.97%) GitHub Copilot
10 72 (8.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 62 (7.13%) Power Platform
12 44 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
13 39 (4.48%) SaaS
14 23 (2.64%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.30%) Amazon Bedrock
16 20 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (2.30%) Power Automate
17 19 (2.18%) OneDrive
17 19 (2.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 133 (15.29%) Broadband
2 30 (3.45%) Internet
3 12 (1.38%) Firewall
4 7 (0.80%) 5G
4 7 (0.80%) Kerberos
4 7 (0.80%) Network Security
5 2 (0.23%) ATM
5 2 (0.23%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.23%) DNS
5 2 (0.23%) UWB
5 2 (0.23%) VLAN
5 2 (0.23%) VPN
5 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.23%) WireGuard
5 2 (0.23%) Wireless
6 1 (0.11%) 4G
6 1 (0.11%) BGP
6 1 (0.11%) LAN
6 1 (0.11%) OSPF
6 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (20.23%) MongoDB
2 172 (19.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (6.90%) SQL Server
4 58 (6.67%) Power BI
5 45 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
6 39 (4.48%) Metadata
7 32 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (2.64%) Big Data
9 18 (2.07%) Delta Lake
10 16 (1.84%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.72%) Tableau
12 11 (1.26%) Data Vault
13 10 (1.15%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.15%) Looker
14 8 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
15 7 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.80%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.80%) Relational Database
16 4 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 29 (3.33%) Git
2 16 (1.84%) MLflow
3 14 (1.61%) Claude Code
4 11 (1.26%) GitLab
4 11 (1.26%) JIRA
5 6 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.23%) Appium
6 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.23%) Selenium
6 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.11%) Mocha
7 1 (0.11%) NUnit
7 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 209 (24.02%) Finance
2 163 (18.74%) Social Skills
3 103 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (7.36%) Marketing
5 60 (6.90%) Banking
6 40 (4.60%) Games
7 36 (4.14%) Advertising
8 35 (4.02%) Public Sector
9 32 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 31 (3.56%) Law
11 28 (3.22%) Legal
12 26 (2.99%) Retail
13 17 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.03%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.03%) Legal Technology
15 8 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.80%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
18 4 (0.46%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 254 (29.20%) Developer
2 156 (17.93%) .NET Developer
3 147 (16.90%) Senior
4 101 (11.61%) Lead
5 96 (11.03%) Data Scientist
6 84 (9.66%) Architect
7 61 (7.01%) Software Engineer
8 51 (5.86%) Data Engineer
9 46 (5.29%) Senior Data Scientist
10 44 (5.06%) Data Manager
11 43 (4.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 42 (4.83%) Engineering Manager
12 42 (4.83%) Finance Manager
13 37 (4.25%) Data Architect
14 35 (4.02%) Lead Data Scientist
15 34 (3.91%) Senior Developer
16 32 (3.68%) Consultant
17 31 (3.56%) Scala Engineer
18 27 (3.10%) Lead Developer
19 25 (2.87%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (21.49%) .NET
2 162 (18.62%) .NET Core
3 154 (17.70%) ASP.NET
3 154 (17.70%) ASP.NET Core
3 154 (17.70%) ML.NET
4 119 (13.68%) React
5 117 (13.45%) RESTful
6 103 (11.84%) CSS
7 102 (11.72%) Blazor
8 100 (11.49%) HTML
9 85 (9.77%) PyTorch
10 76 (8.74%) TensorFlow
11 56 (6.44%) LangChain
12 45 (5.17%) gRPC
13 35 (4.02%) Node.js
14 32 (3.68%) LangGraph
15 27 (3.10%) Hugging Face
16 26 (2.99%) PySpark
17 25 (2.87%) scikit-learn
18 24 (2.76%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 107 (12.30%) Cloud Native
2 100 (11.49%) Video\Live Streaming
3 92 (10.57%) Distributed Systems
4 52 (5.98%) Over-the-Top Content
5 48 (5.52%) AI Agents
6 47 (5.40%) Product Ownership
7 46 (5.29%) Algorithms
8 34 (3.91%) Low-Code
9 31 (3.56%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (3.22%) Social Media
11 26 (2.99%) Blog
11 26 (2.99%) Mobile App
12 20 (2.30%) Digital TV
13 18 (2.07%) BBC
14 17 (1.95%) iPhone
15 16 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (1.38%) Life Science
16 12 (1.38%) Social Network
17 11 (1.26%) Data Structures
18 10 (1.15%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.07%) Android
2 11 (1.26%) Linux
3 6 (0.69%) Windows
4 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 703 (80.80%) AI
2 284 (32.64%) CI/CD
3 278 (31.95%) Agile
4 248 (28.51%) Data Science
5 221 (25.40%) Roadmaps
6 214 (24.60%) Full-Stack Development
7 206 (23.68%) Software Engineering
8 180 (20.69%) Analytics
9 158 (18.16%) DevOps
10 143 (16.44%) Mentoring
11 132 (15.17%) LLM
11 132 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
12 126 (14.48%) Generative AI
13 124 (14.25%) Data Engineering
14 105 (12.07%) Technical Leadership
15 100 (11.49%) Decision-Making
16 98 (11.26%) Data Governance
17 97 (11.15%) Infrastructure as Code
18 95 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
19 92 (10.57%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 387 (44.48%) Python
2 340 (39.08%) SQL
3 194 (22.30%) C#
4 136 (15.63%) JavaScript
5 88 (10.11%) Go
6 65 (7.47%) Scala
7 58 (6.67%) TypeScript
8 41 (4.71%) Java
9 28 (3.22%) PowerShell
10 15 (1.72%) Bicep
11 11 (1.26%) R
12 8 (0.92%) Bash
12 8 (0.92%) PHP
13 7 (0.80%) C
13 7 (0.80%) C++
14 6 (0.69%) Rust
15 5 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
17 2 (0.23%) Ada
17 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (9.66%) Degree
2 51 (5.86%) Security Cleared
3 35 (4.02%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.18%) DV Cleared
4 19 (2.18%) PhD
5 17 (1.95%) Azure Certification
6 16 (1.84%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.49%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.15%) SnowPro
10 9 (1.03%) CISSP
11 6 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.23%) ACCA
13 2 (0.23%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.23%) CIMA
13 2 (0.23%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.23%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 25 (2.87%) QA
3 21 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.18%) GDPR
5 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.34%) IFRS
7 3 (0.34%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.34%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.23%) JTAG
8 2 (0.23%) SLA
9 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 159 (18.28%) Docker
2 55 (6.32%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.46%) Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 108 (12.41%) Kubernetes
2 45 (5.17%) Terraform
3 7 (0.80%) Grafana
3 7 (0.80%) Kubeflow
3 7 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.57%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.34%) Ansible
5 3 (0.34%) Istio
5 3 (0.34%) linkerd
5 3 (0.34%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.34%) Puppet
6 2 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.23%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 2 (0.23%) Podman
7 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.11%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 302 (34.71%) Microsoft
2 124 (14.25%) Databricks
3 65 (7.47%) Google
4 45 (5.17%) Typelevel
5 37 (4.25%) Facebook
6 21 (2.41%) Yahoo!
7 20 (2.30%) Adobe
8 18 (2.07%) Foundry
9 17 (1.95%) Apple
9 17 (1.95%) Sony
10 16 (1.84%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.80%) SAP
12 5 (0.57%) Oracle
12 5 (0.57%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.46%) HighQ
13 4 (0.46%) Legatics
13 4 (0.46%) Salesforce
14 3 (0.34%) Palantir
15 2 (0.23%) Atlassian
15 2 (0.23%) New Relic