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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 35 77
Rank change year-on-year -31 +42 +20
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 890 1,077 853
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.66% 6.60% 3.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.49% 7.08% 4.14%
Number of salaries quoted 584 235 506
10th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +8.00%
75th Percentile £107,500 £101,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £132,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% -

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 19,826 15,207 20,601
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.45% 93.22% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,213 8,631 12,628
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,812 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 18 September 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 (2.36%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.80%) Apache
4 13 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.67%) SAS
6 5 (0.56%) Confluence
7 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 11 (1.24%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) Blender
3 3 (0.34%) Maya
4 2 (0.22%) Weka
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.11%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 1 (0.11%) HFM
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 401 (45.06%) Azure
2 250 (28.09%) AWS
3 217 (24.38%) Azure AI
4 121 (13.60%) GCP
5 118 (13.26%) Snowflake
6 98 (11.01%) GitHub
7 89 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
8 80 (8.99%) Azure Machine Learning
8 80 (8.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 78 (8.76%) GitHub Copilot
10 60 (6.74%) Power Platform
11 44 (4.94%) Amazon Bedrock
11 44 (4.94%) Azure Data Factory
12 41 (4.61%) SaaS
13 38 (4.27%) Anthropic Claude
14 26 (2.92%) Microsoft Purview
15 21 (2.36%) Azure Databricks
16 20 (2.25%) Amazon S3
17 18 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
18 17 (1.91%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.19%) Broadband
2 30 (3.37%) Internet
3 12 (1.35%) Firewall
4 9 (1.01%) 5G
5 5 (0.56%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.56%) Network Security
6 4 (0.45%) VPN
7 3 (0.34%) BGP
7 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.34%) LAN
7 3 (0.34%) OSPF
7 3 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.34%) WAN
8 2 (0.22%) ATM
8 2 (0.22%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.22%) DNS
8 2 (0.22%) VLAN
8 2 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.22%) WireGuard
8 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (18.54%) MongoDB
2 163 (18.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 59 (6.63%) SQL Server
4 57 (6.40%) Power BI
5 45 (5.06%) Metadata
5 45 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
7 27 (3.03%) Big Data
8 20 (2.25%) Delta Lake
9 18 (2.02%) Data Lake
10 17 (1.91%) Data Vault
11 16 (1.80%) NoSQL
11 16 (1.80%) Tableau
12 11 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
12 11 (1.24%) Looker
13 8 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.90%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.79%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.79%) Relational Database
14 7 (0.79%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 36 (4.04%) Claude Code
2 35 (3.93%) Git
3 19 (2.13%) MLflow
4 13 (1.46%) JIRA
5 8 (0.90%) GitLab
5 8 (0.90%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.56%) Poetry
6 5 (0.56%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.34%) Appium
8 3 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.34%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.34%) Mercurial
8 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.22%) Selenium
10 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.11%) Mocha
10 1 (0.11%) NUnit
10 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 299 (33.60%) Finance
2 149 (16.74%) Social Skills
3 112 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (10.56%) Banking
5 83 (9.33%) Marketing
6 45 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (4.04%) Law
8 35 (3.93%) Public Sector
8 35 (3.93%) Retail
9 34 (3.82%) Games
10 33 (3.71%) Advertising
11 30 (3.37%) Legal
12 17 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.46%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.12%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.12%) Legal Technology
14 10 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.79%) Electronics
15 7 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 223 (25.06%) Developer
2 149 (16.74%) .NET Developer
3 136 (15.28%) Senior
4 120 (13.48%) Architect
5 102 (11.46%) Data Scientist
6 97 (10.90%) Lead
7 66 (7.42%) Finance Manager
8 59 (6.63%) Software Engineer
9 52 (5.84%) Senior Data Scientist
10 48 (5.39%) Data Engineer
11 46 (5.17%) Data Manager
12 45 (5.06%) Data Architect
13 43 (4.83%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 39 (4.38%) Lead Data Scientist
15 36 (4.04%) Engineering Manager
16 34 (3.82%) Enterprise Architect
17 30 (3.37%) Machine Learning Engineer
18 28 (3.15%) Consultant
18 28 (3.15%) Senior Developer
19 21 (2.36%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (19.89%) .NET
2 153 (17.19%) .NET Core
3 149 (16.74%) ASP.NET
3 149 (16.74%) ASP.NET Core
3 149 (16.74%) ML.NET
4 114 (12.81%) RESTful
5 109 (12.25%) React
6 98 (11.01%) Blazor
7 93 (10.45%) CSS
8 90 (10.11%) HTML
9 78 (8.76%) PyTorch
10 73 (8.20%) TensorFlow
11 68 (7.64%) LangChain
12 60 (6.74%) Terraform
13 46 (5.17%) LangGraph
14 33 (3.71%) PySpark
15 30 (3.37%) Node.js
16 26 (2.92%) Hugging Face
17 22 (2.47%) scikit-learn
18 21 (2.36%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 116 (13.03%) Cloud Native
2 75 (8.43%) AI Agents
3 67 (7.53%) Blog
4 64 (7.19%) Distributed Systems
5 49 (5.51%) Algorithms
6 48 (5.39%) Video\Live Streaming
7 38 (4.27%) Product Ownership
8 33 (3.71%) Hedge funds
9 31 (3.48%) Mobile App
10 29 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
10 29 (3.26%) Social Media
11 25 (2.81%) Low-Code
12 20 (2.25%) BBC
12 20 (2.25%) Credit Risk
13 19 (2.13%) Digital TV
14 17 (1.91%) iPhone
15 15 (1.69%) Onboarding
15 15 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
16 14 (1.57%) Over-the-Top Content
17 12 (1.35%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.25%) Android
2 15 (1.69%) Linux
3 7 (0.79%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.56%) Windows
5 3 (0.34%) Unix
6 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 765 (85.96%) AI
2 259 (29.10%) Agile
3 249 (27.98%) Roadmaps
4 247 (27.75%) Data Science
5 243 (27.30%) CI/CD
6 210 (23.60%) Analytics
7 196 (22.02%) Full-Stack Development
8 176 (19.78%) Software Engineering
9 149 (16.74%) DevOps
10 139 (15.62%) LLM
11 128 (14.38%) Data Engineering
12 125 (14.04%) Generative AI
13 122 (13.71%) Mentoring
14 109 (12.25%) Data Governance
15 105 (11.80%) Data Architecture
15 105 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
16 100 (11.24%) Technical Leadership
17 91 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
17 91 (10.22%) Fintech
18 90 (10.11%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 370 (41.57%) SQL
2 353 (39.66%) Python
3 186 (20.90%) C#
4 130 (14.61%) JavaScript
5 51 (5.73%) TypeScript
6 42 (4.72%) Go
7 37 (4.16%) Java
8 31 (3.48%) Scala
9 23 (2.58%) PowerShell
10 18 (2.02%) Bicep
11 14 (1.57%) R
12 12 (1.35%) C++
13 10 (1.12%) C
14 9 (1.01%) Rust
15 7 (0.79%) Swift
16 6 (0.67%) Bash
16 6 (0.67%) PHP
17 5 (0.56%) Ada
18 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 3 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 86 (9.66%) Degree
2 75 (8.43%) Security Cleared
3 51 (5.73%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.82%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.13%) Azure Certification
5 19 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (1.80%) SnowPro
7 15 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.57%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.24%) PhD
11 9 (1.01%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.90%) CISSP
13 5 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
14 4 (0.45%) CCNP
15 3 (0.34%) CCDP
16 2 (0.22%) GIAC
16 2 (0.22%) ISTQB
16 2 (0.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (10.45%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.70%) QA
4 16 (1.80%) GDPR
5 10 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.45%) IFRS
7 4 (0.45%) IFRS 17
7 4 (0.45%) SLA
7 4 (0.45%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.34%) MIL-STD-1553
9 2 (0.22%) COPPA
9 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.22%) JTAG
9 2 (0.22%) NIST
10 1 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 132 (14.83%) Docker
2 55 (6.18%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.67%) Firmware
4 3 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.34%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 118 (13.26%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.46%) Grafana
3 10 (1.12%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.67%) Ansible
4 6 (0.67%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.34%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.34%) Istio
6 3 (0.34%) linkerd
6 3 (0.34%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.34%) Puppet
7 2 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.22%) Podman
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.11%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 294 (33.03%) Microsoft
2 154 (17.30%) Databricks
3 56 (6.29%) Google
4 36 (4.04%) Facebook
5 21 (2.36%) Yahoo!
6 18 (2.02%) OpenAI
7 17 (1.91%) Apple
7 17 (1.91%) Sony
8 15 (1.69%) Adobe
9 12 (1.35%) Foundry
10 11 (1.24%) SAP
11 9 (1.01%) Typelevel
12 5 (0.56%) Oracle
12 5 (0.56%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.45%) HighQ
13 4 (0.45%) Legatics
14 3 (0.34%) Cisco
14 3 (0.34%) Forcepoint
14 3 (0.34%) Juniper
14 3 (0.34%) SonicWALL