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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 69 90
Rank change year-on-year -39 +21 +7
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 395 694 889
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.42% 4.47% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 4.71% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 253 331 665
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £124,794 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.60% +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 14,049 14,744 25,721
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.24% 94.88% 92.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,091 8,753 21,329
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,758
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,080
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,504 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.10% +10.01% -12.00%

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 17 February 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 23 (5.82%) Apache Spark
2 17 (4.30%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.28%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.77%) Apache Solr
4 7 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.52%) CMS
6 5 (1.27%) Apache Pulsar
7 4 (1.01%) Confluence
8 3 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.51%) Apache
10 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.25%) Kinematics
Applications
1 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.01%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.76%) Trello
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.51%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (2.53%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.51%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 189 (47.85%) Azure
2 134 (33.92%) AWS
3 82 (20.76%) GCP
4 54 (13.67%) Power Platform
5 37 (9.37%) Azure Machine Learning
6 29 (7.34%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (6.08%) Entra ID
7 24 (6.08%) SaaS
8 18 (4.56%) Serverless
9 16 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (3.80%) Azure AI
10 15 (3.80%) Snowflake
11 14 (3.54%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (3.29%) Microsoft Purview
13 12 (3.04%) Amazon S3
14 11 (2.78%) Amazon SageMaker
15 10 (2.53%) Vertex AI
16 9 (2.28%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (2.28%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (2.28%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 33 (8.35%) Broadband
2 4 (1.01%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.51%) InfiniBand
3 2 (0.51%) Network Security
4 1 (0.25%) Firewall
4 1 (0.25%) LTE
4 1 (0.25%) Modbus
4 1 (0.25%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.65%) Power BI
2 34 (8.61%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (6.84%) Tableau
4 19 (4.81%) Elasticsearch
5 18 (4.56%) Metadata
6 16 (4.05%) SQL Server
7 14 (3.54%) Amazon Redshift
8 13 (3.29%) BigQuery
9 12 (3.04%) Data Lake
9 12 (3.04%) NoSQL
10 11 (2.78%) Apache Iceberg
10 11 (2.78%) Looker
11 10 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (2.53%) Delta Lake
11 10 (2.53%) Pinecone
11 10 (2.53%) Weaviate
12 9 (2.28%) Big Data
12 9 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (2.03%) MySQL
14 6 (1.52%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 21 (5.32%) MLflow
2 15 (3.80%) Git
3 6 (1.52%) JIRA
4 3 (0.76%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.51%) ERwin
5 2 (0.51%) Selenium
5 2 (0.51%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.51%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.25%) GitLab
General
1 114 (28.86%) Social Skills
2 99 (25.06%) Finance
3 67 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.59%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.33%) Marketing
5 25 (6.33%) Retail
6 20 (5.06%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.29%) Games
7 13 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.29%) Legal
8 11 (2.78%) Law
9 10 (2.53%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.53%) Publishing
10 7 (1.77%) Banking
10 7 (1.77%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.27%) Back Office
11 5 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.01%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 66 (16.71%) Senior
2 58 (14.68%) Lead
3 43 (10.89%) Data Engineer
4 39 (9.87%) Developer
5 37 (9.37%) Software Engineer
6 34 (8.61%) Data Scientist
7 25 (6.33%) Consultant
8 21 (5.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 20 (5.06%) Architect
10 18 (4.56%) Analyst
11 16 (4.05%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 16 (4.05%) Operations Engineer
12 15 (3.80%) Data Analyst
13 13 (3.29%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
13 13 (3.29%) Data Consultant
14 12 (3.04%) Scala Engineer
15 10 (2.53%) Commercial Analyst
15 10 (2.53%) Commercial Data Analyst
15 10 (2.53%) Senior Consultant
16 9 (2.28%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (11.14%) PyTorch
1 44 (11.14%) TensorFlow
2 35 (8.86%) gRPC
3 34 (8.61%) React
4 27 (6.84%) Kafka
5 22 (5.57%) RESTful
6 21 (5.32%) Node.js
6 21 (5.32%) REST
7 14 (3.54%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.54%) Spring
7 14 (3.54%) Spring Boot
8 12 (3.04%) .NET
9 11 (2.78%) LangChain
10 9 (2.28%) Faiss
10 9 (2.28%) OAuth
10 9 (2.28%) PySpark
10 9 (2.28%) vLLM
10 9 (2.28%) WebSockets
11 8 (2.03%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.03%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.16%) Product Ownership
2 49 (12.41%) Cloud Native
3 43 (10.89%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (8.61%) Algorithms
5 29 (7.34%) Video\Live Streaming
6 24 (6.08%) AI Agents
7 21 (5.32%) Over-the-Top Content
8 11 (2.78%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (2.53%) FMCG
10 8 (2.03%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.77%) Educational Technology
11 7 (1.77%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.77%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.27%) Augmented Reality
12 5 (1.27%) Mobile Games
13 4 (1.01%) Blog
13 4 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.01%) Robotics
13 4 (1.01%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.81%) Windows
2 18 (4.56%) Linux
3 16 (4.05%) Android
4 7 (1.77%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.52%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.76%) Robot Operating System
6 3 (0.76%) Unix
7 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (77.22%) AI
2 148 (37.47%) Analytics
3 139 (35.19%) Data Science
4 130 (32.91%) CI/CD
5 99 (25.06%) DevOps
6 95 (24.05%) Agile
7 91 (23.04%) Roadmaps
8 88 (22.28%) Software Engineering
9 74 (18.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 66 (16.71%) Coaching
11 64 (16.20%) Decision-Making
11 64 (16.20%) MLOps
11 64 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
12 61 (15.44%) Containerisation
12 61 (15.44%) Data Pipeline
13 59 (14.94%) LLM
14 57 (14.43%) Business Intelligence
15 56 (14.18%) Generative AI
16 55 (13.92%) Microservices
17 53 (13.42%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 210 (53.16%) Python
2 95 (24.05%) SQL
3 53 (13.42%) Go
4 47 (11.90%) Java
5 33 (8.35%) Scala
6 29 (7.34%) Bash
7 24 (6.08%) JavaScript
7 24 (6.08%) PowerShell
8 23 (5.82%) R
9 18 (4.56%) C++
9 18 (4.56%) PHP
10 17 (4.30%) TypeScript
11 16 (4.05%) C#
12 8 (2.03%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.52%) Rust
14 3 (0.76%) Bicep
14 3 (0.76%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.51%) C
15 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (21.27%) Degree
2 34 (8.61%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (7.09%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.54%) Master's Degree
5 12 (3.04%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.53%) ACCA
6 10 (2.53%) CIMA
6 10 (2.53%) PhD
7 9 (2.28%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.77%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.01%) CISA
9 4 (1.01%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.51%) CFA
10 2 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.51%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.10%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.32%) GDPR
3 5 (1.27%) QA
4 4 (1.01%) EU AI Act
4 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.51%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (17.47%) Docker
2 16 (4.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (2.78%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.51%) Ceph
5 2 (0.51%) Lustre
5 2 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 51 (12.91%) Kubernetes
2 33 (8.35%) Terraform
3 16 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.04%) Ansible
5 7 (1.77%) SCCM
6 3 (0.76%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.25%) Argo
7 1 (0.25%) Grafana
7 1 (0.25%) Istio
7 1 (0.25%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.62%) Databricks
3 18 (4.56%) Typelevel
4 16 (4.05%) Google
5 14 (3.54%) OpenAI
5 14 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.04%) Palantir
7 5 (1.27%) Ericsson
7 5 (1.27%) Mavenir
7 5 (1.27%) Nokia
7 5 (1.27%) SAP
8 3 (0.76%) Dell
8 3 (0.76%) Foundry
8 3 (0.76%) Mercator
9 2 (0.51%) Adobe
9 2 (0.51%) Civica
9 2 (0.51%) Murex
9 2 (0.51%) Northgate
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle
9 2 (0.51%) Orchard