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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 35 69
Rank change year-on-year -35 +34 +24
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 839 1,087 836
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.38% 6.52% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.19% 6.95% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 530 236 477
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,775 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +9.53%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,750 £130,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +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 20,009 15,647 19,099
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.51% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,419 11,293
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,540
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,312 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 10 October 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 (2.86%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.38%) Apache
3 17 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.55%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.72%) Confluence
5 6 (0.72%) SAS
6 3 (0.36%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.24%) IIS
7 2 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (1.43%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) Blender
3 3 (0.36%) Maya
4 2 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 1 (0.12%) Actimize
2 1 (0.12%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 352 (41.95%) Azure
2 246 (29.32%) AWS
3 162 (19.31%) Azure AI
4 120 (14.30%) GCP
5 104 (12.40%) GitHub
6 89 (10.61%) Azure DevOps
7 79 (9.42%) GitHub Copilot
8 73 (8.70%) Snowflake
9 54 (6.44%) Power Platform
10 47 (5.60%) Amazon Bedrock
11 43 (5.13%) SaaS
12 41 (4.89%) Anthropic Claude
13 37 (4.41%) Azure Data Factory
14 28 (3.34%) Azure Machine Learning
15 27 (3.22%) Microsoft Purview
16 25 (2.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 21 (2.50%) Azure Databricks
17 21 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
18 19 (2.26%) Amazon S3
19 18 (2.15%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 53 (6.32%) Broadband
2 30 (3.58%) Internet
3 11 (1.31%) Firewall
4 9 (1.07%) 5G
5 4 (0.48%) Kerberos
5 4 (0.48%) Network Security
5 4 (0.48%) VPN
6 3 (0.36%) BGP
6 3 (0.36%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.36%) LAN
6 3 (0.36%) OSPF
6 3 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.36%) WAN
7 2 (0.24%) ATM
7 2 (0.24%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.24%) DNS
7 2 (0.24%) HTTP
7 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.24%) WireGuard
7 2 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (19.67%) MongoDB
2 146 (17.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 56 (6.67%) Metadata
4 50 (5.96%) PostgreSQL
4 50 (5.96%) Power BI
5 39 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
6 31 (3.69%) Big Data
7 21 (2.50%) Data Lake
7 21 (2.50%) Delta Lake
8 19 (2.26%) Tableau
9 17 (2.03%) Data Vault
9 17 (2.03%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.43%) BigQuery
11 11 (1.31%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (1.31%) Looker
12 10 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.83%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.83%) Relational Database
14 7 (0.83%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 40 (4.77%) Claude Code
2 37 (4.41%) Git
3 22 (2.62%) MLflow
4 12 (1.43%) JIRA
5 10 (1.19%) GitLab
6 8 (0.95%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.60%) Poetry
7 5 (0.60%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.36%) Appium
9 3 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.36%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.24%) Selenium
11 1 (0.12%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.12%) Mocha
11 1 (0.12%) NUnit
11 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 265 (31.59%) Finance
2 147 (17.52%) Social Skills
3 120 (14.30%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (11.68%) Banking
5 86 (10.25%) Marketing
6 46 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (4.77%) Public Sector
8 39 (4.65%) Retail
9 37 (4.41%) Games
10 34 (4.05%) Law
11 33 (3.93%) Advertising
12 31 (3.69%) Legal
13 14 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.55%) Aerospace
15 12 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (1.31%) Financial Institution
17 10 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
18 9 (1.07%) Legal Technology
18 9 (1.07%) Retail Banking
19 7 (0.83%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 211 (25.15%) Developer
2 148 (17.64%) .NET Developer
3 134 (15.97%) Senior
4 112 (13.35%) Architect
5 109 (12.99%) Data Scientist
6 93 (11.08%) Lead
7 65 (7.75%) Software Engineer
8 54 (6.44%) Senior Data Scientist
9 53 (6.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 53 (6.32%) Data Engineer
10 37 (4.41%) Enterprise Architect
10 37 (4.41%) Lead Data Scientist
11 36 (4.29%) Finance Manager
12 35 (4.17%) Data Architect
13 32 (3.81%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 29 (3.46%) Consultant
15 24 (2.86%) Python Engineer
16 22 (2.62%) Analyst
17 20 (2.38%) Lead Developer
17 20 (2.38%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (20.38%) .NET
2 148 (17.64%) ASP.NET
2 148 (17.64%) ASP.NET Core
2 148 (17.64%) ML.NET
3 146 (17.40%) .NET Core
4 115 (13.71%) RESTful
5 102 (12.16%) React
6 97 (11.56%) Blazor
7 88 (10.49%) CSS
8 84 (10.01%) HTML
9 79 (9.42%) PyTorch
10 74 (8.82%) TensorFlow
11 72 (8.58%) LangChain
12 68 (8.10%) Terraform
13 48 (5.72%) LangGraph
14 35 (4.17%) PySpark
15 27 (3.22%) Hugging Face
16 25 (2.98%) Node.js
17 21 (2.50%) scikit-learn
18 17 (2.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 115 (13.71%) Cloud Native
2 78 (9.30%) AI Agents
3 66 (7.87%) Blog
4 57 (6.79%) Distributed Systems
5 50 (5.96%) Algorithms
6 37 (4.41%) Video\Live Streaming
7 36 (4.29%) Hedge funds
8 32 (3.81%) Product Ownership
9 31 (3.69%) Mobile App
10 29 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
11 28 (3.34%) Social Media
12 24 (2.86%) Low-Code
13 21 (2.50%) Credit Risk
14 19 (2.26%) Digital TV
15 18 (2.15%) BBC
16 17 (2.03%) iPhone
17 16 (1.91%) Onboarding
18 15 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
19 12 (1.43%) Data Structures
19 12 (1.43%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.38%) Android
2 15 (1.79%) Linux
3 7 (0.83%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.83%) Windows
4 3 (0.36%) Unix
5 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 727 (86.65%) AI
2 263 (31.35%) Data Science
3 245 (29.20%) CI/CD
4 216 (25.74%) Analytics
5 201 (23.96%) Agile
6 195 (23.24%) Roadmaps
7 190 (22.65%) Full-Stack Development
8 184 (21.93%) Software Engineering
9 145 (17.28%) DevOps
10 141 (16.81%) LLM
11 130 (15.49%) Generative AI
12 123 (14.66%) Mentoring
13 101 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
14 96 (11.44%) Technical Leadership
14 96 (11.44%) Validation
15 93 (11.08%) Data Modelling
16 91 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
16 91 (10.85%) Fintech
17 90 (10.73%) Data Pipeline
17 90 (10.73%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 380 (45.29%) Python
2 326 (38.86%) SQL
3 179 (21.33%) C#
4 120 (14.30%) JavaScript
5 51 (6.08%) Java
6 49 (5.84%) TypeScript
7 40 (4.77%) Go
8 25 (2.98%) Scala
9 19 (2.26%) Bicep
9 19 (2.26%) PowerShell
9 19 (2.26%) R
10 18 (2.15%) Rust
11 12 (1.43%) C++
11 12 (1.43%) Kotlin
12 10 (1.19%) C
13 7 (0.83%) Bash
13 7 (0.83%) Swift
14 6 (0.72%) PHP
15 5 (0.60%) Ada
16 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 82 (9.77%) Degree
2 81 (9.65%) Security Cleared
3 56 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.93%) DV Cleared
5 28 (3.34%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (1.91%) SnowPro
8 14 (1.67%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.95%) DBS Check
10 8 (0.95%) PhD
11 7 (0.83%) CISSP
12 5 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (0.48%) CCNP
14 3 (0.36%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.36%) CCDP
15 2 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 2 (0.24%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (12.40%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.10%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.86%) GDPR
4 20 (2.38%) QA
5 10 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.95%) COPPA
8 4 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.48%) SLA
9 3 (0.36%) IFRS
9 3 (0.36%) IFRS 17
9 3 (0.36%) MIL-STD-1553
9 3 (0.36%) NIST
9 3 (0.36%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.24%) JTAG
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
System Software
1 129 (15.38%) Docker
2 7 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.72%) Firmware
4 5 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.36%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.24%) NFS
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 125 (14.90%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.91%) Grafana
3 12 (1.43%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.72%) Ansible
5 5 (0.60%) Kubeflow
6 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.36%) Istio
7 3 (0.36%) linkerd
7 3 (0.36%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.36%) Puppet
8 2 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.24%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 2 (0.24%) Podman
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 226 (26.94%) Microsoft
2 105 (12.51%) Databricks
3 68 (8.10%) Google
4 35 (4.17%) Facebook
5 20 (2.38%) OpenAI
5 20 (2.38%) Yahoo!
6 17 (2.03%) Apple
7 16 (1.91%) Sony
8 15 (1.79%) Foundry
9 10 (1.19%) Adobe
9 10 (1.19%) SAP
10 6 (0.72%) New Relic
11 5 (0.60%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.60%) Splunk
11 5 (0.60%) VMware
12 4 (0.48%) Oracle
12 4 (0.48%) Palantir
13 3 (0.36%) Cisco
13 3 (0.36%) Forcepoint
13 3 (0.36%) Juniper