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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 32 100
Rank change year-on-year -35 +68 -1
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 675 1,183 961
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.53% 7.94% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 8.38% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 407 264 760
10th Percentile £46,050 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £54,375 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.94% -3.52%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £119,250 £145,160 £101,250
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 15,796 14,113 30,098
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.60% 94.78% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,308 8,284 23,565
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 2 June 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 26 (3.85%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.56%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.04%) Apache
5 6 (0.89%) SAS
6 3 (0.44%) CMS
7 2 (0.30%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.15%) Confluence
8 1 (0.15%) Kinematics
Applications
1 6 (0.89%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.30%) Blender
2 2 (0.30%) Maya
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.04%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.15%) HFM
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 301 (44.59%) Azure
2 212 (31.41%) AWS
3 135 (20.00%) GCP
4 124 (18.37%) Azure AI
5 101 (14.96%) Azure Machine Learning
6 72 (10.67%) Snowflake
7 71 (10.52%) Power Platform
8 60 (8.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 43 (6.37%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (5.33%) GitHub
11 35 (5.19%) SaaS
12 31 (4.59%) Azure Data Factory
13 29 (4.30%) GitHub Copilot
14 23 (3.41%) Azure Logic Apps
14 23 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
15 21 (3.11%) Vertex AI
16 20 (2.96%) Power Automate
17 19 (2.81%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (2.81%) OneDrive
17 19 (2.81%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 125 (18.52%) Broadband
2 10 (1.48%) Firewall
3 8 (1.19%) Internet
4 7 (1.04%) 5G
5 6 (0.89%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.89%) Network Security
6 2 (0.30%) DNS
6 2 (0.30%) VLAN
6 2 (0.30%) VPN
6 2 (0.30%) WireGuard
7 1 (0.15%) 4G
7 1 (0.15%) LTE
7 1 (0.15%) Modbus
7 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (12.89%) Azure SQL Database
2 78 (11.56%) MongoDB
3 66 (9.78%) SQL Server
4 65 (9.63%) Power BI
5 34 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
7 27 (4.00%) Metadata
8 20 (2.96%) Tableau
9 18 (2.67%) Big Data
10 16 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (2.22%) BigQuery
11 15 (2.22%) Looker
12 13 (1.93%) Delta Lake
13 12 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.48%) Apache Iceberg
14 10 (1.48%) Pinecone
15 9 (1.33%) NoSQL
15 9 (1.33%) Relational Database
15 9 (1.33%) Weaviate
16 8 (1.19%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 21 (3.11%) MLflow
2 15 (2.22%) Git
3 9 (1.33%) GitLab
4 6 (0.89%) Claude Code
4 6 (0.89%) JIRA
5 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 170 (25.19%) Finance
2 143 (21.19%) Social Skills
3 97 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (5.63%) Banking
5 31 (4.59%) Retail
6 27 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (3.85%) Marketing
8 25 (3.70%) Law
8 25 (3.70%) Public Sector
9 24 (3.56%) Games
10 22 (3.26%) Legal
11 13 (1.93%) Advertising
11 13 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.19%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.19%) Publishing
13 8 (1.19%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.74%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (21.19%) Developer
2 127 (18.81%) Senior
3 90 (13.33%) Lead
4 79 (11.70%) Data Scientist
5 62 (9.19%) .NET Developer
6 56 (8.30%) Software Engineer
7 54 (8.00%) Data Engineer
8 50 (7.41%) Architect
9 42 (6.22%) Data Manager
9 42 (6.22%) Engineering Manager
10 39 (5.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 33 (4.89%) Finance Manager
12 32 (4.74%) Senior Data Scientist
13 30 (4.44%) Consultant
13 30 (4.44%) Scala Engineer
14 28 (4.15%) Machine Learning Engineer
15 27 (4.00%) Senior Developer
16 23 (3.41%) Data Architect
16 23 (3.41%) Lead Data Scientist
17 21 (3.11%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (13.78%) .NET
2 78 (11.56%) PyTorch
3 76 (11.26%) .NET Core
4 72 (10.67%) TensorFlow
5 64 (9.48%) React
6 59 (8.74%) ASP.NET
6 59 (8.74%) ASP.NET Core
6 59 (8.74%) ML.NET
6 59 (8.74%) RESTful
7 52 (7.70%) CSS
7 52 (7.70%) HTML
8 50 (7.41%) gRPC
9 40 (5.93%) Blazor
10 36 (5.33%) LangChain
11 29 (4.30%) Node.js
12 24 (3.56%) REST
13 23 (3.41%) JSON
14 21 (3.11%) Hugging Face
15 20 (2.96%) Microsoft Graph
16 19 (2.81%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 91 (13.48%) Video\Live Streaming
2 75 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
3 65 (9.63%) Cloud Native
4 52 (7.70%) Over-the-Top Content
5 50 (7.41%) Product Ownership
6 47 (6.96%) Algorithms
7 29 (4.30%) AI Agents
8 28 (4.15%) Low-Code
9 18 (2.67%) Social Media
10 17 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
11 15 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.93%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.93%) Mobile App
13 12 (1.78%) Blog
14 10 (1.48%) Cyberattack
14 10 (1.48%) Life Science
15 9 (1.33%) Digital TV
15 9 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (1.33%) Virtual Team
16 8 (1.19%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.48%) Android
2 9 (1.33%) Linux
3 3 (0.44%) Robot Operating System
3 3 (0.44%) Windows
4 2 (0.30%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (74.22%) AI
2 215 (31.85%) Data Science
3 209 (30.96%) CI/CD
4 205 (30.37%) Agile
5 179 (26.52%) Roadmaps
6 171 (25.33%) Software Engineering
7 153 (22.67%) Analytics
8 124 (18.37%) Data Engineering
9 115 (17.04%) DevOps
10 113 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
11 111 (16.44%) Generative AI
12 108 (16.00%) Full-Stack Development
13 105 (15.56%) Mentoring
14 94 (13.93%) Data Governance
15 91 (13.48%) LLM
16 88 (13.04%) Clean Code
17 87 (12.89%) Decision-Making
18 81 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
18 81 (12.00%) Microservices
19 77 (11.41%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 341 (50.52%) Python
2 239 (35.41%) SQL
3 99 (14.67%) C#
4 98 (14.52%) Go
5 82 (12.15%) JavaScript
6 62 (9.19%) Scala
7 46 (6.81%) Java
7 46 (6.81%) TypeScript
8 27 (4.00%) PowerShell
9 15 (2.22%) R
10 13 (1.93%) Bash
11 10 (1.48%) C++
11 10 (1.48%) Rust
12 8 (1.19%) PHP
13 6 (0.89%) Bicep
13 6 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.44%) C
15 3 (0.44%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (12.30%) Degree
2 34 (5.04%) Security Cleared
3 21 (3.11%) PhD
3 21 (3.11%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.22%) Master's Degree
5 13 (1.93%) DBS Check
6 12 (1.78%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.63%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.19%) CISSP
9 7 (1.04%) ACCA
9 7 (1.04%) CIMA
10 4 (0.59%) CISA
11 3 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.30%) GIAC
12 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.30%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.22%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.96%) GDPR
2 20 (2.96%) QA
3 16 (2.37%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.44%) IFRS
4 3 (0.44%) IFRS 17
4 3 (0.44%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 110 (16.30%) Docker
2 55 (8.15%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.89%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 58 (8.59%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.00%) Terraform
3 7 (1.04%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.44%) Grafana
6 2 (0.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 2 (0.30%) Podman
6 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.15%) Ansible
7 1 (0.15%) Istio
7 1 (0.15%) linkerd
7 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 192 (28.44%) Microsoft
2 97 (14.37%) Databricks
3 45 (6.67%) Typelevel
4 35 (5.19%) Google
5 20 (2.96%) Adobe
6 13 (1.93%) OpenAI
7 12 (1.78%) Facebook
8 11 (1.63%) Foundry
8 11 (1.63%) Palantir
9 8 (1.19%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.04%) Apple
10 7 (1.04%) SAP
10 7 (1.04%) Sony
10 7 (1.04%) Yahoo!
11 5 (0.74%) Oracle
12 4 (0.59%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.30%) IBM
13 2 (0.30%) Informatica
14 1 (0.15%) Cognizant
14 1 (0.15%) Nokia