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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 73 89
Rank change year-on-year +21 +16 -6
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 740 745 764
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.70% 3.79% 3.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.10% 4.28% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 252 411 508
10th Percentile £45,125 £43,750 £44,625
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £86,250 £87,419
90th Percentile £132,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +7.14%

All Process and 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 14,522 17,412 20,717
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.19% 88.49% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,735 10,325 16,735
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £39,965 £46,250 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £81,194
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -

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 12 November 2025.

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 14 (1.89%) Apache Spark
2 13 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.08%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.95%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.54%) Confluence
6 3 (0.41%) Apache
6 3 (0.41%) CMS
6 3 (0.41%) SAS
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.27%) Luigi
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.81%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.41%) Trello
5 2 (0.27%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.27%) Sketch
5 2 (0.27%) Weka
6 1 (0.14%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.14%) Blender
Business Applications
1 8 (1.08%) Adaptiv
2 6 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.14%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.14%) SAP LE
4 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.14%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 153 (20.68%) Azure
2 103 (13.92%) AWS
3 49 (6.62%) GCP
4 39 (5.27%) Power Platform
5 31 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (3.51%) Entra ID
7 25 (3.38%) SaaS
8 20 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (2.43%) Serverless
10 15 (2.03%) Azure Machine Learning
11 14 (1.89%) Amazon S3
11 14 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (1.76%) GitHub
13 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (1.49%) PaaS
14 10 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (1.22%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 8 (1.08%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.54%) Broadband
2 3 (0.41%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.27%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.14%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.86%) Power BI
2 25 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.16%) NoSQL
3 16 (2.16%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (1.62%) Tableau
7 10 (1.35%) Big Data
7 10 (1.35%) MySQL
8 9 (1.22%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.22%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (0.95%) Hadoop
10 7 (0.95%) Metadata
10 7 (0.95%) Redis
10 7 (0.95%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.81%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.68%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.68%) Looker
Development Applications
1 20 (2.70%) Git
2 8 (1.08%) JIRA
3 6 (0.81%) MLflow
4 5 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.54%) GitLab
6 3 (0.41%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.41%) RStudio
6 3 (0.41%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.27%) ERwin
8 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.14%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.14%) Vite
General
1 365 (49.32%) Retail
2 353 (47.70%) Manufacturing
3 109 (14.73%) Finance
4 107 (14.46%) Social Skills
5 98 (13.24%) Dutch Language
5 98 (13.24%) Finnish Language
6 90 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
7 49 (6.62%) Catalan Language
8 28 (3.78%) Marketing
9 25 (3.38%) Public Sector
10 20 (2.70%) Banking
11 18 (2.43%) Games
12 14 (1.89%) Law
13 13 (1.76%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.95%) Automotive
16 6 (0.81%) Legal
16 6 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
18 4 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 348 (47.03%) Trainer
2 45 (6.08%) Lead
3 38 (5.14%) Senior
4 32 (4.32%) Data Engineer
5 30 (4.05%) Developer
6 27 (3.65%) Architect
7 23 (3.11%) Analyst
7 23 (3.11%) Data Scientist
8 19 (2.57%) Software Engineer
9 14 (1.89%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 13 (1.76%) Consultant
11 10 (1.35%) Business Analyst
12 9 (1.22%) AWS Engineer
12 9 (1.22%) Product Owner
12 9 (1.22%) Python Engineer
13 8 (1.08%) Azure Engineer
13 8 (1.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 8 (1.08%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 8 (1.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 8 (1.08%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (7.70%) HTML
2 22 (2.97%) Node.js
2 22 (2.97%) React
2 22 (2.97%) TensorFlow
3 20 (2.70%) PyTorch
3 20 (2.70%) scikit-learn
4 18 (2.43%) Kafka
5 16 (2.16%) RESTful
6 15 (2.03%) Pandas
7 14 (1.89%) REST
8 13 (1.76%) .NET
8 13 (1.76%) RabbitMQ
8 13 (1.76%) Spring
9 12 (1.62%) Hugging Face
9 12 (1.62%) Spring Boot
10 11 (1.49%) gRPC
11 9 (1.22%) FastAPI
11 9 (1.22%) NumPy
12 8 (1.08%) AngularJS
12 8 (1.08%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 344 (46.49%) Robotics
2 46 (6.22%) Product Ownership
3 33 (4.46%) Cloud Native
4 18 (2.43%) Algorithms
4 18 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (1.76%) AI Agents
6 11 (1.49%) Credit Risk
6 11 (1.49%) Reinsurance
7 9 (1.22%) Market Risk
8 8 (1.08%) Augmented Reality
8 8 (1.08%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.08%) Security Posture
9 6 (0.81%) CUDA
9 6 (0.81%) Management Information System
9 6 (0.81%) Mobile Games
9 6 (0.81%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.81%) Sports Betting
10 5 (0.68%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (0.68%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.57%) Windows
2 15 (2.03%) Linux
3 9 (1.22%) Android
4 7 (0.95%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.41%) Unix
6 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 652 (88.11%) AI
2 412 (55.68%) Problem-Solving
3 399 (53.92%) Data Privacy
4 389 (52.57%) LLM
5 375 (50.68%) Generative AI
6 346 (46.76%) Red Team
7 146 (19.73%) Analytics
8 93 (12.57%) Data Science
9 91 (12.30%) Agile
10 87 (11.76%) Computer Science
11 83 (11.22%) DevOps
12 74 (10.00%) Roadmaps
13 70 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 66 (8.92%) CI/CD
15 52 (7.03%) Business Intelligence
15 52 (7.03%) Decision-Making
16 49 (6.62%) Biochemistry
16 49 (6.62%) Biology
16 49 (6.62%) Chemistry
16 49 (6.62%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 212 (28.65%) Python
2 131 (17.70%) SQL
3 92 (12.43%) Java
4 76 (10.27%) R
5 69 (9.32%) JavaScript
6 65 (8.78%) PHP
6 65 (8.78%) TypeScript
7 62 (8.38%) C++
8 60 (8.11%) C#
9 54 (7.30%) MATLAB
10 51 (6.89%) C
11 49 (6.62%) Dart
11 49 (6.62%) Ruby
11 49 (6.62%) Rust
12 27 (3.65%) PowerShell
13 23 (3.11%) Bash
14 9 (1.22%) Scala
14 9 (1.22%) T-SQL
15 8 (1.08%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.54%) Go
Qualifications
1 456 (61.62%) Degree
2 68 (9.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (3.24%) Security Cleared
4 22 (2.97%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.30%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.03%) PMP
7 14 (1.89%) CFA
7 14 (1.89%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.08%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.08%) PhD
9 7 (0.95%) Postgraduate
10 5 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.54%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.27%) MBA
13 2 (0.27%) OSCE
13 2 (0.27%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.97%) Data Quality
2 14 (1.89%) GDPR
3 6 (0.81%) QA
4 5 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.54%) EU AI Act
5 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.27%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.14%) HL7
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 42 (5.68%) Docker
2 18 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (1.49%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.27%) Ceph
5 2 (0.27%) Lustre
5 2 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.14%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (5.81%) Kubernetes
2 35 (4.73%) Terraform
3 18 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (2.30%) Ansible
5 8 (1.08%) SCCM
6 2 (0.27%) Argo
6 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.27%) Puppet
7 1 (0.14%) Grafana
7 1 (0.14%) Istio
7 1 (0.14%) Kibana
7 1 (0.14%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.14%) logstash
Vendors
1 377 (50.95%) Databricks
2 364 (49.19%) Google
3 345 (46.62%) Adobe
4 52 (7.03%) Microsoft
5 14 (1.89%) Murex
6 13 (1.76%) OpenAI
7 8 (1.08%) FIS
7 8 (1.08%) Salesforce
8 6 (0.81%) SAP
9 5 (0.68%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.54%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.54%) Genesys
10 4 (0.54%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.54%) Talend
10 4 (0.54%) Zoho
11 3 (0.41%) Dell
11 3 (0.41%) Mercator
12 2 (0.27%) Ericsson
12 2 (0.27%) Nokia
12 2 (0.27%) Oracle