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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 35 110
Rank change year-on-year -27 +75 -19
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 843 1,167 758
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.89% 7.08% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.70% 7.59% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 551 253 558
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,637 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +2.19%
75th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £138,000 £102,875
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +3.45%

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 17,944 15,366 25,740
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 93.22% 88.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,066 9,085 19,242
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,789 £34,089
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%

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 22 July 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 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.73%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.95%) Apache
5 6 (0.71%) SAS
6 3 (0.36%) Confluence
7 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.12%) CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.36%) Blender
2 3 (0.36%) Maya
3 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.12%) HFM
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 405 (48.04%) Azure
2 251 (29.77%) AWS
3 224 (26.57%) Azure AI
4 147 (17.44%) GCP
5 91 (10.79%) Azure Machine Learning
6 90 (10.68%) Azure DevOps
7 88 (10.44%) Snowflake
8 87 (10.32%) GitHub
9 77 (9.13%) GitHub Copilot
10 71 (8.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 62 (7.35%) Power Platform
12 43 (5.10%) Azure Data Factory
13 40 (4.74%) SaaS
14 23 (2.73%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.37%) Amazon Bedrock
16 20 (2.37%) Power Automate
17 19 (2.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
17 19 (2.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 133 (15.78%) Broadband
2 30 (3.56%) Internet
3 10 (1.19%) Firewall
4 7 (0.83%) 5G
5 6 (0.71%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.71%) Network Security
6 2 (0.24%) ATM
6 2 (0.24%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.24%) DNS
6 2 (0.24%) UWB
6 2 (0.24%) VLAN
6 2 (0.24%) VPN
6 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.24%) WireGuard
6 2 (0.24%) Wireless
7 1 (0.12%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (20.88%) MongoDB
2 172 (20.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (7.12%) SQL Server
4 58 (6.88%) Power BI
5 47 (5.58%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (4.51%) Metadata
7 32 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (2.49%) Big Data
9 18 (2.14%) Delta Lake
10 15 (1.78%) Data Lake
11 14 (1.66%) Tableau
12 13 (1.54%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.30%) Looker
14 10 (1.19%) Data Vault
15 8 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
15 8 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.83%) Relational Database
17 5 (0.59%) Apache Iceberg
17 5 (0.59%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (2.85%) Git
2 15 (1.78%) MLflow
3 14 (1.66%) Claude Code
4 11 (1.30%) GitLab
4 11 (1.30%) JIRA
5 5 (0.59%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.24%) Appium
6 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.24%) Selenium
7 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.12%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.12%) Mocha
7 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 196 (23.25%) Finance
2 160 (18.98%) Social Skills
3 93 (11.03%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (7.24%) Banking
5 56 (6.64%) Marketing
6 37 (4.39%) Games
7 36 (4.27%) Advertising
8 34 (4.03%) Public Sector
9 32 (3.80%) Law
10 30 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (2.97%) Legal
11 25 (2.97%) Retail
12 13 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.07%) Financial Institution
14 8 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.95%) Legal Technology
15 7 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.83%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.47%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 252 (29.89%) Developer
2 157 (18.62%) .NET Developer
3 145 (17.20%) Senior
4 100 (11.86%) Lead
5 89 (10.56%) Data Scientist
6 83 (9.85%) Architect
7 58 (6.88%) Software Engineer
8 53 (6.29%) Data Engineer
9 45 (5.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 44 (5.22%) Data Manager
10 44 (5.22%) Senior Data Scientist
11 42 (4.98%) Engineering Manager
11 42 (4.98%) Finance Manager
12 36 (4.27%) Data Architect
13 35 (4.15%) Lead Data Scientist
14 33 (3.91%) Consultant
14 33 (3.91%) Senior Developer
15 31 (3.68%) Scala Engineer
16 27 (3.20%) Lead Developer
17 26 (3.08%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (22.18%) .NET
2 162 (19.22%) .NET Core
3 154 (18.27%) ASP.NET
3 154 (18.27%) ASP.NET Core
3 154 (18.27%) ML.NET
4 117 (13.88%) React
5 116 (13.76%) RESTful
6 104 (12.34%) CSS
7 103 (12.22%) Blazor
8 101 (11.98%) HTML
9 84 (9.96%) PyTorch
10 76 (9.02%) TensorFlow
11 57 (6.76%) LangChain
12 45 (5.34%) gRPC
13 33 (3.91%) LangGraph
14 32 (3.80%) Node.js
15 27 (3.20%) Hugging Face
16 25 (2.97%) PySpark
17 24 (2.85%) scikit-learn
18 23 (2.73%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 109 (12.93%) Cloud Native
2 100 (11.86%) Video\Live Streaming
3 91 (10.79%) Distributed Systems
4 52 (6.17%) Over-the-Top Content
5 48 (5.69%) Product Ownership
6 46 (5.46%) AI Agents
7 40 (4.74%) Algorithms
8 34 (4.03%) Low-Code
9 32 (3.80%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (3.32%) Social Media
11 25 (2.97%) Mobile App
12 20 (2.37%) Digital TV
13 18 (2.14%) BBC
14 17 (2.02%) Blog
14 17 (2.02%) iPhone
15 15 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (1.42%) Life Science
16 12 (1.42%) Social Network
17 11 (1.30%) Data Structures
18 10 (1.19%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.14%) Android
2 13 (1.54%) Linux
3 6 (0.71%) Windows
4 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (80.43%) AI
2 283 (33.57%) CI/CD
3 268 (31.79%) Agile
4 238 (28.23%) Data Science
5 214 (25.39%) Full-Stack Development
5 214 (25.39%) Roadmaps
6 203 (24.08%) Software Engineering
7 166 (19.69%) Analytics
8 155 (18.39%) DevOps
9 141 (16.73%) Mentoring
10 129 (15.30%) LLM
11 127 (15.07%) Generative AI
12 125 (14.83%) Data Engineering
12 125 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
13 104 (12.34%) Technical Leadership
14 98 (11.63%) Decision-Making
15 96 (11.39%) Data Governance
16 95 (11.27%) Infrastructure as Code
17 90 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
17 90 (10.68%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 378 (44.84%) Python
2 331 (39.26%) SQL
3 194 (23.01%) C#
4 136 (16.13%) JavaScript
5 89 (10.56%) Go
6 65 (7.71%) Scala
7 58 (6.88%) TypeScript
8 43 (5.10%) Java
9 27 (3.20%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.66%) Bicep
11 9 (1.07%) Bash
11 9 (1.07%) PHP
11 9 (1.07%) R
12 7 (0.83%) C
12 7 (0.83%) C++
13 6 (0.71%) Rust
14 5 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.24%) Ada
16 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (8.78%) Degree
2 44 (5.22%) Security Cleared
3 31 (3.68%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.25%) PhD
5 17 (2.02%) Azure Certification
6 14 (1.66%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.66%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.54%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.07%) SnowPro
10 8 (0.95%) CISSP
11 4 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.36%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.24%) ACCA
13 2 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.24%) CIMA
13 2 (0.24%) GIAC
13 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.24%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.76%) Data Quality
2 22 (2.61%) QA
3 19 (2.25%) GDPR
4 18 (2.14%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.36%) IFRS
5 3 (0.36%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.36%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.24%) JTAG
7 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 157 (18.62%) Docker
2 55 (6.52%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.71%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.47%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 107 (12.69%) Kubernetes
2 45 (5.34%) Terraform
3 7 (0.83%) Grafana
3 7 (0.83%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.36%) Istio
6 3 (0.36%) linkerd
6 3 (0.36%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.36%) Puppet
7 2 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.24%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.24%) Podman
8 1 (0.12%) Ansible
8 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 297 (35.23%) Microsoft
2 121 (14.35%) Databricks
3 65 (7.71%) Google
4 45 (5.34%) Typelevel
5 37 (4.39%) Facebook
6 21 (2.49%) Yahoo!
7 20 (2.37%) Adobe
8 18 (2.14%) Foundry
9 17 (2.02%) Apple
9 17 (2.02%) Sony
10 14 (1.66%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.83%) SAP
12 5 (0.59%) Oracle
12 5 (0.59%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.47%) HighQ
13 4 (0.47%) Legatics
13 4 (0.47%) Palantir
13 4 (0.47%) Salesforce
14 3 (0.36%) IBM
15 2 (0.24%) New Relic