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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 34 70
Rank change year-on-year -34 +36 +25
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 859 1,094 812
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.41% 6.66% 3.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 7.10% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 537 242 456
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,375 £41,875
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £123,500 £130,000 £101,250
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 20,307 15,402 18,187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.66% 93.79% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,399 8,401 10,957
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,498
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.96% -3.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
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 16 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 25 (2.91%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.33%) Apache
3 19 (2.21%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.28%) SharePoint
5 7 (0.81%) SAS
6 6 (0.70%) Confluence
7 4 (0.47%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.23%) IIS
8 2 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (1.40%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.35%) Blender
3 3 (0.35%) Maya
4 2 (0.23%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 1 (0.12%) Actimize
2 1 (0.12%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 361 (42.03%) Azure
2 249 (28.99%) AWS
3 170 (19.79%) Azure AI
4 122 (14.20%) GCP
5 111 (12.92%) GitHub
6 88 (10.24%) Azure DevOps
7 86 (10.01%) GitHub Copilot
8 74 (8.61%) Snowflake
9 56 (6.52%) Power Platform
10 47 (5.47%) Amazon Bedrock
11 43 (5.01%) SaaS
12 42 (4.89%) Anthropic Claude
13 34 (3.96%) Azure Data Factory
14 29 (3.38%) Azure Machine Learning
15 26 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
16 24 (2.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 21 (2.44%) Azure Databricks
18 20 (2.33%) Amazon S3
18 20 (2.33%) dbt
18 20 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 52 (6.05%) Broadband
2 33 (3.84%) Internet
3 9 (1.05%) 5G
4 6 (0.70%) Firewall
5 3 (0.35%) BGP
5 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.35%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.35%) LAN
5 3 (0.35%) Network Security
5 3 (0.35%) OSPF
5 3 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.35%) WAN
6 2 (0.23%) ATM
6 2 (0.23%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.23%) HTTP
6 2 (0.23%) UWB
6 2 (0.23%) VPN
6 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.23%) Wireless
7 1 (0.12%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (19.91%) MongoDB
2 150 (17.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 56 (6.52%) Metadata
4 52 (6.05%) Power BI
5 51 (5.94%) PostgreSQL
6 41 (4.77%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (4.07%) Big Data
8 22 (2.56%) Data Lake
9 20 (2.33%) Delta Lake
10 19 (2.21%) Tableau
11 18 (2.10%) NoSQL
12 17 (1.98%) Data Vault
13 13 (1.51%) BigQuery
14 11 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
14 11 (1.28%) Looker
15 10 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (0.93%) Apache Iceberg
17 7 (0.81%) Hadoop
17 7 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (4.66%) Claude Code
2 39 (4.54%) Git
3 22 (2.56%) MLflow
4 12 (1.40%) JIRA
5 11 (1.28%) GitLab
6 8 (0.93%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.58%) Poetry
7 5 (0.58%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.35%) Appium
9 3 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.35%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.23%) Selenium
11 1 (0.12%) git-flow
11 1 (0.12%) Mocha
11 1 (0.12%) NUnit
11 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 269 (31.32%) Finance
2 150 (17.46%) Social Skills
3 130 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (11.64%) Banking
5 87 (10.13%) Marketing
6 46 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (4.89%) Public Sector
8 39 (4.54%) Retail
9 37 (4.31%) Games
10 34 (3.96%) Advertising
10 34 (3.96%) Law
11 31 (3.61%) Legal
12 14 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.51%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.28%) Financial Institution
14 11 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.28%) Retail Banking
15 10 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (1.05%) Legal Technology
17 7 (0.81%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 216 (25.15%) Developer
2 154 (17.93%) .NET Developer
3 134 (15.60%) Senior
4 113 (13.15%) Data Scientist
5 112 (13.04%) Architect
6 93 (10.83%) Lead
7 69 (8.03%) Software Engineer
8 56 (6.52%) Data Engineer
9 55 (6.40%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 54 (6.29%) Senior Data Scientist
11 38 (4.42%) Enterprise Architect
12 37 (4.31%) Lead Data Scientist
13 36 (4.19%) Finance Manager
14 34 (3.96%) Data Architect
15 32 (3.73%) Machine Learning Engineer
16 29 (3.38%) Consultant
17 26 (3.03%) Python Engineer
18 22 (2.56%) Analyst
19 19 (2.21%) Lead Developer
20 18 (2.10%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (20.49%) .NET
2 154 (17.93%) ASP.NET
2 154 (17.93%) ASP.NET Core
2 154 (17.93%) ML.NET
3 150 (17.46%) .NET Core
4 115 (13.39%) RESTful
5 103 (11.99%) React
6 97 (11.29%) Blazor
7 93 (10.83%) CSS
8 89 (10.36%) HTML
9 81 (9.43%) PyTorch
10 75 (8.73%) TensorFlow
11 73 (8.50%) LangChain
12 69 (8.03%) Terraform
13 48 (5.59%) LangGraph
14 38 (4.42%) PySpark
15 28 (3.26%) Hugging Face
16 25 (2.91%) Node.js
17 22 (2.56%) scikit-learn
18 18 (2.10%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 118 (13.74%) Cloud Native
2 81 (9.43%) AI Agents
3 66 (7.68%) Blog
4 57 (6.64%) Distributed Systems
5 53 (6.17%) Algorithms
6 37 (4.31%) Video\Live Streaming
7 36 (4.19%) Hedge funds
8 31 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
8 31 (3.61%) Mobile App
8 31 (3.61%) Product Ownership
9 27 (3.14%) Social Media
10 24 (2.79%) Low-Code
11 21 (2.44%) Credit Risk
11 21 (2.44%) Digital TV
12 18 (2.10%) BBC
13 17 (1.98%) iPhone
13 17 (1.98%) Onboarding
14 15 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.40%) Data Structures
15 12 (1.40%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.33%) Android
2 13 (1.51%) Linux
3 7 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.58%) Windows
5 3 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 745 (86.73%) AI
2 272 (31.66%) Data Science
3 253 (29.45%) CI/CD
4 228 (26.54%) Analytics
5 208 (24.21%) Agile
6 198 (23.05%) Full-Stack Development
7 197 (22.93%) Roadmaps
8 190 (22.12%) Software Engineering
9 147 (17.11%) DevOps
10 143 (16.65%) LLM
11 133 (15.48%) Generative AI
12 122 (14.20%) Mentoring
13 106 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
14 97 (11.29%) Data Modelling
15 96 (11.18%) Data Pipeline
16 95 (11.06%) Validation
17 93 (10.83%) Technical Leadership
18 92 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
19 91 (10.59%) Fintech
20 90 (10.48%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 398 (46.33%) Python
2 340 (39.58%) SQL
3 184 (21.42%) C#
4 119 (13.85%) JavaScript
5 54 (6.29%) Java
6 51 (5.94%) TypeScript
7 42 (4.89%) Go
8 26 (3.03%) Scala
9 25 (2.91%) R
10 20 (2.33%) Rust
11 18 (2.10%) Bicep
12 16 (1.86%) PowerShell
13 14 (1.63%) Kotlin
14 12 (1.40%) C++
15 10 (1.16%) C
16 8 (0.93%) Bash
17 7 (0.81%) Swift
18 6 (0.70%) PHP
19 5 (0.58%) Ada
20 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 84 (9.78%) Security Cleared
2 81 (9.43%) Degree
3 59 (6.87%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.84%) DV Cleared
5 30 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.86%) SnowPro
8 15 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.05%) PhD
11 8 (0.93%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
13 5 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.47%) CCNP
14 4 (0.47%) CISSP
15 3 (0.35%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.35%) CCDP
16 2 (0.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (12.46%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.61%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.68%) GDPR
4 20 (2.33%) QA
5 13 (1.51%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.93%) COPPA
8 4 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.47%) SLA
9 3 (0.35%) MIL-STD-1553
9 3 (0.35%) NIST
10 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.23%) IFRS
10 2 (0.23%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.23%) JTAG
10 2 (0.23%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
System Software
1 135 (15.72%) Docker
2 6 (0.70%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.70%) Firmware
3 5 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.35%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.23%) NFS
5 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 129 (15.02%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.86%) Grafana
3 12 (1.40%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.70%) Ansible
5 5 (0.58%) Kubeflow
6 3 (0.35%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.35%) Istio
6 3 (0.35%) linkerd
6 3 (0.35%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.35%) Puppet
6 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 232 (27.01%) Microsoft
2 108 (12.57%) Databricks
3 71 (8.27%) Google
4 35 (4.07%) Facebook
5 22 (2.56%) OpenAI
6 20 (2.33%) Yahoo!
7 17 (1.98%) Apple
8 16 (1.86%) Sony
9 15 (1.75%) Foundry
10 10 (1.16%) SAP
11 8 (0.93%) Adobe
12 6 (0.70%) New Relic
13 5 (0.58%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.58%) Splunk
13 5 (0.58%) VMware
14 4 (0.47%) Oracle
14 4 (0.47%) Palantir
15 3 (0.35%) Cisco
15 3 (0.35%) Forcepoint
15 3 (0.35%) Juniper