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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 33 99
Rank change year-on-year -33 +66 -1
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 676 1,173 949
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.53% 8.04% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 8.48% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 411 253 751
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £54,375 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -6.40%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £145,540 £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 15,889 13,827 29,727
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.91% 94.82% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11,338 8,083 23,433
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,300 £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 £106,100 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -9.84%

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 28 May 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 (3.70%) Apache Spark
1 25 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.89%) Apache
3 6 (0.89%) SAS
4 4 (0.59%) CMS
5 3 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.15%) Confluence
6 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.15%) Kinematics
Applications
1 7 (1.04%) 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 8 (1.18%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.15%) HFM
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 303 (44.82%) Azure
2 212 (31.36%) AWS
3 138 (20.41%) GCP
4 126 (18.64%) Azure AI
5 102 (15.09%) Azure Machine Learning
6 73 (10.80%) Power Platform
7 72 (10.65%) Snowflake
8 60 (8.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 43 (6.36%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (5.47%) GitHub
11 34 (5.03%) SaaS
12 31 (4.59%) Azure Data Factory
13 29 (4.29%) GitHub Copilot
14 24 (3.55%) Azure Logic Apps
14 24 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
15 21 (3.11%) Power Automate
15 21 (3.11%) Vertex AI
16 19 (2.81%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (2.81%) OneDrive
16 19 (2.81%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 125 (18.49%) Broadband
2 10 (1.48%) Firewall
3 8 (1.18%) Internet
4 7 (1.04%) 5G
4 7 (1.04%) Network Security
5 6 (0.89%) Kerberos
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 (12.87%) Azure SQL Database
2 78 (11.54%) MongoDB
3 66 (9.76%) Power BI
3 66 (9.76%) SQL Server
4 34 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
5 31 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (3.99%) Metadata
7 21 (3.11%) Tableau
8 18 (2.66%) Big Data
9 17 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (2.22%) BigQuery
10 15 (2.22%) Looker
11 13 (1.92%) Delta Lake
12 12 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.63%) NoSQL
13 11 (1.63%) Pinecone
14 10 (1.48%) Apache Iceberg
14 10 (1.48%) Weaviate
15 9 (1.33%) Relational Database
16 8 (1.18%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 23 (3.40%) MLflow
2 15 (2.22%) Git
3 8 (1.18%) GitLab
4 6 (0.89%) Claude Code
4 6 (0.89%) JIRA
5 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.30%) Selenium
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.15%) WebDriver
General
1 167 (24.70%) Finance
2 146 (21.60%) Social Skills
3 99 (14.64%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (5.33%) Banking
5 32 (4.73%) Retail
6 27 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (3.99%) Marketing
7 25 (3.70%) Law
8 24 (3.55%) Games
8 24 (3.55%) Public Sector
9 22 (3.25%) Legal
10 14 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (1.92%) Advertising
12 10 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.33%) Publishing
13 9 (1.33%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.18%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.74%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (20.86%) Developer
2 128 (18.93%) Senior
3 87 (12.87%) Lead
4 77 (11.39%) Data Scientist
5 62 (9.17%) .NET Developer
6 55 (8.14%) Software Engineer
7 53 (7.84%) Data Engineer
8 52 (7.69%) Architect
9 42 (6.21%) Data Manager
9 42 (6.21%) Engineering Manager
10 39 (5.77%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 33 (4.88%) Finance Manager
12 31 (4.59%) Consultant
13 30 (4.44%) Scala Engineer
13 30 (4.44%) Senior Data Scientist
14 27 (3.99%) Senior Developer
15 26 (3.85%) Machine Learning Engineer
16 24 (3.55%) Data Architect
17 21 (3.11%) Lead Data Scientist
17 21 (3.11%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (13.76%) .NET
2 76 (11.24%) .NET Core
3 74 (10.95%) PyTorch
4 68 (10.06%) TensorFlow
5 64 (9.47%) React
6 60 (8.88%) RESTful
7 59 (8.73%) ASP.NET
7 59 (8.73%) ASP.NET Core
7 59 (8.73%) ML.NET
8 52 (7.69%) CSS
8 52 (7.69%) HTML
9 51 (7.54%) gRPC
10 40 (5.92%) Blazor
11 34 (5.03%) LangChain
12 29 (4.29%) Node.js
13 26 (3.85%) REST
14 23 (3.40%) JSON
15 20 (2.96%) Microsoft Graph
16 19 (2.81%) Kafka
16 19 (2.81%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 91 (13.46%) Video\Live Streaming
2 76 (11.24%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (9.32%) Cloud Native
4 52 (7.69%) Over-the-Top Content
5 48 (7.10%) Product Ownership
6 47 (6.95%) Algorithms
7 31 (4.59%) AI Agents
8 29 (4.29%) Low-Code
9 18 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (2.66%) Social Media
10 15 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.92%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.92%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.78%) Blog
13 10 (1.48%) Cyberattack
13 10 (1.48%) Life Science
14 9 (1.33%) Digital TV
14 9 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
14 9 (1.33%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.18%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.63%) Android
2 9 (1.33%) Linux
3 4 (0.59%) Windows
4 3 (0.44%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (0.30%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (74.56%) AI
2 212 (31.36%) Data Science
3 210 (31.07%) CI/CD
4 206 (30.47%) Agile
5 174 (25.74%) Roadmaps
6 168 (24.85%) Software Engineering
7 155 (22.93%) Analytics
8 123 (18.20%) Data Engineering
9 117 (17.31%) DevOps
10 115 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
11 110 (16.27%) Generative AI
12 108 (15.98%) Full-Stack Development
13 102 (15.09%) Mentoring
14 93 (13.76%) Data Governance
14 93 (13.76%) LLM
15 89 (13.17%) Clean Code
16 88 (13.02%) Decision-Making
17 84 (12.43%) Microservices
18 82 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
19 78 (11.54%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 337 (49.85%) Python
2 240 (35.50%) SQL
3 99 (14.64%) C#
3 99 (14.64%) Go
4 83 (12.28%) JavaScript
5 62 (9.17%) Scala
6 47 (6.95%) Java
7 46 (6.80%) TypeScript
8 27 (3.99%) PowerShell
9 15 (2.22%) R
10 14 (2.07%) Bash
11 11 (1.63%) C++
12 10 (1.48%) Rust
13 8 (1.18%) PHP
14 6 (0.89%) Bicep
14 6 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.44%) C
16 3 (0.44%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (12.87%) Degree
2 37 (5.47%) Security Cleared
3 24 (3.55%) SC Cleared
4 21 (3.11%) PhD
5 16 (2.37%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.92%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.78%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.78%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.18%) ACCA
9 8 (1.18%) CIMA
9 8 (1.18%) CISSP
10 4 (0.59%) CISA
11 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
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%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.30%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.07%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.11%) QA
3 20 (2.96%) GDPR
4 16 (2.37%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.44%) IFRS
5 3 (0.44%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.44%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 114 (16.86%) Docker
2 55 (8.14%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.89%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 63 (9.32%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.14%) 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
1 194 (28.70%) Microsoft
2 98 (14.50%) Databricks
3 45 (6.66%) Typelevel
4 36 (5.33%) Google
5 21 (3.11%) Adobe
6 14 (2.07%) OpenAI
7 12 (1.78%) Facebook
7 12 (1.78%) Foundry
7 12 (1.78%) Palantir
8 10 (1.48%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.04%) Apple
9 7 (1.04%) SAP
9 7 (1.04%) Sony
9 7 (1.04%) Yahoo!
10 5 (0.74%) Oracle
11 4 (0.59%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.30%) IBM
12 2 (0.30%) Informatica
13 1 (0.15%) Cognizant
13 1 (0.15%) Nokia