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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 84 109
Rank change year-on-year 0 +25 -15
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 515 477 906
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.92% 3.61% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 3.80% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 324 295 687
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £54,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £115,000 £91,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £138,875 £133,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £77,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% +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 14,665 12,537 29,844
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.19% 94.79% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 10,232 8,912 23,714
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.20%

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 17 April 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 29 (5.63%) Apache Spark
2 19 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (3.11%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.36%) CMS
5 5 (0.97%) Apache
5 5 (0.97%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.39%) Confluence
8 1 (0.19%) Kinematics
Applications
1 7 (1.36%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.58%) Trello
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.39%) Weka
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.94%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.39%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 254 (49.32%) Azure
2 183 (35.53%) AWS
3 127 (24.66%) GCP
4 104 (20.19%) Azure Machine Learning
5 79 (15.34%) Azure AI
6 72 (13.98%) Snowflake
7 64 (12.43%) Power Platform
8 59 (11.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 23 (4.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (3.88%) SaaS
11 18 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (3.50%) Vertex AI
12 16 (3.11%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (2.72%) Amazon SageMaker
13 14 (2.72%) GitHub
13 14 (2.72%) Power Automate
14 13 (2.52%) Amazon S3
14 13 (2.52%) Serverless
15 12 (2.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 87 (16.89%) Broadband
2 8 (1.55%) Firewall
3 5 (0.97%) Kerberos
3 5 (0.97%) Network Security
4 2 (0.39%) DNS
4 2 (0.39%) InfiniBand
4 2 (0.39%) VLAN
4 2 (0.39%) VPN
4 2 (0.39%) WireGuard
5 1 (0.19%) LTE
5 1 (0.19%) Modbus
5 1 (0.19%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (13.01%) SQL Server
2 57 (11.07%) Power BI
3 39 (7.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (5.83%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (4.66%) Tableau
6 21 (4.08%) Metadata
6 21 (4.08%) MongoDB
7 16 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (2.72%) BigQuery
8 14 (2.72%) Looker
8 14 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
9 13 (2.52%) Data Lake
10 12 (2.33%) Delta Lake
11 11 (2.14%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.94%) Pinecone
12 10 (1.94%) Weaviate
13 9 (1.75%) Apache Iceberg
14 7 (1.36%) Big Data
15 6 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 20 (3.88%) MLflow
2 14 (2.72%) Git
3 7 (1.36%) JIRA
4 5 (0.97%) Claude Code
5 4 (0.78%) GitLab
6 3 (0.58%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) ERwin
7 2 (0.39%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.39%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.19%) Appium
8 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
General
1 137 (26.60%) Finance
2 130 (25.24%) Social Skills
3 72 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (5.44%) Retail
5 22 (4.27%) Marketing
5 22 (4.27%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.08%) Banking
7 18 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.50%) Law
8 17 (3.30%) Legal
9 16 (3.11%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.33%) Games
12 11 (2.14%) Publishing
13 9 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.36%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.17%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.97%) Advertising
16 5 (0.97%) Back Office
17 4 (0.78%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 108 (20.97%) Senior
2 65 (12.62%) Lead
3 63 (12.23%) Developer
4 46 (8.93%) Data Engineer
5 43 (8.35%) Software Engineer
6 41 (7.96%) Engineering Manager
7 40 (7.77%) Data Manager
8 39 (7.57%) Architect
9 38 (7.38%) Data Scientist
10 33 (6.41%) Finance Manager
11 30 (5.83%) Scala Engineer
12 25 (4.85%) Consultant
13 24 (4.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 22 (4.27%) Data Architect
15 19 (3.69%) Operations Engineer
16 18 (3.50%) Analyst
16 18 (3.50%) Senior Developer
17 17 (3.30%) Machine Learning Engineer
18 16 (3.11%) .NET Developer
19 15 (2.91%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (11.84%) gRPC
2 49 (9.51%) PyTorch
3 42 (8.16%) TensorFlow
4 41 (7.96%) React
5 34 (6.60%) .NET
6 29 (5.63%) REST
7 27 (5.24%) RESTful
8 25 (4.85%) .NET Core
8 25 (4.85%) Kafka
9 22 (4.27%) CSS
9 22 (4.27%) HTML
10 21 (4.08%) Node.js
11 17 (3.30%) LangChain
12 15 (2.91%) JSON
12 15 (2.91%) OAuth
13 13 (2.52%) ASP.NET
13 13 (2.52%) ASP.NET Core
13 13 (2.52%) ML.NET
14 12 (2.33%) Blazor
14 12 (2.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 65 (12.62%) Distributed Systems
1 65 (12.62%) Video\Live Streaming
2 50 (9.71%) Over-the-Top Content
3 49 (9.51%) Cloud Native
4 48 (9.32%) Product Ownership
5 35 (6.80%) Algorithms
6 27 (5.24%) AI Agents
7 14 (2.72%) Low-Code
8 12 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.14%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.94%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.94%) FMCG
11 6 (1.17%) Blog
11 6 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.17%) Social Media
12 5 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
12 5 (0.97%) Educational Technology
12 5 (0.97%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.72%) Android
2 11 (2.14%) Linux
3 6 (1.17%) Windows
4 4 (0.78%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.78%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.58%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (74.17%) AI
2 163 (31.65%) Agile
3 161 (31.26%) Data Science
4 156 (30.29%) CI/CD
5 136 (26.41%) Analytics
5 136 (26.41%) Roadmaps
6 117 (22.72%) Software Engineering
7 116 (22.52%) Data Engineering
8 96 (18.64%) DevOps
9 90 (17.48%) Microservices
10 88 (17.09%) Data Governance
11 86 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
12 80 (15.53%) Clean Code
13 79 (15.34%) Mentoring
14 77 (14.95%) Containerisation
14 77 (14.95%) Data Architecture
15 76 (14.76%) Decision-Making
16 75 (14.56%) Coaching
17 73 (14.17%) Generative AI
18 72 (13.98%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 244 (47.38%) Python
2 166 (32.23%) SQL
3 89 (17.28%) Go
4 64 (12.43%) Scala
5 45 (8.74%) Java
6 40 (7.77%) C#
7 38 (7.38%) JavaScript
8 34 (6.60%) TypeScript
9 19 (3.69%) PowerShell
10 16 (3.11%) Bash
11 15 (2.91%) R
12 12 (2.33%) C++
13 10 (1.94%) PHP
14 6 (1.17%) Bicep
14 6 (1.17%) Rust
15 5 (0.97%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.58%) T-SQL
18 2 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
19 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (17.28%) Degree
2 27 (5.24%) Security Cleared
3 26 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (4.27%) PhD
5 21 (4.08%) Master's Degree
6 19 (3.69%) SC Cleared
7 14 (2.72%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.33%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.94%) ACCA
9 10 (1.94%) CIMA
10 7 (1.36%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.17%) CISSP
12 4 (0.78%) CISA
13 3 (0.58%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.39%) CREST Certified
14 2 (0.39%) GIAC
14 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.39%) OSCE
14 2 (0.39%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.44%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.47%) GDPR
3 18 (3.50%) QA
4 8 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.78%) EU AI Act
6 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.39%) IFRS
7 2 (0.39%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.39%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.39%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 97 (18.83%) Docker
2 57 (11.07%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.97%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.39%) Ceph
4 2 (0.39%) Lustre
4 2 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (9.51%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.47%) Terraform
3 5 (0.97%) Kubeflow
4 4 (0.78%) Ansible
4 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.39%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.39%) Podman
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 131 (25.44%) Microsoft
2 97 (18.83%) Databricks
3 45 (8.74%) Typelevel
4 27 (5.24%) Google
5 14 (2.72%) Adobe
6 12 (2.33%) Palantir
6 12 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.94%) Foundry
7 10 (1.94%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.97%) Ericsson
8 5 (0.97%) Mavenir
8 5 (0.97%) Nokia
8 5 (0.97%) SAP
9 4 (0.78%) Facebook
10 2 (0.39%) Apple
10 2 (0.39%) Informatica
10 2 (0.39%) Mercator
10 2 (0.39%) Northgate
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle
10 2 (0.39%) Sony