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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 38 98
Rank change year-on-year -18 +60 -3
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 924 1,102 730
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.05% 6.64% 2.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 7.14% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 581 249 529
10th Percentile £46,500 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% +6.62%
75th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £135,500 £102,750
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 18,803 15,435 21,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.40% 92.94% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 13,575 8,949 15,283
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,549 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 August 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 26 (2.81%) Apache Spark
2 23 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.30%) Apache
4 10 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.65%) SAS
6 5 (0.54%) Confluence
7 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (1.08%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.32%) Blender
3 3 (0.32%) Maya
4 1 (0.11%) Trello
4 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.11%) HFM
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 415 (44.91%) Azure
2 250 (27.06%) AWS
3 226 (24.46%) Azure AI
4 136 (14.72%) GCP
5 99 (10.71%) Snowflake
6 94 (10.17%) Azure DevOps
6 94 (10.17%) GitHub
7 87 (9.42%) Azure Machine Learning
8 79 (8.55%) GitHub Copilot
9 78 (8.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 64 (6.93%) Power Platform
11 49 (5.30%) Azure Data Factory
12 37 (4.00%) SaaS
13 29 (3.14%) Amazon Bedrock
14 24 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
15 23 (2.49%) Anthropic Claude
16 22 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
17 20 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
18 19 (2.06%) Amazon S3
18 19 (2.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 108 (11.69%) Broadband
2 30 (3.25%) Internet
3 13 (1.41%) Firewall
4 7 (0.76%) 5G
5 6 (0.65%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.65%) Network Security
6 3 (0.32%) BGP
6 3 (0.32%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.32%) LAN
6 3 (0.32%) OSPF
6 3 (0.32%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.32%) VPN
6 3 (0.32%) WAN
7 2 (0.22%) ATM
7 2 (0.22%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.22%) DNS
7 2 (0.22%) VLAN
7 2 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.22%) WireGuard
7 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (19.26%) MongoDB
2 174 (18.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 62 (6.71%) Power BI
4 58 (6.28%) SQL Server
5 47 (5.09%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (4.33%) Metadata
7 34 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
8 25 (2.71%) Big Data
9 19 (2.06%) Delta Lake
10 18 (1.95%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.62%) Data Vault
11 15 (1.62%) Tableau
12 13 (1.41%) NoSQL
13 9 (0.97%) Looker
14 8 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
14 8 (0.87%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.76%) Relational Database
15 7 (0.76%) Semantic Layer
16 6 (0.65%) Hadoop
17 5 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 38 (4.11%) Git
2 21 (2.27%) Claude Code
3 16 (1.73%) MLflow
4 13 (1.41%) JIRA
5 11 (1.19%) GitLab
6 8 (0.87%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.43%) Appium
7 4 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.43%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.32%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.32%) Mercurial
8 3 (0.32%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.22%) Selenium
10 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.11%) Mocha
10 1 (0.11%) NUnit
10 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 272 (29.44%) Finance
2 162 (17.53%) Social Skills
3 121 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (9.09%) Marketing
5 70 (7.58%) Banking
6 42 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (4.33%) Games
8 38 (4.11%) Public Sector
9 36 (3.90%) Advertising
10 34 (3.68%) Law
11 29 (3.14%) Legal
12 27 (2.92%) Retail
13 26 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.30%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.08%) Legal Technology
16 9 (0.97%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.76%) Electronics
17 7 (0.76%) Military
18 6 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 247 (26.73%) Developer
2 157 (16.99%) .NET Developer
3 154 (16.67%) Senior
4 103 (11.15%) Lead
5 102 (11.04%) Architect
6 98 (10.61%) Data Scientist
7 63 (6.82%) Software Engineer
8 52 (5.63%) Senior Data Scientist
9 51 (5.52%) Finance Manager
10 48 (5.19%) Data Engineer
11 46 (4.98%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 46 (4.98%) Data Manager
12 42 (4.55%) Data Architect
13 40 (4.33%) Engineering Manager
13 40 (4.33%) Lead Data Scientist
14 34 (3.68%) Senior Developer
15 27 (2.92%) Consultant
15 27 (2.92%) Machine Learning Engineer
16 26 (2.81%) Python Engineer
17 25 (2.71%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (20.56%) .NET
2 164 (17.75%) .NET Core
3 156 (16.88%) ASP.NET
3 156 (16.88%) ASP.NET Core
3 156 (16.88%) ML.NET
4 119 (12.88%) React
5 118 (12.77%) RESTful
6 103 (11.15%) Blazor
7 102 (11.04%) CSS
8 99 (10.71%) HTML
9 79 (8.55%) PyTorch
10 69 (7.47%) TensorFlow
11 64 (6.93%) LangChain
12 41 (4.44%) LangGraph
13 35 (3.79%) Node.js
14 30 (3.25%) PySpark
15 27 (2.92%) gRPC
16 26 (2.81%) Hugging Face
17 25 (2.71%) JSON
18 24 (2.60%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 111 (12.01%) Cloud Native
2 77 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (7.90%) Video\Live Streaming
4 62 (6.71%) Blog
5 59 (6.39%) AI Agents
6 54 (5.84%) Algorithms
7 48 (5.19%) Product Ownership
8 33 (3.57%) Over-the-Top Content
9 32 (3.46%) Low-Code
9 32 (3.46%) Mobile App
10 30 (3.25%) Social Media
11 29 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
12 20 (2.16%) Digital TV
13 18 (1.95%) BBC
13 18 (1.95%) Credit Risk
13 18 (1.95%) Hedge funds
13 18 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.84%) iPhone
15 14 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (1.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.16%) Android
2 15 (1.62%) Linux
3 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.54%) Windows
4 3 (0.32%) Unix
5 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 777 (84.09%) AI
2 290 (31.39%) Agile
3 263 (28.46%) CI/CD
4 244 (26.41%) Data Science
5 240 (25.97%) Roadmaps
6 217 (23.48%) Full-Stack Development
7 212 (22.94%) Analytics
8 201 (21.75%) Software Engineering
9 162 (17.53%) DevOps
10 151 (16.34%) LLM
11 136 (14.72%) Mentoring
12 133 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
13 130 (14.07%) Data Engineering
14 128 (13.85%) Generative AI
15 105 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
15 105 (11.36%) Data Governance
15 105 (11.36%) Decision-Making
16 101 (10.93%) Technical Leadership
17 99 (10.71%) Data Architecture
18 95 (10.28%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 386 (41.77%) Python
2 366 (39.61%) SQL
3 198 (21.43%) C#
4 140 (15.15%) JavaScript
5 67 (7.25%) Go
6 60 (6.49%) TypeScript
7 50 (5.41%) Scala
8 44 (4.76%) Java
9 27 (2.92%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.95%) Bicep
11 13 (1.41%) C++
11 13 (1.41%) R
12 10 (1.08%) C
13 9 (0.97%) Rust
14 8 (0.87%) PHP
15 6 (0.65%) Bash
16 5 (0.54%) Ada
16 5 (0.54%) Swift
17 4 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 96 (10.39%) Degree
2 73 (7.90%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.30%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.79%) DV Cleared
5 23 (2.49%) Master's Degree
5 23 (2.49%) PhD
6 19 (2.06%) Azure Certification
7 17 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.52%) SnowPro
10 13 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.87%) CISSP
11 8 (0.87%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.32%) CCDP
13 3 (0.32%) CCNP
13 3 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.22%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.22%) GIAC
14 2 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (8.87%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.46%) QA
3 29 (3.14%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.52%) GDPR
5 8 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.43%) IFRS
7 4 (0.43%) IFRS 17
7 4 (0.43%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.32%) MIL-STD-1553
8 3 (0.32%) SLA
9 2 (0.22%) JTAG
10 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 149 (16.13%) Docker
2 55 (5.95%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.65%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.54%) Firmware
5 3 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 117 (12.66%) Kubernetes
2 49 (5.30%) Terraform
3 9 (0.97%) Grafana
4 7 (0.76%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.65%) Ansible
5 6 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.32%) Istio
7 3 (0.32%) linkerd
7 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.32%) Puppet
8 2 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 2 (0.22%) Podman
9 1 (0.11%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 307 (33.23%) Microsoft
2 139 (15.04%) Databricks
3 69 (7.47%) Google
4 38 (4.11%) Facebook
5 27 (2.92%) Typelevel
6 21 (2.27%) Yahoo!
7 19 (2.06%) Adobe
8 18 (1.95%) Foundry
9 17 (1.84%) Apple
9 17 (1.84%) Sony
10 15 (1.62%) OpenAI
11 12 (1.30%) SAP
12 5 (0.54%) Oracle
12 5 (0.54%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.43%) HighQ
13 4 (0.43%) Legatics
14 3 (0.32%) Palo Alto
14 3 (0.32%) Perforce
14 3 (0.32%) SonicWALL
14 3 (0.32%) VMware