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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 36 73
Rank change year-on-year -34 +37 +17
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 858 1,074 854
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.44% 6.40% 3.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 6.83% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 556 229 491
10th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +8.00%
75th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £136,250 £132,500 £102,500
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 20,199 15,729 19,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.99% 93.79% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14,414 8,417 11,709
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,042
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,033
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.23% -3.28%

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 30 September 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 (2.80%) Apache Spark
2 18 (2.10%) Apache
3 17 (1.98%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.70%) Confluence
5 6 (0.70%) SAS
6 2 (0.23%) IIS
6 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 11 (1.28%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.35%) Blender
3 3 (0.35%) Maya
4 2 (0.23%) Weka
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
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
1 370 (43.12%) Azure
2 247 (28.79%) AWS
3 183 (21.33%) Azure AI
4 118 (13.75%) GCP
5 103 (12.00%) GitHub
6 90 (10.49%) Snowflake
7 89 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
8 79 (9.21%) GitHub Copilot
9 58 (6.76%) Power Platform
10 50 (5.83%) Azure Machine Learning
11 47 (5.48%) Amazon Bedrock
12 46 (5.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 44 (5.13%) SaaS
14 41 (4.78%) Anthropic Claude
14 41 (4.78%) Azure Data Factory
15 27 (3.15%) Microsoft Purview
16 21 (2.45%) Azure Databricks
17 20 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
18 19 (2.21%) Amazon S3
19 18 (2.10%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 53 (6.18%) Broadband
2 30 (3.50%) Internet
3 12 (1.40%) Firewall
4 9 (1.05%) 5G
5 5 (0.58%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.58%) Network Security
6 4 (0.47%) VPN
7 3 (0.35%) BGP
7 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.35%) LAN
7 3 (0.35%) OSPF
7 3 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.35%) WAN
8 2 (0.23%) DNS
8 2 (0.23%) HTTP
8 2 (0.23%) UWB
8 2 (0.23%) VLAN
8 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.23%) WireGuard
8 2 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (19.11%) MongoDB
2 155 (18.07%) Azure SQL Database
3 54 (6.29%) Power BI
4 49 (5.71%) Metadata
4 49 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
5 39 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (3.38%) Big Data
7 25 (2.91%) SQL Server
8 21 (2.45%) Data Lake
9 20 (2.33%) Delta Lake
10 19 (2.21%) Tableau
11 17 (1.98%) Data Vault
11 17 (1.98%) NoSQL
12 12 (1.40%) Looker
13 11 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
14 10 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (1.17%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
16 7 (0.82%) Relational Database
16 7 (0.82%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 40 (4.66%) Claude Code
2 39 (4.55%) Git
3 22 (2.56%) MLflow
4 14 (1.63%) JIRA
5 9 (1.05%) 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%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.23%) Selenium
11 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.12%) Mocha
11 1 (0.12%) NUnit
11 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 273 (31.82%) Finance
2 149 (17.37%) Social Skills
3 115 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (10.96%) Banking
5 84 (9.79%) Marketing
6 48 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (4.55%) Law
8 38 (4.43%) Retail
9 37 (4.31%) Games
9 37 (4.31%) Public Sector
10 33 (3.85%) Advertising
11 32 (3.73%) Legal
12 16 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.28%) Financial Institution
14 11 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.17%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.82%) Electronics
16 7 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 215 (25.06%) Developer
2 148 (17.25%) .NET Developer
3 137 (15.97%) Senior
4 116 (13.52%) Architect
5 107 (12.47%) Data Scientist
6 95 (11.07%) Lead
7 56 (6.53%) Senior Data Scientist
8 54 (6.29%) Software Engineer
9 50 (5.83%) Data Engineer
10 48 (5.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 47 (5.48%) Finance Manager
12 38 (4.43%) Data Architect
12 38 (4.43%) Lead Data Scientist
13 37 (4.31%) Enterprise Architect
14 31 (3.61%) Machine Learning Engineer
15 28 (3.26%) Consultant
16 24 (2.80%) Senior Developer
17 23 (2.68%) Data Manager
18 22 (2.56%) Python Engineer
19 21 (2.45%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (20.16%) .NET
2 149 (17.37%) .NET Core
3 148 (17.25%) ASP.NET
3 148 (17.25%) ASP.NET Core
3 148 (17.25%) ML.NET
4 115 (13.40%) RESTful
5 105 (12.24%) React
6 97 (11.31%) Blazor
7 90 (10.49%) CSS
8 87 (10.14%) HTML
9 78 (9.09%) PyTorch
10 73 (8.51%) TensorFlow
11 68 (7.93%) LangChain
12 66 (7.69%) Terraform
13 46 (5.36%) LangGraph
14 33 (3.85%) PySpark
15 27 (3.15%) Node.js
16 26 (3.03%) Hugging Face
17 21 (2.45%) scikit-learn
18 20 (2.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 116 (13.52%) Cloud Native
2 78 (9.09%) AI Agents
3 68 (7.93%) Blog
4 57 (6.64%) Distributed Systems
5 48 (5.59%) Algorithms
6 37 (4.31%) Video\Live Streaming
7 36 (4.20%) Hedge funds
7 36 (4.20%) Product Ownership
8 31 (3.61%) Mobile App
9 29 (3.38%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (3.26%) Social Media
11 24 (2.80%) Low-Code
12 21 (2.45%) Credit Risk
13 19 (2.21%) BBC
13 19 (2.21%) Digital TV
14 17 (1.98%) iPhone
15 15 (1.75%) Onboarding
15 15 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (1.40%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.33%) Android
2 15 (1.75%) Linux
3 7 (0.82%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.82%) Windows
4 3 (0.35%) Unix
5 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 740 (86.25%) AI
2 250 (29.14%) Data Science
3 242 (28.21%) CI/CD
4 224 (26.11%) Agile
5 217 (25.29%) Roadmaps
6 214 (24.94%) Analytics
7 191 (22.26%) Full-Stack Development
8 168 (19.58%) Software Engineering
9 146 (17.02%) DevOps
10 141 (16.43%) LLM
11 126 (14.69%) Generative AI
12 123 (14.34%) Mentoring
13 100 (11.66%) Problem-Solving
14 98 (11.42%) Technical Leadership
15 94 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 94 (10.96%) Data Engineering
16 92 (10.72%) Fintech
16 92 (10.72%) Validation
17 91 (10.61%) Data Modelling
18 90 (10.49%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 360 (41.96%) Python
2 343 (39.98%) SQL
3 181 (21.10%) C#
4 123 (14.34%) JavaScript
5 45 (5.24%) TypeScript
6 41 (4.78%) Java
7 32 (3.73%) Go
8 23 (2.68%) PowerShell
8 23 (2.68%) Scala
9 19 (2.21%) Bicep
10 17 (1.98%) R
11 12 (1.40%) C++
12 10 (1.17%) C
13 9 (1.05%) Rust
14 7 (0.82%) Swift
15 6 (0.70%) Bash
15 6 (0.70%) PHP
16 5 (0.58%) Ada
17 3 (0.35%) Ruby
17 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 86 (10.02%) Degree
2 80 (9.32%) Security Cleared
3 56 (6.53%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.96%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.10%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (1.86%) SnowPro
8 14 (1.63%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.17%) PhD
11 9 (1.05%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.93%) CISSP
13 5 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
14 4 (0.47%) CCNP
15 3 (0.35%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.35%) CCDP
16 2 (0.23%) ISTQB
16 2 (0.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (11.42%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.15%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.56%) QA
4 20 (2.33%) GDPR
5 11 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.47%) COPPA
8 4 (0.47%) SLA
9 3 (0.35%) IFRS
9 3 (0.35%) IFRS 17
9 3 (0.35%) MIL-STD-1553
9 3 (0.35%) NIST
9 3 (0.35%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.23%) JTAG
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
System Software
1 126 (14.69%) Docker
2 23 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.70%) Firmware
5 5 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) NFS
Systems Management
1 122 (14.22%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.86%) Grafana
3 12 (1.40%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.70%) Ansible
5 5 (0.58%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
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
7 2 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.23%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.23%) Podman
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 253 (29.49%) Microsoft
2 126 (14.69%) Databricks
3 57 (6.64%) Google
4 35 (4.08%) Facebook
5 20 (2.33%) Yahoo!
6 18 (2.10%) OpenAI
7 16 (1.86%) Apple
7 16 (1.86%) Sony
8 13 (1.52%) Adobe
8 13 (1.52%) Foundry
9 10 (1.17%) SAP
10 5 (0.58%) New Relic
10 5 (0.58%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.58%) VMware
11 4 (0.47%) HighQ
11 4 (0.47%) Legatics
11 4 (0.47%) Oracle
11 4 (0.47%) Splunk
12 3 (0.35%) Cisco
12 3 (0.35%) Juniper