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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 34 108
Rank change year-on-year -27 +74 -12
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 826 1,173 844
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.87% 7.11% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 7.62% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 538 258 633
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +1.71%
75th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £119,125 £141,015 £102,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% -

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 17,659 15,399 28,229
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.69% 93.29% 88.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12,868 9,127 21,456
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,887 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%

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 16 July 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 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.42%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.97%) Apache
5 6 (0.73%) SAS
6 2 (0.24%) Confluence
6 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (0.61%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.36%) Blender
2 3 (0.36%) Maya
3 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
1 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) HFM
2 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 400 (48.43%) Azure
2 243 (29.42%) AWS
3 224 (27.12%) Azure AI
4 144 (17.43%) GCP
5 92 (11.14%) Azure Machine Learning
6 90 (10.90%) Azure DevOps
7 85 (10.29%) GitHub
8 82 (9.93%) Snowflake
9 76 (9.20%) GitHub Copilot
10 70 (8.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 60 (7.26%) Power Platform
12 42 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
13 40 (4.84%) SaaS
14 23 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.42%) Power Automate
17 19 (2.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (2.30%) OneDrive
17 19 (2.30%) PowerApps
18 18 (2.18%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 134 (16.22%) Broadband
2 30 (3.63%) Internet
3 10 (1.21%) Firewall
4 7 (0.85%) 5G
5 6 (0.73%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.73%) Network Security
6 2 (0.24%) ATM
6 2 (0.24%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.24%) DNS
6 2 (0.24%) UWB
6 2 (0.24%) VLAN
6 2 (0.24%) VPN
6 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.24%) WireGuard
6 2 (0.24%) Wireless
7 1 (0.12%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (21.31%) MongoDB
2 172 (20.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (7.26%) SQL Server
4 56 (6.78%) Power BI
5 45 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (4.48%) Metadata
7 32 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (2.18%) Big Data
9 17 (2.06%) Delta Lake
10 14 (1.69%) Data Lake
11 13 (1.57%) BigQuery
11 13 (1.57%) Tableau
12 11 (1.33%) Looker
13 9 (1.09%) Data Vault
14 8 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
14 8 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.85%) Relational Database
16 5 (0.61%) Apache Iceberg
16 5 (0.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (2.42%) Git
2 12 (1.45%) Claude Code
2 12 (1.45%) MLflow
3 10 (1.21%) GitLab
3 10 (1.21%) JIRA
4 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.24%) Selenium
6 1 (0.12%) Appium
6 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.12%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.12%) Mocha
6 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 186 (22.52%) Finance
2 162 (19.61%) Social Skills
3 92 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (7.02%) Banking
5 53 (6.42%) Marketing
6 36 (4.36%) Advertising
6 36 (4.36%) Games
7 35 (4.24%) Public Sector
8 31 (3.75%) Law
9 28 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (3.15%) Retail
11 23 (2.78%) Legal
12 13 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.97%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.85%) Legal Technology
16 6 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.61%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 252 (30.51%) Developer
2 157 (19.01%) .NET Developer
3 138 (16.71%) Senior
4 100 (12.11%) Lead
5 85 (10.29%) Data Scientist
6 79 (9.56%) Architect
7 56 (6.78%) Software Engineer
8 51 (6.17%) Data Engineer
9 44 (5.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 43 (5.21%) Senior Data Scientist
11 42 (5.08%) Engineering Manager
12 41 (4.96%) Data Manager
13 39 (4.72%) Finance Manager
14 36 (4.36%) Data Architect
15 34 (4.12%) Lead Data Scientist
16 33 (4.00%) Senior Developer
17 31 (3.75%) Consultant
17 31 (3.75%) Scala Engineer
18 27 (3.27%) Lead Developer
18 27 (3.27%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (22.64%) .NET
2 162 (19.61%) .NET Core
3 154 (18.64%) ASP.NET
3 154 (18.64%) ASP.NET Core
3 154 (18.64%) ML.NET
4 117 (14.16%) React
5 116 (14.04%) RESTful
6 104 (12.59%) CSS
7 103 (12.47%) Blazor
8 101 (12.23%) HTML
9 86 (10.41%) PyTorch
10 78 (9.44%) TensorFlow
11 53 (6.42%) LangChain
12 45 (5.45%) gRPC
13 31 (3.75%) Node.js
14 30 (3.63%) LangGraph
15 27 (3.27%) Hugging Face
16 24 (2.91%) scikit-learn
17 23 (2.78%) JSON
17 23 (2.78%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 104 (12.59%) Cloud Native
2 101 (12.23%) Video\Live Streaming
3 91 (11.02%) Distributed Systems
4 53 (6.42%) Over-the-Top Content
5 48 (5.81%) Product Ownership
6 42 (5.08%) AI Agents
7 40 (4.84%) Algorithms
8 34 (4.12%) Low-Code
9 33 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (3.39%) Social Media
11 24 (2.91%) Mobile App
12 20 (2.42%) Digital TV
13 18 (2.18%) BBC
14 17 (2.06%) iPhone
15 15 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (1.69%) Blog
17 12 (1.45%) Life Science
17 12 (1.45%) Social Network
18 11 (1.33%) Data Structures
19 10 (1.21%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.06%) Android
2 12 (1.45%) Linux
3 5 (0.61%) Windows
4 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 660 (79.90%) AI
2 277 (33.54%) CI/CD
3 266 (32.20%) Agile
4 228 (27.60%) Data Science
5 213 (25.79%) Full-Stack Development
6 207 (25.06%) Roadmaps
7 201 (24.33%) Software Engineering
8 159 (19.25%) Analytics
9 155 (18.77%) DevOps
10 140 (16.95%) Mentoring
11 124 (15.01%) Generative AI
12 123 (14.89%) Data Engineering
13 121 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
14 120 (14.53%) LLM
15 102 (12.35%) Technical Leadership
16 97 (11.74%) Decision-Making
17 94 (11.38%) Data Governance
18 91 (11.02%) Infrastructure as Code
19 89 (10.77%) Data Architecture
20 88 (10.65%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 368 (44.55%) Python
2 325 (39.35%) SQL
3 194 (23.49%) C#
4 135 (16.34%) JavaScript
5 89 (10.77%) Go
6 64 (7.75%) Scala
7 57 (6.90%) TypeScript
8 43 (5.21%) Java
9 27 (3.27%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.57%) Bicep
11 9 (1.09%) PHP
12 8 (0.97%) Bash
12 8 (0.97%) C++
12 8 (0.97%) R
13 7 (0.85%) C
13 7 (0.85%) Rust
14 5 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.24%) Ada
16 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (8.84%) Degree
2 43 (5.21%) Security Cleared
3 30 (3.63%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.42%) PhD
5 16 (1.94%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.45%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.97%) CISSP
11 8 (0.97%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.36%) ACCA
12 3 (0.36%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.36%) CIMA
12 3 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.24%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.24%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.78%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.54%) QA
3 19 (2.30%) GDPR
4 17 (2.06%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.36%) IFRS
5 3 (0.36%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.36%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.24%) JTAG
7 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 151 (18.28%) Docker
2 55 (6.66%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.48%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 102 (12.35%) Kubernetes
2 41 (4.96%) Terraform
3 8 (0.97%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.61%) Grafana
6 4 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.24%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.24%) Istio
7 2 (0.24%) linkerd
7 2 (0.24%) Podman
7 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.24%) Puppet
8 1 (0.12%) Ansible
8 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 295 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 112 (13.56%) Databricks
3 63 (7.63%) Google
4 45 (5.45%) Typelevel
5 37 (4.48%) Facebook
6 21 (2.54%) Yahoo!
7 20 (2.42%) Adobe
8 18 (2.18%) Foundry
9 17 (2.06%) Apple
9 17 (2.06%) Sony
10 13 (1.57%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.85%) SAP
12 6 (0.73%) Oracle
13 5 (0.61%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.61%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.48%) HighQ
14 4 (0.48%) Legatics
14 4 (0.48%) Palantir
15 2 (0.24%) Atlassian
15 2 (0.24%) New Relic