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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 34 106
Rank change year-on-year -27 +72 -4
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 791 1,168 930
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.85% 7.42% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 7.89% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 500 256 715
10th Percentile £46,200 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +1.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £148,150 £101,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -0.64%

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 16,900 14,802 29,888
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.24% 94.02% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 12,326 8,674 23,017
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £78,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.12%

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 June 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 (3.03%) Apache Spark
1 24 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.01%) Apache
4 6 (0.76%) SAS
5 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.13%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (0.76%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.38%) Blender
2 3 (0.38%) Maya
3 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.76%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.13%) HFM
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 384 (48.55%) Azure
2 238 (30.09%) AWS
3 201 (25.41%) Azure AI
4 142 (17.95%) GCP
5 96 (12.14%) Azure Machine Learning
6 79 (9.99%) Azure DevOps
7 76 (9.61%) Snowflake
8 73 (9.23%) GitHub
9 67 (8.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 65 (8.22%) Power Platform
11 64 (8.09%) GitHub Copilot
12 38 (4.80%) Azure Data Factory
12 38 (4.80%) SaaS
13 23 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
14 22 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (2.53%) Power Automate
15 20 (2.53%) Vertex AI
16 19 (2.40%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (2.40%) OneDrive
16 19 (2.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 135 (17.07%) Broadband
2 23 (2.91%) Internet
3 10 (1.26%) Firewall
4 7 (0.88%) 5G
5 6 (0.76%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.76%) Network Security
6 2 (0.25%) DNS
6 2 (0.25%) VLAN
6 2 (0.25%) VPN
6 2 (0.25%) WireGuard
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) LTE
7 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (19.60%) MongoDB
2 152 (19.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 61 (7.71%) SQL Server
4 60 (7.59%) Power BI
5 44 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
6 35 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (4.42%) Metadata
7 18 (2.28%) Big Data
7 18 (2.28%) Tableau
8 16 (2.02%) BigQuery
8 16 (2.02%) Delta Lake
9 13 (1.64%) Looker
10 12 (1.52%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (1.01%) Apache Iceberg
12 8 (1.01%) Relational Database
13 7 (0.88%) Pinecone
14 6 (0.76%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 18 (2.28%) MLflow
2 15 (1.90%) Git
3 10 (1.26%) GitLab
4 7 (0.88%) JIRA
5 6 (0.76%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.25%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) Appium
8 1 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.13%) Mocha
General
1 185 (23.39%) Finance
2 160 (20.23%) Social Skills
3 96 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (6.32%) Banking
5 46 (5.82%) Marketing
6 36 (4.55%) Games
7 33 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 30 (3.79%) Advertising
9 29 (3.67%) Retail
10 28 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (3.16%) Law
12 21 (2.65%) Legal
13 13 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.01%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.88%) Publishing
17 6 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (0.63%) Legal Technology
18 5 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 228 (28.82%) Developer
2 135 (17.07%) .NET Developer
3 132 (16.69%) Senior
4 103 (13.02%) Lead
5 87 (11.00%) Data Scientist
6 66 (8.34%) Architect
7 53 (6.70%) Data Engineer
7 53 (6.70%) Software Engineer
8 43 (5.44%) Engineering Manager
9 42 (5.31%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 42 (5.31%) Data Manager
9 42 (5.31%) Senior Data Scientist
10 33 (4.17%) Data Architect
10 33 (4.17%) Finance Manager
10 33 (4.17%) Lead Data Scientist
11 31 (3.92%) Consultant
12 30 (3.79%) Scala Engineer
12 30 (3.79%) Senior Developer
13 28 (3.54%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 27 (3.41%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (20.86%) .NET
2 142 (17.95%) .NET Core
3 132 (16.69%) ASP.NET
3 132 (16.69%) ASP.NET Core
3 132 (16.69%) ML.NET
4 105 (13.27%) React
4 105 (13.27%) RESTful
5 91 (11.50%) CSS
6 90 (11.38%) Blazor
6 90 (11.38%) PyTorch
7 89 (11.25%) HTML
8 81 (10.24%) TensorFlow
9 46 (5.82%) gRPC
10 45 (5.69%) LangChain
11 30 (3.79%) Node.js
12 26 (3.29%) Hugging Face
13 23 (2.91%) JSON
14 22 (2.78%) REST
14 22 (2.78%) scikit-learn
15 21 (2.65%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 102 (12.90%) Video\Live Streaming
2 95 (12.01%) Cloud Native
3 88 (11.13%) Distributed Systems
4 54 (6.83%) Over-the-Top Content
5 49 (6.19%) Product Ownership
6 43 (5.44%) Algorithms
7 35 (4.42%) AI Agents
7 35 (4.42%) Low-Code
8 28 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
9 26 (3.29%) Social Media
10 22 (2.78%) Mobile App
11 19 (2.40%) Digital TV
12 16 (2.02%) BBC
13 15 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.90%) iPhone
14 13 (1.64%) Blog
14 13 (1.64%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.64%) Social Network
15 11 (1.39%) Life Science
16 10 (1.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.90%) Android
2 9 (1.14%) Linux
3 3 (0.38%) Windows
4 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.25%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 619 (78.26%) AI
2 261 (33.00%) CI/CD
3 253 (31.98%) Agile
4 226 (28.57%) Data Science
5 197 (24.91%) Roadmaps
6 194 (24.53%) Software Engineering
7 193 (24.40%) Full-Stack Development
8 158 (19.97%) Analytics
9 148 (18.71%) DevOps
10 134 (16.94%) Mentoring
11 126 (15.93%) Data Engineering
12 125 (15.80%) Generative AI
13 120 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
14 111 (14.03%) LLM
15 98 (12.39%) Decision-Making
16 96 (12.14%) Data Governance
17 94 (11.88%) Technical Leadership
18 88 (11.13%) Continuous Improvement
18 88 (11.13%) Infrastructure as Code
19 84 (10.62%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 362 (45.76%) Python
2 305 (38.56%) SQL
3 169 (21.37%) C#
4 123 (15.55%) JavaScript
5 94 (11.88%) Go
6 65 (8.22%) Scala
7 55 (6.95%) TypeScript
8 44 (5.56%) Java
9 27 (3.41%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.39%) Bicep
11 10 (1.26%) Bash
11 10 (1.26%) R
12 9 (1.14%) C++
12 9 (1.14%) PHP
13 7 (0.88%) Rust
14 5 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.38%) C
17 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
18 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (10.24%) Degree
2 42 (5.31%) Security Cleared
3 28 (3.54%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.53%) PhD
5 17 (2.15%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.02%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.64%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.01%) CISSP
10 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.76%) ACCA
11 6 (0.76%) CIMA
11 6 (0.76%) SnowPro
12 4 (0.51%) CISA
13 3 (0.38%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.25%) GIAC
14 2 (0.25%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (7.08%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.65%) GDPR
3 19 (2.40%) QA
4 17 (2.15%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.38%) IFRS
5 3 (0.38%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.38%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 142 (17.95%) Docker
2 55 (6.95%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.76%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.38%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 90 (11.38%) Kubernetes
2 38 (4.80%) Terraform
3 9 (1.14%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.51%) Grafana
6 3 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.25%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.25%) Istio
7 2 (0.25%) linkerd
7 2 (0.25%) Podman
7 2 (0.25%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.25%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 270 (34.13%) Microsoft
2 106 (13.40%) Databricks
3 54 (6.83%) Google
4 45 (5.69%) Typelevel
5 32 (4.05%) Facebook
6 20 (2.53%) Adobe
7 18 (2.28%) Foundry
8 15 (1.90%) Apple
8 15 (1.90%) Sony
8 15 (1.90%) Yahoo!
9 13 (1.64%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.01%) Palantir
10 8 (1.01%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.88%) SAP
12 6 (0.76%) Oracle
13 4 (0.51%) HighQ
13 4 (0.51%) Legatics
13 4 (0.51%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.25%) IBM
14 2 (0.25%) Informatica