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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 33 106
Rank change year-on-year -26 +73 -9
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 902 1,162 709
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.02% 7.04% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.85% 7.58% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 578 251 510
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £123,969 £132,500 £103,875
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +6.04%

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 18,587 15,337 22,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.86% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,454 9,043 15,990
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,917 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.19% -6.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
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 5 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 (2.88%) Apache Spark
2 23 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.22%) Apache
3 11 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.67%) SAS
5 4 (0.44%) Confluence
6 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.11%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (0.55%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.33%) Blender
2 3 (0.33%) Maya
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.11%) HFM
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 415 (46.01%) Azure
2 255 (28.27%) AWS
3 226 (25.06%) Azure AI
4 141 (15.63%) GCP
5 95 (10.53%) Snowflake
6 94 (10.42%) Azure DevOps
7 92 (10.20%) GitHub
8 89 (9.87%) Azure Machine Learning
9 79 (8.76%) GitHub Copilot
10 75 (8.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 61 (6.76%) Power Platform
12 46 (5.10%) Azure Data Factory
13 37 (4.10%) SaaS
14 26 (2.88%) Amazon Bedrock
15 22 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (2.22%) Anthropic Claude
16 20 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
17 19 (2.11%) Amazon S3
17 19 (2.11%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 120 (13.30%) Broadband
2 30 (3.33%) Internet
3 13 (1.44%) Firewall
4 7 (0.78%) 5G
4 7 (0.78%) Kerberos
4 7 (0.78%) Network Security
5 2 (0.22%) ATM
5 2 (0.22%) BGP
5 2 (0.22%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.22%) DNS
5 2 (0.22%) LAN
5 2 (0.22%) OSPF
5 2 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.22%) UWB
5 2 (0.22%) VLAN
5 2 (0.22%) VPN
5 2 (0.22%) WAN
5 2 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.22%) WireGuard
5 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (19.73%) MongoDB
2 174 (19.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 59 (6.54%) Power BI
3 59 (6.54%) SQL Server
4 46 (5.10%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (4.21%) Metadata
6 34 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (2.77%) Big Data
8 19 (2.11%) Delta Lake
9 17 (1.88%) Data Lake
10 15 (1.66%) Tableau
11 13 (1.44%) Data Vault
12 10 (1.11%) Looker
13 9 (1.00%) BigQuery
13 9 (1.00%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
15 7 (0.78%) Relational Database
16 6 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
17 5 (0.55%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 34 (3.77%) Git
2 19 (2.11%) Claude Code
3 18 (2.00%) MLflow
4 12 (1.33%) JIRA
5 11 (1.22%) GitLab
6 7 (0.78%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.33%) Appium
7 3 (0.33%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.22%) Mercurial
8 2 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.22%) Selenium
8 2 (0.22%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.11%) Mocha
9 1 (0.11%) NUnit
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 239 (26.50%) Finance
2 163 (18.07%) Social Skills
3 109 (12.08%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (8.31%) Marketing
5 66 (7.32%) Banking
6 40 (4.43%) Games
7 39 (4.32%) Public Sector
8 37 (4.10%) Advertising
9 36 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 34 (3.77%) Law
11 31 (3.44%) Legal
12 25 (2.77%) Retail
13 21 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.11%) Legal Technology
15 9 (1.00%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.89%) Aerospace
16 8 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.78%) Telecoms
18 6 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 252 (27.94%) Developer
2 157 (17.41%) .NET Developer
3 148 (16.41%) Senior
4 103 (11.42%) Lead
5 102 (11.31%) Data Scientist
6 96 (10.64%) Architect
7 61 (6.76%) Software Engineer
8 53 (5.88%) Senior Data Scientist
9 50 (5.54%) Data Engineer
10 48 (5.32%) Finance Manager
11 45 (4.99%) Data Manager
12 43 (4.77%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 41 (4.55%) Engineering Manager
13 41 (4.55%) Lead Data Scientist
14 40 (4.43%) Data Architect
15 34 (3.77%) Senior Developer
16 31 (3.44%) Consultant
17 27 (2.99%) Lead Developer
17 27 (2.99%) Python Engineer
18 26 (2.88%) Scala Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (20.95%) .NET
2 164 (18.18%) .NET Core
3 156 (17.29%) ASP.NET
3 156 (17.29%) ASP.NET Core
3 156 (17.29%) ML.NET
4 120 (13.30%) React
5 119 (13.19%) RESTful
6 103 (11.42%) Blazor
6 103 (11.42%) CSS
7 100 (11.09%) HTML
8 81 (8.98%) PyTorch
9 71 (7.87%) TensorFlow
10 62 (6.87%) LangChain
11 38 (4.21%) LangGraph
12 36 (3.99%) gRPC
12 36 (3.99%) Node.js
13 28 (3.10%) PySpark
14 27 (2.99%) Hugging Face
15 25 (2.77%) scikit-learn
16 24 (2.66%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 112 (12.42%) Cloud Native
2 86 (9.53%) Video\Live Streaming
3 85 (9.42%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.32%) AI Agents
5 50 (5.54%) Algorithms
6 45 (4.99%) Product Ownership
7 43 (4.77%) Blog
8 42 (4.66%) Over-the-Top Content
9 32 (3.55%) Low-Code
10 29 (3.22%) Greenfield Project
10 29 (3.22%) Social Media
11 28 (3.10%) Mobile App
12 20 (2.22%) Digital TV
13 18 (2.00%) BBC
14 17 (1.88%) iPhone
15 16 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
16 15 (1.66%) Hedge funds
17 14 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
18 12 (1.33%) Life Science
18 12 (1.33%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.11%) Android
2 13 (1.44%) Linux
3 5 (0.55%) Windows
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 747 (82.82%) AI
2 285 (31.60%) Agile
3 276 (30.60%) CI/CD
4 253 (28.05%) Data Science
5 231 (25.61%) Roadmaps
6 216 (23.95%) Full-Stack Development
7 205 (22.73%) Software Engineering
8 200 (22.17%) Analytics
9 164 (18.18%) DevOps
10 141 (15.63%) Mentoring
11 139 (15.41%) LLM
12 131 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
13 130 (14.41%) Data Engineering
14 124 (13.75%) Generative AI
15 106 (11.75%) Technical Leadership
16 102 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
16 102 (11.31%) Decision-Making
17 101 (11.20%) Data Governance
18 96 (10.64%) Data Architecture
19 94 (10.42%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 389 (43.13%) Python
2 352 (39.02%) SQL
3 195 (21.62%) C#
4 139 (15.41%) JavaScript
5 77 (8.54%) Go
6 60 (6.65%) TypeScript
7 58 (6.43%) Scala
8 42 (4.66%) Java
9 28 (3.10%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.77%) Bicep
11 13 (1.44%) R
12 9 (1.00%) C++
13 8 (0.89%) C
13 8 (0.89%) PHP
14 7 (0.78%) Bash
14 7 (0.78%) Rust
15 4 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.33%) Ada
17 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (9.87%) Degree
2 65 (7.21%) Security Cleared
3 41 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 30 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.22%) PhD
6 19 (2.11%) Azure Certification
7 17 (1.88%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (1.44%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.33%) SnowPro
11 10 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.00%) CISSP
13 4 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.22%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.22%) CCDP
14 2 (0.22%) CCNP
14 2 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (7.65%) Data Quality
2 27 (2.99%) QA
3 25 (2.77%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.88%) GDPR
5 7 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.33%) IFRS
7 3 (0.33%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.33%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.22%) JTAG
8 2 (0.22%) SLA
9 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.11%) GRC
9 1 (0.11%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 155 (17.18%) Docker
2 55 (6.10%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.78%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.44%) Firmware
5 2 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 114 (12.64%) Kubernetes
2 47 (5.21%) Terraform
3 8 (0.89%) Grafana
4 7 (0.78%) Kubeflow
4 7 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.55%) Ansible
5 5 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.33%) Istio
6 3 (0.33%) linkerd
6 3 (0.33%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.33%) Puppet
7 2 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.22%) Podman
8 1 (0.11%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 306 (33.92%) Microsoft
2 134 (14.86%) Databricks
3 68 (7.54%) Google
4 38 (4.21%) Facebook
5 36 (3.99%) Typelevel
6 21 (2.33%) Yahoo!
7 19 (2.11%) Adobe
8 17 (1.88%) Apple
8 17 (1.88%) Foundry
8 17 (1.88%) Sony
9 14 (1.55%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.00%) SAP
11 5 (0.55%) Oracle
11 5 (0.55%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.44%) HighQ
12 4 (0.44%) Legatics
13 2 (0.22%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.22%) Cisco
13 2 (0.22%) New Relic
13 2 (0.22%) SonicWALL