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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 35 103
Rank change year-on-year -26 +68 -5
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 813 1,173 929
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.88% 7.24% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 7.73% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 526 263 712
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £48,750
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 £145,540 £102,375
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -1.38%

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 17,250 15,174 29,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.39% 93.66% 88.88%
Number of salaries quoted 12,607 8,984 22,543
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

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 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 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.71%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.98%) Apache
5 6 (0.74%) SAS
6 2 (0.25%) Confluence
6 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (0.74%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.37%) Blender
2 3 (0.37%) Maya
3 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.62%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.12%) HFM
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 397 (48.83%) Azure
2 239 (29.40%) AWS
3 215 (26.45%) Azure AI
4 142 (17.47%) GCP
5 96 (11.81%) Azure Machine Learning
6 86 (10.58%) Azure DevOps
7 78 (9.59%) GitHub
7 78 (9.59%) Snowflake
8 69 (8.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 69 (8.49%) GitHub Copilot
9 63 (7.75%) Power Platform
10 40 (4.92%) Azure Data Factory
10 40 (4.92%) SaaS
11 23 (2.83%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (2.46%) Power Automate
14 19 (2.34%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 19 (2.34%) OneDrive
14 19 (2.34%) PowerApps
14 19 (2.34%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 134 (16.48%) Broadband
2 26 (3.20%) Internet
3 10 (1.23%) Firewall
4 7 (0.86%) 5G
5 6 (0.74%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.74%) Network Security
6 3 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.37%) Wireless
7 2 (0.25%) ATM
7 2 (0.25%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.25%) DNS
7 2 (0.25%) UWB
7 2 (0.25%) VLAN
7 2 (0.25%) VPN
7 2 (0.25%) WireGuard
8 1 (0.12%) 4G
8 1 (0.12%) LTE
8 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (20.54%) MongoDB
2 163 (20.05%) Azure SQL Database
3 61 (7.50%) SQL Server
4 58 (7.13%) Power BI
5 45 (5.54%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (4.55%) Metadata
7 36 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (2.21%) Big Data
9 17 (2.09%) Delta Lake
10 16 (1.97%) BigQuery
10 16 (1.97%) Tableau
11 14 (1.72%) Data Lake
12 12 (1.48%) Looker
13 11 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
15 8 (0.98%) Data Vault
15 8 (0.98%) Relational Database
16 7 (0.86%) Apache Iceberg
17 6 (0.74%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 18 (2.21%) Git
2 16 (1.97%) MLflow
3 10 (1.23%) GitLab
4 9 (1.11%) JIRA
5 6 (0.74%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.37%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.25%) Selenium
8 1 (0.12%) Appium
8 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.12%) Mocha
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 184 (22.63%) Finance
2 165 (20.30%) Social Skills
3 95 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (6.15%) Banking
5 46 (5.66%) Marketing
6 36 (4.43%) Games
7 34 (4.18%) Public Sector
8 32 (3.94%) Advertising
9 29 (3.57%) Law
10 28 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (3.44%) Retail
11 21 (2.58%) Legal
12 14 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.98%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.74%) Publishing
16 5 (0.62%) Legal Technology
16 5 (0.62%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 241 (29.64%) Developer
2 147 (18.08%) .NET Developer
3 137 (16.85%) Senior
4 104 (12.79%) Lead
5 86 (10.58%) Data Scientist
6 70 (8.61%) Architect
7 56 (6.89%) Software Engineer
8 53 (6.52%) Data Engineer
9 43 (5.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 43 (5.29%) Engineering Manager
9 43 (5.29%) Senior Data Scientist
10 42 (5.17%) Data Manager
11 35 (4.31%) Data Architect
12 34 (4.18%) Lead Data Scientist
13 33 (4.06%) Finance Manager
14 32 (3.94%) Senior Developer
15 31 (3.81%) Consultant
15 31 (3.81%) Scala Engineer
16 27 (3.32%) Lead Developer
16 27 (3.32%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (21.77%) .NET
2 153 (18.82%) .NET Core
3 144 (17.71%) ASP.NET
3 144 (17.71%) ASP.NET Core
3 144 (17.71%) ML.NET
4 113 (13.90%) React
5 112 (13.78%) RESTful
6 98 (12.05%) Blazor
7 97 (11.93%) CSS
8 94 (11.56%) HTML
9 88 (10.82%) PyTorch
10 80 (9.84%) TensorFlow
11 46 (5.66%) gRPC
12 44 (5.41%) LangChain
13 30 (3.69%) Node.js
14 26 (3.20%) Hugging Face
15 23 (2.83%) JSON
16 22 (2.71%) PySpark
16 22 (2.71%) REST
16 22 (2.71%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 101 (12.42%) Video\Live Streaming
2 99 (12.18%) Cloud Native
3 90 (11.07%) Distributed Systems
4 53 (6.52%) Over-the-Top Content
5 48 (5.90%) Product Ownership
6 41 (5.04%) Algorithms
7 36 (4.43%) AI Agents
8 35 (4.31%) Low-Code
9 30 (3.69%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (3.44%) Social Media
11 24 (2.95%) Mobile App
12 20 (2.46%) Digital TV
13 18 (2.21%) BBC
14 17 (2.09%) iPhone
15 15 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (1.72%) Social Network
17 13 (1.60%) Blog
17 13 (1.60%) Data Structures
18 12 (1.48%) Life Science
19 10 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.09%) Android
2 13 (1.60%) Linux
3 4 (0.49%) Windows
4 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.25%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 644 (79.21%) AI
2 268 (32.96%) CI/CD
3 262 (32.23%) Agile
4 223 (27.43%) Data Science
5 205 (25.22%) Full-Stack Development
6 202 (24.85%) Software Engineering
7 200 (24.60%) Roadmaps
8 160 (19.68%) Analytics
9 155 (19.07%) DevOps
10 137 (16.85%) Mentoring
11 125 (15.38%) Data Engineering
12 122 (15.01%) Generative AI
13 121 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
14 115 (14.15%) LLM
15 99 (12.18%) Decision-Making
16 98 (12.05%) Technical Leadership
17 97 (11.93%) Data Governance
18 90 (11.07%) Infrastructure as Code
19 89 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
19 89 (10.95%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 368 (45.26%) Python
2 317 (38.99%) SQL
3 183 (22.51%) C#
4 131 (16.11%) JavaScript
5 93 (11.44%) Go
6 65 (8.00%) Scala
7 57 (7.01%) TypeScript
8 46 (5.66%) Java
9 27 (3.32%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.48%) Bicep
11 9 (1.11%) Bash
11 9 (1.11%) C++
11 9 (1.11%) PHP
11 9 (1.11%) R
11 9 (1.11%) Rust
12 7 (0.86%) C
13 5 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.25%) Ada
15 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (9.96%) Degree
2 45 (5.54%) Security Cleared
3 31 (3.81%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.46%) PhD
5 17 (2.09%) Azure Certification
6 16 (1.97%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.72%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.60%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.98%) CISSP
12 7 (0.86%) SnowPro
13 5 (0.62%) ACCA
13 5 (0.62%) CIMA
14 4 (0.49%) CISA
15 3 (0.37%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
16 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.25%) GIAC
16 2 (0.25%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.26%) Data Quality
2 23 (2.83%) GDPR
3 19 (2.34%) QA
4 17 (2.09%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.37%) IFRS
5 3 (0.37%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.37%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.25%) JTAG
7 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 146 (17.96%) Docker
2 55 (6.77%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.49%) Firmware
5 2 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 95 (11.69%) Kubernetes
2 40 (4.92%) Terraform
3 8 (0.98%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.49%) Grafana
6 3 (0.37%) 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 (0.12%) Ansible
Vendors
1 284 (34.93%) Microsoft
2 108 (13.28%) Databricks
3 61 (7.50%) Google
4 45 (5.54%) Typelevel
5 35 (4.31%) Facebook
6 21 (2.58%) Yahoo!
7 20 (2.46%) Adobe
8 19 (2.34%) Foundry
9 17 (2.09%) Apple
9 17 (2.09%) Sony
10 13 (1.60%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.86%) Palantir
11 7 (0.86%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.86%) SAP
12 6 (0.74%) Oracle
13 4 (0.49%) HighQ
13 4 (0.49%) Legatics
13 4 (0.49%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.25%) Atlassian
14 2 (0.25%) IBM