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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 81 98
Rank change year-on-year -15 +17 -8
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 454 541 887
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.68% 4.05% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 4.25% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 274 312 676
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,688 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,938 £87,813 £87,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £118,625 £101,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -

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 14,348 12,730 27,722
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.84% 95.26% 92.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,446 8,781 22,926
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 20 March 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 28 (6.17%) Apache Spark
2 19 (4.19%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.76%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.54%) CMS
5 5 (1.10%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (0.88%) Apache
6 4 (0.88%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.88%) Confluence
7 3 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.22%) Kinematics
Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.66%) Trello
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.44%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (2.20%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.44%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 214 (47.14%) Azure
2 168 (37.00%) AWS
3 114 (25.11%) GCP
4 60 (13.22%) Azure Machine Learning
5 59 (13.00%) Power Platform
6 40 (8.81%) Azure AI
7 30 (6.61%) Snowflake
8 24 (5.29%) SaaS
9 18 (3.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 18 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (3.96%) Vertex AI
10 16 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (3.08%) Serverless
12 13 (2.86%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (2.86%) GitHub
13 12 (2.64%) Amazon SageMaker
13 12 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (2.42%) Dagster
14 11 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 77 (16.96%) Broadband
2 5 (1.10%) Kerberos
3 3 (0.66%) Network Security
4 2 (0.44%) Firewall
4 2 (0.44%) InfiniBand
5 1 (0.22%) LTE
5 1 (0.22%) Modbus
5 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (11.23%) Power BI
2 35 (7.71%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (6.61%) SQL Server
4 26 (5.73%) Tableau
5 21 (4.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (4.19%) Elasticsearch
6 19 (4.19%) MongoDB
7 18 (3.96%) Metadata
8 16 (3.52%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (3.30%) Amazon Redshift
10 14 (3.08%) BigQuery
11 13 (2.86%) Data Lake
12 11 (2.42%) Apache Iceberg
12 11 (2.42%) Delta Lake
12 11 (2.42%) Looker
12 11 (2.42%) NoSQL
13 10 (2.20%) Big Data
13 10 (2.20%) Pinecone
13 10 (2.20%) Weaviate
14 6 (1.32%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 19 (4.19%) MLflow
2 15 (3.30%) Git
3 5 (1.10%) Claude Code
3 5 (1.10%) JIRA
4 3 (0.66%) GitLab
4 3 (0.66%) Selenium
4 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.44%) ERwin
5 2 (0.44%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.44%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.22%) Appium
6 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
General
1 127 (27.97%) Social Skills
2 100 (22.03%) Finance
3 73 (16.08%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (6.39%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.73%) Marketing
5 26 (5.73%) Retail
6 19 (4.19%) Telecoms
7 16 (3.52%) Games
7 16 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.30%) Legal
9 14 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.42%) Law
10 11 (2.42%) Publishing
11 10 (2.20%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.54%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.32%) Banking
14 6 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.10%) Advertising
15 5 (1.10%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 96 (21.15%) Senior
2 66 (14.54%) Lead
3 59 (13.00%) Developer
4 47 (10.35%) Data Engineer
5 37 (8.15%) Software Engineer
6 33 (7.27%) Data Scientist
7 27 (5.95%) Architect
8 26 (5.73%) Consultant
9 25 (5.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 24 (5.29%) Scala Engineer
11 19 (4.19%) Analyst
11 19 (4.19%) Engineering Manager
11 19 (4.19%) Operations Engineer
12 17 (3.74%) Data Manager
13 16 (3.52%) .NET Developer
13 16 (3.52%) Data Analyst
13 16 (3.52%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 14 (3.08%) Data Consultant
15 13 (2.86%) Data Architect
16 12 (2.64%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (11.45%) gRPC
2 48 (10.57%) PyTorch
3 43 (9.47%) TensorFlow
4 36 (7.93%) React
5 28 (6.17%) REST
6 27 (5.95%) Kafka
7 26 (5.73%) RESTful
8 25 (5.51%) .NET
9 20 (4.41%) Node.js
10 17 (3.74%) LangChain
11 16 (3.52%) .NET Core
12 14 (3.08%) CSS
12 14 (3.08%) HTML
12 14 (3.08%) OAuth
13 13 (2.86%) AngularJS
14 12 (2.64%) ASP.NET
14 12 (2.64%) ASP.NET Core
14 12 (2.64%) Blazor
14 12 (2.64%) ML.NET
15 11 (2.42%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 58 (12.78%) Distributed Systems
2 55 (12.11%) Video\Live Streaming
3 51 (11.23%) Cloud Native
3 51 (11.23%) Product Ownership
4 40 (8.81%) Algorithms
4 40 (8.81%) Over-the-Top Content
5 26 (5.73%) AI Agents
6 14 (3.08%) Low-Code
7 12 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.42%) Data Structures
9 10 (2.20%) FMCG
9 10 (2.20%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.32%) Educational Technology
11 6 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.10%) Social Media
13 4 (0.88%) Linked Data
13 4 (0.88%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.30%) Android
1 15 (3.30%) Linux
2 11 (2.42%) Windows
3 5 (1.10%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.66%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (0.66%) Unix
6 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (75.55%) AI
2 156 (34.36%) Data Science
3 148 (32.60%) CI/CD
4 140 (30.84%) Analytics
5 123 (27.09%) Agile
6 110 (24.23%) Software Engineering
7 103 (22.69%) Roadmaps
8 93 (20.48%) DevOps
9 87 (19.16%) Problem-Solving
10 77 (16.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 77 (16.96%) Decision-Making
11 75 (16.52%) Containerisation
12 74 (16.30%) Microservices
13 71 (15.64%) Clean Code
13 71 (15.64%) LLM
13 71 (15.64%) Mentoring
14 70 (15.42%) Data Engineering
14 70 (15.42%) Generative AI
15 68 (14.98%) Coaching
16 63 (13.88%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 242 (53.30%) Python
2 120 (26.43%) SQL
3 79 (17.40%) Go
4 53 (11.67%) Scala
5 48 (10.57%) Java
6 30 (6.61%) C#
6 30 (6.61%) JavaScript
7 22 (4.85%) TypeScript
8 19 (4.19%) Bash
9 16 (3.52%) PHP
9 16 (3.52%) R
10 14 (3.08%) C++
10 14 (3.08%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.54%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.32%) Rust
13 5 (1.10%) Bicep
14 4 (0.88%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.22%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 89 (19.60%) Degree
2 28 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (5.95%) Security Cleared
4 20 (4.41%) PhD
5 19 (4.19%) Master's Degree
5 19 (4.19%) SC Cleared
6 14 (3.08%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.20%) ACCA
7 10 (2.20%) CIMA
7 10 (2.20%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.10%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.88%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.88%) CISA
9 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.44%) CISSP
10 2 (0.44%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.44%) OSCE
10 2 (0.44%) OSCP
10 2 (0.44%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.61%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.63%) GDPR
3 15 (3.30%) QA
4 5 (1.10%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.88%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.44%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 90 (19.82%) Docker
2 19 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.54%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.44%) Ceph
5 2 (0.44%) Lustre
5 2 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 51 (11.23%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.51%) Terraform
3 9 (1.98%) Ansible
4 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.88%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.44%) SCCM
6 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) Grafana
Vendors
1 82 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.45%) Databricks
3 36 (7.93%) Typelevel
4 26 (5.73%) Google
5 12 (2.64%) Palantir
5 12 (2.64%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.42%) OpenAI
7 10 (2.20%) Foundry
8 6 (1.32%) Adobe
9 5 (1.10%) Ericsson
9 5 (1.10%) Mavenir
9 5 (1.10%) Nokia
10 4 (0.88%) SAP
11 3 (0.66%) Dell
11 3 (0.66%) Facebook
11 3 (0.66%) Mercator
12 2 (0.44%) Civica
12 2 (0.44%) Northgate
12 2 (0.44%) Orchard
13 1 (0.22%) Yahoo!