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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 33 102
Rank change year-on-year -29 +69 -4
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 742 1,175 975
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.72% 7.65% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.54% 8.09% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 447 261 754
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,637 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £78,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% +20.77% -5.55%
75th Percentile £95,625 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £146,300 £101,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £78,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.46% +12.14% -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 16,346 14,518 30,753
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 94.57% 88.97%
Number of salaries quoted 11,794 8,418 23,762
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £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% -9.54%

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 17 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 26 (3.50%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.08%) Apache
5 6 (0.81%) SAS
6 2 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (0.81%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.40%) Blender
2 3 (0.40%) Maya
3 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.94%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.13%) HFM
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 342 (46.09%) Azure
2 230 (31.00%) AWS
3 161 (21.70%) Azure AI
4 141 (19.00%) GCP
5 99 (13.34%) Azure Machine Learning
6 76 (10.24%) Snowflake
7 68 (9.16%) Power Platform
8 65 (8.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 58 (7.82%) Azure DevOps
10 53 (7.14%) GitHub
11 46 (6.20%) GitHub Copilot
12 37 (4.99%) SaaS
13 36 (4.85%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (3.10%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
16 21 (2.83%) Vertex AI
17 20 (2.70%) Power Automate
18 19 (2.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 19 (2.56%) OneDrive
18 19 (2.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 135 (18.19%) Broadband
2 15 (2.02%) Internet
3 10 (1.35%) Firewall
4 7 (0.94%) 5G
5 6 (0.81%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.81%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) DNS
6 2 (0.27%) VLAN
6 2 (0.27%) VPN
6 2 (0.27%) 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
1 118 (15.90%) MongoDB
2 117 (15.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 63 (8.49%) Power BI
3 63 (8.49%) SQL Server
4 42 (5.66%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (4.45%) Metadata
7 21 (2.83%) Tableau
8 17 (2.29%) Big Data
8 17 (2.29%) BigQuery
9 16 (2.16%) Delta Lake
10 15 (2.02%) Looker
11 14 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.35%) Apache Iceberg
13 10 (1.35%) Data Lake
14 9 (1.21%) NoSQL
14 9 (1.21%) Pinecone
15 8 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
15 8 (1.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (2.83%) MLflow
2 16 (2.16%) Git
3 10 (1.35%) GitLab
4 7 (0.94%) JIRA
5 6 (0.81%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.13%) Appium
7 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 179 (24.12%) Finance
2 153 (20.62%) Social Skills
3 95 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (6.33%) Banking
5 35 (4.72%) Marketing
6 34 (4.58%) Games
7 30 (4.04%) Retail
8 29 (3.91%) Public Sector
9 28 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (3.37%) Law
11 22 (2.96%) Advertising
11 22 (2.96%) Legal
12 13 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.08%) Publishing
15 7 (0.94%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.67%) Legal Technology
17 5 (0.67%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 190 (25.61%) Developer
2 131 (17.65%) Senior
3 98 (13.21%) Lead
4 96 (12.94%) .NET Developer
5 85 (11.46%) Data Scientist
6 63 (8.49%) Architect
7 55 (7.41%) Data Engineer
7 55 (7.41%) Software Engineer
8 42 (5.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 42 (5.66%) Data Manager
8 42 (5.66%) Engineering Manager
9 37 (4.99%) Senior Data Scientist
10 33 (4.45%) Finance Manager
11 32 (4.31%) Data Architect
12 31 (4.18%) Consultant
13 30 (4.04%) Scala Engineer
13 30 (4.04%) Senior Developer
14 29 (3.91%) Lead Data Scientist
15 28 (3.77%) Machine Learning Engineer
16 27 (3.64%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (16.98%) .NET
2 107 (14.42%) .NET Core
3 93 (12.53%) ASP.NET
3 93 (12.53%) ASP.NET Core
3 93 (12.53%) ML.NET
4 90 (12.13%) PyTorch
5 83 (11.19%) React
5 83 (11.19%) RESTful
6 80 (10.78%) TensorFlow
7 71 (9.57%) CSS
8 70 (9.43%) HTML
9 63 (8.49%) Blazor
10 46 (6.20%) gRPC
11 43 (5.80%) LangChain
12 28 (3.77%) Node.js
13 26 (3.50%) Hugging Face
14 23 (3.10%) JSON
15 22 (2.96%) REST
16 20 (2.70%) Microsoft Graph
17 19 (2.56%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 102 (13.75%) Video\Live Streaming
2 85 (11.46%) Distributed Systems
3 84 (11.32%) Cloud Native
4 54 (7.28%) Over-the-Top Content
5 50 (6.74%) Product Ownership
6 44 (5.93%) Algorithms
7 35 (4.72%) Low-Code
8 33 (4.45%) AI Agents
9 23 (3.10%) Greenfield Project
10 22 (2.96%) Social Media
11 17 (2.29%) Mobile App
12 15 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.89%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.75%) Blog
14 13 (1.75%) Digital TV
15 12 (1.62%) BBC
16 11 (1.48%) iPhone
16 11 (1.48%) Social Network
17 10 (1.35%) Life Science
17 10 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.48%) Android
2 9 (1.21%) Linux
3 3 (0.40%) Windows
4 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.27%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 568 (76.55%) AI
2 240 (32.35%) CI/CD
3 227 (30.59%) Agile
4 226 (30.46%) Data Science
5 194 (26.15%) Roadmaps
6 190 (25.61%) Software Engineering
7 153 (20.62%) Analytics
7 153 (20.62%) Full-Stack Development
8 129 (17.39%) Data Engineering
9 126 (16.98%) DevOps
9 126 (16.98%) Generative AI
10 122 (16.44%) Mentoring
11 117 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
12 102 (13.75%) LLM
13 97 (13.07%) Data Governance
14 90 (12.13%) Decision-Making
15 87 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
16 85 (11.46%) Clean Code
16 85 (11.46%) Infrastructure as Code
17 84 (11.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 361 (48.65%) Python
2 274 (36.93%) SQL
3 131 (17.65%) C#
4 102 (13.75%) Go
5 99 (13.34%) JavaScript
6 64 (8.63%) Scala
7 49 (6.60%) TypeScript
8 45 (6.06%) Java
9 27 (3.64%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.62%) Bash
10 12 (1.62%) R
11 10 (1.35%) Rust
12 9 (1.21%) Bicep
12 9 (1.21%) C++
13 8 (1.08%) PHP
14 6 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.40%) C
17 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
18 1 (0.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 80 (10.78%) Degree
2 38 (5.12%) Security Cleared
3 25 (3.37%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.70%) PhD
5 16 (2.16%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.16%) Master's Degree
6 13 (1.75%) DBS Check
7 12 (1.62%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.08%) CISSP
10 7 (0.94%) ACCA
10 7 (0.94%) CIMA
11 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.54%) CISA
12 4 (0.54%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.27%) GIAC
14 2 (0.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.60%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.83%) GDPR
3 20 (2.70%) QA
4 17 (2.29%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.40%) IFRS
5 3 (0.40%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.40%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 124 (16.71%) Docker
2 55 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 71 (9.57%) Kubernetes
2 33 (4.45%) Terraform
3 9 (1.21%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.54%) Grafana
6 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.27%) Istio
7 2 (0.27%) linkerd
7 2 (0.27%) Podman
7 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.27%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 229 (30.86%) Microsoft
2 105 (14.15%) Databricks
3 45 (6.06%) Google
3 45 (6.06%) Typelevel
4 22 (2.96%) Facebook
5 20 (2.70%) Adobe
6 15 (2.02%) Foundry
7 13 (1.75%) OpenAI
8 11 (1.48%) Apple
8 11 (1.48%) Sony
8 11 (1.48%) Yahoo!
9 10 (1.35%) Palantir
10 9 (1.21%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.94%) SAP
12 6 (0.81%) Oracle
13 4 (0.54%) HighQ
13 4 (0.54%) Legatics
13 4 (0.54%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.27%) IBM
14 2 (0.27%) Informatica