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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 70 82
Rank change year-on-year -49 +12 +19
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 351 720 710
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.30% 4.18% 3.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 4.49% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 251 396 460
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -0.82% +0.82%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,565 £90,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £100,000 £102,750
UK median annual salary £80,000 £77,000 £76,383
% change year-on-year +3.90% +0.81% +9.12%

All Process and 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 13,571 16,022 18,664
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.79% 92.92% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 8,676 9,671 15,007
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +3.31% -3.20%
75th Percentile £78,839 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%

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 23 December 2025.

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 20 (5.70%) Apache Spark
2 17 (4.84%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.56%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.99%) Apache Solr
5 7 (1.99%) CMS
6 5 (1.42%) Apache Pulsar
7 4 (1.14%) Confluence
8 3 (0.85%) Apache
9 2 (0.57%) Luigi
10 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.28%) Kinematics
Applications
1 7 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.71%) Chatbot
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.85%) Trello
5 2 (0.57%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.57%) Sketch
5 2 (0.57%) Weka
6 1 (0.28%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.28%) Blender
Business Applications
1 6 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.85%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.85%) SAP SCM
4 2 (0.57%) Adaptiv
5 1 (0.28%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.28%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.28%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 178 (50.71%) Azure
2 114 (32.48%) AWS
3 64 (18.23%) GCP
4 44 (12.54%) Power Platform
5 31 (8.83%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (7.41%) Entra ID
6 26 (7.41%) SaaS
7 23 (6.55%) Azure Machine Learning
8 19 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (4.84%) Serverless
10 14 (3.99%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.70%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
12 12 (3.42%) GitHub
13 11 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (3.13%) Snowflake
14 10 (2.85%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (2.85%) dbt
15 9 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.42%) Broadband
2 3 (0.85%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.57%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.28%) Modbus
4 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.83%) Power BI
2 29 (8.26%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (4.84%) Tableau
4 16 (4.56%) NoSQL
5 15 (4.27%) SQL Server
6 13 (3.70%) Data Lake
6 13 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (3.13%) Metadata
9 10 (2.85%) MySQL
10 9 (2.56%) Big Data
10 9 (2.56%) Looker
11 7 (1.99%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.99%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (1.71%) Hadoop
13 5 (1.42%) Data Mining
13 5 (1.42%) Relational Database
14 4 (1.14%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 18 (5.13%) Git
2 11 (3.13%) MLflow
3 8 (2.28%) JIRA
4 4 (1.14%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.57%) ERwin
6 2 (0.57%) Selenium
6 2 (0.57%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.57%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.28%) GitLab
General
1 99 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 91 (25.93%) Finance
3 56 (15.95%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.98%) Marketing
5 24 (6.84%) Retail
6 23 (6.55%) Public Sector
7 22 (6.27%) Telecoms
8 15 (4.27%) Games
9 11 (3.13%) Law
10 10 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.56%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.99%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.71%) Legal
14 5 (1.42%) Back Office
14 5 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.14%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.14%) Automotive
15 4 (1.14%) Banking
15 4 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (13.96%) Senior
2 44 (12.54%) Lead
3 39 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 26 (7.41%) Architect
5 25 (7.12%) Developer
6 24 (6.84%) Software Engineer
7 23 (6.55%) Data Scientist
8 18 (5.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 16 (4.56%) Consultant
10 14 (3.99%) Analyst
11 11 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (2.85%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 10 (2.85%) Operations Engineer
12 10 (2.85%) Product Owner
13 9 (2.56%) Applications Engineer
13 9 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (2.28%) Azure Data Engineer
14 8 (2.28%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 8 (2.28%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 8 (2.28%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.55%) Kafka
2 26 (7.41%) TensorFlow
3 24 (6.84%) PyTorch
4 23 (6.55%) Node.js
5 22 (6.27%) gRPC
5 22 (6.27%) React
6 21 (5.98%) RESTful
7 19 (5.41%) REST
8 17 (4.84%) scikit-learn
9 13 (3.70%) Spring
9 13 (3.70%) WebSockets
10 12 (3.42%) FastAPI
10 12 (3.42%) Pandas
10 12 (3.42%) Spring Boot
11 11 (3.13%) Hugging Face
12 10 (2.85%) RabbitMQ
13 9 (2.56%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.28%) NumPy
14 8 (2.28%) OAuth
14 8 (2.28%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 52 (14.81%) Product Ownership
2 45 (12.82%) Cloud Native
3 30 (8.55%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (7.41%) Algorithms
5 23 (6.55%) AI Agents
6 11 (3.13%) Reinsurance
7 8 (2.28%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.99%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.99%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.99%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.71%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (1.71%) CUDA
9 6 (1.71%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.71%) Mobile Games
9 6 (1.71%) Sports Betting
10 5 (1.42%) Educational Technology
11 4 (1.14%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.14%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.41%) Windows
2 17 (4.84%) Android
3 15 (4.27%) Linux
4 8 (2.28%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.99%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.85%) Unix
7 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (80.63%) AI
2 144 (41.03%) Analytics
3 104 (29.63%) Data Science
4 100 (28.49%) DevOps
5 98 (27.92%) Agile
6 87 (24.79%) CI/CD
7 83 (23.65%) Roadmaps
8 62 (17.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (17.09%) Software Engineering
10 58 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
11 57 (16.24%) Decision-Making
12 56 (15.95%) LLM
13 51 (14.53%) Computer Science
14 49 (13.96%) Business Intelligence
15 46 (13.11%) Data Pipeline
16 44 (12.54%) Data Engineering
17 43 (12.25%) Containerisation
18 42 (11.97%) Coaching
19 41 (11.68%) User Experience
20 40 (11.40%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 175 (49.86%) Python
2 88 (25.07%) SQL
3 39 (11.11%) Java
4 27 (7.69%) Bash
5 26 (7.41%) PowerShell
6 25 (7.12%) R
7 21 (5.98%) Go
8 20 (5.70%) JavaScript
9 17 (4.84%) C++
10 16 (4.56%) TypeScript
11 15 (4.27%) PHP
12 13 (3.70%) Scala
13 10 (2.85%) C#
14 8 (2.28%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.71%) T-SQL
16 4 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (1.14%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.85%) Bicep
18 2 (0.57%) C
19 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (21.08%) Degree
2 29 (8.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 29 (8.26%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.27%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.28%) PhD
6 6 (1.71%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.42%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.14%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.85%) ACCA
9 3 (0.85%) CIMA
9 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.85%) PMP
10 2 (0.57%) CFA
10 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.57%) OSCE
10 2 (0.57%) OSCP
10 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.98%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.70%) GDPR
3 7 (1.99%) QA
4 4 (1.14%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.14%) EU AI Act
4 4 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.57%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.28%) HL7
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 50 (14.25%) Docker
2 18 (5.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (3.13%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.57%) Ceph
5 2 (0.57%) Lustre
5 2 (0.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 55 (15.67%) Kubernetes
2 34 (9.69%) Terraform
3 18 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (3.99%) Ansible
5 8 (2.28%) SCCM
6 2 (0.57%) Argo
6 2 (0.57%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.57%) Puppet
7 1 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.28%) Istio
7 1 (0.28%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 60 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.26%) Databricks
3 18 (5.13%) Google
4 14 (3.99%) OpenAI
5 11 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.71%) SAP
7 5 (1.42%) Ericsson
7 5 (1.42%) Mavenir
7 5 (1.42%) Nokia
7 5 (1.42%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.14%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.14%) Genesys
8 4 (1.14%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.14%) Talend
8 4 (1.14%) Zoho
9 3 (0.85%) Adobe
9 3 (0.85%) Dell
9 3 (0.85%) Mercator
9 3 (0.85%) Palantir
10 2 (0.57%) Murex