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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 38 97
Rank change year-on-year -20 +59 -2
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 926 1,096 740
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.04% 6.65% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 7.15% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 586 250 529
10th Percentile £46,500 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,063 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% +6.23%
75th Percentile £105,000 £101,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £135,000 £102,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +2.11%

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 18,869 15,328 21,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.42% 92.95% 87.55%
Number of salaries quoted 13,610 8,889 15,263
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
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 19 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 25 (2.70%) Apache Spark
2 23 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.30%) Apache
4 10 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.65%) SAS
6 5 (0.54%) Confluence
7 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (0.97%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.32%) Blender
3 3 (0.32%) Maya
4 1 (0.11%) Trello
4 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.11%) HFM
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 408 (44.06%) Azure
2 255 (27.54%) AWS
3 226 (24.41%) Azure AI
4 133 (14.36%) GCP
5 102 (11.02%) Snowflake
6 94 (10.15%) Azure DevOps
6 94 (10.15%) GitHub
7 84 (9.07%) Azure Machine Learning
8 79 (8.53%) GitHub Copilot
9 78 (8.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 65 (7.02%) Power Platform
11 48 (5.18%) Azure Data Factory
12 37 (4.00%) SaaS
13 32 (3.46%) Amazon Bedrock
14 26 (2.81%) Anthropic Claude
15 24 (2.59%) Microsoft Purview
16 22 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
17 20 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
18 19 (2.05%) Amazon S3
18 19 (2.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 104 (11.23%) Broadband
2 30 (3.24%) Internet
3 13 (1.40%) Firewall
4 7 (0.76%) 5G
5 6 (0.65%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.65%) Network Security
6 3 (0.32%) BGP
6 3 (0.32%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.32%) LAN
6 3 (0.32%) OSPF
6 3 (0.32%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.32%) VPN
6 3 (0.32%) WAN
7 2 (0.22%) ATM
7 2 (0.22%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.22%) DNS
7 2 (0.22%) VLAN
7 2 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.22%) WireGuard
7 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (19.22%) MongoDB
2 174 (18.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 63 (6.80%) Power BI
4 58 (6.26%) SQL Server
5 48 (5.18%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (4.32%) Metadata
7 35 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
8 26 (2.81%) Big Data
9 19 (2.05%) Data Lake
9 19 (2.05%) Delta Lake
10 16 (1.73%) Tableau
11 15 (1.62%) Data Vault
12 12 (1.30%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.08%) Looker
14 8 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
14 8 (0.86%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.76%) Relational Database
15 7 (0.76%) Semantic Layer
16 6 (0.65%) Hadoop
17 5 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 38 (4.10%) Git
2 24 (2.59%) Claude Code
3 16 (1.73%) MLflow
4 13 (1.40%) JIRA
5 11 (1.19%) GitLab
6 8 (0.86%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.43%) Appium
7 4 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.43%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.32%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.32%) Mercurial
8 3 (0.32%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.22%) Selenium
10 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.11%) Mocha
10 1 (0.11%) NUnit
10 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 276 (29.81%) Finance
2 159 (17.17%) Social Skills
3 119 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (9.07%) Marketing
5 75 (8.10%) Banking
6 43 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (4.32%) Games
8 38 (4.10%) Public Sector
9 36 (3.89%) Advertising
10 34 (3.67%) Law
11 29 (3.13%) Legal
12 28 (3.02%) Retail
13 23 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.30%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.08%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.08%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.76%) Electronics
16 7 (0.76%) Military
17 6 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 247 (26.67%) Developer
2 157 (16.95%) .NET Developer
3 151 (16.31%) Senior
4 104 (11.23%) Architect
5 103 (11.12%) Lead
6 100 (10.80%) Data Scientist
7 63 (6.80%) Software Engineer
8 54 (5.83%) Finance Manager
8 54 (5.83%) Senior Data Scientist
9 48 (5.18%) Data Engineer
10 46 (4.97%) Data Manager
11 44 (4.75%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 41 (4.43%) Data Architect
13 40 (4.32%) Engineering Manager
13 40 (4.32%) Lead Data Scientist
14 34 (3.67%) Senior Developer
15 28 (3.02%) Consultant
16 27 (2.92%) Machine Learning Engineer
17 26 (2.81%) Python Engineer
18 25 (2.70%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (20.52%) .NET
2 164 (17.71%) .NET Core
3 156 (16.85%) ASP.NET
3 156 (16.85%) ASP.NET Core
3 156 (16.85%) ML.NET
4 119 (12.85%) React
5 118 (12.74%) RESTful
6 103 (11.12%) Blazor
7 102 (11.02%) CSS
8 99 (10.69%) HTML
9 79 (8.53%) PyTorch
10 69 (7.45%) TensorFlow
11 64 (6.91%) LangChain
12 41 (4.43%) LangGraph
13 35 (3.78%) Node.js
14 29 (3.13%) PySpark
15 27 (2.92%) gRPC
15 27 (2.92%) Hugging Face
16 25 (2.70%) JSON
17 24 (2.59%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 113 (12.20%) Cloud Native
2 78 (8.42%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (7.88%) Video\Live Streaming
4 63 (6.80%) AI Agents
4 63 (6.80%) Blog
5 57 (6.16%) Algorithms
6 48 (5.18%) Product Ownership
7 33 (3.56%) Over-the-Top Content
8 32 (3.46%) Low-Code
8 32 (3.46%) Mobile App
9 30 (3.24%) Social Media
10 29 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (2.27%) Hedge funds
12 20 (2.16%) Credit Risk
12 20 (2.16%) Digital TV
13 18 (1.94%) BBC
14 17 (1.84%) iPhone
14 17 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
15 14 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (1.51%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.16%) Android
2 15 (1.62%) Linux
3 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.54%) Windows
4 3 (0.32%) Unix
5 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 778 (84.02%) AI
2 284 (30.67%) Agile
3 262 (28.29%) CI/CD
4 250 (27.00%) Data Science
5 240 (25.92%) Roadmaps
6 217 (23.43%) Full-Stack Development
7 210 (22.68%) Analytics
8 201 (21.71%) Software Engineering
9 161 (17.39%) DevOps
10 148 (15.98%) LLM
11 132 (14.25%) Mentoring
12 130 (14.04%) Data Engineering
12 130 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
13 128 (13.82%) Generative AI
14 105 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 105 (11.34%) Data Governance
15 101 (10.91%) Technical Leadership
16 100 (10.80%) Decision-Making
17 99 (10.69%) Data Architecture
18 94 (10.15%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 385 (41.58%) Python
2 368 (39.74%) SQL
3 198 (21.38%) C#
4 140 (15.12%) JavaScript
5 67 (7.24%) Go
6 60 (6.48%) TypeScript
7 50 (5.40%) Scala
8 42 (4.54%) Java
9 27 (2.92%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.94%) Bicep
11 13 (1.40%) C++
11 13 (1.40%) R
12 10 (1.08%) C
13 9 (0.97%) Rust
14 8 (0.86%) PHP
15 6 (0.65%) Bash
16 5 (0.54%) Ada
16 5 (0.54%) Swift
17 4 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 96 (10.37%) Degree
2 72 (7.78%) Security Cleared
3 48 (5.18%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.78%) DV Cleared
5 23 (2.48%) Master's Degree
6 22 (2.38%) PhD
7 19 (2.05%) Azure Certification
8 17 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (1.51%) SnowPro
11 13 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.86%) CISSP
12 8 (0.86%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.32%) CCDP
14 3 (0.32%) CCNP
14 3 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (0.22%) GIAC
15 2 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (8.86%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.46%) QA
3 29 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.51%) GDPR
5 8 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.43%) IFRS
7 4 (0.43%) IFRS 17
7 4 (0.43%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.32%) MIL-STD-1553
8 3 (0.32%) SLA
9 2 (0.22%) JTAG
10 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 149 (16.09%) Docker
2 55 (5.94%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.65%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.54%) Firmware
5 3 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 118 (12.74%) Kubernetes
2 49 (5.29%) Terraform
3 10 (1.08%) Grafana
4 7 (0.76%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.65%) Ansible
5 6 (0.65%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.32%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.32%) Istio
6 3 (0.32%) linkerd
6 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.32%) Puppet
7 2 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.22%) Podman
8 1 (0.11%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 304 (32.83%) Microsoft
2 141 (15.23%) Databricks
3 66 (7.13%) Google
4 38 (4.10%) Facebook
5 27 (2.92%) Typelevel
6 21 (2.27%) Yahoo!
7 19 (2.05%) Adobe
8 17 (1.84%) Apple
8 17 (1.84%) Sony
9 15 (1.62%) Foundry
9 15 (1.62%) OpenAI
10 12 (1.30%) SAP
11 5 (0.54%) Oracle
11 5 (0.54%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.43%) HighQ
12 4 (0.43%) Legatics
13 3 (0.32%) Cisco
13 3 (0.32%) Forcepoint
13 3 (0.32%) Juniper
13 3 (0.32%) SonicWALL