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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 88 108
Rank change year-on-year +2 +20 -14
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 525 475 880
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.94% 3.55% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.53% 3.75% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 329 299 688
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £54,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £110,000 £91,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £137,000 £131,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £79,000 £77,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.60% +10.00% -

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 14,862 12,659 29,602
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.19% 94.70% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,395 8,961 23,539
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 22 April 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 29 (5.52%) Apache Spark
2 20 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.33%) CMS
5 5 (0.95%) Apache
5 5 (0.95%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.38%) Confluence
8 1 (0.19%) Kinematics
Applications
1 7 (1.33%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.57%) Trello
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.90%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.38%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 253 (48.19%) Azure
2 190 (36.19%) AWS
3 133 (25.33%) GCP
4 102 (19.43%) Azure Machine Learning
5 79 (15.05%) Azure AI
6 70 (13.33%) Snowflake
7 66 (12.57%) Power Platform
8 59 (11.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 26 (4.95%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
11 19 (3.62%) SaaS
12 18 (3.43%) Vertex AI
13 17 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (3.24%) Power Automate
14 15 (2.86%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 15 (2.86%) OneDrive
14 15 (2.86%) PowerApps
15 14 (2.67%) Amazon SageMaker
15 14 (2.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 94 (17.90%) Broadband
2 8 (1.52%) Firewall
3 5 (0.95%) Kerberos
3 5 (0.95%) Network Security
4 2 (0.38%) DNS
4 2 (0.38%) VLAN
4 2 (0.38%) VPN
4 2 (0.38%) WireGuard
5 1 (0.19%) LTE
5 1 (0.19%) Modbus
5 1 (0.19%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (12.76%) SQL Server
2 59 (11.24%) Power BI
3 42 (8.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (5.33%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (4.57%) Tableau
6 21 (4.00%) MongoDB
7 19 (3.62%) Metadata
8 16 (3.05%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (2.86%) Looker
10 14 (2.67%) BigQuery
11 12 (2.29%) Delta Lake
12 11 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (2.10%) Data Lake
12 11 (2.10%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.90%) Pinecone
13 10 (1.90%) Weaviate
14 9 (1.71%) Apache Iceberg
15 7 (1.33%) Big Data
15 7 (1.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (3.81%) MLflow
2 14 (2.67%) Git
3 7 (1.33%) JIRA
4 5 (0.95%) Claude Code
5 4 (0.76%) GitLab
6 3 (0.57%) Selenium
7 2 (0.38%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.38%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.19%) Appium
8 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.19%) ERwin
8 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
General
1 134 (25.52%) Finance
2 131 (24.95%) Social Skills
3 71 (13.52%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.52%) Retail
5 22 (4.19%) Marketing
6 21 (4.00%) Banking
6 21 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 20 (3.81%) Law
7 20 (3.81%) Legal
8 17 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.05%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.10%) Games
11 11 (2.10%) Publishing
12 9 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.33%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.95%) Advertising
14 5 (0.95%) Back Office
14 5 (0.95%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 111 (21.14%) Senior
2 67 (12.76%) Developer
3 64 (12.19%) Lead
4 47 (8.95%) Software Engineer
5 46 (8.76%) Data Engineer
6 41 (7.81%) Engineering Manager
7 40 (7.62%) Data Manager
8 38 (7.24%) Data Scientist
9 36 (6.86%) Architect
10 33 (6.29%) Finance Manager
11 30 (5.71%) Scala Engineer
12 28 (5.33%) Consultant
13 23 (4.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 20 (3.81%) Data Architect
15 19 (3.62%) Operations Engineer
15 19 (3.62%) Senior Developer
16 18 (3.43%) Analyst
17 17 (3.24%) Machine Learning Engineer
18 16 (3.05%) .NET Developer
19 15 (2.86%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (11.62%) gRPC
2 48 (9.14%) PyTorch
3 41 (7.81%) TensorFlow
4 40 (7.62%) React
5 39 (7.43%) .NET
6 28 (5.33%) .NET Core
6 28 (5.33%) REST
7 27 (5.14%) Kafka
7 27 (5.14%) RESTful
8 25 (4.76%) CSS
8 25 (4.76%) HTML
9 23 (4.38%) Node.js
10 18 (3.43%) JSON
11 17 (3.24%) LangChain
12 15 (2.86%) HTML5 Canvas
12 15 (2.86%) Microsoft Graph
12 15 (2.86%) OAuth
12 15 (2.86%) SPFx
13 13 (2.48%) ASP.NET
13 13 (2.48%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 65 (12.38%) Video\Live Streaming
2 63 (12.00%) Distributed Systems
3 50 (9.52%) Over-the-Top Content
4 49 (9.33%) Cloud Native
4 49 (9.33%) Product Ownership
5 34 (6.48%) Algorithms
6 27 (5.14%) AI Agents
7 14 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.67%) Low-Code
8 13 (2.48%) Social Media
9 12 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (2.10%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.90%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.90%) FMCG
12 8 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (1.33%) Blog
14 6 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
15 5 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
15 5 (0.95%) Mobile Payment
16 4 (0.76%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.48%) Android
2 8 (1.52%) Linux
3 5 (0.95%) Windows
4 3 (0.57%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.57%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.57%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (72.95%) AI
2 165 (31.43%) Agile
3 162 (30.86%) Data Science
4 158 (30.10%) CI/CD
5 134 (25.52%) Roadmaps
6 133 (25.33%) Analytics
7 119 (22.67%) Data Engineering
7 119 (22.67%) Software Engineering
8 94 (17.90%) DevOps
9 92 (17.52%) Microservices
10 86 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
11 85 (16.19%) Data Governance
12 80 (15.24%) Clean Code
13 77 (14.67%) Containerisation
14 76 (14.48%) Coaching
14 76 (14.48%) Mentoring
15 74 (14.10%) Data Architecture
15 74 (14.10%) Decision-Making
15 74 (14.10%) Migration
16 73 (13.90%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 243 (46.29%) Python
2 170 (32.38%) SQL
3 91 (17.33%) Go
4 64 (12.19%) Scala
5 46 (8.76%) Java
6 43 (8.19%) C#
6 43 (8.19%) JavaScript
7 37 (7.05%) TypeScript
8 21 (4.00%) PowerShell
9 15 (2.86%) R
10 13 (2.48%) Bash
11 12 (2.29%) C++
12 9 (1.71%) PHP
13 8 (1.52%) Rust
14 6 (1.14%) Bicep
15 4 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.57%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.57%) T-SQL
17 2 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
18 1 (0.19%) Korn
Qualifications
1 87 (16.57%) Degree
2 26 (4.95%) Security Cleared
3 24 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (4.00%) PhD
5 18 (3.43%) Master's Degree
5 18 (3.43%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.67%) DBS Check
7 13 (2.48%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.90%) ACCA
8 10 (1.90%) CIMA
9 7 (1.33%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.14%) CISSP
11 4 (0.76%) CISA
12 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.38%) GIAC
13 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.38%) SANS
14 1 (0.19%) CREST Certified
14 1 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.52%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.00%) GDPR
3 19 (3.62%) QA
4 8 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.38%) EU AI Act
5 2 (0.38%) IFRS
5 2 (0.38%) IFRS 17
5 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.38%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 95 (18.10%) Docker
2 56 (10.67%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.95%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (9.33%) Kubernetes
2 18 (3.43%) Terraform
3 5 (0.95%) Kubeflow
4 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.38%) Ansible
5 2 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.38%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 2 (0.38%) Podman
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 133 (25.33%) Microsoft
2 96 (18.29%) Databricks
3 45 (8.57%) Typelevel
4 27 (5.14%) Google
5 17 (3.24%) Adobe
6 12 (2.29%) Palantir
6 12 (2.29%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.90%) Foundry
7 10 (1.90%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.95%) Ericsson
8 5 (0.95%) Mavenir
8 5 (0.95%) Nokia
9 4 (0.76%) Facebook
9 4 (0.76%) SAP
10 2 (0.38%) Civica
10 2 (0.38%) Mercator
10 2 (0.38%) Northgate
10 2 (0.38%) Orchard
10 2 (0.38%) Sony
10 2 (0.38%) Yahoo!