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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 35 110
Rank change year-on-year -26 +75 -16
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 881 1,159 720
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.02% 7.04% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.85% 7.57% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 563 251 526
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,165 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +3.32%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £122,000 £138,750 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +3.45%

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 18,171 15,314 23,849
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.92% 93.05% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13,195 9,035 17,591
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.66%

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 28 July 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 (2.84%) Apache Spark
2 24 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.25%) Apache
4 10 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.68%) SAS
6 3 (0.34%) Confluence
7 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.34%) Blender
2 3 (0.34%) Maya
3 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.11%) HFM
2 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 412 (46.77%) Azure
2 253 (28.72%) AWS
3 225 (25.54%) Azure AI
4 147 (16.69%) GCP
5 92 (10.44%) Azure DevOps
6 91 (10.33%) Snowflake
7 90 (10.22%) GitHub
8 89 (10.10%) Azure Machine Learning
9 78 (8.85%) GitHub Copilot
10 73 (8.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 62 (7.04%) Power Platform
12 45 (5.11%) Azure Data Factory
13 38 (4.31%) SaaS
14 23 (2.61%) Amazon Bedrock
14 23 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (2.27%) Power Automate
17 19 (2.16%) OneDrive
17 19 (2.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 131 (14.87%) Broadband
2 30 (3.41%) Internet
3 12 (1.36%) Firewall
4 7 (0.79%) 5G
4 7 (0.79%) Kerberos
4 7 (0.79%) Network Security
5 2 (0.23%) ATM
5 2 (0.23%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.23%) DNS
5 2 (0.23%) UWB
5 2 (0.23%) VLAN
5 2 (0.23%) VPN
5 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.23%) WireGuard
5 2 (0.23%) Wireless
6 1 (0.11%) BGP
6 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.11%) LAN
6 1 (0.11%) OSPF
6 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (19.98%) MongoDB
2 172 (19.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (6.81%) SQL Server
4 58 (6.58%) Power BI
5 45 (5.11%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (4.54%) Metadata
7 32 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (2.61%) Big Data
9 18 (2.04%) Delta Lake
10 16 (1.82%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.70%) Tableau
12 11 (1.25%) Data Vault
13 10 (1.14%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.14%) Looker
14 8 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
14 8 (0.91%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.79%) Relational Database
16 4 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 31 (3.52%) Git
2 17 (1.93%) Claude Code
2 17 (1.93%) MLflow
3 11 (1.25%) GitLab
3 11 (1.25%) JIRA
4 6 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.23%) Appium
5 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.23%) Selenium
5 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.11%) Mocha
6 1 (0.11%) NUnit
6 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 217 (24.63%) Finance
2 163 (18.50%) Social Skills
3 103 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (7.38%) Marketing
5 63 (7.15%) Banking
6 40 (4.54%) Games
7 36 (4.09%) Advertising
8 35 (3.97%) Public Sector
9 33 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 32 (3.63%) Law
11 29 (3.29%) Legal
12 25 (2.84%) Retail
13 17 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.02%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.02%) Legal Technology
15 8 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.79%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (0.57%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 253 (28.72%) Developer
2 156 (17.71%) .NET Developer
3 149 (16.91%) Senior
4 100 (11.35%) Lead
5 96 (10.90%) Data Scientist
6 88 (9.99%) Architect
7 62 (7.04%) Software Engineer
8 51 (5.79%) Data Engineer
9 46 (5.22%) Senior Data Scientist
10 45 (5.11%) Data Manager
10 45 (5.11%) Finance Manager
11 43 (4.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 42 (4.77%) Engineering Manager
13 38 (4.31%) Data Architect
14 35 (3.97%) Lead Data Scientist
15 34 (3.86%) Senior Developer
16 32 (3.63%) Consultant
17 31 (3.52%) Scala Engineer
18 27 (3.06%) Lead Developer
19 26 (2.95%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (21.23%) .NET
2 162 (18.39%) .NET Core
3 154 (17.48%) ASP.NET
3 154 (17.48%) ASP.NET Core
3 154 (17.48%) ML.NET
4 119 (13.51%) React
5 118 (13.39%) RESTful
6 103 (11.69%) CSS
7 102 (11.58%) Blazor
8 100 (11.35%) HTML
9 85 (9.65%) PyTorch
10 75 (8.51%) TensorFlow
11 59 (6.70%) LangChain
12 44 (4.99%) gRPC
13 35 (3.97%) LangGraph
13 35 (3.97%) Node.js
14 27 (3.06%) Hugging Face
15 26 (2.95%) PySpark
16 25 (2.84%) scikit-learn
17 24 (2.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 109 (12.37%) Cloud Native
2 98 (11.12%) Video\Live Streaming
3 92 (10.44%) Distributed Systems
4 52 (5.90%) AI Agents
5 50 (5.68%) Over-the-Top Content
6 47 (5.33%) Algorithms
6 47 (5.33%) Product Ownership
7 34 (3.86%) Low-Code
8 30 (3.41%) Blog
8 30 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
9 28 (3.18%) Social Media
10 26 (2.95%) Mobile App
11 20 (2.27%) Digital TV
12 18 (2.04%) BBC
13 17 (1.93%) iPhone
14 16 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (1.36%) Hedge funds
15 12 (1.36%) Life Science
15 12 (1.36%) Social Network
16 10 (1.14%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.04%) Android
2 12 (1.36%) Linux
3 6 (0.68%) Windows
4 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 716 (81.27%) AI
2 285 (32.35%) CI/CD
3 278 (31.56%) Agile
4 250 (28.38%) Data Science
5 227 (25.77%) Roadmaps
6 215 (24.40%) Full-Stack Development
7 208 (23.61%) Software Engineering
8 182 (20.66%) Analytics
9 159 (18.05%) DevOps
10 144 (16.35%) Mentoring
11 136 (15.44%) LLM
12 133 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
13 126 (14.30%) Data Engineering
14 124 (14.07%) Generative AI
15 106 (12.03%) Technical Leadership
16 101 (11.46%) Decision-Making
17 100 (11.35%) Data Governance
18 97 (11.01%) Infrastructure as Code
19 96 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
20 92 (10.44%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 388 (44.04%) Python
2 340 (38.59%) SQL
3 195 (22.13%) C#
4 136 (15.44%) JavaScript
5 87 (9.88%) Go
6 64 (7.26%) Scala
7 58 (6.58%) TypeScript
8 42 (4.77%) Java
9 28 (3.18%) PowerShell
10 15 (1.70%) Bicep
11 11 (1.25%) R
12 8 (0.91%) Bash
12 8 (0.91%) C
12 8 (0.91%) C++
12 8 (0.91%) PHP
13 7 (0.79%) Rust
14 5 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.34%) Ada
17 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (9.53%) Degree
2 53 (6.02%) Security Cleared
3 37 (4.20%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.27%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.16%) PhD
6 17 (1.93%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.82%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.48%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.14%) SnowPro
11 9 (1.02%) CISSP
12 6 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.45%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.23%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.23%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.23%) GIAC
14 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.23%) SANS
15 1 (0.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.04%) Data Quality
2 25 (2.84%) QA
3 22 (2.50%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.16%) GDPR
5 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.34%) IFRS
7 3 (0.34%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.34%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.23%) JTAG
8 2 (0.23%) SLA
9 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.11%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 159 (18.05%) Docker
2 55 (6.24%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.79%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.45%) Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 109 (12.37%) Kubernetes
2 45 (5.11%) Terraform
3 7 (0.79%) Grafana
3 7 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.68%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.34%) Ansible
6 3 (0.34%) Istio
6 3 (0.34%) linkerd
6 3 (0.34%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.34%) Puppet
7 2 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.23%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.23%) Podman
8 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.11%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 303 (34.39%) Microsoft
2 129 (14.64%) Databricks
3 66 (7.49%) Google
4 44 (4.99%) Typelevel
5 37 (4.20%) Facebook
6 21 (2.38%) Yahoo!
7 20 (2.27%) Adobe
8 18 (2.04%) Foundry
9 17 (1.93%) Apple
9 17 (1.93%) Sony
10 16 (1.82%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.79%) SAP
12 5 (0.57%) Oracle
12 5 (0.57%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.45%) HighQ
13 4 (0.45%) Legatics
14 3 (0.34%) Palantir
14 3 (0.34%) Salesforce
15 2 (0.23%) IBM
15 2 (0.23%) New Relic