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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 74 87
Rank change year-on-year -49 +13 +15
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 334 765 728
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.21% 4.01% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% 4.41% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 237 429 468
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £45,751
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -0.82% -1.29%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £132,500 £100,000 £100,000
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 13,659 17,335 19,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.20% 90.79% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,596 10,457 15,949
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 2 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 18 (5.39%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.49%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.69%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (2.10%) Apache Solr
6 5 (1.50%) CMS
7 4 (1.20%) Apache Pulsar
7 4 (1.20%) Confluence
8 3 (0.90%) Apache
9 2 (0.60%) Luigi
10 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.80%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.90%) Trello
4 2 (0.60%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.60%) Sketch
4 2 (0.60%) Weka
5 1 (0.30%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.30%) Blender
Business Applications
1 6 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.20%) Adaptiv
2 4 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.90%) SAP SCM
4 2 (0.60%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.30%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.30%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.30%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 159 (47.60%) Azure
2 109 (32.63%) AWS
3 58 (17.37%) GCP
4 33 (9.88%) Power Platform
5 30 (8.98%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (7.78%) Entra ID
7 25 (7.49%) SaaS
8 18 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (5.39%) Serverless
9 15 (4.49%) Azure Machine Learning
10 14 (4.19%) Amazon S3
10 14 (4.19%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (3.59%) GitHub
11 12 (3.59%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (3.29%) PaaS
13 10 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 10 (2.99%) dbt
14 9 (2.69%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (2.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.20%) Broadband
2 3 (0.90%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.60%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.30%) Network Security
4 1 (0.30%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.68%) Power BI
2 28 (8.38%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (4.19%) Tableau
4 12 (3.59%) Data Lake
4 12 (3.59%) NoSQL
4 12 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.59%) SQL Server
5 10 (2.99%) MySQL
6 9 (2.69%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (2.69%) Metadata
7 8 (2.40%) Big Data
7 8 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (2.10%) Data Mining
8 7 (2.10%) Looker
8 7 (2.10%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.80%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.50%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.50%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.20%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 16 (4.79%) Git
2 8 (2.40%) JIRA
3 7 (2.10%) MLflow
4 4 (1.20%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.60%) ERwin
6 2 (0.60%) GitLab
7 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.30%) Selenium
7 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.30%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 98 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 96 (28.74%) Finance
3 46 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.38%) Marketing
5 26 (7.78%) Retail
6 23 (6.89%) Public Sector
7 19 (5.69%) Telecoms
8 17 (5.09%) Games
9 13 (3.89%) Law
10 11 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.29%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.69%) Banking
12 7 (2.10%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.50%) Legal
13 5 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.20%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.20%) Automotive
14 4 (1.20%) Billing
14 4 (1.20%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (12.87%) Lead
1 43 (12.87%) Senior
2 34 (10.18%) Data Engineer
3 25 (7.49%) Developer
4 24 (7.19%) Architect
5 21 (6.29%) Data Scientist
6 18 (5.39%) Software Engineer
7 16 (4.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 16 (4.79%) Consultant
8 15 (4.49%) Analyst
9 10 (2.99%) Product Owner
10 9 (2.69%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (2.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 8 (2.40%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 8 (2.40%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 8 (2.40%) Technical Manager
12 7 (2.10%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (2.10%) Azure Data Engineer
12 7 (2.10%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 7 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.78%) Kafka
2 22 (6.59%) TensorFlow
3 21 (6.29%) Node.js
3 21 (6.29%) React
4 20 (5.99%) PyTorch
4 20 (5.99%) scikit-learn
5 19 (5.69%) RESTful
6 18 (5.39%) gRPC
6 18 (5.39%) REST
7 15 (4.49%) Pandas
8 13 (3.89%) Spring
9 12 (3.59%) Spring Boot
10 11 (3.29%) Hugging Face
10 11 (3.29%) WebSockets
11 9 (2.69%) FastAPI
11 9 (2.69%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (2.40%) AngularJS
12 8 (2.40%) Middleware
12 8 (2.40%) NumPy
13 7 (2.10%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 47 (14.07%) Product Ownership
2 40 (11.98%) Cloud Native
3 25 (7.49%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (5.39%) AI Agents
4 18 (5.39%) Algorithms
5 11 (3.29%) Reinsurance
6 8 (2.40%) Augmented Reality
6 8 (2.40%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.10%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.80%) Credit Risk
8 6 (1.80%) CUDA
8 6 (1.80%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.80%) Mobile Games
8 6 (1.80%) Sports Betting
9 5 (1.50%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (1.50%) Educational Technology
9 5 (1.50%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.20%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.20%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.99%) Windows
2 15 (4.49%) Android
3 14 (4.19%) Linux
4 8 (2.40%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.10%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.90%) Unix
7 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (79.04%) AI
2 138 (41.32%) Analytics
3 96 (28.74%) Agile
4 93 (27.84%) Data Science
5 91 (27.25%) DevOps
6 77 (23.05%) Roadmaps
7 71 (21.26%) CI/CD
8 59 (17.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (17.66%) Problem-Solving
9 52 (15.57%) Software Engineering
10 51 (15.27%) LLM
11 50 (14.97%) Decision-Making
12 43 (12.87%) Business Intelligence
13 42 (12.57%) Computer Science
14 41 (12.28%) Natural Language Processing
15 40 (11.98%) Coaching
15 40 (11.98%) Data Engineering
16 38 (11.38%) ITIL
16 38 (11.38%) Mentoring
17 37 (11.08%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 157 (47.01%) Python
2 78 (23.35%) SQL
3 37 (11.08%) Java
4 27 (8.08%) PowerShell
5 24 (7.19%) Bash
5 24 (7.19%) R
6 19 (5.69%) JavaScript
7 16 (4.79%) C++
8 15 (4.49%) PHP
8 15 (4.49%) TypeScript
9 11 (3.29%) Go
10 10 (2.99%) Scala
11 8 (2.40%) C#
11 8 (2.40%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.50%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (1.20%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.60%) Bicep
14 2 (0.60%) C
15 1 (0.30%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 69 (20.66%) Degree
2 25 (7.49%) Security Cleared
3 24 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (6.89%) SC Cleared
5 16 (4.79%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.10%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.10%) PhD
6 7 (2.10%) PMP
7 6 (1.80%) CFA
7 6 (1.80%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.50%) Postgraduate
9 4 (1.20%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.20%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.60%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.60%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.49%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.59%) GDPR
3 6 (1.80%) QA
4 5 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.20%) EU AI Act
5 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.60%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.60%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.30%) HL7
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 42 (12.57%) Docker
2 18 (5.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (3.29%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.60%) Ceph
5 2 (0.60%) Lustre
5 2 (0.60%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.30%) Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 46 (13.77%) Kubernetes
2 33 (9.88%) Terraform
3 18 (5.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (4.49%) Ansible
5 8 (2.40%) SCCM
6 2 (0.60%) Argo
6 2 (0.60%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.60%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.60%) Puppet
7 1 (0.30%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) Istio
7 1 (0.30%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 56 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.28%) Databricks
3 20 (5.99%) Google
4 13 (3.89%) OpenAI
5 10 (2.99%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.80%) Murex
6 6 (1.80%) SAP
7 5 (1.50%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.20%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.20%) Ericsson
8 4 (1.20%) FIS
8 4 (1.20%) Genesys
8 4 (1.20%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.20%) Mavenir
8 4 (1.20%) Nokia
8 4 (1.20%) Talend
8 4 (1.20%) Zoho
9 3 (0.90%) Adobe
9 3 (0.90%) Dell
9 3 (0.90%) Mercator