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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 34 100
Rank change year-on-year -30 +66 -2
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 716 1,182 977
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.68% 7.82% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.48% 8.27% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 423 266 764
10th Percentile £45,850 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,652 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,250 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +13.81% -2.65%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £144,400 £101,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -

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 15,975 14,300 30,520
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.12% 94.60% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11,436 8,372 23,726
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 10 June 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 26 (3.63%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.51%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.98%) Apache
5 6 (0.84%) SAS
6 3 (0.42%) CMS
7 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (0.84%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.42%) Blender
2 3 (0.42%) Maya
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.98%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.14%) HFM
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 319 (44.55%) Azure
2 226 (31.56%) AWS
3 140 (19.55%) Azure AI
4 139 (19.41%) GCP
5 100 (13.97%) Azure Machine Learning
6 74 (10.34%) Snowflake
7 70 (9.78%) Power Platform
8 62 (8.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 51 (7.12%) Azure DevOps
10 43 (6.01%) GitHub
11 36 (5.03%) GitHub Copilot
11 36 (5.03%) SaaS
12 33 (4.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 23 (3.21%) Azure Logic Apps
13 23 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
14 22 (3.07%) Vertex AI
15 20 (2.79%) Power Automate
16 19 (2.65%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (2.65%) OneDrive
16 19 (2.65%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 135 (18.85%) Broadband
2 13 (1.82%) Internet
3 10 (1.40%) Firewall
4 7 (0.98%) 5G
5 6 (0.84%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.84%) Network Security
6 2 (0.28%) DNS
6 2 (0.28%) VLAN
6 2 (0.28%) VPN
6 2 (0.28%) WireGuard
7 1 (0.14%) 4G
7 1 (0.14%) LTE
7 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (14.25%) MongoDB
2 99 (13.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 65 (9.08%) Power BI
3 65 (9.08%) SQL Server
4 43 (6.01%) PostgreSQL
5 32 (4.47%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (4.05%) Metadata
7 21 (2.93%) Tableau
8 18 (2.51%) Big Data
9 17 (2.37%) BigQuery
10 16 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (2.23%) Looker
11 15 (2.09%) Delta Lake
12 12 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.54%) Apache Iceberg
14 10 (1.40%) Pinecone
15 9 (1.26%) Data Lake
15 9 (1.26%) NoSQL
15 9 (1.26%) Relational Database
15 9 (1.26%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 21 (2.93%) MLflow
2 15 (2.09%) Git
3 9 (1.26%) GitLab
4 7 (0.98%) JIRA
5 6 (0.84%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.14%) Appium
7 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.14%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 176 (24.58%) Finance
2 149 (20.81%) Social Skills
3 97 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.15%) Banking
5 33 (4.61%) Games
6 32 (4.47%) Marketing
7 31 (4.33%) Retail
8 28 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (3.63%) Public Sector
10 25 (3.49%) Law
11 22 (3.07%) Legal
12 17 (2.37%) Advertising
13 13 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.12%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.12%) Publishing
15 8 (1.12%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.70%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 170 (23.74%) Developer
2 135 (18.85%) Senior
3 94 (13.13%) Lead
4 85 (11.87%) Data Scientist
5 77 (10.75%) .NET Developer
6 56 (7.82%) Architect
6 56 (7.82%) Data Engineer
6 56 (7.82%) Software Engineer
7 42 (5.87%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 42 (5.87%) Data Manager
7 42 (5.87%) Engineering Manager
8 35 (4.89%) Senior Data Scientist
9 33 (4.61%) Finance Manager
10 31 (4.33%) Senior Developer
11 30 (4.19%) Consultant
11 30 (4.19%) Scala Engineer
12 29 (4.05%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 26 (3.63%) Data Architect
13 26 (3.63%) Lead Data Scientist
14 25 (3.49%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (15.08%) .NET
2 88 (12.29%) .NET Core
3 85 (11.87%) PyTorch
4 77 (10.75%) TensorFlow
5 76 (10.61%) RESTful
6 74 (10.34%) ASP.NET
6 74 (10.34%) ASP.NET Core
6 74 (10.34%) ML.NET
7 73 (10.20%) React
8 59 (8.24%) CSS
8 59 (8.24%) HTML
9 51 (7.12%) Blazor
10 50 (6.98%) gRPC
11 40 (5.59%) LangChain
12 30 (4.19%) Node.js
13 24 (3.35%) Hugging Face
13 24 (3.35%) REST
14 23 (3.21%) JSON
15 20 (2.79%) Microsoft Graph
16 19 (2.65%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 101 (14.11%) Video\Live Streaming
2 86 (12.01%) Distributed Systems
3 78 (10.89%) Cloud Native
4 53 (7.40%) Over-the-Top Content
5 51 (7.12%) Product Ownership
6 45 (6.28%) Algorithms
7 36 (5.03%) Low-Code
8 32 (4.47%) AI Agents
9 21 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (2.65%) Social Media
11 15 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.96%) Mobile App
13 13 (1.82%) Blog
13 13 (1.82%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.40%) Cyberattack
14 10 (1.40%) Digital TV
15 9 (1.26%) BBC
15 9 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (1.26%) Life Science
15 9 (1.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.54%) Android
2 10 (1.40%) Linux
3 3 (0.42%) Windows
4 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (75.42%) AI
2 228 (31.84%) CI/CD
3 223 (31.15%) Data Science
4 216 (30.17%) Agile
5 189 (26.40%) Roadmaps
6 185 (25.84%) Software Engineering
7 152 (21.23%) Analytics
8 132 (18.44%) Full-Stack Development
9 126 (17.60%) Data Engineering
10 123 (17.18%) Generative AI
11 122 (17.04%) DevOps
12 117 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
13 112 (15.64%) Mentoring
14 98 (13.69%) LLM
15 94 (13.13%) Data Governance
16 89 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
17 86 (12.01%) Clean Code
17 86 (12.01%) Decision-Making
18 81 (11.31%) Microservices
19 80 (11.17%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 361 (50.42%) Python
2 255 (35.61%) SQL
3 114 (15.92%) C#
4 106 (14.80%) Go
5 92 (12.85%) JavaScript
6 64 (8.94%) Scala
7 48 (6.70%) Java
7 48 (6.70%) TypeScript
8 27 (3.77%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.96%) R
10 13 (1.82%) Bash
11 11 (1.54%) C++
12 10 (1.40%) Rust
13 8 (1.12%) Bicep
13 8 (1.12%) PHP
14 6 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.42%) C
16 3 (0.42%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (11.59%) Degree
2 34 (4.75%) Security Cleared
3 22 (3.07%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.79%) PhD
5 16 (2.23%) Master's Degree
6 13 (1.82%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.82%) DBS Check
7 12 (1.68%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.12%) CISSP
9 7 (0.98%) ACCA
9 7 (0.98%) CIMA
10 4 (0.56%) CISA
10 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.28%) SANS
12 2 (0.28%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.28%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.79%) GDPR
2 20 (2.79%) QA
3 17 (2.37%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.42%) IFRS
4 3 (0.42%) IFRS 17
4 3 (0.42%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 119 (16.62%) Docker
2 55 (7.68%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.84%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 66 (9.22%) Kubernetes
2 31 (4.33%) Terraform
3 8 (1.12%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.42%) Grafana
6 2 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.28%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 2 (0.28%) Podman
6 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.14%) Ansible
7 1 (0.14%) Istio
7 1 (0.14%) linkerd
7 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 208 (29.05%) Microsoft
2 100 (13.97%) Databricks
3 45 (6.28%) Typelevel
4 38 (5.31%) Google
5 20 (2.79%) Adobe
6 16 (2.23%) Facebook
7 13 (1.82%) OpenAI
8 12 (1.68%) Foundry
9 11 (1.54%) Palantir
10 9 (1.26%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.12%) Apple
11 8 (1.12%) Sony
11 8 (1.12%) Yahoo!
12 7 (0.98%) SAP
13 6 (0.84%) Oracle
14 4 (0.56%) HighQ
14 4 (0.56%) Legatics
14 4 (0.56%) ServiceNow
15 2 (0.28%) IBM
15 2 (0.28%) Informatica