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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 36 68
Rank change year-on-year -32 +32 +26
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 879 1,072 863
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.55% 6.49% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.37% 6.95% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 569 229 494
10th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,026 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £142,500 £132,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £75,013 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.23% +6.67% -

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 20,104 15,435 20,155
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.13% 93.44% 87.99%
Number of salaries quoted 14,351 8,541 12,114
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,460 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -0.90% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -3.39%

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 26 September 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 22 (2.50%) Apache Spark
2 18 (2.05%) Apache
2 18 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.68%) SAS
5 5 (0.57%) Confluence
6 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.11%) IIS
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (1.25%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) Blender
3 3 (0.34%) Maya
4 2 (0.23%) Weka
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.11%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 1 (0.11%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 386 (43.91%) Azure
2 253 (28.78%) AWS
3 200 (22.75%) Azure AI
4 127 (14.45%) GCP
5 107 (12.17%) Snowflake
6 101 (11.49%) GitHub
7 89 (10.13%) Azure DevOps
8 78 (8.87%) GitHub Copilot
9 65 (7.39%) Azure Machine Learning
10 63 (7.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 58 (6.60%) Power Platform
12 47 (5.35%) Amazon Bedrock
13 45 (5.12%) SaaS
14 42 (4.78%) Azure Data Factory
15 41 (4.66%) Anthropic Claude
16 27 (3.07%) Microsoft Purview
17 21 (2.39%) Azure Databricks
18 20 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
19 19 (2.16%) Amazon S3
20 18 (2.05%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 62 (7.05%) Broadband
2 30 (3.41%) Internet
3 12 (1.37%) Firewall
4 9 (1.02%) 5G
5 5 (0.57%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.57%) Network Security
6 4 (0.46%) VPN
7 3 (0.34%) BGP
7 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.34%) LAN
7 3 (0.34%) OSPF
7 3 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.34%) WAN
8 2 (0.23%) ATM
8 2 (0.23%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.23%) DNS
8 2 (0.23%) UWB
8 2 (0.23%) VLAN
8 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (18.54%) MongoDB
2 158 (17.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 54 (6.14%) Power BI
4 48 (5.46%) Metadata
5 47 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
6 42 (4.78%) SQL Server
7 38 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (3.30%) Big Data
9 20 (2.28%) Data Lake
9 20 (2.28%) Delta Lake
10 18 (2.05%) Tableau
11 17 (1.93%) Data Vault
12 16 (1.82%) NoSQL
13 12 (1.37%) Looker
14 11 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
15 10 (1.14%) BigQuery
16 9 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
17 7 (0.80%) Hadoop
17 7 (0.80%) Relational Database
17 7 (0.80%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 39 (4.44%) Claude Code
2 37 (4.21%) Git
3 21 (2.39%) MLflow
4 13 (1.48%) JIRA
5 9 (1.02%) GitLab
6 8 (0.91%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.57%) Poetry
7 5 (0.57%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.34%) Appium
9 3 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.34%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.34%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.23%) Selenium
11 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.11%) Mocha
11 1 (0.11%) NUnit
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 290 (32.99%) Finance
2 148 (16.84%) Social Skills
3 113 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (10.81%) Banking
5 84 (9.56%) Marketing
6 47 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (4.21%) Retail
8 36 (4.10%) Law
8 36 (4.10%) Public Sector
9 35 (3.98%) Games
10 33 (3.75%) Advertising
11 31 (3.53%) Legal
12 16 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.48%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.14%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.14%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.80%) Electronics
16 7 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 219 (24.91%) Developer
2 148 (16.84%) .NET Developer
3 137 (15.59%) Senior
4 120 (13.65%) Architect
5 106 (12.06%) Data Scientist
6 97 (11.04%) Lead
7 59 (6.71%) Software Engineer
8 58 (6.60%) Finance Manager
9 55 (6.26%) Senior Data Scientist
10 49 (5.57%) Data Engineer
11 46 (5.23%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 42 (4.78%) Data Architect
13 39 (4.44%) Lead Data Scientist
14 37 (4.21%) Enterprise Architect
15 34 (3.87%) Data Manager
16 30 (3.41%) Machine Learning Engineer
17 29 (3.30%) Consultant
18 25 (2.84%) Engineering Manager
18 25 (2.84%) Senior Developer
19 21 (2.39%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (19.80%) .NET
2 150 (17.06%) .NET Core
3 148 (16.84%) ASP.NET
3 148 (16.84%) ASP.NET Core
3 148 (16.84%) ML.NET
4 115 (13.08%) RESTful
5 108 (12.29%) React
6 97 (11.04%) Blazor
7 91 (10.35%) CSS
8 88 (10.01%) HTML
9 77 (8.76%) PyTorch
10 72 (8.19%) TensorFlow
11 68 (7.74%) LangChain
12 64 (7.28%) Terraform
13 46 (5.23%) LangGraph
14 32 (3.64%) PySpark
15 29 (3.30%) Node.js
16 26 (2.96%) Hugging Face
17 22 (2.50%) scikit-learn
18 20 (2.28%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 116 (13.20%) Cloud Native
2 78 (8.87%) AI Agents
3 67 (7.62%) Blog
4 65 (7.39%) Distributed Systems
5 47 (5.35%) Algorithms
6 46 (5.23%) Video\Live Streaming
7 36 (4.10%) Hedge funds
7 36 (4.10%) Product Ownership
8 31 (3.53%) Mobile App
9 29 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (3.19%) Social Media
11 24 (2.73%) Low-Code
12 21 (2.39%) Credit Risk
13 19 (2.16%) BBC
13 19 (2.16%) Digital TV
14 17 (1.93%) iPhone
15 15 (1.71%) Onboarding
15 15 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
16 13 (1.48%) Over-the-Top Content
17 12 (1.37%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.28%) Android
2 15 (1.71%) Linux
3 7 (0.80%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.68%) Windows
5 3 (0.34%) Unix
6 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 754 (85.78%) AI
2 255 (29.01%) Data Science
3 246 (27.99%) CI/CD
4 242 (27.53%) Agile
5 235 (26.73%) Roadmaps
6 212 (24.12%) Analytics
7 194 (22.07%) Full-Stack Development
8 176 (20.02%) Software Engineering
9 148 (16.84%) DevOps
10 140 (15.93%) LLM
11 126 (14.33%) Generative AI
12 124 (14.11%) Mentoring
13 108 (12.29%) Data Engineering
14 104 (11.83%) Problem-Solving
15 98 (11.15%) Technical Leadership
16 94 (10.69%) Data Governance
17 92 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
17 92 (10.47%) Fintech
18 89 (10.13%) Data Modelling
19 88 (10.01%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 361 (41.07%) Python
2 357 (40.61%) SQL
3 182 (20.71%) C#
4 127 (14.45%) JavaScript
5 49 (5.57%) TypeScript
6 41 (4.66%) Go
7 40 (4.55%) Java
8 32 (3.64%) Scala
9 22 (2.50%) PowerShell
10 19 (2.16%) Bicep
11 16 (1.82%) R
12 12 (1.37%) C++
13 10 (1.14%) C
14 9 (1.02%) Rust
15 7 (0.80%) Swift
16 6 (0.68%) Bash
16 6 (0.68%) PHP
17 5 (0.57%) Ada
18 3 (0.34%) Ruby
18 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 85 (9.67%) Degree
2 77 (8.76%) Security Cleared
3 53 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.87%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.16%) Azure Certification
5 19 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (1.82%) SnowPro
7 15 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.14%) PhD
10 9 (1.02%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.91%) CISSP
12 5 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (0.46%) CCNP
14 3 (0.34%) CCDP
15 2 (0.23%) GIAC
15 2 (0.23%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (10.81%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.07%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.50%) QA
4 19 (2.16%) GDPR
5 11 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.46%) COPPA
8 4 (0.46%) SLA
9 3 (0.34%) IFRS
9 3 (0.34%) IFRS 17
9 3 (0.34%) MIL-STD-1553
9 3 (0.34%) NIST
9 3 (0.34%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.23%) JTAG
11 1 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 135 (15.36%) Docker
2 39 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.68%) Firmware
5 4 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) NFS
Systems Management
1 120 (13.65%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.71%) Grafana
3 11 (1.25%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.68%) Ansible
5 5 (0.57%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.34%) FortiGate
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%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.11%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 273 (31.06%) Microsoft
2 141 (16.04%) Databricks
3 57 (6.48%) Google
4 35 (3.98%) Facebook
5 20 (2.28%) Yahoo!
6 18 (2.05%) OpenAI
7 16 (1.82%) Apple
7 16 (1.82%) Sony
8 14 (1.59%) Adobe
9 12 (1.37%) Foundry
10 11 (1.25%) SAP
11 9 (1.02%) Typelevel
12 5 (0.57%) New Relic
12 5 (0.57%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.46%) HighQ
13 4 (0.46%) Legatics
13 4 (0.46%) Oracle
13 4 (0.46%) Splunk
13 4 (0.46%) VMware
14 3 (0.34%) SonicWALL