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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 72 87
Rank change year-on-year -48 +15 +9
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 348 772 730
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.28% 3.89% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 4.31% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 251 432 472
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,875 £45,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £54,000 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -0.82% -2.65%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,063 £87,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £77,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% +2.67% +7.14%

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 13,887 17,901 19,845
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.86% 90.19% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,778 10,780 16,075
10th Percentile £29,500 £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 £80,438
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 28 November 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 (5.17%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.31%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.30%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.01%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.15%) Apache Pulsar
5 4 (1.15%) CMS
5 4 (1.15%) Confluence
6 3 (0.86%) Apache
7 2 (0.57%) Luigi
8 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.72%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.86%) Trello
4 2 (0.57%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.57%) Sketch
4 2 (0.57%) Weka
5 1 (0.29%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.29%) Blender
Business Applications
1 6 (1.72%) Adaptiv
1 6 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.86%) SAP SCM
4 2 (0.57%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.29%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.29%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.29%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.29%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 161 (46.26%) Azure
2 109 (31.32%) AWS
3 55 (15.80%) GCP
4 34 (9.77%) Power Platform
5 29 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (7.47%) Entra ID
7 25 (7.18%) SaaS
8 18 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (5.17%) Serverless
9 16 (4.60%) Azure Machine Learning
10 14 (4.02%) Amazon S3
10 14 (4.02%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.74%) GitHub
12 12 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (3.16%) PaaS
14 10 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (2.87%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (2.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (2.87%) dbt
15 9 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.15%) Broadband
2 3 (0.86%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.57%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.91%) Power BI
2 28 (8.05%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (4.31%) NoSQL
3 15 (4.31%) Tableau
4 13 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.45%) Data Lake
5 12 (3.45%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (2.87%) MySQL
8 9 (2.59%) Amazon Redshift
8 9 (2.59%) Metadata
9 8 (2.30%) Big Data
9 8 (2.30%) MongoDB
10 7 (2.01%) Data Mining
10 7 (2.01%) Looker
11 6 (1.72%) Hadoop
11 6 (1.72%) Redis
11 6 (1.72%) Relational Database
12 5 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.44%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 20 (5.75%) Git
2 8 (2.30%) JIRA
3 6 (1.72%) MLflow
4 4 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.86%) GitLab
5 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.57%) ERwin
6 2 (0.57%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.29%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.29%) Selenium
7 1 (0.29%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.29%) Vite
7 1 (0.29%) WebDriver
General
1 104 (29.89%) Social Skills
2 103 (29.60%) Finance
3 47 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.33%) Marketing
5 27 (7.76%) Retail
6 23 (6.61%) Public Sector
7 18 (5.17%) Telecoms
8 17 (4.89%) Games
9 14 (4.02%) Banking
10 13 (3.74%) Law
11 11 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (3.16%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.01%) Automotive
12 7 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.72%) Legal
14 5 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.15%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.15%) Billing
15 4 (1.15%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (12.93%) Lead
2 43 (12.36%) Senior
3 34 (9.77%) Data Engineer
4 29 (8.33%) Developer
5 25 (7.18%) Data Scientist
6 24 (6.90%) Architect
7 18 (5.17%) Analyst
7 18 (5.17%) Software Engineer
8 16 (4.60%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 15 (4.31%) Consultant
10 10 (2.87%) Product Owner
11 9 (2.59%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (2.59%) Technical Manager
12 8 (2.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 8 (2.30%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 8 (2.30%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 7 (2.01%) Applications Engineer
13 7 (2.01%) Azure Data Engineer
13 7 (2.01%) Integration Developer
13 7 (2.01%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.18%) Kafka
2 23 (6.61%) React
2 23 (6.61%) TensorFlow
3 22 (6.32%) Node.js
3 22 (6.32%) RESTful
4 21 (6.03%) PyTorch
4 21 (6.03%) scikit-learn
5 18 (5.17%) REST
6 17 (4.89%) gRPC
7 16 (4.60%) Pandas
8 13 (3.74%) RabbitMQ
8 13 (3.74%) Spring
9 12 (3.45%) Hugging Face
9 12 (3.45%) Spring Boot
10 11 (3.16%) .NET
11 10 (2.87%) WebSockets
12 9 (2.59%) FastAPI
12 9 (2.59%) NumPy
13 8 (2.30%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.30%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.51%) Product Ownership
2 39 (11.21%) Cloud Native
3 24 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (5.17%) AI Agents
4 18 (5.17%) Algorithms
5 11 (3.16%) Reinsurance
6 9 (2.59%) Credit Risk
7 8 (2.30%) Augmented Reality
7 8 (2.30%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.01%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.72%) CUDA
9 6 (1.72%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.72%) Market Risk
9 6 (1.72%) Mobile Games
9 6 (1.72%) Sports Betting
10 5 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (1.44%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.44%) Educational Technology
11 4 (1.15%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.46%) Windows
2 14 (4.02%) Android
2 14 (4.02%) Linux
3 8 (2.30%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.01%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.86%) Unix
6 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (76.72%) AI
2 143 (41.09%) Analytics
3 97 (27.87%) Data Science
4 96 (27.59%) Agile
5 90 (25.86%) DevOps
6 77 (22.13%) Roadmaps
7 70 (20.11%) CI/CD
8 67 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (18.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (15.23%) Decision-Making
10 53 (15.23%) LLM
11 52 (14.94%) Software Engineering
12 45 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
13 42 (12.07%) ITIL
13 42 (12.07%) Natural Language Processing
14 41 (11.78%) Computer Science
14 41 (11.78%) Data Engineering
15 40 (11.49%) Coaching
16 39 (11.21%) Data Pipeline
17 38 (10.92%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 163 (46.84%) Python
2 82 (23.56%) SQL
3 40 (11.49%) Java
4 27 (7.76%) PowerShell
4 27 (7.76%) R
5 23 (6.61%) Bash
6 21 (6.03%) JavaScript
7 16 (4.60%) C++
7 16 (4.60%) PHP
7 16 (4.60%) TypeScript
8 11 (3.16%) C#
9 10 (2.87%) Go
9 10 (2.87%) Scala
10 9 (2.59%) T-SQL
11 8 (2.30%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.15%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.57%) Bicep
13 2 (0.57%) C
14 1 (0.29%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 71 (20.40%) Degree
2 24 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 23 (6.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (6.32%) SC Cleared
5 16 (4.60%) Master's Degree
6 11 (3.16%) PMP
7 10 (2.87%) CFA
7 10 (2.87%) PMI Certification
8 7 (2.01%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.01%) PhD
9 6 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.72%) Postgraduate
10 5 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.15%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.15%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.15%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.57%) ACCA
13 2 (0.57%) CIMA
13 2 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.18%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.02%) GDPR
3 5 (1.44%) QA
3 5 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (1.15%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.15%) EU AI Act
4 4 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.57%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.29%) HL7
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (12.93%) Docker
2 18 (5.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (3.16%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.57%) Ceph
5 2 (0.57%) Lustre
5 2 (0.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 48 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 32 (9.20%) Terraform
3 18 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (4.60%) Ansible
5 8 (2.30%) SCCM
6 2 (0.57%) Argo
6 2 (0.57%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.57%) Puppet
7 1 (0.29%) Grafana
7 1 (0.29%) Istio
7 1 (0.29%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 55 (15.80%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.20%) Databricks
3 21 (6.03%) Google
4 12 (3.45%) OpenAI
5 10 (2.87%) Murex
6 9 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.72%) FIS
7 6 (1.72%) SAP
8 5 (1.44%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.15%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.15%) Ericsson
9 4 (1.15%) Genesys
9 4 (1.15%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.15%) Mavenir
9 4 (1.15%) Nokia
9 4 (1.15%) Talend
9 4 (1.15%) Zoho
10 3 (0.86%) Dell
10 3 (0.86%) Mercator
11 2 (0.57%) Adobe