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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 33 107
Rank change year-on-year -25 +74 -13
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 909 1,162 712
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.03% 7.05% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 7.59% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 580 251 515
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £123,969 £132,500 £103,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +6.27%

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 18,662 15,317 22,161
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 92.95% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 13,504 9,019 15,975
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,903 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,250 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% +0.77% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 6 August 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 (2.75%) Apache Spark
2 23 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.21%) Apache
4 10 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.66%) SAS
6 4 (0.44%) Confluence
7 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (0.55%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.33%) Blender
3 3 (0.33%) Maya
4 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.11%) HFM
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 413 (45.43%) Azure
2 254 (27.94%) AWS
3 226 (24.86%) Azure AI
4 140 (15.40%) GCP
5 95 (10.45%) Snowflake
6 94 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
7 92 (10.12%) GitHub
8 88 (9.68%) Azure Machine Learning
9 79 (8.69%) GitHub Copilot
10 75 (8.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 62 (6.82%) Power Platform
12 46 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
13 37 (4.07%) SaaS
14 26 (2.86%) Amazon Bedrock
15 22 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (2.20%) Anthropic Claude
16 20 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
17 19 (2.09%) Amazon S3
17 19 (2.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 121 (13.31%) Broadband
2 30 (3.30%) Internet
3 13 (1.43%) Firewall
4 7 (0.77%) 5G
4 7 (0.77%) Kerberos
4 7 (0.77%) Network Security
5 2 (0.22%) ATM
5 2 (0.22%) BGP
5 2 (0.22%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.22%) DNS
5 2 (0.22%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.22%) LAN
5 2 (0.22%) OSPF
5 2 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.22%) UWB
5 2 (0.22%) VPN
5 2 (0.22%) WAN
5 2 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.22%) WireGuard
5 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (19.58%) MongoDB
2 174 (19.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (6.60%) Power BI
4 58 (6.38%) SQL Server
5 46 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (4.40%) Metadata
7 33 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
8 25 (2.75%) Big Data
9 18 (1.98%) Delta Lake
10 17 (1.87%) Data Lake
11 14 (1.54%) Tableau
12 13 (1.43%) Data Vault
13 9 (0.99%) Looker
13 9 (0.99%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
14 8 (0.88%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.77%) Relational Database
16 5 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 35 (3.85%) Git
2 19 (2.09%) Claude Code
3 18 (1.98%) MLflow
4 12 (1.32%) JIRA
5 11 (1.21%) GitLab
6 7 (0.77%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.33%) Appium
7 3 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.33%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.22%) Mercurial
8 2 (0.22%) Selenium
8 2 (0.22%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.11%) Mocha
9 1 (0.11%) NUnit
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 244 (26.84%) Finance
2 166 (18.26%) Social Skills
3 112 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (8.36%) Marketing
5 66 (7.26%) Banking
6 40 (4.40%) Games
7 39 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (4.29%) Public Sector
8 37 (4.07%) Advertising
9 34 (3.74%) Law
10 31 (3.41%) Legal
11 25 (2.75%) Retail
12 23 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.10%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.10%) Legal Technology
14 9 (0.99%) Financial Institution
15 8 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.77%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.66%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 252 (27.72%) Developer
2 157 (17.27%) .NET Developer
3 149 (16.39%) Senior
4 105 (11.55%) Lead
5 102 (11.22%) Data Scientist
6 96 (10.56%) Architect
7 63 (6.93%) Software Engineer
8 53 (5.83%) Senior Data Scientist
9 50 (5.50%) Data Engineer
10 48 (5.28%) Finance Manager
11 46 (5.06%) Data Manager
12 44 (4.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 41 (4.51%) Engineering Manager
13 41 (4.51%) Lead Data Scientist
14 40 (4.40%) Data Architect
15 34 (3.74%) Senior Developer
16 30 (3.30%) Consultant
17 27 (2.97%) Lead Developer
17 27 (2.97%) Python Engineer
18 26 (2.86%) Scala Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (20.79%) .NET
2 164 (18.04%) .NET Core
3 156 (17.16%) ASP.NET
3 156 (17.16%) ASP.NET Core
3 156 (17.16%) ML.NET
4 120 (13.20%) React
5 119 (13.09%) RESTful
6 103 (11.33%) Blazor
6 103 (11.33%) CSS
7 100 (11.00%) HTML
8 80 (8.80%) PyTorch
9 70 (7.70%) TensorFlow
10 62 (6.82%) LangChain
11 38 (4.18%) LangGraph
12 36 (3.96%) gRPC
12 36 (3.96%) Node.js
13 28 (3.08%) PySpark
14 27 (2.97%) Hugging Face
15 25 (2.75%) scikit-learn
16 24 (2.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 112 (12.32%) Cloud Native
2 86 (9.46%) Distributed Systems
2 86 (9.46%) Video\Live Streaming
3 57 (6.27%) AI Agents
4 50 (5.50%) Algorithms
5 45 (4.95%) Blog
5 45 (4.95%) Product Ownership
6 42 (4.62%) Over-the-Top Content
7 32 (3.52%) Low-Code
8 30 (3.30%) Social Media
9 29 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (3.08%) Mobile App
11 20 (2.20%) Digital TV
12 18 (1.98%) BBC
13 17 (1.87%) iPhone
14 16 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
15 15 (1.65%) Hedge funds
16 14 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
17 12 (1.32%) Life Science
17 12 (1.32%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.09%) Android
2 14 (1.54%) Linux
3 5 (0.55%) Windows
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 752 (82.73%) AI
2 287 (31.57%) Agile
3 276 (30.36%) CI/CD
4 254 (27.94%) Data Science
5 235 (25.85%) Roadmaps
6 217 (23.87%) Full-Stack Development
7 207 (22.77%) Software Engineering
8 204 (22.44%) Analytics
9 164 (18.04%) DevOps
10 142 (15.62%) LLM
10 142 (15.62%) Mentoring
11 134 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
12 130 (14.30%) Data Engineering
13 126 (13.86%) Generative AI
14 106 (11.66%) Technical Leadership
15 103 (11.33%) Decision-Making
16 101 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
16 101 (11.11%) Data Governance
17 96 (10.56%) Data Architecture
18 95 (10.45%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 388 (42.68%) Python
2 352 (38.72%) SQL
3 196 (21.56%) C#
4 139 (15.29%) JavaScript
5 76 (8.36%) Go
6 60 (6.60%) TypeScript
7 57 (6.27%) Scala
8 42 (4.62%) Java
9 28 (3.08%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.76%) Bicep
11 12 (1.32%) R
12 10 (1.10%) C++
13 9 (0.99%) C
14 8 (0.88%) PHP
14 8 (0.88%) Rust
15 6 (0.66%) Bash
16 4 (0.44%) Ada
16 4 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
17 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (10.01%) Degree
2 67 (7.37%) Security Cleared
3 43 (4.73%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.52%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.31%) PhD
6 19 (2.09%) Azure Certification
7 18 (1.98%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (1.43%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.32%) SnowPro
12 11 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.99%) CISSP
14 4 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
15 2 (0.22%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.22%) CCDP
15 2 (0.22%) CCNP
15 2 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (8.03%) Data Quality
2 27 (2.97%) Accessibility
2 27 (2.97%) QA
3 18 (1.98%) GDPR
4 7 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (0.44%) IFRS
6 4 (0.44%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.44%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.22%) JTAG
8 2 (0.22%) MIL-STD-1553
8 2 (0.22%) SLA
9 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 154 (16.94%) Docker
2 55 (6.05%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.77%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.44%) Firmware
5 2 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 114 (12.54%) Kubernetes
2 47 (5.17%) Terraform
3 8 (0.88%) Grafana
4 7 (0.77%) Kubeflow
4 7 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.55%) Ansible
5 5 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.33%) Istio
6 3 (0.33%) linkerd
6 3 (0.33%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.33%) Puppet
7 2 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.22%) Podman
8 1 (0.11%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 307 (33.77%) Microsoft
2 135 (14.85%) Databricks
3 68 (7.48%) Google
4 38 (4.18%) Facebook
5 36 (3.96%) Typelevel
6 21 (2.31%) Yahoo!
7 19 (2.09%) Adobe
8 17 (1.87%) Apple
8 17 (1.87%) Foundry
8 17 (1.87%) Sony
9 14 (1.54%) OpenAI
10 11 (1.21%) SAP
11 5 (0.55%) Oracle
11 5 (0.55%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.44%) HighQ
12 4 (0.44%) Legatics
13 2 (0.22%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.22%) Cisco
13 2 (0.22%) IBM
13 2 (0.22%) SonicWALL