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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 83 101
Rank change year-on-year -3 +18 -7
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 516 481 929
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.94% 3.65% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.53% 3.85% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 323 299 686
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £54,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £115,000 £91,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £139,250 £130,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £77,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% +10.00% -

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 14,599 12,506 29,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.18% 94.79% 91.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,195 8,884 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%

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 16 April 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 29 (5.62%) Apache Spark
2 19 (3.68%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (2.91%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.36%) CMS
5 5 (0.97%) Apache
5 5 (0.97%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.39%) Confluence
8 1 (0.19%) Kinematics
Applications
1 7 (1.36%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.58%) Trello
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.39%) Weka
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.94%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.39%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 254 (49.22%) Azure
2 183 (35.47%) AWS
3 128 (24.81%) GCP
4 102 (19.77%) Azure Machine Learning
5 79 (15.31%) Azure AI
6 72 (13.95%) Snowflake
7 65 (12.60%) Power Platform
8 60 (11.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 24 (4.65%) Azure Data Factory
10 21 (4.07%) SaaS
11 18 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (3.49%) Vertex AI
12 17 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (2.71%) Amazon SageMaker
14 14 (2.71%) Power Automate
15 13 (2.52%) Amazon S3
15 13 (2.52%) GitHub
16 12 (2.33%) OneDrive
16 12 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 87 (16.86%) Broadband
2 8 (1.55%) Firewall
3 5 (0.97%) Kerberos
3 5 (0.97%) Network Security
4 2 (0.39%) DNS
4 2 (0.39%) InfiniBand
4 2 (0.39%) VLAN
4 2 (0.39%) VPN
4 2 (0.39%) WireGuard
5 1 (0.19%) LTE
5 1 (0.19%) Modbus
5 1 (0.19%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (13.18%) SQL Server
2 59 (11.43%) Power BI
3 39 (7.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 33 (6.40%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (5.04%) Tableau
6 22 (4.26%) Metadata
7 20 (3.88%) MongoDB
8 16 (3.10%) Elasticsearch
9 14 (2.71%) BigQuery
9 14 (2.71%) Data Lake
9 14 (2.71%) Looker
10 13 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (2.33%) Delta Lake
12 11 (2.13%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.94%) Pinecone
13 10 (1.94%) Weaviate
14 9 (1.74%) Apache Iceberg
15 7 (1.36%) Big Data
16 6 (1.16%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 20 (3.88%) MLflow
2 13 (2.52%) Git
3 7 (1.36%) JIRA
4 5 (0.97%) Claude Code
5 4 (0.78%) GitLab
6 3 (0.58%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) ERwin
7 2 (0.39%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.39%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.19%) Appium
8 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
General
1 137 (26.55%) Finance
2 132 (25.58%) Social Skills
3 74 (14.34%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (5.43%) Retail
5 22 (4.26%) Marketing
5 22 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.07%) Banking
7 18 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.29%) Law
9 16 (3.10%) Legal
9 16 (3.10%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.33%) Games
12 11 (2.13%) Publishing
13 9 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.36%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.16%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.97%) Advertising
16 5 (0.97%) Back Office
17 4 (0.78%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 106 (20.54%) Senior
2 65 (12.60%) Developer
2 65 (12.60%) Lead
3 46 (8.91%) Data Engineer
4 42 (8.14%) Software Engineer
5 41 (7.95%) Engineering Manager
6 40 (7.75%) Architect
6 40 (7.75%) Data Manager
7 38 (7.36%) Data Scientist
8 33 (6.40%) Finance Manager
9 30 (5.81%) Scala Engineer
10 25 (4.84%) Consultant
11 24 (4.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 23 (4.46%) Data Architect
13 19 (3.68%) Operations Engineer
14 18 (3.49%) Analyst
14 18 (3.49%) Senior Developer
15 17 (3.29%) Machine Learning Engineer
16 16 (3.10%) .NET Developer
16 16 (3.10%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (11.82%) gRPC
2 49 (9.50%) PyTorch
3 42 (8.14%) TensorFlow
4 40 (7.75%) React
5 34 (6.59%) .NET
6 29 (5.62%) REST
7 27 (5.23%) RESTful
8 25 (4.84%) .NET Core
8 25 (4.84%) Kafka
9 21 (4.07%) CSS
9 21 (4.07%) HTML
10 20 (3.88%) Node.js
11 17 (3.29%) LangChain
12 16 (3.10%) JSON
13 15 (2.91%) OAuth
14 13 (2.52%) ASP.NET
14 13 (2.52%) ASP.NET Core
14 13 (2.52%) ML.NET
15 12 (2.33%) Blazor
15 12 (2.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 65 (12.60%) Distributed Systems
1 65 (12.60%) Video\Live Streaming
2 50 (9.69%) Cloud Native
2 50 (9.69%) Over-the-Top Content
3 49 (9.50%) Product Ownership
4 36 (6.98%) Algorithms
5 28 (5.43%) AI Agents
6 14 (2.71%) Low-Code
7 12 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.13%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.13%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.94%) FMCG
10 6 (1.16%) Blog
10 6 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (1.16%) Social Media
11 5 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
11 5 (0.97%) Educational Technology
11 5 (0.97%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.71%) Android
2 11 (2.13%) Linux
3 6 (1.16%) Windows
4 4 (0.78%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.78%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.58%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (74.03%) AI
2 162 (31.40%) Agile
2 162 (31.40%) Data Science
3 155 (30.04%) CI/CD
4 139 (26.94%) Analytics
5 136 (26.36%) Roadmaps
6 118 (22.87%) Data Engineering
7 116 (22.48%) Software Engineering
8 94 (18.22%) DevOps
9 90 (17.44%) Data Governance
10 89 (17.25%) Microservices
11 87 (16.86%) Problem-Solving
12 80 (15.50%) Clean Code
12 80 (15.50%) Data Architecture
13 77 (14.92%) Mentoring
14 76 (14.73%) Containerisation
14 76 (14.73%) Decision-Making
15 74 (14.34%) Coaching
16 73 (14.15%) Generative AI
17 72 (13.95%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 243 (47.09%) Python
2 168 (32.56%) SQL
3 89 (17.25%) Go
4 63 (12.21%) Scala
5 43 (8.33%) Java
6 38 (7.36%) C#
7 36 (6.98%) JavaScript
8 33 (6.40%) TypeScript
9 18 (3.49%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.91%) Bash
10 15 (2.91%) R
11 12 (2.33%) C++
12 9 (1.74%) PHP
13 6 (1.16%) Bicep
13 6 (1.16%) Rust
14 5 (0.97%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.97%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.19%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 91 (17.64%) Degree
2 28 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 28 (5.43%) Security Cleared
3 22 (4.26%) PhD
4 21 (4.07%) Master's Degree
5 20 (3.88%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.71%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.33%) DBS Check
8 10 (1.94%) ACCA
8 10 (1.94%) CIMA
9 7 (1.36%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.16%) CISSP
11 4 (0.78%) CISA
12 3 (0.58%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.39%) GIAC
13 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.39%) OSCE
13 2 (0.39%) OSCP
13 2 (0.39%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.62%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.65%) GDPR
3 17 (3.29%) QA
4 8 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.78%) EU AI Act
6 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.39%) IFRS
7 2 (0.39%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.39%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.39%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 95 (18.41%) Docker
2 57 (11.05%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.97%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.39%) Ceph
4 2 (0.39%) Lustre
4 2 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 48 (9.30%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.07%) Terraform
3 5 (0.97%) Kubeflow
4 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.58%) Ansible
6 2 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.39%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.39%) Podman
7 1 (0.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 129 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 98 (18.99%) Databricks
3 45 (8.72%) Typelevel
4 27 (5.23%) Google
5 14 (2.71%) Adobe
6 12 (2.33%) Palantir
6 12 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.94%) Foundry
8 9 (1.74%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.97%) Ericsson
9 5 (0.97%) Mavenir
9 5 (0.97%) Nokia
9 5 (0.97%) SAP
10 4 (0.78%) Facebook
11 2 (0.39%) Apple
11 2 (0.39%) Informatica
11 2 (0.39%) Mercator
11 2 (0.39%) Northgate
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle
11 2 (0.39%) Sony