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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 34 102
Rank change year-on-year -26 +68 -1
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 776 1,171 959
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.83% 7.53% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% 7.98% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 479 259 739
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +15.11% +0.98%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £147,040 £101,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -

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 16,624 14,681 30,814
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.96% 94.41% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 12,056 8,558 23,786
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £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 £79,719 £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 22 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 25 (3.22%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.03%) Apache
5 6 (0.77%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) CMS
6 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (0.77%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.39%) Blender
2 3 (0.39%) Maya
3 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.90%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.13%) HFM
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 367 (47.29%) Azure
2 237 (30.54%) AWS
3 184 (23.71%) Azure AI
4 142 (18.30%) GCP
5 98 (12.63%) Azure Machine Learning
6 76 (9.79%) Snowflake
7 70 (9.02%) Azure DevOps
8 68 (8.76%) Power Platform
9 66 (8.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 64 (8.25%) GitHub
11 56 (7.22%) GitHub Copilot
12 38 (4.90%) SaaS
13 37 (4.77%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (2.96%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
16 21 (2.71%) Vertex AI
17 20 (2.58%) Power Automate
18 19 (2.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 19 (2.45%) OneDrive
18 19 (2.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 135 (17.40%) Broadband
2 20 (2.58%) Internet
3 10 (1.29%) Firewall
4 7 (0.90%) 5G
5 6 (0.77%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.77%) Network Security
6 2 (0.26%) DNS
6 2 (0.26%) VLAN
6 2 (0.26%) VPN
6 2 (0.26%) WireGuard
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) LTE
7 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (17.91%) MongoDB
2 137 (17.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 63 (8.12%) Power BI
4 62 (7.99%) SQL Server
5 43 (5.54%) PostgreSQL
6 35 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
7 34 (4.38%) Metadata
8 20 (2.58%) Tableau
9 18 (2.32%) Big Data
10 17 (2.19%) BigQuery
11 16 (2.06%) Delta Lake
12 14 (1.80%) Looker
13 13 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (1.42%) Data Lake
15 9 (1.16%) Apache Iceberg
15 9 (1.16%) NoSQL
16 8 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
16 8 (1.03%) Pinecone
16 8 (1.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (2.45%) MLflow
2 17 (2.19%) Git
3 10 (1.29%) GitLab
4 7 (0.90%) JIRA
5 6 (0.77%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.26%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) Appium
8 1 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.13%) Mocha
General
1 186 (23.97%) Finance
2 156 (20.10%) Social Skills
3 98 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (6.31%) Banking
5 42 (5.41%) Marketing
6 35 (4.51%) Games
7 32 (4.12%) Public Sector
8 30 (3.87%) Retail
9 28 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (3.35%) Advertising
11 25 (3.22%) Law
12 22 (2.84%) Legal
13 13 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.16%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.03%) Publishing
17 6 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (0.64%) Legal Technology
18 5 (0.64%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 212 (27.32%) Developer
2 132 (17.01%) Senior
3 118 (15.21%) .NET Developer
4 103 (13.27%) Lead
5 87 (11.21%) Data Scientist
6 66 (8.51%) Architect
7 56 (7.22%) Software Engineer
8 55 (7.09%) Data Engineer
9 43 (5.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 42 (5.41%) Data Manager
10 42 (5.41%) Engineering Manager
11 40 (5.15%) Senior Data Scientist
12 33 (4.25%) Data Architect
12 33 (4.25%) Finance Manager
13 32 (4.12%) Lead Data Scientist
14 31 (3.99%) Consultant
15 30 (3.87%) Scala Engineer
15 30 (3.87%) Senior Developer
16 29 (3.74%) Machine Learning Engineer
17 27 (3.48%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (19.07%) .NET
2 127 (16.37%) .NET Core
3 115 (14.82%) ASP.NET
3 115 (14.82%) ASP.NET Core
3 115 (14.82%) ML.NET
4 96 (12.37%) RESTful
5 95 (12.24%) React
6 90 (11.60%) PyTorch
7 82 (10.57%) CSS
8 80 (10.31%) HTML
8 80 (10.31%) TensorFlow
9 78 (10.05%) Blazor
10 46 (5.93%) gRPC
11 44 (5.67%) LangChain
12 30 (3.87%) Node.js
13 26 (3.35%) Hugging Face
14 23 (2.96%) JSON
15 22 (2.84%) REST
15 22 (2.84%) scikit-learn
16 20 (2.58%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 102 (13.14%) Video\Live Streaming
2 90 (11.60%) Cloud Native
3 86 (11.08%) Distributed Systems
4 54 (6.96%) Over-the-Top Content
5 51 (6.57%) Product Ownership
6 44 (5.67%) Algorithms
7 35 (4.51%) Low-Code
8 33 (4.25%) AI Agents
9 26 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
10 24 (3.09%) Social Media
11 20 (2.58%) Mobile App
12 16 (2.06%) Digital TV
13 15 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.80%) BBC
14 14 (1.80%) Data Structures
14 14 (1.80%) iPhone
15 13 (1.68%) Blog
16 12 (1.55%) Social Network
17 11 (1.42%) Life Science
18 10 (1.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.80%) Android
2 9 (1.16%) Linux
3 3 (0.39%) Windows
4 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.26%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 601 (77.45%) AI
2 255 (32.86%) CI/CD
3 243 (31.31%) Agile
4 229 (29.51%) Data Science
5 197 (25.39%) Roadmaps
6 194 (25.00%) Software Engineering
7 175 (22.55%) Full-Stack Development
8 157 (20.23%) Analytics
9 142 (18.30%) DevOps
10 131 (16.88%) Mentoring
11 128 (16.49%) Data Engineering
12 127 (16.37%) Generative AI
13 118 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
14 106 (13.66%) LLM
15 97 (12.50%) Data Governance
16 95 (12.24%) Decision-Making
17 90 (11.60%) Technical Leadership
18 89 (11.47%) Continuous Improvement
19 86 (11.08%) Infrastructure as Code
20 84 (10.82%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 365 (47.04%) Python
2 297 (38.27%) SQL
3 152 (19.59%) C#
4 113 (14.56%) JavaScript
5 99 (12.76%) Go
6 65 (8.38%) Scala
7 53 (6.83%) TypeScript
8 45 (5.80%) Java
9 27 (3.48%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.42%) Bash
10 11 (1.42%) R
11 10 (1.29%) Bicep
12 9 (1.16%) C++
12 9 (1.16%) Rust
13 8 (1.03%) PHP
14 6 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.39%) C
17 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
18 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (10.44%) Degree
2 42 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 28 (3.61%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.58%) PhD
5 17 (2.19%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.06%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.68%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.55%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.03%) CISSP
11 7 (0.90%) ACCA
11 7 (0.90%) CIMA
11 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.64%) SnowPro
13 4 (0.52%) CISA
14 3 (0.39%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
15 2 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (0.26%) GIAC
15 2 (0.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.96%) Data Quality
2 22 (2.84%) GDPR
3 19 (2.45%) QA
4 17 (2.19%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.39%) IFRS
5 3 (0.39%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.39%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 134 (17.27%) Docker
2 55 (7.09%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.77%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 83 (10.70%) Kubernetes
2 36 (4.64%) Terraform
3 9 (1.16%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.52%) Grafana
6 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.26%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.26%) Istio
7 2 (0.26%) linkerd
7 2 (0.26%) Podman
7 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.26%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 252 (32.47%) Microsoft
2 105 (13.53%) Databricks
3 51 (6.57%) Google
4 45 (5.80%) Typelevel
5 27 (3.48%) Facebook
6 20 (2.58%) Adobe
7 16 (2.06%) Foundry
8 13 (1.68%) Apple
8 13 (1.68%) OpenAI
8 13 (1.68%) Sony
8 13 (1.68%) Yahoo!
9 9 (1.16%) Palantir
9 9 (1.16%) Salesforce
10 7 (0.90%) SAP
11 6 (0.77%) Oracle
12 4 (0.52%) HighQ
12 4 (0.52%) Legatics
12 4 (0.52%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.26%) IBM
13 2 (0.26%) Informatica