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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 33 99
Rank change year-on-year -28 +66 0
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 745 1,173 975
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.72% 7.61% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 8.05% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 450 259 756
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,569 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £78,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% +20.77% -5.55%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £147,040 £101,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £79,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.36% +13.21% -0.64%

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 16,378 14,566 30,818
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.83% 94.52% 88.95%
Number of salaries quoted 11,822 8,457 23,835
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £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 18 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 26 (3.49%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.22%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.28%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.07%) Apache
5 6 (0.81%) SAS
6 2 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (0.81%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.40%) Blender
2 3 (0.40%) Maya
3 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.94%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.13%) HFM
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 345 (46.31%) Azure
2 230 (30.87%) AWS
3 164 (22.01%) Azure AI
4 142 (19.06%) GCP
5 99 (13.29%) Azure Machine Learning
6 76 (10.20%) Snowflake
7 68 (9.13%) Power Platform
8 65 (8.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 60 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
10 54 (7.25%) GitHub
11 47 (6.31%) GitHub Copilot
12 37 (4.97%) SaaS
13 36 (4.83%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (3.09%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
15 22 (2.95%) Vertex AI
16 20 (2.68%) Power Automate
17 19 (2.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (2.55%) OneDrive
17 19 (2.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 135 (18.12%) Broadband
2 15 (2.01%) Internet
3 10 (1.34%) Firewall
4 7 (0.94%) 5G
5 6 (0.81%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.81%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) DNS
6 2 (0.27%) VLAN
6 2 (0.27%) VPN
6 2 (0.27%) 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
1 121 (16.24%) MongoDB
2 120 (16.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 63 (8.46%) Power BI
3 63 (8.46%) SQL Server
4 42 (5.64%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (4.56%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (4.43%) Metadata
7 21 (2.82%) Tableau
8 18 (2.42%) BigQuery
9 17 (2.28%) Big Data
10 16 (2.15%) Delta Lake
11 15 (2.01%) Looker
12 14 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.34%) Apache Iceberg
14 10 (1.34%) Data Lake
15 9 (1.21%) NoSQL
15 9 (1.21%) Pinecone
16 8 (1.07%) Relational Database
16 8 (1.07%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 21 (2.82%) MLflow
2 16 (2.15%) Git
3 10 (1.34%) GitLab
4 7 (0.94%) JIRA
5 6 (0.81%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.13%) Appium
7 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 179 (24.03%) Finance
2 154 (20.67%) Social Skills
3 95 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (6.31%) Banking
5 38 (5.10%) Marketing
6 34 (4.56%) Games
7 30 (4.03%) Public Sector
7 30 (4.03%) Retail
8 28 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (3.36%) Law
10 23 (3.09%) Advertising
11 22 (2.95%) Legal
12 13 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.07%) Publishing
15 7 (0.94%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.67%) Legal Technology
17 5 (0.67%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 193 (25.91%) Developer
2 131 (17.58%) Senior
3 99 (13.29%) .NET Developer
4 98 (13.15%) Lead
5 85 (11.41%) Data Scientist
6 64 (8.59%) Architect
7 55 (7.38%) Data Engineer
8 54 (7.25%) Software Engineer
9 42 (5.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 42 (5.64%) Data Manager
9 42 (5.64%) Engineering Manager
10 37 (4.97%) Senior Data Scientist
11 33 (4.43%) Finance Manager
12 32 (4.30%) Data Architect
13 31 (4.16%) Consultant
14 30 (4.03%) Scala Engineer
14 30 (4.03%) Senior Developer
15 29 (3.89%) Lead Data Scientist
16 28 (3.76%) Machine Learning Engineer
17 27 (3.62%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (17.32%) .NET
2 110 (14.77%) .NET Core
3 96 (12.89%) ASP.NET
3 96 (12.89%) ASP.NET Core
3 96 (12.89%) ML.NET
4 90 (12.08%) PyTorch
5 85 (11.41%) React
5 85 (11.41%) RESTful
6 80 (10.74%) TensorFlow
7 72 (9.66%) CSS
8 71 (9.53%) HTML
9 66 (8.86%) Blazor
10 46 (6.17%) gRPC
11 43 (5.77%) LangChain
12 28 (3.76%) Node.js
13 26 (3.49%) Hugging Face
14 23 (3.09%) JSON
15 22 (2.95%) REST
16 20 (2.68%) Microsoft Graph
17 19 (2.55%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 102 (13.69%) Video\Live Streaming
2 85 (11.41%) Cloud Native
2 85 (11.41%) Distributed Systems
3 54 (7.25%) Over-the-Top Content
4 50 (6.71%) Product Ownership
5 44 (5.91%) Algorithms
6 35 (4.70%) Low-Code
7 33 (4.43%) AI Agents
8 23 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
9 22 (2.95%) Social Media
10 17 (2.28%) Mobile App
11 15 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.88%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.74%) Blog
13 13 (1.74%) Digital TV
14 12 (1.61%) BBC
15 11 (1.48%) iPhone
15 11 (1.48%) Social Network
16 10 (1.34%) Life Science
16 10 (1.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.48%) Android
2 9 (1.21%) Linux
3 3 (0.40%) Windows
4 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.27%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 571 (76.64%) AI
2 242 (32.48%) CI/CD
3 230 (30.87%) Agile
4 226 (30.34%) Data Science
5 195 (26.17%) Roadmaps
6 189 (25.37%) Software Engineering
7 156 (20.94%) Full-Stack Development
8 153 (20.54%) Analytics
9 129 (17.32%) Data Engineering
9 129 (17.32%) DevOps
10 126 (16.91%) Generative AI
11 123 (16.51%) Mentoring
12 117 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
13 102 (13.69%) LLM
14 97 (13.02%) Data Governance
15 90 (12.08%) Decision-Making
16 87 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
17 85 (11.41%) Clean Code
17 85 (11.41%) Infrastructure as Code
18 84 (11.28%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 362 (48.59%) Python
2 278 (37.32%) SQL
3 134 (17.99%) C#
4 101 (13.56%) Go
4 101 (13.56%) JavaScript
5 64 (8.59%) Scala
6 49 (6.58%) TypeScript
7 46 (6.17%) Java
8 27 (3.62%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.61%) Bash
9 12 (1.61%) R
10 9 (1.21%) Bicep
10 9 (1.21%) C++
10 9 (1.21%) Rust
11 8 (1.07%) PHP
12 6 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.40%) C
15 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (10.74%) Degree
2 39 (5.23%) Security Cleared
3 26 (3.49%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.68%) PhD
5 16 (2.15%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.15%) Master's Degree
6 13 (1.74%) DBS Check
7 12 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.07%) CISSP
10 7 (0.94%) ACCA
10 7 (0.94%) CIMA
11 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.54%) CISA
12 4 (0.54%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.27%) GIAC
14 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.58%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.82%) GDPR
3 20 (2.68%) QA
4 17 (2.28%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.40%) IFRS
5 3 (0.40%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.40%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 125 (16.78%) Docker
2 55 (7.38%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 73 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 34 (4.56%) Terraform
3 9 (1.21%) Kubeflow
4 6 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.54%) Grafana
6 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.27%) Istio
7 2 (0.27%) linkerd
7 2 (0.27%) Podman
7 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.27%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 232 (31.14%) Microsoft
2 105 (14.09%) Databricks
3 46 (6.17%) Google
4 45 (6.04%) Typelevel
5 23 (3.09%) Facebook
6 20 (2.68%) Adobe
7 15 (2.01%) Foundry
8 13 (1.74%) OpenAI
9 11 (1.48%) Apple
9 11 (1.48%) Sony
9 11 (1.48%) Yahoo!
10 10 (1.34%) Palantir
11 9 (1.21%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.94%) SAP
13 6 (0.81%) Oracle
14 4 (0.54%) HighQ
14 4 (0.54%) Legatics
14 4 (0.54%) ServiceNow
15 2 (0.27%) IBM
15 2 (0.27%) Informatica