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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 85 103
Rank change year-on-year -3 +18 -12
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 492 497 901
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.89% 3.86% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 4.07% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 302 305 667
10th Percentile £45,125 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,850 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.93% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £102,188 £91,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £122,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £77,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.65% +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 14,197 12,222 28,738
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.45% 94.81% 91.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9,911 8,883 23,314
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,375 £46,250 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -10.57%

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 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 27 (5.49%) Apache Spark
2 19 (3.86%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.42%) CMS
5 5 (1.02%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (0.81%) Apache
7 3 (0.61%) Confluence
7 3 (0.61%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.20%) Kinematics
Applications
1 6 (1.22%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.61%) Trello
3 2 (0.41%) Weka
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (2.03%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.41%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 235 (47.76%) Azure
2 182 (36.99%) AWS
3 127 (25.81%) GCP
4 84 (17.07%) Azure Machine Learning
5 62 (12.60%) Power Platform
6 60 (12.20%) Azure AI
7 53 (10.77%) Snowflake
8 40 (8.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 22 (4.47%) SaaS
10 18 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
10 18 (3.66%) Vertex AI
11 16 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (2.85%) Amazon SageMaker
12 14 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (2.64%) Amazon S3
13 13 (2.64%) GitHub
14 12 (2.44%) Serverless
15 11 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (2.24%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 87 (17.68%) Broadband
2 4 (0.81%) Kerberos
2 4 (0.81%) Network Security
3 3 (0.61%) Firewall
4 2 (0.41%) InfiniBand
5 1 (0.20%) LTE
5 1 (0.20%) Modbus
5 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (11.38%) Power BI
2 49 (9.96%) SQL Server
3 33 (6.71%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (6.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 26 (5.28%) Tableau
6 21 (4.27%) Metadata
7 20 (4.07%) MongoDB
8 16 (3.25%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (2.85%) BigQuery
10 13 (2.64%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (2.64%) Data Lake
10 13 (2.64%) Looker
11 11 (2.24%) Delta Lake
11 11 (2.24%) NoSQL
12 10 (2.03%) Pinecone
12 10 (2.03%) Weaviate
13 9 (1.83%) Apache Iceberg
14 7 (1.42%) Big Data
15 6 (1.22%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 19 (3.86%) MLflow
2 12 (2.44%) Git
3 6 (1.22%) JIRA
4 5 (1.02%) Claude Code
5 4 (0.81%) GitLab
6 3 (0.61%) Selenium
6 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.41%) ERwin
7 2 (0.41%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.41%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.20%) Appium
8 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
General
1 128 (26.02%) Social Skills
2 119 (24.19%) Finance
3 76 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (5.69%) Retail
5 26 (5.28%) Public Sector
6 24 (4.88%) Marketing
7 17 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.46%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.25%) Banking
8 16 (3.25%) Games
9 15 (3.05%) Law
9 15 (3.05%) Legal
9 15 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.24%) Publishing
11 8 (1.63%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.22%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.02%) Advertising
14 5 (1.02%) Back Office
15 4 (0.81%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 101 (20.53%) Senior
2 70 (14.23%) Lead
3 64 (13.01%) Developer
4 45 (9.15%) Data Engineer
5 42 (8.54%) Software Engineer
6 35 (7.11%) Architect
6 35 (7.11%) Data Scientist
7 30 (6.10%) Engineering Manager
7 30 (6.10%) Scala Engineer
8 29 (5.89%) Data Manager
9 26 (5.28%) Consultant
10 24 (4.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 22 (4.47%) Finance Manager
12 19 (3.86%) Analyst
12 19 (3.86%) Operations Engineer
13 18 (3.66%) Data Architect
14 17 (3.46%) .NET Developer
15 16 (3.25%) Machine Learning Engineer
16 15 (3.05%) Data Analyst
16 15 (3.05%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (12.40%) gRPC
2 49 (9.96%) PyTorch
3 44 (8.94%) TensorFlow
4 43 (8.74%) React
5 31 (6.30%) .NET
6 29 (5.89%) REST
7 28 (5.69%) RESTful
8 26 (5.28%) Kafka
9 21 (4.27%) .NET Core
9 21 (4.27%) Node.js
10 18 (3.66%) CSS
10 18 (3.66%) HTML
11 17 (3.46%) LangChain
12 14 (2.85%) OAuth
13 13 (2.64%) ASP.NET
13 13 (2.64%) ASP.NET Core
13 13 (2.64%) Blazor
13 13 (2.64%) JSON
13 13 (2.64%) ML.NET
14 12 (2.44%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 65 (13.21%) Distributed Systems
1 65 (13.21%) Video\Live Streaming
2 50 (10.16%) Over-the-Top Content
3 48 (9.76%) Cloud Native
4 47 (9.55%) Product Ownership
5 40 (8.13%) Algorithms
6 26 (5.28%) AI Agents
7 14 (2.85%) Low-Code
8 12 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.24%) Data Structures
9 11 (2.24%) Virtual Team
10 10 (2.03%) FMCG
11 9 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.22%) Educational Technology
12 6 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (1.22%) Social Media
13 5 (1.02%) Blog
13 5 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.02%) Mobile Payment
14 4 (0.81%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.05%) Android
2 9 (1.83%) Linux
3 5 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.81%) Windows
5 3 (0.61%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (74.19%) AI
2 163 (33.13%) Data Science
3 153 (31.10%) CI/CD
4 145 (29.47%) Agile
5 139 (28.25%) Analytics
6 118 (23.98%) Roadmaps
7 117 (23.78%) Software Engineering
8 96 (19.51%) Data Engineering
9 94 (19.11%) DevOps
10 91 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
11 87 (17.68%) Microservices
12 80 (16.26%) Clean Code
13 79 (16.06%) Containerisation
13 79 (16.06%) Decision-Making
14 76 (15.45%) Mentoring
15 74 (15.04%) LLM
16 73 (14.84%) Data Governance
17 72 (14.63%) Coaching
17 72 (14.63%) Generative AI
18 69 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 245 (49.80%) Python
2 148 (30.08%) SQL
3 89 (18.09%) Go
4 63 (12.80%) Scala
5 45 (9.15%) Java
6 37 (7.52%) C#
7 35 (7.11%) JavaScript
8 31 (6.30%) TypeScript
9 16 (3.25%) R
10 15 (3.05%) Bash
11 13 (2.64%) C++
11 13 (2.64%) PowerShell
12 12 (2.44%) PHP
13 6 (1.22%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.22%) Rust
14 5 (1.02%) Bicep
14 5 (1.02%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.20%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 91 (18.50%) Degree
2 27 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 27 (5.49%) Security Cleared
3 23 (4.67%) PhD
4 21 (4.27%) Master's Degree
5 19 (3.86%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.85%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.03%) ACCA
7 10 (2.03%) CIMA
7 10 (2.03%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.22%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.81%) CISA
9 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.61%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.61%) CISSP
11 2 (0.41%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.41%) OSCE
11 2 (0.41%) OSCP
11 2 (0.41%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.89%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.47%) GDPR
3 16 (3.25%) QA
4 7 (1.42%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.81%) EU AI Act
6 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.41%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.20%) SLA
8 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 96 (19.51%) Docker
2 38 (7.72%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.41%) Ceph
4 2 (0.41%) Lustre
4 2 (0.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 48 (9.76%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.07%) Terraform
3 5 (1.02%) Kubeflow
4 3 (0.61%) Ansible
4 3 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.20%) Grafana
Vendors
1 106 (21.54%) Microsoft
2 77 (15.65%) Databricks
3 45 (9.15%) Typelevel
4 27 (5.49%) Google
5 12 (2.44%) Palantir
5 12 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.24%) OpenAI
7 10 (2.03%) Adobe
7 10 (2.03%) Foundry
8 5 (1.02%) Ericsson
8 5 (1.02%) Mavenir
8 5 (1.02%) Nokia
8 5 (1.02%) SAP
9 4 (0.81%) Facebook
10 3 (0.61%) Mercator
11 2 (0.41%) Apple
11 2 (0.41%) Informatica
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle
11 2 (0.41%) Sony
11 2 (0.41%) Yahoo!