Hybrid/Remote Model Context Protocol Job Trends

Model Context Protocol (MCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Model Context Protocol skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Model Context Protocol 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.032% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.18% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £69,500 - -
25th Percentile £76,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 - -
75th Percentile £107,813 - -
90th Percentile £115,125 - -
UK median annual salary £92,500 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Model Context Protocol falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,820 5,065 7,863
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.86% 31.20% 30.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,131 3,243 6,821
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

Model Context Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Model Context Protocol and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Model Context Protocol job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Model Context Protocol
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Model Context Protocol.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Model Context Protocol

Model Context Protocol
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Model Context Protocol over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Model Context Protocol salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Model Context Protocol
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 1 (20.00%) Palantir Foundry
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure AI
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 3 (60.00%) Power Automate
1 3 (60.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) Anthropic Claude
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
2 2 (40.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon Bedrock
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) AWS Fargate
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub
3 1 (20.00%) Google Gemini
3 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Claude Code
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Java Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) A2A Protocol
2 1 (20.00%) LangGraph
2 1 (20.00%) LlamaIndex
2 1 (20.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) AI
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) LLM
4 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (40.00%) Generative AI
4 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (40.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (40.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) User Experience
4 2 (40.00%) Workflow
5 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (20.00%) Co-Creation
5 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (20.00%) Microservices
5 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (20.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Foundry
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) OpenAI
2 1 (20.00%) Palantir
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce